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Russia's OPCW envoy: It's 'naive' to think West will change stance on Navalny's 'poisoning' after report reveals inconsistencies


RT
Sun, 11 Jul 2021 16:56 UTC
Navalny/OPCW
© Vasily Maximov/AFP/Getty Images/OPCW/KJN
Alexey Navalny • Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
The latest OPCW report might eventually prove that the prevailing narrative around last year's alleged poisoning of the Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny holds no water, but don't expect Western nations to admit this.

That's according to Russia's envoy to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Alexander Shulgin. He told RT, on Saturday, that if it's confirmed that group's experts were sent to Germany almost immediately after Navalny felt unwell on a plane over Siberia last year, that would mean that the whole narrative was "orchestrated... with obvious goals," from the very beginning.

Presented at the 97th session of the organization's executive council earlier this week, the document states that the OPCW sent a team of experts to Berlin at Germany's request to deal with a possible "poisoning of a Russian citizen" on August 20, 2020.

Comment: Russia asks a reasonable question:
[T]he OPCW states that its secretariat "deployed a team to perform a technical assistance visit" related to the suspected poisoning of a "Russian citizen" at Germany's request on August 20. The problem is that on that day, Navalny was only flying from the Russian Siberian city of Tomsk to Moscow. It was on that flight that he first felt ill and was then rushed to a hospital in another Siberian city, Omsk, following the plane's emergency landing.

Russia demanded that the OPCW explain "how this is even possible" and why the organization had previously told the participating states that its team was only sent to Germany in early September, Shulgin said.
So, what do we have here? When Navalny first felt unwell while still onboard a flight from Tomsk to Moscow, the OPCW experts were already waiting for him in Berlin?
The revelations also elicited a reaction from the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova. She said the glaring inconsistencies in the OPCW report only show that some Western nations, together with Navalny himself, are "going down" with their whole "chemical weapons poisoning story."

Instead of answering Russia's questions, the OPCW executive committee session saw another "drama" about Navalny's "supposed poisoning with a chemical weapon agent," Shulgin said. "Routine anti-Russian theses have become a 'must' for the NATO nations at any OPCW event," he added.


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Bizarro Earth

India evacuates consulate personnel from Kandahar, Afghanistan, as Taliban claims to have control over 85% of country


Deutsche Welle
Sun, 11 Jul 2021 16:42 UTC
Kabul soldier india

The forces deployed by the Kabul government have been struggling to contain the Taliban offensive
India evacuated 50 diplomats and other staff from its Kandahar consulate over security concerns.The Taliban said they has captured 85% of the country, as US forces continue their withdrawal.

The forces deployed by the Kabul government have been struggling to contain the Taliban offensive

India evacuated about 50 diplomats and other staff members from its consulate in the Afghan city of Kandahar on Sunday, as Taliban forces continue to gain control.

The staff members traveled back to Delhi on Saturday night, in an Indian Air Force flight.

Comment: If the intent was to cause chaos, then the US & its allies have succeeded, if it was to bring peace to the region - and ostensibly that's what they were doing - then they have failed, wasting 20 years, costing taxpayers billions, shedding untold amounts of blood and traumatizing a generation of soldiers and Afghans in the process: The US' haphazard withdrawal from Bagram Air Base shows it never had any clear plan in Afghanistan

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Vader

No relief for Lego Man or other January 6 indefinite detainees

Julie Kelly
American Greatness
Thu, 08 Jul 2021 15:34 UTC
tread on me flag capitol
© Getty IMages
Prospects look dim for those caught up in Merrick Garland's Capitol protest witchhunt

Joe Biden's Justice Department wants the Lego Man kept behind bars — indefinitely.

Federal agents seized a plastic replica of the Capitol building from the Pennsylvania home of Robert Morss during his arrest on June 11. Justice Department officials are citing the Lego model as evidence in the criminal case against Morss for his involvement in the January 6 protest: "During his arrest, law enforcement recovered some clothing and other items that appear to match those he carried with him on the 6th — including a 'Don't Tread on Me' flag, a neck gaiter, a military utility bag, a black tourniquet, and military fatigues. (Law enforcement also recoverd [sic] a fully constructed U.S. Capitol Lego set.)"

So wrote government prosecutors in a July 2 filing asking the D.C. District Court to deny Morss' release while he awaits trial on nine counts, including assaulting police officers and disorderly conduct.

Comment: The Us government has descended to the level of a third-world dictatorship. No wonder sensible countries like Russia don't take it seriously in private.

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World Economic Forum announces creation of Orwellian 'Global Coalition for Digital Safety'

Leo Hohmann
leohohmann.com
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC
Schwab and big tech
WEF partners with Big Tech and governments to police Internet, encourage 'coordinated action' against unauthorized voices deemed 'harmful' to collective psyche

The World Economic Forum announced June 29 it will initiate a new "public-private partnership" with Big Tech and governments around the world to identify and uproot all opinions from the Internet that it considers "harmful."

The WEF is one of those elitist organizations that wields enormous influence over the elected leaders of Western nations but which almost nobody in the general population has heard of.

Its members are internationalist corporate honchos and technocrats who meet once a year in Davos with the stated goal of working to "shape global, regional and industry agendas."

It made a big splash last year with its highly touted "Great Reset," which promises to use the pandemic as an "opportunity" to crash the world's dollar-based, capitalist economic system and "build back better" under a more socialist and globally integrated system that mirrors the United Nations Agenda 2030 goals for Sustainable Development.
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Eye 1

Why were Colombian ex-soldiers in Haiti? Experts say they are popular mercenaries

Luis Jaime AcostaJulia Symmes Cobb
Reuters
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 21:34 UTC
Colombia's National Police Director
© REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
Colombia's National Police Director General Jorge Luis Vargas flanked by Commander of the Colombian Military Forces, General Luis Fernando Navarro, speaks during a news conference about the participation of several Colombians in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, in Bogota, Colombia July 9, 2021.
Highly-trained Colombian soldiers left at a loose end after retirement have frequently been tempted by opportunities to ply their trade abroad as private military contractors from Iraq to Yemen, military officials and experts said on Friday.

At least 17 ex-members of Colombia's military are among the suspects in this week's assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was shot early on Wednesday at his home by what officials said was a group of foreign mercenaries.

The assassination has pitched Haiti deeper into political turmoil amid widespread gang violence. The motive for the killing - and its intellectual authors - remain unknown.

But for those want to hire mercenaries, Colombia is a popular choice. The South American country's nearly 60 years of internal conflict have provided a prolific training ground for soldiers.

For those trained as part of elite counter-terrorism units, retirement can come as early as their 40s, leaving many with only modest pensions and little idea what to do next.

"The recruitment of Colombian soldiers to go to other parts of the world as mercenaries is an issue that has existed for a long time, because there is no law that prohibits it," armed forces commander General Luis Fernando Navarro told journalists.

"There are a significant number of Colombian soldiers in Dubai, for example."

Comment: See also:

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Light Saber

Sen. Mastriano refutes PA Secretary of State's unlawful directive ordering counties to ignore State Senate's audit requests

Jim Hoft
The Gateway Pundit
Sat, 10 Jul 2021 21:03 UTC
Sen. Doug Mastriano

Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano
Earlier this week Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano initiated a full forensic audit of the 2020 presidential election on several Pennsylvania counties.

This news obviously shocked the Democrat state leaders in Pennsylvania.

Late Friday the Pennsylvania Department of State issued a directive prohibiting county election boards from cooperating with the Senate's election audit.

Comment: Gateway Pundit continues:
These are the same hard-left politicians who changed the voting rules in Pennsylvania during the pandemic by executive order.

Texas and over 20 states sued Pennsylvania for violating the US Constitution because they made changes to voting rules and procedures through the courts or through executive actions. But these states did not make the changes through the state legislatures as spelled out in the US Constitution. The US Supreme Court threw the case out and allowed this lawlessness of the states.

Pennsylvania has some funny stuff going on. They're panicked.


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Document

Leaked docs reveal senior MI6 operative implicated in torture led British propaganda efforts in Syria

Kit Klarenberg
RT
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 15:11 UTC
MI6 building
© Reuters/Toby Melville
MI6 building in London • August 25, 2010
Millions were spent clandestinely setting up and paying a network of 'journalists' to pump out anti-Assad, pro-opposition content as directed by a shadowy firm run by the UK foreign intelligence service's counter-terrorism ex-head.

In July 2019, an arresting image of two young Syrian girls entombed in rubble in opposition-occupied Idlib attempting to haul their sister to safety as she dangled off the precipice of a bombed out building, their panic-stricken father looking on from above, went viral the world over.

The photo, disseminated by Syrian news service SY24, subsequently featured in countless Western media outlets, and was even discussed during a United Nations Security Council session. What very few knew however, was SY24 was created and funded by The Global Strategy Network, founded by Richard Barrett, a former MI6 Director of Global Counter Terrorism Operations. The photo had been taken by one of the firm's trained "stringers" across Syria, who were charged with creating "wildly impactful" and "engaging" content for "defined target audiences" both inside and outside the country.
Faked image
© SY24
The faked image of a father trying to rescue children trapped under rubble in rural Idlib.
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Arrow Up

New evidence indicates enough illegal votes in Georgia to tip 2020 results

Margot Cleveland
The Federalist
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC
woman collecting ballots
© 11Alive News/YouTube
Collection
In Georgia, there was both an audit and a statewide recount confirming Biden's victory, but ignored in the process was evidence that nearly 35,000 Georgians had potentially voted illegally.

New evidence indicates that more than 10,300 illegal votes were cast in Georgia in the November 2020 general election — a number that will continue to rise over the next several months, potentially exceeding the 12,670 votes that separated Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

While this evidence does not change the fact that Joe Biden is our president, all Americans who genuinely care about free and fair elections and the disenfranchisement of voters should demand both transparency and solutions to prevent a repeat in future elections. This evidence also vindicates former President Trump and his legal team for the related public (and private) comments and legal arguments made in challenging the Georgia election results.

Under the cover of COVID-19, Georgia, like many other states, flooded residents with absentee ballot applications. Also like sister states, Georgia ignored various legislative mandates designed to prevent fraud and to ensure the integrity of the vote. These facts, coupled with the closeness of the presidential contest in Georgia and other states, led to a flurry of accusations and litigation charging vote fraud, illegal voting, and violations of the Elector's Clause of the constitution.
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Propaganda

Haiti's president just got assassinated and the media are already calling for US intervention

Peter Bolton
The Canary
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC
US soldier/Haitian boy
© US National Archives
US soldier talking to a Haitian boy
The assassination of Haiti's president has been dominating international headlines for several days now. Reports have been trying to make sense of this latest development in an already highly complex situation on the ground. Much column space, for example, has been devoted to speculation over the identity of the assassins and their potential motives.

But to focus on this would be to miss a much wider point. Haiti has a long history of suffering under imperial domination. And this latest development may well serve as the next pretext for Western intervention. Already, one of the US's major corporate-owned media outlets has argued in favour of "international intervention". And that's an early indication that the impoverished nation may well be in store for the next round of foreign interference and all of its attendant pathologies.

Comment: Dutiful media chimes in right on cue - like rinse and repeat - which is easy given the US has a one track, one outcome protocol.

Meanwhile, US troops have been requested to support and protect infrastructure as political turmoil increases:
Haitian government officials said they've asked the United States to deploy troops in an auxiliary effort to help shield Haiti's infrastructure from attack. They requested U.S. forces to help protect Haiti's port, airport, gasoline reserves, and other facilities. There are concerns that the leader's murder could exacerbate the already fraught situation in the country, which is afflicted by civil unrest, economic instability, gang violence, and a COVID public health crisis, among other woes.

Haitian minister of elections, Mathias Pierre, said he fears that "urban terrorists" that have been creating chaos lately might exploit the power vacuum to attack infrastructure centers.
"The group that financed the mercenaries want to create chaos in the country," he said. "Attacking the gas reserves and airport might be part of the plan."
The U.S. will also send $5 million to bolster the Haitian National Police's resources.

The interim prime minister, Claude Joseph, has declared a 15-day "state of siege," which in effect imposes martial law, in an effort to bring order to the deteriorating, near-anarchical environment in Haiti.

See also:

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Whistle

Georgia Sec. of State Raffensperger investigating all key 2020 election whistleblowers


CD Media
Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC
Raffensperger and others
© unknown/LinkedIn/AP/Brynn Anderson/Twitter/KJN
State of Georgia
(L) Garland Favorito • Bridget Thorne • (R) Susan Voyles • Brad Raffensperger
For the past several months the office of Georgia Secretary of State (SOS) Brad Raffensperger has been quietly investigating whistle blowers who believe they detected potential fraud in the November 2020 election. That's right. The Raffensperger's Inspector General office has an active investigation into the key witnesses who testified before the Georgia General Assembly and signed affidavits for the exhibits of the Fulton County ballot inspection lawsuit! These witnesses swore they detected potentially counterfeit ballots in the Fulton County hand count audit that occurred on November 14th and 15th. They also observed a variety of other anomalies.

The November 2020 election was certified by December 11th and Raffensperger told the Wall Street Journal on December 12th, 2020 that:
"November's election was the most secure in history. In Georgia, there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud and no significant issues with absentee ballots."
Of course, none of that is true. Reports of many counterfeit mail-in ballots, thousands of missing test ballots, several Dominion voting system malfunctions, numerous missing chain of custody forms, major hand count audit errors and even foreign interference into Georgia county election servers have dominated the news.

While Raffensperger continues to insist there is no evidence of election fraud he also continues to investigate potential election fraud AFTER the election was certified. SOS Investigator Paul Braun has contacted virtually all the key affiants in the Fulton County ballot inspection case and attempted to interview them. However, they contend that he did not seem interested in finding potential fraud but was more interested investigating them. Some examples follow.

Comment: The potential victims of Raffensperger/Braun scheme were savvy enough to avoid the traps.

See also:
Why a judge has Georgia vote fraud on his mind: 'Pristine' Biden ballots that looked xeroxed (Susan Voyles/Garland Favorito)

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