theduran--2020-01-24--What Europe Can Do to Avoid WW III?: Say ‘No!’ Now, to Its Start.

The U.S. Government , which had lied its way into invading and destroying Iraq in 2003 ( with a little help from UK and Europeans ) , wants Europeans to pitch-in for more U.S.-run invasions .
Europeans find this disturbing , but not repulsive enough to say , flat-out , “ No !
” to it .
However , only that “ No !
” can stop the onrush toward a massive U.S. war against both Iran and Iraq , which would spread ultimately into a global nuclear war between U.S. and Russia .
On January 6th , Barbara Wessel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Deutsche Welle ( DW ) , headlined a common European sentiment : “ Trump has Europeans caught in a trap : Europe is suffering under the way Donald Trump makes political decisions on the fly .
The only option left is to appeal to Iran ’ s interest in self-preservation ” .
But Iranians can ’ t stop the sanctions against itself , and can ’ t stop Trump ’ s other outrageous aggressions .
Wessel ’ s false underlying assumption was that Europe must lecture Iranians .
That ’ s like lecturing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The only option left is to appeal to Jews ’ interest in self-preservation.
” Victims already do everything they can to stop their being victimized ; they can not stop the victimizer from victimizing them .
They don ’ t cause it .
Europe must , at last , say “ No !
” to U.S. , the tyrant over the entire world — Bolivia , Venezuela , Syria , Iraq , Iran , Afghanistan , and more .
Wessel , however , understood , at least , that the dangerousness actually comes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it does from Iran .
So , she recognized that her thinking on this whole matter was confused .
She stated : Any illusions about the possibility of an even partially rational cooperation on foreign policy with the government in Washington have long been shattered .
Cynical remarks by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo , who accuses the Europeans of not giving enough support in the Middle East , underline their helplessness .
… Even experienced observers of US Middle East policy have been unable to explain how this [ Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] fits in with the strike against Soleimani .
… Europeans find themselves in the trap of a kind of US foreign policy that is marked by the emotional eruptions of an unpredictable president and his power-drunk neocon supporters .
… Basically , their [ the U.S. Government ’ s ] only explanation for killing Soleimani is : “ Because we can.
” … Granted , Europe looks weak and helpless when , in joint statements , Europeans call for de-escalation after their presumed partner , the US , has just done everything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ … The new year will quickly show how strong the current tendency to suicide is among all those involved .
… The presumption on which such sentiments are based is that things must go on as before , and EU must continue to be allied with U.S. , instead of with the rest of the EurAsian Continent — but this presumption ( EU with U.S. instead of with all the rest of EurAsia ) has been false ever since the U.S. Government went wild in its response to the mainly Saudi Arabian 9/11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that event , and Iran got blamed by the U.S. government for 9/11 as being “ The top state sponsor of terrorism ” ( which was yet another lie ) , and Obama perpetrated a coup replacing Ukraine ’ s democratically elected Government with a U.S.-imposed fascist and rabidly anti-Russian government such as Obama wanted to be next-door to Russia .
He even was intending to replace Russia ’ s largest naval base , which is in Crimea , by yet another U.S. naval base , to be installed there .
None of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Nor is it even discussed in Europe or in any other vassal-region of the U.S. empire .
It ’ s censored-out there .
Germany , France , Italy , Spain and all the rest of Europe , actually belong with all the rest of the EurAsian Continent , rather than with the formerly democratic but now fascist United States across the Atlantic Ocean .
A federal EurAsia , composed of free and independent states within a wider United States of EurAsia , would have 4.618 billion population , almost half of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that , and economic growth which far exceeds that of what will then be left of the U.S.-and-its-allied-countries : UK , Saudi Arabia , and Israel .
All other nations would ally either with EurAsia or with that U.S. group — American and those three core allies ( Saudi Arabia , Israel , and UK ) .
NATO is America ’ s aggressive alliance , which routinely invades countries that pose no threat to either U.S. or Europe ( such as Iraq ) .
America ’ s plan for NATO is to expand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will automatically have European allies for invasions in places such as Latin America .
NATO needs to be replaced by a united EurAsian defense force , which will be able to counterbalance , within its sphere , the world ’ s largest military .
The U.S. has around 1,000 military bases , of which around 300 are inside U.S .
Though officially the U.S. spends 37 % of the global military budget , it actually spends around half of all global military expenditures , but hides around one-third of its annual military spending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Departments , such as the U.S. Treasury Department , so as not to seem as militaristic as the U.S. Government actually is .
It ’ s actually a global empire — the largest that the world has ever known .
Europe is , and can only be , vassals in that empire .
The alternative requires new thinking , and is not to spend more money on the military , but to recognize that when Russia ended the Cold War in 1991 , the war secretly continued , and still does continue , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and China recognize that this is America ’ s intention .
Europe must stop the Cold War , because only Europe can do that .
Barbara Wessel ’ s commentary presumes , instead , that Europe ’ s leaders have no ability to say no to the U.S. That presumed passivity is only bad habit , inherited from a Europe which was wrecked by WW II .
That ’ s no longer the reality today .
Instead , Europe , joined with Asia , will be the global superpower that can finally end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not joining them .
EurAsia will be the world ’ s dominant power , if Europeans want a future that is better than the past , instead of catastrophic .
Either way , the future won ’ t be much like the past .
Europe needs to wake up now , from its vassalage since WW II ended .
Simply continuing that would produce a horrible future .
Another DW columnist on January 6th , Konstantin Eggert , headlined “ Opinion : Putin ’ s power games may get out of hand ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Germany ’ s vassalage to the U.S. regime .
He presented a strong case that by murdering Soleimani , Trump had pulled the trump card in the U.S.-v.-Russia game by eliminating the key person upon whom Putin had been relying in order to transfer dominance in the Middle East away from U.S. and toward , instead , Russia .
Soleimani was that key individual for Putin ’ s success in this .
“ According to sources in Moscow , Putin knew Soleimani very well : He played a key role in creating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s regime in Syria from what seemed in 2015 an imminent demise.
” With Soleimani now gone , Eggert predicted that regardless of what Iraq ’ s Government might want , the U.S. would refuse to terminate its occupation of that country , and Iran would be in a much weaker position than before .
He said that “ Putin has every reason to wish the Iranians backed off from confrontation with the United States , ” so as for Russia to avoid being drawn into World War III .
“ Putin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drama is to play peacemaker — not alone but in the company of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkey ’ s Erdogan , who are rushing to meet him in the coming two days .
Berlin and Ankara do not want to see the Middle East explode and will be asking Putin to use his close ties in Tehran to hatch a deal and fend off confrontation.
” In this sense , the missile that hit Soleimani on January 3rd hit not only Iraq and Iran but EU and Turkey .
Eggert therefore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America ’ s vassals because Russia now is trapped and Putin might not fold his hand and might not simply let Iran become ultimately swallowed-up — Merkel etc .
should urge Putin to fold his hand , is the implication here .
Eggert ’ s implication is that , in the final analysis , might makes right , and that therefore any resistance against it ( for example , if Putin continues to resist ) would only be harmful .
Or , as he puts it : “ With the Iranian regime massively @ @ @ @ @ @ @ position in the Middle East and Vladimir Putin ’ s personal prestige as the world ’ s topmost authority on stopping ‘ regime change ’ and someone who never leaves allies in the lurch , will be badly hit and revealed as much weaker than it seems.
” Eggert sees Trump ’ s assassination of Soleimani as , in effect , a master-stroke , which has severely weakened Putin .
Of course , if Europe ’ s leaders will act this way , then Eggert ’ s might-makes-right view will be vindicated , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regime ’ s indispensable ally .
If EU breaks away from U.S. and joins with the rest of the EurAsian continent instead , at least the possibility will exist for avoiding a hellish future of continued and accelerating vassalage to the U.S. regime for the entire world .
Passivity and might-makes-right slants such as “ Putin ’ s power games may get out of hand ” ( instead of “ America ’ s assassination of Soleimani places entire world in danger ” ) are choices — not inevitable — and Europeans will ultimately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the choices here .
Europeans will decide whether the U.S. is the world ’ s enemy ; or , instead , whether Russia , China , Iran , and , really , all the rest of Asia , will be treated as if they were that ( like the U.S. regime wants ) .
Ganging-up against the victims — if that is to be the European response — would be a choice , not an inevitability ( such as DW implies ) .
It will be up to Europeans whether to order all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tariff all imports from America , and to sanction and boycott U.S. brands and increasingly replace them with EurAsian ones instead .
Trump can be trumped , but only Europe has the clout to do it .
The future will be decided by Europeans .
The voices of passivity , such as DW , are doing the bidding of Europeans ’ enemy — not of the entire world ’ s future : a EurAsian-led world .
Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author , most recently , of They ’ re Not Even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Records , 1910-2010 , and of CHRIST ’ S VENTRILOQUISTS : The Event that Created Christianity .

The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of this site. This site does not give financial, investment or medical advice.
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org
The U.S. Government, which had lied its way into invading and destroying Iraq in 2003 (with a little help from UK and Europeans), wants Europeans to pitch-in for more U.S.-run invasions. Europeans find this disturbing, but not repulsive enough to say, flat-out, “No!” to it. However, only that “No!” can stop the onrush toward a massive U.S. war against both Iran and Iraq, which would spread ultimately into a global nuclear war between U.S. and Russia.
On January 6th, Barbara Wessel, a columnist for Germany’s Deutsche Welle (DW), headlined a common European sentiment: “Trump has Europeans caught in a trap: Europe is suffering under the way Donald Trump makes political decisions on the fly. The only option left is to appeal to Iran’s interest in self-preservation”. But Iranians can’t stop the sanctions against itself, and can’t stop Trump’s other outrageous aggressions. Wessel’s false underlying assumption was that Europe must lecture Iranians. That’s like lecturing to Jews during WW II: “The only option left is to appeal to Jews’ interest in self-preservation.” Victims already do everything they can to stop their being victimized; they cannot stop the victimizer from victimizing them. They don’t cause it. Europe must, at last, say “No!” to U.S., the tyrant over the entire world — Bolivia, Venezuela, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and more. Wessel, however, understood, at least, that the dangerousness actually comes far more from the U.S., than it does from Iran. So, she recognized that her thinking on this whole matter was confused. She stated:
Any illusions about the possibility of an even partially rational cooperation on foreign policy with the government in Washington have long been shattered. Cynical remarks by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who accuses the Europeans of not giving enough support in the Middle East, underline their helplessness. … Even experienced observers of US Middle East policy have been unable to explain how this [Trump’s “bring American soldiers home”] fits in with the strike against Soleimani. … Europeans find themselves in the trap of a kind of US foreign policy that is marked by the emotional eruptions of an unpredictable president and his power-drunk neocon supporters. … Basically, their [the U.S. Government’s] only explanation for killing Soleimani is: “Because we can.” … Granted, Europe looks weak and helpless when, in joint statements, Europeans call for de-escalation after their presumed partner, the US, has just done everything it can to escalate the situation. … The new year will quickly show how strong the current tendency to suicide is among all those involved. …
The presumption on which such sentiments are based is that things must go on as before, and EU must continue to be allied with U.S., instead of with the rest of the EurAsian Continent — but this presumption (EU with U.S. instead of with all the rest of EurAsia) has been false ever since the U.S. Government went wild in its response to the mainly Saudi Arabian 9/11 assault against the U.S. and Israel cheered that event, and Iran got blamed by the U.S. government for 9/11 as being “The top state sponsor of terrorism” (which was yet another lie), and Obama perpetrated a coup replacing Ukraine’s democratically elected Government with a U.S.-imposed fascist and rabidly anti-Russian government such as Obama wanted to be next-door to Russia. He even was intending to replace Russia’s largest naval base, which is in Crimea, by yet another U.S. naval base, to be installed there. None of this is in Europe’s interest. Nor is it even discussed in Europe or in any other vassal-region of the U.S. empire. It’s censored-out there.
Germany, France, Italy, Spain and all the rest of Europe, actually belong with all the rest of the EurAsian Continent, rather than with the formerly democratic but now fascist United States across the Atlantic Ocean. A federal EurAsia, composed of free and independent states within a wider United States of EurAsia, would have 4.618 billion population, almost half of the entire world, and wealth to match that, and economic growth which far exceeds that of what will then be left of the U.S.-and-its-allied-countries: UK, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. All other nations would ally either with EurAsia or with that U.S. group — American and those three core allies (Saudi Arabia, Israel, and UK). NATO is America’s aggressive alliance, which routinely invades countries that pose no threat to either U.S. or Europe (such as Iraq). America’s plan for NATO is to expand it worldwide, so that the U.S. will automatically have European allies for invasions in places such as Latin America. NATO needs to be replaced by a united EurAsian defense force, which will be able to counterbalance, within its sphere, the world’s largest military. The U.S. has around 1,000 military bases, of which around 300 are inside U.S. Though officially the U.S. spends 37% of the global military budget, it actually spends around half of all global military expenditures, but hides around one-third of its annual military spending by listing those costs in other federal Departments, such as the U.S. Treasury Department, so as not to seem as militaristic as the U.S. Government actually is. It’s actually a global empire — the largest that the world has ever known. Europe is, and can only be, vassals in that empire. The alternative requires new thinking, and is not to spend more money on the military, but to recognize that when Russia ended the Cold War in 1991, the war secretly continued, and still does continue, on the U.S. side — and Russia and China recognize that this is America’s intention. Europe must stop the Cold War, because only Europe can do that.
Barbara Wessel’s commentary presumes, instead, that Europe’s leaders have no ability to say no to the U.S. That presumed passivity is only bad habit, inherited from a Europe which was wrecked by WW II. That’s no longer the reality today. Instead, Europe, joined with Asia, will be the global superpower that can finally end America’s endless wars —simply by not joining them. EurAsia will be the world’s dominant power, if Europeans want a future that is better than the past, instead of catastrophic. Either way, the future won’t be much like the past. Europe needs to wake up now, from its vassalage since WW II ended. Simply continuing that would produce a horrible future.
Another DW columnist on January 6th, Konstantin Eggert, headlined “Opinion: Putin’s power games may get out of hand”, and he was even more supportive of Germany’s vassalage to the U.S. regime. He presented a strong case that by murdering Soleimani, Trump had pulled the trump card in the U.S.-v.-Russia game by eliminating the key person upon whom Putin had been relying in order to transfer dominance in the Middle East away from U.S. and toward, instead, Russia. Soleimani was that key individual for Putin’s success in this. “According to sources in Moscow, Putin knew Soleimani very well: He played a key role in creating the Russian-Iranian alliance that saved Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria from what seemed in 2015 an imminent demise.” With Soleimani now gone, Eggert predicted that regardless of what Iraq’s Government might want, the U.S. would refuse to terminate its occupation of that country, and Iran would be in a much weaker position than before. He said that “Putin has every reason to wish the Iranians backed off from confrontation with the United States,” so as for Russia to avoid being drawn into World War III. “Putin’s best chance to avoid this drama is to play peacemaker — not alone but in the company of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkey’s Erdogan, who are rushing to meet him in the coming two days. Berlin and Ankara do not want to see the Middle East explode and will be asking Putin to use his close ties in Tehran to hatch a deal and fend off confrontation.” In this sense, the missile that hit Soleimani on January 3rd hit not only Iraq and Iran but EU and Turkey. Eggert therefore advises America’s vassals to remain America’s vassals because Russia now is trapped and Putin might not fold his hand and might not simply let Iran become ultimately swallowed-up — Merkel etc. should urge Putin to fold his hand, is the implication here. Eggert’s implication is that, in the final analysis, might makes right, and that therefore any resistance against it (for example, if Putin continues to resist) would only be harmful. Or, as he puts it: “With the Iranian regime massively undermined or destroyed, Moscow’s position in the Middle East and Vladimir Putin’s personal prestige as the world’s topmost authority on stopping ‘regime change’ and someone who never leaves allies in the lurch, will be badly hit and revealed as much weaker than it seems.” Eggert sees Trump’s assassination of Soleimani as, in effect, a master-stroke, which has severely weakened Putin. Of course, if Europe’s leaders will act this way, then Eggert’s might-makes-right view will be vindicated, by them.
Europe is the U.S. regime’s indispensable ally. If EU breaks away from U.S. and joins with the rest of the EurAsian continent instead, at least the possibility will exist for avoiding a hellish future of continued and accelerating vassalage to the U.S. regime for the entire world. Passivity and might-makes-right slants such as “Putin’s power games may get out of hand” (instead of “America’s assassination of Soleimani places entire world in danger”) are choices — not inevitable — and Europeans will ultimately be the individuals who will be making the choices here. Europeans will decide whether the U.S. is the world’s enemy; or, instead, whether Russia, China, Iran, and, really, all the rest of Asia, will be treated as if they were that (like the U.S. regime wants). Ganging-up against the victims — if that is to be the European response — would be a choice, not an inevitability (such as DW implies). It will be up to Europeans whether to order all U.S. troops to leave, and to tariff all imports from America, and to sanction and boycott U.S. brands and increasingly replace them with EurAsian ones instead. Trump can be trumped, but only Europe has the clout to do it. The future will be decided by Europeans. The voices of passivity, such as DW, are doing the bidding of Europeans’ enemy — not of the entire world’s future: a EurAsian-led world.
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Investigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of They’re Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010, and of CHRIST’S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity.
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theduran--2020-01-25--Saudi Prince MbS revenge HACKS Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ iPhone (Video)

The Duran ’ s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss claims that Saudi Prince MbS , hacked Amazon CEO and WaPo owner , Jeff Bezos ’ iPhone , in an effort to take revenge on Bezos for daring to run with the Jamal Khashoggi murder in Turkey at the hands of Saudi Arabia .
The United Nations experts have now called for an “ immediate investigation ” by the United States .
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Yesterday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman during happier times .
And a few hours later , Bloomberg reported that the scandal began during MbS ’ s two-week ‘ goodwill ’ tour of the US back in 2018 .
Following the revelation that MbS personally ordered , and even helped to orchestrate , the hacking of Bezos ’ phone via a Whatsapp phishing message , the UN demanded a probe of the allegations , even as the Saudis vehemently denied the reports .
But as it turns out , a meeting between the two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sowed the seeds of one of the most bizarre political scandals during an age where bizarre geopolitical scandals seem to break almost daily .
When the two men met in 2018 , each wanted something from the other : Amazon had been pushing to expand AWS and its e-commerce business in the Middle East , including in Saudi Arabia .
However , there was one major obstacle : Jamal Khashoggi , a columnist at the Washington Post , had been intensely critical of MbS , much to his chagrin .
In one column @ @ @ @ @ @ @ old tactics of intolerance with new ways of repression… ” MbS feared that Khashoggi was a major liability given his service inside the royal court , and his status as an insider-turned-dissident .
The men met at a small dinner in Los Angeles on April 4 .
It ’ s not clear what they discussed , but the meeting went well enough that the two men exchanged phone numbers .
And that ’ s how it all began , as Bloomberg reports .
Because nearly four weeks later , on May 1 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MbS .
Per BBG , which cited a report by FTI Consulting , it arrived “ unexpectedly and without explanation , meaning it was not discussed by the parties in advance of being sent.
” That message included a 4.22 MB video .
And within hours of receiving the message , “ a massive and unauthorized exfiltration of data from Bezos ’ s phone began.
” Jeff Bezos , the richest man on the planet , had successfully phished by the Crown Prince .
The infiltration wasn ’ t discovered until Gavin de @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to find the source of leaked racy photos depicting Bezos with his girlfriend , TV personality , Lauren Sanchez , commissioned an analysis of Bezos ’ s iPhone .
But the investigation wasn ’ t over .
De Becker hired FTI Consulting on Feb. 24 , 2019 to do an analysis of Bezos ’ iPhone X , according to the company ’ s report .
The analysis was conducted in a “ well-equipped and secure lab environment , including forensic imaging of Bezos ’ phone and analysis of phone behavior in a sandboxed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What the FTI investigators found was that the amount of data being transmitted out of Bezos ’ s phone changed dramatically after receiving the video file from the crown prince ’ s account .
His phone averaged about 430 KB of egress per day in the six months prior to receiving the WhatsApp video .
Hours later , the egress jumped to 126 MB , according to the report .
The FTI Consulting report was completed in November , and was passed along to experts at the U.N. who were already looking into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experts , David Kaye , the U.N. special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression , said evidence shared with his team was reviewed by four independent experts , who asked some questions of the authors , leaving the U.N. team ultimately satisfied with the results .
Kaye said they sent a letter to the Saudi government warning that their statement was coming .
“ The allegations here are very grave , they ’ re about a foreign government compromising the communications account of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kaye said in an interview .
“ There ’ s clearly enough for federal authorities to examine this.
” MbS has yet to weigh in on the report .
But yesterday , a WSJ report surfaced with an obviously ridiculous claim : Citing officials close to MbS , the paper reported that the prince ’ s inner circle was aware of the plot to hack Bezos ’ phone , but not of the plot to blackmail him by leaking the photos to the National Inquirer ( remember how well that worked out ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ amusing comparison illustrating exactly how ridiculous this claim is .
The UN is investigating Saudi Arabia ’ s role in the scandal , as well as Sanchez ’ s brother Michael , who is believed to be responsible for getting the photos to the National Inquirer .
Whatever revelations lie in wait , it looks like this extremely tawdry scandal is just getting started .

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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss claims that Saudi Prince MbS, hacked Amazon CEO and WaPo owner, Jeff Bezos’ iPhone, in an effort to take revenge on Bezos for daring to run with the Jamal Khashoggi murder in Turkey at the hands of Saudi Arabia.
The United Nations experts have now called for an “immediate investigation” by the United States.
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Yesterday, WSJ published this photo of Jeff Bezos and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman during happier times.
And a few hours later, Bloomberg reported that the scandal began during MbS’s two-week ‘goodwill’ tour of the US back in 2018.
Following the revelation that MbS personally ordered, and even helped to orchestrate, the hacking of Bezos’ phone via a Whatsapp phishing message, the UN demanded a probe of the allegations, even as the Saudis vehemently denied the reports.
But as it turns out, a meeting between the two men during that ‘goodwill’ tour sowed the seeds of one of the most bizarre political scandals during an age where bizarre geopolitical scandals seem to break almost daily.
When the two men met in 2018, each wanted something from the other: Amazon had been pushing to expand AWS and its e-commerce business in the Middle East, including in Saudi Arabia. However, there was one major obstacle: Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist at the Washington Post, had been intensely critical of MbS, much to his chagrin. In one column, Khashoggi accused Bezos of “replacing old tactics of intolerance with new ways of repression…” MbS feared that Khashoggi was a major liability given his service inside the royal court, and his status as an insider-turned-dissident.
The men met at a small dinner in Los Angeles on April 4. It’s not clear what they discussed, but the meeting went well enough that the two men exchanged phone numbers.
And that’s how it all began, as Bloomberg reports. Because nearly four weeks later, on May 1, Bezos received an unexpected WhatsApp message from MbS. Per BBG, which cited a report by FTI Consulting, it arrived “unexpectedly and without explanation, meaning it was not discussed by the parties in advance of being sent.”
That message included a 4.22 MB video. And within hours of receiving the message, “a massive and unauthorized exfiltration of data from Bezos’s phone began.”
Jeff Bezos, the richest man on the planet, had successfully phished by the Crown Prince.
The infiltration wasn’t discovered until Gavin de Becker, the investigator hired by Bezos to find the source of leaked racy photos depicting Bezos with his girlfriend, TV personality, Lauren Sanchez, commissioned an analysis of Bezos’s iPhone.
But the investigation wasn’t over. De Becker hired FTI Consulting on Feb. 24, 2019 to do an analysis of Bezos’ iPhone X, according to the company’s report. The analysis was conducted in a “well-equipped and secure lab environment, including forensic imaging of Bezos’ phone and analysis of phone behavior in a sandboxed network,” the report says. What the FTI investigators found was that the amount of data being transmitted out of Bezos’s phone changed dramatically after receiving the video file from the crown prince’s account. His phone averaged about 430 KB of egress per day in the six months prior to receiving the WhatsApp video. Hours later, the egress jumped to 126 MB, according to the report. The FTI Consulting report was completed in November, and was passed along to experts at the U.N. who were already looking into the Khashoggi murder. One of those experts, David Kaye, the U.N. special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, said evidence shared with his team was reviewed by four independent experts, who asked some questions of the authors, leaving the U.N. team ultimately satisfied with the results. Kaye said they sent a letter to the Saudi government warning that their statement was coming. “The allegations here are very grave, they’re about a foreign government compromising the communications account of a phone of an American citizen,” Kaye said in an interview. “There’s clearly enough for federal authorities to examine this.”
MbS has yet to weigh in on the report. But yesterday, a WSJ report surfaced with an obviously ridiculous claim: Citing officials close to MbS, the paper reported that the prince’s inner circle was aware of the plot to hack Bezos’ phone, but not of the plot to blackmail him by leaking the photos to the National Inquirer (remember how well that worked out?) .
One Twitter wit made an amusing comparison illustrating exactly how ridiculous this claim is.
The UN is investigating Saudi Arabia’s role in the scandal, as well as Sanchez’s brother Michael, who is believed to be responsible for getting the photos to the National Inquirer.
Whatever revelations lie in wait, it looks like this extremely tawdry scandal is just getting started.
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theduran--2020-01-25--‘Bye, bye dollar’: endless sanctions and Huawei CFO’s arrest show why countries seek to abandon US c

‘Bye, bye dollar’: endless sanctions and Huawei CFO’s arrest show why countries seek to abandon US currency

Submitted by InfoBrics , authored by Johanna Ross , journalist based in Edinburgh , Scotland… The dollar has been the world ’ s dominant currency since the 1950s , but this is now changing thanks to aggressive use of sanctions by the United States .
This has been particularly noticeable under the Trump administration , with its cut-throat approach , exchanging traditional diplomacy for financial warfare , as only Donald Trump knows how .
The financial hegemony created by the US last century is now showing definite signs of waning , as global powers such as China and Russia are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is undoubtedly edging towards multipolarity .
The beginning of the end for the dollar ’ s dominance can probably be traced back to 2001 , with the terrorist attacks on September 11th .
After that the US began to impose hefty fines on banks overseas for money-laundering and sanctions avoidance .
Since then , Trump has taken financial warfare to a new level , using sanctions against Iran , North Korea , Russia and Venezuela .
Then there has been his trade war with China .
This has seen not only tariffs placed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ companies such as Huawei , whom he has accused of espionage , and whose CFO was arrested in Canada in 2018 ( on behalf of the US ) for alleged ‘ fraud related to sanctions against Iran ’ .
This particular case of Meng Wanzhou , the chief financial officer of Huawei , highlights just why nations are looking to assert their independence from the dollar .
Wanzhou was arrested at Vancouver International Airport in December 2018 at Washington ’ s request , just as tensions were building between the US and China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administration .
She was accused of defrauding financial institutions and lying in an attempt to get around US sanctions preventing other countries from doing business with Iran .
Huawei ’ s CFO has been subject to the full works : forced to surrender her passports , abide by a curfew and wear a GPS tracker .
She has had to live under house arrest in Vancouver since she was released on a $ 10-million bail .
Canada has been criticised for its handling of the case , including the father of Wikileaks founder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is another example of the US abusing justice systems to target its geopolitical enemies .
In its actions , the US has exposed China ’ s vulnerability to a financial system still very much dependent on the dollar .
The US ’ ability to blacklist Chinese tech firms such as Huawei , effectively relies on sanctioning the suppliers and business partners who use the dollar-based banking and payments system to do business with them .
Some of the evidence against Meng Wanzhou is in fact from a US-appointed overseer from HSBC in London @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sanctioned eight different Chinese tech firms for alleged human-rights abuses in the Xinjiang provinces .
Human rights abuses or not , we don ’ t see any such sanctions against US allies such as Saudi Arabia with its abysmal human rights record .
There is clearly a geopolitical motivation here .
Russia , on the other hand , has long understood the need to release itself from the clutches of US financial domination .
It has gone furthest of all to secure its own independent economic future , creating expendable entities to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s blacklist , so that its own firms can be spared .
It has also been actively de-dollarising parts of its banking system , reducing the dollar share of its foreign-exchange reserves from 40 percent to 24 percent .
Recently the Ministry of Finance announced future plans to lower the dollar share of its $ 125 billion sovereign-wealth fund .
Russia ’ s debt is also being gradually de-dollarised , with new issuance often in roubles or euros .
Figures show that for 2019 62 % of Russia ’ s goods and services @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 80 % back in 2013 .
The Russian Central Bank ’ s governor , Elvira Nabiullina , has confirmed that the decision to move away from the dollar is a reaction to US sanctions – which were imposed after the reunification of Crimea and Russia in 2014 – but she has also spoken of a desire now shared by many in the international community , to shrug off the dollar ’ s dominance .
As Russian President Vladimir Putin has said ‘ We aren ’ t aiming to ditch the dollar .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was announced that both Russia and China would work towards more bilateral trade in their own currencies .
This new reality is also being recognised in the West .
Bank of England governor Mark Carney said in August last year that a system dominated by the dollar ‘ won ’ t hold.
’ Trump has taken financial warfare to a new level , and so other countries have had to up their game also .
The shift away from unipolarity has begun , as the US may soon pay its own price @ @ @ @ @ @

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Submitted by InfoBrics, authored by Johanna Ross, journalist based in Edinburgh, Scotland…
The dollar has been the world’s dominant currency since the 1950s, but this is now changing thanks to aggressive use of sanctions by the United States. This has been particularly noticeable under the Trump administration, with its cut-throat approach, exchanging traditional diplomacy for financial warfare, as only Donald Trump knows how. The financial hegemony created by the US last century is now showing definite signs of waning, as global powers such as China and Russia are looking to alternatives in a world that is undoubtedly edging towards multipolarity.
The beginning of the end for the dollar’s dominance can probably be traced back to 2001, with the terrorist attacks on September 11th. After that the US began to impose hefty fines on banks overseas for money-laundering and sanctions avoidance. Since then, Trump has taken financial warfare to a new level, using sanctions against Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela. Then there has been his trade war with China. This has seen not only tariffs placed on Chinese goods but legal assaults involving companies such as Huawei, whom he has accused of espionage, and whose CFO was arrested in Canada in 2018 (on behalf of the US) for alleged ‘fraud related to sanctions against Iran’.
This particular case of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, highlights just why nations are looking to assert their independence from the dollar. Wanzhou was arrested at Vancouver International Airport in December 2018 at Washington’s request, just as tensions were building between the US and China over trade tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. She was accused of defrauding financial institutions and lying in an attempt to get around US sanctions preventing other countries from doing business with Iran.
Huawei’s CFO has been subject to the full works: forced to surrender her passports, abide by a curfew and wear a GPS tracker. She has had to live under house arrest in Vancouver since she was released on a $10-million bail. Canada has been criticised for its handling of the case, including the father of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has said it is another example of the US abusing justice systems to target its geopolitical enemies.
In its actions, the US has exposed China’s vulnerability to a financial system still very much dependent on the dollar. The US’ ability to blacklist Chinese tech firms such as Huawei, effectively relies on sanctioning the suppliers and business partners who use the dollar-based banking and payments system to do business with them. Some of the evidence against Meng Wanzhou is in fact from a US-appointed overseer from HSBC in London. In October last year the US sanctioned eight different Chinese tech firms for alleged human-rights abuses in the Xinjiang provinces. Human rights abuses or not, we don’t see any such sanctions against US allies such as Saudi Arabia with its abysmal human rights record. There is clearly a geopolitical motivation here.
Russia, on the other hand, has long understood the need to release itself from the clutches of US financial domination. It has gone furthest of all to secure its own independent economic future, creating expendable entities to do business with the countries on America’s blacklist, so that its own firms can be spared. It has also been actively de-dollarising parts of its banking system, reducing the dollar share of its foreign-exchange reserves from 40 percent to 24 percent. Recently the Ministry of Finance announced future plans to lower the dollar share of its $125 billion sovereign-wealth fund. Russia’s debt is also being gradually de-dollarised, with new issuance often in roubles or euros. Figures show that for 2019 62% of Russia’s goods and services were settled in dollars, compared with 80% back in 2013.
The Russian Central Bank’s governor, Elvira Nabiullina, has confirmed that the decision to move away from the dollar is a reaction to US sanctions – which were imposed after the reunification of Crimea and Russia in 2014 – but she has also spoken of a desire now shared by many in the international community, to shrug off the dollar’s dominance. As Russian President Vladimir Putin has said ‘We aren’t aiming to ditch the dollar. The dollar is ditching us.’ In June it was announced that both Russia and China would work towards more bilateral trade in their own currencies.
This new reality is also being recognised in the West. Bank of England governor Mark Carney said in August last year that a system dominated by the dollar ‘won’t hold.’ Trump has taken financial warfare to a new level, and so other countries have had to up their game also. The shift away from unipolarity has begun, as the US may soon pay its own price for its aggressive sanctions policy.
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theduran--2020-01-25--Intervention in Libya as another Erdogan’s reckless attempt to revive Neo-Ottoman Empire

Submitted by InfoBrics , authored by Paul Antonopoulos , Research Fellow at the Center for Syncretic Studies… With Turkey failing to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power in their drive to forge a regional hegemonic order under their rulership , Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has set his eyes on other Eastern Mediterranean issues , primarily aggression against Cyprus , Greece and Libya .
With the Turkish military publishing maps that show Greece ’ s eastern Aegean islands belonging to Turkey and the Turkish Defense Minister demanding 16 of these islands be demobilized of the Greek military , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ belonging to Turkey on their social media cover photos , and redrawing the maritime borders of the Eastern Mediterranean so that Turkey and Libya ’ s internationally recognized Muslim Brotherhood government in Tripoli can carve up some of Greece ’ s maritime space between themselves , there is little doubt that Erdoğan has embarked on a mission of recreating the Ottoman Empire .
It is not conspiratorial or sensationalism to claim that Erdoğan is attempting to create a neo-Ottoman Empire when we consider Turkey ’ s withdrawal from the “ zero problems with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ itself in the Syrian conflict in 2011 and sent tens of thousands of jihadists , that it armed , trained and funded , into the Arab country .
The Syrian war provided an opportunity for Turkey to engage in power projections within a new regional order where Ankara would be the center of power .
The plan for a neo-Ottoman Empire was not initially based on territorial expansion but to create a network of Muslim Brotherhood governments loyal to Ankara .
The failure to topple Assad was partially a reason for Turkey to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where now the Turkish flag is displayed instead of the Syrian one , a Turkification of the school curricula , and portraits of Erdoğan displayed .
This suggests that Turkey is not planning to withdraw from northern Syria .
This is so they can create an unresolved status quo just as it has with its illegal occupation of northern Cyprus that it doggedly refuses to resolve .
With Turkey firmly in control of these areas in northern Syria and unable to topple Assad , Erdoğan has now re-shifted his country ’ s focus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy will prioritize other areas of the Eastern Mediterranean .
This has meant the transfer of militants operating in Syria to Libya .
Many of these terrorists have already been transferred there by Turkey , with many of them not even shooting a single bullet before fleeing to Italy .
With 2,400 terrorists from Syria already in Libya and at least another 1,700 on their way , who openly say they are fighting for “ the Ottoman Caliphate , ” the European Union has not taken a strong interest despite these jihadists being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ EU .
Sunday ’ s Berlin Conference on Libya ended in disappointment for Erdoğan after he “ freaked out and left the conference ahead of schedule ” when he found no support in his plans to intervene directly in the North African country .
However , the Berlin Conference also demonstrated that the EU adopts a very passive stance towards the Libyan crisis despite the latest flareup being partially heated up by Erdoğan ’ s deal with the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood government in Tripoli to steal the maritime of fellow EU member Greece @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the conference by German leader Angela Merkel .
This is an extremely dangerous move by the EU to have such a passive policy when terrorists loyal to Erdoğan are infiltrating Europe and can serve as a fifth column to enact Turkish interests .
A Turkish government official had the audacity to say days ago that the crisis in Libya was not an EU problem despite the Tripoli-Ankara deal against Greece , and the potentiality this conflict has in triggering a new refugee crisis .
Former Turkish President Turgut Özal ( 1989-1993 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to make war with Greece .
We just need to send them a few millions illegal immigrants from Turkey and finish them.
” Erdoğan certainly has adopted the “ Özal doctrine , ” as it has become known , and flooded Greece and the wider EU region with illegal immigrants and even continues to threaten to send more .
With the initial refugee crisis triggered by the Syrian War , in which Turkey had a critical role in causing , it appears that the “ Özal doctrine ” will be expanded to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigrants , but also Malta and Italy via Libya .
Although Turkey is a NATO member , it has in recent years embraced the emerging Multipolar World Order .
However , they have not embraced the emerging Multipolar system to create balance through their own sovereignty in foreign policy , but rather to pursue their own imperial ambitions .
With Greece offering its military as a peacekeeping force in Libya and Turkey threatening to intervene on the side of the Muslim Brotherhood government , it could see a dangerous escalation between two so-called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adopted an appeasement policy with Turkey ’ s aggression despite their direct threat to EU members Greece and Cyprus , Erdoğan ’ s adventurism has actually left his country weaker and isolated as their sole regional ally is the besieged Tripoli government .
Meanwhile a complex alliance , whether directly or indirectly with each other , consisting of Greece , Cyprus , Egypt , Israel , Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates , has emerged to support the Libyan National Army against Tripoli and to oppose Turkish expansionism .
Therefore , although @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Libya , has sent thousands of jihadists to fight in the North African country , and continues to blackmail the EU with the risk of sending hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to Europe , Erdoğan ’ s dreams of a neo-Ottoman Empire will not materialize .

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Submitted by InfoBrics, authored by Paul Antonopoulos, Research Fellow at the Center for Syncretic Studies…
With Turkey failing to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power in their drive to forge a regional hegemonic order under their rulership, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has set his eyes on other Eastern Mediterranean issues, primarily aggression against Cyprus, Greece and Libya. With the Turkish military publishing maps that show Greece’s eastern Aegean islands belonging to Turkey and the Turkish Defense Minister demanding 16 of these islands be demobilized of the Greek military, the Turkish Defense Ministry publishing maps of Cyprus belonging to Turkey on their social media cover photos, and redrawing the maritime borders of the Eastern Mediterranean so that Turkey and Libya’s internationally recognized Muslim Brotherhood government in Tripoli can carve up some of Greece’s maritime space between themselves, there is little doubt that Erdoğan has embarked on a mission of recreating the Ottoman Empire.
It is not conspiratorial or sensationalism to claim that Erdoğan is attempting to create a neo-Ottoman Empire when we consider Turkey’s withdrawal from the “zero problems with neighbors” policy when Ankara immediately involved itself in the Syrian conflict in 2011 and sent tens of thousands of jihadists, that it armed, trained and funded, into the Arab country. The Syrian war provided an opportunity for Turkey to engage in power projections within a new regional order where Ankara would be the center of power.
The plan for a neo-Ottoman Empire was not initially based on territorial expansion but to create a network of Muslim Brotherhood governments loyal to Ankara. The failure to topple Assad was partially a reason for Turkey to invade large swathes of northern Syria, where now the Turkish flag is displayed instead of the Syrian one, a Turkification of the school curricula, and portraits of Erdoğan displayed. This suggests that Turkey is not planning to withdraw from northern Syria. This is so they can create an unresolved status quo just as it has with its illegal occupation of northern Cyprus that it doggedly refuses to resolve.
With Turkey firmly in control of these areas in northern Syria and unable to topple Assad, Erdoğan has now re-shifted his country’s focus by saying that Ankara’s foreign policy will prioritize other areas of the Eastern Mediterranean. This has meant the transfer of militants operating in Syria to Libya. Many of these terrorists have already been transferred there by Turkey, with many of them not even shooting a single bullet before fleeing to Italy. With 2,400 terrorists from Syria already in Libya and at least another 1,700 on their way, who openly say they are fighting for “the Ottoman Caliphate,” the European Union has not taken a strong interest despite these jihadists being on their doorstep or already infiltrating the EU.
Sunday’s Berlin Conference on Libya ended in disappointment for Erdoğan after he “freaked out and left the conference ahead of schedule” when he found no support in his plans to intervene directly in the North African country. However, the Berlin Conference also demonstrated that the EU adopts a very passive stance towards the Libyan crisis despite the latest flareup being partially heated up by Erdoğan’s deal with the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood government in Tripoli to steal the maritime of fellow EU member Greece – which strangely enough was not invited to the conference by German leader Angela Merkel. This is an extremely dangerous move by the EU to have such a passive policy when terrorists loyal to Erdoğan are infiltrating Europe and can serve as a fifth column to enact Turkish interests.
A Turkish government official had the audacity to say days ago that the crisis in Libya was not an EU problem despite the Tripoli-Ankara deal against Greece, and the potentiality this conflict has in triggering a new refugee crisis. Former Turkish President Turgut Özal (1989-1993) even admitted that “We do not need to make war with Greece. We just need to send them a few millions illegal immigrants from Turkey and finish them.” Erdoğan certainly has adopted the “Özal doctrine,” as it has become known, and flooded Greece and the wider EU region with illegal immigrants and even continues to threaten to send more. With the initial refugee crisis triggered by the Syrian War, in which Turkey had a critical role in causing, it appears that the “Özal doctrine” will be expanded to not only flood Greece with more illegal immigrants, but also Malta and Italy via Libya.
Although Turkey is a NATO member, it has in recent years embraced the emerging Multipolar World Order. However, they have not embraced the emerging Multipolar system to create balance through their own sovereignty in foreign policy, but rather to pursue their own imperial ambitions. With Greece offering its military as a peacekeeping force in Libya and Turkey threatening to intervene on the side of the Muslim Brotherhood government, it could see a dangerous escalation between two so-called NATO allies.
Although the EU has adopted an appeasement policy with Turkey’s aggression despite their direct threat to EU members Greece and Cyprus, Erdoğan’s adventurism has actually left his country weaker and isolated as their sole regional ally is the besieged Tripoli government. Meanwhile a complex alliance, whether directly or indirectly with each other, consisting of Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, has emerged to support the Libyan National Army against Tripoli and to oppose Turkish expansionism. Therefore, although Turkey is threatening to directly intervene in Libya, has sent thousands of jihadists to fight in the North African country, and continues to blackmail the EU with the risk of sending hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to Europe, Erdoğan’s dreams of a neo-Ottoman Empire will not materialize.
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theduran--2020-01-25--The Deep State In Action

The Deep State In Action

A previous article discussed in general terms the concept of the Deep State and why it is so determined to be rid of Donald Trump .
This article takes a look at the Deep State in action discussing documented examples of its mendacity from three other Western nations : France , Canada , and the UK .
There is nothing theoretical about this article , and its thesis is supported by unimpeachable documentation , much of it official .
Instead of focusing on powerful politicians , it will concentrate on the little people , in other words , anyone who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elite .
Or a police officer .
By way of introduction , it should be pointed out that no reasonable person disputes the existence of the political police or the secret police , including leftists .
Indeed , left wing publications have routinely exposed and attacked these shadowy organisations , denouncing them as fascist , but when they target Donald Trump or anyone who might be termed “ right wing ” , the same leftists look the other way .
We begin with a high profile murder by the French secret service .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ DGSE bombed the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior off the New Zealand coast , resulting in the death of 35 year old photographer Fernando Pereira .
It is no exaggeration to say the world was stunned at the audacity of this brazen act of terrorism which was intended to send a message to Greenpeace and all other environmental activists .
Rainbow Warrior was on its way to protest against a planned nuclear test in French Polynesia .
Known fittingly as Operation Satanic , only two of the plot ’ s terrorists were brought to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indifference of their actions , Dominique Prieur and Alain Mafart were convicted only of manslaughter ; they were sentenced to a mere ten years in prison apiece .
The French Government denied , denied , denied its involvement , launched its own investigation which like the FBI so-called investigation of Hillary Clinton and her gang was nothing less than a whitewash , but eventually admitted its involvement and paid out massive compensation , including to the dead man ’ s family .
Fortunately , most Deep State actions against individual citizens and pressure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but incitement to terrorism and prosaic violence are not uncommon .
In August 2007 , undercover police officers in Canada were determined to discredit the massive protests against the G7 meeting , or someone higher up the food chain was .
To this effect , they masked up and began throwing rocks but were halted by one courageous trade unionist , an older man who realised they were all wearing the same type of boots as the attendant riot police .
The incident was filmed .
In the UK , undercover police have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , although whenever possible the authorities turn a blind eye to their sordid activities .
In April 1974 , career criminal George Davis was arrested on suspicion of being involved in a high profile armed robbery .
He was convicted on evidence that was flawed but probably honest , receiving a heavy sentence , but friends , relatives and supporters mounted a high profile campaign which included digging up the cricket pitch at Headingley .
This campaign led to Davis being released from prison in 1976 , but the following year he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The gang was caught red-handed ; Davis was the getaway driver , but one man avoided capture .
He was said to have acted as agent provocateur and police informant .
What sort of person sets up and plans a crime only to inform on his co-conspirators then disappear from sight ?
An undercover police officer , that is who .
In late 1998 , early 1999 , an undercover female police officer attempted to entrap a journalist who had been subjected to state harassment for several years .
If he had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him he would undoubtedly have ended up behind bars for several more years .
His attempts to expose this entrapment operation were thwarted by stonewalling from the legal establishment all the way up to the High Court .
In between these two brazen acts of incitement there were two high profile instances of undercover female detectives being used as honeytraps by the British police .
On January 27 , 1992 , Patricia Hall disappeared .
Her car was found , but there was no trace of her .
She was said to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mean almost anything .
Her husband Keith soon became the prime suspect ; he would later claim he missed his wife , and appealed for her to return , but no sooner had the trail run cold than he was hooking up with a strange woman through a lonely hearts club .
That woman was a detective who was later known to the world only as Liz , a particular favourite of corrupt policewomen , it appears .
Whatever , she must have been something special , because Hall was soon swearing his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to murder .
He told her he had strangled his wife and burned her body .
This led to his standing trial for murder , but the judge ruled the covertly recorded confession inadmissible , and Hall was acquitted .
He would later claim this confession was his bizarre sense of humour , but in 2001 he received a 4 year sentence for bashing a neighbour over the head with a brick , which tends to indicate he had the temperament for murder .
The other case of a honeytrap murder confession had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contrived .
On July 15 , 1992 , Rachel Nickell was murdered on London ’ s Wimbledon Common .
She was stabbed repeatedly in a frenzied attack in the presence of her son , who was too young to give the police any coherent information .
Unlike the Hall case which attracted only limited publicity , this one was massive .
The police soon exhausted all possible leads but Colin Stagg , a young , unemployed , introverted and sexually inexperienced individual who lived near Wimbledon Common and often walked his dog there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him , possibly because he claimed to be a pagan .
In order to extract a confession from him , the police used an undercover officer who went by the name Lizzie James .
Professing to be interested in the same subjects as him , she extracted what was said to be a confession but was nothing of the kind .
Stagg was arrested in August 1993 , and spent over a year on remand , but when the case came to court , the trial judge shredded Stagg ’ s so-called confession @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him .
Mr Justice Ognall who would later ascend to the High Court , had a deserved reputation for fairness , and he let it be known in no uncertain terms that the police had attempted to manipulate an innocent and vulnerable man .
Stagg ’ s convincing acquittal before a jury could hear the case did not deter Keith Pedder , who led the murder hunt .
After his retirement he published not one but two books on the case , and he was not shy about pointing the finger at Colin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public ostracism that at times he feared for his life .
The Rachel Nickell murder case was finally resolved only in December 2008 with the conviction of sexual psychopath Robert Napper .
In 2004 , advances in DNA profiling identified him as present at the crime scene .
By the time of his trial , murderer and serial rapist Napper had already been detained for over a decade , classified as criminally insane , so his plea of guilty to manslaughter rather than murder in the Nickell case was academic .
Except for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the police can be justified in the Hall case and to a degree in the Nickell case , the infiltration of environmentalist groups by undercover police has not even the pretence of justification .
If they committed any crimes at all , the vast majority of the people they targeted were involved in low level criminal damage and civil disobedience .
One such undercover police officer was Mark Kennedy who spent over seven years posing as Mark Stone .
As such he was less a policeman than an agent provocateur ; his mischief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and at one point he was arrested in Germany for attempted arson , but of course , that case went nowhere .
Another police agent provocateur was Robert Lambert , who joined Greenpeace in London under the pseudonym Bob Robinson .
He was one of the authors of the notorious McLibel leaflet , which led to the longest defamation action in British legal history .
Like Kennedy , Lambert has been accused of arson , in Parliament .
He denied this , but he would , wouldn ’ t he ?
He went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of all things terrorist studies , and was rewarded for his perfidy with an MBE .
Mark Kennedy may have been a lowlife , but he had a change of heart and eventually came clean about his activities .
Lambert did not do so voluntarily .
In addition to their undercover illegality , neither man could keep it inside his trousers , and Lambert actually sired a child with one of the daffy women he was spying on .
Some of these women , and there were many of them , said they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They hadn ’ t of course , but one can certainly sympathise with them .
A lot more could be written in this vein , and even more about the activities of undercover police , FBI and other Deep State operatives in the United States .
For the moment it will suffice to say that whenever someone accuses you of being a conspiracy theorist for speculating intelligently about the Deep State , all you have to do is mention some of the Deep State actors named herein .

The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of this site. This site does not give financial, investment or medical advice.
A previous article discussed in general terms the concept of the Deep State and why it is so determined to be rid of Donald Trump. This article takes a look at the Deep State in action discussing documented examples of its mendacity from three other Western nations: France, Canada, and the UK. There is nothing theoretical about this article, and its thesis is supported by unimpeachable documentation, much of it official. Instead of focusing on powerful politicians, it will concentrate on the little people, in other words, anyone who is not a member of the ruling elite. Or a police officer.
By way of introduction, it should be pointed out that no reasonable person disputes the existence of the political police or the secret police, including leftists. Indeed, left wing publications have routinely exposed and attacked these shadowy organisations, denouncing them as fascist, but when they target Donald Trump or anyone who might be termed “right wing”, the same leftists look the other way.
We begin with a high profile murder by the French secret service. On July 10, 1985, the DGSE bombed the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior off the New Zealand coast, resulting in the death of 35 year old photographer Fernando Pereira. It is no exaggeration to say the world was stunned at the audacity of this brazen act of terrorism which was intended to send a message to Greenpeace and all other environmental activists. Rainbow Warrior was on its way to protest against a planned nuclear test in French Polynesia.
Known fittingly as Operation Satanic, only two of the plot’s terrorists were brought to justice. In spite of the depraved indifference of their actions, Dominique Prieur and Alain Mafart were convicted only of manslaughter; they were sentenced to a mere ten years in prison apiece. The French Government denied, denied, denied its involvement, launched its own investigation which like the FBI so-called investigation of Hillary Clinton and her gang was nothing less than a whitewash, but eventually admitted its involvement and paid out massive compensation, including to the dead man’s family.
Fortunately, most Deep State actions against individual citizens and pressure groups do not involve actual terrorism, but incitement to terrorism and prosaic violence are not uncommon. In August 2007, undercover police officers in Canada were determined to discredit the massive protests against the G7 meeting, or someone higher up the food chain was. To this effect, they masked up and began throwing rocks but were halted by one courageous trade unionist, an older man who realised they were all wearing the same type of boots as the attendant riot police. The incident was filmed.
In the UK, undercover police have been exposed inciting crimes on many occasions, although whenever possible the authorities turn a blind eye to their sordid activities. In April 1974, career criminal George Davis was arrested on suspicion of being involved in a high profile armed robbery. He was convicted on evidence that was flawed but probably honest, receiving a heavy sentence, but friends, relatives and supporters mounted a high profile campaign which included digging up the cricket pitch at Headingley. This campaign led to Davis being released from prison in 1976, but the following year he was arrested for robbing the Bank Of Cyprus. The gang was caught red-handed; Davis was the getaway driver, but one man avoided capture. He was said to have acted as agent provocateur and police informant. What sort of person sets up and plans a crime only to inform on his co-conspirators then disappear from sight? An undercover police officer, that is who.
In late 1998, early 1999, an undercover female police officer attempted to entrap a journalist who had been subjected to state harassment for several years. If he had taken the “package” she offered him he would undoubtedly have ended up behind bars for several more years. His attempts to expose this entrapment operation were thwarted by stonewalling from the legal establishment all the way up to the High Court.
In between these two brazen acts of incitement there were two high profile instances of undercover female detectives being used as honeytraps by the British police. On January 27, 1992, Patricia Hall disappeared. Her car was found, but there was no trace of her. She was said to be suffering from psychological problems, which can mean almost anything. Her husband Keith soon became the prime suspect; he would later claim he missed his wife, and appealed for her to return, but no sooner had the trail run cold than he was hooking up with a strange woman through a lonely hearts club. That woman was a detective who was later known to the world only as Liz, a particular favourite of corrupt policewomen, it appears.
Whatever, she must have been something special, because Hall was soon swearing his undying love for her, and confessing to murder. He told her he had strangled his wife and burned her body. This led to his standing trial for murder, but the judge ruled the covertly recorded confession inadmissible, and Hall was acquitted. He would later claim this confession was his bizarre sense of humour, but in 2001 he received a 4 year sentence for bashing a neighbour over the head with a brick, which tends to indicate he had the temperament for murder.
The other case of a honeytrap murder confession had far less justification, and was totally contrived. On July 15, 1992, Rachel Nickell was murdered on London’s Wimbledon Common. She was stabbed repeatedly in a frenzied attack in the presence of her son, who was too young to give the police any coherent information. Unlike the Hall case which attracted only limited publicity, this one was massive. The police soon exhausted all possible leads but Colin Stagg, a young, unemployed, introverted and sexually inexperienced individual who lived near Wimbledon Common and often walked his dog there. For some reason they fixated on him, possibly because he claimed to be a pagan.
In order to extract a confession from him, the police used an undercover officer who went by the name Lizzie James. Professing to be interested in the same subjects as him, she extracted what was said to be a confession but was nothing of the kind. Stagg was arrested in August 1993, and spent over a year on remand, but when the case came to court, the trial judge shredded Stagg’s so-called confession and all the other so-called evidence against him. Mr Justice Ognall who would later ascend to the High Court, had a deserved reputation for fairness, and he let it be known in no uncertain terms that the police had attempted to manipulate an innocent and vulnerable man.
Stagg’s convincing acquittal before a jury could hear the case did not deter Keith Pedder, who led the murder hunt. After his retirement he published not one but two books on the case, and he was not shy about pointing the finger at Colin Stagg, who was subjected to such public ostracism that at times he feared for his life.
The Rachel Nickell murder case was finally resolved only in December 2008 with the conviction of sexual psychopath Robert Napper. In 2004, advances in DNA profiling identified him as present at the crime scene. By the time of his trial, murderer and serial rapist Napper had already been detained for over a decade, classified as criminally insane, so his plea of guilty to manslaughter rather than murder in the Nickell case was academic. Except for Colin Stagg.
If the behaviour of the police can be justified in the Hall case and to a degree in the Nickell case, the infiltration of environmentalist groups by undercover police has not even the pretence of justification. If they committed any crimes at all, the vast majority of the people they targeted were involved in low level criminal damage and civil disobedience. One such undercover police officer was Mark Kennedy who spent over seven years posing as Mark Stone. As such he was less a policeman than an agent provocateur; his mischief was not limited to the UK, and at one point he was arrested in Germany for attempted arson, but of course, that case went nowhere.
Another police agent provocateur was Robert Lambert, who joined Greenpeace in London under the pseudonym Bob Robinson. He was one of the authors of the notorious McLibel leaflet, which led to the longest defamation action in British legal history. Like Kennedy, Lambert has been accused of arson, in Parliament. He denied this, but he would, wouldn’t he? He went on to become a university lecturer in of all things terrorist studies, and was rewarded for his perfidy with an MBE.
Mark Kennedy may have been a lowlife, but he had a change of heart and eventually came clean about his activities. Lambert did not do so voluntarily. In addition to their undercover illegality, neither man could keep it inside his trousers, and Lambert actually sired a child with one of the daffy women he was spying on. Some of these women, and there were many of them, said they felt as though they had been raped. They hadn’t of course, but one can certainly sympathise with them.
A lot more could be written in this vein, and even more about the activities of undercover police, FBI and other Deep State operatives in the United States. For the moment it will suffice to say that whenever someone accuses you of being a conspiracy theorist for speculating intelligently about the Deep State, all you have to do is mention some of the Deep State actors named herein.
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theduran--2020-01-25--Is D’Andre Lane Innocent?

Is D’Andre Lane Innocent?

In October 1994 , Susan Smith told police in Union , South Carolina she had been carjacked by a man who drove off with her two young sons on the back seat .
Nine days later , she led them to the lake into which she had driven the vehicle , drowning both boys .
This horrific tale has been thoroughly documented , and Smith has been the subject of countless hours of viewing .
Right from the start there were problems with her story , but every day , police all over the world hear both improbable stories that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ones that are outright lies .
In December 2011 , D ’ Andre Lane of Detroit told a similarly implausible story in which he was carjacked by not one but two men , who drove off with his two year old daughter Bianca Jones on the back seat .
Like Smith , Lane was charged with and convicted of murder , but that is where the similarities end , because in Lane ’ s case there is no confession , no body , and no real motive .
Smith murdered her sons because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she saw as a rosy future with the son of her employer .
It has been claimed Lane beat his daughter to death because she wet the bed , but the evidence for this is weak at best .
Lane is no angel , to put it mildly , he has several convictions including for violence , and has served hard time .
He is also a father of seven .
By seven different women !
He failed a polygraph , and a cadaver dog is alleged to have detected traces of death @ @ @ @ @ @ @ abandoned a mile from where he claimed to have been hijacked .
Polygraphs are junk science , and don ’ t let anyone tell you otherwise .
As for the dog , did it actually lead the police to a body ?
On the plus side , Lane had returned to college and was trying to turn his life around .
And there are witnesses who claim his daughter was alive after she was alleged to have been murdered , including one who claims the girl was kidnapped by someone close to home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2014 , but in 2017 his attorney told True Crime Daily he too had evidence Bianca was still alive , and he is not the only one .
Although they have not been very active of late , Lane ’ s supporters can be found on Twitter .
The big question has to be , if Lane really did murder his daughter , where in Hell did he dump the body ?
He had a limited time frame in which to dispose of it , and in cases like this , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then some , but there has been not a trace of Bianca Jones .
It appears too that once they were satisfied in their own minds that Lane ’ s carjacking story didn ’ t hold up , the police didn ’ t bother to pursue other lines of investigation .
Having said all this , Lane is probably guilty , but not probably enough .
If ever there was a murder case with reasonable doubt written all over it , it is this one .
Even the judge , the charismatic Vonda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the verdict .

The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of this site. This site does not give financial, investment or medical advice.
In October 1994, Susan Smith told police in Union, South Carolina she had been carjacked by a man who drove off with her two young sons on the back seat. Nine days later, she led them to the lake into which she had driven the vehicle, drowning both boys. This horrific tale has been thoroughly documented, and Smith has been the subject of countless hours of viewing. Right from the start there were problems with her story, but every day, police all over the world hear both improbable stories that turn out to be true and plausible ones that are outright lies.
In December 2011, D’Andre Lane of Detroit told a similarly implausible story in which he was carjacked by not one but two men, who drove off with his two year old daughter Bianca Jones on the back seat. Like Smith, Lane was charged with and convicted of murder, but that is where the similarities end, because in Lane’s case there is no confession, no body, and no real motive. Smith murdered her sons because they stood in the way of what she saw as a rosy future with the son of her employer. It has been claimed Lane beat his daughter to death because she wet the bed, but the evidence for this is weak at best.
Lane is no angel, to put it mildly, he has several convictions including for violence, and has served hard time. He is also a father of seven. By seven different women!
He failed a polygraph, and a cadaver dog is alleged to have detected traces of death in his car, which was found abandoned a mile from where he claimed to have been hijacked. Polygraphs are junk science, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. As for the dog, did it actually lead the police to a body?
On the plus side, Lane had returned to college and was trying to turn his life around. And there are witnesses who claim his daughter was alive after she was alleged to have been murdered, including one who claims the girl was kidnapped by someone close to home.
Lane lost an appeal against conviction in 2014, but in 2017 his attorney told True Crime Daily he too had evidence Bianca was still alive, and he is not the only one.
Although they have not been very active of late, Lane’s supporters can be found on Twitter. The big question has to be, if Lane really did murder his daughter, where in Hell did he dump the body? He had a limited time frame in which to dispose of it, and in cases like this, the police usually go the extra mile and then some, but there has been not a trace of Bianca Jones. It appears too that once they were satisfied in their own minds that Lane’s carjacking story didn’t hold up, the police didn’t bother to pursue other lines of investigation.
Having said all this, Lane is probably guilty, but not probably enough. If ever there was a murder case with reasonable doubt written all over it, it is this one. Even the judge, the charismatic Vonda Evans, said she was surprised with the verdict.
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theduran--2020-01-26--India’s 71st Republic Day

India’s 71st Republic Day

It was on 26th January 1930 that India had declared complete independence from the British Rule .
The oppressing British rule came to an end on the 15th August 1947 .
And it was on 26th January 1950 that India adopted the constitution made by the people of India to govern themselves .
Now it is the proud privilege of all the Indians to celebrate this day every year- for which generations of our forefathers fought and made huge sacrifices .
Indian Constitution is the longest written constitution in the world .
The handwritten Constitution was signed on 24th January @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Constituent Assembly , which included 15 women .
It came into force two days later on 26th January .
The original Constitution of India was handwritten by Prem Behari Narain Raizada in a flowing italic style with beautiful calligraphy .
Each page was beautified and decorated by artists from Shantiniketan .
The constituent Assembly came in to existence on 15 August 1947 .
The aim of the constituent assembly was to frame the constitution of India .
The Constituent Assembly appointed a total of 13 committees to deal with different tasks of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were major committees and the others were minor committees .
On the basis of the reports of these committees , a draft of the Constitution was prepared by a seven-member Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr B R Ambedkar .
The draft Constitution was published in January , 1948 and people were given eight months .
After the draft was discussed by the people , the press , the provincial assemblies and the Constituent Assembly in the light of the suggestions received , the same was finally adopted on November , 26 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the President of the Assembly .
Thus , it took the Constituent Assembly 2 years , 11 months and 18 days to complete the task .
Following the 1919 Amritsar Massacre , there was considerable public outrage against British rule .
Europeans , were targets and victims of violence across India .
In 1920 , Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress committed themselves to Swaraj , described as political and spiritual independence .
In 1928 , the British government further outraged people across India by appointing a seven-man committee led by Sir John Simon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ commission Simon Commission to deliberate on constitutional and political reforms for India .
Indian political parties were neither consulted nor asked to involve themselves in the process .
The death of a prominent Indian leader , Lala Lajpat Rai , from severe beatings by British police officials further outraged the Indian public .
The Congress appointed an all-Indian commission to propose constitutional reforms for India .
Members of other Indian political parties joined the commission led by Congress President Motilal Nehru .
The Nehru Report demanded that India be granted self-government under the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ British ignored the commission , its report and refused to introduce political reform .
But the Nehru ( Motilal ) Report was also controversial within the Congress .
Younger nationalist leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru demanded that the Congress resolve to make a complete and explicit break from all ties with the British .
Jawaharlal Nehru had been influenced by the idea of Bhagat Singh ( “ total independence ” ) , which Singh had introduced a resolution demanding in 1927 , which was rejected because of Gandhi ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dominion status , which would retain the Monarch of the United Kingdom as the constitutional head of state of India ( although in the separate capacity as King of India ) , and preserve political powers for the British Parliament in Indian constitutional affairs .
As a result of the denial of reforms and political rights , and the persistent ignorance of Indian political parties , the Indian National Congress grew increasingly cohesive – unified in the desire to oust the British from India completely .
A very large number of Congress volunteers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore in 1929 .
Jawaharlal Nehru was elected the President of the Indian National Congress and and veteran leaders like Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel returned to the Congress Working Committee .
They approved a Declaration of Independence .
The Declaration of Independence was officially promulgated on 26 January 1930 .
The Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on 9 December 1946 , and its last session was held on 24 January 1950 .
The hope of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Jawaharlal Nehru , Constituent Assembly-The Constitution includes twenty-two illustrations chosen to represent various periods and eras of the Indian history .
These are– from the pre-Muslim period : - The Mohenjodaro Seal , A Vedic Ashram ( Gurukul ) , Rama ’ s victory over the demonic forces of Lanka and the recovery of piety and virtue symbolized by Sita , Shri Krishna propounding the Gita to Arjun , Budha delivering a sermon , A Scene from Mahavir ’ s life , The preaching of Dharma in India and abroad , Depiction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vikramaditya .
The seal of the University of Nalanda , A Hindu sculpture from Orissa , The bronze image of Shiva Natraj , The descent of the holy Ganga on earth .
From the Muslim period : A portrait of Akbar , Portraits of Shivaji and Guru Govind Singh .
From the British period : Tipu Sultan , Rani Lakshmi Bai , Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi .
Today is a day of hope that gives all of us Indians an occasion to renew our pledge that we will strive hard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ secular and socialist .

The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of this site. This site does not give financial, investment or medical advice.
Submitted by Mousumi Roy…
It was on 26th January 1930 that India had declared complete independence from the British Rule. The oppressing British rule came to an end on the 15th August 1947.
And it was on 26th January 1950 that India adopted the constitution made by the people of India to govern themselves. Now it is the proud privilege of all the Indians to celebrate this day every year- for which generations of our forefathers fought and made huge sacrifices.
Indian Constitution is the longest written constitution in the world. The handwritten Constitution was signed on 24th January, 1950, by 284 members of the Constituent Assembly, which included 15 women. It came into force two days later on 26th January. The original Constitution of India was handwritten by Prem Behari Narain Raizada in a flowing italic style with beautiful calligraphy. Each page was beautified and decorated by artists from Shantiniketan.
The constituent Assembly came in to existence on 15 August 1947. The aim of the constituent assembly was to frame the constitution of India. The Constituent Assembly appointed a total of 13 committees to deal with different tasks of constitution-making. Out of these, eight were major committees and the others were minor committees. On the basis of the reports of these committees, a draft of the Constitution was prepared by a seven-member Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr B R Ambedkar.
The draft Constitution was published in January, 1948 and people were given eight months. After the draft was discussed by the people, the press, the provincial assemblies and the Constituent Assembly in the light of the suggestions received, the same was finally adopted on November, 26, 1949, and was signed by the President of the Assembly. Thus, it took the Constituent Assembly 2 years, 11 months and 18 days to complete the task.
Following the 1919 Amritsar Massacre, there was considerable public outrage against British rule.
Europeans, were targets and victims of violence across India.
In 1920, Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress committed themselves to Swaraj, described as political and spiritual independence.
In 1928, the British government further outraged people across India by appointing a seven-man committee led by Sir John Simon. It was an all – European commission Simon Commission to deliberate on constitutional and political reforms for India. Indian political parties were neither consulted nor asked to involve themselves in the process. The death of a prominent Indian leader, Lala Lajpat Rai, from severe beatings by British police officials further outraged the Indian public.
The Congress appointed an all-Indian commission to propose constitutional reforms for India. Members of other Indian political parties joined the commission led by Congress President Motilal Nehru. The Nehru Report demanded that India be granted self-government under the dominion status within the Empire.
The British ignored the commission, its report and refused to introduce political reform. But the Nehru (Motilal) Report was also controversial within the Congress. Younger nationalist leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru demanded that the Congress resolve to make a complete and explicit break from all ties with the British. Jawaharlal Nehru had been influenced by the idea of Bhagat Singh (“total independence”), which Singh had introduced a resolution demanding in 1927, which was rejected because of Gandhi’s opposition.
Now Bose and Nehru opposed dominion status, which would retain the Monarch of the United Kingdom as the constitutional head of state of India (although in the separate capacity as King of India), and preserve political powers for the British Parliament in Indian constitutional affairs.
As a result of the denial of reforms and political rights, and the persistent ignorance of Indian political parties, the Indian National Congress grew increasingly cohesive – unified in the desire to oust the British from India completely. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore in 1929.
Jawaharlal Nehru was elected the President of the Indian National Congress and and veteran leaders like Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel returned to the Congress Working Committee. They approved a Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence was officially promulgated on 26 January 1930.
The Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on 9 December 1946, and its last session was held on 24 January 1950. The hope of the Assembly was expressed by Jawaharlal Nehru.
Jawaharlal Nehru, Constituent Assembly-The Constitution includes twenty-two illustrations chosen to represent various periods and eras of the Indian history.
These are– from the pre-Muslim period:- The Mohenjodaro Seal, A Vedic Ashram (Gurukul), Rama’s victory over the demonic forces of Lanka and the recovery of piety and virtue symbolized by Sita, Shri Krishna propounding the Gita to Arjun, Budha delivering a sermon, A Scene from Mahavir’s life, The preaching of Dharma in India and abroad, Depiction of Hanuman, The court of king Vikramaditya.
The seal of the University of Nalanda, A Hindu sculpture from Orissa, The bronze image of Shiva Natraj, The descent of the holy Ganga on earth.
From the Muslim period:
A portrait of Akbar, Portraits of Shivaji and Guru Govind Singh.
From the British period:
Tipu Sultan, Rani Lakshmi Bai, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi.
Today is a day of hope that gives all of us Indians an occasion to renew our pledge that we will strive hard to keep India united, democratic, secular and socialist.
Happy Republic Day!
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