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During the early 1950s War on Korea the U.S. used biological weapons against North Korea and China. Bombs designed to spread leaflets were filled with plague infested rats and dropped on Korean towns. Various infecting insects were released. Leaflets were…

ABC News: Trump plays global dealmaker with Israel and two Arab countries In a historic signing ceremony hosted by President Donald Trump at the White House, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Tuesday became the third and fourth Arab…

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Every few days U.S. ‘intelligence’ and ‘officials’ produce fake claims about this or that ‘hostile’ country. U.S. media continue to reproduce those claims even ife the bare any logic and do not make any sense. On June 27 the New…

Last week’s posts at Moon of Alabama: September 7 – U.S. War On Journalism – Assange Fights Extradition In British Court Related: Kevin Gosztola and Craig Murray provide daily reports about the case: The Julian Assange Case – Shadow Proof…

International election observer missions are supposed to watch that the individual legal voting rules of a country are followed. They are expected to report any irregularities they detect. Unfortunately there are now attempts to pervert their purpose. The active withholding…

The price for the worst tweet of the year goes to Paul Krugman. bigger In the real world the U.S. reacted to 9/11 by doing extremely bad and ridiculous things as well as this: In the days, weeks, and months…

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On September 9 2001 two suicide bombers killed Ahmad Shah Massoud, the leader of the anti-Taliban Northern Resistance in Afghanistan. Massoud’s intelligence chief at that time was the CIA trained Amrullah Saleh. After the NATO invasion of Afghanistan Saleh became…

A Biden presidency will be another disappointment for the progressives who support the Democrats campaign. The Washington Post is lauding Joe Biden’s ‘flexibility’ on policy issues: When Joe Biden released economic recommendations two months ago, they included a few ideas…

Today the London show trial over the extradition of Wikileaks editor Julian Assange to the U.S. has begun. U.S. prosecutors claim that Assange’s publishing of evidence of U.S. war crimes has violated the U.S. Espionage Act. Why an Australian publisher…

Last week’s posts at Moon of Alabama: August 31 – Montenegro – Tiny Nation Vote Upsets Anti-Russian Front Related: Montenegro Opposition’s reversible triumph – Eric Voegelin / The Saker September 1 – Election 2020 – The Color Revolutions Are Coming…

In 2016 the Democrats lost the election despite their constant attacks on Donald Trump’s personality. Over the last four years they continued those attacks with Russiagate and impeachment nonsense. Trump turned each of the attacks into a win for himself….

The Hill writes (emphasis added): Russian media and other groups are intentionally “amplifying” concerns around mail-in voting in order to undermine the 2020 U.S. elections, a report compiled by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) made public Thursday found. ……

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Yawn! was my first reaction when I read this. Couldn’t they come up with a more believable fairy tale? The German government says tests performed on samples taken from Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny showed the presence of the Soviet-era…

Yesterday the presidential candidate for the Democratic Party Joe Biden was allowed to leave his basement for a “campaign event” in Pittsburgh. bigger Here is one of the curious things he said (vid): “Covid has taken this year, just since…

by Debs is Dead adapted from a comment I dunno if the barcalounger lefties, who appear to be driven by whatever issue/subject/Thing, that all corporate media is currently venting about in unison, have noticed, but this weekend’s (just past) poll…

Last week’s posts at Moon of Alabama: August 25 – The Back And Forth About Navalny’s ‘Poisoning’:br>Related: Third statement by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin: Alexei Navalny in stable condition – Charité > There has been some improvement in the symptoms…

The Associated Press says that the Trump administration’s achieved another great foreign policy victory. UN council approves cut in Lebanon peacekeepers as US sought Paragraph 1 and 2 of 24: The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday cutting…

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The Civil War of 2020 continues apace. 2020 bigger After three months of continuous clashes in Portland between Antifa rioters, who hide behind peaceful protests, and the police, the mayor is finally concerned about the damage: Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler…

On August 15 we explained why the color revolution in Belarus would fail. Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko had offered President Vladimir Putin of Russia to finally implement the long delayed Union State that will unite Belarus with Russia. In exchange…

The case of the alleged ‘poisoning’ of the Russian rabble rouser Alexey Navalny is becoming more curious. Navalny fell ill on August 20 during a flight from Tomsk in Siberia to Moscow. The plane made an emergency landing in Omsk…

Last week’s posts at Moon of Alabama: August 18 – The End Of The Hariri Trial Related: The Beirut That Was – The explosion was only the latest tragedy in the city’s long decline – Helena Cobban / Boston Review…

On Thursday morning the Russian rightwing and racist rabble rouser Alexey Navalny fell ill during a flight from Tomsk in Siberia to Moscow. He eventually went into a coma. The plane had to be rerouted for an emergency stop in…

Yesterday U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attempted to trigger the ‘snapback’ of UN sanctions against Iran. He failed. The snapback option is part of the Dispute Resolution Mechanism that is laid out in article 36 and 37 of the…

It is likely that U.S. President Donald Trump will soon says that he hardly knew his former campaign manager and senior advisor Steve Bannon and that he had always suspected that Bannon was a crook. Today the U.S. Attorney’s Office…

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Satire: The Onion @TheOnion – 19:55 UTC · Aug 18, 2020 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Upgraded To Full DNC Speaking Slot After Announcing Support For Iraq War https://bit.ly/2Y9Kw19 — Democrats: Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1 – 23:20 UTC · Aug 18, 2020 Breaking on…

Today the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which was set up to investigate the 2005 assassination of billionaire and former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafik Hariri, is giving its final judgment: Judges at a U.N.-backed tribunal said Tuesday there was no…

Last week’s posts at Moon of Alabama: August 10 – Belarus, Pulling Bridges, MI6 And Russiagate Related: Are bread riots coming to America?- The Week August 11 – Syria – Trump’s ‘Keep The Oil’ Occupation Runs Into Trouble August 12…

The color revolution attempt in Belarus, which we predicted in June, evolved over the last week. But today’s events tell us that it will soon be over. While President Alexander Lukashenko claimed to have won 80% of the votes during…

Can anyone explain to me why Joe Biden selected Kamala Harris as running mate? I find nothing that makes her an attractive candidate: We just had a summer during which Democrats applauded to Black Live Matters and cheered anti-police riots….

U.S. President Donald Trump just announced that the United Arab Emirates and Israel “agreed to full normalization” of their relations and that they will “establish reciprocal embassies”. In exchange Israel will “suspend declaring sovereignty” over parts of the West Bank…

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After President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate had gained an approval from its regulator, ‘western’ media went into a anti-Russian frenzy to sow dear and doubt about it. Russia coronavirus vaccine approved, Vladimir Putin says. But questions…

Turkey’s occupation of some areas in north Iraq is in trouble as is the U.S. occupation of northeast Syria. Turkey has for some time taken positions inside north Iraq to prevent Kurdish PKK fighters from infiltrating into Turkey. It also…

When the summer gets too hot German schools release their students early. It is called hitzefrei. It is 33° centigrade (90°F) here today. That may not seem hot for many of you but consider that hardly anyone here has air-conditioners….

Last week’s posts at Moon of Alabama: August 3 – Trump Presses Microsoft, TikTok Into A Deal That Neither Wants – Who Profits From It? Related: Announcing the Expansion of the Clean Network to Safeguard America’s Assets – State Department…

Yesterday the mislabeled U.S. ‘Intelligence’ Agencies trotted out more nonsense claims about foreign interferences in U.S. elections. The New York Times sensationally headlines: Russia Continues Interfering in Election to Try to Help Trump, U.S. Intelligence Says But a new assessment…

In mid June we reported that the U.S. is preparing a ‘color revolution’ in Belarus. A sub-part of that operation has been revealed today. It was designed to denigrate Russia in the eyes of the Belorussian population and its president….

On August 6 1945, seventy five years ago, the U.S. military dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. A few days later another one obliterated Nagasaki. The question of why the United States did use the nuclear bombs has more than…

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Yesterday 2.750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, exploded. The blast killed more than 100 people and wounded more than 4,000. Many buildings in Beirut were severely damaged. The pressure wave broke…

At about 15:00 UTC today a large explosion happened in the port of Beirut, Lebanon. It was followed by a fire and crackling sound that may have come from multiple secondary explosions: vid Some 5 minutes after the first explosion…

The British news agency Reuters is again distributing false claims about ‘Russian hacking’: Exclusive: Papers leaked before UK election in suspected Russian operation were hacked from ex-trade minister – sources Classified U.S.-UK trade documents leaked ahead of Britain’s 2019 election…

The Trump administration is working to dispossess the Chinese company ByteDance by blackmailing it to sell its valuable TikTok business to a U.S. company for a bargain price. This to the benefit of yet unknown people. False allegation over the…

Last week’s posts at Moon of Alabama: July 27 – A Significant Decline Is Coming For The U.S. – by Passer by Related: July 28 – The Epidemic And Hizbullah Add To Netanyahoo’s Problems Related: Netanyahoo called up the thugs…

In 2017 the Chinese company ByteDance bought the Shanghai-based video app Musical.ly in a $1 billion deal and relaunched under the name TikTok. The app allows its users to create and share short videos with special effects. It was a…