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Vials of smallpox vials found in unsecured lab near Washington, DC - FBI investigating


RT
Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:17 UTC
smallpox
© Reuters / Edward Echwalu
The FBI is investigating several vials of smallpox that were found in an unused laboratory storage room on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has taken the vials for testing.

Only July 1, employees found the box of vials when they were cleaning out the storage room in preparation to move the lab, which has been operated by the Food and Drug Administration since 1972, over to the FDA's main campus in nearby Silver Spring.

The six freeze-dried vials were labeled as containing variola, which the CDC says is "the severe and most common form of smallpox." Another 10 vials were also found, but the labels on them were unclear as to what they contained, Dr. Steven Monroe, who directs the CDC's division of high consequence pathogens and pathology, told ABC News.

No one knows how long the smallpox has been in the storage area, which is kept at 5 degrees Celsius. But the boxes they were stored in may date back to the 1950s, CDC spokesman Tom Skinner said.

On Monday, the CDC arrived at the NIH campus to remove the specimens to their high-containment facility in Atlanta, where overnight testing in the Biosafety Level-4 (BSL-4) Lab confirmed the presence of smallpox. The Georgia-based agency is currently performing additional testing to discover whether the materials inside the vials are viable. This testing could take up to two weeks, the CDC said in a statement.

Comment: Mysterious smallpox vials, missing chemical weapons in Iraq... Is something in the works? Remember this:

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Popcorn

Surprise! New jihadist group takes credit for Israeli teens' killings

Elhanan Miller
Times of Israel
Thu, 03 Jul 2014 17:06 UTC
ISIL
© photo credit: AP
Demonstrators chant in support of al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as they wave al-Qaeda flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul.
A new Palestinian jihadist group pledging allegiance to the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIL) has claimed responsibility for the killing of three Israeli teenagers last month in the West Bank, as well as other recent deadly attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians.

In a statement posted on jihadi websites Tuesday, the Supporters of the Islamic State in Bayt al-Maqdis said it was behind the capture and killing of "the three soldiers" in Hebron (actually, it was in the nearby Etzion bloc), sniper attacks in Hebron and Tarqumia, and missile launches from Gaza into Israel a month and a half ago.

The actions were carried out in honor of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed "caliph" of the Islamic State, the reincarnation of the Islamic State in Syria and the Levant (ISIL) declared last month, the statement said.

Comment: This is beyond ridiculous propaganda, and is good for nothing except to encourage the paranoia and confusion of the population.

First, let's put things in perspective and consider that in the age of the Internet anyone can claim any crime after the fact, create an imaginary army of jihadists and give it any name they want. Indeed, ever since the attacks of 9-11, 'previously unknown' terrorist groups are a dime a dozen, popping up across the world and usually claiming some sort of obscure affiliation to 'al Qaeda'. The only difference with this one is that 'al Qaeda' is sooo last year, so the affiliation is with the brand new bad kid in the neighbourhood: ISIS.

Second, if Hamas has denied they were behind the murder of the three Israeli teenagers, and even the Israeli media give more credit to the supposed ISIS franchise in Palestine, then why is the Israeli government insisting on blaming Hamas without any evidence whatsoever? Well, the answer to that question is pretty obvious. Just read the latest news.

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Beaker

ISIS gains control of Iraqi chemical weapons depot


RT
Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:53 UTC
chemical weapons
© AFP
Undated file picture shows Chemical 500-pound aerial bombs filled with chemical warfare agents awaiting destruction by UNSCOM inspectors in charge of disarming Iraq at Muthanna south east of Iraq.
The Iraqi government has informed the United Nations that it has lost control of a former chemical weapons depot to Islamist insurgents affiliated with ISIS, or IS, and cannot carry out its obligations to destroy what's stored in the compound.

In a letter penned by Iraq's UN Ambassador Mohamed Ali Alhakim, it was revealed that "armed terrorist groups" took over the Muthanna complex on June 11. Located north of Baghdad, the facility was the main center for chemical weapons production prior to the 1991 Gulf War, and is still home to 2,500 rockets containing the lethal nerve agent sarin.

According to the Associated Press, the compound is now in the hands of the Islamic State extremist group, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). In the letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Alhakim said that Iraqi officials witnessed the intruders looting some of the equipment before the surveillance system was taken offline.

As RT reported previously, ISIS' rapid gains through northern and western Iraq - the militants also control portions of Syria - have led it to shed part of its name and declare the territory under its control to be a new Islamic state, or caliphate. The group is primarily composed of radical Sunni Muslims, and has won support among those in Iraq disgruntled with the exclusive nature of Iraq's Shia-dominated central government.

Comment: 'Missing' or 'stolen' chemical weapons? Sounds like a false flag in the making, perhaps a pandemic to be blamed on evil terrorists?

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Eye 1

U.S. military has spent millions researching how to manipulate people through social media

Ben Quinn and James Ball
The Guardian
Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:49 UTC
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© Stan Honda/AFP/Getty
Darpa defended the funding, including to study activists on social networks and Lady Gaga's influence, as essential to US interests.
- Defense Department spent millions to research social networks
- Studies focused on Occupy and Middle East protests
- Projects also analysed memes, celebrities and disinformation
The activities of users of Twitter and other social media services were recorded and analysed as part of a major project funded by the US military, in a program that covers ground similar to Facebook's controversial experiment into how to control emotions by manipulating news feeds.

Research funded directly or indirectly by the US Department of Defense's military research department, known as Darpa, has involved users of some of the internet's largest destinations, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Kickstarter, for studies of social connections and how messages spread.

While some elements of the multi-million dollar project might raise a wry smile - research has included analysis of the tweets of celebrities such as Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, in an attempt to understand influence on Twitter - others have resulted in the buildup of massive datasets of tweets and additional types social media posts.

Several of the DoD-funded studies went further than merely monitoring what users were communicating on their own, instead messaging unwitting participants in order to track and study how they responded.
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Nuke

Russia will have radar-evading nukes by 2016 (officially, that is)


Defense One
Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:36 UTC
russian missile
© Dmitry Lovetsky/AP
A 'Tochka' missile launch travels during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade on May 5, 2014.
Russia on Friday said it plans to finish modernizing its nuclear-capable missile forces within several years, ITAR-Tass reports.

"By 2016, the share of new missile systems will reach nearly 60 percent, and by 2021 their share will increase to 98 percent," said Col. Igor Yegorov, a defense ministry spokesman for Russia's Strategic Missile Forces. The project would replace Russia's active-duty, nuclear-ready missiles left over from the Cold War.

Yegorov said the upgrades would include systems designed to circumvent missile-defense technology employed by other countries, as well as improvements to their "troop- and weapon-command systems [and] combat equipment."

The spokesman added that Russia is moving this year to deliver RS-24 Yars strategic missiles to the country's Novosibirsk, Tagil and Kozelsk missile units.

"At this stage, operations for their acceptance and commissioning are underway," Yegorov told ITAR-Tass in an interview.

"The work for the creation of new infrastructure of positioning areas of missile regiments continues, it will ensure better conditions for the use of armaments and training of the alert forces," he added.

Comment: In other words, they probably already have such capabilities. Russia's subtle way of saying, "Don't even try it."

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Bulb

Russian Foreign Minister wants Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia to join Syrian reconciliation effort


RIA Novosti
Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:31 UTC
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© RIA Novosti / Vladimir Trefilov
Moscow has reiterated its proposal to engage Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia and other states in the Syrian reconciliation effort, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said in an interview with RIA Novosti Monday.

Bogdanov said "an idea to create a parallel track" to the Geneva talks has been voiced in order to boost the negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition groups.

"It is an auxiliary course [of negotiations], not an alternative [to the Geneva reconciliation process]. In the past, we discussed engaging countries that might have a positive influence on Syrians: [take] Russia and the United States, as the co-initiators of the Geneva-2 talks, add Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, maybe Qatar, and bring in the United Nations. We still suggest discussing this idea," the Russian diplomat said.

Bogdanov said Russia is ready to discuss other similar proposals.
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Eye 2

Israeli Economy Minister: 'I've killed lots of Arabs in my life and there's no problem with that'


Huffington Post
Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:53 UTC
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Illustration of psychopathic Israeli politician Naftali Bennett
As Middle East peace talks are set to resume after a five-year freeze, 972 Magazine reports a member of Israel's cabinet has declared his backing for simply killing Palestinian prisoners, rather than bringing them to trial.

On Sunday, Israel announced it would release 104 Palestinian prisoners, a key caveat in the John Kerry-brokered plan to renew peace talks.

But according to the 972 report, Israel's minister of Industry, Trade and Labor and Jewish Home Party leader Naftali Bennett could not have disagreed more, proposing during Sunday's cabinet meeting a swifter, but illegal way to deal with prisoners.

"If you catch terrorists, you have to simply kill them," Bennett allegedly said, according to a report in the Hebrew-language print edition of Yedioth Ahronoth.

Israeli National Security Adviser Ya'akov Amidror allegedly responded by saying that such a practice was illegal. Bennett then reportedly declared, "I've killed lots of Arabs in my life - and there's no problem with that."

A former IDF officer, the right-wing Bennett briefly joined protesters against the decision to release prisoners before attending Sunday's cabinet meeting. According to The Jewish Press, prior to Sunday's vote, Bennett said, "Terrorists should be killed, not released."

Peace talks are slated to begin in Washington on Monday, though both sides remain skeptical about the commitment to resolving the decades-long stalemate.

Comment: Here Bennett is simply revealing the prevailing mindset that all Israeli politicians hold - that Palestinian lives are less important than theirs.

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MIB

'Second CIA spy in Germany' in a week': Berlin raids Ministry of Defense


RT
Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:38 UTC
CIA spy in Germany
© Reuters/Tobias Schwarz
CIA spy in Germany
German authorities have carried out a raid on the residence of a defense ministry official suspected of passing secrets to the US, just one week after the arrest of a German intelligence officer who worked as a double agent.

Officials from the Federal Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday that residential and office premises of the staff of the Federal Ministry of Defense in Berlin were searched on "initial suspicion of activity for an intelligence agency."

According to the German newspaper Die Welt, a soldier of the Bundeswehr is suspected of committing espionage. The individual was said to have made "intensive contacts" with alleged US intelligence officials and was under the surveillance of the Military Intelligence (MAD) some time ago.

"When sufficient evidence existed, the case was handed over to the federal prosecutor," security sources told the paper.

The news comes just one week after a 31-year-old German intelligence official was arrested on suspicion of spying for a "foreign power" since 2012. German media reported the double agent, who has not been identified, worked on behalf of the CIA..
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Attention

The U.K. political pedophile ring scandal is just the tip of the iceberg - The full story is much more disturbing


SCG News
Tue, 08 Jul 2014 13:53 UTC
Saville
© SCG News
Numerous high ranking British politicians are being investigated for their involvement in an extensive pedophile ring, however the full scope of this scandal can't be fully appreciated without looking at the other side of the Atlantic

It wasn't that long ago that those who claimed that there was a massive pedophile ring involving officials in the highest levels of government were written off as conspiracy theorists and kooks. That is no longer the case, at least in the U.K. It turns out that this so called conspiracy theory was true, and is finally being officially investigated. The coverup isn't going well at this point. The British government is even coming under heat for the convenient disappearance of key files regarding the allegations. At least forty British MPs are implicated, but this is really just the tip of the iceberg.

The scandal, which initially centered around rape and child abuse accusations against the well connected BBC presenter (and knight) Jimmy Savile (who died in 2011) expanded in scope after victims testified that the abuse involved an organized pedophile ring which was operated out of the BBC. This organized pedophile ring apparently involved at least 40 British MPs. Another aspect of this scandal involves a close friend of Savile, former British MP Cyril Smith (also a knight). Police claim to have "overwhelming" evidence that Cyril physically abused young boys in the 1960s. It's worth noting that Savile wasn't just well connected, he was known to rub shoulders with the royal family itself.

Whether those involved actually get brought to justice or not is another story altogether. It's too late to bring down Jimmy Savile and Cyril Smith. They're both dead already. The question now, is whether the rest of the ring will be prosecuted. This is a scandal that has been successfully suppressed for decades in spite of testimony from numerous victims. Indeed the BBC fired the reporter who first attempted to expose the abuse in 2012. Once you look at the profile of those involved it's easy to see why. This time however, the internet seems to be making it a bit harder to sweep under the rug.
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War Whore

Ukrainian puppet-master to use science funding for weapons production


RT.com
Wed, 09 Jul 2014 02:25 UTC
Poroshenko
© Reuters / Gleb Garanich)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, near the town of Slaviansk, July 8, 2014
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he will reduce the country's "useless" science programs to finance the production of drones and precision weapons.

"There will be no more spending of billions of people's money, taxpayers' money on useless research programs, which were used as a tool for theft," said a statement published on the president's website early on Wednesday.

"Today, Ukrainian production will be busy making precision weapons systems, Ukrainian drones, everything Ukrainian army needs, starting with bullet proof vests and ending with thermographic cameras," he said.

The president added that the army's experience in fighting against self-defense forces in the east of the country will be used when making production decisions.

Comment: So instead of using science funding for research that could actually assist humanity, this psychopath wants to use those funds to eradicate humanity. This is actually not surprising since he is a puppet of the US which has been using corrupted science for just that purpose for decades. Any scientist of conscience should boycott the Ukraine!

The Corruption of Science in America

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