shoebat--2020-07-02--More Than 50% Of All Covid Cases In The US Come From Texas, Arizona, Florida And California

More than half of all covid cases in the US come from Texas , Arizona , Florida and California , as we read from Yahoo !
News : New U.S. COVID-19 cases rose by nearly 50,000 on Wednesday , according to a Reuters tally , marking the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic .
The record follows a warning by the government ’ s top infectious diseases expert that the number could soon double to 100,000 cases a day if Americans do not come together to take steps necessary to halt the virus ’ resurgent spread , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ practice social distancing .
In the first week of June , the United States added about 22,000 new coronavirus cases each day .
But as the month progressed , hotspots began to emerge across the Sun Belt .
In the last seven days of June , daily new infections almost doubled to 42,000 nationally .
Brazil is the only other country to report more than 50,000 new cases in one day .
The United States reported at least 49,286 cases on Tuesday .
More than half of new U.S. cases each day come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Texas , home to 30 % of the country ’ s population .
All four states plus 10 others saw new cases more than double in June .

By Theodore Shoebat
More than half of all covid cases in the US come from Texas, Arizona, Florida and California, as we read from Yahoo! News:
New U.S. COVID-19 cases rose by nearly 50,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, marking the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic.
The record follows a warning by the government’s top infectious diseases expert that the number could soon double to 100,000 cases a day if Americans do not come together to take steps necessary to halt the virus’ resurgent spread, such as wearing masks when unable to practice social distancing.
In the first week of June, the United States added about 22,000 new coronavirus cases each day. But as the month progressed, hotspots began to emerge across the Sun Belt. In the last seven days of June, daily new infections almost doubled to 42,000 nationally.
Brazil is the only other country to report more than 50,000 new cases in one day. The United States reported at least 49,286 cases on Tuesday.
More than half of new U.S. cases each day come from Arizona, California, Florida and Texas, home to 30% of the country’s population. All four states plus 10 others saw new cases more than double in June.


shoebat--2020-07-02--Trump Lauds “Great Job Numbers” While Permanent Job Losses Sharply Rise

Right now , there is a lot of talk from Trump ’ s dwindling acolytes about how many improvements have been done to unemployment numbers .
However , the fact is that these ‘ numbers ’ are meaningless because they do not indicate the quality of the work as it concerns pay , if the work in question will be long term , and if one will be able to stay in such a position for the long term .
Sure , there are lots of jobs for working at a fast food restaurant , but since it has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ less than a minimum of $ 17.07 in the lowest case , it is very , very hard to afford an apartment without causing extreme financial imbalances in one ’ s life if one is making $ 7.25 ( federal minimum wage ) , $ 10 , $ 12 , or even now $ 15 per hour .
Thus it is with interesting that Zero Hedge reports in addition to the current job number ‘ increases ’ , the number of ‘ permanent ’ job losses has sharply increased .
According to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ employees fell by 35 cents to $ 29.37 .
Average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees decreased by 23 cents to $ 24.74 in June .
The decreases in average hourly earnings largely reflect job gains among lower-paid workers ; these changes put downward pressure on the average hourly earnings estimates .
So how did average hourly earnings rise ?
Simple : the average workweek for all employees – i.e.
, the denominator – decreased even more , or by 0.2 hour to 34.5 hours in June , while the average @ @ @ @ @ @ @ private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.2 hour to 33.9 hours .
That said , even the BLS admitted that the recent employment changes , especially in industries with shorter workweeks , “ complicate monthly comparisons of the average weekly hours estimates.
” Today ’ s report also noted that the number of unemployed persons who were on temporary layoff decreased by nearly 5 million , to 10.565 million from 15.3 million , a second consecutive decline from 18.1 million in April .
Among those not on temporary layoff , the number of permanent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by 295,000 in May to 2.3 million .
And one red flag : according to the BLS , the number of permanent job losers continued to rise , increasing by 588,000 to 2.9 million in June .
The number of unemployed reentrants to the labor force rose by 711,000 to 2.4 million .
Also in June , the number of unemployed persons who were jobless less than 5 weeks declined by 1.0 million to 2.8 million .
Unemployed persons who were jobless 5 to 14 weeks numbered 11.5 million , down by 3.3 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for 65.2 percent of the unemployed .
By contrast , the number of persons jobless 15 to 26 weeks and the long-term unemployed ( those jobless for 27 weeks or more ) saw over-the-month increases ( +825,000 to 1.9 million and +227,000 to 1.4 million , respectively ) .
( source ) Permanent job loss means permanent .
These jobs aren ’ t coming back , and good luck finding one ’ s way in the ‘ new normal ’ with a situation like this .
It is a very ‘ hard pill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fundamentally changing in the US , and it is going to get a lot harder for a lot of people .
If a man is wise , he will work right now on paying down his debts and economically preparing himself to weather what is going to be a fiscal winterthat will last for a very long time .
The country is getting poorer , jobs are becoming a LOT harder to find , and the time to get new skills and work hard is right now before it is too late and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , while a useful tool , will also likely not help you because savings are related to the dollar , and the fundamental problem is that the value of the dollar itself is in decline , so the price of goods will be forced to rise- not because they are worth more , but because the same amount of money buys less .
What we are seeing is the active economic stratification of the country to a point where the US is starting to look like the USSR .
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Right now, there is a lot of talk from Trump’s dwindling acolytes about how many improvements have been done to unemployment numbers. However, the fact is that these ‘numbers’ are meaningless because they do not indicate the quality of the work as it concerns pay, if the work in question will be long term, and if one will be able to stay in such a position for the long term. Sure, there are lots of jobs for working at a fast food restaurant, but since it has been mathematically proven that no job which pays less than a minimum of $17.07 in the lowest case, it is very, very hard to afford an apartment without causing extreme financial imbalances in one’s life if one is making $7.25 (federal minimum wage), $10, $12, or even now $15 per hour.
Thus it is with interesting that Zero Hedge reports in addition to the current job number ‘increases’, the number of ‘permanent’ job losses has sharply increased.
According to the BLS, average hourly earnings for all employees fell by 35 cents to $29.37. Average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees decreased by 23 cents to $24.74 in June. The decreases in average hourly earnings largely reflect job gains among lower-paid workers; these changes put downward pressure on the average hourly earnings estimates. So how did average hourly earnings rise? Simple: the average workweek for all employees – i.e., the denominator – decreased even more, or by 0.2 hour to 34.5 hours in June, while the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.2 hour to 33.9 hours. That said, even the BLS admitted that the recent employment changes, especially in industries with shorter workweeks, “complicate monthly comparisons of the average weekly hours estimates.” Today’s report also noted that the number of unemployed persons who were on temporary layoff decreased by nearly 5 million, to 10.565 million from 15.3 million, a second consecutive decline from 18.1 million in April. Among those not on temporary layoff, the number of permanent job losers continued to rise, increasing by 295,000 in May to 2.3 million. And one red flag: according to the BLS, the number of permanent job losers continued to rise, increasing by 588,000 to 2.9 million in June. The number of unemployed reentrants to the labor force rose by 711,000 to 2.4 million. Also in June, the number of unemployed persons who were jobless less than 5 weeks declined by 1.0 million to 2.8 million. Unemployed persons who were jobless 5 to 14 weeks numbered 11.5 million, down by 3.3 million over the month, and accounted for 65.2 percent of the unemployed. By contrast, the number of persons jobless 15 to 26 weeks and the long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) saw over-the-month increases (+825,000 to 1.9 million and +227,000 to 1.4 million, respectively). (source)
Permanent job loss means permanent. These jobs aren’t coming back, and good luck finding one’s way in the ‘new normal’ with a situation like this.
It is a very ‘hard pill’ to swallow, but life is fundamentally changing in the US, and it is going to get a lot harder for a lot of people.
If a man is wise, he will work right now on paying down his debts and economically preparing himself to weather what is going to be a fiscal winterthat will last for a very long time. The country is getting poorer, jobs are becoming a LOT harder to find, and the time to get new skills and work hard is right now before it is too late and even more serious poverty comes. Savings, while a useful tool, will also likely not help you because savings are related to the dollar, and the fundamental problem is that the value of the dollar itself is in decline, so the price of goods will be forced to rise- not because they are worth more, but because the same amount of money buys less.
What we are seeing is the active economic stratification of the country to a point where the US is starting to look like the USSR.
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shoebat--2020-07-02--Massacre In Mexico As Sicarios Murder Twenty-Four Innocent People At Drug Rehab Clinic

In a story that is making international news , Blog del Narco and the South China Morning Post report that a massacre has taken place in Mexico where twenty-four innocent people were executed inside of a drug rehabilitation clinic .
Gunmen burst into an unregistered drug rehabilitation centre in central Mexico and opened fire Wednesday , killing 24 people and wounding seven , authorities said .
Police in the north-central state of Guanajuato said the attack occurred in the city of Irapuato .
Three of the seven wounded were reported in serious condition .
Apparently the attackers shot everyone at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nobody was abducted .
Photos purporting to showed the scene suggest those at the centre were lying down when they were sprayed with bullets .
The attackers “ entered the scene , forced ( the victims ) on to the ground and shot them , ” said Pedro Cortes , secretary of public security in Irapuato .
Guanajuato is the scene of a bloody turf battle between the Jalisco cartel and a local gang , and the state has become the most violent in Mexico .
No motive was given in the attack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gangs appeared to have been involved .
“ I deeply regret and condemn the events in Irapuato this afternoon , ” Sinhue wrote .
“ The violence generated by organised crime not only takes the lives of the young , but it takes the peace from families in Guanajuato.
” Mexican drug gangs have killed suspected street-level dealers from rival gangs sheltering at such facilities in the past .
It was one of the deadliest attacks on a rehab centre since 19 people were killed in 2010 in Chihuahua city in northern Mexico @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such facilities have occurred since then .
( source ) You can see the uncensored photos of the massacre here .
It is very easy with all of the chaos going on in the world to forget about one ’ s neighbors .
However , Mexico is one of the most dangerous places on earth , and many people in Mexico die pointless deaths for no reason other than they were in the wrong place at the wrong time .
Mexico was not always like this , but because of a century of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decades as practically reduced the nation back to a state of latent paganism that the Spanish fought so hard to abolish .
As such , one may want to remember that this is the reason a lot of ‘ migrants ’ come to the US , for it is not because of strange ideas about “ taking over America ” , but because they do not want to live any more in communities that have been taken over by drug cartels and with that , having to step over the dead bodies of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be the next one that another person is forced to step over .
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In a story that is making international news, Blog del Narco and the South China Morning Post report that a massacre has taken place in Mexico where twenty-four innocent people were executed inside of a drug rehabilitation clinic.
Gunmen burst into an unregistered drug rehabilitation centre in central Mexico and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven, authorities said. Police in the north-central state of Guanajuato said the attack occurred in the city of Irapuato. Three of the seven wounded were reported in serious condition. Apparently the attackers shot everyone at the rehab centre. State police said nobody was abducted.
Photos purporting to showed the scene suggest those at the centre were lying down when they were sprayed with bullets. The attackers “entered the scene, forced (the victims) on to the ground and shot them,” said Pedro Cortes, secretary of public security in Irapuato. Guanajuato is the scene of a bloody turf battle between the Jalisco cartel and a local gang, and the state has become the most violent in Mexico. No motive was given in the attack, but Governor Diego Sinhue said drug gangs appeared to have been involved. “I deeply regret and condemn the events in Irapuato this afternoon,” Sinhue wrote. “The violence generated by organised crime not only takes the lives of the young, but it takes the peace from families in Guanajuato.” Mexican drug gangs have killed suspected street-level dealers from rival gangs sheltering at such facilities in the past. It was one of the deadliest attacks on a rehab centre since 19 people were killed in 2010 in Chihuahua city in northern Mexico. More than a dozen attacks on such facilities have occurred since then. (source)
You can see the uncensored photos of the massacre here.
It is very easy with all of the chaos going on in the world to forget about one’s neighbors. However, Mexico is one of the most dangerous places on earth, and many people in Mexico die pointless deaths for no reason other than they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Mexico was not always like this, but because of a century of bad policies worsened over the last several decades as practically reduced the nation back to a state of latent paganism that the Spanish fought so hard to abolish.
As such, one may want to remember that this is the reason a lot of ‘migrants’ come to the US, for it is not because of strange ideas about “taking over America”, but because they do not want to live any more in communities that have been taken over by drug cartels and with that, having to step over the dead bodies of their neighbors, never knowing if theirs will be the next one that another person is forced to step over.
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shoebat--2020-07-02--Jeffrey Epstein’s Partner-In-Crime Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested By FBI

In a major news story , the BBC reports that Ghislaine Maxwell , the infamous underage sex trafficker and partner-in-crime of the “ deceased ” Jeffrey Epstein and whose father was the founder of Israel ’ s intelligence service , has been arrested in New Hampshire .
The FBI has arrested British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell , an ex-girlfriend of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein .
She was reportedly arrested in New Hampshire on charges related to Epstein and is due in federal court later .
She has denied any involvement in or knowledge of Epstein ’ s alleged sexual misconduct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ August as he awaited , without the chance of bail , his trial on sex trafficking charges .
He was arrested last year in New York following allegations that he was running a network of underage girls – some as young as 14 – for sex .
His death was determined to be suicide .
Who is Ghislaine Maxwell , Epstein ’ s ex-girlfriend ?
Jeffrey Epstein : The financier charged with sex trafficking Some of Epstein ’ s alleged victims say Ms Maxwell brought them into his circle to be sexually abused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Epstein ’ s alleged victims , Virginia Giuffre , has accused Ms Maxwell of recruiting her as a masseuse to the financier at the age of 15 .
Details of that allegation against Ms Maxwell emerged in documents unsealed by a US judge last August in a 2015 defamation case .
Other women have also made allegations that Ms Maxwell was involved .
One , Sarah Ransome , told the BBC ’ s Panorama that Ms Maxwell “ controlled the girls .
She was like the Madam ” .
Earlier this year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeking reimbursement for legal fees and security costs .
She “ receives regular threats to her life and safety ” , court documents in that case said .
Who is Ghislaine Maxwell ?
Ms Maxwell is the daughter of late British media mogul Robert Maxwell .
A well-connected socialite , she is said to have introduced Epstein to many of her wealthy and powerful friends , including Bill Clinton and the Duke of York ( who was accused in the court papers of touching a woman at Jeffrey Epstein ’ s US home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allegations against the duke ) .
Buckingham Palace has said that “ any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors ” by the duke was “ categorically untrue ” .
Ms Maxwell has mostly been out of public view since 2016 .
In a BBC interview last year , the Duke of York said he had met up with Ms Maxwell last year , before Epstein was arrested and charged .
However they did not discuss Epstein , he said .
Six things we learned from Prince Andrew interview Last month a US prosecutor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ falsely portray himself ” as eager to cooperate with the inquiry into Epstein .
US attorney Geoffrey Berman said Prince Andrew had “ repeatedly declined our request ” to schedule an interview .
The duke ’ s lawyers previously rejected claims he had not co-operated , saying he offered to help three times .
Prince Andrew stepped away from royal duties last year after an interview he gave to the BBC about his relationship with Epstein .
( source )

In a major news story, the BBC reports that Ghislaine Maxwell, the infamous underage sex trafficker and partner-in-crime of the “deceased” Jeffrey Epstein and whose father was the founder of Israel’s intelligence service, has been arrested in New Hampshire.
The FBI has arrested British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, an ex-girlfriend of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
She was reportedly arrested in New Hampshire on charges related to Epstein and is due in federal court later.
She has denied any involvement in or knowledge of Epstein’s alleged sexual misconduct.
Epstein died in prison on 10 August as he awaited, without the chance of bail, his trial on sex trafficking charges.
He was arrested last year in New York following allegations that he was running a network of underage girls – some as young as 14 – for sex. His death was determined to be suicide.
Who is Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s ex-girlfriend?
Jeffrey Epstein: The financier charged with sex trafficking
Some of Epstein’s alleged victims say Ms Maxwell brought them into his circle to be sexually abused by him and his friends.
One of Epstein’s alleged victims, Virginia Giuffre, has accused Ms Maxwell of recruiting her as a masseuse to the financier at the age of 15.
Details of that allegation against Ms Maxwell emerged in documents unsealed by a US judge last August in a 2015 defamation case.
Other women have also made allegations that Ms Maxwell was involved. One, Sarah Ransome, told the BBC’s Panorama that Ms Maxwell “controlled the girls. She was like the Madam”.
Ms Maxwell has denied any wrongdoing.
Earlier this year Ms Maxwell sued Epstein’s estate seeking reimbursement for legal fees and security costs. She “receives regular threats to her life and safety”, court documents in that case said.
Who is Ghislaine Maxwell?
Ms Maxwell is the daughter of late British media mogul Robert Maxwell.
A well-connected socialite, she is said to have introduced Epstein to many of her wealthy and powerful friends, including Bill Clinton and the Duke of York (who was accused in the court papers of touching a woman at Jeffrey Epstein’s US home, although the court subsequently struck out allegations against the duke).
Buckingham Palace has said that “any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors” by the duke was “categorically untrue”.
Ms Maxwell has mostly been out of public view since 2016.
In a BBC interview last year, the Duke of York said he had met up with Ms Maxwell last year, before Epstein was arrested and charged.
However they did not discuss Epstein, he said.
Six things we learned from Prince Andrew interview
Last month a US prosecutor said Prince Andrew had “sought to falsely portray himself” as eager to cooperate with the inquiry into Epstein.
US attorney Geoffrey Berman said Prince Andrew had “repeatedly declined our request” to schedule an interview.
The duke’s lawyers previously rejected claims he had not co-operated, saying he offered to help three times.
Prince Andrew stepped away from royal duties last year after an interview he gave to the BBC about his relationship with Epstein. (source)


shoebat--2020-07-03--Israel’s Annexation Of Palestine Will Be Very Destructive

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shoebat--2020-07-03--Chinese Government Forces Uyghurs To Be Sterilized In Demographic Genocide

Contraception is a form of ‘ demographic genocide ’ as many have argued , since its philosophy and method reduces man to the level of an animal and treat him as a commodity that can be farmed and killed as one pleases .
While people in the western world have argued about this in the name of “ muh rights ” , the Chinese government know this and have proceeded with such philosophy in an according manner , especially against the Muslim Uyghurs , where the Catholic News Agency reports that Uyghurs are being forcibly sterilized in an attempt to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese government is forcing Uyghur women to take contraceptives in an effort to slow the growing population .
One expert called the campaign “ a slow , painful , creeping genocide ” of the religious and ethnic minority .
In a report released on Monday , June 29 , AP found numerous Uyghurs have been imprisoned for the offense of having too many children , and women reported that there were frequent pregnancy checks , forced abortions , and forced implantations of IUDs and other contraceptive methods by Communist authorities .
The report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interviews with ex-detainees , family members and a former detention camp instructor .
The report follows previous findings of mass internment , forced labor , sterilizations , and other wide-spread human rights abuses by the Chinese government against the ethnic and religious minority .
Uyghurs are a mostly Muslim ethnic minority in China living in the northwestern province of Xinjiang .
e news comes as anywhere from 900,000 to 1.8 million Uyghurs are now estimated to be in the system of more than 1,300 detention camps set up by Chinese authorities , ostensibly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have reported indoctrination , beatings , forced labor , and torture in the camps .
China initially denied the camps existed , but was forced to officially admit their existence in 2018 .
One expert told the Associated Press that the forced birth control campaign is “ genocide , full stop.
” “ It ’ s not an immediate , shocking , mass-killing-on-the-spot-type genocide , but it ’ s a slow , painful , creeping genocide , ” Dr. Joanne Smith Finley , a senior lecturer in Chinese studies at Newcastle University in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ described the program as “ direct means of genetically reducing the Uyghur population.
” The birth rate in the Xinjiang province has dropped considerably since the aggressive government-sponsored birth control initiative began , AP reports .
Province-wide , the birth rate has dropped 24 % in just 2019 , and in certain regions of the province , the birth rate has dropped more than 60 % between the years 2015 and 2018 .
Conversely , the rate of IUD insertion in Xinjiang has increased by similar percentages .
In 2014 , there were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a number which grew to 330,000 by 2018 .
AP reported that this uptick in IUDs was counter to the rest of China , which had seen the contraceptive device fall out of favor among Chinese women .
The report also found that 149 of 484 detained persons in the Xinjiang county of Karakax were detained for having more than the officially permitted amount of children .
This , said the AP , was the most commonly cited offense justifying detention .
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Contraception is a form of ‘demographic genocide’ as many have argued, since its philosophy and method reduces man to the level of an animal and treat him as a commodity that can be farmed and killed as one pleases. While people in the western world have argued about this in the name of “muh rights”, the Chinese government know this and have proceeded with such philosophy in an according manner, especially against the Muslim Uyghurs, where the Catholic News Agency reports that Uyghurs are being forcibly sterilized in an attempt to commit demographic genocide against them.
The Chinese government is forcing Uyghur women to take contraceptives in an effort to slow the growing population. One expert called the campaign “a slow, painful, creeping genocide” of the religious and ethnic minority.
In a report released on Monday, June 29, AP found numerous Uyghurs have been imprisoned for the offense of having too many children, and women reported that there were frequent pregnancy checks, forced abortions, and forced implantations of IUDs and other contraceptive methods by Communist authorities. The report cites government statistics, state documents, interviews with ex-detainees, family members and a former detention camp instructor.
The report follows previous findings of mass internment, forced labor, sterilizations, and other wide-spread human rights abuses by the Chinese government against the ethnic and religious minority.
Uyghurs are a mostly Muslim ethnic minority in China living in the northwestern province of Xinjiang.
e news comes as anywhere from 900,000 to 1.8 million Uyghurs are now estimated to be in the system of more than 1,300 detention camps set up by Chinese authorities, ostensibly for “re-education” purposes. Survivors have reported indoctrination, beatings, forced labor, and torture in the camps. China initially denied the camps existed, but was forced to officially admit their existence in 2018.
One expert told the Associated Press that the forced birth control campaign is “genocide, full stop.”
“It’s not an immediate, shocking, mass-killing-on-the-spot-type genocide, but it’s a slow, painful, creeping genocide,” Dr. Joanne Smith Finley, a senior lecturer in Chinese studies at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom told AP.
Finley described the program as “direct means of genetically reducing the Uyghur population.”
The birth rate in the Xinjiang province has dropped considerably since the aggressive government-sponsored birth control initiative began, AP reports. Province-wide, the birth rate has dropped 24% in just 2019, and in certain regions of the province, the birth rate has dropped more than 60% between the years 2015 and 2018.
Conversely, the rate of IUD insertion in Xinjiang has increased by similar percentages. In 2014, there were 200,000 IUDs inserted in the province, a number which grew to 330,000 by 2018. AP reported that this uptick in IUDs was counter to the rest of China, which had seen the contraceptive device fall out of favor among Chinese women.
The report also found that 149 of 484 detained persons in the Xinjiang county of Karakax were detained for having more than the officially permitted amount of children. This, said the AP, was the most commonly cited offense justifying detention. (source)


shoebat--2020-07-03--Germany Disbands Elite Military Unit Over ‘Far Right Extremism’

In an interesting piece of news coming out of Germany and reported by NPR , the German government has ‘ disbanded ’ an elite military unit after ‘ far right extremism ’ was found in its ranks .
Germany ’ s defense minister on Wednesday disbanded a unit of the country ’ s elite commando force , known as the KSK , following an official report earlier this year that found far-right extremism within its ranks .
In January , a report by Germany ’ s Military Counterintelligence Service revealed that some 500 soldiers in the German military , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extremism .
It noted that 20 of those cases involved soldiers who were part of the Command Special Forces , or KSK – an anti-terrorism and hostage rescue unit with approximately 1,300 soldiers .
Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said the KSK had created a “ wall of secrecy ” around itself and she told the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper on Tuesday that the elite force had developed a “ toxic leadership culture ” and “ can not continue to exist in its present form.
” Some of the 70 soldiers from the disbanded company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ KSK ’ s three other combat companies , Kramp-Karrenbauer said .
“ We will give the KSK time to press the reset button , ” she said .
However , Kramp-Karrenbauer insisted “ we need the KSK.
” “ The vast majority of the men and women in the KSK and in the Bundeswehr as a whole are loyal to our constitution , with no ifs or buts , ” she said .
According to Deutsche Welle , the extremism allegations date back to 2017 , when KSK members at a party performed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ music .
In May , investigators discovered Nazi memorabilia , weapons and explosives on the property of a sergeant major assigned to the KSK , according to Deutsche Press-Agentur .
In yet another incident , which Kramp-Karrenbauer called “ disturbing ” and “ alarming , ” authorities were looking into the disappearance of 48,000 rounds of ammunition and more than 135 pounds ( 62 kilograms ) of explosives from the elite unit ’ s arsenal .
( source ) The real story is not this , but rather , what happens after this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to be ‘ disciplined ’ and some were ‘ re-assigned ’ , and there is talk about ‘ pressing the reset button ’ , but the reality is that all of this is just euphemisms .
They mean nothing in any practical sense of stopping the growth of National Socialism and its ideas .
What does ‘ disbanding ’ the unit do other than to give a public show that says ‘ look , we stopped this ’ , when the people who spread the information are just being moved around where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if it is not already rooted in ) spread the same ideas ?
This same argument has been used in the case of the Catholic Church where homosexual priests caught abusing teenagers and boys were not defrocked and prosecuted , but moved around where they could continue to do serious damage to the faithful .
Likewise , why mention the weapons and ammunition ?
What was the purpose of this ?
It is not stated , but as Shoebat.com has discussed many times , Germany and other western nations for decades during the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and provided them with weapons and munitions “ stolen ” from other military units , and as such it was they were not stolen , but ‘ stolen ’ was the excuse for trafficking them to terrorist groups and other proxy war actors throughout the world .
It can not be proven at the current time , but this ‘ unit ’ that was ‘ exposed ’ has the feel of a Gladio-type operation , organized by nothing less than the German government herself .
Germany talks a strong line against National Socialism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than people in brown shirt goose-stepping to music .
It is a philosophy rooted in paganism and darwinism that elevates national and racial pride beyond the healthy embrace of identity into a quest for global dominance at the expense of others , and in Europe it has lead to two world wars , the Thirty Years war , and countless other struggles that have caused untold chaos and death for so many .
Germany is not doing anything to stop this , but by her “ moving ” people around is but a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Church have done to cover the crimes of their fellow churchmen .
Germany is just as nationalist as she has been in the past , and it would be incredibly foolish to think that she has significantly changed .
She wants to rise again , and given the changing political climate , there is a serious possibility that she may indeed again in what will culiminate in a third global conflict .
This is just another rumbling of what is coming .
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In an interesting piece of news coming out of Germany and reported by NPR, the German government has ‘disbanded’ an elite military unit after ‘far right extremism’ was found in its ranks.
Germany’s defense minister on Wednesday disbanded a unit of the country’s elite commando force, known as the KSK, following an official report earlier this year that found far-right extremism within its ranks. In January, a report by Germany’s Military Counterintelligence Service revealed that some 500 soldiers in the German military, or Bundeswehr, were being investigated for far-right extremism. It noted that 20 of those cases involved soldiers who were part of the Command Special Forces, or KSK – an anti-terrorism and hostage rescue unit with approximately 1,300 soldiers. Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said the KSK had created a “wall of secrecy” around itself and she told the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper on Tuesday that the elite force had developed a “toxic leadership culture” and “cannot continue to exist in its present form.” Some of the 70 soldiers from the disbanded company would be reassigned to one of the KSK’s three other combat companies, Kramp-Karrenbauer said. “We will give the KSK time to press the reset button,” she said. However, Kramp-Karrenbauer insisted “we need the KSK.” “The vast majority of the men and women in the KSK and in the Bundeswehr as a whole are loyal to our constitution, with no ifs or buts,” she said. According to Deutsche Welle, the extremism allegations date back to 2017, when KSK members at a party performed the Nazi salute and played right-wing extremist music. In May, investigators discovered Nazi memorabilia, weapons and explosives on the property of a sergeant major assigned to the KSK, according to Deutsche Press-Agentur. In yet another incident, which Kramp-Karrenbauer called “disturbing” and “alarming,” authorities were looking into the disappearance of 48,000 rounds of ammunition and more than 135 pounds (62 kilograms) of explosives from the elite unit’s arsenal. (source)
The real story is not this, but rather, what happens after this “investigation”?
The soldiers are going to be ‘disciplined’ and some were ‘re-assigned’, and there is talk about ‘pressing the reset button’, but the reality is that all of this is just euphemisms. They mean nothing in any practical sense of stopping the growth of National Socialism and its ideas.
What does ‘disbanding’ the unit do other than to give a public show that says ‘look, we stopped this’, when the people who spread the information are just being moved around where they can go and, arguably (if it is not already rooted in) spread the same ideas? This same argument has been used in the case of the Catholic Church where homosexual priests caught abusing teenagers and boys were not defrocked and prosecuted, but moved around where they could continue to do serious damage to the faithful.
Likewise, why mention the weapons and ammunition? What was the purpose of this? It is not stated, but as Shoebat.com has discussed many times, Germany and other western nations for decades during the cold war supported right-wing, fascist groups and provided them with weapons and munitions “stolen” from other military units, and as such it was they were not stolen, but ‘stolen’ was the excuse for trafficking them to terrorist groups and other proxy war actors throughout the world.
It cannot be proven at the current time, but this ‘unit’ that was ‘exposed’ has the feel of a Gladio-type operation, organized by nothing less than the German government herself.
Germany talks a strong line against National Socialism, but National Socialism is far more than people in brown shirt goose-stepping to music. It is a philosophy rooted in paganism and darwinism that elevates national and racial pride beyond the healthy embrace of identity into a quest for global dominance at the expense of others, and in Europe it has lead to two world wars, the Thirty Years war, and countless other struggles that have caused untold chaos and death for so many.
Germany is not doing anything to stop this, but by her “moving” people around is but a nationalist equivalent of what sodomite prelates in the Church have done to cover the crimes of their fellow churchmen. Germany is just as nationalist as she has been in the past, and it would be incredibly foolish to think that she has significantly changed. She wants to rise again, and given the changing political climate, there is a serious possibility that she may indeed again in what will culiminate in a third global conflict. This is just another rumbling of what is coming.
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shoebat--2020-07-03--Tens Of Thousands Of People Face Homelessness As Moratorium On Evictions Prepares To Expire

In the famous Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol , the banker Ebenezer Scrooge was famously quoted when asked to give to a charity for the poor and destitute , he said “ I don ’ t make merry myself at Christmas and I can ’ t afford to make idle people merry .
I help to support the [ prisons and union workhouses ] , I have mentioned—they cost enough ; and those who are badly off must go there.
” When the charity collector said to Scrooge that “ Many can ’ t go there ; and many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ If they would rather die , ” said Scrooge , “ they had better do it , and decrease the surplus population.
” Unfortunately , while Ebenezer was converted from the errors of his ways , many are not and the coronavirus situation is exposing this as landlords across the country are preparing and ten of thousands of people face evictions following job loss and the inability to get a job because of the losses caused by the infection .
Eviction moratoriums nationwide are set to expire later this month , potentially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a housing crisis .
Congress in March passed a federal mandate prohibiting evictions or foreclosures until July 24 in response to the coronavirus pandemic .
But as the deadline quickly approaches , experts warn that unless Congress passes more relief , renters might be forced out on the streets .
Across the country , thousands of evictions are either pending or processing , possibly setting up a wave of newly homeless people in the next few months .
The pandemic has pushed millions of Americans into unemployment , leaving many unable to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In Tucson , Arizona , the courts are processing an average of 52 eviction cases per day , up from the normal 10 to 30 cases , according to the Arizona Daily Star .
In Tennessee , more than 9,000 eviction hearings are pending , about 33 % more cases than normal for this time of year , the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported .
Homeless and housing services experts in New York are seeing signs that there will be a spike in the population of newly homeless people in the coming months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quantifies the number of newly homeless people nationally .
But in New York , “ we still anecdotally have seen some people become newly homeless due to informal evictions , particularly for people who did not have a formal lease in their name , ” said Jacquelyn Simone , policy analyst at the Coalition for the Homeless .
Large numbers of these people “ were paying week by week for room rentals and lost their source of income due to the pandemic .
Many of those people have become newly homeless , because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protections were.
” The CARES Act , which became law in late March , put a temporary pause on evictions and foreclosures as millions of Americans grapple with the economic turmoil brought on by the pandemic .
That relief extends only to federally assisted properties .
From state to state , moratorium degrees vary widely .
Some states , such as Connecticut , Washington , and New York , have put in place their own temporary bans on evictions that last into August , according to data compiled by the Eviction Lab , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s dedicated to tracking eviction rates .
“ The moment these moratoriums are lifted , we ’ ll see massive evictions , ” said Emily Benfer , visiting associate clinical professor of law at Columbia Law School .
‘ A tsunami of evictions ’ Across the country , homeless service experts are watching for signs that the number of newly homeless will spike once their state ’ s eviction moratorium ends .
In New York , the number of single adult men checking themselves into homeless shelters has gone up on four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time when “ we would not be hitting new records ” normally , Simone of the Coalition for the Homeless said .
During other years , the single adult count in homeless shelters normally declined during this time .
“ Instead , we ’ re hitting new records for the single adults in shelters , and that ’ s just the shelters run by the Department of Homeless Services , ” Simone added .
“ So I think it ’ s unusual to be seeing these trends and I am anticipating that we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as protections for people facing eviction expire.
” ( source ) Now it should be noted that landlords do have rights and responsibilities to their renters .
They need to make a profit , and they also need to expect payment because bills do not pay themselves .
While it can be difficult , there is a relationship between renter and landlord that needs to be mutually beneficial , and both need to care for each other .
Opportunism from either side , especially through using laws as a weapon instead of as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ path and always results in problems no matter who does it .
The situation now is such that a lot of people are losing money , landlord and renter , and the problems directly overlap .
Many landlords , especially smaller ones , could be pushed into bankruptcy , and many renters could be pushed into homelessness .
The problems that caused this situation have been known about for years , but because of greed and a lack of general care for the good will of others , the situation as it exists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lot of people- good people of modest means , who work hard , and are well-intentioned -may find themselves homeless and with no place to go or work to be had to make their situation better .
This is not the time to do what Ebenezer did and take a hard approach , or to be abusive to them , or to encourage eugenic ideas .
Rather , this is the time for compassion , understanding , patience , and moral fortitude as well as , in as much as one is able @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because there will be so much need .
At the same time , one would be wise to prepare for the coming problems that if one has a job , to work as much as possible , save up as much money or spend what money one gets on paying bills , and preparing for the future financial storm that is upon us .
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In the famous Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol, the banker Ebenezer Scrooge was famously quoted when asked to give to a charity for the poor and destitute, he said “I don’t make merry myself at Christmas and I can’t afford to make idle people merry. I help to support the [prisons and union workhouses], I have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there.” When the charity collector said to Scrooge that “Many can’t go there; and many would rather die.”, Ebenezer responded “If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”
Unfortunately, while Ebenezer was converted from the errors of his ways, many are not and the coronavirus situation is exposing this as landlords across the country are preparing and ten of thousands of people face evictions following job loss and the inability to get a job because of the losses caused by the infection.
Eviction moratoriums nationwide are set to expire later this month, potentially thrusting tens of thousands of people into a housing crisis. Congress in March passed a federal mandate prohibiting evictions or foreclosures until July 24 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But as the deadline quickly approaches, experts warn that unless Congress passes more relief, renters might be forced out on the streets. Across the country, thousands of evictions are either pending or processing, possibly setting up a wave of newly homeless people in the next few months. The pandemic has pushed millions of Americans into unemployment, leaving many unable to keep up with monthly rent and food demands. In Tucson, Arizona, the courts are processing an average of 52 eviction cases per day, up from the normal 10 to 30 cases, according to the Arizona Daily Star. In Tennessee, more than 9,000 eviction hearings are pending, about 33% more cases than normal for this time of year, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported. Homeless and housing services experts in New York are seeing signs that there will be a spike in the population of newly homeless people in the coming months. No concrete data yet exists that quantifies the number of newly homeless people nationally. But in New York, “we still anecdotally have seen some people become newly homeless due to informal evictions, particularly for people who did not have a formal lease in their name,” said Jacquelyn Simone, policy analyst at the Coalition for the Homeless. Large numbers of these people “were paying week by week for room rentals and lost their source of income due to the pandemic. Many of those people have become newly homeless, because they might not have realized what their protections were.” The CARES Act, which became law in late March, put a temporary pause on evictions and foreclosures as millions of Americans grapple with the economic turmoil brought on by the pandemic. That relief extends only to federally assisted properties. From state to state, moratorium degrees vary widely. Some states, such as Connecticut, Washington, and New York, have put in place their own temporary bans on evictions that last into August, according to data compiled by the Eviction Lab, an organization based in Princeton University that’s dedicated to tracking eviction rates. “The moment these moratoriums are lifted, we’ll see massive evictions,” said Emily Benfer, visiting associate clinical professor of law at Columbia Law School. … ‘A tsunami of evictions’
Across the country, homeless service experts are watching for signs that the number of newly homeless will spike once their state’s eviction moratorium ends. In New York, the number of single adult men checking themselves into homeless shelters has gone up on four nights in June, a period of time when “we would not be hitting new records” normally, Simone of the Coalition for the Homeless said. During other years, the single adult count in homeless shelters normally declined during this time. “Instead, we’re hitting new records for the single adults in shelters, and that’s just the shelters run by the Department of Homeless Services,” Simone added. “So I think it’s unusual to be seeing these trends and I am anticipating that we are going to continue seeing these trends as protections for people facing eviction expire.” (source)
Now it should be noted that landlords do have rights and responsibilities to their renters. They need to make a profit, and they also need to expect payment because bills do not pay themselves. While it can be difficult, there is a relationship between renter and landlord that needs to be mutually beneficial, and both need to care for each other. Opportunism from either side, especially through using laws as a weapon instead of as a guide, is never a good path and always results in problems no matter who does it.
The situation now is such that a lot of people are losing money, landlord and renter, and the problems directly overlap. Many landlords, especially smaller ones, could be pushed into bankruptcy, and many renters could be pushed into homelessness. The problems that caused this situation have been known about for years, but because of greed and a lack of general care for the good will of others, the situation as it exists today has come to pass.
A lot of people- good people of modest means, who work hard, and are well-intentioned -may find themselves homeless and with no place to go or work to be had to make their situation better.
This is not the time to do what Ebenezer did and take a hard approach, or to be abusive to them, or to encourage eugenic ideas. Rather, this is the time for compassion, understanding, patience, and moral fortitude as well as, in as much as one is able, to help those who need it because there will be so much need.
At the same time, one would be wise to prepare for the coming problems that if one has a job, to work as much as possible, save up as much money or spend what money one gets on paying bills, and preparing for the future financial storm that is upon us.
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shoebat--2020-07-03--US Sets New COVID-19 Infection Rate Record With Fifty-Five Thousand Cases In A Single Day

COVID-19 infections continue to spread quickly throughout the US .
According to Reuters by way of Yahoo !
News , the US reached a new record with fifty-five thousand new cases contracted in a single day .
The United States reported more than 55,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday , a new daily global record for the coronavirus pandemic , as infections rose in a majority of states .
A surge in coronavirus cases over the past week has put President Donald Trump ’ s handling of the crisis under the microscope and led several governors to halt plans to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The daily U.S. tally stood at 55,274 late Thursday , topping the previous single-day record of 54,771 set by Brazil on June 19 .
Coronavirus cases are rising in 37 out of 50 U.S. states including Florida , which confirmed more than 10,000 new cases on Thursday .
That marked the state ’ s largest daily spike so far and a level that exceeded single-day tallies from any European country at the height of the outbreak there .
California , another epicenter , saw positive tests climb 37 % with hospitalizations up 56 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Texas Governor Greg Abbott , a Republican who has previously resisted calls to make face masks mandatory , on Thursday ordered them to be worn in all counties with over 20 coronavirus cases .
“ In the past few weeks , there has been a swift and substantial spike in coronavirus cases , ” Abbott said in a videotaped message .
“ We need to refocus on slowing the spread .
But this time , we want to do it without closing down Texas again.
” Texas reported nearly 8,000 new cases on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 37 out of 50 U.S. states in the past 14 days compared with the two weeks prior , according to a Reuters analysis .
The United States has now recorded nearly 129,000 deaths , nearly a quarter of the known global total .
The wave of new cases has several governors halting or back-pedaling on plans to reopen their states after months of strict lockdowns , closing beaches and canceling fireworks displays over the upcoming Independence Day weekend .
“ We are not out of this crisis .
We are still in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requires some level of personal responsibility , ” California Governor Gavin Newsom , a Democrat , said at a daily briefing on the pandemic .
( source )

COVID-19 infections continue to spread quickly throughout the US. According to Reuters by way of Yahoo! News, the US reached a new record with fifty-five thousand new cases contracted in a single day.
The United States reported more than 55,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a new daily global record for the coronavirus pandemic, as infections rose in a majority of states.
A surge in coronavirus cases over the past week has put President Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis under the microscope and led several governors to halt plans to reopen their states after strict lockdowns.
The daily U.S. tally stood at 55,274 late Thursday, topping the previous single-day record of 54,771 set by Brazil on June 19.
Coronavirus cases are rising in 37 out of 50 U.S. states including Florida, which confirmed more than 10,000 new cases on Thursday. That marked the state’s largest daily spike so far and a level that exceeded single-day tallies from any European country at the height of the outbreak there.
California, another epicenter, saw positive tests climb 37% with hospitalizations up 56% over the past two weeks.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican who has previously resisted calls to make face masks mandatory, on Thursday ordered them to be worn in all counties with over 20 coronavirus cases.
“In the past few weeks, there has been a swift and substantial spike in coronavirus cases,” Abbott said in a videotaped message. “We need to refocus on slowing the spread. But this time, we want to do it without closing down Texas again.”
Texas reported nearly 8,000 new cases on Thursday.
New infections were rising in 37 out of 50 U.S. states in the past 14 days compared with the two weeks prior, according to a Reuters analysis. The United States has now recorded nearly 129,000 deaths, nearly a quarter of the known global total.
The wave of new cases has several governors halting or back-pedaling on plans to reopen their states after months of strict lockdowns, closing beaches and canceling fireworks displays over the upcoming Independence Day weekend.
“We are not out of this crisis. We are still in the first wave of this crisis. It requires some level of personal responsibility,” California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said at a daily briefing on the pandemic. (source)


shoebat--2020-07-04--The Yugoslav Wars Of The 1990s Are A Reminder That War In Europe Will Happen Again

So many are herded these days by armchair revolutionaries without heading the Ultimate Guide : “ My people , your guides lead you astray … ” ( Isaiah 3:12 ) .
If I say today that dismantling the European Union is an evil thing , the sycophants of such revolutionaries will scornfully comment “ you are insane – you do not know what you are talking about ” .
The ones who go the correct path in history suffer much ; but at the end of things , Noah ( only one man ) was right and the whole world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the European Union , one sees a tremendous amount of hatred for this institution .
We saw Britain sever itself from the Bloc ; we hear anger about mass immigration and how it is destroying the White European demographic ; we also see frustration for the indifference that the EU had towards the country most devastated by coronavirus — Italy , which is also the third largest economy in the EU and thus of huge geopolitical significance ; we also see another economic crises looming , and a significant prospect for a second @ @ @ @ @ @ @ growing nationalist sentiments .
In other words , what we see in the EU is fragmentation , a breakdown of the biggest economy on earth .
One thing that we know about the breakdown of unions — such as what happened with the US Civil War — is that it implodes into violence between those who are revolting and those who are trying to maintain cohesion .
One of the most recent examples of this is what occurred with Yugoslavia from the 1960s and 70s — when autonomy movements sprung from the various @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1980s , when nationalism intensified tremendously — to the 1990s when we saw the nationalisms of Serbs , Croats , Bosnians and Albanians escalate into horrendous violence .
Let us first inquire briefly into the history of Yugoslavia and then on how the various ethnic tensions escalated into the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s .
Yugoslavia began as the Kingdom of the Serbs , Croats and Slovenians , which was formed in 1918 .
The fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the First World War opened the door for the “ liberation of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being ruled by various empires .
The newly freed territories — not wanting to be ruled by other countries like Italy , Austria or Hungary ( this was the sentiment of the Croats ) — joined Serbia and Montenegro in what would be the first multinational State of South Slavs ( Yugoslavia literally means “ South Slavic Land ” ) .
In 1929 , the Kingdom of Serbs , Croats , and Slovenians was given a new name : the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , ruled under the Karađorđević Serbian royal line .
During @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 6th of 1941 , Nazi Germany invaded the the Kingdom of Yugoslavia .
The Nazis broke Yugoslavia into smaller regions to be ruled either directly by Germany or by Nazi allies .
Resistance to the Nazis was strong , as there were two anti-fascist movements that formed : the “ Centniks ” ran by Dragoljub Mihailovic , and the Yugoslav Partisans directed by the general of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia , Josip Broz , or better known as his nickname , “ Tito.
” During the German occupation , Croatia formed into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was really just a satellite for Germany ) .
This Croatian state was called in Croatian , “ Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska ” ( or the NDH ) , and it would work under subordination to Hitler ’ s regime .
The NDH would direct the government of Croatia , known as the Ustasa , and unleash a reign of fury and terror that saw the massacre of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Serbs , Jews and gypsies .
What is also disturbing is that while the Ustasa saw Serbs as lower than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Croatian nobility ” and the “ purest race , ” since they were not perceived as Slavs but as pure Aryans .
The fixation with racial purity was truly at the core of the Ustasa ideology .
In the words of Dzalto : And it wasn ’ t as if none of the Serbs did not take part in genocide .
During the Second World War , neighbors turned on neighbors in a horrific rage of bloodlust and vengeance .
The Cetniks — Serbian nationalists — massacred Bosnian Muslims under the justification @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Albanians harbored an intense antagonism for Serbs and this — as we can imagine — also stemmed from a history of violence .
For example , the Albanian inhabitants of Kosovo and Metohija , went through oppression after the defeat of the Ottomans in the Balkan War of 1912 .
On November 29th , 1945 , the name for Yugoslavia became the Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia .
The main “ nations ” of Yugoslavia were Serbs , Croats and Slovenes , but others were included into the multi-ethnic state , such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Herzegovina , Muslims were considered either Serbian or Croatian .
In the Post-war era , in the year 1948 , the Yugoslav Communist Party did the unexpected : after years of being one of the strongest supporters of the Soviet Union , severed ties with Stalin .
Yugoslavia ’ s breaking away from the Soviet Union — and thus losing its alliance with the Soviets — left it in a vulnerable situation , being open to Soviet invasion while at the same time being susceptible to Western exploitation of ethnic tensions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ break with the Soviet Union put Yugoslavia in an extremely weak position , exposing it to the very real possibility of a Soviet invasion in the moment when Yugoslavia did not have any trustworthy allies in the West it could confidently count on.
” In 1963 , the Yugoslav state would go through another name change : the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .
In 1968 , the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina recognized Muslims within Yugoslavia as a separate Islamic nation .
This was officialized in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ classify themselves as “ Muslim , in the sense of nationality.
” Yugoslavia was suppose to be the “ South Slavic dream ” wherein South Slavs could live in unity and harmony within a single state .
But regardless of this , there were still ethnic tensions that sprung from centuries of violence .
There was a strong sentiment , especially amongst Croatians , that Yugoslavia was an oppressive state directed by a policy of Serbian domination .
This opinion would be one of the biggest fuels driving the urge for independence by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Serbs , who were the most scattered population in Yugoslavia , it was important to have a unified state where “ all Serbs ” could live , without fear of violence from Croatians or Albanians ( two people who have quite a long history of hatred with Serbs ) .
The Serbs wanted to maintain cohesion , while the others — like Croats , Slovenians , etc .
— wanted to see Yugoslavia fragment and their own independent states form .
The idea of an independent Croatian state was to the horror of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the horrific massacres done to Serbs by Croatian fascists .
Albanians living within Yugoslavia wanted to be part of “ Greater Albania ” and this desire manifested into violence .
Even after the Second World War , violence between Serbs and Albanians continued to take place on occasion .
Many Albanians also held resentment for the Serb and state police and this escalated into open hostility .
In the 60s and 70s , Croatian militants launched a series of terrorist attacks within Yugoslavia in a time known as the “ Croatian Spring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Croatian Liberation Movement ” did a terrorist attack on a theater in Belgrade in July 13 of 1968 , killing one person and injuring 85 people .
On April 7 , 1971 , the Yugoslav Ambassador to Sweden , Vladimir Rolovic , was murdered by Croatian fascists , members of the “ Croatian People ’ s Resistance ” .
In 1972 , there was an attempt at starting a violent revolution in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the nineteen members of the “ Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood.
” Regardless of the turbulency of ethnic tensions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ position , so much so that the infamous diplomat , Zbigniew Brzezinski , once said that “ Yugoslavia was , together with [ the ] USA and [ the ] USSR the only country which had managed to position itself as a factor in the global arena.
” Jimmy Carter even praised Tito as “ a great world leader ” and “ a remarkable man ” who deserves “ respect and admiration ” .
It was after the death of Tito in 1980 when the nationalist antagonisms really spiraled into full on violence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Second World War .
When the Balkan peoples started killing each other , the carnage shocked the world .
It was not just the mere violence that disturbed , but also the fact that it was taking place in Europe and after a matter of some decades after World War Two .
Various chimeras were lingering in the air of the global consciousness .
One popular idea was that of the darling of many , the false prophet of democracy , Francis Fukuyama , whose prophecy of the “ end of history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under “ liberal democracy ” got people to never really conceive that such violence would erupt in Europe again .
The gore that was shed in the Balkans ambushed the naive minds of the masses who truly believed that Europe would be in a perpetually peaceful state .
Such is the paradox of civilization : people accept this particular narrative that fashionable things — be it certain ideas or technology — indicate the morality of a society .
The problem with such a way of thinking is that it is vacuous of any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of civilizations — from the Romans to the Aztecs — force such a narrative to fall flat right on its face .
There were three factors that preceded the bloody fragmenting of Yugoslavia : the decentralizing of the Yugoslav government , economic instability , and nationalism .
The first of the three took place in the 1960s and 70s when local governments in each of the republics gained more leverage and power , thus weakening the central Yugoslav government .
Prior to this happening , there was already a certain amount of liberties @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ruled under a collective presidency , consisting of members of each of the Yugoslav republics and autonomous provinces , which conducted themselves in harmony with the presidency and with the federal parliament .
This system of government provided leeway for secessionists .
Once the republics got more autonomy , it ended up breaking the cohesion of the state .
The governing powers of these republics would be given more into the hands of nationalist political parties who wanted to shift their regions into independence from Yugoslavia .
Economic despair also foreshadowed the outbreak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ debt due to major foreign borrowing .
Also , the autonomy of Yugoslav republics allowed them to acquire debt , leading to many terrible investments by the numerous governments within Yugoslavia , which would prove detrimental to the economy .
Putting the differences with the EU aside , there is an eerie similarity with the EU , wherein Mediterranean European countries — Spain , Portugal , Italy and especially Greece — became economically devastated from incessant borrowing and sunk into debts due to bailouts .
Just as the bad economic situation was capitalized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic situation in Yugoslavia would act as a perfect argument for nationalists pushing for secession .
After Tito ’ s death in 1980 , the whole quagmire of political subversion and conflict fully exasperated .
Rhetoric got more nationalistic , more vicious .
Scholars Andrew Wachtel and Christopher Bennet write a description of the political atmosphere at that time : “ The obvious basis of support for all such politicians was nationalism , and in each of the republics the most powerful political parties to emerge were formed on the basis of ethnic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an emphasis on “ our national being ” and how one ’ s ethnic group was being oppressed by another .
In the late 80s there were more demands for less government centralization on the part of Yugoslavia , and an outright demand for independence coming out of Slovenia and Croatia .
In 1989 , Slobodan Milosevic became president of Serbia .
With support from Montenegro , he consolidated his power and worked to take control of Yugoslavia .
In 1990 , secessionism and nationalism obviously got more intense .
There was even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Croatia who , in the words of VP Gagnon Jr. , “ rejected all compromises with Zagreb ; held mass rallies and erected barricades ; threatened moderate Serbs and non-SDS members who refused to go along with the confrontational strategy ; provoked armed incidents with the Croatian police , and stormed villages adjacent to the regions already controlled by the Serbian forces and annexed them to their territory ” .
This would , of course , only worsen an already bad situation .
Serbs were terrified of the idea of Yugoslavia breaking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the regions of the country , and an independent Croatia , Bosnia or Kosovo , would mean persecution of ethnic Serbs .
According to CIA analysts : When Slovenia severed from Yugoslavia , there was only a ten day conflict .
The reason for this was because there was no significant Serb population in Slovenia , as opposed to Croatia or Kosovo where there were substantial numbers of ethnic Serbs .
The real worry of the Serbs was fragmentation from countries like Croatia , Bosnia and Kosovo .
However , the secession of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Yugoslav Wars .
Islamic nationalism amongst Bosnians also became very popular .
In 1990 , Alija Izetbegovic became the first president for the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina .
Izetbegovic had a long history of rebellion .
In 1946 he was arrested for his opposition to the Yugoslav regime .
In 1970 he had a book published titled , Islamic Declaration , which was a mix between Islamic fundamentalism and nationalism .
In 1983 , he was sentenced to 14 years in prison for “ Muslim nationalism ” and anti-government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yugoslavia in 1991 , Germany was amongst the first countries to recognize an independent Croatian state .
This recognition was , in the words of Chomsky , a “ recipe for war.
” Nothing changed and history repeated itself ; just as Hitler ’ s Germany wanted to fragment Yugoslavia and backed the Croatian fascists , post-War Germany as well wanted Yugoslavia to disintegrate and backed Croatian nationalists ( truly , fascists ) .
Western countries were helping to pave the way for war within , and the destabilization of , Yugoslavia .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , arms were coming in from numerous countries , into Yugoslavia : The details are reminiscent of NATO ’ s Gladio operations in which NATO intelligence agencies and military apparatuses armed and backed Right-wing paramilitaries in order to prepare them for a Soviet invasion and to conduct terrorist attacks on civilians as if it were done by Left-wing militants as a strategy of tension to ignite nationalist sentiments .
But in this situation , it was a strategy of tension to ignite war between Serbs and their neighbors .
There was also a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ within Yugoslavia .
The Yugoslav Territorial Defense Forces ( TDF ) , soldiers who were under the command of their respective republics and not the central Yugoslavian government , shifted their allegiance to paramilitaries and began training for guerrilla warfare The official military of Yugoslavia , the Yugoslav People ’ s Army , saw this as a direct threat and tried to disarm the TDF .
But the soldiers of the TDF simply joined the armies of their countries to fight against Yugoslavia .
The Yugoslav Wars broke out and a bloodbath ensued @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What the war reminds us of is the reality of European war .
We are so trapped within this warped paradigm that places the Second World War within the confines of paused time , as if what took place in that horrid conflict could never be repeated .
The Balkan wars — and the very recent Ukrainian conflict — shattered such a notion .
What is taking place within the EU , with Britain leaving the Bloc , with a strong secessionist movement in Catalonia , with tremendous anger towards the EU , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Germany boosting its military capacity for war , these are all signs of a breakdown of cohesion .
If the EU continues to lose favor with its various member states , Germany — as former Yugoslav republics warred against their neighbors — could turn back to the warpath to establish her dominance .
People will point fingers at what we are saying as lunacy .
But what we are saying is simply that history repeats , or that “ thing that hath been , it is that which shall be ” ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is denying that the song of history rhymes .
Another form of craziness is indifference towards the reality of a coming war .
The real reason why people act like they don ’ t care about what we are saying is because they really hate what we are saying .
They hate that someone can point to Europe — civilized and technologically advanced — and warn against the rise of a German incursion .
They want us to speak badly of immigrants because they hate the fact that immigrants are here , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not the enemy .
What we are dealing with is not just nationalist groups , paramilitaries and fanatical militants , but an entire nonmaterial phenomena that is entrenched within the soul of the global consciences , from which emanates hatred , reactionary politics , oppression and revolt .
It is an entire metaphysical disposition of the soul , a dimension of evil that we can not comprehend .

By the Shoebats
“…speaking oppression and revolt” (Isaiah 59:13)
“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” (Proverbs 14:12)
So many are herded these days by armchair revolutionaries without heading the Ultimate Guide: “My people, your guides lead you astray …” (Isaiah 3:12).
If I say today that dismantling the European Union is an evil thing, the sycophants of such revolutionaries will scornfully comment “you are insane – you do not know what you are talking about”. The ones who go the correct path in history suffer much; but at the end of things, Noah (only one man) was right and the whole world that was wrong perished.
Looking at the European Union, one sees a tremendous amount of hatred for this institution. We saw Britain sever itself from the Bloc; we hear anger about mass immigration and how it is destroying the White European demographic; we also see frustration for the indifference that the EU had towards the country most devastated by coronavirus — Italy, which is also the third largest economy in the EU and thus of huge geopolitical significance; we also see another economic crises looming, and a significant prospect for a second wave of migrants which will only exasperate growing nationalist sentiments. In other words, what we see in the EU is fragmentation, a breakdown of the biggest economy on earth. One thing that we know about the breakdown of unions — such as what happened with the US Civil War — is that it implodes into violence between those who are revolting and those who are trying to maintain cohesion.
One of the most recent examples of this is what occurred with Yugoslavia from the 1960s and 70s — when autonomy movements sprung from the various regions of the State — to the 1980s, when nationalism intensified tremendously — to the 1990s when we saw the nationalisms of Serbs, Croats, Bosnians and Albanians escalate into horrendous violence.
Let us first inquire briefly into the history of Yugoslavia and then on how the various ethnic tensions escalated into the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. Yugoslavia began as the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenians, which was formed in 1918. The fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the First World War opened the door for the “liberation of the Slavic population” from centuries of being ruled by various empires. The newly freed territories — not wanting to be ruled by other countries like Italy, Austria or Hungary (this was the sentiment of the Croats) — joined Serbia and Montenegro in what would be the first multinational State of South Slavs (Yugoslavia literally means “South Slavic Land”). In 1929, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenians was given a new name: the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, ruled under the Karađorđević Serbian royal line.
During the Second World War, on April 6th of 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The Nazis broke Yugoslavia into smaller regions to be ruled either directly by Germany or by Nazi allies. Resistance to the Nazis was strong, as there were two anti-fascist movements that formed: the “Centniks” ran by Dragoljub Mihailovic, and the Yugoslav Partisans directed by the general of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz, or better known as his nickname, “Tito.” During the German occupation, Croatia formed into a fascist Independent State of Croatia (it was really just a satellite for Germany). This Croatian state was called in Croatian, “Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska” (or the NDH), and it would work under subordination to Hitler’s regime. The NDH would direct the government of Croatia, known as the Ustasa, and unleash a reign of fury and terror that saw the massacre of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Serbs, Jews and gypsies. What is also disturbing is that while the Ustasa saw Serbs as lower than animals, they saw Bosnian Muslims as “Croatian nobility” and the “purest race,” since they were not perceived as Slavs but as pure Aryans. The fixation with racial purity was truly at the core of the Ustasa ideology. In the words of Dzalto:
“Over the course of World War II, in an attempt to create an ethnically pure Croatian State, the Ustasa regime and its military formations (led by Ante Pavelic) would torture, kill, and expel hundreds of thousands of Serbs. Together with Serbs, tens of thousands of Jews and Roma were also killed in the NDH.”
And it wasn’t as if none of the Serbs did not take part in genocide. During the Second World War, neighbors turned on neighbors in a horrific rage of bloodlust and vengeance. The Cetniks — Serbian nationalists — massacred Bosnian Muslims under the justification of revenge for the killings of Serbs. Albanians harbored an intense antagonism for Serbs and this — as we can imagine — also stemmed from a history of violence. For example, the Albanian inhabitants of Kosovo and Metohija, went through oppression after the defeat of the Ottomans in the Balkan War of 1912.
On November 29th, 1945, the name for Yugoslavia became the Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia. The main “nations” of Yugoslavia were Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, but others were included into the multi-ethnic state, such as Macedonians and Albanians. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Muslims were considered either Serbian or Croatian.
In the Post-war era, in the year 1948, the Yugoslav Communist Party did the unexpected: after years of being one of the strongest supporters of the Soviet Union, severed ties with Stalin. Yugoslavia’s breaking away from the Soviet Union — and thus losing its alliance with the Soviets — left it in a vulnerable situation, being open to Soviet invasion while at the same time being susceptible to Western exploitation of ethnic tensions. To quote Davor Dzalto: “the break with the Soviet Union put Yugoslavia in an extremely weak position, exposing it to the very real possibility of a Soviet invasion in the moment when Yugoslavia did not have any trustworthy allies in the West it could confidently count on.”
In 1963, the Yugoslav state would go through another name change: the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1968, the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina recognized Muslims within Yugoslavia as a separate Islamic nation. This was officialized in 1971 when the census permitted Muslims to classify themselves as “Muslim, in the sense of nationality.”
Yugoslavia was suppose to be the “South Slavic dream” wherein South Slavs could live in unity and harmony within a single state. But regardless of this, there were still ethnic tensions that sprung from centuries of violence. There was a strong sentiment, especially amongst Croatians, that Yugoslavia was an oppressive state directed by a policy of Serbian domination. This opinion would be one of the biggest fuels driving the urge for independence by the Croats and Slovenians. For the Serbs, who were the most scattered population in Yugoslavia, it was important to have a unified state where “all Serbs” could live, without fear of violence from Croatians or Albanians (two people who have quite a long history of hatred with Serbs). The Serbs wanted to maintain cohesion, while the others — like Croats, Slovenians, etc. — wanted to see Yugoslavia fragment and their own independent states form. The idea of an independent Croatian state was to the horror of Serbs living in Croatia, on account of the horrific massacres done to Serbs by Croatian fascists. Albanians living within Yugoslavia wanted to be part of “Greater Albania” and this desire manifested into violence. Even after the Second World War, violence between Serbs and Albanians continued to take place on occasion. Many Albanians also held resentment for the Serb and state police and this escalated into open hostility.
In the 60s and 70s, Croatian militants launched a series of terrorist attacks within Yugoslavia in a time known as the “Croatian Spring”. For example, the “Croatian Liberation Movement” did a terrorist attack on a theater in Belgrade in July 13 of 1968, killing one person and injuring 85 people. On April 7, 1971, the Yugoslav Ambassador to Sweden, Vladimir Rolovic, was murdered by Croatian fascists, members of the “Croatian People’s Resistance”. In 1972, there was an attempt at starting a violent revolution in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the nineteen members of the “Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood.” Regardless of the turbulency of ethnic tensions, Yugoslavia was in a significant global position, so much so that the infamous diplomat, Zbigniew Brzezinski, once said that “Yugoslavia was, together with [the] USA and [the] USSR the only country which had managed to position itself as a factor in the global arena.” Jimmy Carter even praised Tito as “a great world leader” and “a remarkable man” who deserves “respect and admiration”. It was after the death of Tito in 1980 when the nationalist antagonisms really spiraled into full on violence in the bloodiest conflict in Europe after the Second World War.
When the Balkan peoples started killing each other, the carnage shocked the world. It was not just the mere violence that disturbed, but also the fact that it was taking place in Europe and after a matter of some decades after World War Two. Various chimeras were lingering in the air of the global consciousness. One popular idea was that of the darling of many, the false prophet of democracy, Francis Fukuyama, whose prophecy of the “end of history” when the whole world would be under “liberal democracy” got people to never really conceive that such violence would erupt in Europe again. The gore that was shed in the Balkans ambushed the naive minds of the masses who truly believed that Europe would be in a perpetually peaceful state. Such is the paradox of civilization: people accept this particular narrative that fashionable things — be it certain ideas or technology — indicate the morality of a society. The problem with such a way of thinking is that it is vacuous of any historical perspective; for the most advanced of civilizations — from the Romans to the Aztecs — force such a narrative to fall flat right on its face.
There were three factors that preceded the bloody fragmenting of Yugoslavia: the decentralizing of the Yugoslav government, economic instability, and nationalism. The first of the three took place in the 1960s and 70s when local governments in each of the republics gained more leverage and power, thus weakening the central Yugoslav government. Prior to this happening, there was already a certain amount of liberties that regional governments had. Yugoslavia was ruled under a collective presidency, consisting of members of each of the Yugoslav republics and autonomous provinces, which conducted themselves in harmony with the presidency and with the federal parliament. This system of government provided leeway for secessionists . Once the republics got more autonomy, it ended up breaking the cohesion of the state. The governing powers of these republics would be given more into the hands of nationalist political parties who wanted to shift their regions into independence from Yugoslavia.
Economic despair also foreshadowed the outbreak of revolt. Yugoslavia was sinking into debt due to major foreign borrowing. Also, the autonomy of Yugoslav republics allowed them to acquire debt, leading to many terrible investments by the numerous governments within Yugoslavia, which would prove detrimental to the economy. Putting the differences with the EU aside, there is an eerie similarity with the EU, wherein Mediterranean European countries — Spain, Portugal, Italy and especially Greece — became economically devastated from incessant borrowing and sunk into debts due to bailouts. Just as the bad economic situation was capitalized on by European nationalists, the bad economic situation in Yugoslavia would act as a perfect argument for nationalists pushing for secession.
After Tito’s death in 1980, the whole quagmire of political subversion and conflict fully exasperated. Rhetoric got more nationalistic, more vicious. Scholars Andrew Wachtel and Christopher Bennet write a description of the political atmosphere at that time: “The obvious basis of support for all such politicians was nationalism, and in each of the republics the most powerful political parties to emerge were formed on the basis of ethnic affiliation.” The 1980s saw more of an emphasis on “our national being” and how one’s ethnic group was being oppressed by another. In the late 80s there were more demands for less government centralization on the part of Yugoslavia, and an outright demand for independence coming out of Slovenia and Croatia. In 1989, Slobodan Milosevic became president of Serbia. With support from Montenegro, he consolidated his power and worked to take control of Yugoslavia.
In 1990, secessionism and nationalism obviously got more intense. There was even a small minority of Serb nationalist militants in Croatia who, in the words of VP Gagnon Jr., “rejected all compromises with Zagreb; held mass rallies and erected barricades; threatened moderate Serbs and non-SDS members who refused to go along with the confrontational strategy; provoked armed incidents with the Croatian police, and stormed villages adjacent to the regions already controlled by the Serbian forces and annexed them to their territory”. This would, of course, only worsen an already bad situation. Serbs were terrified of the idea of Yugoslavia breaking down, since they were Serbs throughout the regions of the country, and an independent Croatia, Bosnia or Kosovo, would mean persecution of ethnic Serbs. According to CIA analysts:
“the key question for Serbia is the ‘fate’ of the Serbs who dwell outside the borders of Serbia. This is the issue of the greatest psychological importance for Serbs, and no Belgrade leadership can lightly accept responsibility for splintering the unity of the Serbian people, the goal for which Serbs perceive they have fought — and won — four bloody wars in this country.”
When Slovenia severed from Yugoslavia, there was only a ten day conflict. The reason for this was because there was no significant Serb population in Slovenia, as opposed to Croatia or Kosovo where there were substantial numbers of ethnic Serbs. The real worry of the Serbs was fragmentation from countries like Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. However, the secession of Slovenia rippled into the bloody conflagration of the Yugoslav Wars. Islamic nationalism amongst Bosnians also became very popular. In 1990, Alija Izetbegovic became the first president for the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Izetbegovic had a long history of rebellion. In 1946 he was arrested for his opposition to the Yugoslav regime. In 1970 he had a book published titled, Islamic Declaration, which was a mix between Islamic fundamentalism and nationalism. In 1983, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison for “Muslim nationalism” and anti-government activities.
When Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, Germany was amongst the first countries to recognize an independent Croatian state. This recognition was, in the words of Chomsky, a “recipe for war.” Nothing changed and history repeated itself; just as Hitler’s Germany wanted to fragment Yugoslavia and backed the Croatian fascists, post-War Germany as well wanted Yugoslavia to disintegrate and backed Croatian nationalists (truly, fascists). Western countries were helping to pave the way for war within, and the destabilization of, Yugoslavia. As a declassified CIA document tells us, arms were coming in from numerous countries, into Yugoslavia:
“Foreign arms have been entering the Yugoslav republics for months, the products of smuggling, gray arms market transactions, and at least one confirmed government-to-republic sale. The acquisition of foreign weapons is extremely sensitive in Yugoslavia’s supercharged political atmosphere, and Belgrade reacted sharply to Hungary’s government authorized sale of assault rifles to the Croatian government. …It is quite likely that arms dealers from Israel, Europe and the Middle East have approached republic officials in Yugoslavia and concluded agreements with some of them. …The flow of foreign arms stepped up last year as Slovenia and Croatia began to see a more immediate threat of Army intervention. Private Slovene groups covertly acquired weapons last fall [redacted] and we believe that the republic government has been buying arms commercially on the gray arms market. Croatian representatives directly solicited US and European military support late last year, and senior republic officials have publicly acknowledged their efforts to acquire weapons in international arms markets. The Croats were rebuffed by Western governments, but the Hungarian government responded by authorizing a controversial sale of several thousand assault rifles. Hungarian officials and Yugoslav press reports claim they may also have received Czech weapons. At least one report indicates some Croatian paramilitary forces have been seen with weapons from Singapore and Germany.”
The details are reminiscent of NATO’s Gladio operations in which NATO intelligence agencies and military apparatuses armed and backed Right-wing paramilitaries in order to prepare them for a Soviet invasion and to conduct terrorist attacks on civilians as if it were done by Left-wing militants as a strategy of tension to ignite nationalist sentiments. But in this situation, it was a strategy of tension to ignite war between Serbs and their neighbors. There was also a preparation for revolt being done by soldiers within Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav Territorial Defense Forces (TDF), soldiers who were under the command of their respective republics and not the central Yugoslavian government, shifted their allegiance to paramilitaries and began training for guerrilla warfare The official military of Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav People’s Army, saw this as a direct threat and tried to disarm the TDF. But the soldiers of the TDF simply joined the armies of their countries to fight against Yugoslavia.
The Yugoslav Wars broke out and a bloodbath ensued, leaving around 140,000 people dead. What the war reminds us of is the reality of European war. We are so trapped within this warped paradigm that places the Second World War within the confines of paused time, as if what took place in that horrid conflict could never be repeated. The Balkan wars — and the very recent Ukrainian conflict — shattered such a notion. What is taking place within the EU, with Britain leaving the Bloc, with a strong secessionist movement in Catalonia, with tremendous anger towards the EU, with nationalist feelings continually rising high, with Germany boosting its military capacity for war, these are all signs of a breakdown of cohesion. If the EU continues to lose favor with its various member states, Germany — as former Yugoslav republics warred against their neighbors — could turn back to the warpath to establish her dominance.
People will point fingers at what we are saying as lunacy. But what we are saying is simply that history repeats, or that “thing that hath been, it is that which shall be” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). The true lunacy is denying that the song of history rhymes. Another form of craziness is indifference towards the reality of a coming war. The real reason why people act like they don’t care about what we are saying is because they really hate what we are saying. They hate that someone can point to Europe — civilized and technologically advanced — and warn against the rise of a German incursion. They want us to speak badly of immigrants because they hate the fact that immigrants are here, they hate the fact that the immigrant is not the enemy. What we are dealing with is not just nationalist groups, paramilitaries and fanatical militants, but an entire nonmaterial phenomena that is entrenched within the soul of the global consciences, from which emanates hatred, reactionary politics, oppression and revolt. It is an entire metaphysical disposition of the soul, a dimension of evil that we cannot comprehend.
Source:
Dzalto, Yugoslavia.
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