veteranstoday--2020-08-14--Crown Prince of Assassinations in trouble again for new attempt

[ Editor ’ s Note : Crown Prince Salman continues his rogue prince routine , through his rule of fear and terror on his own people .
It is no surprise that Trump loves him so much , obviously envious of what Salman can do that Trump can ’ t .
We may be in the final countdown days of Mr. Trump if the Israelis can not steal the election for him , and if they are , he continues to work against their efforts by digging new holes for himself .
Most recently , we had his admission that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disrupt the mail in voting , which he might find to have been a criminal act when he is no longer in office .
His list of charges is growing to the point I would not be surprised to see him hightailing it to Israel if he loses .
There are early signs in the Republican Congress that they are trying to survive and not go down on the ship with him .
Voters realize that a Republican controlled Senate will be a block to the deep cleaning that is needed for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few criminal prosecutions .
I see a list of RICO statute charges galore , something you don ’ t hear anything about any more , being brought against the hopefully soon to be unemployed Trump soldiers .
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Click to donate > > A former Saudi intelligence czar ’ s lawsuit in the US courts makes a host of incendiary claims , including that the powerful crown prince tried to have him killed , and threatens to spill more royal secrets .
A source close to the Saudi royal court has shrugged off Saad Aljabri ’ s 107-page lawsuit filed last week , insisting that the former spy chief himself faced serious allegations of corruption .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two of Aljabri ’ s adult children without charge , threatens to become a public slanging match that could pull aside the curtain on the kingdom ’ s Shakespearean power plays .
The lawsuit marks the first time a former top official has legally challenged Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and , if true , exposes what observers call a violent government campaign to snare overseas rivals and critics .
“ There is virtually no one ( Prince Mohammed ) wants dead more than Dr. Saad , ” the suit said , claiming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just two weeks after members of the same squad murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi .
Aljabri , exiled in Canada , is a former intelligence chief and top aide to Prince Mohammed bin Nayef , who was deposed as heir to the throne by Prince Mohammed in a 2017 palace coup .
Releasing what it says are WhatsApp exchanges with Prince Mohammed , the suit accuses him of strong arm tactics to induce Aljabri to return to the kingdom after Nayef ’ s downfall prompted him to flee .
They range from trying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an unsuccessful attempt to have him extradited through Interpol , and the detention in March of his two children as a bargaining chip .
Then in October 2018 , the suit alleges , the prince sent “ Tiger Squad ” assassins armed with forensic tools to kill him in Canada — chillingly similar to the way Khashoggi was targeted in Istanbul .
A senior Saudi official told AFP the government was preparing its response to the lawsuit , while Canada has not denied the claim that it intercepted a Saudi hit squad .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ play out in the United States , where neither Aljabri nor the crown prince is based .
But it could still worry Riyadh as it emphasizes Aljabri possesses “ sensitive , humiliating and damning information ” on the crown prince , including recordings that will be made public if he is killed .
A Saudi royal court source has dismissed the lawsuit as a “ PR step ” , calling it a “ flimsy case ” that offered “ zero evidence.
” “ Any sensitive state secrets Aljabri has he would have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ admit to… It will dig up things that ( human rights groups ) will hardly approve of , ” the source told AFP .
The source accused Aljabri of corruption involving billions of dollars during his time at the interior ministry and said he could be “ poisoning the Saudi-US relationship given his contacts.
” The dispatching of a kill squad to Canada at the height of the global outrage over Khashoggi ’ s murder , if confirmed , shows Aljabri is seen by Riyadh as “ politically risky , ” Middle East @ @ @ @ @ @ @ go after rivals in this fashion also shows MBS feels he is untouchable , ” Momani , a professor at Canada ’ s University of Waterloo , added .
Graft allegations against Aljabri have met with skepticism in the American intelligence community , with one former CIA official telling AFP , “ Everyone in the US who knows Dr. Saad and Saudi Arabia and knows what MBS is capable of , would not believe that.
” But the US State Department last week issued a rare rebuke over the detention of Aljabri ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both in their 20s — calling it “ unacceptable ” and demanding their “ immediate release.
” “ In my years at the CIA , I have never known a foreign official who is a better subject matter expert on counterterrorism than Dr. Saad , ” Daniel Hoffman , a former director of the CIA ’ s Middle East division , told AFP .
“ This looks like a dispute between Dr. Saad and the Saudi government .
The children should be allowed to leave the kingdom if they wish .
”

… from Press TV, Tehran
[ Editor’s Note: Crown Prince Salman continues his rogue prince routine, through his rule of fear and terror on his own people. It is no surprise that Trump loves him so much, obviously envious of what Salman can do that Trump can’t.
We may be in the final countdown days of Mr. Trump if the Israelis cannot steal the election for him, and if they are, he continues to work against their efforts by digging new holes for himself.
Most recently, we had his admission that he would withhold election security funding to disrupt the mail in voting, which he might find to have been a criminal act when he is no longer in office.
His list of charges is growing to the point I would not be surprised to see him hightailing it to Israel if he loses.
There are early signs in the Republican Congress that they are trying to survive and not go down on the ship with him. Voters realize that a Republican controlled Senate will be a block to the deep cleaning that is needed for the American political system with more than a few criminal prosecutions.
I see a list of RICO statute charges galore, something you don’t hear anything about any more, being brought against the hopefully soon to be unemployed Trump soldiers.
If Trump sees that he will lose everything, with even Michael Cohen getting some licks in via his new book, he will have nothing to lose by using all of his power to thwart an election defeat by any means necessary…Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … August 14, 2020 –
A former Saudi intelligence czar’s lawsuit in the US courts makes a host of incendiary claims, including that the powerful crown prince tried to have him killed, and threatens to spill more royal secrets.
A source close to the Saudi royal court has shrugged off Saad Aljabri’s 107-page lawsuit filed last week, insisting that the former spy chief himself faced serious allegations of corruption.
But the case, lodged after Riyadh detained two of Aljabri’s adult children without charge, threatens to become a public slanging match that could pull aside the curtain on the kingdom’s Shakespearean power plays.
The lawsuit marks the first time a former top official has legally challenged Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and, if true, exposes what observers call a violent government campaign to snare overseas rivals and critics.
“There is virtually no one (Prince Mohammed) wants dead more than Dr. Saad,” the suit said, claiming a hit team was sent after him just two weeks after members of the same squad murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Aljabri, exiled in Canada, is a former intelligence chief and top aide to Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who was deposed as heir to the throne by Prince Mohammed in a 2017 palace coup.
US court summons Saudi crown prince over alleged assassination attempt The District of Columbia court on Friday issued the summons, just a day after Saad Aljabri filed a lawsuit against MBS.
Releasing what it says are WhatsApp exchanges with Prince Mohammed, the suit accuses him of strong arm tactics to induce Aljabri to return to the kingdom after Nayef’s downfall prompted him to flee.
They range from trying to entice Aljabri with a job offer to an unsuccessful attempt to have him extradited through Interpol, and the detention in March of his two children as a bargaining chip.
Then in October 2018, the suit alleges, the prince sent “Tiger Squad” assassins armed with forensic tools to kill him in Canada — chillingly similar to the way Khashoggi was targeted in Istanbul.
A senior Saudi official told AFP the government was preparing its response to the lawsuit, while Canada has not denied the claim that it intercepted a Saudi hit squad. It is unclear how the lawsuit will play out in the United States, where neither Aljabri nor the crown prince is based.
But it could still worry Riyadh as it emphasizes Aljabri possesses “sensitive, humiliating and damning information” on the crown prince, including recordings that will be made public if he is killed. A Saudi royal court source has dismissed the lawsuit as a “PR step”, calling it a “flimsy case” that offered “zero evidence.”
“Any sensitive state secrets Aljabri has he would have been involved in and would not want to admit to… It will dig up things that (human rights groups) will hardly approve of,” the source told AFP.
The source accused Aljabri of corruption involving billions of dollars during his time at the interior ministry and said he could be “poisoning the Saudi-US relationship given his contacts.”
The dispatching of a kill squad to Canada at the height of the global outrage over Khashoggi’s murder, if confirmed, shows Aljabri is seen by Riyadh as “politically risky,” Middle East expert Bessma Momani said.
“To go after rivals in this fashion also shows MBS feels he is untouchable,” Momani, a professor at Canada’s University of Waterloo, added.
Graft allegations against Aljabri have met with skepticism in the American intelligence community, with one former CIA official telling AFP, “Everyone in the US who knows Dr. Saad and Saudi Arabia and knows what MBS is capable of, would not believe that.”
President Donald Trump, a key Saudi ally, backed Prince Mohammed through the Khashoggi scandal.
But the US State Department last week issued a rare rebuke over the detention of Aljabri’s children — Sarah and Omar, both in their 20s — calling it “unacceptable” and demanding their “immediate release.”
“In my years at the CIA, I have never known a foreign official who is a better subject matter expert on counterterrorism than Dr. Saad,” Daniel Hoffman, a former director of the CIA’s Middle East division, told AFP.
“This looks like a dispute between Dr. Saad and the Saudi government. The children should be allowed to leave the kingdom if they wish.”
(Source: AFP)


veteranstoday--2020-08-14--French-Syrian Legal Team to confront Caesar Act in American Courts (Includes VT Editor, Dr. Najm)

Sputnik : Global sympathy began to witness in Syria day after day against the background of Washington ’ s imposition of coercive measures through what has become known as the “ Caesar Act ” , targeting the Syrian people in their living capacity , to complement the effects of the war that was waged on them nine years ago , and with it the economic developments imposed by the Corona virus .
French human rights defenders , in solidarity with the Syrian people , arrived in the Syrian capital , Damascus , a few days ago , to discuss with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be taken in light of international laws through which Washington can condemn and deter this “ Caesar Act ” recently approved by the American administration .
During his meeting with the former Syrian Minister of Justice Najm al-Ahmad , the head of the French human rights delegation , Arnaud Devlay , explained to “ Sputnik ” that “ the Israeli lobby is the one who pushed the so-called ” Caesar Law “ .
He stressed that it is not considered a law and does not derive any legitimacy from the United Nations , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ applied only by the United States , according to which the Syrian government is prevented from commercial , financial , economic and other transactions .
He added that Washington applies sanctions not only to Syria , but to several other countries as well , despite the UN Security Council ’ s lack of approval for this procedure .
On the French role in accepting the sanctions on Syria and participating in imposing them , Arnaud said France is not a sovereign country and it follows the footsteps of the Zionist lobbies .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States and its decisions , such as what happened with the Peugeot car company and the BNB bank .
They can not open branches for them in Iran and bypass the American sanctions imposed by what Washington is practicing .
Of exploitation and extortion of the right of European countries .
“ During his speech to “ Sputnik ” , Devlay stated that “ he came to Syria , declaring his solidarity and his readiness to provide legal means to support the Syrian people against the ” Caesar Act “ , stressing that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the sake of the Syrian people as the American administration claims , but rather is of a political character par excellence .
“ The solutions are political because the law does not affect Syria as much as it affects neighboring countries , such as Lebanon , Iraq and all the countries of the axis of resistance , in addition to Russia , which calls for filing lawsuits within the United States in the Supreme Constitutional Court to object to this law and says that it is an illegal law , and does not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nations and international law .
For his part , the former Syrian Minister of Justice , Najm al Ahmad , told Sputnik : “ What is known as the Caesar Law , although it may be called a ( law ) , is contrary to international law and confiscates the Security Council ’ s authority to impose economic sanctions under Article 41 of the United Nations Charter Law.
” , Explaining that it “ also contradicts the legislative policy that is followed in any state regarding the application of legislation within the state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it.
” “ This law comes for purely political goals in the name of protecting civilians , while it primarily targets civilians , especially the elderly , women and children , indicating that Washington aims through it to gain a political card against Syria and its allied countries , especially Russia , Iran and China.
” The “ Caesar Act ” , drawn up by the American administration , came into effect early last June in light of the Corona virus pandemic that is ravaging around the world , which exacerbated the difficulties @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the virus , and the law that was approved by the US Senate in December stipulated last year , in 2019 , to impose stifling economic sanctions on the Syrian government and to pursue individuals , groups and countries that deal with it .
It is noteworthy that the Russian ambassador to Lebanon , Alexander Zaspkin , confirmed earlier that “ the blockade imposed by the “ Caesar Act ” is part of the approach of successive American administrations by influencing through sanctions that they have used for decades against Russia , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is always the essence of these .
The idea is to starve the people , “ noting that ” this law is broad and comprehensive , and affects parties other than Syria , as it targets foreign companies .
“ He added , “ This law is a preemptive battle against the possibility of restoring relations by any Western or Arab party with Damascus , and the reconstruction process comes first .

Sputnik: Global sympathy began to witness in Syria day after day against the background of Washington’s imposition of coercive measures through what has become known as the “Caesar Act”, targeting the Syrian people in their living capacity, to complement the effects of the war that was waged on them nine years ago, and with it the economic developments imposed by the Corona virus.
French human rights defenders, in solidarity with the Syrian people, arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus, a few days ago, to discuss with their Syrian counterparts the legal measures to be taken in light of international laws through which Washington can condemn and deter this “Caesar Act” recently approved by the American administration.
During his meeting with the former Syrian Minister of Justice Najm al-Ahmad, the head of the French human rights delegation, Arnaud Devlay, explained to “Sputnik” that “the Israeli lobby is the one who pushed the so-called” Caesar Law “.
He stressed that it is not considered a law and does not derive any legitimacy from the United Nations, as it is outside international laws and applied only by the United States, according to which the Syrian government is prevented from commercial, financial, economic and other transactions.
He added that Washington applies sanctions not only to Syria, but to several other countries as well, despite the UN Security Council’s lack of approval for this procedure.
On the French role in accepting the sanctions on Syria and participating in imposing them, Arnaud said
France is not a sovereign country and it follows the footsteps of the Zionist lobbies. It is also a captive of the United States and its decisions, such as what happened with the Peugeot car company and the BNB bank. They cannot open branches for them in Iran and bypass the American sanctions imposed by what Washington is practicing. Of exploitation and extortion of the right of European countries. “
During his speech to “Sputnik”, Devlay stated that “he came to Syria, declaring his solidarity and his readiness to provide legal means to support the Syrian people against the” Caesar Act “, stressing that “this unjust law is not for the sake of the Syrian people as the American administration claims, but rather is of a political character par excellence. ”
The solutions are political because the law does not affect Syria as much as it affects neighboring countries, such as Lebanon, Iraq and all the countries of the axis of resistance, in addition to Russia, which calls for filing lawsuits within the United States in the Supreme Constitutional Court to object to this law and says that it is an illegal law, and does not conform to the principles of the United Nations and international law.
For his part, the former Syrian Minister of Justice, Najm al Ahmad, told Sputnik:
“What is known as the Caesar Law, although it may be called a (law), is contrary to international law and confiscates the Security Council’s authority to impose economic sanctions under Article 41 of the United Nations Charter Law.” , Explaining that it “also contradicts the legislative policy that is followed in any state regarding the application of legislation within the state’s borders and its non-application outside it.”
Al-Ahmad added,
“This law comes for purely political goals in the name of protecting civilians, while it primarily targets civilians, especially the elderly, women and children, indicating that Washington aims through it to gain a political card against Syria and its allied countries, especially Russia, Iran and China.”
The “Caesar Act”, drawn up by the American administration, came into effect early last June in light of the Corona virus pandemic that is ravaging around the world, which exacerbated the difficulties faced by the Syrian government in dealing with the virus, and the law that was approved by the US Senate in December stipulated last year, in 2019, to impose stifling economic sanctions on the Syrian government and to pursue individuals, groups and countries that deal with it.
It is noteworthy that the Russian ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Zaspkin, confirmed earlier that “the blockade imposed by the “Caesar Act” is part of the approach of successive American administrations by influencing through sanctions that they have used for decades against Russia, Venezuela, Cuba and Iran, and it is always the essence of these.
The idea is to starve the people, “noting that” this law is broad and comprehensive, and affects parties other than Syria, as it targets foreign companies. ”
He added, “This law is a preemptive battle against the possibility of restoring relations by any Western or Arab party with Damascus, and the reconstruction process comes first.


veteranstoday--2020-08-14--Top DHS (Israeli?) Thugs Illegally Appointed, Federal Intervention in Cities Run by Fakes

CBS News : A federal government watchdog said Friday that Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli , the highest-ranking officials at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) , were invalidly appointed to their current positions at the department charged with implementing President Trump ’ s immigration agenda .
Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf and acting DHS Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli were named to their current roles in violation of the Vacancies Reform Act , government watchdog finds .
https : //t.co/HBxHI0kQyM In a decision published Friday , the Government Accountability Office , Congress ’ investigative arm , found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ McAleenan , did not have the authority to change the line of succession prior to his resignation last fall , making Wolf ineligible to succeed him .
Consequently , the watchdog added , Wolf also lacked authority to alter the order of succession that made Cuccinelli acting deputy secretary .
When Kirstjen Nielsen , the last Senate-confirmed secretary of the department , resigned in April 2019 , the next in line should have been Christopher Krebs , the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ( CISA ) .
However , McAleenan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) , was appointed .
“ As such , Mr. McAleenan did not have the authority to amend the Secretary ’ s existing designation , ” the Government Accountability Office wrote in its decision Friday .
“ Accordingly , Messrs. Wolf and Cuccinelli were named to their respective positions of Acting Secretary and Senior Official Performing the Duties of Deputy Secretary by reference to an invalid order of succession.
” Congress ’ watchdog said it did not examine the legality of subsequent actions and policies that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was referred to the Homeland Security Inspector General .
DHS said it disagreed with Friday ’ s legal opinion , calling it a “ baseless report.
” White House officials did not respond to requests to comment .

In a decision published Friday, the Government Accountability Office, Congress’ investigative arm, found that former acting DHS secretary, Kevin McAleenan, did not have the authority to change the line of succession prior to his resignation last fall, making Wolf ineligible to succeed him. Consequently, the watchdog added, Wolf also lacked authority to alter the order of succession that made Cuccinelli acting deputy secretary.
A government watchdog report found that the Trump administration's appointment of two top DHS leaders, Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli, is invalid. https://t.co/2NaYDqu0qD — Adolfo Flores (@aflores) August 14, 2020
Oops
When Kirstjen Nielsen, the last Senate-confirmed secretary of the department, resigned in April 2019, the next in line should have been Christopher Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). However, McAleenan, who was then the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), was appointed.
The self-proclaimed "law and order" president has violated the law in his appointment of DHS officials. This ruling should be used to nullify their immigration policies and orders to deploy federal law enforcement And Congress should defund their offices https://t.co/0eiIK1AmpJ — Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) August 14, 2020
“As such, Mr. McAleenan did not have the authority to amend the Secretary’s existing designation,” the Government Accountability Office wrote in its decision Friday. “Accordingly, Messrs. Wolf and Cuccinelli were named to their respective positions of Acting Secretary and Senior Official Performing the Duties of Deputy Secretary by reference to an invalid order of succession.”
Trump has repeatedly installed extremist lieutenants who will willingly execute his anti-immigrant agenda at DHS–without going through a confirmation process. Wolf and Cuccinelli are illegally appointed & they should immediately step down. https://t.co/oBa6MEtGa8 — Raul M. Grijalva (@RepRaulGrijalva) August 14, 2020
Congress’ watchdog said it did not examine the legality of subsequent actions and policies that followed the invalid appointments. That question was referred to the Homeland Security Inspector General.
DHS said it disagreed with Friday’s legal opinion, calling it a “baseless report.” White House officials did not respond to requests to comment.


veteranstoday--2020-08-14--True Numbers of African COVID-19 Cases Are In Question

Health Editor ’ s Note : Smaller studies have shown that there may be more people who have had coronavirus than have been reported .
In this continent of 1.3 billion people , confirmed cases and deaths are relatively low which may be due to poor data collection which has complicated efforts .
Africa has a mean population of 19 so this could be a factor in lower numbers of cases .
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veteranstoday--2020-08-14--Russian Doctors Wary of Rapidly Approved COVID-19 Vaccine

Russian Doctors Not Sure About Rapidly Approved COVID-19 Vaccine Health Editor ’ s Note : In a survey of more than 3,000 Russian medical professionals taken on Friday , 52 % would not want to take the vaccine , while 24.5 % said they would consent to be vaccinated .
Only one fifth of these doctors would recommend the vaccine to his or her patient .
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veteranstoday--2020-08-15--GAMMA RADIATION IN AMERICA 2020.10

GAMMA RADIATION IN AMERICA 2020.10

Summer time highs annualized – So Far .
Hold on to your hats , people .
These are Nasty one-week cpm ’ s annualized : two billion , two hundred twenty-eight million , eight hundred forty thousand , two hundred ten .
forty-three billion , five hundred forty-two million , four hundred seventy-seven thousand , nine hundred seventy cpm .
NUMBER OF TIMES LARGER NOW THAN IN 2010 .
The Gamma radiation now is 19.5359 Times Larger than when measured FOR THE YEAR 2010 .
That is 3,865 elapsed days , or 92,760 Hours .
Gamma radiation in the wild @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weapons .
At the surface of the Earth there are no other sources .
Gamma radiation is and always has been incompatible with life on this planet .
How much Gamma radiation is it ?
It is more than enough Gamma radiation to kill every living thing on Earth .
The only question is : How much Gamma radiation have YOU absorbed ?
… Today ?
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The Radiation charts and graphs of the EPA .
Individual queries can be built at the EPA RadNet Query Builder 2 .
The EPA based @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LLC .
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These stations ’ Radiation equals Total Gamma Radiation .
Gamma Radiation Monitors are reporting publicly at all these locations .
CPM .
“ Although we can ’ t see it , taste it , smell it or hear it we can measure radiation and observe its effects .
One way to measure radiation which the United States Environmental Protection Agency [ EPA ] has chosen to use on its radiation websites is in Counts Per Minute or CPM .
Each Count is One Radioactive Decay.
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; Sukhov , N.L .
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; Petropavlovskii , G.A .
( Institute of Physical Chemistry , Moscow ( Russian Federation ) 5 .
“ Plutonium Air ” by Dr Paolo Scampa , AIPRI Blog , Aug 19 , 2016 6 .
“ Radioactive Fertilizer , ” AIPRI by Dr Paolo Scampa , September 23 , 2016 , AIPRI : Les @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world , study finds , ” By ABBY GOODNOUGH OCT. 19 , 2016 , 8 .
EPA Proposal Allows Radiation Exposure in Drinking Water Equivalent to 250 Chest X-Rays a Year “ Forty-five ( 45 ) years later , the Nuclear States officially raise the amounts of “ permitted radiation levels ” by hundreds and sometimes thousands of times to maintain the utter and absolute dominance of the Nuclear State over everything , everywhere , for all time .
No tolerance is given.
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@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , AIPRI , Saturday 12 November 2016 10 .
“ News Release , New Aerial Survey Identifies More Than 100 Million Dead Trees in California , ” USDA Office of Communications , “ This brings the total number of dead trees since 2010 to over 102 million , ” 11 .
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A scene with “ Facing a Dying Nation ” starring Treat Williams from the movie is here : The character Pfc .
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It ’ s about all things Wignerized .
See Notes on Your Radiation This Week No .
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Google : Sievert 15 .
Eco Health Alliance interactive map of killer viruses – map 16 .
“ In [ a ] first , government and Tepco found liable for Fukushima disaster , ” by Daisuke Kikuchi , “ Maebashi , Gunma Pref .
In first , government and Tepco found liable for Fukushima disaster , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy , in Blow to Nuclear Power , ” Wednesday , March 29 , 2017 , at 10:04 PM , “ Westinghouse Electric Company , which helped drive the development of nuclear energy and the electric grid itself , filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday , casting a shadow over the global nuclear industry .
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Black Star shows tracks of Alpha particles in an Apes lung much like yours .
Plutonium particle in lung tissue : “ The black star in the middle of this picture shows the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a particle of plutonium-239 in the lung tissue of an ape .
The alpha rays do not travel very far , but once inside the body , they can penetrate more than 10,000 cells within their range .
This set of alpha tracks ( magnified 500 times ) occurred over a 48-hour period ” ( Robert Del Tredici , At Work in the Fields of the Bomb [ 1987 ] , plate 39 ) .
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Addendum by Dr. Paolo Scampa .
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Total Gamma Radiation – Year to Date 2017.7 November 18 , 2017 , VeteransToday .
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30-year-old radioactive dead tree at Chernobyl .
Very dead .
Very radioactive , like millions of others there and around the world .
https : //outoftheboxscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Chernobyl-Dead-Trees-Photo-By-Beatrice-Lundborg 24 .
Amusing Planet , VIP observers watching the spectacle during Operation Greenhouse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ //www.amusingplanet.com/2008/07/how-to-watch-nuclear-explosion.html 25 .
Al Gore Lied , The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) lowers the Boom on Al Gore ’ s Big Lie that the humble , beneficial gas – CO2 – causes global warming https : //www.veteranstoday.com/2013/06/28/al-gore-lied/ 26 .
Did you ever think how much Rad U235 or Rad Plutonium 239 is vaporized in a detonation of a nuclear weapon ?
Bob Nichols , June 11 , 2017 .
Very little , actually .
https : //yourradiationthisweek.org/2017/06/11/did-you-ever-think-how-much-rad-u235-or-rad-plutonium-239-is-vaporized-in-a-detonation-of-a-nuclear-weapon/ 27 .
CPM or Counts per Minute is the radiation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ directorate of the EPA .
28 .
See the Wind flow !
“ This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US.
” FERNANDA VIÉGAS MARTIN WATTENBERG , See the moving map showing the wind .
http : //hint.fm/wind/ 29 .
MILLION A WEEK CLUB No 6 – California ’ s Boosted Fires , By Bob Nichols , December 2017 https : //www.veteranstoday.com/2017/12/30/million-a-week-club-no-6-californias-boosted-fires 30 .
YOUR RADIATION THIS WEEK – Nichols on Nuclear – Library of Articles https : //yourradiationthisweek.org/nichols-on-nuclear-library-of-articles/ 31 .
Actual Beta radiation collected by RadNet in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D.C. See RadNet .
Same address as Note No .
1 .
32 .
Satellite view of annual Uranium boosted fires in California in November 2018. https : //earth.nullschool.net/ # current/chem/surface/level/overlay=cosc/orthographic=-122.46,39.53,3000https : //earth.nullschool.net/ # current/chem/surface/level/overlay=cosc/orthographic=-122.46,39.53,3000 33 .
Chernobyl : Assessment of Radiological and Health Impacts , http : //www.oecd-nea.org/rp/pubs/2003/3508-chernobyl.pdf “ However , one year after the accident a storm resuspended deposited radioactivity in the exclusion zone [ around the smashed reactor , ] and the radioactivity of air in the exclusion zone in the Pripiat city increased by a factor of 1,000 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forests have also lead to the increases of radioactivity.
” “ In 1992 , in the vicinity of the exclusion zone , radiation due to forest fires reached 20 Bq.m-3 for beta emitters and 70 mBq.m-3 from plutonium isotopes .
Monitoring stations far from these zones registered some peaks of radioactivity.
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veteranstoday--2020-08-15--A sex act on a 9-month-old girl? And we’re screaming black lives matter?

In his 1864 existentialist novel Notes from the Underground ( or Letters from the Underworld ) , Fyodor Dostoevsky recounts the story of a man who has widely been called The Underground Man .
This man is bitter , and complains just about everything .
He begins his diary by saying , “ I am a sick man… I am a spiteful man .
I am an unpleasant man .
I think my liver is diseased .
However , I know nothing about my disease , and I do not know for sure what ails me .
I don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and never have , though I have a respect for medicine and doctors….No , I refuse to consult a doctor from spite .
That you probably will not understand….I have been going on like that for a long time—twenty years .
…I was inwardly conscious with shame that I was not only not a spiteful but not even an embittered man , that I was simply scaring sparrows at random and amusing myself by it… It was not only that I could not become spiteful , I did not know how to become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neither a rascal nor an honest man , neither a hero nor an insect.
” [ 1 ] The Underground Man resembles Black Lives Matter protesters .
Those protesters are angry , bitter , and seek to destroy virtually anything they do not like and ignore the central core issues .
Moreover , the mass social media and the elite aid and abet their wicked ideology .
But if common sense is part of your day-to-day life , if you have no patience with stupid ideas , and if logic and reason are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lives Matter ideology will make you want to puke .
Think for a moment .
In 2018 , “ Isiah Hayes and Daireus Ice were indicted after cell phone video showed them involved with a sexual assault on a 9-month-old girl .
Investigators say the mother found the video on an acquaintance ’ s cell phone .
The sexual assault happened in 2016 .
“ And now in a superseding indictment , which takes the place of the initial indictment , four men are charged with felony sexual assault and exploitation charges involving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl .
“ Investigators allege in 2017 Antoine Wilson kidnapped the 4-year-old from her yard in southwest Memphis with at least one other person and took her to a nearby home where she was forced to perform a sexual act that was recorded .
In 2017 investigators allege Antonio King performed a sexual act on a 3-year-old boy and it was recorded.
” Imagine that you were the parents of those precious children , particularly the 9-month-old girl .
Wouldn ’ t you be happy that a police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happened ?
Would it be “ racism ” if the police officer happened to be “ white ” ?
If we defund the police , wouldn ’ t we be indirectly supporting rapists , predators , pedophiles , looters , and violent people ?
Moreover , where is the outrage ?
Who is going to defend those precious children ?
Who is going to march in the streets and say “ Children Lives Matter ” ?
Or how about Cannon Hinnant , a five-year-old boy who was shot to death Wilson , North @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bike and playing with his siblings outside his home when he met his untimely death .
“ Cannon Hinnant was shot around 5:30 p.m. on Archers Road .
Police say the boy later died at the hospital .
Police say the suspect , 25-year-old Darius Sessoms , has been charged with first-degree murder in the boy ’ s killing .
According to WRAL , Sessoms was the boy ’ s neighbor.
” My prevailing questions again and again are simple : Where are the New York Times , the Washington Post , CNN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CBS News , MSNBC , Bloomberg ?
Do they really mean to tell us all that they have never heard of Cannon Hinnant , and yet they are all over the place trying to pinpoint “ police brutality ” ?
As we have written in the past , we are not saying that police brutality is a myth .
What we are saying is that neither the media nor the Black Lives Matter movement is willing to grapple with the big picture because that would ruin their reputation .
It has become so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the Chicago Black Lives Matter movement , has recently enunciated : “ I don ’ t care if somebody decides to loot a Gucci ’ s or a Macy ’ s or a Nike because that makes sure that that person eats .
That makes sure that that person has clothes.
” [ 2 ] How about looting black business owners ?
Does Atkins mean to tell us that protesters are fighting “ racism ” by doing that as well ?
Here is what one black owner in the Bronx section of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says black lives matter .
I worked here part-time .
Plus I ’ m a part-owner of this store .
You said black lives matter .
I ’ m black .
Look what you did to my store .
Look at the things you ’ ve done , look .
We ’ ve been here all night cleaning up .
Tell me black lives matter .
You lied .
You wanted to loot the store , you needed money .
Get a job , like I did .
Stop stealing .
This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to build it up and you ’ re tearing it down.
” These protesters , continued Atkins , can do just whatever they please , “ because these businesses have insurance.
” [ 3 ] Therefore , Atkins supports violence and looting “ 100 percent.
” [ 4 ] According to Atkins , “ The whole idea of criminality is based on racism anyway .
Because criminality is punishing people for things that they have needed to do to survive or just the way that society has affected them with white supremacist BS.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ logic , there is no way to criminalize the very man who gunned down Cannon Hinnant because criminality is based on racism .
“ Atkins attacked Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot — who is black — for calling the looting ‘ straight-up felony , criminal conduct.
’ ” [ 6 ] Atkins said of the Chicago Mayor : “ It ’ s like her deciding what is criminal and what isn ’ t .
“ I will support the looters ’ til the end of the day .
If that ’ s what they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , then that ’ s what you ’ ve got to do to eat.
” [ 7 ] Enough is enough .
The Black Lives Matter movement , which is largely supported by the Khazarian Bankster Cult , is nothing else but a violent movement that seeks to destroy docility and social harmony .
We certainly don ’ t need those movements , and people of goodwill should denounce it .
• [ 1 ] Fyodor Dostoevsky , Notes from the Underground ( New York : Vintage , ) , 1 .

In his 1864 existentialist novel Notes from the Underground (or Letters from the Underworld), Fyodor Dostoevsky recounts the story of a man who has widely been called The Underground Man. This man is bitter, and complains just about everything. He begins his diary by saying,
“I am a sick man… I am a spiteful man. I am an unpleasant man. I think my liver is diseased. However, I know nothing about my disease, and I do not know for sure what ails me. I don’t consult a doctor for it, and never have, though I have a respect for medicine and doctors….No, I refuse to consult a doctor from spite. That you probably will not understand….I have been going on like that for a long time—twenty years.
…I was inwardly conscious with shame that I was not only not a spiteful but not even an embittered man, that I was simply scaring sparrows at random and amusing myself by it… It was not only that I could not become spiteful, I did not know how to become anything; neither spiteful nor kind, neither a rascal nor an honest man, neither a hero nor an insect.”[1]
The Underground Man resembles Black Lives Matter protesters. Those protesters are angry, bitter, and seek to destroy virtually anything they do not like and ignore the central core issues. Moreover, the mass social media and the elite aid and abet their wicked ideology. But if common sense is part of your day-to-day life, if you have no patience with stupid ideas, and if logic and reason are your ultimate pursuit, then the Black Lives Matter ideology will make you want to puke.
Think for a moment. In 2018,
“Isiah Hayes and Daireus Ice were indicted after cell phone video showed them involved with a sexual assault on a 9-month-old girl. Investigators say the mother found the video on an acquaintance’s cell phone. The sexual assault happened in 2016.
“And now in a superseding indictment, which takes the place of the initial indictment, four men are charged with felony sexual assault and exploitation charges involving three children — the 9-month-old, a 3-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl.
“Investigators allege in 2017 Antoine Wilson kidnapped the 4-year-old from her yard in southwest Memphis with at least one other person and took her to a nearby home where she was forced to perform a sexual act that was recorded. In 2017 investigators allege Antonio King performed a sexual act on a 3-year-old boy and it was recorded.”
Imagine that you were the parents of those precious children, particularly the 9-month-old girl. Wouldn’t you be happy that a police officer shot those criminals BEFORE the crime happened? Would it be “racism” if the police officer happened to be “white”? If we defund the police, wouldn’t we be indirectly supporting rapists, predators, pedophiles, looters, and violent people?
Moreover, where is the outrage? Who is going to defend those precious children? Who is going to march in the streets and say “Children Lives Matter”?
Or how about Cannon Hinnant, a five-year-old boy who was shot to death Wilson, North Carolina? Cannon was simply riding his bike and playing with his siblings outside his home when he met his untimely death.
“Cannon Hinnant was shot around 5:30 p.m. on Archers Road. Police say the boy later died at the hospital. Police say the suspect, 25-year-old Darius Sessoms, has been charged with first-degree murder in the boy’s killing. According to WRAL, Sessoms was the boy’s neighbor.”
My prevailing questions again and again are simple: Where are the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, MSNBC, Bloomberg? Do they really mean to tell us all that they have never heard of Cannon Hinnant, and yet they are all over the place trying to pinpoint “police brutality”?
As we have written in the past, we are not saying that police brutality is a myth. What we are saying is that neither the media nor the Black Lives Matter movement is willing to grapple with the big picture because that would ruin their reputation. It has become so disgusting that Ariel Atkins, an organizer with the Chicago Black Lives Matter movement, has recently enunciated:
“I don’t care if somebody decides to loot a Gucci’s or a Macy’s or a Nike because that makes sure that that person eats. That makes sure that that person has clothes.”[2]
How about looting black business owners? Does Atkins mean to tell us that protesters are fighting “racism” by doing that as well? Here is what one black owner in the Bronx section of New York City said:
“You says black lives matter. I worked here part-time. Plus I’m a part-owner of this store. You said black lives matter. I’m black. Look what you did to my store. Look at the things you’ve done, look. We’ve been here all night cleaning up. Tell me black lives matter. You lied. You wanted to loot the store, you needed money. Get a job, like I did. Stop stealing. This is a neighborhood. We’re trying to build it up and you’re tearing it down.”
These protesters, continued Atkins, can do just whatever they please, “because these businesses have insurance.”[3] Therefore, Atkins supports violence and looting “100 percent.”[4] According to Atkins,
“The whole idea of criminality is based on racism anyway. Because criminality is punishing people for things that they have needed to do to survive or just the way that society has affected them with white supremacist BS.”[5]
According to this logic, there is no way to criminalize the very man who gunned down Cannon Hinnant because criminality is based on racism. “Atkins attacked Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot — who is black — for calling the looting ‘straight-up felony, criminal conduct.’”[6]
Atkins said of the Chicago Mayor: “It’s like her deciding what is criminal and what isn’t. “I will support the looters ’til the end of the day. If that’s what they need to do in order to eat, then that’s what you’ve got to do to eat.”[7]
Enough is enough. The Black Lives Matter movement, which is largely supported by the Khazarian Bankster Cult, is nothing else but a violent movement that seeks to destroy docility and social harmony. We certainly don’t need those movements, and people of goodwill should denounce it.


veteranstoday--2020-08-15--Trump Humiliated at UN, One Nation Only Joins US in Iran Weapons Vote (CIA Owned Dominican Republic)

The United Nations Security Council has rejected a US resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran that is due to expire in October , as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid “ confrontation ” over an American threat to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic .
“ The Security Council ’ s failure to act decisively in defense of international peace and security is inexcusable , ” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Friday before the Security Council announced the results of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ isolated over Iran at the Security Council following President Donald Trump ’ s withdrawal from the multilateral Iran nuclear deal 2018 .
Iran has said that the US resolution will fail to gain the required support at the Security Council , pointing out that Washington has no legal right to invoke a snapback mechanism to reinstate sanctions against Tehran under the 2015 nuclear deal that the US unilaterally left in May 2018 .
“ Legally speaking , the United States is no position to use the snapback [ mechanism ] .
The three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explicitly stated at a previous meeting of the UN Security Council that the United States could not use this mechanism , ” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday .
On Thursday , Iran ’ s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York called on the Security Council to withstand the “ illegal ” and “ ill-intentioned ” move by the United States to extend the arms embargo on the Islamic Republic .
The US has stepped up attempts aimed at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that is set to expire as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ( JCPOA ) , which has been endorsed by Security Council Resolution 2231 .
US resolution receives only two ‘ yes ’ votes Despite the changes in the US resolution , Security Council members were expected to reject the effort , which sought to extend the arms embargo on Iran indefinitely .
Diplomats feared that the resolution would threaten the Iran nuclear agreement .
Washington failed to receive nine votes in favor of the measure , removing the need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vetoes which they had indicated they were prepared to do .
Russia and China are two of the Security Council ’ s five permanent members , who have veto rights , and among the remaining parties to the JCPOA .
The resolution needed support from nine of 15 votes to pass .
Eleven members abstained , including France , Germany and Britain , while the US and the Dominican Republic were the only “ yes ” votes .
The Trump administration has repeatedly threatened to trigger the so-called snapback provisions of the 2015 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an arms embargo extension .
Since leaving the JCPOA , the US has been resorting to its maximum pressure campaign against Iran by reinstating its sanctions and persuading others to follow its suit .
Russian President Putin on Friday proposed a video summit with the United States and the remaining parties to the nuclear agreement – Britain , France , China , Germany and Iran – to avoid further “ confrontation and escalation ” at the United Nations between Washington and Tehran .
“ The issue is urgent , ” Putin said , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ further escalation of tensions , increasing risk of conflict – such a scenario must be avoided .
”

The United Nations Security Council has rejected a US resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran that is due to expire in October, as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid “confrontation” over an American threat to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
“The Security Council’s failure to act decisively in defense of international peace and security is inexcusable,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Friday before the Security Council announced the results of the vote.
The United States has become isolated over Iran at the Security Council following President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the multilateral Iran nuclear deal 2018.
Iran has said that the US resolution will fail to gain the required support at the Security Council, pointing out that Washington has no legal right to invoke a snapback mechanism to reinstate sanctions against Tehran under the 2015 nuclear deal that the US unilaterally left in May 2018.
“Legally speaking, the United States is no position to use the snapback [mechanism]. The three European allies of the United States also explicitly stated at a previous meeting of the UN Security Council that the United States could not use this mechanism,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
Having burned bridges with Europe, US goes it alone to renew Iran arms ban at UNSC: Bloomberg A Bloomberg opinion piece says the Europeans are “disinclined to help the US” win the UNSC approval for its anti-Iran resolution.
On Thursday, Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York called on the Security Council to withstand the “illegal” and “ill-intentioned” move by the United States to extend the arms embargo on the Islamic Republic.
The US has stepped up attempts aimed at extending the UN arms ban on Iran that is set to expire as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which has been endorsed by Security Council Resolution 2231.
US resolution receives only two ‘yes’ votes
Despite the changes in the US resolution, Security Council members were expected to reject the effort, which sought to extend the arms embargo on Iran indefinitely.
Diplomats feared that the resolution would threaten the Iran nuclear agreement.
Washington failed to receive nine votes in favor of the measure, removing the need for Russia and China to wield their vetoes which they had indicated they were prepared to do.
Russia and China are two of the Security Council’s five permanent members, who have veto rights, and among the remaining parties to the JCPOA.
The resolution needed support from nine of 15 votes to pass. Eleven members abstained, including France, Germany and Britain, while the US and the Dominican Republic were the only “yes” votes.
The Trump administration has repeatedly threatened to trigger the so-called snapback provisions of the 2015 nuclear deal if it cannot secure an arms embargo extension.
Since leaving the JCPOA, the US has been resorting to its maximum pressure campaign against Iran by reinstating its sanctions and persuading others to follow its suit.
Putin proposes a summit of world leaders
Russian President Putin on Friday proposed a video summit with the United States and the remaining parties to the nuclear agreement – Britain, France, China, Germany and Iran – to avoid further “confrontation and escalation” at the United Nations between Washington and Tehran.
“The issue is urgent,” Putin said, adding that the alternative was “only further escalation of tensions, increasing risk of conflict – such a scenario must be avoided.”


veteranstoday--2020-08-16--Book Review: The 10 Key Campaigns That Defied the Odds and Birthed Our Nation

The 10 Key Campaigns That Defied the Odds and Birthed Our Nation Many American are familiar with portions of the War for Independence…Lexington , Bunker Hill , Saratoga , Yorktown , Washington , Hamilton , Benedict Arnold .
All familiar names , but how did it all fit together .
How did merchants , lawyers , farmers , and cobblers all come together and defeat the combined forces of the British Empire , its powerful Navy , and their Hessian auxiliaries .
For that matter , who were the Hessians , and what is an auxiliary ?
Eminent historian , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the most highly respected Revolutionary War experts to present the stirring narratives of history altering military campaigns that formed a new nation .
Accessibly written , the lay reader will take a tour through British America from Quebec City ’ s frozen fortress , to the Concord ’ s Old North Bridge , Cross the Delaware with Washington and through South Carolina with the “ Swamp Fox ” Frances Marion .
After reading these ten riveting essays , every American will sound like an expert on our nation ’ s fight for freedom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Mark Anderson • The Crossing and The Ten Crucial Days by William L. Kidder • Brandywine to Valley Forge by Michael C. Harris • The Monmouth Campaign by Mark Lender • From Cowpens to Guilford Courthouse by John Maass • The Allied March to Yorktown by Robert Selig Washington , D.C. How did the battles of Lexington , Bunker Hill , Yorktown , etc .
all culminate in an American victory ?
In The 10 Key Campaigns of the American Revolution , editor Edward Lengel brings together ten of today ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the stirring narratives that explain it all .
These ten military campaigns changed history and brought in the birth of a new nation .
The American Revolution remains—now , nearly 250 years since it began—a relatively new field of study .
Historians are exploring parts of it for the first time .
The 10 Key Campaigns of the American Revolution represents some of the best new work and keenest insights on the Revolutionary War .
In it , the war ’ s leading historians look closely at the campaigns that paved the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ independence .
This is history in the truest sense—carefully researched , clearly described , and best of all told with a storyteller ’ s instinct for high drama and excitement .
For the story of America ’ s founding is dramatic , indeed—one of the most dramatic stories ever told .
Through the riveting narratives of The 10 Key Campaigns of the American Revolution readers will : • Survive the battle of Brooklyn Heights and cross the Delaware with Washington in 1776 • Bushwhack down the Champlain Valley with Johnny Burgoyne in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through winter with Washington and his beleaguered troops in Valley Forge • Endure the oppressive heat and the massive battle on New Jersey farmland at Monmouth Courthouse as spring turns to summer in 1778 • Journey south in 1780 into a bloody civil war—Tory versus patriot , neighbor versus neighbor in Georgia and the Carolinas • Join the patriots in 1881 as they maneuver north into Virginia , where Washington and the French navy can trap the British on the Yorktown Peninsula Complete with maps and suggested further reading , The 10 Key @ @ @ @ @ @ @ short course in one of history ’ s most consequential wars , explaining how citizens became soldiers and how their dedication , determination , and force of will defeated the world ’ s greatest power and launched a nation like no other .
Introduction to Edward G. Lengel : Lengel is senior director of programs at the National World War II Museum ’ s Institute for the Study of War and Democracy .
He received his PhD .
from the University of Virginia , where he was a full professor and directed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He wrote the new history of Colonial Williamsburg as a “ Revolutionary in Residence.
” Lengel has written fourteen books on American History , including General George Washington : A Military Life and Never in Finer Company : The Men of the Great War ’ s Lost Battalion .
Lengel is co-recipient of the National Humanities Medal and has won two writing award from the Army Historical Foundation .

The 10 Key Campaigns That Defied the Odds and Birthed Our Nation
Edited by Edward G. Lengel. ISBN-13: 9781684511259, Published August, 2020. Regnery History.
Many American are familiar with portions of the War for Independence…Lexington, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Yorktown, Washington, Hamilton, Benedict Arnold. All familiar names, but how did it all fit together. How did merchants, lawyers, farmers, and cobblers all come together and defeat the combined forces of the British Empire, its powerful Navy, and their Hessian auxiliaries. For that matter, who were the Hessians, and what is an auxiliary?
Eminent historian, Ed Lengel has brought together ten of the most highly respected Revolutionary War experts to present the stirring narratives of history altering military campaigns that formed a new nation. Accessibly written, the lay reader will take a tour through British America from Quebec City’s frozen fortress, to the Concord’s Old North Bridge, Cross the Delaware with Washington and through South Carolina with the “Swamp Fox” Frances Marion. After reading these ten riveting essays, every American will sound like an expert on our nation’s fight for freedom.
Includes:10 Key Campaigns of the American Revolution
Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill by Glenn Williams Quebec and the Champlain Valley by Mark Anderson Brooklyn to Fort Lee by Todd Braisted The Crossing and The Ten Crucial Days by William L. Kidder Ticonderoga To Saratoga by James Kirby Martin Brandywine to Valley Forge by Michael C. Harris The Monmouth Campaign by Mark Lender Charlestown to Kings Mountain by John Buchanan From Cowpens to Guilford Courthouse by John Maass The Allied March to Yorktown by Robert Selig
Washington, D.C. How did the battles of Lexington, Bunker Hill, Yorktown, etc. all culminate in an American victory? In The 10 Key Campaigns of the American Revolution, editor Edward Lengel brings together ten of today’s most respected Revolutionary War experts to tell the stirring narratives that explain it all. These ten military campaigns changed history and brought in the birth of a new nation.
The American Revolution remains—now, nearly 250 years since it began—a relatively new field of study. Historians are exploring parts of it for the first time. The 10 Key Campaigns of the American Revolution represents some of the best new work and keenest insights on the Revolutionary War. In it, the war’s leading historians look closely at the campaigns that paved the way to victory in the quest for American independence. This is history in the truest sense—carefully researched, clearly described, and best of all told with a storyteller’s instinct for high drama and excitement. For the story of America’s founding is dramatic, indeed—one of the most dramatic stories ever told.
Through the riveting narratives of The 10 Key Campaigns of the American Revolution readers will:
Survive the battle of Brooklyn Heights and cross the Delaware with Washington in 1776
Bushwhack down the Champlain Valley with Johnny Burgoyne in the summer and fall of 1777
Struggle through winter with Washington and his beleaguered troops in Valley Forge
Endure the oppressive heat and the massive battle on New Jersey farmland at Monmouth Courthouse as spring turns to summer in 1778
Journey south in 1780 into a bloody civil war—Tory versus patriot, neighbor versus neighbor in Georgia and the Carolinas
Join the patriots in 1881 as they maneuver north into Virginia, where Washington and the French navy can trap the British on the Yorktown Peninsula
Complete with maps and suggested further reading, The 10 Key Campaigns of the American Revolution is a short course in one of history’s most consequential wars, explaining how citizens became soldiers and how their dedication, determination, and force of will defeated the world’s greatest power and launched a nation like no other.
Introduction to Edward G. Lengel: Lengel is senior director of programs at the National World War II Museum’s Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. He received his PhD. from the University of Virginia, where he was a full professor and directed the Washington Papers Project from many years. He wrote the new history of Colonial Williamsburg as a “Revolutionary in Residence.” Lengel has written fourteen books on American History, including General George Washington: A Military Life and Never in Finer Company: The Men of the Great War’s Lost Battalion. Lengel is co-recipient of the National Humanities Medal and has won two writing award from the Army Historical Foundation.


veteranstoday--2020-08-15--Pentagon/Esper: ‘VT was right, Beirut May be an Attack…we made a mistake’

Facebook-YouTube-Google removed all references to an attack on Beirut based on Esper ’ s statement , now admittedly false .
Will they now restore the videos and the accounts they terminated ?
Will they apologize and compensate the victims ?
Will they apologize to President Trump ?
VT : Trump chastised Esper for running his mouth on Beirut .
Trump was informed of the explosion within minutes .
The US had , for some unknown reason , 3 surveillance planes close off shore who observed Israeli aircraft , both F 15E and F 16 over the site prior to and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is coming in from Beirut .
Defense Secretary Mark Esper is downplaying any differences he had with the White House ’ s assessment as to what caused the deadly explosion in Beirut after his speculation that the blast was likely the result of an accident drew push back from the White House .
“ The bottom line is we still don ’ t know ” what caused the explosion , Esper told Fox News in an interview that aired this weekend .
“ On the first day , as President Trump rightly said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an attack , some of us speculated it could have been , for example , a Hezbollah arms shipment that blew up , maybe a Hezbollah bomb making facility , who knows ?
” Esper said , adding that the media was trying to stoke division between himself and President Donald Trump .
Despite his comments that some were speculating that the explosion may have involved an attack , several defense officials told CNN on Tuesday the US military did not have any information pointing to an attack , an assessment echoed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believed it to be an accident .
Esper and Trump At Odds — Again ; This Time , Beirut Blast https : //t.co/FL7uPp5HCs — Freedom of Thought ( @ Ethics2000 ) August 10 , 2020 “ Yesterday I commented that it was looking more like an accident and it ’ s regrettable that some in the media … are trying to draw divisions within the administration between maybe me and the President and others , it ’ s simply not true , ” he said .
Esper told the Aspen Security Forum on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ getting information on what happened .
Most believe that it was an accident as reported and beyond that I have nothing further to report on that .
It ’ s obviously a tragedy.
” Hours after Esper said “ most believe ” that that the Beirut explosion “ was an accident , ” Trump appeared to cast doubt on the plausibility of it being an accident at a White House news conference , saying , “ How can you say accident ?
” while also saying , “ Right now you have some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and some people that think it wasn ’ t. ” White House chief of staff Mark Meadows went even further when asked about Esper ’ s assessment that the explosion was likely an accident , saying : “ From Secretary Esper ’ s standpoint , he doesn ’ t know.
” On Tuesday , Trump said that he had spoken to some of “ our generals ” and that they had assessed the explosion to be a bombing attack .
The explosion in Beirut left at least 158 people dead with dozens missing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the incident .

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“The bottom line is we still don’t know” what caused the explosion, Esper told Fox News in an interview that aired this weekend.
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“On the first day, as President Trump rightly said, we thought it might have been an attack, some of us speculated it could have been, for example, a Hezbollah arms shipment that blew up, maybe a Hezbollah bomb making facility, who knows?” Esper said, adding that the media was trying to stoke division between himself and President Donald Trump.
Despite his comments that some were speculating that the explosion may have involved an attack, several defense officials told CNN on Tuesday the US military did not have any information pointing to an attack, an assessment echoed by Esper on Wednesday when he said most believed it to be an accident.
Esper and Trump At Odds — Again; This Time, Beirut Blast https://t.co/FL7uPp5HCs — Freedom of Thought (@Ethics2000) August 10, 2020
“Yesterday I commented that it was looking more like an accident and it’s regrettable that some in the media … are trying to draw divisions within the administration between maybe me and the President and others, it’s simply not true,” he said.
Esper told the Aspen Security Forum on Wednesday that the US was “still getting information on what happened. Most believe that it was an accident as reported and beyond that I have nothing further to report on that. It’s obviously a tragedy.”
Hours after Esper said “most believe” that that the Beirut explosion “was an accident,” Trump appeared to cast doubt on the plausibility of it being an accident at a White House news conference, saying, “How can you say accident?” while also saying, “Right now you have some people who think it was an attack and some people that think it wasn’t.”
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows went even further when asked about Esper’s assessment that the explosion was likely an accident, saying: “From Secretary Esper’s standpoint, he doesn’t know.”
On Tuesday, Trump said that he had spoken to some of “our generals” and that they had assessed the explosion to be a bombing attack.
The explosion in Beirut left at least 158 people dead with dozens missing. More than 6,000 people were injured in the incident.


veteranstoday--2020-08-15--Debunking the Lies: Gordon and Nader Reporting on Beirut, Iranian National Television (English Farsi

Debunking the Lies: Gordon and Nader Reporting on Beirut, Iranian National Television (English Farsi Arabic)

Former Lebanese Interior Minister and current MP , Nohad Machnouk in Beirut , Lebanon on 8 May 2017 [ Ratib Al Safadi/Anadolu Agency ] Former Lebanese Interior Minister and current MP , Nohad Machnouk , has become the first senior Lebanese politician to blame Israel for the blast at Beirut Port last week .
During a press conference , Machnouk said Israel was “ clearly ” responsible for the huge explosion which has killed over 200 people and wounded thousands .
“ This operation in Beirut was carried out by Israel in a clear and explicit manner , ” Machnouk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are looking at a crime against humanity , and therefore no one dares to claim responsibility for it.
” The high-ranking politician served as Lebanon ’ s interior minister in 2014 and again in 2016 .
He is a member of ex-Prime Minister Saad Hariri ’ s Future Movement , the country ’ s Sunni bloc and opposes the Hezbollah movement .
In the aftermath of the explosion , he said : “ This is the first time since the Phoenician era that we don ’ t have a port in Beirut.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on to describe Lebanon as a “ politically occupied country ” , urging Hariri ’ s supporters to declare political resistance to liberate Lebanon from the “ occupation ” , in reference to Hezbollah which also has representation in parliament , but is the most powerful armed entity in the country .
Hezbollah leader Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah has rejected accusations that the movement had used the warehouses to store weapons and as with his ally , President Michel Aoun , has not ruled out the possibility of sabotage but both have stopped short @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have also denied involvement .
If Israel were to be determined responsible , Asia Times reports , it would necessitate an equivalent reply from Hezbollah , which would lead to a devastating war which is not in the interests of either side .
Laying blame on Israel would also lead to further investigations into what exactly was being targeted , and raise questions for all Lebanese factions , including Machnouk ’ s , as to how they allowed the port to store such a large stockpile of weapons-grade ammonium nitrate .
READ : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mandate of UN force in Lebanon

Former Lebanese Interior Minister and current MP, Nohad Machnouk, has become the first senior Lebanese politician to blame Israel for the blast at Beirut Port last week.
During a press conference, Machnouk said Israel was “clearly” responsible for the huge explosion which has killed over 200 people and wounded thousands.
“This operation in Beirut was carried out by Israel in a clear and explicit manner,” Machnouk said. “It is clear we are looking at a crime against humanity, and therefore no one dares to claim responsibility for it.”
The high-ranking politician served as Lebanon’s interior minister in 2014 and again in 2016. He is a member of ex-Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s Future Movement, the country’s Sunni bloc and opposes the Hezbollah movement. In the aftermath of the explosion, he said:
“This is the first time since the Phoenician era that we don’t have a port in Beirut.”
READ: Ex-Israel MK declares Lebanon blast as ‘gift from God’
At the press conference, Machnouk went on to describe Lebanon as a “politically occupied country”, urging Hariri’s supporters to declare political resistance to liberate Lebanon from the “occupation”, in reference to Hezbollah which also has representation in parliament, but is the most powerful armed entity in the country.
Hezbollah leader Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah has rejected accusations that the movement had used the warehouses to store weapons and as with his ally, President Michel Aoun, has not ruled out the possibility of sabotage but both have stopped short of blaming Israel outright. Israeli officials have also denied involvement.
If Israel were to be determined responsible, Asia Times reports, it would necessitate an equivalent reply from Hezbollah, which would lead to a devastating war which is not in the interests of either side. Laying blame on Israel would also lead to further investigations into what exactly was being targeted, and raise questions for all Lebanese factions, including Machnouk’s, as to how they allowed the port to store such a large stockpile of weapons-grade ammonium nitrate.
READ: Israel uses Beirut blast pretext to change mandate of UN force in Lebanon


veteranstoday--2020-08-15--Syrian Baathist Party: Russia must meet its promises in Idlib

VT : We had a word with the Party , completely confident that they will be victorious .
They told us something very interesting , “ The most vulnerable house is the spider ’ s. ” This is a verse in Quran .
They hoard surprises for the invaders .
They will fight with their spiritual powers , not just military ones .
Believe what they say Gordon .
They will win .
Gracious as ever , the Ba ’ ath Party official Dr. Afif Dalla , received me today in his office after resuming his duties as Chief of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a PhD graduate from Arizona University , business administration and crisis management .
He has spent his life dedicated to a noble cause , serving his people and his country .
A man of honor and principles who stayed the course against all odds .
Dr. Dalla believes that the US is remapping the region by destructive chaos and military invasion .
Weakening Hizbollah in Lebanon will ultimately lead to breaking the morale of the axis of the resistance which acts as a propeller for the Party .
Russia watches in silence for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the French Lawyer , asked Dr. Dalla if the Russians have a plan in mind to concert efforts with their allies if the invasion of Lebanon expands .
Dr. Dalla says if Russia keeps focusing on oil and gas resources without taking in considerations of the geopolitical changes occurring in the region , it will end in a zero-sum game .
All eyes are on Lebanon now , because the map will be drawn from there .
Hizbollah , though silent , but confident that invaders will be scattered and defeated .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ says no reason to worry about President Assad , he is in good health .

By Nahed al Husaini, Bureau Chief, VT Damascus
VT: We had a word with the Party, completely confident that they will be victorious. They told us something very interesting, “The most vulnerable house is the spider’s.” This is a verse in Quran.
They hoard surprises for the invaders. They will fight with their spiritual powers, not just military ones. Believe what they say Gordon. They will win.
Dalla: Assad is in good health
VT interviews Dr. Dalla of the Syrian Baathist Party in Damascus pic.twitter.com/8llCfelCoR — Gordon Duff (@gpduf) August 15, 2020
Gracious as ever, the Ba’ath Party official Dr. Afif Dalla, received me today in his office after resuming his duties as Chief of the Media Department.
Dr. Dalla is a PhD graduate from Arizona University, business administration and crisis management. He has spent his life dedicated to a noble cause, serving his people and his country. A man of honor and principles who stayed the course against all odds.
VT interview with leader of Syrian Baathist Party in Damascus 2 pic.twitter.com/Lcc9S9Imn4 — Gordon Duff (@gpduf) August 15, 2020
Dr. Dalla believes that the US is remapping the region by destructive chaos and military invasion. Weakening Hizbollah in Lebanon will ultimately lead to breaking the morale of the axis of the resistance which acts as a propeller for the Party. Russia watches in silence for the storm to pass.
Arno Develay, the French Lawyer, asked Dr. Dalla if the Russians have a plan in mind to concert efforts with their allies if the invasion of Lebanon expands. Dr. Dalla says if Russia keeps focusing on oil and gas resources without taking in considerations of the geopolitical changes occurring in the region, it will end in a zero-sum game.
All eyes are on Lebanon now, because the map will be drawn from there. Hizbollah, though silent, but confident that invaders will be scattered and defeated. Surprises are on the way.
Dalla says no reason to worry about President Assad, he is in good health.