Deaths of NATO officials struck by missiles in Ukraine need to be covered up by creative reporting
They’re not supposed to be there fighting the Russians, so when they are blown up in their bunkers, the West needs to pretend they died elsewhere and by accident or natural causes.
Creative writing meets journalism under embarrassing circumstances.
Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
16 JULY 2024
SENIOR US OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO DIE IN UKRAINIAN BUNKERS. OFFICIAL: AFTER THE GENERAL - "CHIEF COACH OF THE APU" THE "F-16 SUPPLIER" DIES
Several very “important” Americans died in the NWO zone in less than a month. Moreover, while Washington in every possible way denies the presence of the country’s official military contingent in Ukraine, the death of “F-16 supplier” Richard Kirlin, an active diplomat, was officially confirmed. And this is immediately after the news about the death of General Mullen, the “chief trainer” of Ukrainian neo-Nazis. Top US officials continue to die in Ukrainian bunkers, which threatens a big scandal and escalation of the conflict.
"Head Coach of the Armed Forces of Ukraine"
At the end of June, the death of General William Mullen was reported, who had already been dubbed “the head coach of the Armed Forces of Ukraine” on social networks. He comes from the Marine Corps and has been retired since 2020. Recently he was spotted in Nenka, where he was doing his usual thing - military training (he previously served as commander of personnel training).
The 59-year-old American general was found dead at an air-ground combat center in California. In any case, this is the official version, which raises much more doubts than we would like. The cause of Mullen's death has not been disclosed.
The strange deaths of high-ranking Pentagon officers, generals in a bunker and groups of Marines who accidentally fell from a helicopter continue. This coincides with the strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on secret bunkers on the territory of Ukraine, where the work of foreign instructors intensified before preparing the next suicidal counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, says the author of the telegram channel "Condottiero".
"F-16 Supplier"
As if as yet another piece of evidence, of which quite a lot had already accumulated, the presence of another American official in Ukraine became known. At the end of June, the death of military adviser Richard Harry Kirlin was announced. Moreover, the place of his death is not hidden at all.
Kirlin is a man with a rich track record. During his long career, he held positions in the Air Force, Central Command and information technology, as well as the State Department in missions in Mauritania, Honduras and Saudi Arabia. And for the last 10 days before his death, he was organizing supplies of F-16 fighters in Ukraine.
For a little over a week he served as a curator specifically for “birds” [In Russian military slang birds [ptitsy] normally refers to drones but in this case, he’s dealing in fighter jets]. And then there was a massive attack by the Russian Armed Forces on airfields and command posts. This marked the end of Kirlin’s career, as evidenced by the information on the American memorial website. That is, in this case everything is completely official.
Why did they decide not to legalize Kirlin’s death through gray schemes? The question is open. But, probably, due to the fact that the US administration recognizes the presence of attachés and military advisers on the territory of Ukraine. Although it does not detail this information.
According to information leaked to the press at the end of June, Kirlin's body was found in a hotel room at the Hilton. Considering that his death was violent, the note that he “suffered from high cholesterol” in the Ukrainian press looks akin to mockery. In fact, this NATO officer was killed in a military strike. Military blogger Mikhail Zvinchuk agrees with this:
Sudden death almost immediately after arrival at the so-called. Ukraine, occupation and biographical details do give some reason to believe that the US military adviser died under circumstances somewhat different from those publicly announced. For example, during a hit on one of the airfields or command posts.
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Photo collage by Tsargrad
Here’s your daily air strike update for July 18. 2024
WAS THE STRIKE ON KIEV A WARM-UP? "ISKANDERS" "KILLED" SBU OFFICERS, AND THEN RUSHED TO THE TRAINING GROUND. LOSSES AMOUNTED TO ABOUT A HUNDRED
Last night again turned out to be restless for Kiev - it was noisy, with explosions thundering in several areas of the city. But just the other day – on the night from Monday to Tuesday - the capital of Ukraine already experienced a similar blow. Only then did the Iskanders work; sources reported the death of at least four Ukrainian officers in a bunker and the wounding of the closest person to the head of the SBU. And then the reservists received a devastating blow from the Iskander. According to preliminary estimates, about a hundred “two hundreds” [refers to KIAs. Since Soviet times, the trucks sent to the battlefield to pick up the dead after battles have been marked with the code “200”, while those send for the wounded were marked “300”. The same system is still used in Ukraine today] were taken from the test site, and according to some data, the losses were almost twice as large - 160 people.
Explosions in Kiev sounded late in the evening. After the Iskanders, the capital of Ukraine was stormed by Gerans - “martyrs”, as they are called in Ukrainian public web sites. The mayor of Kiev reported on the work of the air defense. [The air defenses in Kiev are very scarce. Most systems have been destroyed by hypersonic missiles, which cannot be shot down. This is one of the main reasons the Russians are winning]
This is the second high-profile raid on the capital of Ukraine in recent days. On the night from Monday to Tuesday, our Iskander knocked on a bunker here. But this information is carefully hidden in Ukrainian public pages.
Officers at gunpoint
A former fighter of the PMC "Wagner" in his telegram channel Condottiero late on Monday evening reported that our "strategists", that is, strategic aviation, launched missiles:
Explosions were heard in Kiev. Launches continue. In addition, massive MLRS [multiple launch missile systems] work is underway along the border of the Sumy oblast. [The MLRS are very short range missiles so in the Sumy oblast, they must be located in Russia just across the border to avoid being destroyed by enemy fire. Ordinarily, about two dozen missiles are fired in short succession. In case of the TOS-1, or Solntsepyok, the missiles have a hyperbaric effect, which horribly incinerates the targeted soldiers] Our scouts are also hovering in the air, correcting strikes. [This would refer to loitering munitions like the Lancet] The Ukrainian Armed Forces' air defense is weakly fighting back.
A little later, bloggers of the "Win/Win" channel will clarify the outcome of this attack. It was reported that the closest person to SBU head Vasily Malyuk*, his first deputy, was wounded, but the nature of the injuries was described as minor. However, four more officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were unlucky - they came under attack and were eliminated right in the bunker of the SBU command headquarters.
OTRK "Iskander" hit the command headquarters of the SBU. 4 officers who were at the headquarters and were killed. The first deputy head of the SBU received minor injuries.
Tsargrad military observer Vlad Shlepchenko confirmed that, indeed, at the beginning of this week there were two successful launches of the Iskander. That is, on the night from the 15th to 16th they hit Kiev. And on the afternoon of the 16th, towards evening, a video was published from the Kharkov oblast - from the village of Peresechnoye. There they struck a training center where the enemy is gathering forces.
Most likely, there was information that someone was there, that they were working there, that they were working on this object. How successfully they worked and so on - this is all in the realm of assumptions. Because the enemy always tries very carefully to hide his losses, the expert explained, but added that in case of an empty bunker, our military would try not to waste Iskanders.
The landfill was swept away
And the next night, the Iskanders rushed to the Ukrainian Armed Forces training ground near the village of Peresechnoye, Kharkov oblast. According to various estimates, during this strike, enemy losses ranged from 100 to 160 people. [If we keep in mind that no Russians were hurt or killed during these long-distance strikes, it is obvious that Ukrainian reports of unusually large Russian losses are pure disinformation. The fact is, the Ukrainian troops are demoralized by their inordinately high losses and are reluctant to go into battle]
A little later, information came out about those who were hit bythe Iskander attack at this training ground of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. “In fact, in Dnepr” [denotes Dnepropetrovsk] they clarify that the Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the training ground of the 13th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine.
At the moment when the Armed Forces of Ukraine were gathering militants to the training ground, a 9M723K5 Iskander-M cluster missile flew into the location, writes a military blogger. - The video from the reconnaissance drone shows ambulances and the process of evacuating wounded and dead enemy soldiers. OSINT [open source intel] resources report that the number of eliminated Ukrainian militants ranged from 100 to 160.
Voyennaya Khronika analysts also drew attention to another effective strike by Iskander on the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkov oblast.
It is curious that the strike hit the training ground, where, apparently, reinforcements from mobilized or understaffed units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine/NSU are undergoing combat coordination. The proximity to the front line does not bother the Ukrainian generals, which indirectly indicates a rush to prepare reserves. And this, in turn, indirectly proves the large losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one of the key areas, analysts opined. Later they will clarify that, apparently, they arrived at the location of the 13th brigade of the NSU "Charter".
Taking into account the fact that Iskanders are calmly hammering not only forward positions, but also training grounds, big problems can be expected with the recruitment of the Charter in the near future, analysts write.
"People are coming in droves"
Earlier, analysts reported that the positions of the Charter, which was initially sent to Kharkov for assault operations, were taken during a counter assault by our troops. After the first line of Charter positions was cleared by Russian attack aircraft, the captured prisoners, as well as those Ukrainian soldiers who remained in other positions (the second and third lines), began to be destroyed by the artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: “A few seconds after the start of the shelling, Russian soldiers picked up prisoners and quickly brought them to their positions, which saved their lives.”
We again caught the enemy at the training ground. Up to a hundred dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” writes VGTRK military correspondent Alexander Sladkov in his telegram channel. - A common theme - people walk in crowds at training grounds, you can always find a group target.
But there is one nuance that the journalist drew attention to:
We are waiting for your thoughts on the shelling of our training grounds. And if we prepared for such shooting, honor and praise to us. If everything goes as with the enemy, that is, if they catch us, it’s bad. This means we do not draw any conclusions.
Dead on target
The “Iskander” is a serious thing, it works well against enemy manpower, noted Vlad Shlepchenko, adding that in this regard it is difficult to determine the exact number of Ukrainian Armed Forces losses during this attack on the training ground.
Hitting training centers, temporary deployment centers, accommodation points, and trains is a practice that allows us to greatly save our forces and resources at the front,” a military observer from Constantinople said. - Because when people are in a traveling position, they are crowded together, they have minimal protection. Well, in fact there is none. It doesn’t matter whether these will be railway cars or the shells of an ordinary building, a civilian one. Everything is excellent there, it penetrates perfectly both with damaging elements and with a blast wave. This is a very big plus for us and a minus for the enemy. But when these people reach the front, disperse, dig in, here, of course, it’s very difficult to knock them out. And using such expensive things as the Iskander on them is not entirely rational.
Previously, the American publication Military Watch Magazine (MWM) noted that the Iskander-M carries a powerful warhead. It is enough to destroy a building, warship or fortification. There is no effective defense against its missiles.
During the special operation, the Iskander demonstrates sniper-like accuracy. Missiles can deviate literally by a few meters, which does not play a big role given their damage radius. Or they hit the target, as the military says, “at the peg,” commented on the official Telegram channel of the Rostec state corporation.
Cunning tactics
Meanwhile, sad news from MI-6 intelligence arrives in Kiev from London. The Ukrainian insider channel "Resident" reported that British intelligence transmitted to Bankovaya and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "new intelligence about the tactics of Russian troops before air sorties":
Now the area where glide bombs are dropped is clearly defined, and UAVs are circling there. If there is air defense, then the Iskanders will strike them. In this way, the enemy is countering Ukrainian mobile air defense, improving the tactics of airstrikes against positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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It will be helpful to supplement my air strike update with Alexander Mercouris’ latest video, labeled: Rus breakthrough shocks Kiev. Enters Chasov Yar, cuts road, enters Sumy
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
RUSSIAN STORM TROOPERS CAPTURED A LARGE GROUP OF APU MILITANTS: THE REACTION WAS UNEXPECTED
Russian attack aircraft from the North group of troops captured a large group of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants. The reaction of one of the prisoners was unexpected - he started talking about the long-awaited victory.
In video footage provided by the Russian Ministry of Defense, fighters of the assault units of the North group of troops discovered a concentration of militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces hiding in their positions.
As KP.RU correspondents found out, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted to attack the positions of our troops, but encountered resistance that was not part of their plans. The scouts revealed the movement of enemy forces and equipment, which made it possible to deal a crushing blow to the militants. After the actions of the drone operators, attack aircraft began to clear enemy positions.
Footage of the battle shows damaged tree trunks, which indicates the intensity of the fire during the assault. Reconnaissance drones quickly detected firing points, which were then destroyed. Hand grenades and grenade launchers were used to dislodge the enemy from his positions.
The footage also shows the bodies of Ukrainians who resisted, as well as their colleagues running past Russian attack aircraft in dugouts. Some of them threw down their weapons and went to surrender. A large group of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were captured.
The reaction of one of the militants was unexpected - he expressed his shock and joy, commenting on the actions of our attack aircraft: “I’m with Jimmy, happy Victory Day!” [This guy is clearly pro-Russian and happy to be captured and safely in Russian hands. There are probably a lot of Ukrainians like him]
"Jimmy" is the commander of the assault squad. He chose his call sign as a volunteer at the beginning of his service - in memory of a comrade who died in battle. The military man had already received several serious injuries, but continued his work for the good of the Motherland in the Northern Military District.
For his courage and successful completion of combat missions, “Jimmy” was awarded the Order of Courage.
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https://english.news.cn/20240718/3838dd5f060f40c1b263efa0336113fe/c.html
Lebanese FM warns escalation with Israel to drive region into abyss
Source: XinhuaEditor: huaxia2024-07-18 03:08:45
BEIRUT, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Foreign Affairs Minister Abdallah Bou Habib on Wednesday warned against "Israel's intention" to escalate war with Lebanon, adding that any miscalculations would drag the entire region into abyss, the National News Agency reported.
During a meeting at the UN Security Council in New York, Bou Habib said that if a bigger war occurs, it would shake the entire Middle East and lead to a new displacement crisis in Europe, not only from Lebanon and Israel but also from neighboring countries fleeing missiles, drones, and warplanes.
He called for Israel's cessation of land, sea, and air violations of Lebanon's sovereignty, which have "exceeded 35,000 violations since 2006 to date."
Bou Habib also called for halting cyberattacks that threaten Lebanon's security and safety of networks, devices, applications, and electronic data in vital Lebanese facilities, especially the Beirut airport, which threatens public safety.
Furthermore, the minister asked for adherence to the UN peacekeeping forces operating in southern Lebanon, which have contributed since their establishment to maintaining calm and stability in the region.
Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct. 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas' attack on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon.
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/4-reasons-trump-second-term-130050953.html
4 reasons Trump second term could be a financial disaster for boomers
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Our thanks to CL:
Peter Navarro, the rabid anti-China dog, who was Trump adviser on Trade and manufacturing policy.
Where was Navarro when the Clinton admin. Signed the NAFTA, North American Free Trade Agreement back in 1991?
NAFTA, British Free Trade, caused the loss of a ton of blue collar, good paying manufacturing jobs through outsourcing to cheap labor regions of the world.
Now, Trump and Vance want to push protectionist tariffs as a weapon against China. Protection of what???
It's all gone and what's left is on its way out like the Dollar Tree franchises across America.
Cheap wages auger unprofitable cheap products. The result is ballooning trade
deficits and a collosal national debt, the definition of a banana Republic: the USA.
CL
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/us/politics/peter-navarro-prison-convention.html
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Alistair Crooke
Israel pushing US into war with Iran
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LaRouche Organization
While the West implodes
https://laroucheorganization.com/article/2024/07/17/while-west-imploding
As western nations are de-industrializing, while drowning in debt, they are demanding more pounds of flesh from their former colonies. But those days are over. And increasing defense spending, as a means of generating wealth, is not a sound strategy, but one requiring permanent war! China is not in decline, as it invests in physical wealth production, not pumping out funny-money to roll over bad debt. The west must reject neoliberal economic ideology, and learn from LaRouche. Where are the elder statesmen in the West when they are needed? Help us find them and mobilize them: Use the petition linked below to organize everyone to join us, and approach every "Elder Statesman or Stateswoman" to take up this challenge. Link to Petition Join us Thursday at 11 AM EDT for the weekly webcast dialogue with Helga Zepp-LaRouche. Send us your questions and comments to: questions@schillerinstitute.org
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Our thanks to YC:
This is what the fake physical Israel wants for American evangelicals to believe so that they can armageddon WW3 after 2024 as Satanyahu works behind the scene to bring Trump back!
On Thu, 18 Jul 2024 at 12:49, DON HANK <zoilandon@msn.com> wrote:
https://open.substack.com/pub/donhank/p/who-needs-jesus-when-you-can-have?
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Reactionary neo-colonial arm twisting is not working (and is corny)
Translation from German with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
Newsletter - "Reactionary demands by telephone"
(Own report) - Berlin is continuing its efforts to gain influence in former German Pacific colonies [It is not likely they even remember their old German masters, But if they do, what do they think of the Nazi scumbags of then and now?]. After a visit to Samoa, Minister of State in the Federal Foreign Office Katja Keul has now also worked in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea to expand bilateral relations. Parts of both countries were once colonies of the German Empire. The German government's sudden interest in the Pacific region is explained by the fact that China is gaining influence there. Berlin is not only striving for greater national influence in the countries of the Pacific island world, some of which are of great geostrategic importance, but also to strengthen the West's position in the power struggle against Beijing. The methods used by the Western states to do this are revealed in a paper from the Foreign Ministry of Tonga. According to it, the governments of Australia and New Zealand, for example, express the view that "only they" can decide "which Pacific states should join forces with whom." Tonga's foreign ministry complains about "condescending rhetoric" and "reactionary demands by telephone." Berlin is operating alongside Australia and New Zealand in the Pacific.
https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/9623
Our thanks to RH for this:
Who needs God when they can have Cyrus?
Who needs God when they can have David?
Who needs God when they can have Moses?
Who needs God when they can have Joshua?