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Sergei Skripal wasn't just a British spy - did work for 4 Western intel agencies

Sputnik
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:50 UTC

The drama surrounding the attempted murder of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal escalated this week after UK authorities threatened to introduce new forms of economic pressure on Moscow over the poisoning. Moscow maintains that it had nothing to do with the attack on Skripal, and has said it has information proving one of the suspects is a civilian.

Skripal worked for the intelligence services of four different alliance countries, Focus magazine has reported, citing a source in NATO's Allied Command Counter Intelligence (ACCI).

According to the German publication, during this time, Skripal exposed several active Russian military intelligence (GRU) spies.

The magazine noted that Skripal travelled to Prague in 2012 together with MI6 agents to inform the local intelligence agencies of an active Russian spy network. Skripal is said to have known some of these Russian spies from during his service in the GRU.

Furthermore, the magazine claims that in 2016, information provided by Skripal to Estonian security services enabled them uncover three 'Russian spies', including an ethnic Russian officer in the Estonian army and his father.

It's also alleged that Skripal provided information to Spain's National Intelligence Center.

Australian Government Gives No Comment on Trump Campaign Spying Accusations

Sara Carter
SaraACarter.com
Thu, 27 Sep 2018 10:07 UTC

Alexander Downer

The Australian government would not comment on accusations made by former Trump campaign volunteer George Papadopoulos that its former Ambassador to Great Britain may have been spying on him during a May 2016 meeting in London. The meeting - according to the FBI - was the impetus to launch its July 2016 "Crossfire Hurricane" investigation into the Trump campaign and its alleged ties to Russia.

In a statement to SaraACarter.com and Fox News, a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson would not address allegations suggesting former Australian Ambassador Alexander Downer was recording or spying on Papadopolous when the two met a London wine bar in May, 2016.

"The Australian Government does not comment on matters relevant to active investigations," said the spokesperson.

Papadopoulos told SaraACarter.com and Fox News Tuesday night that the "British government at the highest levels were constantly asking to meet with me, including Tobias Ellwood who was right under Boris Johnson."

US aircraft carriers in worst shape in decades

RT
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:10 UTC

The US Navy's aircraft carriers, a key tool in projection of military power, apparently spend most of their time in the dock for maintenance, not on deployment. They are in their worst shape in decades, a new report has found.

Analysis of deployment data for the past 50 years show that the US Navy currently has fewer carriers than ever, the United States Naval Institute (USNI) reported Wednesday. Only 15 percent of them were committed to operational deployments this year, compared to a 28 percent average for the rest of the era of the War on Terror. For 22 days this summer the Navy did not have a single aircraft carrier group underway anywhere in the world - the longest such gap in the entire 50 years studied.

Comment: A reduced US military presence can only be good for the planet.

The report says the Navy faces a significant challenge, as it needs to return its aircraft carrier force into good shape while preserving their global presence at a level that would not compromise US military dominance.

Comment: If one were to judge the state of a country by the successes its military's technological endeavours, then the US and UK are in terminal decline:

Meanwhile in Russia:

Highlights from Thursday's Ford/Kavanaugh dual testimony

RT
Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:23 UTC

Professor Christine Blasey Ford has given emotional testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee about her allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Ford was probed for more than four hours by senators and prosecutor Rachel Mitchell, an expert in investigating sex crimes who was selected by Republicans. The hearing was a rollercoaster of emotion, with Democrats taking every opportunity to praise Ford's courage in coming forward, while Mitchell delivered the tougher questioning, challenging her on a number of issues, including the circumstances surrounding her polygraph test and her fear of flying.

Comment: If you have 9 hours to spare, here's the full testimony:

And if you don't have 9 hours, here's Scott Adams's take:

Thank you, Mother Russia: For the first time in years another state is saying no to Israel

Gideon Levy
Haaretz
Thu, 27 Sep 2018 02:26 UTC

A ray of hope is breaking through: Someone is setting limits on Israel. For the first time in years another state is making it clear to Israel that there are restrictions to its power, that it's not okay for it to do whatever it wants, that it's not alone in the game, that America can't always cover for it and that there's a limit to the harm it can do.

Israel needed someone to set these limits like it needed oxygen. The recent years' hubris and geopolitical reality enabled it to run rampant. It could patrol Lebanon's skies as if they were its own; bombard in Syria's air space as if it were Gaza's air space; destroy Gaza periodically, put it under endless siege and continue, of course, to occupy the West Bank. Suddenly someone stood up and said: Stop right there. At least in Syria: That's the end of it. Thank you, Mother Russia, for setting limits on a child whom no one has restrained for a long time.

The Israeli stupefaction at the Russian response and the paralysis that gripped it only showed how much Israel needed a responsible adult to rein it in. Does anyone dare prevent Israel's freedom of movement in another country? Is anyone hindering it from flying in skies not its own? Is anyone keeping it from bombing as much as it pleases? For decades Israel hasn't encountered such a strange phenomenon. Israel Hayom reported, of course, that anti-Semitism is growing in Russia. Israel is getting ready to play the next victim card, but its arrogance has suddenly gone missing.

Comment: Judging by the malignant behavior of the Israeli power brokers, it won't be long before they, yet again, try the patience of the world community:

Also check out SOTT radio's: The Truth Perspective: Identity Politics on Steroids: How Zionism Outdoes Them All

Iran's PM blasts Netanyahu at UN: Israel is the only regime in Middle East with secret, nuclear weapons program

Sputnik
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:05 UTC

Tehran has dismissed Netanyahu's remarks, which he made during his speech at the UN General Assembly Thursday. In his speech, the Israeli prime minister claimed that Iran had a secret facility in Tehran, which it used to store large amounts of equipment and material for a secret nuclear weapons program.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has slammed Netanyahu's claims, calling them "an arts and crafts show."

"Israel is only regime in our region with a secret and undeclared nuclear weapons program - including an *actual atomic arsenal*," he wrote on Twitter.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has also commented on the allegations.

"The world will only laugh loudly at this type of false, meaningless and unnecessary speech," he said.

Comment: Netanyahu has WMDs. But instead of bombing Tel Aviv, as the U.S. did to Baghdad, they instead give more bombs to Tel Aviv, along with billions of dollars of welfare. Something is wrong with this picture. Why is the U.S. arming and supporting a terrorist state with illegal weapons of mass destruction? Maybe all their rhetoric about human rights and global security are bunk...

UK authorities identify third suspect in Salisbury nerve attack

Sputnik
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 07:12 UTC

The UK authorities identified the third suspect in the nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK city of Salisbury, Telegraph newspaper reported on Friday.

The UK Counter-Terrorism Police and security services believed that the third suspect was a Russian military intelligence officer who visited Salisbury for reconnaissance purposes before the poisoning, the Telegraph newspaper reported.

The authorities tracked the third suspect who is believed to have informed the attack perpetrators about the layout of the cul de sac where Skripal's house is located and the door that the Russian former intelligence officer used to enter his house, according to the newspaper.

The UK Metropolitan Police, which is in charge of the investigation into the Salisbury poisoning, had refused to comment on the issue, the publication added.

Comment: See also:

Paul Craig Roberts: Is Russia being betrayed by its own civilian advisors?

Paul Craig Roberts
paulcraigroberts.org
Tue, 25 Sep 2018 00:00 UTC

The Russian military refused to buy Putin's excuse for Israel's intentional murder of 15 Russian Air Force personnel. The Russian military knows precisely what happened and has not been hesitant to make completely clear Israel's total betrayal of the Russian government's naive and gullible trust in the criminal state of Israel.

One marvels at the foreign policy incompetence of Putin's civilian advisers. Apparently there is no Russian awareness that the ONLY REASON for Washington's fake "war on terror" is to clear out of the Middle East all governments with foreign policies independent of Washington, governments that are in the way of Israel's expansion. Israel is especially interested to annex southern Lebanon and wants the Hezbollah militia, which Israel has been unable to defeat, out of the way by using Washington to put Syria and Iran into the same chaos as Washington put Iraq and Libya. Once Syria and Iran are in chaos, there is no one left to supply Hezbollah, and Israel can again march into Lebanon.

Comment: Paul Craig Roberts is pulling his hair out. Unnecessarily. Of course Russia is sickened about losing its airmen, and of course many in the highest circles in Moscow understand that the US, Israel and other parties are completely untrustworthy. But the strategy behind Russia's extreme temperance, forbearance and patience accomplishes several things that seem to be lost on Roberts:

1. Russia is patient, and through this patience is showing the world that it is not the rash and irresponsible actor that half the Western media would like everyone to believe. And considering all the demonization that we're seeing, in some ways the great nation to the east has no choice. All eyes are on Russia.

2. Russia is playing the long game and though a dangerous one, they have few alternatives but to act responsibly - they can't give any reasons for the Anglo-Zionist cabal to attack it, or its allies, further. By doing so, Russia is also giving the world to see the geopolitical dynamics in their true light. Bit by ugly bit.

3. Russia is giving Israel and the US enough rope from which to hang itself. Russia's intelligence is formidable and confounding the parties who would like to see the Middle East - and most of the planet - under the heel of Anglo-Zionist cabal. In its arrogant and imperial zeal, the agents of chaos have revealed their hand and have made numerous mistakes. And will likely make many more that will put it in further untenable positions. From there Russia will be in an even better position to respond.

No Paul Craig Roberts, Russia's intelligence isn't low. And no, most of its governing body isn't betraying itself. Russia is simply operating on a level of wisdom and strategy few have ever seen in contemporary history, and with the stakes so high.

'A tobacco-free world': Global pact against illicit tobacco trade takes effect soon

France24
Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:22 UTC

A global pact to battle the illegal tobacco trade kicks in this week, with the World Health Organization hailing it as "game-changing" in eliminating widespread health-hazardous and criminal activity.

The treaty, which aims to create an international tracking and tracing system to halt the smuggling and counterfeiting of tobacco products, will take effect on Tuesday.

When the so-called Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products achieved the 40 ratifications needed for it to take effect last June, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted that it was a "historic day" and that the world had taken "a vital step towards a tobacco-free world".

And when the pact was first announced in November 2012, Tedros's predecessor Margaret Chan described it as "a game-changing treaty".

Comment: See also:

Trump says he learned about Idlib from supporter at recent rally - and takes credit for stopping offensive

John Irish
Reuters
Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:33 UTC

U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday he had never heard of the rebel-held Syrian region of Idlib under threat from Syrian government and Russian forces until a supporter brought it up at a recent rally about a month ago.

The United Nations says close to 3 million people live in the area, which also has thousands of Islamist fighters, and warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in the event of an offensive by government-backed forces that has been in the pipeline for several months.

A Russian-Turkish agreement last week staved off a threatened government attack by agreeing on the creation of a demilitarized zone between insurgent and government forces in the northwest.

Speaking at a news conference in New York, Trump took credit for convincing Russia, Iran and Syria to hold off on the attack after he warned them in a Sept. 4 Twitter post that they would be making a "grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy."

Comment: So there you have it folks. President Donald '4D-Chess' Trump knew nothing about Idlib, but once he found out, he just posted a tweet, asked his people to not let it happen, and voilà - the offensive was cancelled. But no one will give him credit for that - what an unfair world we live in!

No, the cancellation (or rather, postponement) of the Idlib offensive had nothing to do with Turkey and Russia coming to an agreement in Sochi; just as ISIS being defeated had nothing to do with Russia, Iran and Syria fighting the real war on terror; and peace in the Korean Peninsula had nothing to do with the efforts of presidents Moon Jae-In and Kim Jong-un. It was The Donald all along! He has a very, very large brain!

It's safe to say at this point in US politics that if a US president doesn't automatically accept the 'deep state' running things, then they are literally locked out of foreign policy. Trump's foreign policy tweets and statements like the above just show that he has accepted this deal. This explains why he sounds increasingly crazy on foreign affairs. He really does have no idea what's going on at specific fronts on the empire's 'frontier', and he couldn't care less.

So from now on, Trump is president of the United States, but not of US foreign policy, which he learns about after the fact like the rest of us.

Here is the full press conference that include the statements above (min 54):

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Puppet Masters

Sergei Skripal wasn't just a British spy - did work for 4 Western intel agencies

Australian Government Gives No Comment on Trump Campaign Spying Accusations

US aircraft carriers in worst shape in decades

Highlights from Thursday's Ford/Kavanaugh dual testimony

Thank you, Mother Russia: For the first time in years another state is saying no to Israel

Iran's PM blasts Netanyahu at UN: Israel is the only regime in Middle East with secret, nuclear weapons program

UK authorities identify third suspect in Salisbury nerve attack

Paul Craig Roberts: Is Russia being betrayed by its own civilian advisors?

'A tobacco-free world': Global pact against illicit tobacco trade takes effect soon

Trump says he learned about Idlib from supporter at recent rally - and takes credit for stopping offensive

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