Global Research Editor’s Note

We bring to the attention of our readers the following text of Osama bin Laden’s interview in Urdu with Ummat, a Pakistani daily, published in Karachi on September 28, 2001. It was translated into English by the BBC World Monitoring Service and made public on September 29, 2001.  

The authenticity of this interview remains to be confirmed. We were informed that It was available in recognized electronic news archives including BBC translation.

click here  Ummat 

The interview tends to demystify the Osama bin Laden persona.

In the Unmat interview, Osama bin Laden categorically denies his involvement in the 9/11 attacks.  Bin Laden’s statements in this interview are markedly different from those made in the alleged Osama video tapes.

In this interview, Osama bin Laden allegedly exhibits an understanding of US foreign policy. He expresses his views regarding the loss of life on 9/11. He focusses on CIA support to the narcotics trade.

He also makes statements as to who, in his opinion, might be the likely perpetrator of  the September 11 attacks.

This is an important text which has not been brought to the attention of Western public opinion.

We have highlighted key sections of this interview.

It is our hope that the text of this interview, published on 28 September 2001 barely a week before the onset of the war on Afghanistan, will contribute to a better understanding of the history of Al Qaeda, the role of Osama bin Laden and the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

It should be noted that on the day preceding the 9/11 attacks, Osama Bin Laden had been admitted for treatment in a Military Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

This was confirmed by Dan Rather in a CBS News Report. 

This interview is published for informational purposes only.

Global Research does not in any way endorse the statements in this interview. Nor are we in a position to confirm its authenticity.

Michel  Chossudovsky, September 2, 2023, September 11, 2024

Full text of September 2001 Pakistani paper’s “exclusive” interview with Usamah Bin-Ladin

translated from Urdu by the BBC World Monitoring Service

Karachi, 28 September 2001, pp. 1- 7.

Ummat’s introduction

Kabul: Prominent Arab mojahed holy warrior Usamah Bin-Ladin has said that he or his al-Qa’idah group has nothing to do with the 11 September suicidal attacks in Washington and New York. He said the US government should find the attackers within the country. In an exclusive interview with daily “Ummat”, he said these attacks could be the act of those who are part of the American system and are rebelling against it and working for some other system. Or, Usamah said, this could be the act of those who want to make the current century a century of conflict between Islam and Christianity. Or, the American Jews, who are opposed to President Bush ever since the Florida elections, might be the masterminds of this act. There is also a great possibility of the involvement of US intelligence agencies, which need billions of dollars worth of funds every year. He said there is a government within the government in the United States.

The secret agencies, he said, should be asked as to who are behind the attacks. Usamah said support for attack on Afghanistan was a matter of need for some Muslim countries and compulsion for others. However, he said, he was thankful to the courageous people of Pakistan who erected a bulwark before the wrong forces. He added that the Islamic world was attaching great expectations with Pakistan and, in time of need, “we will protect this bulwark by sacrificing of lives”.

Following is the interview in full detail:

Ummat: You have been accused of involvement in the attacks in New York and Washington. What do you want to say about this? If you are not involved, who might be?

Usamah [Osama bin Laden]: In the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful. Praise be to Allah, Who is the creator of the whole universe and Who made the earth as an abode for peace, for the whole mankind. Allah is the Sustainer, who sent Prophet Muhammad for our guidance. I am thankful to the Ummat Group of Publications, which gave me the opportunity to convey my viewpoint to the people, particularly the valiant and Momin true Muslim people of Pakistan who refused to believe in lie of the demon.

I have already said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks in the United States. As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women, children, and other humans as an appreciable act. Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children, and other people.

Such a practice is forbidden ever in the course of a battle. It is the United States, which is perpetrating every maltreatment on women, children, and common people of other faiths, particularly the followers of Islam. All that is going on in Palestine for the last 11 months is sufficient to call the wrath of God upon the United States and Israel.

There is also a warning for those Muslim countries, which witnessed all these as a silent spectator. What had earlier been done to the innocent people of Iraq, Chechnya, and Bosnia?

Only one conclusion could be derived from the indifference of the United States and the West to these acts of terror and the patronage of the tyrants by these powers that America is an anti-Islamic power and it is patronizing the anti-Islamic forces. Its friendship with the Muslim countries is just a show, rather deceit. By enticing or intimidating these countries, the United States is forcing them to play a role of its choice. Put a glance all around and you will see that the slaves of the United States are either rulers or enemies of Muslims .

The US has no friends, nor does it want to keep any because the prerequisite of friendship is to come to the level of the friend or consider him at par with you. America does not want to see anyone equal to it. It expects slavery from others. Therefore, other countries are either its slaves or subordinates.

However, our case is different. We have pledged slavery to God Almighty alone and after this pledge there is no possibility to become the slave of someone else. If we do that, it will be disregardful to both our Sustainer and his fellow beings. Most of the world nations upholding their freedom are the religious ones, which are the enemies of United States, or the latter itself considers them as its enemies. Or the countries, which do not agree to become its slaves, such as China, Iran, Libya, Cuba, Syria, and the former Russia as received .

Whoever committed the act of 11 September are not the friends of the American people. I have already said that we are against the American system, not against its people, whereas in these attacks, the common American people have been killed.

According to my information, the death toll is much higher than what the US government has stated. But the Bush administration does not want the panic to spread. The United States should try to trace the perpetrators of these attacks within itself; the people who are a part of the US system, but are dissenting against it. Or those who are working for some other system; persons who want to make the present century as a century of conflict between Islam and Christianity so that their own civilization, nation, country, or ideology could survive. They can be any one, from Russia to Israel and from India to Serbia. In the US itself, there are dozens of well-organized and well-equipped groups, which are capable of causing a large-scale destruction. Then you cannot forget the American Jews, who are annoyed with President Bush ever since the elections in Florida and want to avenge him.

Then there are intelligence agencies in the US, which require billions of dollars worth of funds from the Congress and the government every year. This funding issue was not a big problem till the existence of the former Soviet Union but after that the budget of these agencies has been in danger.

They needed an enemy. So, they first started propaganda against Usamah and Taleban and then this incident happened. You see, the Bush administration approved a budget of 40bn dollars. Where will this huge amount go? It will be provided to the same agencies, which need huge funds and want to exert their importance.

Now they will spend the money for their expansion and for increasing their importance. I will give you an example. Drug smugglers from all over the world are in contact with the US secret agencies. These agencies do not want to eradicate narcotics cultivation and trafficking because their importance will be diminished. The people in the US Drug Enforcement Department are encouraging drug trade so that they could show performance and get millions of dollars worth of budget. General Noriega was made a drug baron by the CIA and, in need, he was made a scapegoat. In the same way, whether it is President Bush or any other US president, they cannot bring Israel to justice for its human rights abuses or to hold it accountable for such crimes. What is this? Is it not that there exists a government within the government in the United Sates? That secret government must be asked as to who made the attacks.

Ummat: A number of world countries have joined the call of the United States for launching an attack on Afghanistan. These also include a number of Muslim countries. Will Al-Qa’idah declare a jihad against these countries as well?

Usamah: I must say that my duty is just to awaken the Muslims; to tell them as to what is good for them and what is not. What does Islam says and what the enemies of Islam want?

Al-Qa’idah was set up to wage a jihad against infidelity, particularly to encounter the onslaught of the infidel countries against the Islamic states. Jihad is the sixth undeclared element of Islam. The first five being the basic holy words of Islam, prayers, fast, pilgrimage to Mecca, and giving alms Every anti-Islamic person is afraid of it. Al-Qa’idah wants to keep this element alive and active and make it part of the daily life of the Muslims. It wants to give it the status of worship. We are not against any Islamic country nor we consider a war against an Islamic country as jihad.

We are in favour of armed jihad only against those infidel countries, which are killing innocent Muslim men, women, and children just because they are Muslims. Supporting the US act is the need of some Muslim countries and the compulsion of others. However, they should think as to what will remain of their religious and moral position if they support the attack of the Christians and the Jews on a Muslim country like Afghanistan. The orders of Islamic shari’ah jurisprudence for such individuals, organizations, and countries are clear and all the scholars of the Muslim brotherhood are unanimous on them. We will do the same, which is being ordered by the Amir ol-Momenin the commander of the faithful Mola Omar and the Islamic scholars. The hearts of the people of Muslim countries are beating with the call of jihad. We are grateful to them.

Ummat: The losses caused in the attacks in New York and Washington have proved that giving an economic blow to the US is not too difficult. US experts admit that a few more such attacks can bring down the American economy. Why is al-Qa’idah not targeting their economic pillars?

Usamah: I have already said that we are not hostile to the United States. We are against the system, which makes other nations slaves of the United States, or forces them to mortgage their political and economic freedom. This system is totally in control of the American Jews, whose first priority is Israel, not the United States. It is simply that the American people are themselves the slaves of the Jews and are forced to live according to the principles and laws laid by them. So, the punishment should reach Israel. In fact, it is Israel, which is giving a blood bath to innocent Muslims and the US is not uttering a single word.

Ummat: Why is harm not caused to the enemies of Islam through other means, apart from the armed struggle? For instance, inciting the Muslims to boycott Western products, banks, shipping lines, and TV channels.

Usamah: The first thing is that Western products could only be boycotted when the Muslim fraternity is fully awakened and organized. Secondly, the Muslim companies should become self-sufficient in producing goods equal to the products of Western companies. Economic boycott of the West is not possible unless economic self-sufficiency is attained and substitute products are brought out. You see that wealth is scattered all across the Muslim world but not a single TV channel has been acquired which can preach Islamic injunctions according to modern requirements and attain an international influence. Muslim traders and philanthropists should make it a point that if the weapon of public opinion is to be used, it is to be kept in the hand. Today’s world is of public opinion and the fates of nations are determined through its pressure. Once the tools for building public opinion are obtained, everything that you asked for can be done.

Ummat: The entire propaganda about your struggle has so far been made by the Western media. But no information is being received from your sources about the network of Al-Qa’idah and its jihadi successes. Would you comment?

Usamah: In fact, the Western media is left with nothing else. It has no other theme to survive for a long time. Then we have many other things to do. The struggle for jihad and the successes are for the sake of Allah and not to annoy His bondsmen. Our silence is our real propaganda. Rejections, explanations, or corrigendum only waste your time and through them, the enemy wants you to engage in things which are not of use to you. These things are pulling you away from your cause.

The Western media is unleashing such a baseless propaganda, which make us surprise but it reflects on what is in their hearts and gradually they themselves become captive of this propaganda. They become afraid of it and begin to cause harm to themselves. Terror is the most dreaded weapon in modern age and the Western media is mercilessly using it against its own people. It can add fear and helplessness in the psyche of the people of Europe and the United States. It means that what the enemies of the United States cannot do, its media is doing that. You can understand as to what will be the performance of the nation in a war, which suffers from fear and helplessness.

Ummat: What will the impact of the freeze of al-Qa’idah accounts by the US?

Usamah: God opens up ways for those who work for Him. Freezing of accounts will not make any difference for Al-Qa’idah or other jihad groups. With the grace of Allah, al-Qa’idah has more than three such alternative financial systems, which are all separate and totally independent from each other. This system is operating under the patronage of those who love jihad. What to say of the United States, even the combined world cannot budge these people from their path.

These people are not in hundreds but in thousands and millions. Al-Qa’idah comprises of such modern educated youths who are aware of the cracks inside the Western financial system as they are aware of the lines in their hands. These are the very flaws of the Western fiscal system, which are becoming a noose for it and this system could not recuperate in spite of the passage of so many days.

Ummat: Are there other safe areas other than Afghanistan, where you can continue jihad?

Usamah: There are areas in all parts of the world where strong jihadi forces are present, from Indonesia to Algeria, from Kabul to Chechnya, from Bosnia to Sudan, and from Burma to Kashmir. Then it is not the problem of my person. I am helpless fellowman of God, constantly in the fear of my accountability before God. It is not the question of Usamah but of Islam and, in Islam too, of jihad. Thanks to God, those waging a jihad can walk today with their heads raised. Jihad was still present when there was no Usamah and it will remain as such even when Usamah is no longer there. Allah opens up ways and creates loves in the hearts of people for those who walk on the path of Allah with their lives, property, and children. Believe it, through jihad, a man gets everything he desires. And the biggest desire of a Muslim is the after life. Martyrdom is the shortest way of attaining an eternal life.

Ummat: What do you say about the Pakistan government policy on Afghanistan attack?

Usamah: We are thankful to the Momin and valiant people of Pakistan who erected a blockade in front of the wrong forces and stood in the first file of battle. Pakistan is a great hope for the Islamic brotherhood. Its people are awakened, organized, and rich in the spirit of faith. They backed Afghanistan in its war against the Soviet Union and extended every help to the mojahedin and the Afghan people. Then these are the same Pakistanis who are standing shoulder by shoulder with the Taleban. If such people emerge in just two countries, the domination of the West will diminish in a matter of days. Our hearts beat with Pakistan and, God forbid, if a difficult time comes we will protect it with our blood. Pakistan is sacred for us like a place of worship. We are the people of jihad and fighting for the defence of Pakistan is the best of all jihads to us. It does not matter for us as to who rules Pakistan. The important thing is that the spirit of jihad is alive and stronger in the hearts of the Pakistani people.

[Copyright Ummat in Urdu, BBC translation in English, 2001]

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A deluge of articles have been quickly put into circulation defending France’s military intervention in the African nation of Mali. TIME’s article, “The Crisis in Mali: Will French Intervention Stop the Islamist Advance?” decides that old tricks are the best tricks, and elects the tiresome “War on Terror” narrative.TIME claims the intervention seeks to stop “Islamist” terrorists from overrunning both Africa and all of Europe. Specifically, the article states:

“…there is a (probably well-founded) fear in France that a radical Islamist Mali threatens France most of all, since most of the Islamists are French speakers and many have relatives in France. (Intelligence sources in Paris have told TIME that they’ve identified aspiring jihadis leaving France for northern Mali to train and fight.) Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), one of the three groups that make up the Malian Islamist alliance and which provides much of the leadership, has also designated France — the representative of Western power in the region — as a prime target for attack.”

What TIME elects not to tell readers is that Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is closely allied to the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG whom France intervened on behalf of during NATO’s 2011 proxy-invasion of Libya – providing weapons, training, special forces and even aircraft to support them in the overthrow of Libya’s government.

As far back as August of 2011, Bruce Riedel out of the corporate-financier funded think-tank, the Brookings Institution, wrote “Algeria will be next to fall,” where he gleefully predicted success in Libya would embolden radical elements in Algeria, in particular AQIM. Between extremist violence and the prospect of French airstrikes, Riedel hoped to see the fall of the Algerian government. Ironically Riedel noted:

Algeria has expressed particular concern that the unrest in Libya could lead to the development of a major safe haven and sanctuary for al-Qaeda and other extremist jihadis.

And thanks to NATO, that is exactly what Libya has become – a Western sponsored sanctuary for Al-Qaeda. AQIM’s headway in northern Mali and now French involvement will see the conflict inevitably spill over into Algeria. It should be noted that Riedel is a co-author of “Which Path to Persia?” which openly conspires to arm yet another US State Department-listed terrorist organization (list as #28), the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) to wreak havoc across Iran and help collapse the government there – illustrating a pattern of using clearly terroristic organizations, even those listed as so by the US State Department, to carry out US foreign policy.Geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar noted a more direct connection between LIFG and AQIM in an Asia Times piece titled, “How al-Qaeda got to rule in Tripoli:”

“Crucially, still in 2007, then al-Qaeda’s number two, Zawahiri, officially announced the merger between the LIFG and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb (AQIM). So, for all practical purposes, since then, LIFG/AQIM have been one and the same – and Belhaj was/is its emir. “

“Belhaj,” referring to Hakim Abdul Belhaj, leader of LIFG in Libya, led with NATO support, arms, funding, and diplomatic recognition, the overthrowing of Muammar Qaddafi and has now plunged the nation into unending racist and tribal, genocidal infighting. This intervention has also seen the rebellion’s epicenter of Benghazi peeling off from Tripoli as a semi-autonomous “Terror-Emirate.” Belhaj’s latest campaign has shifted to Syria where he was admittedly on the Turkish-Syrian border pledging weapons, money, and fighters to the so-called “Free Syrian Army,” again, under the auspices of NATO support.

Image: NATO’s intervention in Libya has resurrected listed-terrorist organization and Al Qaeda affiliate, LIFG. It had previously fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now has fighters, cash and weapons, all courtesy of NATO, spreading as far west as Mali, and as far east as Syria. The feared “global Caliphate” Neo-Cons have been scaring Western children with for a decade is now taking shape via US-Saudi, Israeli, and Qatari machinations, not “Islam.” In fact, real Muslims have paid the highest price in fighting this real “war against Western-funded terrorism.”

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LIFG, which with French arms, cash, and diplomatic support, is now invading northern Syria on behalf of NATO’s attempted regime change there, officially merged with Al Qaeda in 2007 according to the US Army’s West Point Combating Terrorism Center (CTC). According to the CTC, AQIM and LIFG share not only ideological goals, but strategic and even tactical objectives. The weapons LIFG received most certainly made their way into the hands of AQIM on their way through the porous borders of the Sahara Desert and into northern Mali.

It is no coincidence that as the Libyan conflict was drawing to a conclusion, conflict erupted in northern Mali. It is part of a premeditated geopolitical reordering that began with toppling Libya, and since then, using it as a springboard for invading other targeted nations, including Mali, Algeria, and Syria with heavily armed, NATO-funded and aided terrorists.

Algeria was able to balk subversion during the early phases of the US-engineered “Arab Spring” in 2011, but it surely has not escaped the attention of the West who is in the midst of transforming a region stretching from Africa to Beijing and Moscow’s doorsteps – and in a fit of geopolitical schizophrenia – using terrorists both as a casus belli to invade and as an inexhaustible mercenary force to do it.

Part I: Syria comes to the Russian Caucasus

On August 28 Sheikh Said Afandi, acknowledged spiritual leader of the Autonomous Russian Republic of Dagestan, was assassinated. A jihadist female suicide bomber managed to enter his house and detonate an explosive device.

The murder target had been carefully selected. Sheikh Afandi, a seventy-five-year old Sufi Muslim leader, had played the critical role in attempting to bring about reconciliation in Dagestan between jihadist Salafi Sunni Muslims and other factions, many of whom in Dagestan see themselves as followers of Sufi. With no replacement of his moral stature and respect visible, authorities fear possible outbreak of religious war in the tiny Russian autonomous republic.[1]

The police reported that the assassin was an ethnic Russian woman who had converted to Islam and was linked to an Islamic fundamentalist or Salafist insurgency against Russia and regional governments loyal to Moscow in the autonomous republics and across the volatile Muslim-populated North Caucasus region.

Ethnic Muslim populations in this region of Russia and of the former Soviet Union, including Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan and into China’s Xinjiang Province, have been the target of various US and NATO intelligence operations since the Cold War era ended in 1990. Washington sees manipulation of Muslim groups as the vehicle to bring uncontrollable chaos to Russia and Central Asia. It’s being carried out by some of the same organizations engaged in creating chaos and destruction inside Syria against the government of Bashar Al-Assad. In a real sense, as Russian security services clearly understand, if they don’t succeed in stopping the Jihadists insurgency in Syria, it will come home to them via the Caucasus.

The latest Salafist murders of Sufi and other moderate Muslim leaders in the Caucasus are apparently part of what is becoming ever clearer as perhaps the most dangerous US intelligence operation ever—playing globally with Muslim fundamentalism.

Previously US and allied intelligence services had played fast and loose with religious organizations or beliefs in one or another country. What makes the present situation particularly dangerous—notably since the decision in Washington to unleash the misnamed Arab Spring upheavals that began in Tunisia late 2010, spreading like a brushfire across the entire Islamic world from Afghanistan across Central Asia to Morocco—is the incalculable wave upon wave of killing, hatreds, destruction of entire cultures that Washington has unleashed in the name of that elusive dream named “democracy.” They do this using alleged Al-Qaeda groups, Saudi Salafists or Wahhabites, or using disciples of Turkey’s Fethullah Gülen Movement to ignite fires of religious hatred within Islam and against other faiths that could take decades to extinguish. It could easily spill over into a new World War.

Fundamentalism comes to Caucasus

Following the dissolution of the USSR, radical Afghanistani Mujahadeen, Islamists from Saudi Arabia, from Turkey, Pakistan and other Islamic countries flooded into the Muslim regions of the former USSR. One of the best-organized of these was the Gülen Movement of Fethullah Gülen, leader of a global network of Islamic schools and reported to be the major policy influence on Turkey’s Erdogan AKP party.

Gülen was quick to establish The International Dagestani-Turkish College in Dagestan. During the chaotic days after the Soviet collapse, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation officially registered and permitted unfettered activity for a variety of Islamic foundations and organizations. These included the League of the Islamic World, the World Muslim Youth Assembly, the reportedly Al-Qaeda friendly Saudi foundation ‘Ibrahim ben Abd al-Aziz al-Ibrahim.’ The blacklist also included Al-Haramein a Saudi foundation reported tied to Al-Qaeda, and IHH, [2] a Turkish organization banned in Germany, that allegedly raised funds for jihadi fighters in Bosnia, Chechnya, and Afghanistan, and was charged by French intelligence of ties to Al Qaeda.[3] Many of these charities were covers for fundamentalist Salafists with their own special agenda.

As many of the foreign Islamists in Chechnya and Dagestan were found involved in fomenting the regional unrest and civil war, Russian authorities withdrew permission of most to run schools and institutions. Throughout the North Caucasus at the time of the Chechyn war in the late 1990’s, there were more than two dozen Islamic institutes, some 200 madrassas and numerous maktabas (Koranic study schools) present at almost all mosques.

The International Dagestani-Turkish College was one that was forced to close its doors in Dagestan. The College was run by the Fethullah Gülen organization.[4]

At the point of the Russian crackdown on the spread of Salafist teaching inside Russia at the end of the 1990’s, there was an exodus of hundreds of young Dagestani and Chechyn Muslim students to Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and other places in The Middle east, reportedly to receive training with the Gülen movement and various Saudi-financed organizations, including Salafists. [5] It is believed in Russia that the students trained by Gülen supporters or Saudi and other Salafist fundamentalist centers then were sent back to Dagestan and the North Caucasus to spread their radical strain of Islam.

By 2005 the situation in the Caucasus was so influenced by this Salafist intervention that the Chechen Salafist, Doku Umarov, cited by the UN Security Council for links to Al-Qaeda,[6] unilaterally declared creation of what he called the Caucasus Emirate, announcing he planned to establish an Islamic state under Sharia law encompassing the entire North Caucasus region including Dagestan. He modestly proclaimed himself Emir of the Caucasus Emirate. [7]

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Part II: Salafism at war with Sufi tradition

Salafism, known in Saudi Arabia as Wahhabism, is a fundamentalist strain of Islam which drew world attention and became notorious in March 2001 just weeks before the attacks of September 11. That was when the Salafist Taliban government in Afghanistan willfully dynamited and destroyed the historic gigantic Buddhas of Bamiyan on the ancient Silk Road, religious statues dating from the 6^th Century. The Taliban Salafist leaders also banned as “un-islamic” all forms of imagery, music and sports, including television, in accordance with what they considered a strict interpretation of Sharia.

Afghani sources reported that the order to destroy the Buddhas was made by Saudi-born jihadist Wahhabite, Osama bin Laden, who ultimately convinced Mullah Omar, Taliban supreme leader at the time to execute the act.[8]

Before and…After Salafist Taliban …

While Sufis incorporate the worship of saints and theatrical ceremonial prayers into their practice, Salafis condemn as idolatry any non-traditional forms of worship. They also call for the establishment of Islamic political rule and strict Sharia law. Sufism is home to the great spiritual and musical heritage of Islam, said by Islamic scholars to be the inner, mystical, or psycho-spiritual dimension of Islam, going back centuries.

As one Sufi scholar described the core of Sufism, “While all Muslims believe that they are on the pathway to God and will become close to God in Paradise–after death and the ‘Final Judgment’– Sufis believe as well that it is possible to become close to God and to experience this closeness–while one is alive. Furthermore, the attainment of the knowledge that comes with such intimacy with God, Sufis assert, is the very purpose of the creation. Here they mention the hadith qudsi in which God states, ‘I was a hidden treasure and I loved that I be known, so I created the creation in order to be known.’ Hence for the Sufis there is already a momentum, a continuous attraction on their hearts exerted by God, pulling them, in love, towards God.” [9]

The mystical Islamic current of Sufism and its striving to become close to or one with God is in stark contrast to the Jihadist Salafi or Wahhabi current that is armed with deadly weapons, preaches a false doctrine of jihad, and a perverse sense of martyrdom, committing countless acts of violence. Little wonder that the victims of Salafist Jihads are mostly other pacific forms of Islam including most especially Sufis.

The respected seventy-five year old Afandi had publicly denounced Salafist Islamic fundamentalism. His murder followed a July 19 coordinated attack on two high-ranking muftis in the Russian Volga Republic of Tatarstan. Both victims were state-approved religious leaders who had attacked radical Islam. This latest round of murders opens a new front in the Salafist war against Russia, namely attacks on moderate Sufi Muslim leaders.

Whether or not Dagestan now descends into internal religious civil war that then spreads across the geopolitically sensitive Russian Caucasus is not yet certain. What is almost certain is that the same circles who have been feeding violence and terror inside Syria against the regime of Alawite President Bashar al-Assad are behind the killing of Sheikh Afandi as well as sparking related acts of terror or unrest across Russia’s Muslim-populated Caucasus. In a very real sense it represents Russia’s nightmare scenario of “Syria coming to Russia.” It demonstrates dramatically why Putin has made such a determined effort to stop a descent into a murderous hell in Syria.

Salafism and the CIA

The existence of the so-called jihadist Salafi brand of Islam in Dagestan is quite recent. It has also been deliberately imported. Salafism is sometimes also called the name of the older Saudi-centered Wahhabism. Wahhabism is a minority originally-Bedouin form of the faith originating within Islam, dominant in Saudi Arabia since the 1700’s.

Irfan Al-Alawi and Stephen Schwartz of the Centre for Islamic Pluralism give the following description of Saudi conditions under the rigid Wahhabi brand of Islam:

“Women living under Saudi rule must wear the abaya, or total body cloak, and niqab, the face veil; they have limited opportunities for schooling and careers; they are prohibited from driving vehicles; are banned from social contact with men not relatives, and all personal activity must be supervised including opening bank accounts, by a male family member or “guardian.” These Wahhabi rules are enforced by a mutawiyin, or morals militia, also known as “the religious police,” officially designated the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) who patrol Saudi cities, armed with leather-covered sticks which they freely used against those they considered wayward. They raid homes looking for alcohol and drugs, and harassed non-Wahhabi Muslims as well as believers in other faiths.” [10]

It’s widely reported that the obscenely opulent and morally-perhaps-not-entirely-of- the-highest-standards Saudi Royal Family made a Faustian deal with Wahhabite leaders. The deal supposedly, was that the Wahhabists are free to export their fanatical brand of Islam around to the Islamic populations of the world in return for agreeing to leave the Saudi Royals alone.[11] There are, however, other dark and dirty spoons stirring the Wahhabite-Salafist Saudi stew.

Little known is the fact that the present form of aggressive Saudi Wahhabism, in reality a kind of fusion between imported jihadi Salafists from Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and the fundamentalist Saudi Wahhabites. Leading Salafist members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood were introduced into the Saudi Kingdom in the 1950’s by the CIA in a complex series of events, when Nasser cracked down on the Muslim Brotherhood following an assassination attempt. By the 1960’s an influx of Egyptian members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Saudi Arabia fleeing Nasserite repression, had filled many of the leading teaching posts in Saudi religious schools. One student there was a young well-to-do Saudi, Osama bin Laden.  [12]

During the Third Reich, Hitler Germany had supported the Muslim Brotherhood as a weapon against the British in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East. Marc Erikson describes the Nazi roots of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood thus:

…as Italian and German fascism sought greater stakes in the Middle East in the 1930s and ’40s to counter British and French controlling power, close collaboration between fascist agents and Islamist leaders ensued. During the 1936-39 Arab Revolt, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of German military intelligence, sent agents and money to support the Palestine uprising against the British, as did Muslim Brotherhood founder and “supreme guide” Hassan al-Banna. A key individual in the fascist-Islamist nexus and go-between for the Nazis and al-Banna became the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin el-Husseini.[13]

After the defeat of Germany, British Intelligence moved in to take over control of the Muslim Brotherhood. Ultimately, for financial and other reasons, the British decided to hand their assets within the Muslim Brotherhood over to their CIA colleagues in the 1950s. [14]

According to former US Justice Department Nazi researcher John Loftus,  “during the 1950s, the CIA evacuated the Nazis of the Muslim Brotherhood to Saudi Arabia. Now, when they arrived in Saudi Arabia, some of the leading lights of the Muslim Brotherhood, like Dr Abdullah Azzam, became the teachers in the madrassas, the religious schools. And there they combined the doctrines of Nazism with this weird Islamic cult, Wahhabism.” [15]

“Everyone thinks that Islam is this fanatical religion, but it is not,” Loftus continues. “They think that Islam–the Saudi version of Islam–is typical, but it’s not. The Wahhabi cult has been condemned as a heresy more than 60 times by the Muslim nations. But when the Saudis got wealthy, they bought a lot of silence. This is a very harsh cult. Wahhabism was only practised by the Taliban and in Saudi Arabia–that’s how extreme it is. It really has nothing to do with Islam. Islam is a very peaceful and tolerant religion. It always had good relationships with the Jews for the first thousand years of its existence.” [16]

Loftus identified the significance of what today is emerging from the shadows to take over Egypt under Muslim Brotherhood President Morsi, and the so-called Syrian National Council, dominated in reality by the Muslim Brotherhood and publicly led by the more “politically correct” or presentable likes of Bassma Kodmani. Kodmani, foreign affairs spokesman for the SNC was twice an invited guest at the Bilderberg elite gathering, latest in Chantilly, Virginia earlier this year.[17]

The most bizarre and alarming feature of the US-financed  regime changes set into motion in 2010, which have led to the destruction of the secular Arab regime of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and Muhammar Qaddafi in Libya, and the secular regime of President Ben Ali in Tunisia, and which have wreaked savage destruction across the Middle East, especially in the past eighteen months in Syria, is the pattern of emerging power grabs by representatives of the murky Salafist Muslim Brotherhood.

By informed accounts, a Saudi-financed Sunni Islamic Muslim Brotherhood dominates the members of the exile Syrian National Council that is backed by the US State Department’s Secretary Clinton and by Hollande’s France. The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood is tied, not surprisingly to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood of President Mohammed Morsi who recently in a meeting of the Non-Aligned in Iran called openly for the removal of Syria’s Assad, a logical step if his Muslim Brothers in the present Syrian National Council are to take the reins of power. The Saudis are also rumored to have financed the ascent to power in Tunisia of the governing Islamist Ennahda Party,[18] and are documented to be financing the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Syrian National Council against President Bashar al-Assad. [19]

Part III: Morsi’s Reign of Salafi Terror

Indicative of the true agenda of this Muslim Brotherhood and related jihadists today is the fact that once they have power, they drop the veil of moderation and reconciliation and reveal their violently intolerant roots. This is visible in Egypt today under Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi.

Unreported in mainstream Western media to date are alarming direct reports from Christian missionary organizations in Egypt that Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood has already begun to drop the veil of “moderation and conciliation” and show its brutal totalitarian Salafist colors, much as Khomeini’s radical Sharia forces did in Iran after taking control in 1979-81.

In a letter distributed by the Christian Aid Mission (CAM), a Christian Egyptian missionary wrote that Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood “announced they would destroy the country if Morsi didn’t win, but they also said they will take revenge from all those who voted for [his opponent Ahmed] Shafiq, especially the Christians as they are sure we did vote for Shafiq. Yesterday they began by killing two believers in el Sharqiya because of this,” the missionary added, speaking on condition of anonymity.[20]

This report came only weeks after Egyptian State TV (under Morsi’s control) showed ghastly video footage of a convert from Islam to Christianity being murdered by Muslims. The footage showed a young man being held down by masked men with a knife to his throat. As one man was heard chanting Muslim prayers in Arabic, mostly condemning Christianity, another man holding the knife to the Christian convert’s throat began to cut, slowly severing the head amid cries of “Allahu Akbar” (“Allah is great”), according to transcripts. In the letter, the Egyptian missionary leader added that, “soon after Morsi won, Christians in upper Egypt were forcibly prevented from going to churches.” Many Muslims, the letter claimed, “also began to speak to women in the streets that they had to wear Islamic clothing including the head covering. They act as if they got the country for their own, it’s theirs now.” [21]

Already in 2011 Morsi’s Salafist followers began attacking and destroying Sufi mosques across Egypt. According to the authoritative newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm (Today’s Egyptian), 16 historic mosques in Alexandria belonging to Sufi orders have been marked for destruction by so-called ‘Salafis’. Alexandria has 40 mosques associated with Sufis, and is the headquarters for 36 Sufi groups. Half a million Sufis live in the city, out of a municipal total of four million people. Aggression against the Sufis in Egypt has included a raid on Alexandria’s most distinguished mosque, named for, and housing, the tomb of the 13th century Sufi Al-Mursi Abu’l Abbas.[22]

Notably, the so-called “democratically elected” regime in Libya following the toppling of Mohamar Qaddafi by NATO bombs in 2011, has also been zealous in destroying Sufi mosques and places of worhip. In August this year, UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova expressed “grave concern” at the destruction by Islamic Jihadists of Sufi sites in Zliten, Misrata and Tripoli and urged perpetrators to “cease the destruction immediately.” [23] Under behind-the-scenes machinations the Libyan government is dominated by Jihadists and by followers of the Muslim Brotherhood, as in Tunisia and Egypt. [24]

The explosive cocktail of violence inherent in allowing the rise to power of Salafist Islamists across the Middle East was clear to see, symbolically enough on the night of September 11,^th when a mob of angry supporters of the fanatical Salafist group, Ansar Al-Sharia, murdered the US Ambassador to Libya and three US diplomats, burning the US Consulate in Bengazi to the ground in protest over a YouTube release of a film by an American filmmaker showing the Prophet Mohammed indulging in multiple sex affairs and casting doubt on his role as God’s messenger. Ironically that US Ambassador had played a key role in toppling Qaddafi and opening the door to the Salafist takeover in Libya. At the same time angry mobs of thousands of Salafists surrounded the US Embassy in Cairo in protest to the US film. [25]

Ansar Al-Sharia (“Partisans of Islamic law” in Arabic) reportedly is a spinoff of Al-Qaeda and claims organizations across the Middle East from Yemen to Tunisia to Iraq, Egypt and Libya. Ansar al-Sharia says it is reproducing the model of Sharia or strict Islamic law espoused by the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic State of Iraq, a militant umbrella group that includes al-Qaeda in Iraq. The core of the group are jihadists who came out of an “Islamic state”, either in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s, or among jihadists in Iraq after the US-led invasion in 2003.[26]

The deliberate detonation now of a new round of Salafist fundamentalist Jihad terror inside Muslim regions of the Russian Caucasus is exquisitely timed politically to put maximum pressure at home on the government of Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

Putin and the Russian Government are the strongest and most essential backer of the current Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad, and for Russia as well the maintenance of Russia’s only Mediterranean naval base at Syria’s Tartus port is vital strategically. At the same time, Obama’s sly message to Medvedev to wait until Obama’s re-election to evaluate US intent towards Russia and Putin’s cryptic recent comment that a compromise with a re-elected President Obama might be possible, but not with a President Romney, [27] indicate that the Washington “stick-and-carrot” or hard cop-soft cop tactics with Moscow might tempt Russia to sacrifice major geopolitical alliances, perhaps even that special close and recent geopolitical alliance with China.[28] Were that to happen, the World might witness a “reset” in US-Russian relations with catastrophic consequences for world peace.

F. William Engdahl*  is the author of Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order

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Mentre la crisi dell’auto, aggravata da ulteriori misure protezionistiche statunitensi, mette a rischio in Italia 40mila posti di lavoro, e il debito pubblico italiano sale al 139% del PIL e continua ad aumentare, continua a crescere la spesa militare italiana: essa ammonta nel 2024, secondo i dati ufficiali della NATO, a circa 32 miliardi di euro equivalenti a una media di circa 88 milioni di euro al giorno. L’obiettivo che i governi italiani si sono impegnati a raggiungere e superare entro breve tempo è di 100 milioni di euro al giorno. 

Il Segretario generale della NATO, Mark Rutte, chiama gli Alleati europei a “passare a una mentalità da tempo di guerra e a mettere il turbo alla produzione e alla spesa per la Difesa”. Si rivolge quindi direttamente ai cittadini europei con queste parole: “Dite alle vostre banche e ai vostri fondi pensione che è semplicemente inaccettabile che si rifiutino di investire nell’industria della Difesa. Investire nella Difesa è un investimento nella nostra sicurezza. È un obbligo! I Paesi europei spendono facilmente fino a un quarto del loro reddito nazionale per pensioni, sanità e sistemi di sicurezza sociale. Abbiamo bisogno di una piccola frazione di quel denaro per rendere le nostre Difese molto più forti e per preservare il nostro stile di vita.  Senza una Difesa forte non c’è sicurezza duratura. E senza sicurezza non c’è libertà per i nostri figli e nipoti. Per proteggere la nostra libertà, la nostra prosperità e il nostro stile di vita, i vostri politici devono ascoltare le vostre voci: dite loro che accettate di fare sacrifici oggi per poter stare al sicuro domani.”  

Per convincere i cittadini a fare sacrifici per accrescere la spesa militare, il mainstream politico-mediatico semina il terrore di un imminente attacco russo all’Europa. Emblematico il titolo de La Stampa: “La Svezia in allerta prepara 30mila tombe per i soldati in caso di guerra con la Russia”. 

In tale quadro l’Italia ha stipulato con Gran Bretagna e Giappone un accordo – denominato “Programma Aereo di Combattimento Globale” – per la produzione di un caccia di sesta generazione. Entro la metà del 2025 sarà costituita, per la realizzazione del programma, una joint venture tra la BAE Systems (Gran Bretagna), la Leonardo (Italia) e la JAIEC (Giappone), il cui primo CEO sarà un dirigente della Leonardo. 

La Leonardo (già Finmeccanica) non è solo una azienda italiana: è un gruppo industriale internazionale, il cui azionariato è composto per il 38% dal Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze e per il 57% da investitori istituzionali statunitensi.  Realizza ricavi consolidati di oltre 15 miliardi di euro annui. Il Gruppo opera in 150 Paesi – soprattutto Italia, Stati Uniti, Gran Bretagna e Polonia – in ambito Aerospazio e Difesa: produce cacciabombardieri a duplice capacità convenzionale e nucleare, droni, elicotteri, sistemi elettronici e spaziali. La Leonardo, che ha acquisito la società israeliana RADA Electronic Industries, è integrata anche nel sistema militare-industriale di Israele, contribuendo a rendere più letali le armi usate nel genocidio dei Palestinesi. 

Ancora non si sa quanto costerà all’Italia il Programma Aereo di Combattimento Globale per la produzione del caccia di sesta generazione.  Si stima che, solo per lo sviluppo del caccia, la spesa sarà di circa 30 miliardi di euro per ciascuno dei tre partner. Si sa comunque quanto è venuto a costare finora agli Stati Uniti il caccia F-35 di quinta generazione: oltre 400 miliardi di dollari in continuo aumento per l’incessante ammodernamento di questo sistema d’arma a duplice capacità convenzionale e nucleare.

Manlio Dinucci 

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Até os aliados mais próximos de Kiev parecem estar cansados ​​da guerra. Numa declaração recente, o vice-ministro da Defesa polaco, Pawel Zalewski, afirmou que o seu país atingiu o limite da sua assistência à Ucrânia e já não é capaz de enviar qualquer ajuda em grande escala. Isto mostra como os países da OTAN estão fartos das consequências da guerra, perdendo grandes quantidades de recursos e sofrendo perdas substanciais.

Numa entrevista à Rádio Zet, o vice-ministro polaco expressou a sua preocupação com o apoio massivo de Varsóvia a Kiev. Ele teme que o país comece a perder a sua própria capacidade militar devido à entrega sistemática de armas ao regime ucraniano. Além disso, Zelewski sublinhou que a Polônia não enviará os seus jatos MiG-29 para Kiev, alegando que tal movimento nas atuais circunstâncias deixaria o país vulnerável e ameaçaria a segurança nacional polaca.

O vice-ministro afirmou que a única forma de possibilitar o envio destes caças para a Ucrânia é substituindo a frota polaca. Por isso, pediu aos EUA que enviassem jatos F-35 para a Polônia, o que permitiria substituir a frota atual por equipamentos mais modernos, criando as condições necessárias para finalmente enviar os MiG-29 para a Ucrânia. Anteriormente, Varsóvia já tinha enviado vários combatentes da era soviética para a Ucrânia, mas Zelewski deixou claro que a continuação desta política de transferências irrestritas de armas prejudicaria Varsóvia, razão pela qual está a ser estabelecida uma nova política militar na Polônia, dando prioridade à segurança nacional em detrimento do apoio a Kiev.

Falando de forma muito clara e objetiva, descartou por enquanto a implementação de novos pacotes de ajuda à Ucrânia. Zelewski disse que a ajuda polaca “atingiu o muro” e não poderia ser expandida sem causar danos ao país. Neste sentido, embora a Polônia continue a apoiar a Ucrânia e faça o seu melhor para satisfazer as exigências do seu parceiro vizinho, não é viável continuar a expandir os pacotes militares.

“Hoje, o nosso objetivo mais importante é melhorar as capacidades de defesa do exército polaco, porque acreditamos que demos o que podíamos e muito mais (…) Mas não podemos dar mais (…) Estamos chegando ao fim. Entendo que batemos no muro”, disse ele.

Anteriormente, Zelewski e o seu chefe, o Ministro da Defesa Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, reiteraram que a Polônia já forneceu à Ucrânia todas as armas que poderiam ser enviadas sem causar danos às próprias capacidades militares polacas. Pelo menos até 2026, quando Varsóvia espera receber jatos F-35 americanos, a ajuda polaca provavelmente será reduzida ou permanecerá “congelada”.

É de sublinhar que, desde 2022, a Polônia já enviou mais de 4,5 mil milhões de euros em assistência militar à Ucrânia. De acordo com dados publicados pelo Instituto Kiel da Alemanha, mais de 70% deste dinheiro foi gasto no fornecimento direto de armas. A Polônia é sem dúvida um dos países mais envolvidos no conflito, com uma participação quase direta na guerra, pois, além de enviar ajuda ao regime, mantém as suas fronteiras abertas para o trânsito de equipamento estrangeiro para a Ucrânia.

A participação das tropas polacas também é algo digno de nota. A Polônia é um dos países que mais envia mercenários para a Ucrânia. As tropas russas eliminam frequentemente os soldados polacos no campo de batalha. Embora sejam simplesmente chamados de “mercenários”, estes soldados são enviados para a Ucrânia com o total apoio do Estado polaco, que os encoraja a lutar contra Moscou. Assim, é possível dizer que Varsóvia já participa ativamente da guerra, e o apelido de “mercenários” para seus soldados é apenas uma tática para contornar o direito internacional e manter o território polonês livre de ataques russos.

Recentemente, alguns especialistas começaram a mencionar a possibilidade de a Polónia estar a ser preparada pela OTAN para uma futura guerra com a Rússia. A ajuda americana à Polônia tem aumentado recentemente, indicando que existe uma posição especial para o país nos planos de guerra da OTAN. De fato, considerando o elevado nível de envolvimento da Polônia no conflito atual, é possível que esteja a ser preparada pela OTAN para substituir a Ucrânia na guerra por procuração anti-Rússia, quando o exército ucraniano entrar em colapso.

Neste sentido, é possível que a preocupação polaca em preservar os seus arsenais militares esteja relacionada com uma diretiva da OTAN para que Varsóvia se prepare para a guerra. Além disso, é necessário sublinhar que a Polônia é afetada pelo mesmo tipo de ideologia ultranacionalista e russofóbica que a Ucrânia, com elevados níveis de paranóia entre os líderes locais. Portanto, existindo ou não uma orientação da OTAN, os políticos polacos certamente temem a chamada “ameaça russa”, razão pela qual querem ter armas suficientes para se defenderem.

Na verdade, independentemente das razões da decisão polaca, esta é apenas mais uma prova de que os países da OTAN são incapazes de continuar a ajudar a Ucrânia, não tendo condições materiais para continuar com assistência em grande escala.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida

Artigo em inglês : Poland unable to keep helping Ukraine,InfoBrics, 20 de Dezembro de 2024.

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This article was originally published on August 9, 2011 (five months after the onslaught of the US-NATO led jihadist insurgency in Daraa, Southern Syria.

Published under the title A “Humanitarian War” on Syria? Military Escalation. Towards a Broader Middle East-Central Asian War? the article raised the role of the terrorist insurgency directed against Syria in relation to the broader issue of an extended Middle East War. “The Road to Tehran Goes Through Damascus”?

War preparations to attack both Syria and Iran were in “an advanced state of readiness” several years prior to the onset of the war on Syria in mid-March 2011.

“The Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003  categorizes Syria as a “rogue state”, as a country which supports terrorism. … A US-NATO sponsored war on Iran would involve, as a first step, a destabilization campaign (“regime change”) including covert intelligence operations in support of rebel forces directed against the Syrian government.” ( Michel Chossudovsky, August 2011)  

Part II of this article was published under the title The Pentagon’s “Salvador Option”: The Deployment of Death Squads in Iraq and Syria (August 16, 2011). The latter was published as a chapter in The Globalization of War, America’s Long War against Humanity, Global Research, Montreal 2015. 

Michel Chossudovsky, July 8, 2017

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An extended Middle East Central Asian war has been on the Pentagon’s drawing board since the mid-1990s.

As part of this extended war scenario, the US-NATO alliance plans to wage a military campaign against Syria under a UN sponsored “humanitarian mandate”.

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Escalation is an integral part of the military agenda. Destabilization of sovereign states through “regime change” is closely coordinated with military planning.

There is a military roadmap characterised by a sequence of US-NATO war theaters.

War preparations to attack Syria and Iran have been in “an advanced state of readiness” for several years. The Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003  categorizes Syria as a “rogue state”, as a country which supports terrorism. 

A war on Syria is viewed by the Pentagon as part of the broader war directed against Iran. President George W. Bush confirmed in his Memoirs that he had “ordered the Pentagon to plan an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and [had] considered a covert attack on Syria” (George Bush’s memoirs reveal how he considered attacks on Iran and Syria, The Guardian, November 8, 2010)

This broader military agenda is intimately related to strategic oil reserves and pipeline routes. It is supported by the Anglo-American oil giants. 

The July 2006 bombing of Lebanon was part of a carefully planned “military road map”. The extension of “The July War” on Lebanon into Syria had been contemplated by US and Israeli military planners. It was abandoned upon the defeat of Israeli ground forces by Hizbollah. 

Israel’s July 2006 war on Lebanon also sought to establish Israeli control over the North Eastern Mediterranean coastline including offshore oil and gas reserves in Lebanese and Palestinian territorial waters.

The plans to invade both Lebanon and Syria have remained on the Pentagon’s  drawing board despite Israel’s setback in the 2006 July War:

“In November 2008, barely a month before Tel Aviv started its massacre in the Gaza Strip[ December 2008], the Israeli military held drills for a two-front war against Lebanon and Syria called Shiluv Zro’ot III (Crossing Arms III).  The military exercise included a massive simulated invasion of both Syria and Lebanon” (See Mahdi Darius Nazemoraya, Israel’s Next War: Today the Gaza Strip, Tomorrow Lebanon?, Global Research, January 17, 2009)

The road to Tehran goes through Damascus. A US-NATO sponsored war on Iran would involve, as a first step, a destabilization campaign (“regime change”) including covert intelligence operations in support of rebel forces directed against the Syrian government.  

A “humanitarian war” under the logo of “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) directed against Syria would also contribute to the ongoing destabilization of Lebanon. 

Were a military campaign to be waged against Syria, Israel would be directly or indirectly involved in military and intelligence operations.

A war on Syria would lead to military escalation.

There are at present four distinct war theaters: Afghanistan-Pakistan, Iraq, Palestine and Libya.

An attack on Syria would lead to the integration of these separate war theaters, eventually leading towards a broader Middle East-Central Asian war, engulfing an entire region from North Africa and the Mediterranean to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The ongoing protest movement is intended to serve as a pretext and a justification to intervene militarily against Syria. The existence of an armed insurrection is denied. The Western media in chorus have described recent events in Syria as a “peaceful protest movement” directed against the government of Bashar Al Assad, when the evidence confirms the existence of an armed insurgency integrated by Islamic paramilitary groups.

From the outset of the protest movement in Daraa in mid-March, there has been an exchange of fire between the police and armed forces on the one hand and armed gunmen on the other. Acts of arson directed against government buildings have also been committed. In late July in Hama, public buildings including the Court House and the Agricultural Bank were set on fire. Israeli news sources, while dismissing the existence of an armed conflict, nonetheless, acknowledge that “protesters [were] armed with heavy machine guns.” (DEBKAfile August 1, 2011. Report on Hama, emphasis added)

“All Options on the Table”

In June, US Senator Lindsey Graham (who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee) hinted to the possibility of a “humanitarian” military intervention directed against Syria with a view to “saving the lives of civilians”. Graham suggested that the “option” applied to Libya under UN Secuirty Council resolution 1973 should be envisaged in the case of Syria:

“If it made sense to protect the Libyan people against Gadhafi, and it did because they were going to get slaughtered if we hadn’t sent NATO in when he was on the outskirts of Benghazi, the question for the world [is], have we gotten to that point in Syria, …

We may not be there yet, but we are getting very close, so if you really care about protecting the Syrian people from slaughter, now is the time to let Assad know that all options are on the table,” (CBS “Face The Nation”, June 12, 2011)

Following the adoption of the UN Security Council Statement pertaining to Syria (August 3, 2011), the White House called, in no uncertain terms, for “regime change” in Syria and the ouster of President Bashar Al Assad:

“We do not want to see him remain in Syria for stability’s sake, and rather, we view him as the cause of instability in Syria,” White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Wednesday.

“And we think, frankly, that it’s safe to say that Syria would be a better place without President Assad,” (quoted in Syria: US Call Closer to Calling for Regime Change, IPS, August 4, 2011)

Extended economic sanctions often constitute a leadup towards outright military intervention.

A bill sponsored by Senator Lieberman was introduced in the US Senate with a view to authorizing sweeping economic sanctions against Syria. Moreover, in a letter to President Obama in early August, a group of more than sixty U.S. senators called for “implementing additional sanctions… while also making it clear to the Syrian regime that it will pay an increasing cost for its outrageous repression.”

These sanctions would require blocking bank and financial transactions as well as “ending purchases of Syrian oil, and cutting off investments in Syria’s oil and gas sectors.” (See  Pressure on Obama to get tougher on Syria coming from all sides – Foreign Policy,  August 3, 2011).

Meanwhile, the US State Department has also met with members of the Syrian opposition in exile. Covert support has also been channelled to the armed rebel groups.

Dangerous Crossroads: War on Syria. Beachhead for an Attack on Iran

Following the August 3 Statement by the Chairman of the UN Security Council directed against Syria, Moscow’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin warned of the dangers of military escalation:

“NATO is planning a military campaign against Syria to help overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad with a long-reaching goal of preparing a beachhead for an attack on Iran,…

“[This statement] means that the planning [of the military campaign] is well underway. It could be a logical conclusion of those military and propaganda operations, which have been carried out by certain Western countries against North Africa,” Rogozin said in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper… The Russian diplomat pointed out at the fact that the alliance is aiming to interfere only with the regimes “whose views do not coincide with those of the West.”

Rogozin agreed with the opinion expressed by some experts that Syria and later Yemen could be NATO’s last steps on the way to launch an attack on Iran.

“The noose around Iran is tightening. Military planning against Iran is underway. And we are certainly concerned about an escalation of a large-scale war in this huge region,” Rogozin said.

Having learned the Libyan lesson, Russia “will continue to oppose a forcible resolution of the situation in Syria,” he said, adding that the consequences of a large-scale conflict in North Africa would be devastating for the whole world. “Beachhead for an Attack on Iran”: NATO is planning a Military Campaign against Syria, Novosti, August 5, 2011)

Military Blueprint for an Attack on Syria 

Dimitry Rogozin’s warning was based on concrete information known and documented in military circles, that NATO is currently planning a military campaign against Syria. In this regard, a scenario of an attack on Syria is currently on the drawing board, involving French, British and Israeli military experts. According to former Commander of the French Air Force (chef d’Etat-Major de l’Armée de l’air) General Jean Rannou, “a  NATO strike to disable the Syrian army is technically feasible”:

“Nato member countries would begin by using satellite technology to spot Syrian air defences. A few days later, warplanes, in larger numbers than Libya, would take off from the UK base in Cyprus and spend some 48 hours destroying Syrian surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) and jets. Alliance aircraft would then start an open-ended bombardment of Syrian tanks and ground troops.

The scenario is based on analysts in the French military, from the specialist British publication Jane’s Defence Weekly and from Israel’s Channel 10 TV station.

The Syrian air force is said to pose little threat. It has around 60 Russian-made MiG-29s. But the rest – some 160 MiG-21s, 80 MiG-23s, 60 MiG-23BNs, 50 Su-22s and 20 Su-24MKs – is out of date.

….”I don’t see any purely military problems. Syria has no defence against Western systems … [But] it would be more risky than Libya. It would be a heavy military operation,” Jean Rannou, the former chief of the French air force, told EUobserver. He added that action is highly unlikely because Russia would veto a UN mandate, Nato assets are stretched in Afghanistan and Libya and Nato countries are in financial crisis. (Andrew Rettman, Blueprint For NATO Attack On Syria Revealed, Global Research, August 11, 2011)

The Broader Military Roadmap  

While Libya, Syria and Iran are part of the military roadmap, this strategic deployment if it were to be carried out would also threaten  China and Russia. Both countries have investment, trade as well as military cooperation agreements with Syria and Iran. Iran has observer status in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Escalation is part of the military agenda. Since 2005, the US and its allies, including America’s NATO partners and Israel, have been involved in the extensive deployment and stockpiling of advanced weapons systems. The air defense systems of the US, NATO member countries and Israel are fully integrated.

The Role of Israel and Turkey

Both Ankara and Tel Aviv are involved in supporting an armed insurgency. These endeavors are coordinated between the two governments and their intelligence agencies.

Israel’s Mossad, according to reports, has provided covert support to radical Salafi terrorist groups, which became active in Southern Syria at the outset of the protest movement in Daraa in mid-March [2011]. Reports suggest that financing for the Salafi insurgency is coming from Saudi Arabia. (See Syrian army closes in on Damascus suburbs, The Irish Times, May 10, 2011).

The Turkish government of Prime Minister [now President] Recep Tayyib Erdogan is supporting Syrian opposition groups in exile while also backing the armed rebels of the Muslim Brotherhood in Northern Syria.

Both the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) (whose leadership is in exile in the UK) and the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir (the Party of Liberation) are behind the insurrection. Both organizations are supported by Britain’s MI6. The avowed objective of both MB and Hizb-ut Tahir is ultimately to destabilize Syria’s secular State. (See Michel Chossudovsky, SYRIA: Who is Behind The Protest Movement? Fabricating a Pretext for a US-NATO “Humanitarian Intervention”, Global Research, May 3, 2011).

In June, Turkish troops crossed the border into northern Syria, officially to come to the rescue of Syrian refugees. The government of Bashar Al Assad accused Turkey of directly supporting the incursion of rebel forces into northern Syria:

“A rebel force of up to 500 fighters attacked a Syrian Army position on June 4 in northern Syria. They said the target, a garrison of Military Intelligence, was captured in a 36-hour assault in which 72 soldiers were killed in Jisr Al Shoughour, near the border with Turkey.

“We found that the criminals [rebel fighters] were using weapons from Turkey, and this is very worrisome,” an official said.

This marked the first time that the Assad regime has accused Turkey of helping the revolt. … Officials said the rebels drove the Syrian Army from Jisr Al Shoughour and then took over the town. They said government buildings were looted and torched before another Assad force arrived. …

A Syrian officer who conducted the tour said the rebels in Jisr Al Shoughour consisted of Al Qaida-aligned fighters. He said the rebels employed a range of Turkish weapons and ammunition but did not accuse the Ankara government of supplying the equipment.” (Syria’s Assad accuses Turkey of arming rebels, TR Defence, Jun 25 2011)

Denied by the Western media, foreign support to Islamist insurgents, which have “infiltrated the protest movement”, is, nonetheless, confirmed by Western intelligence sources.

According to former MI6 officer Alistair Crooke (and high level EU adviser):

“two important forces behind events [in Syria] are Sunni radicals and Syrian exile groups in France and the US. He said the radicals follow the teaching of Abu Musab Zarqawi, a late Jordanian Islamist, who aimed to create a Sunni emirate in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria called Bilad a-Sham. They are experienced urban guerillas who fought in Iraq and have outside finance. They infilitrate protests to attack Assad forces, as in Jisr al-Shagour in June, where they inflicted heavy casualties.” (Andrew Rettman, Blueprint For NATO Attack On Syria Revealed, Global Research, August 11, 2011, emphasis added).

The former MI6 official also confirms that Israel and the US are supporting and financing the terrorists: “Crooke said the exile groups aim to topple the anti-Israeli [Syrian] regime. They are funded and trained by the US and have links to Israel. They pay Sunni tribal chiefs to put people on the streets, work with NGOs to feed uncorroborated stories of atrocities to Western media and co-operate with radicals in the hope that escalating violence will justify Nato intervention.” (Ibid, emphasis added).

Political factions within Lebanon are also involved. Lebanese intelligence has confirmed the covert shipment of assault rifles and automatic weapons to Salafi fighters. The shipment was carried out by Saudi-backed Lebanese politicians.

The Israel-Turkey Military Cooperation Agreement

Israel and Turkey have a military cooperation agreement which pertains in a very direct way to Syria as well to the strategic Lebanese-Syrian Eastern Mediterranean coastline (including the gas reserves off the coast of Lebanon and pipeline routes).

Already during the Clinton Administration, a triangular military alliance between the US, Israel and Turkey had unfolded. This “triple alliance”, which is dominated by the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, integrates and coordinates military command decisions between the three countries pertaining to the broader Middle East. It is based on the close military ties respectively of Israel and Turkey with the US, coupled with a strong bilateral military relationship between Tel Aviv and Ankara. ….

The triple alliance is also coupled with a 2005 NATO-Israeli military cooperation agreement which includes “many areas of common interest, such as the fight against terrorism and joint military exercises. These military cooperation ties with NATO are viewed by the Israeli military as a means to “enhance Israel’s deterrence capability regarding potential enemies threatening it, mainly Iran and Syria.” (See Michel Chossudovsky,”Triple Alliance”: The US, Turkey, Israel and the War on Lebanon, August 6, 2006)

Meanwhile, the recent reshuffle within Turkey’s top brass has reinforced the pro-Islamist faction within the armed forces. In late July, The Commander in Chief of the Army and head of Turkey’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Isik Kosaner, resigned together with the commanders of the Navy and Air Force.

General Kosaner represented a broadly secular stance within the Armed Forces. General Necdet Ozel has been appointed as his replacement as commander of the Army the new army chief.

These developments are of crucial importance. They tend to support US interests. They also point to a potential shift within the military in favor of the Muslim Brotherhood including the armed insurrection in Northern Syria.

“New appointments have strengthened Erdogan and the ruling party in Turkey… [T]he military power is able to carry out more ambitious projects in the region. It is predicted that in case of using the Libyan scenario in Syria it is possible that Turkey will apply for military intervention.” ( New appointments have strengthened Erdogan and the ruling party in Turkey : Public Radio of Armenia, August 06, 2011, emphasis added)

Muslim Brotherhood Rebels at Jisr al Shughour Photos AFP June 16, 2011

[Note: this photo is in many regards misleading. Most of the rebel gunmen are highly trained with modern weapons.]

The Extended NATO Military Alliance

Egypt, the Gulf states and Saudi Arabia (within the extended military alliance) are partners of NATO, whose forces could be deployed in a campaign directed against Syria.

Israel is a de facto member of NATO following an agreement signed in 2005.

The process of military planning within NATO’s extended alliance involves coordination between the Pentagon, NATO, Israel’s Defense Force (IDF), as well as the active military involvement of the frontline Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, Egypt: all in all ten Arab countries plus Israel are members of The Mediterranean Dialogue and the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative.

We are at a dangerous crossroads. The geopolitical implications are far-reaching.

Syria has borders with Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq. It spreads across the valley of the Euphrates, it is at the crossroads of major waterways and pipeline routes.

Syria is an ally of Iran. Russia has a naval base in North Western Syria (see map).

Establishment of a base in Tartus and rapid advancement of military technology cooperation with Damascus makes Syria Russia’s instrumental bridgehead and bulwark in the Middle East.

Damascus is an important ally of Iran and irreconcilable enemy of Israel. It goes without saying that appearance of the Russian military base in the region will certainly introduce corrections into the existing correlation of forces.

Russia is taking the Syrian regime under its protection. It will almost certainly sour Moscow’s relations with Israel. It may even encourage the Iranian regime nearby and make it even less tractable in the nuclear program talks.( Ivan Safronov, Russia to defend its principal Middle East ally: Moscow takes Syria under its protection, Global Research July 28, 2006)

World War III Scenario

For the last five years, the Middle East-Central Asian region has been on an active war footing.

Syria has significant air defense capabilities as well as ground forces.

Syria has been building up its air defense system with the delivery of Russian Pantsir S1 air-defense missiles. In 2010, Russia delivered a Yakhont missile system to Syria. The Yakhont operating out of Russia’s Tartus naval base “are designed for engagement of enemy’s ships at the range of up to 300 km”. (Bastion missile systems to protect Russian naval base in Syria, Ria Novosti,  September 21, 2010).

The structure of military alliances respectively on the US-NATO and Syria-Iran-SCO sides, not to mention the military involvement of Israel, the complex relationship between Syria and Lebanon, the pressures exerted by Turkey on Syria’s northern border, point indelibly to a dangerous process of escalation.

Any form of US-NATO sponsored military intervention directed against Syria would destabilize the entire region, potentially leading to escalation over a vast geographical area, extending from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border with Tajikistan and China.

In the short run, with the war in Libya, the US-NATO military alliance is overextended in terms of its capabilities. While we do not forsee the implementation of a US-NATO military operation in the short-term, the process of political destabilization through the covert support of a rebel insurgency will in all likelihood continue.

This article was updated on August 11, 2011.

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On December 18, the Kiev regime’s forces fired nearly a hundred missiles and drones at the Rostov oblast (region) in southwestern Russia.

The attack also included six US-made ATACMS TBMs (tactical ballistic missiles) and four “Storm Shadow”/SCALP-EG ALCMs (air-launched cruise missiles). Russian SAM (surface-to-air missile) and ABM (anti-ballistic missile) systems, namely the S-400, “Buk-M3” and “Pantsir-S1”, managed to shoot down all of these with the exception of one “Storm Shadow”/SCALP-EG.

The missile hit an oil refinery, while the fragments of those that were shot down fell on civilian areas.

Figuras públicas ucranianas estão a começar a admitir as suas intenções de causar uma catástrofe nuclear. Para os militantes nas fileiras do regime, a guerra nuclear não é algo que deva ser evitado. Eles acreditam que um cenário tão extremo terá um efeito positivo sobre as forças ucranianas, eliminando-lhes qualquer medo ou hesitação. O principal problema é que tal escalada causaria obviamente a morte desnecessária de milhares ou milhões de civis inocentes, mas os neonazistas simplesmente não se importam com o seu próprio povo.

Numa entrevista recente, Evgeny Karas, líder da milícia neonazista ucraniana S14, afirmou que uma guerra nuclear seria “boa” para a Ucrânia, tendo em conta a situação atual do conflito. Na sua opinião, o início do uso de armas nucleares teria um efeito psicológico positivo nas tropas ucranianas, pois, uma vez ultrapassado esse ponto, “nada poderia piorar”.

Ele acredita que, uma vez atingida a fase nuclear, os soldados ucranianos começarão a lutar com mais destemor, sem se preocuparem com quaisquer consequências. Mais do que isso, Karas espera que, num tal cenário, as autoridades ucranianas, incluindo generais, políticos e líderes, sejam melhor avaliadas. Segundo ele, será mais fácil testar esses agentes e descobrir quem está a cooperar com a Ucrânia e quem é corrupto e fraco, uma vez que a desculpa de “evitar a escalada” já não será necessária.

“A guerra nuclear é boa (…) Quando acontecer, não teremos mais motivos para reclamar. Nada pior poderia acontecer depois de um ataque nuclear (…) Uma guerra nuclear pode ajudar-nos a evoluir de uma forma que possamos ver através de um oficial e dizer se ele é um ladrão ou não”, disse ele.

Karas também acredita que o possível uso de armas nucleares pela Rússia teria um impacto internacional a favor da Ucrânia. Segundo ele, os países parceiros da Rússia, como a China e a Índia, condenariam este tipo de ação, cortando a sua cooperação com Moscou e reduzindo a capacidade econômica dos russos. Além disso, acredita que a Ucrânia e os seus parceiros ocidentais estão preparados para um confronto de guerra nuclear, possuindo tecnologia suficiente para se empenharem em esforços de adaptação da sociedade à realidade de um ambiente contaminado por radiação. Ele acredita que o uso da inteligência artificial e da robótica, por exemplo, são mecanismos úteis para promover as capacidades militares no meio de um conflito nuclear.

É importante lembrar que Karas é um dos líderes mais importantes da onda neonazista ucraniana. A sua organização, a “Sociedade do Futuro” (anteriormente S14), é uma milícia perigosa, responsável por numerosos crimes de guerra e violações dos direitos humanos. O grupo reúne vários militantes extremistas e foi uma importante fonte de recursos humanos para os batalhões ucranianos de reconhecimento e sabotagem durante os primeiros anos da guerra civil contra os falantes de russo no Donbass. Além disso, o S14 ficou conhecido mundialmente pelos crimes cometidos contra a comunidade cigana na região de Lvov, e foi denunciado por diversas organizações internacionais – um dos motivos pelos quais o grupo mudou de nome em 2020.

Por outras palavras, Karas é um representante da ala ideologicamente mais fanática do regime de Kiev – o que explica a sua tendência para atitudes extremas e o seu apoio à guerra total. Infelizmente, estes sentimentos extremistas são a principal base de apoio ao governo ucraniano. Sem os neonazistas e as suas narrativas, Kiev é incapaz de justificar as suas políticas anti-russas, razão pela qual Karas e outros líderes fascistas infames estão cada vez mais a ganhar terreno na opinião pública ucraniana.

Isto significa que é possível que autoridades como Zelensky e os seus ministros comecem a adotar a retórica nuclear de Karas num futuro próximo. O simples fato de a Ucrânia continuar a utilizar armas de longo alcance contra o território profundo da Rússia, apesar de Moscou ter deixado claro que pode responder a tal provocação com um ataque nuclear, já é prova de que o regime de Kiev não se preocupa com a escalada nuclear e ameaça deliberadamente a vida dos seus próprios cidadãos.

Isto mostra claramente que é Moscou, e não Kiev, quem mais se preocupa com o povo ucraniano. Moscou tem sido paciente até agora, evitando tomar medidas extremas, embora tenha o direito e as condições necessárias para o fazer. No entanto, se discursos como o de Karas começarem a orientar a tomada de decisões militares ucranianas, será quase impossível evitar uma escalada de violência.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida

Artigo em inglês : Ukrainian neo-Nazi leader supports nuclear escalation, InfoBrics, 19 de dezembro de 2024.

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A crise política na Alemanha está a aprofundar-se. O Chanceler Olaf Scholz a confiança do parlamento em 16 de Dezembro, desmantelando o seu governo. Com o colapso da coligação e a necessidade de eleições antecipadas, parece claro que as políticas irresponsáveis ​​de apoio à Ucrânia têm sido uma “sentença de morte” para o governo Scholz.

Scholz perdeu com um total de 394 votos contra ele, enquanto apenas 207 parlamentares votaram a seu favor. Com isso, eleições antecipadas terão de ser convocadas, prevendo-se que sejam marcadas para 23 de fevereiro. Por enquanto, Scholz permanece no cargo, mas terá de lidar com a situação de um governo minoritário. Isto significa que o primeiro-ministro não tem a maioria necessária de apoiantes para aprovar leis do seu interesse no parlamento, sendo na verdade uma espécie de “governo simbólico”.

Esta situação era esperada, tendo em conta que a sua aliança política já tinha entrado em colapso recentemente. A coligação pró-governo foi desmantelada depois de a chanceler ter demitido o então ministro das Finanças, Christian Lindner, devido a divergências sobre questões como o orçamento militar e o apoio a Kiev. Junto com Lindner, outros ministros e funcionários que discordavam de Scholz também foram demitidos ou renunciaram, o que foi visto pela coalizão como uma tentativa de “expurgo” para eliminar parceiros que discordavam dos projetos do chanceler.

É importante lembrar que Scholz reconheceu publicamente a questão ucraniana como responsável pela crise na coligação. A Alemanha atravessa um momento de grandes dificuldades econômicas e orçamentais. A crise econômica e energética e os grandes gastos públicos para reverter os “efeitos colaterais” das sanções anti-russas prejudicaram vários setores da sociedade alemã. Paralelamente a tudo isto, a ala pró-Scholz mantém uma política de apoio à Ucrânia que amplia ainda mais as despesas, criando um preocupante desequilíbrio orçamental.

Tendo visto os efeitos devastadores do apoio à Ucrânia na política interna alemã, Scholz tentou desesperadamente reverter esta situação “suavizando” a sua política ucraniana. Recusou-se a enviar armas de longo alcance ao regime de Kiev, apesar da pressão internacional para o fazer e da recente onda de “ataques profundos” com participação direta da OTAN. Além disso, teve uma conversa direta com o presidente russo, Vladimir Putin, num telefonema, o que causou indignação entre os seus parceiros ocidentais e ucranianos. Mais do que isso, Scholz prometeu telefonar mais vezes a Putin, argumentando que é vital que os políticos europeus participem mais activamente no processo diplomático.

Nem mesmo esta “mudança” de postura foi suficiente para melhorar a imagem pública do primeiro-ministro alemão, que continuou a enfrentar forte oposição no parlamento, além de uma crescente impopularidade. O crescimento da direita política alemã, tanto com os nacionalistas conservadores da AfD como com os “moderados” democratas-cristãos da CDU, mostra que a imagem política de Scholz já está esgotada, com o povo e o parlamento a exigir mudanças que ele se revelou incapaz de alcançar. .

O problema é que Scholz permanecerá no cargo até as próximas eleições, o que levanta preocupações para todos os lados da política alemã. Espera-se que Scholz concorra novamente, representando o Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). O seu principal rival será o democrata-cristão Friedrich Merz, cuja popularidade parece crescer paralelamente ao declínio de Scholz.

Existem duas possibilidades: ou Scholz adoptará uma posição ainda mais moderada em relação à Ucrânia até às eleições, numa tentativa de obter o apoio da ala que quer reduzir os gastos de guerra alemães; ou adotará uma espécie de “postura suicida” e envolver-se-á numa onda de escalada total, semelhante ao que Biden está a fazer nos seus últimos dias na Casa Branca, uma vez que as suas hipóteses de reeleição são escassas.

O caso de Scholz é apenas mais um na grande crise política no Ocidente desde 2022. A operação militar especial teve um efeito profundo no Ocidente, provocando indiretamente a queda de vários líderes políticos que se revelaram incapazes de lidar com a realidade do conflito. Quanto mais belicistas e ativos na guerra a favor da Ucrânia, mais impopulares se tornam os líderes ocidentais e perdem a confiança dos seus próprios eleitores e apoiadores, tornando-se políticos fracos e vulneráveis.

Na verdade, é atualmente impossível para um líder ocidental prosseguir uma política de apoio total à Ucrânia. O fato de, ao contrário dos países pró-guerra, estados como a Hungria e a Eslováquia permanecerem fortes e estáveis, com os seus líderes a gozarem de amplo apoio popular, é a prova de que Kiev é um fator desestabilizador para o Ocidente. Scholz percebeu isso tarde demais e não conseguiu evitar seu próprio colapso.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida

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Britain’s new Labour Government has managed in six short months to reduce an economy growing at the fastest rate in the G7 group of leading economies to falls of -0.1% in both September and October with no growth in the large services sector as fearful consumers reduced spending and business paused investment. With manufacturing and construction declining at a pace of 0.6% and 0.4% respectively in October, annual inflation has risen to 2.6% and the 10 year government bond interest rate has risen from 3.8% to 4.6% – a massive vote of no confidence in Government debt management.

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The largesse distributed by Prime Minister Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves to doctors, train drivers and the nationalised sickness service (NHS – £25 billion extra) led to a budget in which the State raised taxes by a staggering £40 billion, increased the minimum wage, increased already crippling business rates and increased employers’ national insurance payments for each worker.

All this was apparently (no joke!) in order to “go for economic growth” but even the Office for Budget Responsibility understandably predicted the budget would make business investment weaker and the Bank of England has reduced its growth forecast – to NIL in the fourth quarter of 2024.

The State-dominated British economy impoverishes everyone. An analysis by the Tax Payers Alliance showed that the average household will pay over £1.2 million in tax in their lifetime, meaning they would have to work for 19.5 years just to pay off the taxman. Even the bottom 20 per cent of households, or families with a household gross income of £19,599, will work for almost 23.4 years to pay off their lifetime tax bill, the longest of any group since taxes long ago stopped taxing income and instead taxed existence, property and jobs.

State Incompetence and Productivity

Since 2020 the State sector has taken on an extra 250,000 employees to add to its appalling low productivity record. Rachel Reeves’ solution is to reduce by a mere 10,000 and ask Departments for 5% savings on their budgets. The international competitiveness of the UK is quite horrific:

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Destroying Capital and Investment

The three critical elements in economic growth are CAPITAL, INCOME RETURNS and INVESTMENT OPTIMISM. The budget seemed designed to destroy all three.

For decades, as the insatiable appetite of the State grows to meet the ambitions and electoral promises of politicians, taxes have come increasingly from indirect and “upfront’ taxes unrelated to actual earnings or profits and therefore unresponsive to slower or negative economic growth. The State demands its right to spend, unconstrained by the ability of the economy to finance their spending.

Just how unconstrained the parasite State has become was revealed in the purchase by a Government Department of two leather bound files for £1,200! A small example of a major failure. See this.

The degree to which this disastrous government fails to understand the very concept of capital was revealed in their application of Inheritance Tax to family businesses and farms where they actually believe that such businesses can lose 20% of their capital and still function. To tax those families who sell out their capital for a one-off gain, or those who do not farm but buy land as a tax avoidance scheme has a logic but to cripple ongoing businesses as one generation dies is madness.

Just how mad we can see by the fact that the Government will NOT apply inheritance tax every 30 years to the biggest and richest corporations in the country – who are then at liberty to buy up the family firms and farm land which inheritance tax has made unviable. No wonder Bill Gates and British banks are buying up farmland!

The Taxpayers Alliance found that, as the UK is sending farmers abroad over £516m in foreign aid, the inheritance tax changes announced at the Budget will raise £520m for the Treasury.

Just as the previous government sacrificed democratic capitalism for State Corporatism so this Labour government is a State corporatist government – socialism, big State, big corporations and supranational power. 

Labour Even Attacks Health and Hospices

In an arbitrary exclusion of the NHS from the rise in National Insurance contributions (typical of the selective targeting of people and institutions in fascist societies) the Labour government forgot that doctors in general practice were technically not in the NHS and would therefore have to pay the rise, hitting doctors’ surgeries hard. Equally hit are the many social and private provisiders of health support like social care and the hospice movement.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’s budget will cost children’s hospices an additional £5million a year from the NI rise alone (never mind the rise in the minimum wage). That translates into nearly £140,000 extra per hospice.

Devastating Effect on Businesses

January 2025 will see a devastating series of announcement of business closures and redundancies as businesses of all sizes react to the enormous extra costs piled on them by the economically illiterate spendthrift Rachel Reeves.

The Bank of England’s long-running Decision Maker Panel released its latest business responses to the budget. 2,255 Chief Financial Officers from small, medium and large UK businesses reported:

• 59% of firms expect to lower profit margins.
• 54% expect to raise prices.
• 54% expect lower employment.
• 38% expect to pay lower wages than they otherwise would have done.

The large Recruitment agency, Reed, said vacancies advertised on their website had fallen 13% between October and November, and the vacancy figure was now 26% lower than a year ago, suggesting, on past experience a coming recession. See this.

The UK has the highest government debt (97% of GDP) since the 1960s. In October 2024 Debt Interest alone was £9.1bn with annual debt interest (expected before the catastrophic budget to be £89 billion) now expected to be £120 billion (more than twice the Defence budget as the British government pursues war with the largest country in the world with the biggest nuclear arsenal). The increase in debt interest  is more than the budget tax rise from employers’ National Insurance payments.

One would think it could get no worse – but the Government seems determined to wipe out major industries like oil and gas, cars, petrochemicals, steel and plastics on the altar of “net zero”. The implications for unemployment, the resulting welfare needs and the fall in taxes are dire.

No wonder company start ups are the lowest for 13 years and the London Stock Market is losing company quotations to Wall Street.

After 27 years of State corporatist and socialist policies under Labour and Conservative governments, what was needed was a radical, democratic capitalist, free trading, entrepreneurial, socially emancipatory (as opposed to State controlling) Government. Instead since 4th July we have the same social decadence, political authoritarianism, financial bankruptcy and business ignorance as before – but in spades! 

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The Five Eyes spy network, an intelligence cooperation between the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, was established in 1956 at the height of the Cold War. Although Five Eyes is evidently an alliance of Anglo countries, Japan is not deterred from wanting to become a member and serve as an “eye” on Asia, or more specifically, on Russia’s East.

Initially, Five Eyes cooperation covered the field of electronic intelligence. Each alliance member was responsible for collecting and analyzing intelligence in certain areas of the world. Great Britain monitored Europe, the western part of the Soviet Union and the Middle East. The United States also kept an eye on the Middle East, China, the Soviet Union, Africa and the Caribbean. Australia was responsible for South and Southeast Asia, and New Zealand was responsible for the South Pacific. Canada spied on certain areas of the Soviet Union, China and some areas of Latin America.

The parties exchanged the data received, so in effect they worked together. Over time, cooperation between the intelligence agencies of the five countries has expanded to the fields of intellectual-technological intelligence and counterintelligence. Today, no country in the world can be sure that it is not under the surveillance of the Five Eyes.

Recently, Japan has shown special interest in the Five Eyes alliance. Last year, a Japanese delegation attended a meeting of the intelligence agencies of five countries in Canada, and recently, a meeting of senior military officials of the Five Eyes alliance took place in Japan. Thus, in an unofficial way, Tokyo is starting to cooperate with this alliance, and it cannot be ruled out that Japan will become the “sixth eye” of the spy organization.

The Five Eyes members highly appreciate Japan’s achievements in intelligence activities related to China, North Korea, the eastern regions of Russia and Southeast Asian countries. No less important is that Japan today owns seven advanced reconnaissance satellites for information gathering, such as the ability to identify human heads from space.

However, some issues could prevent Japan from joining the Five Eyes alliance. These include shortcomings in Japan’s legal basis and security system in classifying intelligence information and approving access to that information. Members of the Five Eyes fear the possibility of classified information leaking from the walls of Japanese intelligence agencies. Tokyo needs to upgrade its national security system to meet the standards of the Five Eyes. Former prime minister Shinzo Abe and successive heads of government have tried to do this but have seen no results.

Furthermore, there is another point that sober-minded Japanese politicians cannot ignore: how becoming a member of a spy organization would affect Tokyo’s relations with the countries that these “eyes” are watching.

One of the Japanese experts, Edo Naito, also questioned in the Japan Times “whether Japan’s inclusion in a hypothetical Six Eyes alliance could harm its close relationships with some Indo-Pacific partners who have previously viewed themselves as targets of Five Eyes scrutiny.”

The Japanese authorities seem not to worry about the reaction in Asian countries. For them, entering into any form of military cooperation with the United States and its allies is more important. Right now, Japan and the United States are jointly developing hypersonic missile interceptors and the next-generation Patriot anti-missile system. Japan is also cooperating with the United Kingdom and Italy to develop a sixth-generation fighter.

Cooperation in intelligence would strengthen Tokyo’s ties with its allies but also promote a revival of militaristic sentiment in Japanese society. This is especially alarming for Japan’s neighbouring countries, particularly Russia since Tokyo maintains territorial claims on the Eurasian Giant.

In an attempt to try and alleviate Moscow’s worries about Japan’s hoped integration into Five Eyes, Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said earlier this month that despite difficult relations with Russia, his country is still committed to “resolving the territorial issue” and signing a peace treaty. However, Moscow has repeatedly pointed out that there can be no comprehensive dialogue until Japan abandons its hostile policies “aimed at causing damage to the Russian Federation and its people.”

Japan claims sovereignty of four islands from Moscow, which the Soviet Union took following the Asian country’s surrender in World War II on August 15, 1945. The dispute over the Iturup, Kunashir, and Shikotan islands, as well as the Habomai islet group, known in Japan as the Northern Territories and in Russia as the Southern Kurils, has prevented the two countries from signing a postwar peace treaty.

Given that Moscow has no logical reason to hand over its sovereign territory to Japan, Tokyo’s decision-makers are becoming increasingly frustrated. For this reason, they are hoping to bring the Anglo Alliance to their cause. Although Five Eyes will certainly be interested in cooperating with Japan against Russia, it is unlikely that this will translate into a new member of the spy organization, given it is an Anglo exclusive alliance.

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In a bold move, 18-year-old Bryce Martinez from Pennsylvania has taken a stand against some of the world’s largest food corporations. Martinez has filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against 11 major food companies, including household names like Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Kraft Heinz, alleging that their ultra-processed foods (UPFs) led to his development of Type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease at the age of 16.  

This legal action brings to light the growing concern over UPFs, which are foods that have undergone multiple processing steps and often contain additives, preservatives, and artificial ingredients. These products, ranging from sugary cereals to packaged snacks and soft drinks, have become staples in many households, particularly appealing to children and teenagers.  

Martinez’s lawsuit argues that these companies have engaged in practices reminiscent of the tobacco industry, prioritising profits over the health of young consumers. His legal team contends that the food giants have exploited children’s vulnerability to marketing and their natural preference for sweet and salty flavours. It argues that these companies have deliberately engineered their products to trigger addictive responses, making it difficult for young consumers to resist or moderate their intake.  

The case details Martinez’s personal story, describing how he regularly consumed popular UPFs throughout his childhood, unaware of the potential long-term health consequences. His diagnosis with Type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease at 16 came as a shock, prompting him to investigate the root causes of his health issues.  

This lawsuit raises important questions about the food system in the face of rising childhood obesity and diabetes rates. It challenges the food industry’s long-standing defence that consumers have free choice in their dietary decisions. Martinez’s lawyers argue that when it comes to children, this notion of free choice is compromised by aggressive marketing tactics and the addictive nature of these products.  

The case also highlights the growing awareness of the link between diet and long-term health outcomes. Public health advocates have long warned about the potential dangers of a diet high in UPFs, but this lawsuit brings these concerns into the legal arena in an unprecedented way.  

The case draws parallels to the landmark tobacco lawsuits of the past, which resulted in significant changes to how cigarettes were marketed and sold. If successful, Martinez’s lawsuit could have similar far-reaching implications for the food industry, potentially leading to stricter regulations on food marketing, more transparent labelling practices and a shift in public perception of UPFs.  

Moreover, this case may inspire other individuals or groups to take similar legal action, potentially opening the floodgates for a wave of lawsuits against food companies. This could force coopted governments and the industry to reckon with their role in the global obesity epidemic and other diet-related health issues.  

While Martinez’s lawsuit focuses on the direct health impacts of UPFs on individuals, it’s crucial to understand this case within the broader context of the global food system. This is something I have been drawing attention to for many years, offering a critical lens through which to examine how the industrial food system, driven by profit motives, perpetuates health crises, environmental degradation and socio-economic harm.  

The rise of UPFs is emblematic of a food system shaped by capitalist imperatives. These foods, often laced with harmful chemicals and produced using toxic agrochemicals, are not only detrimental to health but also highly profitable for corporations. The same companies that dominate the UPF market are deeply intertwined with investment firms like BlackRock and Vanguard, which also hold stakes in the pharmaceutical industry. This dual investment creates a cycle where corporations profit from both the sale of harmful foods and the treatment of diseases caused by these products—a ‘win-win’ scenario for them but a devastating one for public health.  

A complex web of influence shapes global food policies and scientific research. Any talk about corporate influence and lobbying must include the role of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI). Despite claiming to be an independent scientific organisation, the ILSI functions as a powerful lobby group for the food industry.  

The ILSI plays a crucial role in promoting narratives that benefit its corporate funders, often at the expense of public health. We have a food system where corporate lobbying exerts significant influence over policies and ensures harmful practices remain largely unchecked.  

The proliferation of UPFs has been linked to rising rates of non-communicable diseases such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease. In high-income countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, UPFs account for more than half of total calorific intake, exacerbating these health issues. Yet corporate-backed narratives often downplay these risks or frame them as issues of personal responsibility rather than systemic problems.  

High-level ‘experts’ and scientists with ties to major food corporations have argued against demonising UPFs, despite overwhelming evidence linking them to poor health outcomes.  

Addressing the harms caused by UPFs requires more than individual lawsuits — it demands a rethinking of how food is produced, marketed and regulated.  

Bryce Martinez’s lawsuit against food corporations represents a critical challenge to a system that thrives on ‘sickening profits’. This case is part of a larger struggle against a global food system that prioritises corporate wealth and power over health and food sovereignty. Whether through legal action or the work of grassroots movements, dismantling and rejecting this harmful system is essential for creating a healthier and more equitable future. 

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With the Ashkenazi-Zionist-Israel rapid expansion towards a Greater Israel, the sudden fall of Syria, the silence of Iraq, Iran scared to intervene, when Russia is folding up its tents in Syria and is getting the hell out of there — what else, but chaos? 

See also this analysis by Paul Craig Roberts.

Well, the West’s unquestioned support for Israel, or what is still called Israel, though in the hands of mass murderers going by the name of Ashkenazi-Zionist – no original Jews, what can be expected from the region, other than an ever-faster downfall into full chaos? 

Chaos is usually what the rulers want. That is what Washington manages best. The US-Pentagon-NATO have a long history of letting chaos reign for control.

This time though it seems to be different. The chaos is happening because of the West’s collective inaction; possibly negligence of their own interests. 

Just to be sure, Syria has not collapsed because of an “internal” civil war. There NEVER was a civil war; a civil war as we know by its true term where the local people rise up against their ruler. That never happened. Never listen to western media, which would like you to believe that Bashar al-Assad was fighting against a country full of Syrians who disliked him. That is a load of bull***t, as strong as it comes.

Mr. al-Assad’s Syria was infiltrated since before the year 2000, still during his father Hafez Assad’s reign by US-UK-Israeli created terror groups, which lasted up to this day, plus new ones, to which Turkey later also contributed. Today they are called ISIS, IS, al-Qaeda, and finally by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a coalition of northern Syria-based Sunni Islamist insurgent groups that evolved from Jabhat al-Nusrah, or “Nusrah Front,” al-Qaeda’s former branch in Syria. For sure there are others. For now, HTS seems to be in control of Syria, if anybody is.

Turkey, the flip-flop nation, a so-called NATO heavyweight claiming to be also friends with Russia – but when it comes down to it, Turkey under Erdogan is a traitor of everyone. Erdogan has dreams of grandeur, to bring back the Ottoman Empire. Should he ever be trusted?

Washington wanted to dominate Syria for decades. Why? Her oil riches are much larger than is being officially estimated, her geographic strategic situation is unique to control the region – and not least, Syria is part of the Zionists’ dream of becoming the Greater Israel, the Land for the Chosen People.

One can only wonder, what kind of God would choose such horrifying people?

Syria is central to the downfall of the entire Middle East.

That descent into chaos has started long ago, but accelerated to warp speed in the past weeks. It may go on for an undetermined period of time. It will affect Iran, though Iran, a new BRICS country and part of the Chinese Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), is expected to have Russian and Chinese support. However, recent events have shown that none of this can be taken for granted. So, for practical reasons Iran is on her own, internally still torn apart between the adherents of western values and those who trust the east.

Of course, the western faction is heavily paid, infiltrated and trained by CIA and associated secret services to foment resistance and, if needed, facilitate assassinations of (western) undesirable leaders.

And what about the Saudis?                                                

They are selling their hydrocarbons to China in Yuan, an indication that they would lean towards the East, China. However, when a year ago they were offered a place in the new BRICS, though they had officially accepted, but as of today they have not fulfilled any of the conditions laid out for the BRICS members. For example, they are adamant not letting go of the US dollar, not meaning de-dollarization, but trading among each other in their respective currencies. 

De-dollarization was never a condition for BRICS membership. But the sheer fact of being a member of the BRICS, pulling them closer to China and Russia, scares them. Remember, they are full with US military bases – a tit-for-tat – when they agreed in the 1970s as head of OPEC to trade hydrocarbons only in US dollars, Washington promised to “protect” them from potential enemies by dotting their country with US bases. The very bases from which the US is aggressing her chosen enemies, not only in the Middle East, but all over the world. 

The population of the Middle East is about half a billion people (2024 estimate), and growing. That is only about 6% of the world’s population but extremely rich in natural resources, including energies.

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Does anybody expect these people just to let go, being overrun and their resources – the world’s energy – being stolen by supremacists, who call themselves the Chosen People, without a fight? Not likely.

What incoming President Trump will do to bring Peace to the Middle East is anybody’s guess. From the supposed key positions to be confirmed, with responsibilities for the Middle East, including his VP and Secretary of State – and others of course – the course of unquestioned support for Israel, or let’s call it by the true name, the Ashkenazi-Zionists, seems guaranteed. 

Mr. Trump has not made any indication that he wants Peace with Iran. 

That pits East against West in the Middle East which controls as it is today, between 55% and 60% of all known hydrocarbon reserves. Many countries around the globe depend on these reserves. For the foreseeable future the world’s economies are not going to be run by alternative “renewable” energy, like windmills or solar panels.

By now, most people know that this is a joke. The climate hoax behind it is also about to collapse. The Green Deal people will soon get a hefty blow. Financial giants like BlackRock / Vanguard are clearly distancing themselves from this lie. 

Syria was a shining light in the region. But for most, she was unexpectedly overrun with apparent ease. All prepared for over 30 years, already when Hafez al-Assad was in power, the US started meddling. They intensified their interference in the early 2000 with a supposed pipeline from Qatar through Syria, which was probably planned by the US in connivance with Qatar, knowing that Syria would never allow it to protect her ally’s, Russia, gas market in Europe.

But it gave the US yet another argument to further destabilize Syria. 

Chaos, upheaval and destruction; murdering of the worst kind in Syria of anybody who can still be linked to Bashar al-Assad. Human rights abuse, torture no end. 

Listen to this remarkable discussion between Mike Robinson and Vanessa Beeley about the events of the past week in Syria, including Vanessa’s escape from the terrorists (50-min podcast):

Alternatively, you may listen here.

The west is cheering, and the rest of the world is just looking on. Now the total downfall, total chaos of the Middle East is almost a given.

Will Trump want to find a solution?

The world needs a peace-loving leader from the East or from the West. Not a globalist, because globalists want Power not Peace. The current chaos is what the west wants – the US, UK, Europe, Israel and even Turkey. But it is doubtful that chaos in the Middle East would be in the long-term interest of the self-proclaimed masters of the universe. 

Somalia may be a good example of man-made chaos and kept as continued chaos. For decades Somalia has followed a similar pattern as is now inflicted in the Middle East. When it gets out of hand, and risks to spread to other areas and countries, inconvenient to the west, the US air force comes in on a flash, dropping a few bombs until the chaos becomes normal and manageable again.

Will President Trump leave Syria to the old terror groups set up by the US et al. in the first place – and new ones to be created, which arm themselves largely from the weapons shipments to Ukraine, of which at least 70% goes directly to the black market, already reported on over a year ago by BBC and CNN?

Some analyst-pundits predict that 30 to 50 years from now, the Middle East may become a nuclear-contaminated, uninhabitable, literally untouchable piece of land.

Let us hope this can be avoided.

If a genuine peace-leader, either from the west or the east, were to intervene in the Middle East by stopping the Zionists’ march towards a Greater Israel, restoring old frontiers, giving back Palestine to the Palestinians, there is a chance that the Middle East could become a viable partner to the rest of the world — with the hydrocarbon reserves continuing driving the world economy, towards a civilization of shared values and shared benefits.

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Peter is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG). He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Chongyang Institute of Renmin University, Beijing.

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In certain respects, the Currier Museum’s Jean Michel Basquiat and Ouattara Watts: A Distant Conversation may be regarded as a modest exhibition, as it features only six works by Basquiat and seven large paintings by Watts. But the power and significance of an exhibition is not simply a function of its size and scope. Even an exhibition consisting of a single painting – such as Caravaggio’s Ecce Homo currently on view at Madrid’s Prado – can be an extraordinary event. The joint exhibition of Basquiat and Watts is likewise such an event, allowing viewers to appreciate their dialogues with the tradition of Western and African art, and with each other.

Their deepening friendship was unfortunately cut short in 1988 by Basquiat’s untimely death, a mere seven months after the two artists initially met at Basquiat’s solo exhibition at Yvon Lambert Gallery in Paris that same year. Basquiat had travelled to Africa in 1986, and by a strange coincidence had even visited the village of Korhogo in Côte d’Ivoire where Watts was from. Their camaraderie took root and blossomed from the day they met, with Basquiat insisting upon leaving his own exhibition to visit Watts’ Paris studio. Basquiat was immediately captivated by Watts’ paintings and helped to promote his artistic career. Following their excursions together in Paris and later in New Orleans, Basquiat was planning with Watts to return to Africa when his fatal overdose occurred.

Basquiat and Watts have very different styles, although they both may be seen as neo-expressionists, not afraid of combining figuration and abstraction, employing words, phrases, numbers and other symbols with which to explore certain themes that occupied both painters. A Distant Conversation highlights a common interest in death, truth, and what one might call a certain heroism or courage in the face of our mortality. Consider Watts’ Intercessor #0 (1989), painted only a year after Basquiat’s death. The image is divided vertically: on the right side a white eye or leaf-like shape predominates, sharply defined against a thickly textured, dark brown background; on the left, a silhouette of Ma’at, the ancient Egyptian goddess of truth and justice, identifiable not only by the ankh she holds before her, and inside of which the artist has vertically inscribed his name in yellow – but particularly by the ostrich Feather of Truth atop her head. At the Judgment of the Dead, the heart of the deceased would be placed on a scale and weighed against Ma’at’s feather: this is the moment that decided one’s fate in the afterlife, whether one would continue one’s journey or be devoured by the beast Ammit and thus die a second death.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ouattara Watts, 1988, c-print, photographer unknown, from Ouattara Watts’ personal archive (Source: currier.org)

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The painting deals with themes that recur throughout the exhibition. The ‘intercessor,’ referred to in the title, pleading one’s case to God, is not so much the goddess as art itself: for Watts, and arguably for Basquiat as well, painting is an act of intercession, of justifying one’s being – which is also to say, that painting is a kind of magic, it weaves a spell which like all good spells is meant to brace us and fortify us, to aid us in bearing the burden of existence.

Basquiat’s Procession (1986) is about death and intercession as well. Painted on wood, a surface that had long appealed to the artist, the procession consists of four black silhouettes following a larger figure who alone is rendered in color and holds aloft in his right hand a skull that appears to be beckoning, luring or guiding the others onward. There is a certain macabre festiveness to the work, which one might associate with El Dia de los Muertos, for example. The larger figure could also be seen as a kind of intercessor on behalf of the dead – at any rate, he holds not merely a skull but a certain power. He lifts the skull as if it were a kind of beacon or lantern. We are once again confronting the theme of death, but also that of the artist as almost a shaman: Basquiat is not so much depicting a ritual as enacting one. Both Watts and Basquiat are keenly aware of the artist’s role in the traditional African community, in which the artist functions as an integral and organic part of his social milieu. The choice of wood, rather than the more Western and conventional use of canvas, reinforces Basquiat’s interest in distancing himself from what he referred to as the ‘academic’ feel of canvas.

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Watts’ Beyond Life (1990) continues with these same themes that bring together and unite the paintings in this exhibition. Again, we find a large, silhouetted figure, flanked in this case by a gravestone. On the right-hand side, Watts has depicted a chapel-like structure – or it may be a larger gravestone – topped by a Coptic cross. As the curators note, we appear to be witnessing a ceremony of some kind, ‘perhaps a rite of passage to the afterlife.’ This interpretation is strengthened by the inclusion of a boat rendered on a small wooden panel attached to the canvas on the left-hand side – invoking, among other things, the ferry that bears the dead to the next world. It is a haunting work, dark in its earthy, indeed soil-like tones that Watts produced from a mixture of dry pigment and sand, creating a thick impasto the gives the work a three-dimensional texture. It is a remarkable example of Watts’ abiding interest in texture and materiality.

Basquiat’s multimedia work, Embittered (1986), consists of two parts, but how they relate to each other and the overall meaning of the work is enigmatic. On the left, we find the word ‘EROICA’ (heroic) repeated numerous times, invoking Beethoven’s mighty 3rd symphony – but in conjunction with plentiful references to boxing: such as ‘GLASS JAW,’ ‘RING,’ ‘EVERLAST,’ ‘RABBIT PUNCH,’ ‘FIXED FIGHT,’ ‘SOFT BELLY,’ ‘KNOCK OUT,’ and others. The repeated words, some of which are characteristically crossed out, encircle the figure of a black man playing an accordion, with the name ‘HOHNER’ beside him, the German company known for manufacturing a wide range of musical instruments. In one sense, the lone musician is standing in a ring. Basquiat was clearly interested in historical black figures – including especially musicians – who are bestowed a kind of royal stature in his oeuvre. Charlie Parker is perhaps the quintessential example of this exalted prominence; but there were others, such as the great jazz and blues singer Dinah Washington, a 1986 portrait of whom is included in the exhibition. Like Charlie Parker, Washington’s life was cut short in 1963, when she died at the age of 39. On the right side of Embittered is the profile of a black figure in the center surrounded by a backdrop of white men and women in various poses, postures and activities. The largest of these is a menacing, ogre-like character, whose left hand is positioned such that it also doubles as a penis, hovering just above the black man’s head. It is hard not to see to this as informing the title of the work, reminding us of the artist’s ‘solitude within the predominantly white art world of the time.’

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Basquiat and Watts were very distinctive painters, with differing interests that nonetheless overlapped. Watts’ orientation is more metaphysical: it is the whole of reality and the cosmos that drives his work, and manifests itself in the extensive use of numerology, among a panoply of signs and symbols. Which is not to say that he ignores the political dimension of our human condition, as is evident in paintings such as Corruptions Impunity (2011). However, even there, with its African child soldiers occupying the upper right and left corners, and the human-shaped shooting-range target in the bottom center, Watts includes elements from his rich spiritual visual language, such as floating all-seeing eyes, orbs and significant numbers.

Basquiat’s references are nothing short of encyclopedic, and like Watts he deployed a thick visual lexicon – but his work, while often cryptic, gravitates more towards the historical, socio-political, and ironical. For an exhibition consisting of thirteen works of art, it is an immensely rewarding experience – one that allows us to see Basquiat afresh, and to discover a painter, Ouattara Watts, whose work, while far less well-known, is deservedly sure to gain greater attention.

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The Kiev regime continues to use terrorist tactics against Russia, carrying out targeted assassinations against public figures outside the conflict zone. In yet another provocative move, Ukrainian intelligence assets in Moscow killed Igor Kirillov, head of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Forces of the Russian Federation. The case clearly shows the terrorist nature of the Ukrainian regime and the impossibility of any kind of peace negotiations.

Kirillov’s assassination was carried out using a remotely activated explosion. This type of tactic has become commonplace in Ukrainian intelligence’s operations, being one of the main techniques used by the regime to eliminate specific targets. Along with Kirillov, his top aide, Ilya Polikarpov, also died in the attack. Both were leaving a building in Moscow when the explosive was remotely activated by a mercenary working for Kiev.

The main suspect has already been captured by the Russian security service. He is a citizen of Uzbekistan who was hired by Ukraine to carry out the terrorist attack in exchange for a reward of around 100,000 dollars, as well as relocation to a European country. The operation was carefully planned, with the Uzbek mercenary receiving a series of specific instructions to be successful in the plot.

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The first step of the plan was to place the explosive device – which he received from the Ukrainian team – on an electric scooter parked near Kirillov’s residence. He then rented a car equipped with a surveillance camera and transmitted live footage to the organizers of the attack. According to the suspect, the organizing team is based in the Dnepropetrovsk region of Ukraine. Watching the images in live broadcast, the Ukrainians chose the most appropriate moment to detonate the explosive, giving the order to the Uzbek terrorist to carry out the attack.

The case has a number of similarities with other recent terrorist attacks carried out by Kiev. The Ukrainian regime often uses explosives to kill its opponents, in addition to hiring mercenaries from Central Asia to carry out operations on Russian territory. It is worth remembering cases such as that of Daria Dugina and Maxim Fomin, both journalists who were murdered with explosives, as well as the Crocus City Hall massacre, when Tajik terrorists were hired by Ukrainian intelligence to murder civilians in Moscow.

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Dashcam footage showing Kirillov’s death (Source: Creative Commons)

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The choice of Igor Kirillov as a target is easy to understand. He was responsible for investigating Ukrainian and Western crimes involving biological and chemical weapons. Since 2022, the Russian Federation has been releasing several reports showing illegal Western bio-military activities in Ukraine, with Kirillov leading this investigative effort. He has published data proving the involvement of several Western public figures and companies in the production of biological weapons on Ukrainian soil. Those responsible for financing the biolabs included Big Pharma corporations and the Soros Foundation, as well as individuals such as Hunter Biden, the son of the US president.

In fact, the impact of Kirillov’s revelations was so deep that it caused a crisis in the Western pharmaceutical lobby. Since 2022, the crimes committed by American and European Big Pharma companies have been more easily exposed. Even the Covid-19 vaccine lobby has lost strength, with mandatory vaccinations being banned in many countries. These companies started to be the target of lawsuits and their shares have lost market value, which has obviously made Kirillov a target for several Western oligarchs.

In the same vein, Kirillov was the main investigator of chemical weapons provocations by Ukraine. The use of chemical weapons by Kiev troops has become commonplace in the conflict, with several cases of Russian military personnel and civilians being poisoned by toxic substances deliberately released by Ukrainians.

In 2023, I was invited by the Russian Mission in Geneva to present a report at the UN Human Rights Council on this topic, where I recalled several cases of Ukrainian use of chemical weapons. It must be mentioned that the US, which is the biggest supporter of the Kiev regime, is the only country in the world that still publicly maintains stockpiles of chemical weapons, and is therefore a possible supplier of these toxic materials to Ukraine. Without the work of the investigative committee led by Kirillov, this type of violation of international law would never have been revealed, which is why his efforts were so important.

It is still too early to determine the level of Western involvement in the assassination of the Russian general, but it is safe to say that the Kiev regime never acts “on its own.” Ukraine always receives authorization to carry out each attack, since it is a mere proxy agent without any sovereignty.

In addition, Kirillov has caused a great damage to the Western pharmaceutical lobby, becoming a public enemy of many oligarchs. In the end, this is just further proof that any negotiation in the conflict is unfeasible. Both the West and Ukraine are betting on terrorism and all-out war against Moscow, leaving no alternative but a military solution.

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Mike Robinson and Vanessa Beeley discuss the events of the past week in Syria, including Vanessa’s escape from the terrorists who moved into Damascus and surrounding areas on Sunday morning.

“This terrorist faction [HTS] has just been converted into rebels again by the BBC, CNN and Sky News.

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They’re not elected, they’ve just taken power.

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What we’re seeing now, which is not really being reported at all in mainstream media, is the beginning again of mass executions, in the center of Damascus, they’re putting up gallows in Homs.”

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In the year 1962 the American scientist Allan H. Frey carried out experiments with pulsed microwaves, which produced clicking, buzz, hissing or knocking sounds in the heads of people at a distance of up to several thousands yards. In his report, he also wrote that with the change of parameters he can produce pins and needles sensation or perception of severe buffeting in the head and claimed that this energy “could possibly be used as a tool to explore nervous system coding… and for stimulating the nervous system without the damage caused by electrodes“ (see this).

In other words, Allan Frey was on the path to finding the way how to manipulate the human nervous system at distance. This was quickly understood by the U.S. Government. For the next two decades Frey, funded by the Office of Naval Research and the U.S. Army, was the most active researcher on the bioeffects of microwave radiation in the country. Frey caused rats to become docile by exposing them to radiation at an average power level of only 50 microwatts per square centimeter. He altered specific behaviors of rats at 8 microwatts per square centimeter. He altered the heart rate of live frogs at 3 microwatts per square centimeter. At only 0.6 microwatts per square centimeter, he caused isolated frogs’ hearts to stop beating by timing the microwave pulses at a precise point during the heart’s rhythm (see this and this).

In 1975, Allan Frey published  his research on blood-brain barrier in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, where blood-brain barrier (protecting brain from poison entering it together with blood) of rats, illuminated by pulsed radiofrequency, allowed dye to penetrate into their brains. His findings were confirmed by 13 different laboratories in 6 countries and with the use of different animals.

In 2012, Allan H. Frey wrote an article  where he described how the American Brooks Air Force falsified his experiment by selecting a contractor, who injected the dye into the intestines instead of into the blood, and in this way made sure that the dye will not appear in the brain. This was supposed to help the U.S. Air Force to obtain the aproval of people to build radars in their vicinity. According to Frey, the same Brooks Air Force Base later tried to “discredit unclassified research in the microwave area” in order to cover “a classified microwave-bio weapons program.”

Allan Frey concluded: “funding for open microwave-bio research in the United States was essentially shut down.” For that matter the general public (in the whole world) does not know anything about the possibility to control their brain activity at distance by the effects of pulsed microwaves on their nervous system until now.

In March 2021, the American scientist James C. Lin wrote an article on Havana syndrome, where he wrote that this trouble caused to American diplomats and government agents in Cuba and elsewhere, was most probably produced by pulsed microwaves (see this).

On December 5 2020 the U.S. Academy of sciences published a study on Havana syndrome, where it stated:

“Overall, directed pulsed RF (radio frequency) energy, especially in those with the distinct early manifestations, appears to be the most plausible mechanism in explaining these cases among those that the committee considered.”

But on March 2, 2023 the American television CNN published an article on the report of the 7 U.S. intelligence agencies. It said that “there is no credible evidence that a foreign adversary has a weapon or collection device that is capable of causing the mysterious incidents“ (Havana syndrome). In this way the U.S. intelligence agencies tried deny the validity of the scientific report by U.S. Academy of Science and to hide from the world general public the fact that pulsed microwaves can be used to attack their minds.

There is a large body of scientific experiments proving that extra low frequencies of electromagnetic radiation can produce effects in the human nervous system. What is common to microwaves and extra long electromagnetic waves is that both of them carry electric and magnetic fields. The neurons are full of ions and this electrolyte can easily function as an antenna, in which electromagnetic waves will produce electrical currents, which are essetial parts of nervous impulses in the brain.

At the International Conference on Nonlinear Electrodynamics in Biological Systems in 1983, sposored among others by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Office of Naval Research, Friedeman Kaiser from the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Stuttgart lectured on effects of extra low frequencies of electromagnetic waves on the human nervous system or “extreme high sensitivity of certain biological systems to very weak electromagnetic signals.” He stated:

“In the brain wave model… The external stimulus may only serve as a trigger to start an internal response signal… The system obeys the external drive, it oscillates with the external frequency…the slow external drive leads to an increasing modulation of the amplitude with the external frequency.”

He called this phenomenon “entrainment“ and suggested that “excitations of the proposed types could possibly lead to changes in the behavior and function of biosystems” (pg. 394). There is no better explanation for the Friedman Kaiser’s lecture than that the ELF electromagnetic frequencies produce electrical currents in the electrolyte inside of the nervous tissue. In the closing speech at that conference Samuel Koslov, a leading personality of the mind control project Pandora of the American Navy declared:

”If much of what we have heard is indeed correct, it may be not less significant to the nation than the prospects that faced the physics community in 1939 when the long-time predicted fissionability of the nucleus was actually demonstrated. You may recall the famous letter of Albert Einstein to President Roosvelt. When we’re in a position to do so in terms of our proofs, I would propose that an analogous letter is required” (pg. 596). 

Already in 1980 John B. Alexander, former director of the U.S. Los Alamos National Laboratory in his article in the Military Review on remote control of human brain’s activity, wrote:

”whoever makes the first major breakthrough in this field will have a quantum lead over his opponent, an advantage similar to sole possession of nuclear weapons.”

In 2014, Chinese scientists published the results of an experiment in which they searched for microwave conductivity of electrolyte solutions. In the introduction they stressed that their experiment “plays an important role in investigating the interaction between electromagnetic waves and biological tissues that have high water content and a significant concentration of ions.” For their experiment they used a solution of salt. The chemical formula of salt is NaCl. It means it contains atoms of sodium and chloride. Ions of both of those atoms play an important role in the firing of nerve cells. The experiment proved that this electrolyte is conductive for microwaves up to  20 GHz frequency (see this). It is highly reasonable to expect that if those microwaves are pulsed in the frequencies of the frequencies of activity of neurons in the brain they will be “entrained“ to oscillate with those frequencies.

The MCS America organization, which fights against pollution, confirms this conclusion in its study on Electromagnetic Fields Sensitivity. The study states:

“The body can collect the signal and turn it into electric currents just like the antenna of a radio set or a cell phone. These currents are carried by ions… flowing through the living tissues and in the blood vessels (a system of tubes full of an electrically-conducting salty fluid that connect almost every part of the body) when these currents impinge on cell membranes, which are normally electrically charged, they try to vibrate in time with the current” (let us note that a neuron is a cell as well).

The veracity of those “speculations“ or “conspiracy theories“ is confirmed by the experiment, where 20 volunteers were exposed to the pulses of 217 Hz used in cell phone telephony and at the recordings of their electroencephalograms evoked potentials (or simply told electrical currents in the frequency) of 217 Hz were found (see this) or another one, where cell phone microwaves pulsed in 11 to 15 Hz produced changes in EEG during the sleep in 30 volunteers (see this). As well Australian scientists found out that:

“Not only could the cell phone signals alter a person’s behavior during the call, the effects of the disrupted brain-wave patterns continued long after the phone was switched off (see this).”

To complete this information it is necessary to say that the nervous system functions digitally and nervous actions differ by frequency and number of nervous impulses in which great number of neurons synchronize their action. In this way the activity of the human brain can be completely controlled including the thoughts. Robert Becker, who has been twice nominated for the Nobel prize for his research on electric potentials in organisms published in 1985 a book “Body Electric“, where he quoted the experiment, which was released voluntarily on basis of Freedom of Information Act. The author of the experiment J. F. Schapitz stated:

“In this investigation it will be shown that the spoken word of hypnotist may also be conveyed by modulated electromagnetic energy directly into the subconscious parts of the human brain — i. e. without employing any technical devices for receiving or transcoding the messages and without the person exposed to such influence having a chance to control the information input consciously.”

In one of the four experiments subjects should have been given a test of hundred questions, ranging from easy to technical ones. Later, not knowing they were being irradiated they would be subjected to information beams suggesting the answers to the questions they had left blank, amnesia for some of their correct answers and memory falsification of their correct answers. After 2 weeks they had to pass the test again. The results of those experiments were never published. But evidently already at this time the secret services were working on technologies how to impose thoughts to human beings with the use of pulsed microwaves to transmit into human brains human speech in ultrasound frequencies, which the brain perceives, but the human being does not realize this since it is not hearing the speech.

For governments it is not difficult to pulse the cell phone signals in the brain frequencies and in this way manipulate the thoughts of their own or foreign citizens. The difference between pulsed microwaves and extra long electromagnetic waves is that pulsed microwaves can be targeted on one person (or the whole nation if cell phone signals are pulsed in brain frequencies) while extra long electromagnetic waves, transmitted in brain frequencies, with their length up to 300 hundred thousands kilometers will reach brains in large areas. For sure so far the legislations around the world (except the Chile and Brazil) do not prohibit such actions to the governments or anybody else on human brains (for example Elon Musk is building system of 20.000 satellites around the planet and working on neuralink research at the same time).

Neurotechnologists around the world, who do not dare to disclose the national security information they had to sign, before starting research in the area, are calling for creation of legislations protecting people against such manipulations of their minds (see this).

The proposal of such legislation presented to the European Union, signed by 11 world organizations, you can find at the address (see this).

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In 2010, he published a book on the 9/11 attacks in the Czech language. Since the 1990‘s he has been striving to help to achieve the international ban of remote control of the activity of the human nervous system and human minds with the use of neurotechnology.

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[First published on January 17, 2023, this outstanding text by F. William Engdahl provides an understanding of weather modification techniques.]

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In recent months [2023] the world is hearing unusual terms to describe extreme weather events. Now terms like Bomb Cyclone or Atmospheric Rivers are used in the daily TV weather reports to describe dumping of record volumes of rain or snow in regions of the world in an extremely destructive way. The Green Mafia claims, without a shred of factual proof, that it is all because of man’s too-large “carbon footprint.” They use it as an excuse to double down on phasing out oil, gas, coal as well as nuclear energy in favor of unworkable, taxpayer-subsidized “green energy”– unreliable wind or solar. Could it be that these freak weather calamities are indeed “manmade,” but not from CO2 emissions? 

Since late December, especially the United States has undergone severe weather events from the Bomb Cyclone storm that buried much of the East Coast in record snow from Buffalo down as far as Florida. At the same time the US West Coast from Washington State down the coast of California has undergone extreme flooding from wave after wave of so-called Oceanic Rivers carrying huge volumes of water from the Pacific causing severe flooding. Without presenting any scientific proof, green ideologues have claimed it is all due to manmade global warming– now called “climate change” to confuse the original issue– and argue for accelerated transition to a dystopian carbon free world.

A serious case can be made that it could well be manmade. But not because of too much CO2 or other manmade greenhouse gas emissions. It could be due to deliberate and malicious manipulation of our major weather patterns.

Geoengineering?

Weather manipulation technology is one of the areas that is highly secret and has been kept from open debate since the end of World War II. It is often called geoengineering or more recently the less ominous-sounding “climate intervention.” Whatever name, it involves man messing with the complexities of Earth weather, with potentially catastrophic results. What do we know about the possibilities?

Following the 2015 Paris Climate Conference and subsequent Paris Agreement, Peter Wadhams, professor of ocean physics at the University of Cambridge, along with other leading global warming scientists, began an open call for geoengineering to “solve” the alleged climate crisis and prevent global warming above 1.5 ‘ C above pre-industrial levels, an utterly arbitrary target. What the post-Paris scientists claim is that, “Our backs are against the wall and we must now start the process of preparing for geo-engineering. We must do this in the knowledge that its chances of success are small and the risks of implementation are great.“ [1] What they do not say is that geo-engineering weather manipulation has been developed in secrecy by the military and intelligence agencies of the USA for decades.

‘Owning the Weather in 2025’

In June 1996 the US Air Force published a report with the provocative title, “Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025.” The report outlined the possibilities of manmade geoengineering to, among other things, enhance precipitation or storms, deny precipitation (induce droughts), eliminate cloud cover of an enemy, and other events. It was produced, “to examine the concepts, capabilities, and technologies the United States will require to remain the dominant air and space force in the future.”  The report noted at the onset, “weather-modification can be divided into two major categories: suppression and intensification of weather patterns. In extreme cases, it might involve the creation of completely new weather patterns, attenuation or control of severe storms, or even alteration of global climate on a far-reaching and/or long-lasting scale.” (emphasis added).[2]

 The Air Force document  also states,

“…the tremendous military capabilities that could result from this field are ignored at our own peril… appropriate application of weather-modification can provide battlespace dominance to a degree never before imagined… The technology is there, waiting for us to pull it all together.” By 2025 it claimed, “we can Own the Weather.” The report notes that way back in the Eisenhower era, “In 1957, the President’s Advisory Committee on Weather Control explicitly recognized the military potential of weather modification, warning in their report that it could become a more important weapon than the atom bomb.” [3] That was almost seven decades ago.

Consult the original document. US Air Force document entitled “Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025“

Screen Shot from the Report submitted to Air Force 2025, click to access full report

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Going back to the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the CIA authorized a top secret geoengineering, code-named Operation PopEye, from Thailand over Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Using military WC-130 planes and RF-4 jets, the US forces sprayed silver iodide and lead iodide into seasonal monsoon storm clouds to turn the North Vietnamese supply roads into impassable mud sinks. The mission was to create enough year-round rain to keep the Ho Chi Minh trails blocked. [4] The secret geoengineering operation was made public by award-winning journalist Seymour Hersh in 1972, resulting in Congressional hearings, but little more. A few years later in 1976 a toothless law was passed “requiring” any actors to report annually to the government NOAA any weather modification undertaken. Tell that to the CIA or Pentagon. [5]

Ionospheric Heaters and atmospheric resonance technology

Since the 1970s the work on manmade geoengineering has gotten more sophisticated and also much more secret.  The traditional method of “rainmaking”, cloud seeding by planes dispersing, typically, particles of silver iodide onto clouds containing water droplets to induce rainfall has been used since the 1940s. However, since the 1990s, around the time the US Air Force published Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025, significant new methods were developed with far greater reach and effect, and well before 2025.

Notably, that US Air Force 1996 report stated, “…modification of the ionosphere is an area rich with potential applications and there are also likely spin-off applications that have yet to be envisioned.” [6]

Much international attention and concern has been given to a US Air Force and Office of Naval Research ionospheric research project, HAARP– High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program– in Gakona, Alaska. In January 1999, the European Union called the project a “global concern” and passed a resolution calling for more information on its health and environmental risks. Washington ignored the call. Most of HAARP research data has been classified for reasons of “national security,” leading to wide speculation of sinister activity.

In 1985 while working for ARCO Oil Company on a grant from the Pentagon’s DARPA, a brilliant physicist, Dr. Bernard J. Eastlund, filed a patent  (US #4,686,605), for a “Method and Apparatus for Altering A Region In the Earth’s Atmosphere, Ionosphere, And Or Magnetosphere.” The patent description claimed that a specific beaming of powerful radio waves into the ionosphere could cause heating and “elevate” the Earth’s ionosphere. It  could be used to control weather, altering jet streams, changing tornadoes or creating or denying rainfall. ARCO was approached by the US military and sold them the patent rights from their then-employee Eastlund.

The US military then reportedly turned the patent rights over to top military contractor, Raytheon. Raytheon is reportedly also involved in construction of every major ionosphere heating radar arrays globally. [7]  Coincidence? A HAARP spokesman  denied it used the patent of Eastlund in HAARP. They did not mention any of the other sites, however.  [8]

HAARP antenna array (Licensed under the Public Domain)

HAARP is a highly powerful phased array of radar antennas aimed at the ionosphere. It is sometimes referred to as an ionic heater. The ionosphere is a high-altitude layer of the atmosphere with particles which are highly charged with energy. If radiation is projected into the ionosphere, huge amounts of energy can be generated and used to annihilate a given region. Initially its own website, now deleted, stated HAARP was “a scientific endeavor aimed at studying the properties and behavior of the ionosphere… for both civilian and defense purposes.” [9]

HAARP at Gakona was officially shuttered by the US military in 2013. In 2015 officially they transferred operation of HAARP to their civilian partner, The University of Alaska at Fairbanks. The closure provided the excuse to stop the live broadcasting of HAARP’s signals on a public website, which had given strong evidence of links between HAARP activities and major weather catastrophes such as Hurricane Katrina or the 2008 China Chengdu earthquake. Operation of the facility was transferred to the University of Alaska in 2015.

Some researchers have speculated that the Gakona HAARP is a sly diversion, an innocent site open to academic scrutiny, while serious military ionospheric manipulation takes place at other top secret sites. [10]

By 2015  the US military and government agencies such as NOAA had moved well beyond the capacities of HAARP. They oversaw construction of far more powerful phased array ionospheric radar heat arrays around the world. This included a more powerful HIPAS – a 70 megawatt facility east of Fairbanks. It also included Arecibo Observatory, formerly known as the Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory – 2 megawatt facility in Puerto Rico;  Mu Radar – 1 megawatt facility in Japan. And the mother of all atmospheric heating radar arrays, EISCAT – a 1 gigawatt facility in Tromsø, Northern Norway. HAARP is only a mere 3.6 megawatt facility. Many other phased array ionospheric heater sites are either classified secret  or give little information. It is believed one such is at Vandenberg Air Force base in Southern California. Another in Millstone Hill, Massachusetts, another in Taiwan and in the Marshall  Islands. Because the Pentagon and other relevant US Government agencies choose to say little or nothing about their inter-connectedness and use in climate alteration, we are left to speculate. [11]

The military contractor Raytheon, who got the Eastlund patents from ARCO, reportedly is involved in many such sites globally.

China As Well?

Because the US Government work on geoengineering has been classified and kept from an open public discussion, it is not possible to prove in a court of law that events like the East Coast Bomb Tornadoes or the September 2022 Florida Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US, or the January 2023 record floods from repeated waves of Atmospheric River storms lashing California after extraordinary drought, are simply natural freaks. There is no scientific evidence it is due to a surplus of CO2 in the atmosphere.  But as the above suggests, there is a huge body of evidence pointing to malicious actors with powers of the state, using geoengineering not to benefit, even if manmade geoengineering could benefit.

In 2018 Chinese media reported that the state’s Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology was launching a vast geoengineering project, Tianhe which translates as “Sky River.” The project, which reportedly will be based on the high Tibetan Plateau, source of some of the world’s largest rivers, is intended to shift huge volumes of water from the rain-abundant South into the arid north. It was to have begun operation in 2020 but no details have since been published. [12]

Recent discussion of Bill Gates’ project with Harvard physicist David Keith to release calcium carbonate particles high above the earth to mimic the effects of volcanic ash blocking out the sun, or the recent experiments of Make Sunsets to launch weather balloons from Baja Mexico of Sulphur dioxide to block the sun, are clearly meant as diversions to hide how advanced real geoengineering of our weather is.

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Notes

[1] Derrick Broze, Leading Climate Scientists, Say Paris Conference Failed  Call for Geoengineering, January 15, 2016, https://www.activistpost.com/2016/01/leading-climate-scientists-say-paris-conference-failed-call-for-geoengineering.html.

[2] Col Tamzy J. House, et al,  Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025,

https://web.archive.org/web/20170909014905/http://csat.au.af.mil/2025/volume3/vol3ch15.pdf

[3] Ibid.

[4] Seymour Hersh, “Rainmaking Is Used As Weapon by U.S.” The New York Times, July 3, 1972,

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/03/archives/rainmaking-is-used-as-weapon-by-us-cloudseeding-in-indochina-is.html

[5] US Congress, Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations, Report: Prohibiting Environmental Modification as a Weapon of War, Report no. 93-270. Washington, DC: OS Govt. Printing Office, 27 June 1973.

[6] Col Tamzy, Op Cit.

[7] Gary Vey (Dan Eden),  The Never Ending, 2010, http://www.viewzone.com/never/TNE0440.pdf

[8] Mark Farmer, Mystery in Alaska,  Popular Science, September 1995, https://books.google.de/books?id=nSeBEQ2wGlUC&pg=PA79&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

[9] HAARP website, Program Purpose, http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/gen.html

[10] Gary Vey, Op cit.

[11] Jim Lee, HAARP and Ionospheric Heaters Worldwide, http://climateviewer.org/pollution-and-privacy/atmospheric-sensors-and-emf-sites/maps/haarp-ionospheric-heaters-worldwide/

[12] China’s Tianhe Project satellite to debut at Airshow China 2018, People’s Daily, November 06, 2018,

http://en.people.cn/n3/2018/1106/c90000-9515300.html

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“Covid Jabs May be to Blame for Increase in Excess Deaths”

If this report by The Telegraph had been published in early 2021, several million lives would have been saved.

But in 2021, censorship was imposed. Honest journalism was silenced. The media was supportive of the fear campaign.

The Telegraph report by Science Editor Sara Knapton, 5 June 2024 pertains to:

Researchers from The Netherlands analysed data from 47 Western countries and discovered there had been more than three million excess deaths since 2020, with the trend continuing despite the rollout of vaccines and containment measures.

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They said the “unprecedented” figures “raised serious concerns” and called on governments to fully investigate the underlying causes, including possible vaccine harms.

Writing in the BMJ Public Health, the authors from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, said: “Although Covid-19 vaccines were provided to guard civilians from suffering morbidity and mortality by the Covid-19 virus, suspected adverse events have been documented as well.

“Both medical professionals and citizens have reported serious injuries and deaths following vaccination to various official databases in the Western World.”

Click here to read the full article on The Telegraph.

This Is the Unspoken Truth

From early 2021, coinciding with the rollout of the Covid vaccine, an upward trend in Covid vaccine related deaths has unfolded.

There is an increase in Excess Mortality attributable to the Covid Vaccine. 

Ironically, Three years later the mainstream media is now reporting (See Telegraph above) on Covid related vaccine excess mortality. 

Excess Mortality Triggered by the Covid 19 “Vaccine” (2020-2022)

Below is a graph pertaining to Excess Mortality in Germany (all Causes), which points to the Deviation of Observed Mortality from Expected Mortality (by age group) in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Notice the upward shift in excess mortality in 2021 and 2022 following the rollout of the Covid Vaccine in December 2020.

This Tendency described for Germany is Worldwide.

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Germany: Excess Mortality by Age Group (%)

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Mainstream Media Disinformation

Back in 2021 the mainstream media played a key role in sustaining disinformation regarding the Covid vaccine. It was part of the propaganda apparatus. It was instrumental in sustaining the fear campaign. 

The mainstream media also provided legitimacy to a regime of censorship, threats, penalties, dismissals of  scientists and scholars at major universities, the firing of doctors and nurses at  hospitals “for telling the truth”, not to mention the insidious role of “Big Money” foundations in the bribing and cooptation of politicians in more than 190 countries, And much more.

People Worldwide have lived through this crisis. Many lives have been destroyed.

Without media censorship and the suppression of the truth, this crisis would not have occurred. 

It is worth noting that the media is generously funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 

Does the publication of The Telegraph on Covid vaccine related Excess Mortality point to a fundamental change in regards to the mainstream media, namely a tendency towards the lifting of censorship? 

We have worked relentlessly on behalf and in solidarity with our respective communities, nationally and internationally.

This crisis affects humanity in its entirety, namely the planet’s 8 billion people who are the victims of fake science, fraud and corruption. 

Profits in the billions of dollars are the driving-force behind this diabolical agenda.

“Killing is Good for Business”. What we are witnessing is a crime against humanity on an unprecedented scale, affecting the lives of the entire population of our  planet.

The WHO as well as some 190 national governments are complicit in the Covid vaccine roll-out. They had the responsibility of canceling the vaccine.

Concurrently,  the media in the course of the last three years, has been spinning the lies on behalf of both the governments and Big Pharma. 

The official data pertaining to vaccine related deaths and adverse events is not mentioned. 

To consult the Department of Justice’ historic decision click screenshot below

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How on earth can we trust a Big Pharma vaccine conglomerate which pleaded guilty to criminal charges by the US Department of Justice including “fraudulent marketing” and “felony violation of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act”?  

Bear in mind: the fraud committed by Pfizer in 2009 was trivial (Celebrex, Lipitor, Lyrica, etc ) in comparison to the Worldwide distribution of the mRNA  killer “vaccine”. 

Flashback to November 2020. Fraudulent BBC Report

This is the unspoken lie.

A couple of weeks prior to the official launch of the mRNA vaccine in early November 2020, the BBC featured a timely Covid media report entitled:

“Covid: Why is the Virus such a Threat”?

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“A hit and run killer evolutionary tactic”, 

with a view to spreading the Covid-19 infection far and wide.

The unspoken objective of this report by BBC Science Correspondent James Gallagher was to “scare the British public”, sustain the fear campaign while also promoting acceptance of the Covid mRNA vaccine.

The article was based on the “authoritative voice” of Prof Lehner of Cambridge University, an Infectious Diseases Physician at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge:

According to Lehner: In the early stages of an infection

“the virus is able to deceive the body. … It [the virus] behaves like a ‘hit and run’ killer 

The amount of virus in our body begins to peak the day before we begin to get sick. …

But it takes at least a week before Covid progresses to the point where people need hospital treatment.

“This is a really brilliant evolutionary tactic – you don’t go to bed, you go out and have a good time,” says Prof Lehner of Cambridge University.

So the virus is like a dangerous driver fleeing the scene – the virus has moved on to the next victim long before we either recover or die. 

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screenshot of BBC article

In stark terms, “the virus doesn’t care” if you die, says [Cambridge] Prof Lehner, “this is a hit and run virus”.  ….

It does peculiar and unexpected things to the body (BBC, James Gallagher, October 22, 2020, emphasis added)

What Rubbish! 

“Covid: Why is coronavirus such a threat? BBC.

Answer: media disinformation and the fear campaign.

According to the BBC: A microscopic virus with an outright terrorist agenda?

This frivolous BBC report personifies the so-called “virus that does not care”, with a view to creating panic, quoting the incautious statements of a Cambridge scientist, who’s on the payroll of Big Pharma’s Wellcome Trust.

In turn the “Hit and Run Virus” (rather than corrupt governments) is blamed for having “ordered the lockdown” (March 11, 2020), imposed on 190 countries, which has created economic and social havoc Worldwide.

What is at stake is the criminalization of the mainstream media for having misled millions of people in the course of the last 3 years, thereby sustaining the lies of Big Pharma  and  the corrupt directives of  politicians, not to mention the fraudulent statements of the Director General of the WHO, Dr. Tedros.

What’s now happening is that the BBC acknowledges that people are dying but “experts are not sure why”,

Guess who is funding the BBC’s  Fraudulent Scientific Analysis. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

“They do not know what the cause and reason is”

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The BBC “Conspiracy Theories”

The BBC accuses alleged conspiracy theorists, of stating that the Covid vaccine is ‘not safe”.

“In recent years there has been a growth in online conspiracy theories, which suggest vaccines like the Covid jab are dangerous or ineffective.

At the same time, the BBC  describes the SARS-CoV-2 virus being involved in a “conspiratorial”  “hit and run killer evolutionary tactic” [SIC] (See BBC, James Gallagher, October 22, 2020)

Criminality at the Level of the Entire Planet

Some 14 billion doses of Covid vaccine have been administered Worldwide, 1.75 doses per person for a World population of 8 billion. 

Had the media truthfully reported on the nature of the Covid vaccine and its devastating impacts, millions of lives would have been saved. 

At this juncture, with the exception of Africa, 75% of the World population has already been vaccinated. There is no moving backwards.

The governments and national health authorities in cahoots with Big Pharma were fully aware from the very outset that the Covid-19 “vaccine” was conducive to an upward trend in mortality and morbidity.

Doctors For Covid Ethics (D4CE)

Doctors for Covid Ethics issued a broad statement in July 2021 based on the data of EudraVigilance, (EU, EEA, Switzerland), MHRA (UK) and VAERS (USA):

“more deaths and injuries from the COVID-!9 “vaccine” roll-out than from all previous vaccines combined since records began.”

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The signal of harm is now indisputably overwhelming, and, in line with universally accepted ethical standards for clinical trials, Doctors for Covid Ethics demands that the COVID-19 “vaccination” programme be halted immediately worldwide.

Continuation of the programme, in the full knowledge of ongoing serious harm and death to both adults and children, constitutes Crimes Against Humanity/Genocide, for which those found to be responsible or complicit will ultimately be held personally liable.

The Secret “Classified” Pfizer Report

Another important document which was available to national health authorities in the US, was the “confidential” report by Pfizer. This report which was made public under freedom of information (FOI) in October 2021 is a bombshell.

The vaccine was launched in mid-December 2020. By the end of February 2021, “Pfizer had already received more than 1,200 reports of deaths allegedly caused by the vaccine and tens of thousands of reported adverse events, including 23 cases of spontaneous abortions out of 270 pregnancies and more than 2,000 reports of cardiac disorders.”

The data collected from mid-December 2020 to the end of February 2021 unequivocally confirms “Manslaughter”.

Based on the evidence, Pfizer had the responsibility to immediately cancel and withdraw the “vaccine”. Murder as opposed to Manslaughter implies “Criminal Intent”. From a legal standpoint it is an “Act of Murder” applied Worldwide to a target population of 8 billion people. 

Click here to read the complete Pfizer report.  

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これは世界中で「キラー」ワクチンです：日本の研究者は、COVIDワクチンの副作用が201種類の病気に関連していると言います

あなたは正しかった、ワクチンは私たちの愛する人の何百万人もの人を殺している」

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“You Were Right, Vaccines Are Killing Millions of Our Loved Ones”,  Kazuhiro Haraguchi, Former Minister of Internal Affairs (emphasis added)

“You will find diseases of the heart, kidney, thyroid, diabetes, liver, skin, eyes, blood, nerves, systemic diseases, brain, lungs”.  Professor Masayasu Inoue, Osaka City University School of Medicine, emphasis added)

“The mRNA vaccine disperses throughout the body and is not contained in the shoulder like most vaccines.

“It doesn’t know where to go. If it goes into the bloodstream, it goes to the brain, liver and kidneys,” Professor Masanori Fukushima, Kyoto University (emphasis added)

Introduction 

Global Research has recently published several articles on the Covid vaccine in Japan, confirming its lethality. This report by the Western Standard below pertains to the Press Conference of Medical doctors and scientists held in January 2024.

There are numerous studies published in the course of the last three years which confirm the nature of the Vaccine. The results of the Japanese studies confirm unequivocally that the Covid “Vaccine” is a dangerous substance which should immediately be withdrawn Worldwide. 

The Confidential Pfizer Report

The impact on mortality and morbidity of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine has been confirmed by a Pfizer Confidential Report — released and made public under Freedom of Information in October 2021. The Confidential Pfizer Report –barely acknowledged by the media– was known to national governments and health authorities Worldwide. It confirms that the so-called Covid Vaccine is a killer.

The negotiation between Pfizer and the President of the EC Mrs. Ursula von Der Leyen was initiated in October 2022, for 4.5 billion doses of Pfizer BioNtech, (namely 10 doses per person). A contract for one billion doses was subsequently reached for a population of 450 million people who in large part had already been vaccinated. 

What was carefully overlooked was the Pfizer report which confirms the impacts (mortality and morbidity) of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine to be distributed to the EU’s 450 million people.

“The Confidential report is a bombshell. The vaccine was launched in mid-December 2020. By the end of February 2021, “Pfizer had already received more than 1,200 reports of deaths allegedly caused by the vaccine and tens of thousands of reported adverse events”

COVID “Vaccine” Triggers Excess Mortality Worldwide

(See diagrams below)

Below is a summary of several studies on excess mortality pertaining to the vaccine including Japan. 

England and Wales

“The table below pertains to excess deaths related to malignant neoplasm (cancerous tumor) in England and Wales, recorded in three consecutive years: 2020, 2021, and 2022 vs. a 10 year trend (2010-2019).

The data for excess mortality in 2020 (the year prior to the vaccine) are negative with the exception of “malignant neoplasm without specification of site”.

The COVID-19 vaccine was rolled-out in several phases in England and Wales starting on December 8, 2020  and extending into March-April 2021.

The upward movement in excess mortality (%) commences in 2021. The increase in excess mortality related to malignant neoplasm is tabulated for the two first years of the vaccine. 

Germany

Below is a similar table pertaining to Excess Mortality in Germany, which points to the Deviation of Observed Mortality from Expected Mortality (by age group) in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Notice the upward shift in excess mortality in 2021 and 2022 following the rollout of the Covid Vaccine in December 2020

Germany: Excess Mortality by Age Group (%)

Japan

Excess Mortality in Red by age group, Total Excess Mortality in Gray 

Japan. Excess Mortality (2020-2022): Jump in Excess mortality in 2021 and 2022 (January-October 2022)

 United States

The graph below: “All Deaths reported to Vaers by Year” starting in 1990. (U.S.)

What can be observed is that the number of deaths has increased dramatically in the course of 2021 corresponding to first year of the Covid vaccine which was launched in the U.S. in mid December 2020.

For more details see:

There Never Was a “New Corona Virus”, There Never Was a Pandemic

In the words of the Former Minister of Internal Affairs Kazuhiro Haraguchi’s courageous statement:

“‘You Were Right, Vaccines Are Killing Millions of Our Loved Ones”

「あなたは正しかった、ワクチンは私たちの愛する人の何百万人もの人を殺している」

“They are trying to block our freedom, our resistance, our power. But we will never lose.” 

Of significance, the fraudulent narrative concerning the Covid “Vaccine” is collapsing in different parts of the World, with Japan in the lead. 

We call for the immediate cancellation and Worldwide withdrawal of the Covid “Vaccine”

あなたは正しかった、ワクチンは私たちの愛する人の何百万人もの人を殺している」

「おっしゃる通り、ワクチンは何百万人もの私たちの大切な人を殺しています」、 原口一博元総務大臣（強調追加）

「心臓、腎臓、甲状腺、糖尿病、肝臓、皮膚、目、血液、神経、全身疾患、脳、肺の 病気が見つかります 」。大阪市立大学医学部教授 井上正康、強調追加）

「mRNAワクチンは体全体に拡散し、ほとんどのワクチンのように肩に留まりません。

「どこに行くか分からない。血流に入ると、脳、肝臓、腎臓に行く」京都大学教授、福島正則氏（強調追加）

導入 

ファイザーの機密レポート

ファイザー社と欧州委員会のウルズラ・フォン・デア・ライエン委員長との間で 、ファイザー・ビオンテックのワクチン45億回分（1人当たり10回分）の購入交渉が2022年10月に開始された。 その後、すでに大部分がワクチン接種を受けている4億5000万人を対象に、 10億回分 の契約が締結された。

コロナ「ワクチン」が世界中で過剰死亡を引き起こす

（下の図を参照）

以下は日本を含むワクチンに関する 過剰死亡率に関するいくつかの研究の概要です。

イングランドとウェールズ

「以下の表は、イングランドとウェールズにおける悪性新生物（癌性腫瘍）に関連する 過剰死亡に関するもので、2020年、2021年、2022年の3年連続で記録され、10年間の傾向（2010～2019年）と比較したものです。」

2020年（ワクチン接種前の年）の超過死亡のデータは、「部位を特定しない悪性新生物」を除いてマイナスです。

COVID-19ワクチンは、2020年12月8日から2021年3月から4月にかけて 、イングランドとウェールズで段階的に導入されました。

過剰死亡率（％）の上昇は 2021 年に始まります。悪性腫瘍に関連する過剰死亡率の増加は、ワクチン接種の最初の 2 年間について集計されています。 

ドイツ

以下は、ドイツの超過死亡率に関する同様の表であり、 2020年、2021年、2022年の観測死亡率と予想死亡率（年齢グループ別）の偏差を示しています。

2020年12月の新型コロナワクチンの導入後、2021年と2022年に死亡率が上昇していることに注目してください。

ドイツ: 年齢層別超過死亡率 (%)

日本

年齢層別の過剰死亡率は赤、総過剰死亡率は灰色 

日本。超過死亡率（2020年～2022年）：2021年と2022年の超過死亡率の急増（2022年1月～10月）

詳細については以下を参照してください。

「新型コロナウィルス」は存在しなかった、パンデミックも存在しなかった

元総務大臣の 原口一博氏の勇気ある発言を引用します。

「『あなたは正しかった。ワクチンは何百万人もの私たちの愛する人を殺している』」

「あなたは正しかった、ワクチンは私たちの愛する何百万人もの人を殺している」

「彼らは私たちの自由、抵抗、力を阻止しようとしている。しかし、私たちは決して負けない。」 

重要なのは、新型コロナウイルス「ワクチン」に関する虚偽の物語が世界各地で崩壊しつつあり、日本が その先頭に立っていることだ。 

私たちは、新型コロナ「ワクチン」の即時中止と世界的な撤回を求めます。

The US has no intention of going after the terrorists in Syria. The Al Qaeda-affiliated terrorists continue to be supported by Washington. 

This article recounts the 2017 Raqqa Exodus first published in November 2017.

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Defense Secretary James “Mad Dog” Mattis confirmed in May 2017 Washington’s resolve to annihilate the ISIS-Daesh terrorists:

“Our intention is that the foreign fighters do not survive the fight to return home to north Africa, to Europe, to America, to Asia, to Africa. We are not going to allow them to do so… (emphasis added, quoted in the BBC report entitled Raqqa’s Dirty Secret)

That was the “political narrative” of the Pentagon. The unspoken truth is that Uncle Sam had come to the rescue of the Islamic State. That decision was in all likelihood taken and carried on the orders of the Pentagon rather than the US State Department.

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Also among these fighters were several senior Pakistani military and intelligence officers, who had been sent to the war theater by the Pakistani military. The presence of high-ranking Pakistani military and intelligence advisers in the ranks of Taliban/ Al Qaeda forces was known and approved by Washington.

President Bush had intimated: “We’re smoking them out. They’re running, and now we’re going to bring them to justice.” (see CNN, November 26, 2001). They were never smoked out. They were airlifted to safety.

On the orders of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the exodus (airlifting) of Al Qaeda fighters had been facilitated by US forces in liaison with the Pakistan military:

“The Administration ordered the US Central Command to set up a special air corridor to help insure the safety of the Pakistani rescue flights from Kunduz to the northwest corner of Pakistan”

… According to a former high-level American defense official, the airlift was approved because of representations by the Pakistanis that “there were guys- intelligence agents and underground guys-who needed to get out.” (Seymour Hersh, op cit)

In other words, the official story was: it was not our decision:  “we were tricked into it” by the Pakistani ISI.

Out of some 8000 or more men, 3300 surrendered to the Northern Alliance, leaving between 4000 and 5000 men “unaccounted for”. According to Hersh’s investigation, based on Indian intelligence sources, at least 4000 men including two Pakistani Army generals were evacuated. (Ibid)

The same sense of denial prevailed. US officials admitted, however, that

“what was supposed to be a limited evacuation apparently slipped out of control, and, as an unintended consequence, an unknown number of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters managed to join in the exodus.”  (quoted in Hersh op cit)

“Unintended evacuation” of Al Qaeda fighters?

“Terrorists” and “Intelligence Assets” 

Compare Seymour Hersh’s account in the “Getaway” out of Kunduz pertaining to the US sponsored evacuation of  hard core Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters to the “Escape” of ISIS-Daesh fighters out of the besieged city of Raqqa in Northern Syria.

The foreign and Pakistani Al Qaeda fighters were flown to North Pakistan, to the areas which were subsequently the object of US drone attacks. Many of these fighters were also incorporated into the two main Kashmiri terrorist rebel groups, Lashkar-e-Taiba (“Army of the Pure”) and Jaish-e-Muhammad (“Army of Mohammed”).

What is the next destination of the foreign fighters who have been evacuated out of Raqqa, with the support of the US Military?

To read the complete BBC report entitled Raqqa’s Dirty Secret,by Quentin Sommerville and Riam Dalati click here 

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¿Biden realmente autorizó ataques de largo alcance más profundos dentro de Rusia? NYT Citando “Funcionarios Anónimos”

por Drago Bosnic

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In the past 24 hours, a shockwave of panic was unleashed after reports emerged about the United States allegedly allowing the usage of its long-range missiles against Russia.

The New York Times, an infamous neoliberal mouthpiece, broke the story first, which was then quoted by hundreds of other major media outlets worldwide. Understandably, people everywhere are quite worried, as President Vladimir Putin made it perfectly clear that the Kremlin would consider NATO a party to the conflict if its members allowed the use of their long-range missiles for attacks deeper within Russia.

The report comes a bit over two months after Putin’s warning and just two months before Donald Trump is slated to take office after he defeated the disgraced DNC candidate Kamala Harris.

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Quoting unnamed US officials, the authors of the NYT report, namely Adam Entous, Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes, claim that “President Biden has authorized the first use of US-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine for strikes inside Russia” and that “the weapons are likely to be initially employed against Russian and North Korean troops in defense of Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region of western Russia”.

The alleged decision to allow the usage of these missiles, specifically the ATACMS, “came in response to Russia’s surprise decision to bring North Korean troops into the fight”, the authors say, once again quoting the “anonymous officials”. The report then admits that even the Neo-Nazi junta frontman Volodymyr Zelensky is yet to confirm these claims, raising further doubts.

“Today, many in the media are talking about the fact that we have received permission to take appropriate actions,” Zelensky said, adding: “But blows are not inflicted with words. Such things are not announced. The rockets will speak for themselves.”

This peculiar statement can surely be interpreted as a threat, but its ambivalence cannot be ignored either.

This certainly wouldn’t be the first time that the Kiev regime is using the mainstream propaganda machine for geopolitical purposes, as “PR victories”, particularly in the wake of Russian advances across the frontline, are one of the staples of its strategy. The NYT is essential for the promotion of the Neo-Nazi junta’s narrative, which explains the rather unclear information in the “hit piece”. Namely, Biden was never quoted saying or approving anything. Worse yet, not a single name of the “US officials” quoted in the report was provided. In fact, not even the terms such as “anonymous” or “unnamed” are used. All we have is “US officials”, which is unprofessional reporting, at best.

Once again, quoting these mysterious “officials”, the authors claim that “while the Ukrainians were likely to use the missiles first against Russian and North Korean troops that threaten Ukrainian forces in Kursk, Mr. Biden could authorize them to use the weapons elsewhere”. In other words, they have no idea whether Biden said that the ATACMS can be used deeper within Russia, as the Kursk oblast (region) certainly doesn’t fit into that category, being a border area. In addition, the authors added that “some US officials said they feared that Ukraine’s use of the missiles across the border could prompt President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to retaliate with force against the United States and its coalition partners”. Again, rather peculiar statements by these phantom “officials”, as Putin was quite clear already.

Funnily enough, the report then quotes “other US officials” who allegedly said that “they thought those fears were overblown”. In other words, the claims of the three NYT authors are an utter mess, to put it mildly. They have no verifiable sources, no documents that can be linked or quoted and not even a third-hand account of who said what and when. All we’re getting is a bunch of speculation by anonymous people who can’t even agree whether they think the threat of thermonuclear annihilation is real or “overblown”. Worse yet, these same “US officials” admit that the ATACMS will not be a game changer, although they’re still ready to risk war with Russia over their delivery. Such dichotomy in the opinions of these “US officials” further raises serious questions about the veracity of the report.

The “unnamed officials” also think the Kiev regime “could use the ATACMS to strike Russian and North Korean troop concentrations, key pieces of military equipment, logistics nodes, ammunition depots and supply lines deep inside Russia”. Once again, we see another ambivalent statement. Namely, how would the Neo-Nazi junta forces know which Russian unit is slated to be deployed in the Kursk oblast and what difference would that make? Anything could be interpreted as “vital” to Russian fighting capabilities in the area. What’s more, the report says that “some Pentagon officials opposed giving [the ATACMS] to the Ukrainians because they said the US Army had limited supplies. Some White House officials feared that Mr. Putin would widen the war if they gave the missiles to the Ukrainians”.

The authors even admit that some of Biden’s security advisers had “seized on a recent US intelligence assessment that warned that Putin could respond to the use of long-range ATACMS on Russian soil by directing his military or spy agencies to retaliate, potentially with lethal force, against the United States and its European allies”. As previously mentioned, this is something that President Putin said and then reiterated at least once, demonstrating that he isn’t bluffing. Thus, it didn’t require any intelligence assessments, as it was quite literally all over the news. Still, the report says that “the assessment warned of several possible Russian responses that included stepped-up acts of arson and sabotage targeting facilities in Europe, as well as potentially lethal attacks on US and European military bases”.

It would seem that the mainstream propaganda machine is becoming increasingly desperate when it’s ready to stir up such serious rumors. On the other hand, the possibility of the political West trying to probe the Kremlin shouldn’t be excluded either. European NATO members are already trying to push the lame-duck Biden administration to authorize long-range strikes deeper within Russia, which is certainly a concerning prospect. However, there’s still no official confirmation that Washington DC went ahead with this. In fact, American ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) is still absent from the Black Sea region, meaning that relaying real-time data to facilitate long-range attacks on the Russian military would be nearly impossible (for the time being, at least).

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¿Biden realmente autorizó ataques de largo alcance más profundos dentro de Rusia?

NYT Citando “Funcionarios Anónimos”

por

Drago Bosnic

En las últimas 24 horas, se desató una ola de pánico luego de que surgieran informes sobre que Estados Unidos supuestamente permitía el uso de sus misiles de largo alcance contra Rusia.

El New York Times, un tristemente célebre portavoz neoliberal, fue el primero en publicar la noticia , que luego fue citada por cientos de otros importantes medios de comunicación de todo el mundo. Es comprensible que la gente de todo el mundo esté bastante preocupada, ya que el presidente Vladimir Putin dejó perfectamente claro que el Kremlin consideraría a la OTAN parte en el conflicto si sus miembros permitieran el uso de sus misiles de largo alcance para ataques en zonas más profundas de Rusia.

El informe llega poco más de dos meses después de la advertencia de Putin y solo dos meses antes de que Donald Trump asuma el cargodespués de derrotar a la candidata caída en desgracia del DNC, Kamala Harris .

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Captura de pantalla del NYT

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Citando a funcionarios estadounidenses anónimos, los autores del informe del NYT, a saber, Adam Entous, Eric Schmitt y Julian E. Barnes, afirman que “el presidente Biden ha autorizado el primer uso de misiles de largo alcance suministrados por Estados Unidos por parte de Ucrania para ataques dentro de Rusia” y que “es probable que las armas se empleen inicialmente contra las tropas rusas y norcoreanas en defensa de las fuerzas ucranianas en la región de Kursk, en el oeste de Rusia”.

La supuesta decisión de permitir el uso de estos misiles, en concreto el ATACMS, “se produjo en respuesta a la inesperada decisión de Rusia de incorporar tropas norcoreanas al combate”, afirman los autores, citando una vez más a “funcionarios anónimos”. El informe admite además que ni siquiera el líder de la junta neonazi, Volodymyr Zelensky, ha confirmado aún estas afirmaciones, lo que plantea aún más dudas.

“Hoy en día, muchos medios de comunicación hablan de que hemos recibido permiso para tomar las medidas adecuadas”, dijo Zelenski, y añadió: “Pero los golpes no se dan con palabras. Esas cosas no se anuncian. Los misiles hablarán por sí solos”.

Esta peculiar declaración seguramente puede interpretarse como una amenaza, pero tampoco puede ignorarse su ambivalencia.

Sin duda, no sería la primera vez que el régimen de Kiev utiliza la maquinaria propagandística dominante con fines geopolíticos, ya que las “victorias de relaciones públicas”, en particular tras los avances rusos en la línea del frente , son uno de los elementos básicos de su estrategia . El NYT es esencial para la promoción de la narrativa de la junta neonazi, lo que explica la información poco clara del “artículo de propaganda”. Es decir, nunca se citó a Biden diciendo o aprobando nada. Peor aún, no se proporcionó ni un solo nombre de los “funcionarios estadounidenses” citados en el informe. De hecho, ni siquiera se utilizan términos como “anónimo” o “sin nombre”. Todo lo que tenemos es “funcionarios estadounidenses”, lo que es un informe poco profesional, en el mejor de los casos.

Una vez más, citando a estos misteriosos “funcionarios”, los autores afirman que “aunque era probable que los ucranianos utilizaran los misiles primero contra las tropas rusas y norcoreanas que amenazan a las fuerzas ucranianas en Kursk, el señor Biden podría autorizarlos a utilizar las armas en otros lugares”. En otras palabras, no tienen idea de si Biden dijo que los ATACMS se pueden utilizar más profundamente dentro de Rusia, ya que la región de Kursk ciertamente no encaja en esa categoría, al ser una zona fronteriza. Además, los autores agregaron que “algunos funcionarios estadounidenses dijeron que temían que el uso de los misiles por parte de Ucrania al otro lado de la frontera pudiera impulsar al presidente ruso Vladimir V. Putin a tomar represalias con la fuerza contra Estados Unidos y sus socios de coalición”. Una vez más, declaraciones bastante peculiares de estos “funcionarios” fantasmas, como Putin ya fue bastante claro.

Curiosamente, el informe cita a continuación a “otros funcionarios estadounidenses” que supuestamente dijeron que “creían que esos temores eran exagerados”. En otras palabras, las afirmaciones de los tres autores del NYT son un completo desastre, por decirlo suavemente. No tienen fuentes verificables, ningún documento que se pueda vincular o citar y ni siquiera un relato de tercera mano sobre quién dijo qué y cuándo. Todo lo que tenemos es un montón de especulaciones de personas anónimas que ni siquiera se ponen de acuerdo sobre si creen que la amenaza de aniquilación termonuclear es real o “exagerada”. Peor aún, estos mismos “funcionarios estadounidenses” admiten que el ATACMS no cambiará las reglas del juego, aunque siguen dispuestos a arriesgarse a una guerra con Rusia por su lanzamiento. Esta dicotomía en las opiniones de estos “funcionarios estadounidenses” plantea aún más serias dudas sobre la veracidad del informe.

Los “funcionarios anónimos” también creen que el régimen de Kiev “podría utilizar el ATACMS para atacar concentraciones de tropas rusas y norcoreanas, piezas clave de equipamiento militar, nodos logísticos, depósitos de municiones y líneas de suministro en el interior de Rusia”. Una vez más, vemos otra declaración ambivalente. Es decir, ¿cómo sabrían las fuerzas de la junta neonazi qué unidad rusa está programada para ser desplegada en el óblast de Kursk y qué diferencia haría eso? Cualquier cosa podría interpretarse como “vital” para las capacidades de combate rusas en la zona. Es más, el informe dice que “algunos funcionarios del Pentágono se opusieron a entregar [el ATACMS] a los ucranianos porque dijeron que el ejército estadounidense tenía suministros limitados. Algunos funcionarios de la Casa Blanca temían que Putin ampliara la guerra si entregaban los misiles a los ucranianos”.

Los autores incluso admiten que algunos de los asesores de seguridad de Biden habían “aprovechado una reciente evaluación de inteligencia estadounidense que advertía que Putin podría responder al uso de ATACMS de largo alcance en suelo ruso ordenando a sus agencias militares o de espionaje que tomaran represalias, potencialmente con fuerza letal, contra Estados Unidos y sus aliados europeos”. Como se mencionó anteriormente, esto es algo que el presidente Putin dijo y luego reiteró al menos una vez, demostrando que no está mintiendo . Por lo tanto, no requirió ninguna evaluación de inteligencia, ya que estaba literalmente en todas las noticias. Aún así, el informe dice que “la evaluación advirtió sobre varias posibles respuestas rusas que incluían actos intensificados de incendios y sabotajes dirigidos a instalaciones en Europa, así como ataques potencialmente letales a bases militares estadounidenses y europeas”.

Parece que la maquinaria propagandística dominante se está volviendo cada vez más desesperada cuando está dispuesta a avivar rumores tan serios. Por otro lado, tampoco debe excluirse la posibilidad de que el Occidente político intente sondear al Kremlin. Los miembros europeos de la OTAN ya están tratando de presionar a la administración Biden, que está en el poder, para que autorice ataques de largo alcance en zonas más profundas de Rusia , lo que sin duda es una perspectiva preocupante. Sin embargo, todavía no hay confirmación oficial de que Washington DC haya seguido adelante con esto. De hecho, el ISR (inteligencia, vigilancia y reconocimiento) estadounidense todavía está ausente de la región del Mar Negro  , lo que significa que la transmisión de datos en tiempo real para facilitar ataques de largo alcance contra el ejército ruso sería casi imposible (al menos por el momento).

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Netanyahu’s “New Stage” of “The Long War” against Palestine

Netanyahu’s stated objective, which constitutes a new stage in the 75 year old war (since Nakba, 1948, see below) against the people of Palestine is no longer predicated on “Apartheid” or “Separation”. 

This new stage –which is also directed against Israelis who want peace– consists in “total appropriation” as well as the outright exclusion of the Palestinian people from their homeland. 

History: The Relationship between Mossad and Hamas

What is the relationship between Mossad and Hamas? Is Hamas an “intelligence asset”? There is a long history. 

Hamas (Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya) (Islamic Resistance Movement), was founded in 1987 by Sheik Ahmed Yassin. It was supported at the outset by Israeli intelligence as a means to weaken the Palestinian Authority:

“Thanks to Mossad, (Israel’s “Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks”), Hamas was allowed to reinforce its presence in the occupied territories. Meanwhile, Arafat’s Fatah Movement for National Liberation as well as the Palestinian Left were subjected to the most brutal form of repression and intimidation.

Let us not forget that it was Israel, which in fact created Hamas. According to Zeev Sternell, historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

“Israel thought that it was a smart ploy to push the Islamists against the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO)”. (L’Humanité, translated from French)

The links of Hamas to Mossad and US intelligence have been acknowledged by Rep. Ron Paul in a statement to the U.S Congress: “Hamas Was Started by Israel”?

“You know Hamas, if you look at the history, you’ll find out that Hamas was encouraged and really started by Israel because they wanted Hamas to counteract Yasser Arafat… (Rep. Ron Paul, 2011)

What this statement entails is that  “factions within Hamas” constitute “an intelligence asset”, namely “an “asset” which serves the interests of intelligence agencies. 

See also the WSJ (January 24, 2009) “How Israel helped to Spawn Hamas”. 

Instead of trying to curb Gaza’s Islamists from the outset, says Mr. Cohen, Israel for years tolerated and, in some cases, encouraged them as a counterweight to the secular nationalists of the Palestine Liberation Organization and its dominant faction, Yasser Arafat’s Fatah. (WSJ, emphasis added)

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Major shake-ups are occurring across the global stage. History is replete with examples of breaks with the past from major political, economic, technological, and social upheaval. Throughout the ages, many self-serving individuals and groups have positioned themselves as rulers, financiers, benefactors, and thought leaders to steer change toward preferred outcomes. From the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt to the Jacobin and Napoleon-led French Revolution in the late 18^th century, societal transformation has been constant as one form of government replaces another.

We have now arrived at yet another historical inflection point. The desire for political and economic reconstruction is being demanded globally as the gap between the ultra-wealthy and everyone else continues to accelerate. In recent years, populism has taken flight by inspiring the masses to reject the rule of “the elite” and chart a new course. However, without scrutiny, this movement and its key figures could be just as dangerous as the establishment they are attempting to usurp. In fact, what we are witnessing is not populism in its truest sense but techno-populism or technocracy, as it has been called since its inception in 1920.

Technocracy originated in the winter of 1918-19 when Howard Scott formed a group of scientists, engineers, and economists that became known in 1920 as the Technical Alliance — a research organization. In 1933 it was incorporated under the laws of the State of New York as a nonprofit, non-political, non-sectarian membership organization.” – The Technocrat, Dec. 1964

What Is Technocracy?

Historically, technocracy has not been well received. In fact, many who accurately comprehended its goals viewed it as a threat to democracy and the debt-based economic order run by the central banking establishment that has dominated the last century. Technocrats railed against this “Price System,” arguing it alone was to blame for the inequalities and inefficiencies of society. There is definitely some truth to their claims.

Under the Price System at its best there is not a single field of endeavor where the best technical standards are allowed to prevail. In other words, poverty, waste, crime, poor public health, bad living conditions, enforced scarcity, and low load-factors, are every one the direct and necessary consequences of the Price System… What we have tried to make clear is that it is the Price System itself, and not the individual human being, which is at fault.” – Technocracy Study Course, Technocracy Inc. 1933, p.176

Technocracy can be defined simply as an impersonal and scientific method of managing all aspects of a society. Its primary concerns deal with how energy is produced and used. But it goes much deeper than this. One of the best explanations can be found in an issue of The Technocrat magazine from September 1937, where it states:

Technocracy is the science of social engineering, the scientific operation of the entire social mechanism to produce and distribute goods and services to the entire population of this continent. For the first time in human history it will be done as a scientific, technical, engineering problem. There will be no place for Politics or Politicians, Finance or Financeers, Rackets or Racketeers.”

The technocratic dream is revolutionary in scope, envisioning a total reorganization of industry, government, and law and order. They readily admit their intent is to socially engineer all of society, seize control of the production and distribution of all goods and services, and rid the world of rule by politicians and (traditional) financial controllers. The U.S. Constitution is also viewed as a relic, completely unfit to serve as a basis of governance and human rights.

Another job which has been neglected far too long is the rebuilding of our governmental machinery, from the village level right up to Congress. It cannot be avoided much longer, simply because the country has outgrown the constitutional clothes which the Founding Fathers tailored for it nearly two centuries ago. They have become as anachronistic, and as impractical, as a Pilgrim’s costume on an astronaut.” – Edith Chamberlain, The Technocrat, Dec. 1964

Technocrats make no pretense about maintaining a representative form of government be it a republic (as the USA was founded as) or democracy (what the USA has become). Its goal is to establish a scientific dictatorship to initiate and control all societal functions. Technocrats distanced themselves and were highly critical of fascists, communists, socialists, and other political movements but don’t have a problem with their own totalitarian style of rule termed a Technate.

Technocracy finds that the production and distribution of an abundance of physical wealth on a Continental scale for the use of all Continental citizens can only be accomplished by a Continental technological control, a governance of function, a Technate.”
– Technocracy Study Course, Technocracy Inc. 1933

Figure 22.1 from the Technocracy Study Course illustrates the point above revealing that technocracy is simply another form of top-down rule with a Continental Director having total authority of all societal functions.

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Figure 22.1 – Technocracy Study Course

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A December 1964, issue of The Technocrat magazine further explained that:

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Technocracy holds that all decisions pertaining to the functional operation of the society — the production and distribution of goods and services, research, and governance — should be made by technical men and women. This does not mean that the technical people should leave their technical positions and go into politics, law, business promotion, public relations, and moral philosophy. Rather, it means that the scientists, technologists, engineers, and technicians shall continue to operate as such and that the decision-making of the society be moved into their functional realms.”

Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. Form the Seat of Modern Technocracy

Regardless of one’s comprehension of technocratic plans, a monumental reshaping of governments, economies, and societies is occurring, but not by elected representatives, constitutions, creeds, or the will of the people. Power is now concentrated in the hands of an exclusive class of scientists, technologists, engineers, and technicians—many of whom also happen to head multi-billion-dollar corporations.

We are also finding that technology has made people more isolated and infringes upon privacy with consequences yet to be realized. When we see the relationship between tech companies and government flourish, we are ultimately watching the implementation of a full-fledged technocracy.”
– Pendleton, Joseph. Californication: The Rise of the American Technocracy (p. 20). The Conservatarian Press.

Silicon Valley is the seat of modern technocracy. Big Tech is the euphemism for which it’s currently known. The World Economic Forum defines this dynamic as public-private partnerships (PPP).

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Marc Andreeson are some of today’s most prominent techno-populists. Many believe they are modern day Justice League type heroes leading the world to newfound freedom (or at least in the United States). All were major contributors to Donald Trump’s reelection campaign in 2024. Vice President-Elect J.D. Vance has deep connections to Peter Thiel, indicating how close technocrats truly are to running the country.

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Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, and Sam Altman are also among the many tech gurus aligning themselves with the newly elected Trump administration. These endorsements indicate that for now, technocrats are content with using politicians and the political system to quietly transform the government into a full-fledged Technate from the inside out and vice versa.

It is the man who has command of the technical information who makes the real decisions in the functional phases of modern life. He is the only one who understands what needs to be done and how to do it. The politicians and financial manipulators who pretend that the right of decision is theirs are helpless without the technical men.” – The Technocrat, Dec. 1964

Something else technocrats correctly understood was the sham of voting and elections. Perhaps this is another reason why they stayed hidden in times past, realizing the populace was not ready to accept this truth.

In the United States, it is generally assumed that the people vote for the kind of government they want, but that is not exactly true. Technically, they do not even vote directly for their president; they vote for electors who, in turn, are tacitly committed to vote for indicated candidates, the exact rules varying with the different states. Moreover, the public has little voice in choosing the candidates; it usually ends up with their having a choice between two men chosen by the respective political party ‘machines.’ And they have less choice concerning the policies of the president. Once elected, the president is under no real obligation to heed the desires of the people and often acts contrary to his campaign promises.” The Technocrat, Dec. 1964

Would Donald Trump have been “reelected” without the help of the aforementioned technocrats? Now that he will resume the Presidency, will he be more beholden to the people or his big moneyed investors from Silicon Valley?

Why Is Technocracy Rising Now?

Technocracy has long been resisted by traditional powers and was originally conceived only for the North American Continent. Today, technocracy is rising from the ashes like the Phoenix legend to become a global force to be reckoned with. I believe this is largely because of the pending economic meltdown. The debt-based, fiat currency system is at the end of its life cycle and the central bank establishment is looking for new ways to maintain control of the monetary system. They have joined ranks with the technocrats who were correct in predicting that the system would crash (though it has yet to take place due to manipulation tactics keeping it at bay).

If the human race on this Continent is to survive the crash of the Price System, Technocracy will have to be put into practice.” – Technocracy in Plain Terms, Technocracy Inc. 1939

By adopting technocracy, the banking elite not only can retain control over the monetary system, they will also cement their rule over all industries, natural resources, governments, institutions, and people.

Technocracy Wouldn’t Exist Without Advances in Technology

Big Tech products are ubiquitous and thought to be indispensable in our ultramodern, future-oriented world. AI, robotics, and the Internet of Things (IoT) are touted as catalysts that can lead to a future of ease and prosperity for all. These technologies and more are considered part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution aka Industry 4.0, where the shift to digital technologies will supersede past ways of conducting business, communicating, and governing with one major caveat: the potential to overtake humanity itself and render humans as “hackable animals” and “useless people.” Consider the following statements from some of the world’s most prominent thought leaders.

“Technologies that are emerging today will soon be shaping the world tomorrow and well into the future – with impacts to economies and to society at large. Now that we are well into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it’s critical that we discuss and ensure that humanity is served by these new innovations so that we can continue to prosper.”
– Mariette DiChristina, (former) Editor-in-Chief of Scientific American, and chair of the Emerging Technologies Steering Committee

“We must develop a comprehensive and globally shared view of how technology is affecting our lives and reshaping our economic, social, cultural, and human environments. There has never been a time of greater promise, or greater peril.”
– Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

“Now, fast forward to the early 21st century when we just don’t need the vast majority of the population… Most people don’t contribute anything to that, except perhaps for their data, and whatever people are still doing which is useful, these technologies increasingly will make redundant and will make it possible to replace the people.”
– Yuval Noah Harrari, Author, Historian, and Philosopher

“Probably none of us will have a job.”
– Elon Musk (referring to the rise of Artificial Intelligence)

Paradoxically, technocracy claims to enable widespread prosperity while also rendering the lot of humanity replaceable, useless, and without meaning. How can this be? To technocrats of yesteryear, there was not much difference between human beings, dogs, pigs, and cars. The belief that humans are the capstone of all creation and made in the image of God was routinely mocked and discredited. In a chapter entitled, The Human Animal, the Technocracy Study Course further elaborates on its base view of humanity, stating:

The developments in the fields of physiology, biochemistry and biophysics, chiefly since 1900, are at last bringing us down to earth. Attention has already been called to the fact that the human body is composed chemically of the ordinary substances of which rocks are made. So are dogs, horses and pigs. In an earlier lesson, while discussing the ‘human engine,’ we pointed out that the human body obeys identically the same laws of energy transformation as a steam engine. This also is true of dogs, horses and pigs. These facts might lead one to suspect that human beings are very far removed from the semi-supernatural creatures they have heretofore supposed themselves to be…

When we observe a human being we merely perceive an object which makes a certain variety of motions and noises. The same is true, however, when we observe a dog or a Ford car.”

Modern technocrats also view the human as mere biological material that can be manipulated as needed, as evidenced by World Economic Forum Founder and Chairman Klaus Schwab:

This Fourth Industrial Revolution is, however, fundamentally different. It is characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital, and biological worlds, impacting all disciplines, economies and industries, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human.”

Contemporary technocracy has now merged with transhumanism forming a dangerous combination, as noted by author Patrick Wood, who wrote:

Technocrats see science and technology as the answer to improve and control society; transhumanists see the same science and technology as the answer to improve and control the human condition.”
– The Evil Twins of Technocracy and Transhumanism (p. 19). Coherent Publishing, LLC.

Why You Should Care About the Rise of Technocracy

Hopefully all the dots are starting to connect, enabling you to see where all of this is heading. Technocracy’s ascendance is a threat to all of humanity. Technocrats promise a utopian existence where abundance is the norm and work is optional, if not completely unnecessary. The self-appointed leaders believe they know best how to manage the world’s resources and its people. To accomplish these lofty goals, the social structure will have to undergo drastic changes which include redefining work and wages. The following excerpt from the Technocracy Study Course provides a detailed overview of what this entails.

“If the production is to be non-oscillatory and maintained at a high level so as to provide a high standard of living, it follows that consumption must be kept equal to production, and that a system of distribution must be designed which will allow this. This system of distribution must do the following things:

1. Register on a continuous 24-hour time period basis the total net conversion of energy, which would determine (a) the availability of energy for Continental plant construction and maintenance, (b) the amount of physical wealth available in the form of consumable goods and services for consumption by the total population during the balanced load period.
2. By means of the registration of energy converted and consumed, make possible a balanced load.
3. Provide a continuous 24-hour inventory of all production and consumption.
4. Provide a specific registration of the type, kind, etc., of all goods and services, where produced, and where used.
5. Provide specific registration of the consumption of each individual, plus a record and description of the individual.
6. Allow the citizen the widest latitude of choice in consuming his individual share of Continental physical wealth.
7. Distribute goods and services to every member of the population.

In short, the goal of technocracy is to micromanage everything you do, produce, and consume through nonstop surveillance. This was not technically possible with the crude paper methods proposed by early technocrats. However, it is becoming achievable with the advent of digital technologies such as biometrics, Big Data, geospatial intelligence, digital currency, AI, and 5G. In a Technate, there will be no free-market economy where the average person could obtain wealth by starting a business or embarking upon a lucrative career path. Instead, technocrats promise each person a share of the overall wealth produced through the issue of Energy Certificates.

Under a technological administration of abundance, there is only one efficient method—that employing a system of Energy Certificates…These certificates are merely pieces of paper containing certain printed matter. They are issued individually to every adult of the entire population. The certificates issued to an individual may be thought of as possessing some of the properties both of bank cheque and of a traveler’s cheque. They would resemble a bank cheque in that they carry no face denomination. They receive their denomination only when being spent. They resemble a traveler’s cheque in that they possess some means of ready identification, such as counter-signature, photograph, or some similar device, so as to establish easy identification by the person to whom issued, and at the same time remain absolutely useless in the hands of anyone else.” – Technocracy Study Course, p.230

Today, Energy Certificates could take the form of Universal Basic/High Income payments issued in the form of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or some other form of digital currency. Corporate transactions could be conducted via carbon credits. Regardless of the mechanism of financial transfer, the individual will be totally dependent on the Technate with everything one does requiring a digital ID.

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Technate of North America ID Card – Source: Technocracy Technate Picture Archive

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The American dream of upward mobility, already heading toward extinction, will receive the knockout blow in a technocratic regime. Instead, compliance and energy usage will determine your level of prosperity. Property rights will also go out the window as the plan is to revolutionize housing into energy-efficient units with little variety and few manufacturers. This could occur today through the combination of an economic crisis wiping out individual wealth and mass printing of 3D houses fit for the technocratic era.

As envisioned, technocracy is no better than communism, fascism, or socialism. It’s just another power grab by individuals who believe they are smarter than the rest of us, with a promised utopia that will never materialize.

These prognostications may seem far-fetched now, but the rest of this series will spell out in detail how close the technocratic fantasy is becoming a reality. It is important for people everywhere to understand the implications of what is taking place and not be fooled by wolves in sheep’s clothing proclaiming a new golden age of humanity is imminent. The question is, a golden age for who? Cui bono?

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O regime de Kiev continua a utilizar táticas terroristas contra a Rússia, realizando assassinatos seletivos contra figuras públicas fora da zona de conflito. Num outro movimento provocativo, os agentes de inteligência ucranianos em Moscou mataram Igor Kirillov, chefe das Forças de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear da Federação Russa. O caso mostra claramente a natureza terrorista do regime ucraniano e a impossibilidade de qualquer tipo de negociações de paz.

O assassinato de Kirillov foi realizado por meio de uma explosão ativada remotamente. Este tipo de tática tornou-se comum nas operações da inteligência ucraniana, sendo uma das principais técnicas utilizadas pelo regime para eliminar alvos específicos. Junto com Kirillov, seu principal assessor, Ilya Polikarpov, também morreu no ataque. Ambos estavam saindo de um prédio em Moscou quando o explosivo foi ativado remotamente por um mercenário que trabalhava para Kiev.

O principal suspeito já foi capturado pelo serviço de segurança russo. Ele é um cidadão do Uzbequistão que foi contratado pela Ucrânia para realizar o ataque terrorista em troca de uma recompensa de cerca de 100 mil dólares, bem como a mudança para um país europeu. A operação foi cuidadosamente planejada, com o mercenário uzbeque recebendo uma série de instruções específicas para ter sucesso no plano.

O primeiro passo do plano era colocar o artefato explosivo – que ele recebeu da equipe ucraniana – em uma scooter elétrica estacionada perto da residência de Kirillov. Ele então alugou um carro equipado com câmera de vigilância e transmitiu imagens ao vivo aos organizadores do ataque. Segundo o suspeito, a equipe organizadora está baseada na região de Dnepropetrovsk, na Ucrânia. Assistindo às imagens transmitidas ao vivo, os ucranianos escolheram o momento mais adequado para detonar o explosivo, dando ordem ao terrorista uzbeque para realizar o ataque.

O caso tem várias semelhanças com outros ataques terroristas recentes perpetrados por Kiev. O regime ucraniano utiliza frequentemente explosivos para matar os seus opositores, além de contratar mercenários da Ásia Central para realizar operações em território russo. Vale lembrar casos como o de Daria Dugina e Maxim Fomin, ambos jornalistas assassinados com explosivos, bem como o massacre da Prefeitura de Crocus, quando terroristas tadjiques foram contratados pela inteligência ucraniana para assassinar civis em Moscou.

A escolha de Igor Kirillov como alvo é fácil de compreender. Ele foi responsável pela investigação de crimes ucranianos e ocidentais envolvendo armas biológicas e químicas. Desde 2022, a Federação Russa tem divulgado vários relatórios que mostram atividades biomilitares ocidentais ilegais na Ucrânia, com Kirillov liderando este esforço de investigação. Publicou dados que comprovam o envolvimento de várias figuras públicas e empresas ocidentais na produção de armas biológicas em solo ucraniano. Os responsáveis ​​pelo financiamento dos bio laboratórios incluíam grandes empresas farmacêuticas e a Fundação Soros, bem como indivíduos como Hunter Biden, filho do presidente dos EUA.

Na verdade, o impacto das revelações de Kirillov foi tão profundo que causou uma crise no lobby farmacêutico ocidental. Desde 2022, os crimes cometidos pelas grandes empresas farmacêuticas americanas e europeias têm sido mais facilmente expostos. Até o lobby da vacina contra a Covid-19 perdeu força, com as vacinações obrigatórias sendo proibidas em muitos países. Essas empresas passaram a ser alvo de ações judiciais e suas ações perderam valor de mercado, o que obviamente fez de Kirillov alvo de diversos oligarcas ocidentais.

Na mesma linha, Kirillov foi o principal investigador das provocações com armas químicas por parte da Ucrânia. O uso de armas químicas pelas tropas de Kiev tornou-se comum no conflito, com vários casos de militares e civis russos sendo envenenados por substâncias tóxicas deliberadamente libertadas pelos ucranianos.

Em 2023, fui convidado pela Missão Russa em Genebra para apresentar um relatório ao Conselho de Direitos Humanos da ONU sobre este tema, onde recordei vários casos de utilização de armas químicas pela Ucrânia. Deve ser mencionado que os EUA, que são o maior apoiador do regime de Kiev, são o único país do mundo que ainda mantém publicamente arsenais de armas químicas e, portanto, são um possível fornecedor destes materiais tóxicos à Ucrânia. Sem o trabalho da comissão de investigação liderada por Kirillov, este tipo de violação do direito internacional nunca teria sido revelado, razão pela qual os seus esforços foram tão importantes.

Ainda é muito cedo para determinar o nível de envolvimento ocidental no assassinato do general russo, mas é seguro dizer que o regime de Kiev nunca age “por conta própria”. A Ucrânia recebe sempre autorização para realizar cada ataque, uma vez que é um mero agente proxy sem qualquer soberania.

Além disso, Kirillov causou grandes danos ao lobby farmacêutico ocidental, tornando-se um inimigo público de muitos oligarcas. No final, esta é apenas mais uma prova de que qualquer negociação no conflito é inviável. Tanto o Ocidente como a Ucrânia apostam no terrorismo e na guerra total contra Moscou, não deixando outra alternativa senão uma solução militar.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida

Artigo em inglês : Kiev regime kills Russian general who exposed Western Big Pharma’s crimes in Ukraine, InfoBrics, 18 de Dezembrro de 2024

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Pepe Escobar was spot on when he stated that the downfall of Syria signified the “death of a nation.” Is it premature to chant a requiem for that marvellous land and its intriguing people, not just their virtues but also their flaws having duly been taken into account? And ought we to do it so soon, as the black flag of Syria’s latest conquerors, matching the darkness of its present circumstances, flutters over it, having just been raised in its capital? Time will tell, but reputable observers appear to be partial to precisely such a sombre conclusion.

An argument could be advanced that Syria’s tragedy may prove to be even greater in scope than Pepe avers. Syria surely never was a “nation” in the conventional sense, signifying the homogeneity of shared ethnicity, faith, and moral purpose. It was in fact largely the opposite. Historically, however, Syria was an entity and perhaps even an idea much loftier than a mere homogeneity. It was a concept of conviviality, not of the simple and easy kind, founded upon commonalities, but of the truly challenging and infinitely more complicated sort. Syria throughout the ages was a precarious, yet for the most part sustainably functional cultural crucible, consisting of a combination of disparate components thrown inexplicably together by the whims of fate. Yet astonishingly, and contrary to virtually every lesson of human interaction taught and learned elsewhere, Syria was an impossible combination that for the most part worked reasonably well. This patchwork of manifestly incompatible elements, of diverse faiths, often incongruous ethnicities, and real or imagined identities, willy-nilly and probably more by trial and error than by design, had developed a unique modus vivendi, a formula for practical coexistence from which the world has much to learn. Instead of watching idly as freakish barbarians armed with sledgehammers pound it to smithereens, we should perhaps have reacted, and contrary if need be to the tenets of geopolitical logic, to preserve this ancient land and cultural treasure from defilement and devastation. We can do no better now than to study for our own profit and edification that remarkable historically conditioned mechanism that Syria used to be, to emulate its spirit and apply its principles wherever practicable.

I would argue, without idealising, that the now apparently defunct Syria, rather than being merely a nation whose death it is proper to mourn, as Pepe rightly does, conceptually was much more than the sum of its constituent parts. Syria was an imperfect yet incontestably successful pattern of civilisation, at least in the perspective of those who in human relations strive for a semblance of peace, cooperation, and harmony. Whether or not that pattern can ever be reconstituted is a question to which a ready answer is not at hand.

That having been said, we may skip the analysis of how Syria’s tragic and unexpected Untergang has come about, that topic being competently expounded by other commentators. There is, however, an aspect of the current events that needs to be particularly highlighted.

That is the human dimension of the horror. Under the guise of opposing the excesses of a dictatorship, a combination of countries which purport to occupy the high moral ground in world affairs (the allusion is to the collective West and its lackeys, of course) have waged a relentless proxy war of attrition and extinction not against the Syrian “regime,” as they contemptuously referred to the legitimate government of that country, but against the people of Syria en masse, irrespective of their particular affiliation. The objective was to oppress them and to destroy their common heritage in order to render them helpless and obedient to globalist masters and their regional collaborators, determined to impose their rapacious schemes in the form of oil pipelines, territorial recomposition, or whatever corrupt and self-serving goals they may have set. In that nefarious operation, the Syrian people, and even the jihadist condottieri themselves, the militia of goons trained and equipped to destroy the tranquillity and devastate the material and cultural assets of that unfortunate land, are all expendable.

Accounts abound of frightful butchery, unsparing and indifferent to the ethnic or religious identity of victims, that has already begun and is claiming a multitude of innocent lives. To personalise the horror, a   conspicuous victim may be cited, the Orthodox Metropolitan Ephraim (Maalouli) of Aleppo, the first large Syrian city captured by the foreign armed and directed terrorists. Metropolitan Ephraim has now gone missing and is in all probability a captive of the HTS jihadist gang whose leader’s criminal background, in anticipation of his rise to power, was recently refurbished and normalised in a CNN interview. The gang has publicly announced its intention to cut off the Metropolitan’s beard and ears and to behead him.

Metropolitan Ephraim is not the only victim of the new dispensation, brought about by the depraved geopolitical strategists of the collective West and their local instruments and allies. Credible reports have it that “thousands were becoming displaced, with road closures and refugee camps swelling. Others [Christians, Yazidis, and members of other minority groups] were trapped in their homes.” David Curry, president of Global Christian Relief, with good contacts inside Syria, has stated that in the north of Syria “Turkish-backed terrorists continue to fight for territory and perpetrate heinous acts of violence against Kurdish and Yazidi religious communities.”

The list of atrocities goes on, and it is lengthening steadily.

So much for the eagerly awaited palpable improvement in the “human rights” situation in Syria. A requiem perhaps would be in order.

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When Northern Gaza was placed under a complete siege, the Biden Administration issued a warning that if conditions didn’t improve within 30 days, he would stop weapons shipments to Israel. At the time of the announcement, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians faced imminent starvation because the Israeli military was blocking trucks of humanitarian aid from entering Northern Gaza. As children and their parents either starved to death or suffocated under the rubble of their homes that were deliberately bombed – Biden told them to wait thirty days. When the thirty days were up, Israel correctly called Biden’s bluff. They knew he wasn’t going to stop sending weapons, and they were right.

I began this hunger strike to demand that my government end the siege on Gaza. It’s clear to the entire world that Israel acts with full backing from the United States and both governments are responsible for the death and human suffering happening in Palestine.

The people of Gaza were starving before Biden’s 30 day warning. They faced famine even before October 7th. People who defend this genocide will often note that there was peace on October 6th, 2023. But on October 6th, there was an Israeli imposed blockade that only allowed in the minimal calorie intake per Palestinian every single day – with no intention of making sure it reached each of the two million people that resided in Gaza. On top of that deprivation, Israel waged sporadic wars on the people of Gaza every few years. Nearly a month has gone by since Israel called Biden’s bluff – the arms are still flowing into Tel Aviv with American flags stamped into the bomb casings and the people of Gaza are still starving to death. When the very few aid trucks do arrive to feed the starving population, Israel kills them while they stand in line for food.

I want to tell you what 30 days with no food does to a person, and my experience is made easier by the fact that I have a roof over my head, access to clean water, and a certainty that I won’t have to flee my home at any moment depending on the whim of the IOF evacuation orders.  The women my age in Gaza are not given the same luxuries. I’m an Elder, a mother and a long time Peace and Social Justice activist.  I’ve lived in California for over 40 years, mostly in Sonoma County, but also in San Francisco and presently in Marin County.

In the first days of my hunger strike, I felt really tired and the hunger pangs were intense.  Now they occur only several times a day. My body aches and as of today I’ve lost 17 pounds.  I’m constantly cold and my resistance and immunity are low.  I learned yesterday from a dear friend and sister Palestinian Activist — something I didn’t know about hunger strikes— that after days of starvation, beginning to eat food again could kill you. Your body isn’t used to processing even a little bit of food. My friend Hazami, who ended her hunger strike this week, ended up in the hospital.  So, I wonder what would happen to a person who hasn’t had enough food for months and months? What happens to them when they have no hospital to go to? What happens when the remaining hospital they do find gets bombed? Or when their doctors get executed? I know I will be able to eat again, but what if I was a child and I had no idea when food might be coming? How scared would I be? Hunger isn’t just hunger in Gaza, it’s grief and suffering compounded a hundred times. It’s a form of torture.

I feel I’ve been living in a traumatized state for over a year.  I cry everyday, multiple times a day, my heart is beyond broken, it’s shattered.  I wake up each morning worrying about the genocide that is happening in Gaza, knowing that if it wasn’t for my government’s partnership with the Israeli government this couldn’t continue.  Our government is sending billions upon billions of our tax dollars to slaughter innocent children, mothers and fathers, entire families with bombs and artillery funded by our country.

I understand that “my trauma” is nothing compared to what the people of Gaza must be suffering.  I can’t even imagine the horrors they’re being forced to live through or die from.

I’d gone to Washington DC on Oct 3rd wanting to work for diplomacy in the war in Ukraine. When Oct 7th happened, I decided to stay until we had a ceasefire in Gaza.  I was there for seven long months, going to Capitol Hill, the White House and the State Department everyday trying and failing to get a Ceasefire.  I came home broken. Last summer I joined the Handala in Lisbon, part of the Freedom Flotilla that is trying to break the Siege of Gaza.  There are ships with 5,500 tons of humanitarian aid stuck in Istanbul, because the Turkish government has succumbed to Israeli and US pressure not to allow the ships to sail!  The US government is not allowing much needed humanitarian aid to reach Gaza, but then spends millions on building a port that was never going to work.  Our government’s hypocrisy is soul crushing.

I was desperate for this genocide and ethnic cleaning of Palestine to end, so I took a stand and put my body on the line.  Today, Thursday Dec. 19th, is the beginning of the 31st day of my hunger strike/fast for Gaza.  Even now my Representative in Congress, Jared Huffman, refuses to sign onto Representative Casar’s letter for an arms embargo against Israel.  I asked for a meeting with him on the 25th day of my hunger strike/fast and was told he was unavailable to meet with me.  Since it’s clear Rep. Huffman doesn’t care about Palestinians or his constituent’s lives and he seems to be indifferent to our collective suffering, I’m ending my hunger strike/fast for Gaza with my dear friends and colleagues at the press conference at a press conference today and saving my energy to sue the ******.

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In Palestine, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere, the Arab people, including women and children, have suffered massive violence and cruelties in recent times. There is a famous Hindi poem by Dushyant Kumar which says—when the sorrow has become (as massive as) the Himalayan mountains, a river (of resistance for reducing this distress) must surely arise from this.

Certainly a lot of Arab resistance has already existed at so many levels, but all this taken together has not been able to prevent Arabs from suffering violence and distress in the most cruel ways as well as the destruction of entire countries.

Hence it is time for the Arab people to start thinking of new forms of resistance based on much greater and broader unity, non-violence and sustainability as well as continuity for a long time. These struggles must be able to get the approval and support of all people worldwide who value justice and peace. 

Such a path definitely would need a clear vision for the Arab people and region based on a future of peace and justice, inclusive and sustainable development and environment protection. Such a vision should seek to take along other ethnicities of the region, such as the Kurd people, and closer cooperation with several neighboring countries such as Iran should be sought.

Forces of justice and peace all over the Arab world should mobilize to create a clear vision of what a united Arab world, united not by opposition of anyone in particular but instead united by devoted pursuit of what is best for the welfare of its own people based on inclusivity, justice including gender justice, peace, non-discrimination, sustainable development, protection of environment and biodiversity.  An important aspect of this vision would be to work out how the resources of the region can be best used and prioritized for the welfare of all people, taking equal care also of all ethnic and religious minorities as well.

Such a vision should be taken to as many people as possible in the form of not just reports but also in the form of literature, music and cinema and various educational programs so that more and more people start thinking and discussing in terms of such an alternative vision of Arab society and are inspired by this, instead of their thinking remaining in the narrow sphere of what people have seen and experienced in most of their life.

The Arab region has enough resources to meet adequately and on sustainable basis the needs of all people including of course the Palestinians. Yet what has been seen in recent times is that several countries and vast areas have been destroyed. In countries and lands where despite several problems people were able to meet their needs in satisfactory ways and lead secure life, what has happened is that several million of these people are denied such satisfactory and secure life now and several million have been displaced and uprooted from their homes. Several hundred thousand people have died prematurely in very painful ways and this is something that was clearly avoidable. What really happened? Who is responsible?

When such questions are asked and debated people get worked up, understandably, and want to do something very quickly. Sometimes they manage to get some short-term results but more often the hurry and the anger stand in the way of achieving any durable and significant good results. Hence it is important first to have a clear understanding of what is the alternative society that must be aimed at. While this will certainly involve peaceful, firm, principled resistance to all oppressors, this will also involve self-reform so that people can get rid of their narrowness such as sectarianism, the Shia-Sunni and other divisions etc. Such efforts include struggle and resistance on the one hand and various kinds of constructive work and social reform on the other hand.

While there are many difficulties on this path, this is also a path of great satisfaction and solidarity, of creativity and commitment. This is why if such efforts are made with adequate planning and care, after a certain stage there will be many committed people in this caravan to take forward the vision of a new Arab land and region based on justice, inclusivity, peace and environment protection.

This effort should also reach out to all true forces and organizations of justice and peace in all parts of the world, not excluding the USA and Israel.

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I greatly appreciated this message from Rick Charleston of British Columbia, and we are sharing it here with his permission.

I would like to add an important note to Mr. Charleston’s list of recipients: Canadian judges who neglected their duty, abandoned Canadians and our most ethical doctors and nurses, and emboldened the perpetrators of COVID-19 crimes in Canada. Without a legitimate, independent judiciary, Canada descends into lawlessness and the status of a failed state.

To those judges: you should be deeply ashamed.

Below is Rick Charleston’s message.

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To all the politicians, government ministers, health officers and bureaucrats, legacy media executives and law enforcement who abandoned their duty of care in in the most egregious attack on basic human rights and well being over the last almost five years, I am bringing to your attention this turning point victory in Australia, arguably one of the most oppressive covid regimes in the world, on par with Canada.

All our hero doctors and nurses who are being persecuted for speaking out for basic bodily autonomy and freedom of speech WILL BE VINDICATED! May Bill 36 be shoved where the sun doesn’t shine.

Justice is coming for you. If it can happen in Australia it can happen here – as soon as our judiciary remember where they lost their balls . And they will. The flood of information and disclosure is unstoppable. Personal accountability is next. You cannot walk away from this obscene betrayal of trust. You can’t say you didn’t know. You have had the information since early 2020. It was placed into the hands of every BC MLA. And remember The Great Barrington Report. But it was an orchestrated global event. You chose to ignore the evidence and FORCED this unproven toxic injection on the population. You will pay for the great harm you have done. We will never forget. The many injured, the many dead, well documented. I hope for a front row seat at the dispensation of justice for Crimes against Humanity.

May God have mercy on your souls.

Mr Rick Charleston, British Columbia, Canada

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Mr Charleston wrote this message, in the light of this good news from Australia. A Queensland doctor has won back his right to practice medicine after the Supreme Court overturned his suspension for his statements and activities to maintain his oath and protect Australians throughout the Covid operation.

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Here’s what Dr. William Bay said after the court handed down its decision: 

“I think the vaccines are shit mate, they’re absolute shit, they are killers. They destroy people’s DNA – and I’m telling you this Australia and the world as a registered doctor. This is coming from a registered Australian medical professional; the mRNA vaccines are poisonous. They are bad for you, they are not good for you. They are harming your children they are harming you. Everything you’ve heard has been there to deceive you. I have been vindicated in court today. To let you know the people of Australia that you have been lied to by the medical regulator. The medical regulator APHRA has lied to you.”

The Court Decision From Australia 

On Friday December 13th 2024, Justice Thomas Bradley ruled that Dr Bay’s suspension was to be set aside, as AHPRA and the Board had acted with bias and did not afford Dr Bay procedural fairness.

“It might be difficult to characterize the conduct of the Board and AHPRA as anything less than profoundly unsatisfactory,” said Justice Bradley in a blistering repudiation.

Justice Bradly criticised the regulators’ “animus” and “combative approach” towards Dr Bay, along with their failure to demonstrate that Dr Bay had contravened any relevant legislation or guidelines. AHPRA and the Board have been ordered to pay costs.

Hope for Canadians and the doctors who protect them? 

Dr Bay’s win provides a ray of hope to medical professionals in Canada too. We have also been unlawfully persecuted professionally and financially for disagreeing with the covid-agenda, and protecting our patients and fellow Canadians against false information, coercion, medical assault, and toxic misrepresented genetic injections.

“I have won the right back to be a doctor and more importantly the right for all doctors to speak freely about vaccines” – Dr William Bay

Sadly this is not yet the case in Canada, though recent federal resignations signal that the rats are fleeing their sinking covid ship.

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The massive transfer of NATO military equipment to Poland testifies to the West’s possible preparations for a direct war with Russia. Weapons and equipment arriving in Poland in such quantities, as if we are currently on the eve of a major war, lead to a dangerous escalation.

NATO is massively transferring military equipment from European countries to Poland, arming the country much more heavily than it armed the Ukrainians on the eve of the Russian special military operation. This is part of the Atlantic Alliance’s efforts to pressure and isolate Russia in Eastern Europe.

The grouping of NATO forces on the borders of Russia and Belarus has been a systematic effort for years. With such actions, NATO, in the interim, wants to tie up as many Russian and Belarusian forces as possible on the borders, while in the near future, Poland is intended to be a staging point in case of any hot war with Russia.

The exclave region of Kaliningrad, which has no land border with Russia proper but borders NATO countries Lithuania and Poland and has access to the Baltic Sea, is particularly at risk. Responding to this NATO threat, Russia and Belarus have increased their military group deployed along the borders of Poland and Lithuania.

Russian tactical nuclear weapons have also been deployed in significant quantities in Belarus. The goal of deploying nuclear weapons is to show that Russia and Belarus are capable of causing irreparable damage to NATO, essentially meaning it is for deterrence. Therefore, if NATO is ready to risk a nuclear war, then it will not be Russia’s choice, which will only be left with the choice to respond.

Moscow recently updated its nuclear military doctrine, according to which Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression against it using conventional weapons – if this poses a threat to the vital interests of the state. Under the updated doctrine, Moscow also reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression against Russia and Belarus as a member of the Federal State.

However, Vladimir Putin said earlier this month that the emergence of the Oreshnik medium-range hypersonic missile systems is reducing the need to use nuclear weapons. According to the Russian president, a sufficient number of these modern weapons systems means that Russia has practically no need to use nuclear weapons.

Russia launched an Oreshnik missile without a nuclear warhead at Dnipro city on November 21. The strike was in response to Ukraine’s use of US and British long-range missiles to attack Russian territory. Following this success, it is now expected to be deployed in Belarus in the second half of next year, and exactly how many of these complexes will be delivered to Minsk, “only the President of Russia knows.”

On the other hand, Minsk recently warned that NATO forces from various countries are being grouped in Lithuania and Poland, 15 kilometres from the border with Belarus. The concentration of NATO forces in Eastern Europe creates security threats since the militarization is aimed at creating a threat to Russia and Belarus, such as a blockade of St. Petersburg or creating a threat by increasing the grouping of NATO forces in Baltic states and Finland.

Poland is one of the fastest-growing military power in Europe. Warsaw has previously stated that it is preparing for a possible war with Russia, which is why it is working on reforming its military forces. Warsaw has expressed its readiness to deploy nuclear weapons on its territory if NATO decides to strengthen its eastern flank and has called for the transfer of American troops and bases to Poland. It is believed that there are now about 10,000 American soldiers in Poland, as well as a US base with the Aegis missile defence system located 165 kilometres from the border with Russia.

Although NATO’s activity is indeed being felt, it is still too early to speak of possible preparations for aggression. However, the military activity of other NATO countries in Poland and the rearmament and modernization of the Polish Armed Forces certainly pose a threat to the Russian Federation.

There is little doubt that Russian military intelligence is closely monitoring this activity and that Russia has all the necessary forces and means to repel these threats, including, if necessary, the Strategic Nuclear Forces. The Kremlin has repeatedly stressed that Moscow is not threatening anyone but will not ignore potentially dangerous actions, and just as the special military operation in Ukraine shows, Russia will defend its security and interests.

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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev reaffirmed his country’s alliance with Russia in the extended interview that he gave to Rossiya Segodnya chief Dmitry Kiselyov earlier this week that can be read in full here. It’s extremely detailed so the present piece will summarize the insight that he shared for convenience. Aliyev began by praising the Declaration on Allied Interaction between Azerbaijan and Russia that he agreed to with Putin on 22 February 2022 as an historic event in their relations.

He appreciated Putin’s state visit over the summer and noted how their trade is rising, Russian visits to Azerbaijan have been restored to their pre-COVID levels, and there are now twice as many flights as during the Soviet era. Aliyev hopes that there won’t be a hot war between NATO and Russia, which would be apocalyptic, and expressed optimism that Trump will make positive changes to US foreign policy. Azerbaijan can also help facilitate a détente between Russia and the US if both are interested.

Aliyev reminded Kiselyov about how Azerbaijan is independent of East and West, has the unique status of being allied with both Russia and NATO-member Turkiye, and previously hosted meetings between top Russian, US, and NATO military officials, which wasn’t by chance since it’s equally trusted by them. In response to being asked about reports that Azerbaijan will host a Turkish base, he said that such isn’t needed since their 2021 Declaration on Allied Relations already includes a mutual defense clause.

Azerbaijan plans to buy new Russian arms, but there haven’t been any new contracts lately since Russia’s military-industrial complex is prioritizing domestic demand. The deadline for implementing prior contracts was also pushed back at Russia’s request, which he said has temporarily withdrawn from the international arms market for obvious reasons, but he expects Azerbaijan to make new requests for some of the new arms that Russia has developed. That’ll lead to the resumption of military cooperation.

On the topic of military interests, Aliyev said that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s recent claim about his country’s relations with the CSTO having reached the point of no return is a direct threat to Azerbaijan, the concerns of which he conveyed to the US and France. The US changed its balanced approach to the region under the Biden Administration to one of unilaterally supporting Armenia. Aliyev also described the State Department as Armenia’s patron and Soros’ people in DC as its sponsors.

France, India, and the US are sending lethal arms to Armenia, but only the first two admit it, though Azerbaijan tracked American military transport planes and thus has evidence of these transfers. Aliyev would prefer to spend his state’s funds on reconstructing Karabakh and on social payments but is compelled to have a record $5 billion military budget this year due to these newfound threats. He warned that Armenia cannot possibly win the arms race that it’s provoking in the region.

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A truck with the slogan “Karabakh is Azerbaijan” at the Baku Victory Parade on 10 December 2020. The parade was held in honor of the Azeri victory in the 2020 conflict. (Licensed under CC BY 4.0)

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This is in spite of Armenia receiving its latest equipment either for free or with loans that can later be written off. The US and France won’t help it if there’s another ground provocation, which is why Armenia would do well to agree to a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. About that, Aliyev said that Armenia’s discussions about peace and its simultaneous arming by the West are incompatible courses. It also needs to agree to two outstanding issues with Azerbaijan in order for a peace treaty to be signed.

These are refraining from filing international lawsuits against one another and not deploying representatives from other countries along their mutual border. NATO infrastructure has clandestinely been created in Armenia under the cover of EU observers, according to Aliyev, with the EU mission seamlessly turning into a NATO one through Canada’s involvement. Armenia must also amend its constitution to remove the reference to its Declaration of Independence that makes claims to Azerbaijan.

The OSCE Minsk Group must be abolished too since it’s no longer necessary. The fact that Armenia refuses to comply with any of Azerbaijan’s preceding requirements for peace suggests that the revanchists’ plans are quite serious in Aliyev’s words and justifies his country’s record military spending. Moving along, Aliyev then answered Kiselyov’s question about Karabakh’s remaining Armenian community, which he said numbers just approximately 20 people.

They were all informed ahead of September 2023’s one-day anti-terrorist operation of the state’s plans to reintegrate them into its fold, which included granting them equal rights and social assistance, yet their self-appointed public representatives ignored this. The innuendo is that more might have stayed had they not been misled by others into fearing for the worst and distrusting the authorities. Aliyev then brought up how Armenia deported around 300,000 Azeris in the 1980s and 1990s.

This involuntary diaspora community has officially applied to the Armenian leadership requesting conditions for their return and reintegration but have yet to receive a response. Aliyev suggested that each side’s associated policies follow a parallel course and expressed regret that Armenia isn’t interested in reciprocating the policies that Azerbaijan has promulgated for that country’s community. In any case, Karabakh’s reconstruction continues apace, and Russian companies are also participating in this.

The Governor of Astrakhan Region is involved in the construction of a kindergarten there, while other Russian companies already supply goods and services for other reconstruction projects. Aliyev hopes that more will get involved since their infrastructure expertise in building roads, tunnels, and bridges is much-needed in Karabakh. There are also investment opportunities there too as proven by Tatarstan building a KAMAZ service center in the region.

Switching gears, Kiselyov then asked Aliyev about Azerbaijan’s energy strategy, to which the latter responded by highlighting its enormous fossil fuel deposits but also emphasizing its recent investments in wind and solar energy. It won’t rule out nuclear power plants, which Russia could help Azerbaijan construct, but still needs to look into it some more. Aliyev also passionately denied that his country is a petro-state after being smeared as such by the Western media ahead of hosting COP29 last month.

The US produces almost a billion tons of oil compared to Azerbaijan’s 30 million, yet nobody describes it as such. Canada also produces ten times as much Azerbaijan does, which is why it was hypocritical for its representatives to smear Azerbaijan as a petro-state. These attacks and others come from what Aliyev described as the “lying four”: the Washington Post, the New York Times, Figaro, and Le Monde. Their daily smear campaign against Azerbaijan is also aided by the State Department and allied NGOs.

The inclusion of two French outlets on this list isn’t coincidental since Macron has prioritized attacks against Azerbaijan all throughout his presidency, thus prompting Azerbaijan to retaliate by drawing global attention to French neocolonialism. Their two nations used to be so close that Aliyev’s father’s first foreign trip was to France as was his own after entering office, but that’s all in the past now after France sided with the occupiers during the Second Karabakh War.

France even went as far as trying to get the UNSC to pass five resolutions against Azerbaijan, and after failing, it then turned to the EU to sanction Azerbaijan simply for protecting its sovereignty. This unprovoked aggression against Azerbaijan distracts from France’s merciless exploitation of its colonies’ resources as well as the rampant poverty and political unrest in these imperial-era holdovers like New Caledonia and Mayotte among others.

Aliyev accordingly described Macron’s government as a dictatorship and regime due to France’s terrible treatment of its colonies. He also mentioned how the Corsican language is banned, thus discrediting France’s claims of supporting human rights and democracy in the South Caucasus when it won’t even do so inside of Europe itself. On the foreign policy front, Aliyev mentioned that Macron is turning France into a failed state after its spree of failed policies in the Sahel, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

The French leader also suffered a devastating defeat during summer’s EU Parliamentary elections and Moody’s continues downgrading his country month after month due to its enormous external debt. Aliyev’s reference to Georgia segued into some comments about that country’s political crisis, which he said is due to foreign NGOs, adding that the Biden Administration’s obtrusiveness is also to blame. Unlike Azerbaijan, Georgia waited too long to address these problems, and it’s now paying the price.

What’s happening there right now is part of what Aliyev described as a “Battle for the Caucasus”. In his view, Armenia has already chosen its side, but hasn’t de jure withdrawn from the CSTO because the State Department won’t yet give the go-ahead. Azerbaijan is fully independent and neutral, while Georgia’s geopolitical fate is presently being determined. Reading between the lines, Aliyev clearly prefers for the West to be defeated in Georgia.

Wrapping everything up, the Azerbaijani leader confirmed that there have never been nor ever will be any restrictions on the Russian language in his country, and he in fact even wants to expand its use. There are already 320 schools teaching Russian, the most in the South Caucasus by far, and he hopes that more will soon open. Knowledge of Russian provides Azerbaijanis with a window into its science and literature, facilitates their communication within the CIS, and makes the Russian minority comfortable.

Aliyev also said that he’ll never allow Azerbaijan to become a nest of subversive emigrant activities aimed against Russia, something that Putin no doubt deeply appreciates. About Putin, Aliyev said that they and their people are brought together due to their commitment to national roots and traditional values, something that they also share with Trump. They all want to reverse socio-cultural trends that harm humanity and end this debauchery. These were optimistic words on which to end the interview.

Reflecting on everything that he shared, there’s no doubt that Aliyev is one of Eurasia’s most visionary leaders and Azerbaijan is playing an increasingly important role in the emerging Multipolar World Order. He’s mastered the art of geopolitical balancing and remains committed to his people’s comprehensive development, especially in the economic and socio-cultural domains. Many leaders across the Global South can learn from him and he’s more than willing to help those who are interested.

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The early November detention of Asif Rahman, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, indicted in a federal national security court in the Eastern District of Virginia on two counts of “willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act,” was largely downplayed in the national media. He was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Tuesday November 5^th at the US Embassy in Phnom Penh in Cambodia where he was stationed and was sent to appear in the nearest federal court in Guam on Thursday the 7^th to be charged. After his initial court appearance and indictment, Rahman, was transferred to a federal prison in Virginia.

Rahman was a CIA analyst with a top-secret clearance that gave him access to the classified material that passed through the Agency’s Cambodia Station, which would have included much of the routine collection and dissemination of information on developments in Asia. Rahman allegedly selected one report containing two files relating to plans by Israel to attack Iran, which he then placed on an Iranian frequented site on the Telegram messaging app called the “Middle East Spectator,” which in turn claimed that the information came from a Pentagon source. After being posted it attracted a considerable audience, including US security monitors, numerous Iranians and, inevitably, the Israelis. The two top secret documents were marked as having been produced by the US government’s National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. They included satellite imagery from October 15^th and 16^th that showed that Israel was moving Air Force military assets preparatory to conducting a military strike on Iran. Bear in mind that Israel has long sought to eliminate Iran as an adversary in the Middle East region they share, up to and including assassination of Iranian scientists and government officials and air attacks on targets in places like Syria that have been regarded as Iranian allies. Iran, for its part, has never attacked Israel prior to recent developments relating to the Gaza conflict.

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The US government declared the leak of the classified files to be “deeply disturbing” and investigators who finally focused on Rahman declared that he might have been “ideologically” motivated to expose the information. Rahman has declared himself to be not guilty and as the case relates to intelligence on a non-allied foreign country’s military making preparations for war it raises some ethical problems as well as political issues connected to Israel’s unofficial special relationship with the United States government. It is, for example, not normal for someone detained for leaking classified information to be imprisoned as the preparations for trial are underway unless they are likely to flee jurisdiction. Rahman is from a prominent and wealthy family based in Vienna Virginia and his father Muhit Rahman and lawyer Amy Jeffress sought to have him stay at home with family in custodial pretrial, which is normal, but a ruling by US District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles overruled a magistrate who said a week before that Rahman could be free of additional restrictions including detention while he is awaited his trial. Jeffress has indicated that she will be appealing the detention order which was restored by Giles.

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In the event, Israel decided to proceed with its plans and carried out the attack targeting Iran’s air defense systems and missile manufacturing facilities in late October. Citing no actual evidence, court papers related to the case reveal that the US government claims the leak of the files caused Israel to delay its attack plans. Prosecutor Troy Edwards said the volatile nature of the developing situation in the Middle East made the leak especially dangerous. He explained that

“It is hard to overstate what other circumstances present graver risks of danger to human life than unilaterally deciding to transmitting information related to plans for kinetic military action between two countries.”

Actually, stopping the planned “kinetic action” is the solution if one wants to save lives. Edwards’ line of reasoning, encouraging one side to proceed, could be considered to be the reverse of what might be true if one is truly seeking to mitigate the “danger to human life.” While it is unquestionably true that a government employee who takes classified information and shares it is committing a serious crime under the Espionage Act as well as other legislation, one might argue that Rahman, if actually guilty as charged and convicted, may have been responding to what he might have considered to be mitigating circumstances. By exposing information on Israeli plans to attack Iran he might have believed that he was actually saving many lives as well as avoiding an escalation of a developing major war in the Middle East. He may have revealed information that the US government considered to be classified due to the way it was obtained by satellite but which, apart from that fact, did not in any way impact on the national security of the United States. Quite the contrary, as it would be quite plausible to argue that the United States would have been dragged into any conflict escalated by Israel against Iran, which does not in any way threaten the US, and which would serve no American national interest. Examining the leak from that perspective it would be quite reasonable to argue that Rahman, if he is guilty of mishandling the classified information, was trying to avert escalating a war that would quite plausibly do damage to all countries involved, including the United States and Israel.

The Rahman case is just one more indication of how anything having to do with Israel is not quite treated by government and media in the same fashion as for any other country. It is clearly a response to the immense power of the Israel Lobby in the United States. There is a strong tendency by the US to always defer to actions and behavior that Israel exhibits while also giving the Jewish state a pass when the results are awful or even genocidal as they are in Gaza. And there is a certain irony in how it all plays out going in the other direction. Israel, in fact, has a history of actively spying against the United States without any real consequences to make it pay a price for such behavior. The most devastating spy ever to steal American defense secrets was Jonathan Pollard, a Jewish civilian employee of the US Navy, who stole whole rooms full of classified information in the 1980s, including the beyond top secret National Security Agency‘s ten-volume manual on how the US gathers its signal intelligence, to include the technical details of how the US collected information on its actual enemies during the Cold War, revealing aspects of US intelligence gathering’s “sources and methods.” The defense information went to Israel where it was used in part to trade for visas from Moscow so Russian Jews could emigrate, certainly arguably a good cause, but paid for by damaging US security. Other US classified information went from Tel Aviv to China. Condemned to a life prison sentence, Pollard actually spent years in jail, where, in 1995, he became an Israeli citizen, but he was eventually released under parole in 2015 requiring him to stay in the United States. The parole requirement was canceled by President Donald Trump and Pollard immediately returned to Israel where he was celebrated as a hero. So much for Israel as America’s good friend and ally.

By another definition, Rahman, even if found guilty as charged over the sharing of classified documents, might easily be viewed as a whistleblower, revealing information that the United States government had collected on a foreign government that might lead to a war and many deaths. Rahman may have believed that the exposure of the war plans would make Israel pause and reconsider. And maybe it would also lead the United States to also reexamine its often touted “ironclad” support of everything that Israel does as excessively risky in a volatile part of the world where Washington has considerable real interests in terms of energy issues and national security.

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If Rahman were to consider himself a whistleblower acting as he did as a matter of conscience, he would not be the first CIA officer to do so. John Kiriakou was an analyst and later a case officer and counterterrorism specialist for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who worked in the Middle East, Pakistan and Greece. After leaving the Agency he became a senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and later a consultant for ABC News, after which he became the operating manager of a political risk analysis consulting firm in Arlington Virginia. To John’s credit, he became the first US government official to confirm, during an interview with a reporter in December 2007, that waterboarding, which was simulated drowning, was routinely used to interrogate terrorist suspects, which he described as torture. One victim was reportedly waterboarded 183 times in a secret prison.

In Kiriakou’s case, as it was and still is illegal for the US government to torture people to extort a confession, the same Virginia court that is trying Rahman had to avoid allowing the potential war crimes issue to surface. So on April 5, 2012, Kiriakou was indicted, not for exposing torture, but rather for one count of violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, three counts of violating the Espionage Act, and one count of “making false statements” for lying to the Agency’s Publications Review Board regarding a book that John was writing. Kiriakou pleaded not guilty and was released on bail. His time in court began on September 12^th, 2012, at the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. It was conducted as a closed hearing in line with the Classified Information Procedures Act. On October 22, 2012, Kiriakou agreed to a plea bargain of guilty to one count of passing classified information to the media, violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act and thereby avoiding a formal trial. All other charges were dropped. On January 25^th, 2013, John Kiriakou was sentenced to 30 months in a federal prison. On February 3^rd, 2015, Kiriakou was released to serve a final three months under house arrest at his home in Virginia. Following his release, Kiriakou said his case was not about leaking information but about exposing torture, continuing, “and I would do it all over again.”

Kiriakou, to his immense credit, never walked away from what he did, declaring firmly that the torture regime and the lies that supported it was wrong, both illegal and immoral. Was Asif Rahman a whistleblower like Kiriakou? The answer to that depends on one’s point of view as he might have been seeking to stop a war rather than start one. He may have thought that it was something that his conscience and sense of shared humanity obligated him to do without regard for the possible consequences to himself. We will see how he defends himself when he finally appears before the judges. It will possibly be a very interesting discussion about America’s values as a nation vis-à-vis the questionable behavior of the state of Israel, but instead of listening to what Rahman has to say, the public will likely be hearing something like this from those in government as echoed by the captive media: Michael Waltz, Trump’s foreign policy advisor nominee recently said

“When [Secretary of State] Blinken touched down in Israel yesterday, I hope he apologized to Bibi for leaking their battle plans, and told the Israelis that they were right all along. Because the Ayatollah is in hiding right now, not because of Biden, but because of Bibi.”

The sad reality is that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has overwhelmed Joe Biden and will likely do the same to Donald Trump, has been allowed to become the prime architect of the shambles that the Middle East has become with no one but a handful of whistleblowers seeking to restore sanity.

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Ever since it gained independence in 1991, Georgia has been struggling to find a clear path. This is a rather unusual development for one of the oldest countries on the planet and one of the first Christian nations.

For approximately half a millennium, Tbilisi maintained an alliance with Russia, even incorporating itself into the Eurasian giant during the 19th century. This put an end to constant invasions by its Muslim neighbors, primarily the violent Ottoman Sultanate which had been attacking Georgian principalities and conducting slave raids ever since the Seljuk Turks invaded the region in the mid to late 11th century. It finally brought peace to Georgia, which came close to a near-total demographic collapse due to centuries of the aforementioned enslavement, massacres and forced Islamization/Turkification.

Unification with Russia also greatly contributed to Georgian cultural revival, helping the country reestablish its intellectual elite. In addition, the Georgian nobility (composed of some of the oldest aristocratic families in history) not only survived, but also incorporated itself into the Russian society. On the other hand, Georgians have given an immense contribution to Russia, making this exchange anything but one-sided. Relations were somewhat cold after the unfortunate dismantling of the Soviet Union, but went back to normal during Eduard Shevardnadze’s tenure. Unfortunately, in 2003, the former Soviet republic became yet another victim of a Western-backed color revolution (the so-called “Rose Revolution”). The coup d’état brought a fervently pro-NATO faction to power in Tbilisi.

Led by the highly controversial Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgia was soon transformed into a loyal NATO proxy in the South Caucasus region, serving as the very first springboard for the political West’s crawling encroachment on Russia’s post-Soviet geopolitical backyard. That year, Saakashvili was promised “unequivocal support” for an attack on the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, including a direct assault on Russian peacekeepers deployed in both areas. Moscow’s swift response caught both the political West and its puppets in Tbilisi by surprise, as they most likely expected Russia to endlessly keep pulling back its red lines. In mere days, the NATO-trained and equipped Georgian forces suffered a crushing defeat. Tbilisi never fell only due to Moscow’s desire to avoid further bloodshed.

The political West used this to galvanize extreme Russophobia in the country, turning a centuries-old ally of Moscow into a bitter enemy. Tbilisi was adamant that joining NATO and the European Union was the only path forward, wasting decades on trying to convince the unelected bureaucratic oligarchy in Brussels that it subscribes to all these so-called “Western values”. However, as it soon became apparent that these are anything but values, the mostly conservative Georgians became disillusioned by this idea. The United States and EU/NATO invested billions into the NGO sector in the country, trying to promote all sorts of moral depravity and societal degeneracy that normal people in Georgia (and around the world) find absolutely repulsive. By the 2020s, Tbilisi largely abandoned the so-called “Euro-Atlantic integration”.

The final nail in the coffin of this clearly (neo)colonial pathway came after the special military operation (SMO) started, when the political West tried to coerce Georgia into opening a second front that would distract Moscow from pushing back in NATO-occupied Ukraine. Naturally, Georgians refused, as they were perfectly aware that this would effectively be a suicide mission that would make the NATO-orchestrated 2008 war look like a bloodless skirmish in comparison. What’s more, Tbilisi even refused to deliver weapons to the Neo-Nazi junta. However, once you sign a deal with the devil, he expects you to keep your end of the bargain. Thus, in retaliation, the world’s most vile racketeering cartel started destabilizing Georgia through its extensive NGO network, resulting in ever-escalating political tensions in recent years.

However, as this failed to force Tbilisi to change its stance on Russia, the political West started making blatantly open threats, including by suggesting that Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze could end up like his Slovakian counterpart Robert Fico who narrowly survived an assassination attempt by a NATO-backed neoliberal extremist only a week before.

By early July, the Russian SVR (Foreign Intelligence Service) warned that another color revolution in Georgia was in the works and that EU/NATO would try to affect the results of Georgian parliamentary elections. Washington DC and Brussels came up with a plan to discredit the government by claiming it was run by alleged “Russian puppets”. The SVR also noted that the now effectively former president Salome Zourabichvili would try to destabilize the country.

Zourabichvili, a descendant of WWII-era Nazi collaborators and a NATO-backed puppet (who also served as the French ambassador to Georgia) vowed to break the constitution and illegally stay in power even after the newly elected president Mikheil Kavelashvili takes office (his inauguration is scheduled for December 29). In the last several months, the US, EU/NATO and the Neo-Nazi junta all severed close tieswith Tbilisi and imposed sanctions, citing “concerns for democracy in Georgia”. This includes even Volodymyr Zelensky, now effectively a “proxy dictator” who banned elections and all opposition to his illegitimate rule. The political West, run by deeply unpopular governments that keep falling left and right, fully supports the unrest and coup attempts in the country, including by (ab)using children and bringing in foreigners.

However, as these protests turned out to be quite unpopular, it can be argued that the new color revolution effectively failed. In response to the EU/NATO’s blatant hostility, Tbilisi even suspended talks on EU accession. Popular support for the current government largely stems from its wise economic policies that reconnected the country with its neighbors and other former Soviet republics, resulting in increased exports and growing revenues. This helped Georgia become the sixth fastest-growing economy in the world. According to the IMF’s latest forecast, its GDP will grow by nearly 8%. In addition to economic cooperation, Tbilisi could reestablish direct ties with Moscow, which could lead to resolving regional security issues. This could help the country to deconflict with the two breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

And while it may seem too farfetched now, it might even result in the restoration of full ties with them, particularly if Georgia gives Russia feasible security guarantees. These could be cemented with constitutional amendments that would ban the stationing of any NATO occupation forces in the country and give full autonomy to both Abkhazia and South Ossetia, with Georgian police patrolling the border with Russia together with counterparts from the two republics, while Moscow’s peacekeepers would stay as the guarantors of the potential deal. This would help unblock Armenia, which could also change its disastrous foreign policy by renewing the alliance with Russia. Such changes would result in a robust security architecture that would block both further NATO aggression and Ankara’s pan-Turkist, Neo-Ottoman expansionism.

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Of late, a spate of incidents has taken place in Australia giving sheer delight to the simian-resembling Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton.  On a visit to South Australia, he showed himself to be merrily divisive in attacking protestors who had shown solidarity for Palestinians in Gaza in the wake of their catastrophic suffering since October last year:

“If you allow these lunatics to continue their protests at university campuses and you allow them to spew their hatred and affiliate with a listed terrorist organisation, and there [is] no consequence, of course we’ll see the sort of outcomes we have seen – which most recently has culminated in the firebombing of a synagogue in Melbourne”.

The December 6 attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, while horrid, was immediately elevated to a level of concern warranting an emergency – that, at least, was the view of Dutton and his charges.  The attacks on mosques and their worshippers, a feature of Australian public life for some years now, hardly warranted a mention.  (A 2021 joint study by three Australian universities surveying 75 mosques found that 58.2% had experienced violence between 2014 and 2019.)

Dutton also had inspiration from another source. 

“The burning of the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne is an abhorrent act of antisemitism,” stated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on platform X. “I expect the state authorities to use their full weight to prevent such antisemitic acts in future.”

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Ever the opportunist, Netanyahu saw a chance to see unsubstantiated links between the bombing in Melbourne, Australian foreign policy and antisemitism. 

“Unfortunately, it is impossible to separate this reprehensible act from the extreme anti-Israeli position of the Labor government in Australia, including the scandalous decision to support the UN resolution calling on Israel ‘to bring an end to its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, as rapidly as possible’, and preventing a former Israeli minister from entering the country.” 

The conclusion was childishly simple: “Anti-Israel sentiment is antisemitism.”

This unbridled nonsense had its effect.  In the aftermath of the synagogue attack, Australia’s antisemitism envoy, Jillian Segal, got busy.  On the Australian public broadcaster SBS, she took the rather authoritarian view that Australian cities were no place for protests against Israeli policies towards the Palestinians. 

“There should be places designated away from where the Jewish community might venture, where people can demonstrate.” 

Presumably, pro-Palestinian protestors needed to be given, like smokers, caged areas to engage in their activities, leaving the pure and docile safe to go about their everyday business.

In Segal’s view, the weekly protests held in solidarity for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank had become “something more sinister”.  Not only were they “intimidatory”, they had “morphed into attacking the Jewish community.”  Not exactly furnished with much by way of evidence, she pointed to the display of “flags from a terrorist organisation” and “anti-Jewish sentiments” seen and heard at rallies.  Demagogy always resists context.

Amnesty International Australia, in a December 13 statement, expressed its strong opposition to Segal’s call “to ban pro-Palestinian protests from city centres.  Protests advocating for a ceasefire, the protection of human rights, and an end to Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza are an essential and protected outlet for Australians to freely express their views.”  It was vital to distinguish instances of “hateful acts and calls for justice, freedom, and human dignity.”

These views are correct – to a point.  As Australia lacks a human rights charter protecting the right to lawful assembly and free speech, parliaments at both the federal and state level can show sneering contempt for protests when they wish to do so.  Wishing to jump to the aid of Segal and the unspecified fearful in the Jewish community, Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan has done just that, proposing legislation that targets pro-Palestinian protests. 

“Antisemitism,” she solemnly stated, “thrives in extreme and radical environments, and we are giving police more powers to control protest and making it harder for agents of violence and hate to hide.”

Allan gives the impression that the proposed laws are universal in nature. 

“Doesn’t matter if you’re Christian, Jewish Muslim, Sikh, Hindu – you all deserve the right to simply be who we are”. 

However, things become very clear with the explicit mention “that Jewish people increasingly feel the promise of a modern and multicultural Victoria is being denied them.”

The ludicrously named Anti-Vilification and Social Cohesion Bill 2024 will not only, as the premier noted in a public announcement, ban the flags and symbols of designated terrorist organisations (Hamas and Hezbollah included), undefined “white nationalists” (presumably those of other colours slip under the radar), “and more”: the statute will also focus on the decorative and dramatic nature of protest.  Masks, “used by agitators to shield identities and hide from personal accountability”, are to be banned, along with glue, rope, chains, locks and other devices “used to cause maximum disruption and endanger Victorians.”  This shows that protestors of all stripes, including those concerned with climate change and environment, will also be targeted.

Showing a conventional loathing for Victoria’s own Charter of Human Rights, which has a paper tiger protection for freedom of assembly, Allan condescendingly shreds it:

“the right to protest is balanced against the right of people to live safely – free of danger, discrimination and harassment.”

These moves replicate the Commonwealth Criminal Code Act 1995, as amended by the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023 passed last year.  As if Australia’s citizenry needed to have more strangulating laws, these measures already criminalise the display and trade of prohibited symbols, along with the Nazi salute, which includes “a prohibited terrorist organisation symbol.”  Police-minded bureaucracies, whatever their level, adore duplication.

The beneficiaries in all of this are the noisy, bellicose members of the pro-Israel lobby, a divisive federal opposition keen to capitalise on hatreds it claims not to have, and the State of Israel itself.  However murderous, annihilating and cruel its policies might be to the Palestinians, the belief shared by many of its defenders is that the Jewish state is faultless, beyond the moral and soiling reach of any protest.  To think otherwise would instance, as Netanyahu barkingly insists, antisemitism.

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US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose a “high tariff” after accusing New Delhi of imposing them on the import of certain American products. However, by imposing such tariffs, Trump will only force India to expand trade relations with Russia further, which will ultimately hurt the US much more than India in the decades to come.

“Reciprocal. If they tax us, we tax them the same amount. They tax us. We tax them. And they tax us. Almost in all cases, they’re taxing us, and we haven’t been taxing them,” Trump told reporters on December 18.

In answer to a question about a potential trade agreement with China, Trump said India and Brazil are among the countries that impose high tariffs on certain US products.

“The word reciprocal is important because if somebody charges us — India, we don’t have to talk about our own — if India charges us 100 per cent, do we charge them nothing for the same? You know, they send in a bicycle and we send them a bicycle. They charge us 100 and 200. India charges a lot. Brazil charges a lot. If they want to charge us, that’s fine, but we’re going to charge them the same thing,” Trump said at the news conference at Mar-a-Lago.

Incoming US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said “reciprocity” is going to be a key topic for the Trump administration, saying, “How you treat us is how you should expect to be treated.”

It is recalled that at a pre-election rally, Trump said,

“India is a very big charger. We have a great relationship with India. But they probably charge as much.”

“India is a very big charger. We have a great relationship with India. I did. And especially the leader, Modi. He’s a great leader. Great man. Really is a great man. He’s brought it together. He’s done a great job. But they probably charge as much,” he said in October.

In fact, the President-elect even once described Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “a friend of mine” and visited the South Asian country during his first term.

Yet, for all the platitudes and friendly talk, Trump, during his first term, imposed higher tariffs on Indian steel and aluminium, prompting retaliatory Indian duties on American products like almonds and apples. In 2019, Trump repeatedly claimed that India was the “tariff king” and imposed “tremendously high” tariffs on American products. He has also criticized India’s “big tariffs” on American paper products and the iconic Harley-Davidson bikes.

With Trump directly mentioning India, it is obvious that he will raise trade tensions again once he enters the White House next month.

Although Trump’s “reciprocity” tariffs could severely hurt Indian exports, making them less competitive in the US market, particularly affecting the IT and textile industries, tariffs will only push India to seek new opportunities, recalibrate its trade strategies and strengthen its economic fundamentals, just as Russia did when it became the most sanctioned country on earth following the special military operation in Ukraine.

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this month that the friendship between their two countries was “higher than the highest mountain and deeper than the deepest ocean.”

His comments follow from Russia’s state oil firm Rosneft, which agreed to the country’s biggest-ever energy deal with India, Reuters reported on December 12. Reportedly, it is a 10-year agreement to supply 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day to Indian private refiner Reliance, a deal worth around $13 billion. It is recalled that In July, the South Asian country overtook China as Russia’s top oil buyer and is the world’s third-largest consumer of oil.

Over 700 business representatives attended the XV India-Russia Business Dialogue in Moscow on December 11. The event aimed to strengthen the strategic partnership between India and Russia, particularly in trade, high-tech industries, and other sectors. The forum also focused on increasing bilateral trade and fostering cultural exchanges.

The Indian Defence Minister’s visit to Moscow, the Rosneft-Reliance deal, and the XV India-Russia Business Dialogue were all just days before Trump announced his tariff threat on India. Evidently, Indian-Russian relations are deepening, having not only survived but strengthened during the onslaught of Western pressure for ties to be severed.

Although inroads have been made to strengthen India-US ties, the Biden administration failed to deter India from its relations with Russia. If Trump wages a trade war, India will gravitate more strongly towards Russia, a situation that will only reverse the inroads Washington has made to foster ties with New Delhi and self-deprecating, considering India is predicted to be the world’s third-largest economy by 2030.

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In the 1964 satirical black comedy film Dr. Strangelove there is the iconic scene when the rogue general Jack D Ripper, played by Sterling Hayden, tells Peter Sellers’ character, “Ever hear of the fluoridation of water? Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we ever had to face?”

From that day to the present, the entire pharmaceutical and dental industries, public health officials and the mainstream media have assumed that fluoride is absolutely safe. Anyone who dares to criticize water fluoridation and its dental use is a loon or conspiracy theorist who threatens national health.  Yet, as with so many medical and health challenges we face, the dominant consensus is wrong. The large body of evidence to support anti-fluoridation advocacy is substantial and continues to grow. In fact, throughout the US and other nations, concerned citizens, consumer activists and whistleblowers are putting pressure on state and local governments and public utilities to cease and desist in spiking our drinking water with fluoride.

Finally, the pushback against decades of lies, misinformation and media propaganda to seduce us into accepting corporate and government sponsored junk science supporting fluoridation is reaching a tipping point towards public safety.  In 2019, an alliance of public health organizations and watch groups filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency in a federal court trial to bring an end to fluoridation once and for all. A recent judge’s ruling permitted the suit, represented by two distinguished attorneys – Robert F Kennedy Jr and Michael Connett — to continue “the merits in light of the substantial scientific evidence proffered at trial.”  And earlier this past August, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine announced their findings that low-level chronic exposure to fluoride in drinking water induces adverse changes in kidney and liver function in young people. The evidence against fluoride continues to pile up. 

Last year, per a lawsuit filed by the Fluoride Action Network, the US National Toxicology Program was ordered to release 1500 pages of censored documents confirming that fluoride has been consistently shown to reduce children’s IQ. The CDC and HHS have diligently tried to block the release of this research and internal documents pointing to a cover-up by our federal agencies. This was after a California federal court ruled that fluoridation poses an “unreasonable risk” to children’s cognitive faculties, and before a comprehensive Cochrane Collaboration review concluded that fluoride has very little dental benefits. Earlier this year, further evidence of fluoride’s toxic effects on human health have been published. Researchers at the University of Southern California School of Medicine observed an association between pregnant women exposed to higher levels of fluoride and an increase in their children’s neurobehavioral problems. In January, the University of Kent in the UK found that hypothyroidism cases were greatest in areas where public water fluoridation was highest.

According to Wikipedia, sodium fluoride is the 215^th most prescribed medication in the US. This benevolent description is posted without any context and states as a matter-of-fact that orally-consumed fluoride has no proven adverse effect on dental health aside from causing dental fluorosis, an unsightly mottling of the teeth. Studies that suggest this can be a sign of fluoride-induced brain damage are ignored. Also missing are the scientific warnings about fluoride’s detrimental effects on nearly every system of the human body, which have been repeatedly studied and confirmed. 

Actually, sodium fluoride is rarely used in the US for fluoridating water. Instead, hexafluorosilicic acid and sodium hexafluorosilicate (SiFs), toxic byproducts of phosphate fertilizer and aluminum manufacturing, are used. Both are deemed industrial pollutants if released into the air via factory smokestacks or into the environment via drainpipes. Yet when deliberately added to drinking water they are classified as benevolent. These fluoride compounds have never been approved or even tested by the FDA for safety. Studies have shown that SiFs can double or even triple the rate of lead uptake in children’s bloodstreams.

Adding SiFs to drinking water lowers its pH, rendering it more corrosive and thus more likely to leach lead and other contaminants as it flows through pipes. But even when a neutralizing agent is added, SiFs’ “unique affinity for lead” can leach tiny amounts of the metal from any lead-containing pipe or fixture through which treated water flows. Used in combination with chlorine and chloramine, common disinfectants added to drinking water, the rate of lead uptake from SiF-treated water is off the charts. SiFs and lead have a synergistic effect, meaning consuming both is significantly more damaging to brain tissue than consuming either alone, wreaking particular havoc in the brain’s hippocampus, the area responsible for learning and memory, and causing a marked decline in IQ.

We often hear that the only “clear adverse effect” of water fluoridation is dental fluorosis. Hundreds of scientific studies would beg to differ. In 2018 alone over a dozen studies were published that exposed fluoride’s detrimental effects but have been categorically ignored by the mainstream media. Oddly, less developed nations are far more concerned with protecting their populations’ health than our own federal health agencies. A Mexican study published in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology concluded “Fluoride could be considered an environmental kidney toxicant.” A Kenyan study published in the American Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences reported that auditory working memory significantly declined as fluoride concentration in drinking water increased, confirming the results of an earlier systematic review showing lower IQ in children in high-fluoride areas. Another Mexican study found prenatal fluoride exposure positively correlated to ADHD symptoms in children as much as 12 years later, “consistent with the growing body of evidence suggesting neurotoxicity of early-life exposure to fluoride.” A pair of Polish studies published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health observed strong evidence for fluoride’s role in triggering and progressing Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, given the substance’s role in oxidative stress and inflammation.

Fluoride’s toxicity extends from the skeletal system, through the endocrine system, reproductive system, and neurological system. It is criminal that Wikipedia parrots the chemical industry’s claims that fluoride toxicity associated with toothpaste ingestion is rare; in fact there are over 23,000 reports of toothpaste-related fluoride poisoning annually. 

Ever since Harvard researcher Philippe Grandjean added fluoride to a list of developmental neuro-toxicants considered especially harmful to the developing brain in a 2014 paper published in The Lancet, our health officials have suffered from institutionalized cognitive dissonance by  denying fluoride-induced illness. As more papers identifying the adverse risks of environmental toxins, including fluoride, are added to the list of chemicals most damaging to human development, Dr. Grandjean and his colleagues have called for the formation of coordinated research into the neuro-toxicants and their role in the rising global prevalence of neurodevelopmental disabilities. Sadly, such an urgent endeavor would likely be completely ignored by the US’s federal health and environmental authorities.

In the meantime, our government continues to live in the idyllic fantasy of scientific-naivety that was the public rage in the 1950s, when fluoride was the magic ingredient for whiter teeth, DDT would keep the bugs away, and humanity would be saved by the atomic bomb. The on-going advance of scientific research that builds upon earlier evidence of fluoride’s toxicity and threats to national health has only further exonerated Robert Kennedy Jr’s crusade to once and for all bring an end to the now discredited practice and public policy to poison Americans with fluoride. 

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The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad was long in the making and has nothing to do with a civil war. There has never been a fight of the Syrian people against Assad. But President al-Assad fought against foreign-infiltrated and paid mercenaries, terrorists, including US-created Al Qaeda and IS / ISIS.

The traditional allies like Russia, Iran, and Iraq, suddenly disappeared. Russia made a semblance of fighting alongside the already badly damaged Syrian Air Force – to no avail. Then the Russians left, or rather, became busy evacuating their air bases in Syria. In time, before they would fall into the eager hands of Israel and its allied terrorist bands.

The connection between the Zionist-Israeli war against Palestine, then Lebanon and now Syria, next possibly Iran and Saudi Arabia and the Ukraine war becomes ever clearer. Jordan is already in Israel’s back-pocket. Without a fight. It is all about the Big War for Greater Israel. “Greater Israel” is the hidden agenda in the Great Reset and especially the UN Agenda 2030.

Both of these “guiding documents” were created under control of the Zionist supremacists.

Greater Israel, driven by worldwide Zionism, is also behind the “normally” illegal agreement between the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the UN of 2019.

For years, NATO has been successful in provoking again and again Russia, with ever more aggressive advances surrounding Russia, but preparing Ukraine for a senseless and hopeless war against Russia. This war eventually happened, with President Putin falling for the bait in February 2022, invading the predominantly Russian Donbass area for salvaging them from the murderous Ukrainian Azov Nazi troops.

While adamantly opposing western weapon deliveries to Ukraine, hence supporting Russia, Mr. Erdogan was officially accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. However, silently the Turkish PM supported the idea of a Greater Israel. Because, as part of a deal, Turkey was to incorporate northern Syria, which was long prepared as a 30-km wide “buffer zone,” under the pretext of preventing migration from Idlib to Turkey. 

The buffer zone served Turkey for years to transport stolen petrol from Syrian wells to Turkey and sell it to European customers. 

All the talk about a ceasefire, and the eventual truce agreement signed between Turkey and Russia in Moscow on March 5, 2020, was just a make-believe farce for Turkey, which, under Erdogan, has proven to be an unfaithful ally to just about any country to whom Turkey wanted to appear as trustworthy. Such betrayals include Russia as well as the US and NATO, of which Turkey is a prominent member.

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The NATO-provoked Russia-Ukraine conflict was the beginning of a senseless war, fought with western weapons and with western advice, and eventually with western mercenaries, if not specialized western troops, that had no other purpose than keeping Russia busy with Ukraine, losing tens of thousands of soldiers to western weapons so that Greater Israel could now march on – literally undisturbed.

The over a million Ukrainians senselessly killed shall not even be mentioned. All for the establishment of Greater Israel. All life is sacred, but none is as sacred as that of the Chosen People.

Some very smart psychological research must have been carried out by CIA-DARPA (the Pentagon-linked semi-secret thinktank, “Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency”), Mossad and MI6 – on President Putin. They have carefully studied his hesitancy on self-imposed “red-lines”, his eagerness to belong to the “west”, and concluded, the west could do almost anything and Putin’s reactions would just be half-hearted. 

The last one of those half-hearted warnings was the Russian launching of the world’s most advanced supersonic multi-warhead, multi-directional, ultra-state-of-the-art Oreshnik long-range missile, towards a relatively harmless weapon-depot in Dnipro, Ukraine, on November 21, 2024. And that after Russia having been attacked by western made ATACMS (US), and Storm Shadows (UK-France) – which were Mr. Putin’s latest Red Line.

Putin’s unimpressive reaction gave the signal that the final war on Syria could start and be finished in a few days. The end game was fast. It started on November 27, 2024 by Syrian “opposition forces”, meaning US, Israel, UK, and possibly also Turkey funded and created terrorist forces like ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and other mercenaries. 

They advanced rapidly, led by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, leader of the “Levant Liberation Committee”,  a Sunni Islamist political and paramilitary organization. Aleppo fell first, then Hama and almost instantly, Damascus.

Russia, China, Iran, and Iraq were disturbingly absent. Without Russia and China, Iran would have been fully exposed to US and possibly Israeli attack missiles – targeting Iran’s nuclear energy facilities, a “coup” prepared by the recent negative inspection report by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an agency dancing to the tunes of western commandos. 

It was all planned, an almost perfect strategy, that started playing out with the US – Madame Victoria Nuland, Deputy Foreign Secretary-instigated Maidan Coup, in Kiev, on February 21, 2014. Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, former Secretary General of NATO, was right when he said the war started already in February 2014. And ten years later it was concluded – with a giant step forward by Zionist-Israel towards a Greater Israel for the “Chosen People”.

Strategically speaking, sadly, and for now, the west won and the east – Russia and her allies – lost. See also Paul Craig Robert’s excellent analysis.

What will happen next is a new ball-game. Was Russia prepared for this scenario? Being able to act now? For example, by using now the Oreshnik super-missile to strike Russia’s strategic targets in the west, in Israel and NATO countries, to – perhaps, reverse the trend? 

Or is Russia just ready for internal damage control, leaving the world’s new globalist order, beginning with Greater Israel, play out?

Is the world experiencing planned chaos? Or a last-minute avoidance – and reversal – of a checkmate? 

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During the past weekend, President al-Assad transferred to the Syrian Prime Minister, Mohammed al-Bashir, the responsibility to hand over the country in a peaceful way to a new “government chosen by the people.” This new government is being established by foreign-funded terrorists. 

President al-Assad left the country in a military jet. He is currently in Moscow, where President Putin greeted him and has granted him political asylum. Mr. Assad’s wife, Asma, has already been in Moscow for several months, where she is receiving cancer treatment.

According to a weak declaration describing the situation, Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Minister, it is US policy in the Middle East and Syria that is responsible for the constant attacks on Syria, already during the times of Bashar al-Assad’s father, and it ceaselessly continued when his son, Bashar, took over. 

Bashar al-Assad is an ophthalmologist, who had studied medicine in London. He is NOT the dictator made out to be by the west, and propagated by the western lie-media. Mr. Lavrov really does not bring any news on the table; he is just confirming the obvious.

President al-Assad wanted a free Syria for his people, pursued a liberal policy on religion – Christians were welcome – and gender equality for his highly educated people. Foreign funding for the usual “divide to conquer”, especially by the US, created religious divisions in Syria, and eventually some 50,000 Christians left the country.

Lavrov makes the US responsible for the rapid escalation and conquering of Aleppo, Homs, Hama and finally Damascus by foreign-funded terrorists, including by Turkey and Israel. 

Israel occupied two-thirds of the Golan Heights area of Syria, following the 1967 Six-Day War, and then effectively annexed it in 1981. Except for the US, this action was never recognized by the UN and the international community. As part of the US-instigated escalation, in 2024 Israel occupied the remaining one third of the area. Israel has been launching missiles against and bombing Syria for most of 2024. 

As it is clear today, Syria was then and is today part of the Zionist-Israel’s larger plan of a Greater Israel.

In hindsight, the so-called Arab Spring – a US-UK-Israel secret services organized Arab uprising that started in December 2010 in Tunisia, was also the signal for the US to intensify bombing of Syria, leading to the “Syrian Arab Spring” of March 2011. It converted to what is known as the “Syrian Civil War” – a misnomer for a US-led and paid for endless war of attrition, leaving Syria almost defenseless, up to the final assault, the end game of December 2024. 

The more active precursor to the “endless war of attrition”, started already in 2000, when Qatar declared, they were going to build a US$ 10 billion, 1,500 km gas pipeline through Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria to Turkey, and from there to further distribution to Europe. Syria, an ally of Russia, rejected, since Russia was the main supplier of gas to Europe. 

Strategic planners knew, of course, that Syra would not accept the pipeline through her country. Although expected, the rejection was not liked by the US. It gave Washington an argument to start a low-key “Syrian civil war” as a CIA operation, by regular, dispersed, and deadly attacks by western funded terrorist groups.

According to Seymour Hersh, already in 2006 – possibly earlier – the US Embassy in Damascus funded dissidents, Syrian, or terrorist “imports”, to the tune of five million dollars to systematically destabilize the country.

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Today, in practical terms, Syria no longer exists. Since the western take-over of Syria, all the way to and including Damascus, Israel has launched several hundred attacks by war planes on Syria, the largest ever since the Israeli-Syria conflict began in 1967. And this after the fall of Damascus. Attacks against a helpless Syria. 

The goal of these countless and ceaseless Israeli airstrikes is to destroy all remaining weapons and war potential. It is typical for a country that plans a full take-over with occupation.

The question remains: Is this the beginning of a new Middle Eastern status quo? A Greater Israel, absorbing roughly two-thirds of what today is called the Middle East – see map above – including the world’s largest pool of hydrocarbons – essentially controlling the world’s energy supply?

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Peter is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG). He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Chongyang Institute of Renmin University, Beijing.

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Autism, Made in the USA

By Richard Gale and Dr. Gary Null, December 18, 2024

Since the early 1990s, there have been staggering increases in several chronic conditions: ADHD rates have risen by 890 percent, autism diagnoses by 2,094 percent, bipolar disease in youth by 10,833 percent, and celiac disease by 1,011 percent. These numbers beg the question—what has fundamentally changed in our children’s health over the past three decades?

Will Putin Fight or Surrender? Paul C. Roberts

By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, December 18, 2024

Putin complains about the growing instability and violence in the Middle East. Does he realize that he contributed to it by withdrawing Russia’s defense of Syria? Did Putin forget “seven countries in five years”? Did Putin forget “Greater Israel”? Did Putin forget Turkey’s ambition against the Kurds?

The Counter Narrative to US Foreign Policy by Establishment Defectors

By Ann Robertson, December 18, 2024

As for US foreign policy, US officials, whether from the Democratic or Republican Party, seem to believe they can promote US interests by resorting primarily to military violence, despite the disasters they have created in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, and so on.

NATO and Neo-Nazi Junta Keep Escalating Their Total War on Russia

By Drago Bosnic, December 18, 2024

The Kiev regime insists that its overlords in the political West should block Moscow’s oil exports, but the reality is that this is effectively impossible. Not only that, but the world’s most aggressive power pole doesn’t even want to do it, as this would send oil prices into the stratosphere and devastate Western economies that are already struggling, particularly in Europe.

Feeding Chaos: Israel Cripples Syria’s Defence

By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, December 18, 2024

With the collapse of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Israel intends further disruption. This marks a departure from a policy it had maintained with Assad for some years, one that permitted him and the Syrian Arab Army to operate without molestation subject to one stern caveat: that Hezbollah and, by virtue of that Iran’s influence, could also be contained.

America’s “Just War” against Afghanistan: Women’s Rights “Before” and “After” America’s Destructive Wars

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, December 18, 2024

The NeoCons’ agenda is not to “win the war” but to engineer the breakup of sovereign nation-states, destroy their culture and national identity, derogate fundamental values and human rights. The strategic objective is to trigger political and social chaos, engineer the collapse of national economies, appropriate the countries’ wealth and resources, impoverish the entire Planet including the American Homeland. 

The Hague Tribunal’s Last, Shameful Hurrah

By Stephen Karganovic, December 18, 2024

A degrading tale of cowardice and self-abasement has been rippling through the collective West media ever since it was made public  officially that former Bosnian Serb military commander, General  Radislav Krstić, had filed for early release by the Residual Mechanism, the body that was set up to finish the business of the Hague Tribunal.

A degrading tale of cowardice and self-abasement has been rippling through the collective West media ever since it was made public  officially that former Bosnian Serb military commander, General  Radislav Krstić, had filed for early release by the Residual Mechanism, the body that was set up to finish the business of the Hague Tribunal. He has served over two-thirds of his 35-year prison sentence for “aiding and abetting” the alleged genocide in Srebrenica in July of 1995.

During the conflict in Bosnia in the 1990s, Krstić was chief of staff and commander of the Drina Corps, a major military formation of the Bosnian Serb army operating in the area where Srebrenica is situated. In 1998, Krstić was indicted by the Tribunal on a variety of Srebrenica-related charges, including genocide, and in 2001 he was found guilty and sentenced to a 46-year prison term. On appeal in 2004, the genocide conviction was changed to “aiding and abetting” and in light of that modification of the original charge the length of Krstić’s prison term was reduced to 35 years. It is an abiding legal curiosity of the Krstić case that the identity of the parties that Krstić presumably aided and abetted in the commission of genocide was never established, either in his or in the course of any of the subsequent Srebrenica trials.

The Krstić case was the first major judicial test for Srebrenica allegations and the first genocide conviction for the events that took place there. It became the model for all subsequent Srebrenica proceedings before the Hague Tribunal. Throughout the trial and over the years that followed Krstić steadfastly maintained his innocence of the charges, and in particular of involvement in the execution of Srebrenica war prisoners. With considerable effectiveness, his trial lawyers challenged both the factual basis of the indictment and the legal concept of genocide under which General Krstić was prosecuted. But predictably their arguments did not resonate with either the Trial or the Appellate chamber.

It is the practice of the Hague Tribunal, and now also of the Residual Mechanism that succeeded it, to entertain early release petitions once a prisoner had served at least two-thirds of his sentence. The court’s response to such a petition is discretionary as there are no mandatory rules governing the way it should react. But following an informal practice, the vast majority of early release petitions submitted to the President of the Tribunal and now the Mechanism have been routinely adjudicated in the applicant’s favour.

In 2022, having served slightly over two-thirds of his prison term in Great Britain and Poland, General Krstić decided to make use of the early release practice, as he was entitled to do, and accordingly he filed a petition to that effect addressed to the Mechanism’s President, Judge Graciela Gatti Santana.

That is where the Krstić early release saga begins and that marks the stage of his case where matters become exceedingly interesting.

After several months of inquiries and consultations, on 15 November 2022 judge Gatti Santana issued her ruling, flatly denying Krstić’s petition. It goes without saying that as in the decision-making of practically all Hague functionaries considerations of career, pension, and benefits must have played a role in her deliberations (the truly honourable Judge Prisca Matimba being in this regard a notable exception).

Judge Gatti Santana’s decision bears careful scrutiny for its pronounced Kafkaesque tones and because the unequivocal take away from it of every legal professional worth his salt would be that from the opening paragraphs on her analysis was moving along a predetermined trajectory. Dutifully the judge, as they say, covered all the bases and technically, in her extended discussion of the relevant points, she did dispose of most of the straw man arguments that she had cited in order to endow her teleological conclusions with the plausibility of formal correctness.

The gist of her ruling denying Krstić’s early release petition, a proceeding where in the absence of major adverse considerations the Tribunal and the Mechanism without much ado have generally ruled in the applicant’s favour, is that given the heinous nature of the charges against General Krstić he had failed in sufficient measure and to presiding judge Gatti Santana’s satisfaction to demonstrate his rehabilitation and manifest his remorse for the crimes attributed to him.

It was left undefined by the judge what constitutes sufficient evidence of rehabilitation, beyond good conduct that is rightfully expected of every prisoner, and in particular what expressions of remorse would please the court, changing its stance in the prisoner’s favour.

Of equal significance, a ruling that is based on vaguely defined “remorse” as a condition for favourably disposing of such a routine petition overlooks the applicant’s long-standing and consistent protestations of innocence, which the court’s own rules legally entitle him to profess.

He is thus subjected, as an unspoken but clearly implied condition for early release, to the requirement of renouncing his position vis-à-vis the essence of the case against him. To have any hope of success, therefore, he must succumb to blackmail and renounce his original not-guilty plea by changing it to “guilty”, regardless of his own view of the matter or even of the disputed factual circumstances. By doing so he is manoeuvred into consenting to unequal treatment compared to other prisoners whose petitions of the same nature had previously been granted without the imposition of a similar change-of-plea requirement. And even more importantly, contrary to his knowledge and perception of events, and against his consistently expressed will, he would be induced to validate the factual and legal correctness of the Tribunal’s verdict against him. Such an extorted confession would constitute an underhandedly obtained legal triumph for the Hague Tribunal and an extraordinary propaganda victory for its patrons. 

Having received on his first try to secure early release in 2022 no helpful or even intelligible guidance from the court regarding what he is  expected to do to ensure the success of his petition, on his second try this year, 2024, General Krstić apparently decided to change his approach and enact the part of his literary prototype Jozef K. He is now pursuing a sensational desperation strategy that, whilst calling the Residual Mechanism’s bluff also risks inflicting enormous moral harm on himself and his terribly maligned nation. In a hand-written letter accompanying the release petition he filed this year, the newly penitent Krstić offers a sensational admission of personal guilt for genocide, which he now affirms indeed was committed in Srebrenica. He therefore obsequiously beseeches the court to release him so that, amongst other good deeds of atonement he is prepared to undertake, he could make a pilgrimage to the Srebrenica theme park in Potočari, to humbly bow his head in tribute to the countless victims of his wickedness who are said to be buried there.

As Krstić’s lawyer ingratiatingly put it to the judge in Pars. 10 – 12 of the submission,

“the fact that he is making this statement at the moment when ICTY judgments are being challenged and denied, the fact that he is doing it at the moment when the UN General Assembly passes a resolution on Srebrenica which is based on the judgments in the case [against] Radislav Krstić gives special weight and importance to Krstić’s expression of acceptance of responsibility and remorse,” concluding poignantly that “Krstić cannot do more than what he is doing with his letter of 18 June 2024. Krstić was the first to be convicted of aiding and abetting genocide, and his words and actions have special weight in this issue.”

One may be excused at this point for asking if this is all a joke. But no, it is not. It is the modus operandi of a pseudo-judicial institution which operates with contemptuous disregard for the principles of legality, let alone justice, and favours induced confessions as its preferred method of proof.

There is perhaps no better contextual explanation of the functioning of this evil system, to which the Hague Tribunal fully subscribes, than what Michel Foucault offers in his classical study “Discipline and Punish,” pp. 37-38:

“ … confession constituted so strong a proof that there was scarcely any need to add others, or to enter the difficult and dubious combinatory of clues; the confession, provided it was obtained in the correct manner, almost discharged the prosecution of the obligation to provide further evidence (in any case, the most difficult evidence). Secondly, the only way that this procedure might use all its unequivocal authority, and become a real victory over the accused, the only way in which the truth might exert all its power, was for the criminal to accept responsibility for his own crime and himself sign what had been skilfully and obscurely constructed by the preliminary investigation.”

“It is not enough,” Foucault continues, quoting medieval torturer Ayrault, “that wrong-doers be justly punished. They must if possible judge and condemn themselves.” For all the stated reasons, “the confession had priority over any other kind of evidence. To a certain extent, it transcended all other evidence; an element in the calculation of the truth, it was also the act by which the accused accepted the charge and recognized its truth; it transformed an investigation carried out without him into a voluntary affirmation. Through the confession, the accused himself took part in the ritual of producing penal truth [la vérité pénale].”

It remains to be seen whether Krstić’s ritualistic grovelling before his tormentors was conceived as an act of calculated mockery of the Hague Tribunal and its abysmal medieval practices, or simply evidences the moral self-destruction of a broken man. In either case, there is scant probability that his petition for release will be approved. Krstić’s farcical confession, whatever significance it may have in his own mind, does not alter the factual matrix of Srebrenica, although it does serve effectively the Tribunal’s evil purposes, gratuitously conceding to it a no mean propaganda triumph, however ephemeral in the larger scheme of things its effects may be. Having extracted the maximum advantage that could be squeezed from him, why should it now risk releasing a prisoner who has already flipped his story once, and who, if allowed to escape from the Tribunal’s clutches, could embarrassingly reverse himself again?

For the Hague Tribunal turned Residual Mechanism, leaving the now useless conscience-stricken general to rot and die in its Polish dungeon is the optimal solution. After all, dead men tell no tales.   

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Rethinking Srebrenica

By Stephen Karganovic

Rethinking Srebrenica examines the forensic evidence of the alleged Srebrenica “massacre” possessed by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. Even though the ICTY created more than 3,500 autopsy reports, many of these autopsy reports were based on bone fragments, which do not represent complete bodies. An examination of the matching femur bones found reveals that there were only about 1,900 complete bodies that were exhumed. Of these, some 1,500 autopsy reports indicated a cause of death consistent with battlefield casualties. Only about 400 autopsy reports indicated execution as a cause of death, as revealed by ligatures and blindfolds. This forensic evidence does not warrant the conclusion of a genocide having taken place.

Karganovic examines the events that took place in Srebrenica in July 1995 in a wholistic manner instead of restricting it to a three-day event. The ten chapters cover:

1) Srebrenica: A Critical Overview;

2) Demilitarization of the UN Safe Zone of Srebrenica;

3) Genocide or Blowback?;

4) General Presentation and Interpretation of Srebrenica Forensic Data (Pattern of Injury Breakdown);

5) An Analysis of the Srebrenica Forensic Reports Prepared by the ICTY Prosecution Experts;

6) An Analysis of Muslim Column Losses Attributable to Minefields, Combat Activity, and Other Causes;

7) The Genocide Issue: Was there a Demonstrable Intent to Exterminate All Muslims?;

8) ICTY Radio Intercept Evidence;

9) The Balance Sheet; and

10) Srebrenica: Uses of the Narrative.

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In his meeting the other day with the Russian Defense Ministry Board, Putin discussed the accomplishments of the past year and measures needed to ensure Russia’s security from Washington’s aspirations for world dominance.

“We see the US administration and the collective West relentlessly trying to preserve their dominance, pushing their rules on the global community and manipulating them as they see fit.”  Washington, Putin said, is engaged “in an effort to weaken our country and inflict a strategic defeat.”  

That is true, but why is Putin helping Washington succeed? 

Putin complains about the growing instability and violence in the Middle East.  Does he realize that he contributed to it by withdrawing Russia’s defense of Syria?  Did Putin forget “seven countries in five years”?  Did Putin forget “Greater Israel”? Did Putin forget Turkey’s ambition against the Kurds?

Putin complains about the West’s participation with Ukraine in the conflict with Russia.  Why did Putin make this possible by dragging out a limited military operation for three years? 

How could Putin fail to understand that Washington would test the intervention waters step by step to see if there are any real red lines. 

The absence of red lines has reached the point of Washington and NATO firing missiles into Russia, and Putin, despite his warnings to the West, retaliates only against Ukraine.  Indeed, Putin’s retaliations are measures that should have been conducted on the first day of Russia’s intervention in Donbas.  Putin has prevented Russian military action that would have made it impossible for Kiev to continue the conflict. What purpose is served by dragging out the conflict? Certainly not the preservation of lives.

The Russian population is hurting not so much from the West’s sanctions as from Putin’s central bank director’s 21 percent interest rates.  Sooner or later the population is going to blame the war for the economic deprivation, and support for a war without end will decline.  The same central bank director left Russia’s central bank reserves where they could be stolen by Washington.  I suspect the central bank director’s warnings that Russia cannot afford war is the reason the Russian military remains too small for effective deployment, thus forcing Russian reliance on nuclear weapons.  

The West has just imposed more sanctions on Russia, and Russia continues to supply energy to Poland and Romania, NATO members hosting US missile bases on their borders with Russia.  It is extraordinary how the Russian government helps Russia’s enemies to work against Russia.

It is not only Putin who seems unable to get his mind around reality. The leader of the terrorist group HTS used by Turkey, Washington, and Israel to overthrow Assad, Hayat Tahrir al-Sharaa, complains that Israel has no excuse for continuing military strikes on Syria. Apparently, al-Sharaa has never heard of “Greater Israel.” Israel is clearing the way for Syria’s absorption into “Greater Israel,” just as Turkey intends the absorption of the Kurdish area of Syria to become incorporated into Turkey.

As Israeli strategist Oded Yinon wrote, the Muslim world is too disunited to stand as an obstacle to “Greater Israel.” (See this.) Perhaps that is the reason Putin abandoned his ally. But by sacrificing Syria, Putin has left the road open to Iran and Lebanon.  If Iran becomes the mess that Washington has created elsewhere in the Muslim world, the Russian Federation will be open to infiltration by jihadists to cause disruption in Russia’s Muslim areas.  

Meanwhile Washington continues to operate against Russia in the former Russian provinces of Georgia and Armenia.  How long before there are American missile bases in Georgia and Armenia?

It is unclear why US missile bases on Russia’s border with Ukraine are a reason for Russian military action, but not US missile bases on Russia’s borders with Poland and Romania.  

It was impossible for Putin to stand aside while the US created a Ukrainian army to destroy the Russian populations of Donbas. The world should appreciate  that Putin has not attacked Russia’s tormenters outside of Ukraine.  Putin has also accepted sanctions without adequate response.  The question is whether Putin’s determination to avoid a larger war presents as weakness and indecision that encourages the West to further provocations that eventually lead to a wider war.  The big question in the coming year is whether Putin surrenders or fights.

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Publications such as The New York Times, Washington Post, etc. have all but banished criticisms of US foreign policy from their pages. The only acceptable viewpoint seems to be that Putin is a ruthless dictator, the Russian invasion of Ukraine was entirely unprovoked, and Putin will invade other European countries if he is not stopped in Ukraine.

As for the conflict in the Middle East, the mainstream media again lines up obediently behind the US government: Hamas’s October 7 attack was unprovoked, Israel is a democracy, Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza, and its military actions in Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Iran are required for self-defense. The few criticisms that are allowed to appear are tepid and unconvincing. 

As for US foreign policy, US officials, whether from the Democratic or Republican Party, seem to believe they can promote US interests by resorting primarily to military violence, despite the disasters they have created in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, and so on. The refusal to resolve geopolitical differences through diplomacy derives in part from blind arrogance due to unparalleled military superiority and what seems to be pure idiocy. As former Secretary of State Madeline Albright boasted in 1998,

“But if we have to use force it is because we are America; we are the indispensable nation. We stand tall and see further than other countries into the future, and we see the danger here to all of us.”

It is hard to imagine that anything but disasters could ensue from this myopic perspective.

US government officials simplistically divide the world’s nations into two categories: good and evil. Those allied with the US are good and everyone else to one degree or another is evil. “You are either with us or against us;” neutrality is not an option. But this good/evil Manichean ideology has two tragic consequences: First, US officials make little to no effort to understand the rational grounds of the policies of opposing nations and therefore frequently shun diplomacy. After all, the opponents are evil. Second, the mainstream media does not want to appear evil by reporting on the rational grounds of opposing nations; hence, its news coverage and analysis reinforces and legitimates US policy.

But fortunately, a robust counter narrative is growing on the internet with defectors from the mainstream finding venues where they are drawing ever-larger audiences. One such program is Judging Freedom hosted by Judge Andrew Napolitano (he was formerly a judge) who served as an analyst for Fox News until he was let go. His regular guests include world-famous political scientist John Mearsheimer from the University of Chicago; Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and former aide to various Secretary Generals of the United Nation as well as economic advisor to many governments around the world; Alastair Crooke, a former MI6 agent and British diplomat who helped negotiate peace agreements in the Middle East; and Chas Freeman who had various positions in the State and Defense Departments and became Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Other regular guests include Lawrence Wilkerson who was a Colonel in the US military as well as chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Power; Scott Ritter, former weapons inspector for the UN, Ray McGovern and Larry Johnson, both former CIA analysts; and the journalist Max Blumenthal.

Additional venues have popped up and are amplifying these voices. The Duran is hosted by Glenn Diesen, a Norwegian professor; Daniel Davis moderates Deep Dive; and Nima Alkhorshid, who originally is from Iran but now resides in Brazil, hosts Dialogue Works.

Image: President Joe Biden travels to Kyiv, Ukraine Monday, February 20, 2023. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

While some of these mainstream defectors have been active in Republican administrations and others are closer to the Democratic Party, for the most part they agree that the US government played a huge role in provoking the war in Ukraine, that the war should be brought to an end as quickly as possible through negotiations, that Israel is in fact committing genocide in Gaza and the US government is complicit, that the main obstacle to peace in the Middle East is Israel’s rapacious aggression with unconditional US support, and that before October 7, 2023 Gaza was essentially an open-air prison. They are well-worth a hearing since they often provide insider information you cannot find anywhere else, their arguments are supported by plenty of evidence, and they provide the historical context that allows a deeper understanding of a conflict, a context that is almost always lacking in the mainstream media where the belief seems to prevail, for example, that history began on October 7, 2023.

John Mearsheimer delivered a lecturer back in 2015 on why the West in general and the US in particular is principally responsible for the conflict in Ukraine. Since being posted on Youtube, the lecture has attracted 29 million views. He argued that the George W. Bush administration’s proposal at the 2008 NATO Bucharest summit to include Ukraine in NATO was highly provocative, foolish and counter to US interests. Both German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicholas Sarkozy at the time opposed it, with Merkel claiming its aggressive implications meant Russia would perceive the admission of Ukraine as a “declaration of war.” Russia in fact insisted it would pose an existential threat and therefore cross a red line. Mearsheimer points out that the US would never accept a similar move by another great power in relation to the US, citing as evidence the Monroe doctrine, which bars other great powers from the Western Hemisphere, and the Cuban missile crisis where the US demanded the Soviet Union remove its missiles from Cuba and threatened nuclear war.

Image: Photo shows Drs. Muhanna and Abed caring for an infant and staff mourning three colleagues executed by occupation forces.

Aside from Ukraine, Mearsheimer is highly critical of the US role in the Middle East where he has concluded Israel is committing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza and where Israel’s aggressive expansionist policies as well as its total reliance on military force, far from making it more secure, have achieved exactly the opposite result. Israel is in “deep trouble,” he argues, because it has been unable to decisively defeat Hamas in Gaza, it has been unable to win the release of the Israeli hostages, it has been unable to shield northern Israel from Hezbollah’s attacks and therefore unable to return the Israeli residents to their northern homes, and it has become a global pariah detested by people around the world because of its genocide against the Palestinian people. Israel’s crimes and US complicity in those crimes – Israel could not continue its wars without the steady supply of US weapons – is in neither country’s interests, Mearsheimer continues. The US is providing unwavering support above all because of the powerful Zionist lobby in the US which buys politicians like most of us buy groceries. Thanks to the lobby with its huge cash resources, critics of Israel are quickly run out of office. The US has lost the little moral credibility it had on a global scale.  And Israel has only succeeded in making itself intensely hated by its Arab neighbors and people with a moral conscience around the world.

Mearsheimer approaches the geopolitical world through the lens of “realism,” a political science doctrine that argues the behavior of nations is largely dictated by the logic of the structure within which they are situated. Because there is no international police force that can protect weak nations from stronger nations that might prey on them, every nation aims to maximize its power simply to defend itself from aggressors and survive in this dog-eat-dog world. And when there are multiple great powers, conflict among them is inevitable because each will vie to be the dominant power to escape victimization by the others. 

Because of his theoretical grounding, Mearsheimer’s conclusions often conflict with those emanating from the good/evil ideological matrix of the US government. For Mearsheimer, being ruthless can be the most rational course of action in the pursuit of survival. Whether it is also a moral course of action is a separate and subordinate question. Survival necessarily trumps all other interests because you cannot pursue morality, for example, if you do not survive. In this way, it makes sense for the US to strive to dominate the western hemisphere, for China to want to dominate east Asia, and for Russia to oppose NATO expansion. It is all about the need to maximize power for survival.

Finally, because Mearsheimer sees the geopolitical structure that defines the relations of nations to one another as relatively stable, he considers the resulting conflicts as often unavoidable as great powers act in their own rational interests and compete for hegemony. Hence, there is a tendency for him to see conflicts persisting “as far as the eye can see” with little hope for resolutions.

While Mearsheimer downplays the role of individual agency and emphasizes the structural relations among nations to explain their interaction, Jeffrey Sachs emphasizes individual agency. As a trained economist he has advised various UN Secretary Generals and has been asked by heads of state around the world for help with their economy. In 1989, for example, he advised the new post-communist Polish government about how to transition from a centrally planned economy to capitalism. To facilitate the transition, Sachs approached the US government and requested aid to help relieve Poland’s debt crisis. By the end of the day, the US government agreed to the aid and Poland’s transition went relatively smoothly. Accordingly, Sachs thinks there are good grounds for believing that individual agency goes a long way in explaining how geopolitics can operate. He often berates US government leaders for choosing military force instead of diplomacy in navigating foreign affairs, admonishing them to grow up and act like adults. Finally, Sachs is in communication with world leaders and can sometimes provide inside information about their thinking. Not surprisingly, they are often quite critical of US foreign policy but would never voice these criticisms publicly.  

Alastair Crooke is a star player among these analysts. Because of his background as a Middle East negotiator, he has contacts in the Middle East that supply him with invaluable information that cannot be found in the US mainstream media. Moreover, Crooke has a sophisticated understanding of world events. While Mearsheimer is apt to assume that conflicts will persist indefinitely with apparently little change on the horizon and Sachs is likely to assume events can change suddenly if leaders will just do the right thing, Crooke views individuals constrained by prevailing “paradigms,” somewhat like Mearsheimer, but unlike Mearsheimer emphasizes that these paradigms can themselves undergo fundamental change, which means that everything within the paradigm is altered. For him, “The 7^th of October has changed the region for good.”  In other words, Crooke views the world dialectically: October 7, 2023 exploded the old paradigm, and we are now witnessing the birth of a new paradigm which has yet to fully develop.

Chas Freeman belongs in his own category. Because of his long career in the US government, one would think his perspective would be saturated with US government propaganda so that he would be unable to empathize with other nations. But quite the contrary, Freeman displays a deep appreciation and respect for other cultures and the rights of other nations as well as an uncanny ability to see the world from their point of view. From this perspective he does not hesitate to criticize US government policies, particularly the inveterate recourse to military force and the refusal to take into consideration the legitimate concerns of other nations such as NATO expansion for Russia. Freeman labels members of the Israeli government as fascist and argues the government operates against Israel’s self-interests, not to mention the interests of the US. He often treats the audience to pithy formulations. For example: Give a blank check to an alcoholic and he will go out and buy alcohol; give Netanyahu a blank check and he will go out and start a war. And in relation to the war in Ukraine: the US will fight to the last Ukrainian.

The counter narrative waged by these mainstream voices on the internet is having an impact on public opinion. Although the US government routinely ignores public opinion when formulating policy, at times the public breaks through and exerts an influence. Mass demonstrations in US streets helped bring the US war in Vietnam to a close. Currently, the Arab streets are boiling over with anger towards Israel for its genocide in Gaza and this is pushing their leaders in a new direction. At a recent summit in Riyadh that included a representative from Iran, Mohammed bin Salman warned Israel not to attack Iran and condemned Israel for its genocide in Gaza. Iran’s president was not able to attend but phoned the Crown Prince in advance and expressed the hope of deeper cooperation between their two countries. After years of hostile relations, the two are now drawing together even to the point of staging a joint naval exercise, a development that would have been unimaginable not long ago.

Whether we agree with other people or not, we are always in a stronger position when we hear their arguments and adjust our position if necessary. These internet programs provide us with that opportunity and allow us to escape from the monotone, group-think line of the mainstream media.

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Pakistan wants to reduce its disproportionate dependence on China, hence why it prefers for Russia to modernize its resource infrastructure instead of China, which aligns with US strategic goals.

Express Tribune reported on the outcome of the ninth Pakistan-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation. The protocol that they inked comprehensively expands cooperation in the resource sector. This includes energy and mineral exploration, oilfield services, a gas pipeline, industrial communication, shared standards, equipment, LNG, coal and chemical cooperation, and hydroelectric power and water management. Here are some background briefings:

• 31 July: “Assessing The Prospects Of Pakistan’s Reported Strategic Roadmap For Trade With Russia”
• 19 September: “Russian-Pakistani Relations Are Surprisingly Taking On Strategic Dimensions”
• 9 October: “It’ll Take Time To Reap The Fruits Of The First-Ever Russian-Pakistani Trade & Investment Forum”

The primary obstacles to their cooperation up until this point were financial and political, the first with regard to Pakistan’s infamous lack of funds and the second due to the US’ influence over its government. It remains unclear how they were surmounted, but it could be that Pakistan will offer Russia preferential stakes in these projects in lieu of cash while the US might have allowed this to happen in order for its historical ally’s decrepit resource infrastructure to finally modernize.

Elaborating more on the last point, private American companies might not be willing to bear the tremendous costs that this could entail due to how long it’ll take to receive a return on their investments, but state Russian companies might not have the same concerns. Moreover, from the US’ strategic perspective, if its own private companies can’t take on these projects due to the unfavorable terms, then it’s better for Russian ones to do so than Chinese ones if Washington is forced to choose.

That’s because the US is competing with China for influence over Pakistan, not with Russia, which will never approach anywhere near those two’s level of influence there. While it might appear to observers that Russia’s strategic resource inroads in Pakistan could erode American influence, they actually serve as a counterweight to China’s by denying the People’s Republic more influence in this sector. The US’ premier influence over Pakistan’s military, political system, and elites remains unaffected by this.

Viewed from an admittedly controversial zero-sum perspective, the gradual growth of Russian influence in parts of the Pakistani economy therefore erodes China’s influence over the country, which in turn strengthens America’s overall strategic position. Sanctioned Russia urgently requires new markets, and it’s willing to pay higher costs for access to them so long as it’s promised high rates of return in the long term through preferential stakes in these projects, thus explaining its national interest in this context.

Readers should also be aware that this is part of Russia’s “Pivot to (South) Asia” that was described in detail here late last month and aims to preemptively avert disproportionate dependence on China. Pakistan also wants to reduce its own already existing such dependence on China, hence why it prefers for Russia to modernize its resource infrastructure, which aligns with US strategic goals. If this trend continues, then it’ll one day be possible to speak about the Russian-US-Chinese interplay in Pakistan.

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Over the past few decades, the dramatic increase in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), now diagnosed in 1 in every 36 children, has often been attributed to improved definitions for ASD and diagnostic tools. However, a closer look at government statistics reveals alarming trends in children’s health that go far beyond better diagnostics. Since the early 1990s, there have been staggering increases in several chronic conditions: ADHD rates have risen by 890 percent, autism diagnoses by 2,094 percent, bipolar disease in youth by 10,833 percent, and celiac disease by 1,011 percent. These numbers beg the question—what has fundamentally changed in our children’s health over the past three decades?

Despite these concerning trends, our culture continues to elevate science as the ultimate authority on health and reality, often dismissing common sense, reason, and direct empirical observation. Ironically, physicians rely on patients to describe their symptoms—a testament to the importance of individual observations—while federal health agencies and influential organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics dismiss environmental factors in favor of subjective theories, such as genetic predispositions or chemical brain imbalances as the root causes for the majority of mental and behavioral disorders in children.

This reliance on ideology over empirical scrutiny extends to vaccine development, where standard double-blind placebo trials, the gold standard for FDA drug approval, are glaringly absent. Vaccines such as the hepatitis B shot for infants and the HPV vaccine Gardasil for adolescents have been approved with minimal scientific rigor, yet they are heavily promoted and, in many cases, mandated.

The media compounds the issue by amplifying the official narrative while systematically excluding dissenting voices. This failure of transparency has allowed federal health agencies like the CDC, NIAID, and HHS to evade accountability. These institutions, which should safeguard public health, have instead become ideologically and politically captured by private interests. Their close ties to pharmaceutical companies have led to the approval of insufficiently tested vaccines, the pathologization of normal childhood behaviors, and the delivery of subpar healthcare—all at a staggering cost of $5 trillion annually.

Our medical authorities assure us that they would never allow our children to be exposed to something unproven or known to be dangerous. They claim that vaccines, even when multiple injections are given on a single day, are safe and do “not cause any chronic health problems.” Further, they claim that the ingredients contained in vaccines are either harmless or found in such miniscule quantities that they pose no health risks. The medical establishment also states unequivocally that there is no connection between vaccination and the rising incidence of ASD. Anyone who questions the safety of vaccination is immediately labeled as irresponsible or a quack who subscribes to pseudoscience.

Despite the dire state of children’s health and healthcare outcomes, no significant reform efforts have been made. There is an urgent need to reevaluate our priorities and address the systemic failures that have left children and families increasingly vulnerable in a broken medical system.

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Every year, tens of millions of American children are vaccinated according to the vaccination schedule set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The current CDC schedule recommends over 27 vaccines by the time a child reaches two years of age, and up to six shots in a single visit. In good faith the majority of parents follow their physicians’ and the CDC’s assurances that vaccines are both safe and effective.  In order to protect the child and national population against disease, we must follow their recommendations.

We would expect our medical authorities to assure us that they would never permit our children to be exposed to something unproven or known to be dangerous. Whatever medical interventions given to our children, including vaccines, we would expect to be extremely well tested in state-of-art clinical studies. The CDC claims that vaccines, even when multiple injections are given on a single day, are safe and do not cause any chronic health problems.

Further, they claim that the ingredients contained in vaccines are either harmless or found in such miniscule quantities that they pose no health risks. The medical establishment also states unequivocally that there is no connection between vaccination and the rising incidence of autism spectrum disorder. Anyone who questions the safety of vaccination is immediately labeled as irresponsible or a quack who subscribes to pseudoscience.  

Given that vaccines are mandatory for most children in public schools, it would seem reasonable they should be scientifically proven to be safe. However, in a careful analysis of many hundreds of articles in the peer-reviewed literature on toxicology and immunology, nowhere can we find evidence for these claims about vaccine safety being based upon a gold standard of clinical research: long-term, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies. What is glaringly absent is research examining the cumulative toxicological impact of the CDC vaccine schedule over a long period of time. Never has a concise epidemiological study been published that compares the long-term health outcomes of a group of infants and children given the recommended CDC immunization schedule and a cohort of unvaccinated children. Since such research has never been carried out, our medical officials rely on inconclusive data that is not science-based and direly deficient for creating public health policies. Meanwhile, year and after year, generation after generation, American parents bring their children in for regular vaccinations while mistaking pure propaganda as scientific proof.

All humans possess a unique biochemistry that makes them more or less susceptible to various types of toxins. Whereas one child may be left with a compromised immune system after exposure to an environmental toxin, another child may experience learning problems or mild brain defects. Vaccine safety is not proved by stating the obvious – that not every child who receives the standard CDC vaccine schedule has autism.  As we witness a rapidly increasing number of vaccinated children being afflicted by conditions such as autoimmune disorders, autism, food allergies, encephalitis, type 1 diabetes, Crohn’s disease, etc., it’s critical that environmental toxins be thoroughly investigated in childhood health to better understand their pathology.  And when we look into the independent science on the safety of vaccines, it’s readily apparent that many of the ingredients found in vaccines are toxic, even in small amounts, and these are likely contributing to a variety of illnesses, including autism, as more vaccines are added to the CDC immunization schedule.

After taking an uncompromising look at the institutions and medical professionals claiming that vaccines are safe for our children, we find that just a brief review of our medical establishment reveals a corrupt network riddled with conflicts of interest and scandal, making it clear that we simply cannot trust our health officials on the issue of vaccine safety. 

Federal health propaganda denies outright that vaccinations are a causative factor for the rise in severe childhood neurological disorders. However, the studies they base their belief are solely observational retrospective studies. Such studies categorically fail to meet any gold standard and are often criticized for being overly vulnerable to researcher bias and the use of confounding variables to intentionally skew results. Every major study cited by pro-vaccine advocates to argue against an autism-vaccine relationship is an observational or cohort study.

 The increase in autism, starting in the late-1980s, was largely believed to be genetic — and this myth continues despite the serious biological gaps to prove that such causation is scientifically sound. Despite the CDC’s claims, the Institute of Medicine released a report stating that the CDC’s childhood vaccine schedule has never been studied for safety. As far back as 1991, IOM has persistently urged the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct such studies.[1]

Image: Cases before the Vaccine Court are heard in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. (Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0)

The argument against an autism-vaccine connection falls flat when we consider that the US government’s own Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) has awarded families monetary restitution for children who became autistic following immunization. Three cases compensated by the VICP highlight a link between vaccines and autism in certain circumstances. Hannah Poling developed ASD after receiving nine vaccines in one day; her family received compensation exceeding $1.5 million due to her underlying mitochondrial disorder aggravated by vaccines. Similarly, Ryan Mojabi’s family was awarded compensation after vaccines caused severe brain injury leading to autism symptoms although the award amount remains undisclosed. These cases illustrate the complexity of vaccine safety in vulnerable individuals. The case of Bailey Banks involved a court ruling that the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine caused acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), a brain inflammation that led to pervasive developmental delay, a condition on the autism spectrum. Again, the exact amount awarded in compensation is not publicly specified in most records because such settlements include lifetime care provisions and other benefits that are difficult to quantify. Beyond these cases, a study examining adjudicated cases in the VICP revealed that 83 children with autism were compensated for vaccine-related brain injuries. Most of these cases involved diagnosis of encephalopathy or seizure disorders accompanied by developmental regression and autistic symptoms. These cases challenge the federal health agencies public claims that no such connection has been recognized.[2] 

For several decades we have been critiquing the scientific literature that both supports and cautions the CDC’s immunization schedule and the many vaccines and their toxic ingredients that children receive before reaching their sixth year.  For years mercury or thimerosal was the main culprit, and indeed the evidence for mercury’s contribution to the increase in ASD should no longer be debated. Despite thimerosal having been removed from most vaccines, aside from the influenza shots, the inclusion of aluminum as a vaccine adjuvant continues to be ubiquitous. Aluminum disrupts brain homeostasis by inducing oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and chronic inflammation, posing significant risks to genetically susceptible children.

The National Library of Medicine lists over 3,000 references about aluminum’s toxicity to human biochemistry. Aluminum’s dangers, often found as alum or aluminum hydroxide in vaccines and food preparations, have been known since 1912, when the first director of the FDA, Dr. Harvey Wiley, later resigned in disgust over its commercial use in food canning; he was also among the first government officials to ever warn about tobacco’s cancer risks back in 1927.[3]

Aluminum compounds — either as aluminium hydroxide or aluminum phosphate — are the most common adjuvants found in vaccines, including the hepatitis A and B vaccines, DTP, Hib, Pneumococcus, and the HPV vaccine or Gardasil. JB Handley noted that back in the mid-1980s, a fully vaccinated child would have received 1,250 mcg of aluminum before turning 18 years of age. Today that same fully vaccinated child would be injected with over 4,900 mcg, a four-fold increase.[4]  And a child’s actual aluminum exposure is likely much greater because aluminum sulfate is used in the purification of municipal water. Aluminum neurotoxicity in preterm infants after intravenous feeding, which at one time contained alum, was observed back in 1997 and reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. Thirty-nine percent of infants receiving aluminum-containing solutions developed learning problems upon entering schools compared to those receiving aluminum-free solutions.[5]

Dr. James Lyons-Weiler at the Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge observed that vaccine aluminum levels are based upon increasing immune efficacy and ignore the body weight safety of a child, especially infants and toddlers. Even more negligent, the safety codes for aluminum vaccine doses also rely on dietary studies in mice and rats, not human children!  Lyons-Weiler notes, “On Day 1 of life, infants receive 17 times more aluminum than would be allowed if doses were adjusted per body weight.”[6]

Some of the research to discover aluminum-adjuvanted vaccines toxic levels and their adverse effects have found the following:

• Aluminum inflicts strong neurotoxicity on primary neurons.[7]
• Aluminum-laced vaccines increase the aluminum levels in murine brain tissue leading to neurotoxicity.[8]
• Aluminum hydroxide, the most common form of adjuvant used in vaccines deposits mostly in the kidney, liver and brain.[9]
• Long term exposure to vaccine-derived aluminum hydroxide (which is today an ingredient in almost all vaccines) results in macrophagic myofastitis lesions.[10]

Alarming health consequences of aluminum were reported in a 2011 study published in the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry led by Dr. Lucija Tomljenovic at the University of British Columbia. That study revealed that rates of ASD among children are greater in countries where children are exposed to the highest amounts of aluminum in vaccines. The authors also noted “the increase in exposure to Al [aluminum] adjuvants significantly correlates with the increase in ASD [autism spectrum disorder] prevalence in the United States observed over the last two decades”. A later article by Dr. Tomljenovic, published in the journal Immunotherapy, discussed the neurotoxic effects of aluminum on the central nervous system. The study documents aluminum’s ability to trigger autoimmune and inflammatory responses, alter genetic expression and hence contribute to neurodevelopmental disorders.[11]

When Christopher Exely at Keele University analyzed brain tissue from children and teenagers diagnosed with ASD, he found consistently high levels of aluminum, with some of the highest concentrations recorded in human brain tissue. Aluminum was primarily detected inside inflammatory non-neuronal cells, such as microglia-like cells, across various brain regions, including the occipital and frontal lobes. These findings point directly to aluminum’s in ASD neuropathology in younger populations. Exley also systematically reviewed and analyzed 59 studies to assess the relationship between exposure to aluminum, cadmium and mercury and ASD. Significant associations were found, with aluminum and mercury levels in hair and urine positively linked to ASD. Again his findings underscore the aluminum’s neurotoxic potential impact on neurodevelopment. The study strongly advocates for reducing vaccine’s aluminum exposure among pregnant women and young children as a proactive measure to mitigate the increasing incidence of ASD.[12]

A University of Buffalo study further highlighted the urgent need to eliminate aluminum salts from vaccines due to their neurotoxic potential and possible association with ASD. The authors emphasize that replacing aluminum adjuvants in immunizations with safer alternatives should be prioritized as soon as possible to reduce long-term neurological damage and protect vulnerable children.[13]

In 2002, researchers at Utah State University conducted a serological study of elevated measles antibodies and myelin basic protein (MBP) autoantibodies from 125 autistic children and 92 children in a normal control group. MBP has been identified as playing a significant  role in the onset of autism. Ninety percent of the MMR antibody positive autistic children were also positive for MBP autoantibodies. The researchers concluded that “an inappropriate antibody response to MMR, specifically the measles component thereof, might be related to the pathogenesis of autism.

Despite the CDC’s consistent denial of an autism-vaccine relationship, researchers at Imperial College London examined the surge in ASD and speech impairment in the US over a six-year period. Their 2017 paper published in Metabolic Brain Disease identified a statistically significant link between higher vaccination rates and increased prevalence of these conditions. It found that a 1% increase in vaccination rates corresponded to 680 additional ASD cases thereby raising urgent concerns about vaccine components as potential environmental triggers for autism.[14] 

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Another disturbing case of government-industry knowledge about a vaccine-autism connection was a leaked 2011 document from GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturers. Reported by VacTruth’s Christina England, the text admits the corporation had been aware of the autistic risks associated with its Infanrix vaccine, which combines diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, hepatitis B, inactivated polio and haemophilus influenza viruses. The report details adverse effects associated with autism, including encephalitis, developmental delays, altered states of consciousness, speech delays and other adverse reactions.[15]

The work of Dr. Roman Gherardi at the University of Paris has shown that when an aluminum adjuvant is injected in a mouse, the metal will find its way to the brain a year later. The significance of this discovery confirms the incidence of gradual ASD progression, and symptoms do not necessarily appear immediately after vaccination. Gherardi and his colleagues also discovered that the aluminum adjuvant remains in the tissues far longer than originally assumed. The Paris University study raises a serious concern over aluminum’s biopersistence, which Gherardi calls a “Trojan horse mechanism.” The adjuvant can lodge and accumulate in brain tissue for years, decades or perhaps a lifetime.[16] This raises a further concern about brain neuroinflammation caused by the buildup of aluminum plaque. Dr. Carlos Pardo-Villamizar at Johns Hopkins University published his paper “Neuroglial Activation and Neuroinflammation in the Brain Patterns of Patients with Autism.” His conclusions: autistic brains are permanently inflamed. This was the first independent study to actually look at the brains of people with autism.[17]

Even when the CDC’s own immunologist, Dr. William Thompson, whistle-blows and provides thousands of pages of scientific data and research proving a vaccine-autism connection, the matter is rapidly shoved under the table. In the case of Dr. Thompson’s release of confidential documents to a Congressional subcommittee, the CDC intentionally concealed its evidence that African American boys under 36 months had a higher risk of autism after receiving the Measles-Mumps-Rubella vaccine or MMR.  The documents proved the CDC had previously known for years that neurological tics, which indicate brain disturbances, were associated with thimerosal-containing vaccines, notably the flu vaccine.

While all this evidence might warrant our health agencies to be charged with criminal misconduct for endangering public health, they have had no effect on changing national policy over vaccine safety. Rather, the official denial of a possible association between vaccines and autism has now been engraved into an absolute dogma. To date, there is not a single gold standard publication to refute with any degree of certainty a vaccine-autism connection. Nevertheless, one thing is certain. The health of Americans is declining dramatically. Annually, the statistics worsen. American children’s health ranks dead last among developed nations. And a large proportion of this poor ranking is attributed to the failing health in American children with neuro-developmental disorders including autism and ADHD. 

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Notes

[1] https://childrenshealthdefense.org/cdc-who/

[2] https://ahrp.org/federal-court-compensated-83-vaccine-injured-autistic-children/

[3] https://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/History/FOrgsHistory/Leaders/ucm2016811.htm

[4] Handley JB.  How to End the Autism Epidemic. Sky Horse: New York, 2018

[5]  “Aluminum Toxicity in Infants and Children,”   Pediatrics. 1996 Mar; 97(3)  114(4):1126  http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/97/3/413

[6] [13] Lyons-Weiler J, Ricketson R.  Reconsideration of the immunotherapeutic pediatric safe dose levels of aluminum  J Trace Elements Med Biol. 2018 Jul;48, 67-73

[7] Kawahara M et al. Effects of aluminum on the neurotoxicity of primary cultured neurons and on the aggregation of betamyloid protein. Brain Res. Bull. 2001, 55, 211-217

[8] Redhead K et al. Aluminum adjuvanted vaccines transiently increase aluminum levels in murine brain tissue. Pharacol. Toxico. 1992, 70, 278-280

[9] Sahin G et al. Determination of aluminum levels in the kidney, liver and brain of mice treated with aluminum hydroxide. Biol. Trace. Elem Res.  1994. 1194 Apr-May;41 (1-2): 129-35

[10] Gherardi M et al. Macrophagaic myofastitis lesions assess long-term. Brain. 2001. Vol. 124, No. 9, 1821-1831

[11]Tomljenovic L, Shaw CA. “Do aluminum vaccine adjuvants contribute to the rising prevalence of autism?” Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry.  2011 Nov;105(11):1489-99. 

[12] Ibid.

[13] Sulaiman R, Wang M, Ren XF. Exposure to aluminum, cadium and mercury and autism spectrum disorder in children: a systematic review and meta analysis. Chem Res Toxicol. 2020 Nov 16;33(11):2699-2718. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00167

[14] Morris G, Puri BK, Frye RE. The putative role of environmental aluminum in the development of chronic neuropathology in adults and children. Metab Brain Dis. 2017 Jul 27;32(5):1335–1355. doi: 10.1007/s11011-017-0077-2

[15]  https://vactruth.com/2012/12/16/36-infants-dead-after-vaccine/

[16] Gherardi M et al. Macrophagaic myofastitis lesions assess long-term. Brain. 2001. Vol. 124, No. 9, 1821-1831

[17] Pardo CA, Vargas DL, et al. “Neuroglial Activation and Neuroinflammation in the Brains of Patients with Autism,” Ann. Neurol. 2005; 57:67-81

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One of the first lectures I attended when I started medical school way back in 1982 was on Pharmacology. It was delivered by a resident Professor who was also the co-author of the standard and ubiquitously used text at the time. The Professor was an older man, obviously brilliant, but it wasn’t anything he said about the science of drugs I can remember: it was something else.

For some reason or other he spoke about stress and he made reference to the Greeks at the time of the Peloponnesian Wars, the gist of which was something like ‘if you think life’s stressful now, imagine living back then when at any given moment your entire city could be attacked and razed.’

And indeed, that is exactly what happened to the inhabitants of the island of Melos when, in 416 BC, the Athenians presented the Melians with an ultimatum: surrender to Athens or be vanquished. The Melians decided to stand and fight when they were besieged, and they lost. All of its men of fighting age were killed and its women and children were summarily enslaved.

Expeditious savagery was nothing new, but what made the siege of Melos remarkable was the justification used by the ‘democratic’ Athenians for their assault: the strong can do whatever they want, and the weak must submit. Or, perhaps even more simply, Power Rules.

In the midst of Operation Covid we have seen this principle exercised at every turn and in every conceivable way. Mandates were issues, dissenters were ‘cancelled’, silenced, or, like Reiner Fuellmich, jailed. Here in New Zealand, while I write, one of the doctors who saw fit to help rather than indiscriminately jab her patients is in the dock at a Tribunal — a Tribunal whose expenses will be billed to her, no matter the outcome. And it is for no other reason than because the Authorities, in this case the woefully corrupt Medical Council of New Zealand, wish to wield their power. Logic, sense, good medicine, ethics, duty of care — nothing matters except their determination to bring dissidents down. Yes, it’s that naked and that bad.

The Covid downpour may have ended, but the Covid Clowns remains above us all, hovering ominously, warning us that submission is our only choice. The zombies around us who marched to the Piper’s tune try to believe that everything’s okay, but even they can sense this shift, no matter how vigorously they deny the Sudden Deaths of the young or the efflorescence of strange or viciously aggressive Cancers all around, or the hypocrisy of awarding architects of Medical Totalitarianism — such as Jacinda Ardern or Ashley Bloomfield — high State Honors.

Like the Melians and other peoples during the Peloponnesian Wars we are all of us laboring under the peculiar and relentless threat that our lives and liberties may be snatched from us at a pin’s drop should Power decide to flex its arbitrary muscle.

For us, in our globally-networked world, it’s everywhere — then again, for those unfortunate Mediterraneans who ran afoul of Athens or Sparta or Persia, it was also everywhere that counted for them.

I often amuse myself by following discussions in Physics and the quest for that elusive ‘theory of everything’ — not that I understand string theory or particle accelerators or so-called dark energy and matter, or general or special relativity, or the fine points of quantum mechanics. I really don’t. But in my ruminations I am often led to the question about the human pursuit of knowledge. Is there a limit to how much we can know? Is there some special drive that blesses the quest to know with a virtue that cannot ever be questioned?

The old adage ‘knowledge is power’ rightly sums it all up for me. There is NO knowing without at least the hidden desire for control. Knowledge for knowledge’s sake is a clever fiction.

I’ve said many times before that we possess all the technological and scientific knowledge we need to make the Earth a living paradise for its billions: the only things standing it the way is human greed, selfishness and the never-ending quest for greater power over others that we may exalt ourselves.

It’s pitiful, when you think about it. And it would be laughable were it not for the destruction that has ensued. How many hundreds of thousands are dead in the Ukraine and the Middle East, and are dying in the ‘hidden’ war against our bodies, because of the illusions and fickle employment of Power?

I understand the Nihilists better, those of my friends who see no political solution, those who have been jaded by the machinations of the Deep State that killed their heroes in plain sight: JFK, RFK, MLK, X, and others.

But the Deep State, like Goliath, is not invincible. The problem, in the end, with Nihilism, is that there is no way out, and there is nothing one can put to them to shake them from their position, no evidence of little hopes. If I utter the name ‘Trump’ I am immediately dismissed as a deluded fool, for example.

And yet, I note, during Trump’s first four years in office he started no wars. And yet, I think, he has publicly questioned the role of vaccines in autism, and publicly acknowledged the phenomenon of human trafficking, and publicly criticizes bureaucratic drones and publicly refuses to concede an election we all knew he won in 2020, and on and on.

But I keep these things to myself among the Nihilists. It’s really not about Trump after all, but about the struggle against the wielders of Power against the people, a struggle that has been going on since the birth of our species, and will always go on. And it is no shame to hurl ourselves into this struggle with the heft of political figures espousing our cause, whoever they may be.

There are probably more of us now than ever who are awake to this truth, and it behooves us as we continue our fight to make sure we help each other out — we in our community. That, in and of itself, is a source of shining Hope. And it is also the best antidote to the weight of the Covid Cloud, which we may see no longer an an oppressor, but as a reminder that the siege launched in 2020 was NOT successful.

I’ve been saying for a long long time that all we need is a fighting chance, and we now certainly have it. Stress is stress and it will always be, but in shaking off the cobwebs of despondency and listing actively in battle we have the antidote.

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On December 8, the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia leaving the country to be occupied by a coalition of armed fighters led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).

The HTS and the numerous affiliated armed groups have taken over the administration of the country, and have not carried out any massacres or threatened the public safety. They say they will be caretakers until March when a transition government will be formed in Damascus and later elections to be held. The HTS and their affiliates are now conducting themselves in the role of a police force.

However, the Syrian people, the neighboring countries, the Middle East as well as Europe and the US are extremely worried about the radical Islamic ideology of the fighters and their leadership. Al-Sharaa has referred to the current state of Syria as an ‘Islamic State’.

Syria was ruled for 50 years as a secular socialist form of government. The Muslim Brotherhood is viewed in many countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Russia as a banned terrorist organization. 

Experts warn of the possibility of Syria turning into a new version of Afghanistan under the Taliban.  Syria is a mixed population of Sunni, Alowi, Shiite and Christian.  The Muslim Brotherhood ideology is not acceptable to the majority of Syrians who seek a secular democracy.  

Steven Sahiounie of MidEastDiscourse interviewed Tarek Ajib to gain further insight into the events happening on the ground.

Tarek Ajib is a Syrian journalist and researcher. He has been a member of the Syrian Journalists Union and the Arab since 1998. He is editor-in-chief of Midline-news, and a founding member of the Paris Forum for Studies and Research. 

Steven Sahiounie (SS): Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a radical Islamist group supported by Turkey, is now in control of Syria. In your opinion, why does Turkey’s President Erdoğan want a radical group in charge of Syria?

Tarek Ajib (TA): It is important to know at the beginning that the ideology and doctrine of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is very close to the ideology of the ruling Justice and Development Party in Turkey, and during the years of the crisis, Turkish intelligence was able to attract it, reformulate it and adapt it to serve it, and it seems that it has moved to the bosom of the Muslim Brotherhood who rule Turkey through their arm, the Justice and Development Party, and Turkey was able during the past years to provide the requirements for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s victory in Syria politically and militarily, and if the group is able to consolidate its rule in Syria, this will be tantamount to expanding Turkey’s influence in the region and increasing its role in the world.

SS: Israel has invaded the south of Syria, and is very close to Damascus, the Syrian capital.  But, there has been very little international condemnation. In your opinion, why is the world silent?

TA: In the international political game, the world we are talking about is the West led by the Americans, and the countries that are allied with it or subject to it, and there are countries that have good relations or strategic relations with Israel, and everyone clearly and frankly declares that what matters most to them in the region is the security of Israel, and they considered that the weapons of the former Syrian regime constitute a threat to Israel, and the fall of the regime at the hands of armed factions led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, classified as terrorist by international consensus, may lead to strategic and heavy weapons falling into the hands of these terrorist groups, and thus they may use them against Israel, so the “silent world” considered that what Israel did were preemptive strikes to defend itself by destroying those weapons so that they would not fall into the hands of extremist groups.

SS: We hear the deafening silence of the Arab world after the fall of Syria to the HTS coalition, even though it reminds everyone of Afghanistan and the Taliban. In your opinion, will the oil-rich Arab countries take action to prevent a long-term Islamic State of Syria?

TA: The existence of an Islamic state that carries the ideas of the Muslim Brotherhood, which all Arab countries have suffered from, or a state that carries extremist ideas, is the last thing that the Arab countries want, and they will certainly work hard to prevent that, and this is what we are waiting for how it will be translated on the ground, and the coming short period will show whether the Arab countries are able to prevent that, and how.

SS: Reports say that the extremist groups and ideology that took over Syria, may spread to other countries in the region. In your opinion, what country will be next and why?

TA: Extremist thought has a major goal, which is to establish a caliphate state over the widest geography it can control, so it never stops thinking about expanding this geography and does not set or see specific limits for its project.

Unfortunately, Iraq is the next target for these terrorist organizations and those who stand behind them.

SS: On December 20, the US Congress will meet either to renew sanctions on Syria, or lift them.  In your opinion, will the US lift these sanctions?

TA: I do not think that the US Congress will provide any support to these organizations classified as terrorist on its lists, or lift any sanctions on Syria before there are clear steps and decisions consistent with the ministerial statement issued by the Aqaba meeting on the 14th of this month, which was attended by a number of foreign ministers of major and influential Arab countries, with the presence of US Secretary of State Blinken, the Turkish Foreign Minister, and the representative of the European Union, which called for the actual translation on the ground of the statements of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham about a smooth political transition in Syria and the transition to a state of institutions and a state of law that takes into account all components of Syrian society and its political spectrum.

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On December 12, the Neo-Nazi junta’s GUR published a list of at least 545 ships of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” that also includes 238 tankers. The infamous spy agency (now effectively a terrorist organization) determined that it has a total deadweight of over 100 million tons, which is around 17% of the world’s oil tanker fleet. The GUR demands that these ships be sanctioned. The list also includes a number of vessels that allegedly “switched from the Iranian ghost armada to carry Russian oil”.

The Kiev regime insists that its overlords in the political West should block Moscow’s oil exports, but the reality is that this is effectively impossible. Not only that, but the world’s most aggressive power pole doesn’t even want to do it, as this would send oil prices into the stratosphere and devastate Western economies that are already struggling, particularly in Europe.

In fact, the United States and European Union are fighting tooth and nail to limit Russian export income by trying to impose the so-called price cap, but this has been futile, as even pathologically Russophobic countries such as the United Kingdom are circumventing it (Japan did it first soon after the cap was announced). Thus, as sanctions proved ineffective (for the umpteenth time, mind you), the Neo-Nazi junta is resorting to what it’s best at – terrorism.

Namely, on December 15, just three days after the list was published, two Russian oil tankers suffered heavy damage in the Kerch Strait (separates Crimea from the rest of Russia). The initial reports suggested that this was an accident. However, the chances of both vessels suffering similar damage almost simultaneously are extremely low, indicating that they were likely sabotaged.

The damage to two tankers, namely Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, resulted in the death of at least one sailor and reportedly even caused an oil spill. Both vessels were transporting approximately 4,300 tons of fuel oil. The last known location before the incident showed that Volgoneft-212 was just north of the Crimean Bridge, while Volgoneft-239 was just south of it. The bridge is often targeted by the Kiev regime, making the possibility of a terrorist attack all the more likely. Luckily, with the exception of one fatality, the crews of both tankers were rescued. The possibility of kamikaze drone-boats or mines destroying the vessels certainly shouldn’t be excluded. Although the Neo-Nazi junta is yet to make any official comments, there are rumors among many of its propaganda outlets, bragging about how they sunk the two oil-carrying ships.

The incident comes at a time when the Kremlin is strengthening ties with its global partners, particularly India which just signed a massive 10-year oil deal with Russia. According to Reuters, India will be getting nearly 500,000 barrels per day for the next 10 years. The deal is worth $13 billion a year and amounts to 0.5% of global supply. Both multipolar powers stand to gain from this, with Moscow getting a steady, guaranteed income, while Delhi gets a discounted oil that will help boost its economy. The new deal accounts for approximately half of Rosneft’s seaborne oil exports from Russian ports. Obviously, this is a big issue for the political West, as it’s not only completely cut off from any influence or meaningful middleman (i.e. parasitical) profits it’s so used to when it comes to deals of third parties, but also because the sanctions are effectively nullified in this way.

Various Western countries have been trying to sanction the Russian “shadow fleet”, with the US sanctioning Moscow’s energy projects, in part to limit its revenues and in part to take its market share. However, these actions have had little to no effect, effectively defeating America’s attempts to cause a global commodities crisis. This leaves the previously mentioned terrorism as the only option to disrupt the staggering Russian economic resurgence.

Namely, the political West has been waging a total war on Russia for the last nearly three years, with the Neo-Nazi junta serving as the executive proxy. There have been hundreds of drone strikes, sabotage operations and terrorist attacks within Russia, all supported by various NATO intelligence services, including the monstrous Crocus City Hall attack, when 145 civilians were killed by radical Islamic terrorists.

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Russian Crocus City Hall amphitheater interiors, day after terrorist attack on 22 March 2024 (Licensed under CC BY 4.0)

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Both the political West and its Kiev regime puppets threatened they would escalate terrorist attacks across Russia, suggesting that anyone can be targeted. There have been numerous assassinations and assassination attempts on Russian public figures, including prominent philosophers, scientists, journalists, etc. This culminated with the failed plot to assassinate President Vladimir Putin himself, as well as Defense Minister Andrei Belousov.

The Kremlin even warned the Pentagon that if US services succeeded in their terrorist tactics, it would be the very last thing anyone from America would ever do, as the world’s most aggressive thalassocracy would simply cease to exist immediately after that. In other words, the warmongering lunatics and war criminals in Washington nearly blew up the planet, which seems to be their favorite pastime.

I’ve had the honor of participating in a meeting with Pepe Escobar and other experts and analysts from all over the world, where he confirmed that the assassination attempt took place and that Russia indeed warned the US that the consequence of such barbarism would be unimaginable. However, NATO and its Neo-Nazi puppets continue to attack high-ranking Russian figures.

Image: Kirillov in 2019 (Licensed under CC BY 4.0)

Namely, today (December 17), in the early hours, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Head of the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Protection Troops of the Russian Armed Forces, was killed by an IED. The terrorist attack took place on Ryazansky Prospekt in Moscow. It should be noted that Lieutenant General Kirillov wasn’t directly involved in battlefield operations in Ukraine, but focused on investigating numerous extremely dangerous Pentagon-run biological warfare programs.

This includes military biolabs not just within the NATO-occupied Ukraine, but around the world. The blast, equivalent to at least 0.2 kg of TNT, also killed his assistant. According to the Turkish-backed, pro-terrorist Clash Report, just yesterday, the Kiev regime’s SBU issued “an absentee suspicion against Russian Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov” (i.e. charged him in absentia). The BBC reported that the infamous spy agency (effectively a terrorist organization, just like the GUR) claimed that Kirillov was “a legitimate target because he carried out war crimes”. Once again, he didn’t take part in hostilities and focused solely on the matters within his jurisdiction – Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) protection, otherwise known as Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) defense. Thus, unless the Neo-Nazi junta planned on starting a nuclear war, this attack cannot be justified in any way.

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Recent Framingham Heart Study research shows your gut microbiome significantly impacts cholesterol levels, with bacteria like Oscillibacter helping break down cholesterol through specific enzymes and metabolic processes

Scientists identified cholesterol dehydrogenase enzymes (ismA genes) in gut bacteria that convert cholesterol to coprostanol, a form less easily absorbed by the body

Specific gut bacteria directly influence non-HDL cholesterol levels: Eubacterium rectale helps lower it, while Clostridium sp CAG_299 increases

Cholesterol is involved in essential bodily functions, including cell membrane structure, hormone production, vitamin D synthesis and nerve signal transmission, making optimization the goal

A holistic approach to heart health requires maintaining oxygen-free gut conditions for beneficial bacteria, avoiding processed foods, managing stress and staying active

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You might not realize it, but your gut health plays a pivotal role in your heart’s well-being. Recent research from the prestigious Framingham Heart Study has shed light on how the intricate community of microbes in your digestive system influences cholesterol levels.¹

By meticulously analyzing stool samples and metabolic profiles from 1,429 participants, scientists were able to map out the complex interactions between your gut microbiome and heart health. This comprehensive study bridges the gap between gut bacteria and blood lipid levels, revealing that the composition of your gut microbes significantly impacts your cholesterol levels, opening new avenues for personalized health strategies for optimal health.

Cholesterol-Metabolizing Bacteria Take Center Stage

Among the myriad of bacteria inhabiting your gut, a genus called Oscillibacter is key player in cholesterol metabolism. The study found that individuals with higher levels of Oscillibacter species tended to have lower cholesterol levels in both their blood and stool.² This suggests that these bacteria actively help in breaking down cholesterol, reducing its accumulation in your body.

By performing homology searches and molecular networking, researchers identified specific enzymes produced by Oscillibacter that facilitate cholesterol metabolism. These enzymes are involved in processes like glycosylation and dehydrogenation, which help modify cholesterol for its essential roles in your body.

This groundbreaking discovery highlights the potential of harnessing these natural allies within your gut to optimize cholesterol levels naturally. In fact, imagine having a team of microscopic guardians within your gut, tirelessly working to maintain your cholesterol balance. Oscillibacter species are proving to be just that.

The study not only identified their cholesterol-metabolizing capabilities but also confirmed that these traits are conserved across different Oscillibacter strains.³ This means that regardless of the specific Oscillibacter species present in your gut, they share the ability to process cholesterol in beneficial ways.

By reducing both fecal and plasma cholesterol levels, these bacteria contribute to better lipid homeostasis. Incorporating dietary strategies or probiotics that promote the growth of Oscillibacter could be a natural and effective method to support your cardiovascular health.

Moreover, the identification of specific microbial pathways involved in cholesterol metabolism offers targets for new therapeutic strategies. As research continues to unravel the complexities of your gut microbiome, the prospect of maintaining a healthy heart through gut health becomes increasingly attainable, empowering you to take proactive steps towards a healthier, longer life.

Unveiling the Enzymes Behind Cholesterol Breakdown

Tiny molecular machines exist in your gut that are specifically designed to break down cholesterol. Recent breakthroughs have identified such enzymes, known as cholesterol dehydrogenases, encoded by previously uncultured gut bacteria.⁴ Researchers explored the genetic blueprints of the gut microbiome, analyzing millions of genes to pinpoint those responsible for transforming cholesterol into coprostanol — a form that’s poorly absorbed by your body.

These enzymes, designated as ismA genes, play an important role in this conversion process. By integrating vast metagenomic data with metabolomic profiles, scientists were able to predict and validate these cholesterol-metabolizing enzymes. They even expressed these genes in laboratory bacteria to confirm their activity, ensuring that these enzymes are indeed the ones reducing your cholesterol levels.

This meticulous discovery not only uncovers the specific tools your gut bacteria use to manage cholesterol but also highlights the sophisticated interplay between your microbiome and your body’s lipid metabolism. Understanding these enzymes opens the door to targeted therapies that could enhance or mimic their activity, offering a natural way to maintain healthy cholesterol levels.

Meet Your Gut’s Hidden Cholesterol Warriors

Deep within your digestive system resides a group of bacteria that wield the power to manage your cholesterol levels. These bacteria, though not yet cultured in laboratories, have been identified through advanced genetic sequencing techniques. They carry the ismA genes, which encode the cholesterol dehydrogenase enzymes essential for converting cholesterol into coprostanol.

Remarkably prevalent across diverse populations, these bacteria are a common yet overlooked component of the human gut microbiome. Studies have shown that up to 92% of individuals in certain cohorts harbor these cholesterol-metabolizing species, making them a widespread natural ally in maintaining lipid balance.⁵

Moreover, their abundance is inversely related to inflammatory conditions like Crohn’s disease, suggesting that a healthy gut environment supports their beneficial activity. By thriving in the oxygen-free conditions of your intestines, these bacteria continuously work to reduce cholesterol absorption, thereby lowering your serum cholesterol levels.⁶