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Hunting Russians abroad? US asking allies to arrest Russians who will then be extradited to the US, Moscow claims


RT
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:32 UTC
Viktor Bout
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FILE PHOTO. Journalist during the video link "Moscow - New York" on "The Case of Viktor Bout: the verdict. What's Next".
American jails now hold more Russians suspected and convicted of crimes than those of almost any other foreign country, as Washington pushes for them to be transferred there from third countries, Moscow officials have revealed.

Speaking to RIA Novosti on Monday, Grigory Lukyantsev, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Commissioner for Human Rights, said that more than 50 Russians have been detained by third countries at the request of American officials.

"In terms of persecution, a glaring example is this practice used by the US of actually hunting down our citizens abroad and arresting them in other nations on the orders of American law enforcement agencies who are attempting to bring them to justice in the US," Lukyantsev said. "Since 2008, more than 50 such cases have been known, and, unfortunately, the number of such cases continues to increase."

Comment: It appears the US is engaging in more desperate hybrid war tactics, and China hasn't been spared its game of 'hostage diplomacy' either: China court upholds death sentence against Canadian who tried to smuggle 225kg of methamphetamine

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Pepe Escobar: Blowback: The Taliban target US intel's shadow army

Pepe Escobar
The Cradle
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 19:29 UTC
Kabul

The Kabul Airport bombing shows there are shadowy forces in Afghanistan, willing to disrupt a peaceful transition after US troops leave. But what about US intel's own 'shadow army,' amassed over two decades of occupation? Who are they, and what is their agenda?
So we have the CIA Director William Burns deploying in haste to Kabul to solicit an audience with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar, the new potential ruler of a former satrapy. And he literally begs him to extend a deadline on the evacuation of US assets.

The answer is a resounding "no." After all, the 31 August deadline was established by Washington itself. Extending it would only mean the extension of an already defeated occupation.

The 'Mr. Burns goes to Kabul' caper is by now part of cemetery of empires folklore. The CIA does not confirm or deny Burns met Mullah Baradar; a Taliban spokesman, delightfully diversionist, said he was "not aware" of such a meeting.

Comment: Amidst its 'official' withdrawal, in just the last few days, the US has overseen two incidents that resulted in the murder of over a hundred Afghan civilians along with 13 US military personnel. Notably, that's more civilian death due to US actions in Kabul than has been attributed to the Taliban during their 'takeover' of the entire country: See also: And check out SOTT radio's:


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Major law firm confirms FDA deceived America with its confusing 'approval' of Pfizer vax; highlights religious belief rights

leohohmann
LeoHomann.com
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:18 UTC
Biden
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US President Joe Biden
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Aug. 23 it had granted full approval to the first Covid "vaccine" under the brand name Comirnaty, the mainstream media immediately ran with the narrative. Joe Biden jumped in front of a microphone and told businesses they needed to "step up" the mandating of vaccines for their employees. Dr. Anthony Fauci told national media outlets he expected a whole host of new "mandates" to be fueled by the "approval" of the Pfizer jab.

There's only one problem. The "approval" given by the FDA was not for the Pfizer jab currently available in the U.S. market.

The devil is always in the details. Some of us weren't fooled. See our article, which has over the past three days received nearly 150,000 reads: FDA 'playing bait and switch' with Americans, tricking them into believing shots currently being offered have been granted full approval when they have not.

But because we and a few others looked beneath the facade and checked the facts of what the FDA actually did and not what the media and Joe Biden's administration said it did, we took some heat. Even some of our own subscribers questioned whether maybe we got it wrong.

No, it was the corporate media who got the story wrong. And as a result, thousands of Americans no doubt capitulated and went ahead and rolled up theirs sleeves, thinking they had no other choice legally than to succumb to their employers' mandates.

Today, on Aug. 27, the Orlando, Florida-based Liberty Counsel, perhaps the most respected Christian legal firm in the nation, issued a press release that confirms our story.

Below is the release, published in full from Liberty Counsel.

Comment: Certainly the information that the current Pfizer vaccine was and still is unapproved has been out there. At least now there should be no doubt that the public has been side-swiped by massive coercion and programmed hysteria. Our 'mental and emotional herd immunity' apparently doesn't extend to bouts of paranoia foisted on an unsuspecting public primed for a specific reaction. Will the distinctions and legalities in this article make a difference? To those who believe vaccines are the way to go, likely not. To those who refuse...it is up to you.



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The mRNA vaccine's poisonous potions: Medical malpractice or 'slow motion genocide'?

Peter Koenig
Global Research
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC
World Health Org
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The British Medical Journal [BMJ] announces that the FDA is set to grant full approval to the Pfizer vaccine without public discussion of data:
"Transparency advocates have criticized the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision not to hold a formal advisory committee meeting to discuss Pfizer's application for full approval of its COVID-19 vaccine."
Bmj box
The original understanding was to hold a public discussion before approving the experimental mRNA gene therapy, falsely called vaccine, before that inoculation is fully approved as a vaccine.

The approval of the Pfizer mRNA poison is a perfect precedent for approving all other mRNA poisonous potions - thereby making the attempt at reduction of human life ("depopulation") on earth official - the eugenists have officially won the race. Although this was predictable, there was hope that counter-voices and real science, as expressed by hundreds and thousands of scientists, might prevail.

So far, this diabolical agenda is overwhelming. It is overrunning the entire UN system, all 193 UN member countries, and foremost the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN-unit which people hope and trust will defend their interests.

Wrong!

Comment: See also:

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Pace of US evacuation flights from Afghanistan slowing one day before Biden's deadline

Lucas Y. Tomlinson, Brooke Singman
Fox News
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC
US planes Kabul
© Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
USAF aircraft queue as part of the evacuation process in Kabul, Afghanistan
U.S. evacuation flights from Kabul are slowing, officials told Fox News Monday, just a day before President Biden's Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and complete the mission to evacuate American citizens and vulnerable Afghans from the country.

The flights, according to officials, are continuing, but at a reduced pace, ahead of Biden's deadline. Those officials, though, add that it is not accurate to say the U.S. evacuation flights "have ended."

The deadline for all U.S. troops and diplomats to be out of Afghanistan is 3:29 p.m. EST Tuesday - 11:59 p.m. local time in Kabul, U.S. defense officials told Fox News. It will mark the first time in nearly 20 years that no U.S. troops will be on the ground in Afghanistan.

According to the White House, on Sunday, a total of approximately 1,200 people were evacuated from Kabul. The White House said that evacuation was the result of 26 U.S. military flights, 26 C-17s, which carried approximately 1,200 evacuees, and two coalition flights, which carried 50 people.

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Sen. Graham: Biden should be impeached for 'dereliction of duty' on Afghanistan

Pam Key
Breitbart
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC
Graham
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Senator Lindsey Graham
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation called for President Joe Biden's impeachment for the chaos of U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Partial transcript as follows:

ED O'KEEFE: Sure. In your view, what kind of consequences should the president face for the decisions he made on Afghanistan?

GRAHAM: Well, did he get good advice and turn it down? Did he get bad advice and take it? What the hell happened? Whose decision was it to pull all the troops out? Was it good advice, ignored? I just don't know. I think he should be- be facing a lot of consequences here, because the one thing he wanted to do, and he's a decent man, it's not about him being a decent man, is he wanted to end the war in Afghanistan and make sure we didn't have to deal with it in the future. He's done the exact opposite. General Biden's fingerprints are all over this. He's created the conditions for ISIS to flourish in Afghanistan. They've doubled the number of troops available because of the jailbreak. A terrorist organization called the Taliban is now in charge of the country. The likelihood of an attack on our homeland is through the roof. It was medium a month ago. It's got to be high as hell right now.


Comment: As soon as Biden is no longer a useful idiot he will exit stage left, escorted.

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Arrow Down

Biden repeatedly implies he's not in charge of when, where he can take questions from the press

Brian Flood
Fox News
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC
Biden
© Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
US President Joe Biden
President Joe Biden has repeatedly implied that his handlers set the rules and determine when and where he's allowed to take questions from the press, leading observers to ponder who is actually calling the shots behind the scenes.

The trend began with Biden's first formal White House press conference as president in January. Following his remarks about his "Made in America" manufacturing initiative, a member of Biden's staff was heard calling on specific reporters to ask their questions to the president, something that was similarly done during the 2020 presidential election and the transition period. However, the president has since escalated the practice and Biden has repeatedly suggested he's not in the driver's seat when it comes to handling the press.

"I'm not supposed to take any questions"

Biden declared Sunday he wasn't "supposed to take any questions" during a visit to the National Response Coordination Center at FEMA headquarters as Hurricane Ida slammed Louisiana. "I'm not supposed to take any questions, but go ahead," Biden said to a reporter before quickly changing his mind when he was asked about Afghanistan.

"I'm not gonna answer Afghanistan now," he said before turning his back to the press and walking away.

Comment: Biden's strong suit is taking the questions; not answering them.

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Palestinian president and Israeli defense minister discuss security issues in a rare meeting


Sputnik
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 02:43 UTC
Abbas
© Reuters/Pool
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the security situation in the West Bank and Gaza, the Israeli Defense Ministry informs.

Gantz also told Abbas on Sunday that Israel intends to take measures to strengthen the Palestinian economy, the defense ministry said.

The meeting came just amid the continued unrest on the border of the Gaza Strip, where fires have been set and clashes have occurred between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers. On Saturday, a Palestinian teenager who was severely injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers on August 21 died, and another Palestinian critically wounded passed away on Thursday, health authorities confirmed.

Comment: The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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UN atomic watchdog says North Korea appears to have restarted nuclear reactor


The Guardian
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 21:20 UTC
N Korea atomic site
© AP
North Korea's main atomic complex in Yongbyon
North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the UN atomic watchdog has said in an annual report.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has had no access to North Korea since Pyongyang expelled its inspectors in 2009. The country then pressed ahead with its nuclear weapons programme and soon resumed nuclear testing. Its last nuclear test was in 2017.

The IAEA now monitors North Korea from afar, largely through satellite imagery.
"There were no indications of reactor operation from early December 2018 to the beginning of July 2021. However, since early July 2021, there have been indications, including the discharge of cooling water, consistent with the operation of the reactor."
IAEA reported on the 5-megawatt reactor at Yongbyon, a nuclear complex at the heart of North Korea's nuclear programme.
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Better Earth

Hungary, Russia agree on long-term gas deal - reports


Sputnik
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:46 UTC
nord stream pipe
© AFP 2021 / JOHN RANDERIS HANSEN
Hungary and Russia have agreed on a long-term gas deal, Bloomberg reported on 30 August, citing Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.

Szijjarto and Gazprom Head Alexey Miller discussed gas deliveries to Hungary during a meeting in Saint Petersburg on 30 August.

The Hungarian minister said that Budapest will purchase 4.5 billion cubic metres (158 billion cubic feet) of gas annually, including 3.5 billion via Serbia and one billion via Austria, according to Bloomberg. Supplies under the new contract will begin on 1 October. Szijjarto also said that the contract will be signed in late September.

Comment: Hungary and Russia have quite a few conservative views in common that have drawn ire from the West, but with Hungary being part of the EU it is more vulnerable to the pressure to conform, however it's likely that a significant energy deal with Russia will make it a little more difficult for the establishment to exert that pressure:

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