veteranstoday--2020-07-19--NEO – Russia Foils the US policy of China’s ‘containment’

by Salman Rafi Sheikh , …with New Eastern Outlook , Moscow , …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences , a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa .
[ Editor ’ s Note : The US continued failure at world leadership under Trump and the Deep State ’ s Unipolare jihad has now been laid bare .
Trump tried to reverse US isolation by shoe-horning Russia back into the G-7 , to show he has Uni-polar power over somebody .
But Russia wasn ’ t buying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its close relations with China , a country that BTW did not renege on the JCPOA agreement .
Neither has forgotten that key to the planned success of the Deep State Unipolar plan has always been to deploy US forward forces into pragmatic first strike location .
Why ?
That ’ s because the US and general and Trump in particular thinks he can play the big stud in negotiations by having the US military available to ‘ close the deal ’ in necessary , despite such a concept being a horrible misuse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would go further than that .
What Trump has shown is that the whole concept of the commander-in-chief thing has to be reviewed now that Trump has shown that a president can and will abuse the power if able to do so .
This must be ended .
And if he does lose in November and the pending prosecutions proceed with the goal of sending him to a new kind of Trump resort that he had never planned for , we have to come up with a better system for command and control @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , one paid for with the lives of American service people in Iran , where one of their sad jobs was supporting proxy terrorist forces in Syria and beyond .
Another major fix we need is a down to the bedrock investigation of both our military and totally corrupt outside contracting forces who have been paid to do grossly illegal things under the diplomatic cover of the US government .
The snake must be killed with it head cut off , by rebuilding a new chain of command , and not tinkering around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ might require creating a new oath , as the old one has been severely mistreated .
It gives me no pleasure to share this with you , but it is what it is , and VT is nothing of not a platform that looks the other way over the really tough , and dangerous issues .
What Donald Trump and family , and his mob , must never be allowed to happen to the America people .
And our military and Intel services will have some explaining to do , and there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a glimmer , as they have failed us completely in not protecting us from Israeli espionage which has this country riddled from top to bottom … Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
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Click to donate > > When the US president Donald Trump recently invited Russia to participate in the G-7 summit and called his invitation an expression of ‘ common sense ’ , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ‘ Russia factor ’ as a means to counter-balance Europe ’ s increasing assertiveness vis-à-vis the US over the G-7 summit and a host of other issues .
The intention was equally to bring Russia into the ‘ western fold ’ to isolate China globally .
Let ’ s not forget here that the various US official policy documents the Trump administration has released have repeatedly declared China as the biggest ‘ threat ’ the US is facing currently .
Many top US officials strongly believe that China is the greatest threat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ threat ’ is to be countered , common sense would have Russia on the US side .
Indeed , this is what some US allies think should be the US strategy to counter China .
Dave Sharma , a pro-US liberal Australian MP , recently stated that the western allies need to bring Russia back to the ‘ world ’ s most exclusive group of nations ’ to “ manage the rise of China.
” As it stands , not only is an actual US policy of ‘ containment of China ’ in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeking ways and means to materialise it by asking its allies to jump on the US bandwagon of ‘ trade war ’ , but Russia is being coaxed into becoming a part of it as well .
While the attempt has failed not only because of strong opposition from other G-7 members , including Canada , but Russia , too , has foiled this attempt by rejecting the US offer , calling it a “ flawed idea.
” Therefore , even if the US proposal had won some support from within the group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trap ’ against China would still have led Russia reject it .
This become pretty from the way Russia has actually responded .
Beyond rejecting the offer , Russia has also made a counter-proposal .
According to this , if the US does think that ‘ common sense ’ demands an expansion of the G-7 , China , too , must be included along side Russia .
Russia ’ s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov recently said that “ Without China it ’ s simply impossible to discuss any issues in the modern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s potential rebuke came only a day after the US ambassador to Russia said that Washington was “ engaged with the Russian Foreign Ministry and with the other G7 governments about whether there is an appropriate role for Russia at the G7 ” .
Russia ’ s counter-proposal to include China not only signifies how both countries have developed a common global strategic outlook , but also that this common outlook has already transformed into a strong mutual respect for each other ’ s national interests .
Indeed , this was clearly the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counterpart in a recent telephonic conversation .
According to the details , Xi reaffirmed that China would “ continue to work ” with Moscow in “ firmly supporting ” each other ’ s efforts “ rejecting external sabotage and intervention ” so as to “ preserve their respective sovereignty , security and development rights , and well safeguard their shared interests.
” The new template of ‘ Sino-Russia alliance ’ is deeply rooted not only in mutual understanding and respect for each other ’ s national interests—evident from Russian refusal to mediate India-China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Apart from the fact that both powers engage in trade , the fact that there is , unlike the US-China trade ties , no massive trade imbalance between them means friction over economic issues is unlikely to disrupt their bi-lateral strategic ties .
Bilateral trade between Russia and China increased 3.4 % in 2019 , amounting to US $ 110.79 billion , according to the Chinese Administration of Customs .
Trade was well balanced , with Chinese exports to Russia increasing to 3.6 per cent and US $ 49.7 billion , while imports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US $ 61.05 billion .
Unlike the West , where the on-going constitutional reforms in Russia are being projected as Putin ’ s life-long plan for ‘ authoritarian rule ’ , China came out supporting the reforms , calling it a people ’ s decision to choose their path of development .
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that “ as Russia ’ s friendly neighbour and comprehensive strategic partner of coordination for a new era , China will always respect the development path independently chosen by the Russian people and support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stability and promote socioeconomic development.
” Russia has obviously reciprocated by its open support for legislative changes introduced by China in Hong Kong .
“ We respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the PRC and consider all issues pertaining to Hong Kong to be China ’ s domestic affair .
We are against any attempts by external forces to interfere in relations between the central government and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC ” , recently said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova .
Therefore , even if Washington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be brought in to counter and isolate China globally , the series of events and Russia and China ’ s resolve to support each other show its high improbability .
On the contrary , their support for each other ’ s core national interests and their resolve to work towards a new multilateral world order plus the way the US and Europe have increasingly fell apart shows that the US bid to place itself once again at the helm of global affairs unilaterally is bound to fail .
What is therefore evident is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is at an end already .
Decades old cold-war policies and tactics are unlikely to pay dividends in a massively changed world of today .
Salman Rafi Sheikh , research-analyst of International Relations and Pakistan ’ s foreign and domestic affairs , exclusively for the online magazine “ New Eastern Outlook ”

by Salman Rafi Sheikh, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow, …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa.
[ Editor’s Note: The US continued failure at world leadership under Trump and the Deep State’s Unipolare jihad has now been laid bare. Trump tried to reverse US isolation by shoe-horning Russia back into the G-7, to show he has Uni-polar power over somebody.
But Russia wasn’t buying the ploy to pull it away from its close relations with China, a country that BTW did not renege on the JCPOA agreement.
Neither has forgotten that key to the planned success of the Deep State Unipolar plan has always been to deploy US forward forces into pragmatic first strike location.
Why? That’s because the US and general and Trump in particular thinks he can play the big stud in negotiations by having the US military available to ‘close the deal’ in necessary, despite such a concept being a horrible misuse of our American soldiers.
And I would go further than that. What Trump has shown is that the whole concept of the commander-in-chief thing has to be reviewed now that Trump has shown that a president can and will abuse the power if able to do so.
This must be ended. And if he does lose in November and the pending prosecutions proceed with the goal of sending him to a new kind of Trump resort that he had never planned for, we have to come up with a better system for command and control.
The Soleimani killing was another abuse, one paid for with the lives of American service people in Iran, where one of their sad jobs was supporting proxy terrorist forces in Syria and beyond.
Another major fix we need is a down to the bedrock investigation of both our military and totally corrupt outside contracting forces who have been paid to do grossly illegal things under the diplomatic cover of the US government.
The snake must be killed with it head cut off, by rebuilding a new chain of command, and not tinkering around reforming what we have. And that might require creating a new oath, as the old one has been severely mistreated.
It gives me no pleasure to share this with you, but it is what it is, and VT is nothing of not a platform that looks the other way over the really tough, and dangerous issues. What Donald Trump and family, and his mob, must never be allowed to happen to the America people.
And our military and Intel services will have some explaining to do, and there is a glimmer of hope there, only a glimmer, as they have failed us completely in not protecting us from Israeli espionage which has this country riddled from top to bottom … Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … July 19, 2020 –
When the US president Donald Trump recently invited Russia to participate in the G-7 summit and called his invitation an expression of ‘common sense’, he was not just intending to use the ‘Russia factor’ as a means to counter-balance Europe’s increasing assertiveness vis-à-vis the US over the G-7 summit and a host of other issues. The intention was equally to bring Russia into the ‘western fold’ to isolate China globally.
Let’s not forget here that the various US official policy documents the Trump administration has released have repeatedly declared China as the biggest ‘threat’ the US is facing currently. Many top US officials strongly believe that China is the greatest threat. Therefore, if the ‘Chinese threat’ is to be countered, common sense would have Russia on the US side.
Indeed, this is what some US allies think should be the US strategy to counter China. Dave Sharma, a pro-US liberal Australian MP, recently stated that the western allies need to bring Russia back to the ‘world’s most exclusive group of nations’ to “manage the rise of China.”
As it stands, not only is an actual US policy of ‘containment of China’ in place and that the US is actively seeking ways and means to materialise it by asking its allies to jump on the US bandwagon of ‘trade war’, but Russia is being coaxed into becoming a part of it as well.
While the attempt has failed not only because of strong opposition from other G-7 members, including Canada, but Russia, too, has foiled this attempt by rejecting the US offer, calling it a “flawed idea.” Therefore, even if the US proposal had won some support from within the group, the fact this was a ‘trap’ against China would still have led Russia reject it.
This become pretty from the way Russia has actually responded. Beyond rejecting the offer, Russia has also made a counter-proposal. According to this, if the US does think that ‘common sense’ demands an expansion of the G-7, China, too, must be included along side Russia.
Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov recently said that “Without China it’s simply impossible to discuss any issues in the modern world.”
Interestingly enough, Russia’s potential rebuke came only a day after the US ambassador to Russia said that Washington was “engaged with the Russian Foreign Ministry and with the other G7 governments about whether there is an appropriate role for Russia at the G7”.
Russia’s counter-proposal to include China not only signifies how both countries have developed a common global strategic outlook, but also that this common outlook has already transformed into a strong mutual respect for each other’s national interests. Indeed, this was clearly the message that Xi conveyed to his Russian counterpart in a recent telephonic conversation.
According to the details, Xi reaffirmed that China would “continue to work” with Moscow in “firmly supporting” each other’s efforts “rejecting external sabotage and intervention” so as to “preserve their respective sovereignty, security and development rights, and well safeguard their shared interests.”
The new template of ‘Sino-Russia alliance’ is deeply rooted not only in mutual understanding and respect for each other’s national interests—evident from Russian refusal to mediate India-China stand-off—but also in trade and economics.
Apart from the fact that both powers engage in trade, the fact that there is, unlike the US-China trade ties, no massive trade imbalance between them means friction over economic issues is unlikely to disrupt their bi-lateral strategic ties.
Bilateral trade between Russia and China increased 3.4% in 2019, amounting to US$110.79 billion, according to the Chinese Administration of Customs. Trade was well balanced, with Chinese exports to Russia increasing to 3.6 per cent and US$49.7 billion, while imports from Russia increased 3.2 percent to total US$61.05 billion.
Unlike the West, where the on-going constitutional reforms in Russia are being projected as Putin’s life-long plan for ‘authoritarian rule’, China came out supporting the reforms, calling it a people’s decision to choose their path of development.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that “as Russia’s friendly neighbour and comprehensive strategic partner of coordination for a new era, China will always respect the development path independently chosen by the Russian people and support Russia’s efforts to realise lasting stability and promote socioeconomic development.”
Russia has obviously reciprocated by its open support for legislative changes introduced by China in Hong Kong.
“We respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the PRC and consider all issues pertaining to Hong Kong to be China’s domestic affair. We are against any attempts by external forces to interfere in relations between the central government and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC”, recently said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.
Therefore, even if Washington’s calculation showed that Russia could be brought in to counter and isolate China globally, the series of events and Russia and China’s resolve to support each other show its high improbability.
On the contrary, their support for each other’s core national interests and their resolve to work towards a new multilateral world order plus the way the US and Europe have increasingly fell apart shows that the US bid to place itself once again at the helm of global affairs unilaterally is bound to fail.
What is therefore evident is that the unipolar moment of US dominance is at an end already. Decades old cold-war policies and tactics are unlikely to pay dividends in a massively changed world of today.
Salman Rafi Sheikh, research-analyst of International Relations and Pakistan’s foreign and domestic affairs, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”


veteranstoday--2020-07-19--Prairie Dogs Are Ecosystem Engineers

Prairie Dogs Are Ecosystem Engineers

Ecologists Dig Prairie Dogs , And You Should Too Varmint , gopher , keystone species , ecosystem engineer .
What prairie dogs are to you depends on your point of view .
Although many people view prairie dogs as pests , ecologists absolutely dig them .
At our field site in north-central Montana , we ’ re learning more about how black-tailed prairie dogs change the landscape and support the many species that call the prairie home .
Prairie dogs are not big and charismatic like bison , grizzly bears or pandas , but they are just as important and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for their controversy is the same reason that they are so important : these burrowing rodents make a unique and significant impact on the prairie landscape .
Prairie dogs live in huge colonies composed of countless small family groups , called coteries .
They are prolific diggers , constructing complex burrow systems with specific areas for sleeping , nursing young , storing food and even disposing of their dead .
A single colony ’ s burrow system can cover thousands of acres , with an average of about 20 prairie dogs per acre @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That ’ s why these burrow systems are sometimes called prairie dog towns .
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Ecologists Dig Prairie Dogs, And You Should Too
by Andy Boyce and Andrew Dreelin/Smithsonian Zoo
Varmint, gopher, keystone species, ecosystem engineer. What prairie dogs are to you depends on your point of view. Although many people view prairie dogs as pests, ecologists absolutely dig them. At our field site in north-central Montana, we’re learning more about how black-tailed prairie dogs change the landscape and support the many species that call the prairie home.
Prairie dogs are not big and charismatic like bison, grizzly bears or pandas, but they are just as important and perhaps even more controversial. The cause for their controversy is the same reason that they are so important: these burrowing rodents make a unique and significant impact on the prairie landscape.
Prairie dogs live in huge colonies composed of countless small family groups, called coteries. They are prolific diggers, constructing complex burrow systems with specific areas for sleeping, nursing young, storing food and even disposing of their dead. A single colony’s burrow system can cover thousands of acres, with an average of about 20 prairie dogs per acre in the summer after the young emerge. That’s why these burrow systems are sometimes called prairie dog towns.
And they house more than just prairie dogs……Read More:


Evolution of Viruses

The unusual cases of pneumonia began to appear in midwinter , in China .
The cause , researchers would later learn , was a coronavirus new to science .
By March , the infection began to spread to other Asian countries and overseas .
People were dying , and the World Health Organization issued a global health alert .
But this was 2003 , not 2020 , and the disease was SARS , not Covid-19 .
By June , the outbreak was almost gone , with just 8,098 confirmed infections and 774 deaths worldwide .
No cases of SARS have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the closely related coronavirus that causes Covid-19 today : more than 13,600,000 confirmed cases as of July 16 , and more than 585,000 deaths .
Why did SARS go away while today ’ s coronavirus just keeps on spreading ?
Why , for that matter , did both these coronaviruses spill over into people at all , from their original bat hosts ?
And just as vital as those questions is another : What happens next ?
As we face the current pandemic , it will be important to understand how SARS-CoV-2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is likely to evolve in the months and years ahead .
It ’ s possible the virus could lose its lethal character and settle into an evolutionary détente with humanity .
... read more :

How Viruses Evolve
by Bob Holmes/Knowable Magazine/Smithsonianmag.com
The unusual cases of pneumonia began to appear in midwinter, in China. The cause, researchers would later learn, was a coronavirus new to science. By March, the infection began to spread to other Asian countries and overseas. People were dying, and the World Health Organization issued a global health alert.
But this was 2003, not 2020, and the disease was SARS, not Covid-19. By June, the outbreak was almost gone, with just 8,098 confirmed infections and 774 deaths worldwide. No cases of SARS have been reported since 2004.
Contrast that with the closely related coronavirus that causes Covid-19 today: more than 13,600,000 confirmed cases as of July 16, and more than 585,000 deaths.
Why did SARS go away while today’s coronavirus just keeps on spreading? Why, for that matter, did both these coronaviruses spill over into people at all, from their original bat hosts?
And just as vital as those questions is another: What happens next?
As we face the current pandemic, it will be important to understand how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, is likely to evolve in the months and years ahead. It’s possible the virus could lose its lethal character and settle into an evolutionary détente with humanity. ...read more:


veteranstoday--2020-07-19--A Khazarian terrorist who deserved to be hanged before he died (Part VI)

In the 1960s , it was widely reported that “ heroin began flowing into the United States from Southeast Asia in body bags returning from the war , courtesy of the CIA.
” [ 1 ] During the same time , John Lennon declared that “ We must always remember to thank the CIA and the Army for LSD…They invented the LSD to control people , and what they did was give us freedom.
” [ 2 ] Virtually all the intellectuals , gurus , drug addicts , and even musicians of the counterrevolution agreed with Lennon .
Timothy Leary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Crowley reborn , said : “ The LSD movement was started by the CIA .
I wouldn ’ t be here now without the foresight of CIA scientists.
” [ 3 ] Allen Ginsberg acknowledged : “ Am I , Allen Ginsberg , the product of one of the CIA ’ s lamentable , ill-advised , or triumphantly successful experiments in mind control ?
Had they , by conscious plan or inadvertent Pandora ’ s Box , let loose the whole LSD fad on the US and the world ?
” [ 4 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was part of the “ successful experiment ” the CIA was conducting in the 1950s and 60s .
Kesey was studying creative writing at Stanford when he first took LSD in 1959 .
When Menlo Park Veterans Administration Hospital offered to give mind-altering drugs to volunteers , Kesey couldn ’ t be more excited : he quickly put his name on the dotted line .
His drug trip at the hospital was an epiphany .
In order to test his experiment further , he took a job at the same hospital and spread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Stephen Kinzer writes that Kesey ’ s home “ turned into a twenty-four-hour psychedelic party as friends and neighbors got high and danced to loud music , electric rock music.
” [ 5 ] Under the influence of LSD , Kesey got enough material for his new novel , One Flew Over the Cuckoo ’ s Nest , the book which ultimately became a bestseller .
“ With the money he earned from royalties , Kesey bought a new home and began throwing ‘ acid tests ’ at which he served LSD @ @ @ @ @ @ @ poets , musicians , and bikers from the Hells Angels gang…Kesey gave LSD a new role in American society.
” [ 6 ] Leary , Kesey , Ginsberg , Aldous Huxley , Robert Hunter of the Grateful Dead , among others , were all the product of MK-Ultra , a secret program which the CIA brought about through one man , Sidney Gottlieb , who actually was “ the Government chemist who dosed Americans with psychedelics in the name of national security.
” [ 7 ] Under the director of Allen Dulles , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LSD virtually everywhere during the 1950s and 60s in order to control people .
In fact , Dulles explicitly declared that one of the main purposes for developing MK-Ultra was to control people , [ 8 ] particularly mental patients , prisoners ( from Japan , Korea , Germany ) , and drug addicts , prostitutes , and even children .
[ 9 ] As they put it , these people “ could not fight back.
” [ 10 ] What was the false pretense that the CIA and Gottlieb used to dose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ science ” and “ patriotism , ” they were trying to find a cure for schizophrenia .
One patient in particular “ was dosed with LSD continuously for 174 days ” in Kentucky .
Other patients went mad , others had to suffer psychological damage for the rest of their lives , and others ended up dead because of the diabolical experiment .
[ 11 ] And between 1953 and 1963 oligarchic institutions like Princeton , Harvard , Yale , Columbia , Stanford , Columbia University , Cornell , etc.
, all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] Other institutions such as “ Massachusetts General Hospital , Mount Sinai Hospital , the Universities of Pennsylvania , Minnesota , Denver , Illinois , Oklahoma , Rochester , Texas and Indiana as well as Berkeley , Harvard , Columbia , MIT , Stanford , Baylor , Emory , George Washington , Vanderbilt , Cornell , John Hopkins New York University ” were all involved in MK-Ultra .
[ 13 ] Kinzer calls Gottlieb “ the most powerful unknown American of the 20th century—unless there was someone else who conducted brutal experiments across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kill issued by the U.S. government.
” [ 14 ] Hunter , who himself experimented with the drug at Stanford under the auspices of the CIA [ 15 ] and who got hypnotized by the drug , eventually came to the conclusion that “ the United States government was in a way responsible for creating the ‘ acid tests ’ and the Grateful Dead , and thereby the whole psychedelic counterculture.
” [ 16 ] Like Agave in Euripides ’ The Bacchae , Hunter eventually realized that he was duped .
His moral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ realized that he was a guinea pig in a social experiment .
But for him and others , it was already too late .
An entire culture and indeed a nation were hooked on a drug that was hatched by a man whose diabolical plan was to control much of humanity .
That man again was none other than Jewish revolutionary Sidney Gottlieb .
John Marks , a sympathizer , declared that if one used the Nuremberg standards , Gottlieb would have been executed on the spot precisely because he did the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
[ 17 ] Gottlieb was aptly called “ the Black Sorcerer.
” [ 18 ] He was a scientist at the US Army ’ s laboratory at Fort Detrick , Maryland , and was specifically assigned by the CIA to create a lethal toxin that would allow the CIA to not only manipulate people at will but to assassinate perceived enemies and dissidents .
Gottlieb also had a plan to upgrade the social engineering that was part of the CIA ’ s program in the United States .
He wanted to see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drugs , most specifically through LSD and other powerful psychoactive drugs .
According to Kinzer , the CIA and the psychological warfare program called this “ a new era of humane warfare.
” [ 19 ] Gottlieb joined the CIA in 1951 , and he quickly created the poison that they wanted .
No , he did not invent LSD ; the man responsible for concocting the drug was Albert Hofmann , a Swiss chemist and author who synthesized the drug with ergot and other supplements in November of 1938 .
Hoffman also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Child .
It was indeed his problem child , for Hoffman tried the drug on himself and , like Aleister Crowley , discovered something powerful .
After absorbing the drug , he said that he felt “ a remarkable restlessness , combined with a slight dizziness .
At home I lay down and sank into a not unpleasant intoxicated-like condition , characterized by an extremely stimulated imagination .
In a dreamlike state , with eyes closed ( I found the daylight to be unpleasantly glaring ) , I perceived an uninterrupted stream of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , kaleidoscopic play of colors .
After some two hours this condition faded away… .
I see the true importance of LSD in the possibility of providing material aid to meditation aimed at the mystical experience of a deeper , comprehensive reality.
” [ 20 ] This “ mystical experience ” was again felt by Crowley and a host of black magicians over the centuries .
How does the drug work ?
Simple : “ After receiving the toxin orally or by pinprick , a victim first feels a tingling sensation in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ later from a painless paralysis.
” [ 21 ] Gottlieb , throughout his life , was never prosecuted for his crime .
He was protected by the CIA , oligarchic institutions , and the elite .
If there was one person who deserved to be hanged before he died , then that person should have been Sidney Gottlieb .
[ 1 ] Dennis McNally , A Long Strange Trip : The Inside History of the Grateful Dead ( New York : Broadway Books , 2002 ) , 341 .
• [ 2 ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chief : Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control ( New York : Henry Holt & Company , 2019 ) , 190 .
• [ 8 ] Cited in Michael Otterman , American Torture : From the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond ( Victoria : Melbourne University Press , 2007 ) , 24 .
• [ 9 ] Laura Collins , “ How CIA scientist Sidney Gottlieb – the ‘ most prolific torturer of his generation ’ – used potent drugs , extreme temperatures , food and sleep deprivation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on human ‘ expendables , ’ ” Daily Mail , December 4 , 2019 .
• [ 13 ] Collins , “ How CIA scientist Sidney Gottlieb – the ‘ most prolific torturer of his generation ’ – used potent drugs , extreme temperatures , food and sleep deprivation and electroshock for his mind control experiments on human ‘ expendables , ’ ” Daily Mail , December 4 , 2019 .
• [ 14 ] Stephen Kinzer , “ The Secret History of Fort Detrick , the CIA ’ s Base for Mind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 15 , 2019 .
• [ 18 ] Kris Hollington , Wolves , Jackals , and Foxes : The Assassins Who Changed History ( New York : Thomas Dunne Books , 2008 ) , 34 .

In the 1960s, it was widely reported that “heroin began flowing into the United States from Southeast Asia in body bags returning from the war, courtesy of the CIA.”[1] During the same time, John Lennon declared that “We must always remember to thank the CIA and the Army for LSD…They invented the LSD to control people, and what they did was give us freedom.”[2] Virtually all the intellectuals, gurus, drug addicts, and even musicians of the counterrevolution agreed with Lennon.
Timothy Leary, who believed that he was Aleister Crowley reborn, said: “The LSD movement was started by the CIA. I wouldn’t be here now without the foresight of CIA scientists.”[3] Allen Ginsberg acknowledged: “Am I, Allen Ginsberg, the product of one of the CIA’s lamentable, ill-advised, or triumphantly successful experiments in mind control? Had they, by conscious plan or inadvertent Pandora’s Box, let loose the whole LSD fad on the US and the world?”[4] Ginsberg, like Ken Kesey, was part of the “successful experiment” the CIA was conducting in the 1950s and 60s.
Kesey was studying creative writing at Stanford when he first took LSD in 1959. When Menlo Park Veterans Administration Hospital offered to give mind-altering drugs to volunteers, Kesey couldn’t be more excited: he quickly put his name on the dotted line. His drug trip at the hospital was an epiphany. In order to test his experiment further, he took a job at the same hospital and spread the gospel of LSD to his comrades. Stephen Kinzer writes that Kesey’s home “turned into a twenty-four-hour psychedelic party as friends and neighbors got high and danced to loud music, electric rock music.”[5]
Under the influence of LSD, Kesey got enough material for his new novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the book which ultimately became a bestseller. “With the money he earned from royalties, Kesey bought a new home and began throwing ‘acid tests’ at which he served LSD to a wild roster of guests including poets, musicians, and bikers from the Hells Angels gang…Kesey gave LSD a new role in American society.”[6]
MK-Ultra
Leary, Kesey, Ginsberg, Aldous Huxley, Robert Hunter of the Grateful Dead, among others, were all the product of MK-Ultra, a secret program which the CIA brought about through one man, Sidney Gottlieb, who actually was “the Government chemist who dosed Americans with psychedelics in the name of national security.”[7] Under the director of Allen Dulles, both the CIA and Gottlieb deliberately spread LSD virtually everywhere during the 1950s and 60s in order to control people.
In fact, Dulles explicitly declared that one of the main purposes for developing MK-Ultra was to control people,[8] particularly mental patients, prisoners (from Japan, Korea, Germany), and drug addicts, prostitutes, and even children.[9] As they put it, these people “could not fight back.”[10] What was the false pretense that the CIA and Gottlieb used to dose these people? In the name of “science” and “patriotism,” they were trying to find a cure for schizophrenia. One patient in particular “was dosed with LSD continuously for 174 days” in Kentucky. Other patients went mad, others had to suffer psychological damage for the rest of their lives, and others ended up dead because of the diabolical experiment.[11] And between 1953 and 1963 oligarchic institutions like Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, Columbia University, Cornell, etc., all supported MK-Ultra—directly or indirectly.[12] Other institutions such as “Massachusetts General Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, the Universities of Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Denver, Illinois, Oklahoma, Rochester, Texas and Indiana as well as Berkeley, Harvard, Columbia, MIT, Stanford, Baylor, Emory, George Washington, Vanderbilt, Cornell, John Hopkins New York University” were all involved in MK-Ultra.[13]
Kinzer calls Gottlieb “the most powerful unknown American of the 20th century—unless there was someone else who conducted brutal experiments across three continents and had a license to kill issued by the U.S. government.”[14] Hunter, who himself experimented with the drug at Stanford under the auspices of the CIA[15] and who got hypnotized by the drug, eventually came to the conclusion that “the United States government was in a way responsible for creating the ‘acid tests’ and the Grateful Dead, and thereby the whole psychedelic counterculture.”[16]
Like Agave in Euripides’ The Bacchae, Hunter eventually realized that he was duped. His moral integrity had awakened, and he eventually realized that he was a guinea pig in a social experiment. But for him and others, it was already too late. An entire culture and indeed a nation were hooked on a drug that was hatched by a man whose diabolical plan was to control much of humanity. That man again was none other than Jewish revolutionary Sidney Gottlieb. John Marks, a sympathizer, declared that if one used the Nuremberg standards, Gottlieb would have been executed on the spot precisely because he did the same thing that the Nazis were allegedly doing.[17]
Gottlieb was aptly called “the Black Sorcerer.”[18] He was a scientist at the US Army’s laboratory at Fort Detrick, Maryland, and was specifically assigned by the CIA to create a lethal toxin that would allow the CIA to not only manipulate people at will but to assassinate perceived enemies and dissidents.
Gottlieb also had a plan to upgrade the social engineering that was part of the CIA’s program in the United States. He wanted to see how individual behavior could be altered via drugs, most specifically through LSD and other powerful psychoactive drugs. According to Kinzer, the CIA and the psychological warfare program called this “a new era of humane warfare.”[19]
Gottlieb joined the CIA in 1951, and he quickly created the poison that they wanted. No, he did not invent LSD; the man responsible for concocting the drug was Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist and author who synthesized the drug with ergot and other supplements in November of 1938. Hoffman also wrote the book LSD: My Problem Child. It was indeed his problem child, for Hoffman tried the drug on himself and, like Aleister Crowley, discovered something powerful. After absorbing the drug, he said that he felt
“a remarkable restlessness, combined with a slight dizziness. At home I lay down and sank into a not unpleasant intoxicated-like condition, characterized by an extremely stimulated imagination. In a dreamlike state, with eyes closed (I found the daylight to be unpleasantly glaring), I perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors. After some two hours this condition faded away…. I see the true importance of LSD in the possibility of providing material aid to meditation aimed at the mystical experience of a deeper, comprehensive reality.”[20]
This “mystical experience” was again felt by Crowley and a host of black magicians over the centuries.
How does the drug work? Simple: “After receiving the toxin orally or by pinprick, a victim first feels a tingling sensation in the fingers and lips and dies ten seconds later from a painless paralysis.”[21]
Gottlieb, throughout his life, was never prosecuted for his crime. He was protected by the CIA, oligarchic institutions, and the elite. If there was one person who deserved to be hanged before he died, then that person should have been Sidney Gottlieb.
First published on July 19, 2020.
[1] Dennis McNally, A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead (New York: Broadway Books, 2002), 341.


veteranstoday--2020-07-19--China kills US attempt to strangle Iran

China kills US attempt to strangle Iran

[ Editor ’ s Note : As VT has editorialized , the Deep State unipolarism plan is backfiring , but with a catch .
Sure , the bully pressure has pushed targeted countries to form new and stronger defense and economic relationships with any of the world ’ s other major powers , which for Iran are Russia and China .
The US dreams of colonizing the Persian Gulf with its junkyard dog Israel are just that , dreams .
The 25 year deal with China put all the nails in the coffin on that .
Iran will have access @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it did not have , plus access to all of China and Russia ’ s technologies that it may need .
Iran will be able to pay , despite US sanctions , using the fast developing bartering trade that is going on .
As for the timing on this , China has also whacked S. Korea for its reneging on releasing the billions of Iran ’ s oil payment money due to US pressure .
South Korea ’ s long term credit will take a big hit , now that it has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over what bills it can ’ t pay .
Forget any idea of resolving these payment disputes in the UN , as that body has no procedures for dealing with members that are chiselers , especially unipolar ones , where being such should result in automatic loss of UN membership .
Then there would be one less veto to deal with , which would mean Israel will lose its UNSC vote fixer… Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ & more .
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Click to donate > > A former Iranian ambassador to China says the East Asian country would guarantee to buy Iran ’ s oil for 25 years as part of a long-term partnership deal that is being negotiated between the two .
Mehdi Safari said in remarks published on Sunday that China is looking for a reliable supplier of energy as its imports of oil have more than doubled in six years to reach 11 million barrels per day ( bpd ) .
Safari said China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oil needs , around 5.5 million bpd , from the Persian Gulf region where Iran has the most dominant presence due to the length of its coasts on the sea .
“ China says that it will guarantee , as part of a mutual guarantee , to buy Iran ’ s oil for the next 25 years , ” Safari told the semi-official Tasnim news agency .
He said a main reason for China to seek a long-term energy partnership with Iran is the pressure imposed by the United States on the Chinese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prompting Beijing to increasingly look westward to revive the so-called new Silk Road through territories like Iran .
Safari said the comprehensive partnership deal with China could entail many benefits for Iran as well , including a surge in arrivals of Chinese tourists into the country .
“ The Chinese send 250 million tourists ( to other countries ) each year , if only one million of them arrive in Iran , that would deeply change our economy , ” said the former envoy .
Neither Iran nor China have given any concrete @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has yet to be finalized .
However , leaks have suggested that China would invest around $ 400 billion in Iran ’ s energy and infrastructure sectors over 25 years in return for taking delivery of a stable supply of energy from the Middle Eastern country .

[ Editor’s Note: As VT has editorialized, the Deep State unipolarism plan is backfiring, but with a catch. Sure, the bully pressure has pushed targeted countries to form new and stronger defense and economic relationships with any of the world’s other major powers, which for Iran are Russia and China.
The US dreams of colonizing the Persian Gulf with its junkyard dog Israel are just that, dreams. The 25 year deal with China put all the nails in the coffin on that.
Iran will have access to state of the art defensive weapons that it did not have, plus access to all of China and Russia’s technologies that it may need.
Iran will be able to pay, despite US sanctions, using the fast-developing bartering trade that is going on. As for the timing on this, China has also whacked S. Korea for its reneging on releasing the billions of Iran’s oil payment money due to US pressure.
South Korea’s long term credit will take a big hit, now that it has allowed the US have the final say over what bills it can’t pay.
Forget any idea of resolving these payment disputes in the UN, as that body has no procedures for dealing with members that are chiselers, especially unipolar ones, where being such should result in automatic loss of UN membership. Then there would be one less veto to deal with, which would mean Israel will lose its UNSC vote fixer… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … July 19, 2020 –
A former Iranian ambassador to China says the East Asian country would guarantee to buy Iran’s oil for 25 years as part of a long-term partnership deal that is being negotiated between the two.
Mehdi Safari said in remarks published on Sunday that China is looking for a reliable supplier of energy as its imports of oil have more than doubled in six years to reach 11 million barrels per day (bpd).
Safari said China is already importing nearly half of its oil needs, around 5.5 million bpd, from the Persian Gulf region where Iran has the most dominant presence due to the length of its coasts on the sea.
“China says that it will guarantee, as part of a mutual guarantee, to buy Iran’s oil for the next 25 years,” Safari told the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
He said a main reason for China to seek a long-term energy partnership with Iran is the pressure imposed by the United States on the Chinese in the South East Asia region, prompting Beijing to increasingly look westward to revive the so-called new Silk Road through territories like Iran.
Safari said the comprehensive partnership deal with China could entail many benefits for Iran as well, including a surge in arrivals of Chinese tourists into the country.
“The Chinese send 250 million tourists (to other countries) each year, if only one million of them arrive in Iran, that would deeply change our economy,” said the former envoy.
Neither Iran nor China has given any concrete details about a potential long-term agreement that has yet to be finalized.
However, leaks have suggested that China would invest around $400 billion in Iran’s energy and infrastructure sectors over 25 years in return for taking delivery of a stable supply of energy from the Middle Eastern country.
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veteranstoday--2020-07-19--Pompeo Corruption: Lining his pockets while America dies…

VT : Pompeo using private contractors/assassins to silence staff , threaten whistleblowers , a reign of terror at the State Department while two bit conman burns America to the ground .
A whistleblower complaint from a State Department employee about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ’ s conduct , made public for the first time through a lawsuit and obtained by McClatchy , reveals that eyewitnesses made repeated attempts to inform executive leadership and legal advisers about his “ questionable activities.
” The whistleblower said they had additional evidence to back up their allegations against Pompeo , according to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ general ’ s hotline .
The complainant said concerned parties were “ blocked ” from reporting the activity to the department ’ s Office of Legal Affairs .
“ I directly witnessed much of the behavior , ” the whistleblower wrote .
Others , the complaint states , “ tried on several occasions to obtain clarifications and guidance from senior leadership in [ the executive secretariat ] and from the Office of Legal Advisors , but were blocked from doing so.
” The whistleblower wrote that several people — whose names were redacted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were made aware of these concerns on repeated occasions.
” “ To my knowledge , none of them ever took action to resolve the issues , and several of them specifically directed subordinate staff to continue facilitating questionable activities after the concerns were raised.
” read more…

A whistleblower complaint from a State Department employee about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s conduct, made public for the first time through a lawsuit and obtained by McClatchy, reveals that eyewitnesses made repeated attempts to inform executive leadership and legal advisers about his “questionable activities.”
The whistleblower said they had additional evidence to back up their allegations against Pompeo, according to a redacted complaint to the State Department inspector general’s hotline. The complainant said concerned parties were “blocked” from reporting the activity to the department’s Office of Legal Affairs.
“I directly witnessed much of the behavior,” the whistleblower wrote. Others, the complaint states, “tried on several occasions to obtain clarifications and guidance from senior leadership in [the executive secretariat] and from the Office of Legal Advisors, but were blocked from doing so.”
The whistleblower wrote that several people — whose names were redacted because of the ongoing inquiry — “were made aware of these concerns on repeated occasions.”
“To my knowledge, none of them ever took action to resolve the issues, and several of them specifically directed subordinate staff to continue facilitating questionable activities after the concerns were raised.” read more…
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article244328882.html


veteranstoday--2020-07-19--Texas is Toast: Military COVID Planner says Disaster well beyond what is reported (COVICANE)

Daily Beast : Like many of my fellow Texans , I was shocked when Senator Ted Cruz was recently spotted not wearing a mask on a flight from Dallas to Houston as COVID-19 cases were spiking across the state .
Pandemic petulance is pretty on brand for the junior senator , but his latest fit of obstinacy comes at a particularly dangerous time : hurricane season .
This is a personal issue for me .
Up until my recent retirement from the Army , I served as a COVID-19 crisis planner at NORTHCOM in Colorado Springs .
I was part @ @ @ @ @ @ @ January , when we first started evacuating U.S. citizens out of China .
Further , my active duty military career was bifurcated by a stint in the Army Reserves .
During that time , I worked in Emergency Management at the state and local level in Texas .
I was in the Texas Emergency Operations Center on Sept. 11 , and I ’ ve worked disasters all over , including several hurricanes .
And a hurricane in the middle of a pandemic was very much on our minds at NORTHCOM .
We started @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is calling for an above-average Atlantic Hurricane Season this year with a possibility of 19 named storms .
We based some of our planning off Hurricane Harvey , which struck Cruz ’ s hometown of Houston in 2017 .
Typically , the National Guard and some active duty forces respond to hurricanes to provide things like search and rescue , Rooftop helicopter rescues make for dramatic footage , but the truth is that the military does not do the bulk of the work .
Instead , volunteer organizations like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ managing shelters , feeding the hungry , and processing displaced families .
My team looked at how COVID-19 might impact volunteers .
What we found was scary .
read more…

Things are pretty bad right now in the Lone Star State. But the real pain is likely to come during hurricane season, when as many as 19 named storms are projected to hit.
Daily Beast: Like many of my fellow Texans, I was shocked when Senator Ted Cruz was recently spotted not wearing a mask on a flight from Dallas to Houston as COVID-19 cases were spiking across the state. Pandemic petulance is pretty on brand for the junior senator, but his latest fit of obstinacy comes at a particularly dangerous time: hurricane season.
Sen. Ted Cruz "consistent with airline policy" after being photographed maskless on American Airlines flight https://t.co/1P0HLFHM2g — TIME (@TIME) July 13, 2020
This is a personal issue for me. Up until my recent retirement from the Army, I served as a COVID-19 crisis planner at NORTHCOM in Colorado Springs. I was part of the team managing this crisis since January, when we first started evacuating U.S. citizens out of China.
https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1282819598455169025?s=20
Further, my active duty military career was bifurcated by a stint in the Army Reserves. During that time, I worked in Emergency Management at the state and local level in Texas. I was in the Texas Emergency Operations Center on Sept. 11, and I’ve worked disasters all over, including several hurricanes. And Ted Cruz flies maskless… https://t.co/peLPVsKaNP — Vertebrate (@AngieGr60130939) July 14, 2020 And a hurricane in the middle of a pandemic was very much on our minds at NORTHCOM. We started calling it the COVICANE. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is calling for an above-average Atlantic Hurricane Season this year with a possibility of 19 named storms. We based some of our planning off Hurricane Harvey, which struck Cruz’s hometown of Houston in 2017. Typically, the National Guard and some active duty forces respond to hurricanes to provide things like search and rescue, Rooftop helicopter rescues make for dramatic footage, but the truth is that the military does not do the bulk of the work. Instead, volunteer organizations like the Red Cross lead the effort by managing shelters, feeding the hungry, and processing displaced families. My team looked at how COVID-19 might impact volunteers. What we found was scary. read more… https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-was-a-military-covid-planner-trust-me-texas-is-in-deep-deep-trouble?ref=home?ref=home


veteranstoday--2020-07-19--Kashmir: Accession to Pakistan Day and India’s endless State Terrorism

Every year , Kashmiris living on both sides of the Line of Control ( LoC ) and Pakistan , including rest of the world celebrate July 19 as the Day of Kashmir ’ s Accession to Pakistan , as on this very day in 1947 , the historical resolution was adopted by the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference in Abi Guzar , Srinagar during an emergency convention at the residence of Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan .
It was presided over by Chaudhry Hamid Ullah Khan , and the resolution was presented by Khawaja Ghulam-ud-Din Wani and Abdul Rahim Wani @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The resolution was unanimously adopted , indicating that existing religious , geographical , cultural , economic ties and the aspirations of millions of Kashmiri Muslims warrant accession of the state of Jammu and Kashmir ( J & K ) with Pakistan .
During the partition of the Sub-continent , the people of the state of Jammu and Kashmir which comprised Muslim majority decided to join Pakistan according to the British-led formula .
But , Dogra Raja , Sir Hari Singh , a Hindu who was ruling over the J & K in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nehru and Governor General Lord Mountbatten joined India .
The design to forcibly wrest Kashmir began to unfold on August 16 , 1947 , with the announcement of the Radcliffe Boundary Award .
It gave the Gurdaspur District—a majority Muslim area to India to provide a land route to the Indian armed forces to move into Kashmir .
There was a rebellion in the state forces , which revolted against the Maharaja and were joined by Pathan tribesmen .
Lord Mountbatten ordered armed forces to land in Srinagar .
However , Indian forces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forcibly occupied Jammu and Kashmir in utter violation of the partition plan and against the wishes of the Kashmiri people .
When Pakistan responded militarily against the Indian aggression , on December 31 , 1947 , India made an appeal to the UN Security Council to intervene and a ceasefire ultimately came into effect on January 01 , 1949 , following UN resolutions calling for a plebiscite in Kashmir .
It is noteworthy that the Security Council adopted resolution 47 ( 1948 ) of 21 April 1948 which promised a plebiscite under UN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Kashmir to determine whether they wish to join Pakistan or India .
On February 5 , 1964 , India backed out of its promise of holding plebiscite .
Instead , in March 1965 , the Indian Parliament passed a bill , declaring Kashmir a province of India-an integral part of the Indian union .
Earlier , consequent upon these injustices , the Kashmiri leadership realized the need to form a political party , Muslim Conference ( MC ) with a view to waging struggle for their freedom .
In fact , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1947 when they were denied their genuine right of self-determination .
They organised themselves against the injustices of India and launched a war of liberation which New Delhi tried to suppress through various forms of state terrorism .
Since 1989 , various forms of state terrorism have been part of a deliberate campaign by the Indian army and paramilitary forces against Muslim Kashmiris .
It has been manifested in brutal tactics like crackdowns , curfews , illegal detentions , massacre , targeted killings , sieges , burning the houses , torture , disappearances @ @ @ @ @ @ @ molestation of Muslim women and killing of persons through fake encounters .
When Indian fanatic Prime Minister Narendra Modi , the leader of the ruling party BJP , came to power , he accelerated anti-Kashmir moves .
Since August 5 , 2019 Modi ’ s government ended special status of the Jummu and Kashmir to turn Muslim majority into minority in the Indian Occupied Kashmir ( IOK ) .
Implementing the August 5 announcement , Indian central government issued a notorious map on October 31 , 2019 .
In accordance with it , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ union territories—Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh .
Besides , Indian other malevolent acts such as introduction of new domicile law against the majority of Kashmiris , issuance of domicile certificates to 25000 non-Kashmiris and intermittent shelling inside Pakistani side of Kashmir in relation to the Line of Control ( LoC ) -which has killed hundreds of innocent villagers , show ‘ Modi ’ s fascist India ’ .
Thus , New Delhi completely ended any sort of dialogue with Islamabad to settle the Kashmir issue .
Now , almost one year has passed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lockdown in the IOK where Indian forces have broken all previous records of gross human rights abuses by martyring tens of thousands of the Kashmiris through brutal tactics .
Despite the deployment of 900,000 troops in the IOK and intensification of firing by the Indian forces in wake of shortage of foods , medicines for the patients and coronavirus pandemic , innocent Kashmiris are still violating the lockdown by protesting against Indian illegal actions .
In order to conceal India ’ s state terrorism , Kashmir has been cut off from rest of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and images are appearing in the world and the social media , which point out extrajudicial killings of the innocent people by the ruthless Indian military and paramilitary troopers .
In this respect , the martyrdom of a 65 years old person Bashir Ahmed Khan on July 1 , this year , who was dragged out of his car and shot dead by Indian paramilitary troopers in front of his grandson-three-year-old toddler in Sopore , Srinagar , shocked the world .
The horrifying event triggered massive outrage and protests in Indian Kashmir .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ years , Kashmiris are still struggling and sacrificing to achieve their alienable right under the UN resolutions for the plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir .
While , Indian forces have been also employing various draconian like Armed Forces Special Powers Act ( AFSPA ) , the Public Safety Act ( PSA ) etc .
in killing the Kashmiri people , and arbitrarily arrest of any individual for an indefinite period .
Besides Human Rights Watch , in its various reports , Amnesty International has also pointed out grave human rights violations in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Indian atrocities in the occupied Kashmir has come in the limelight of the international community and their media .
But , still , Modi-led Indian authorities are not willing to talk with Kashmiri people on political grounds .
They reached to a conclusion that only bullet is the right way of dealing with Kashmiris , demanding their right of self-determination .
Nonetheless , every year , the Kashmiris and their brethren in Pakistan , and those living all over the world observe 19th July as the Accession to Pakistan Day to re-affirm their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illicit occupation , and till the attainment of the liberation .
Sajjad Shaukat writes on international affairs and is author of the book : US vs Islamic Militants , Invisible Balance of Power : Dangerous Shift in International Relations

By Sajjad Shaukat for VT
Every year, Kashmiris living on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and Pakistan, including rest of the world celebrate July 19 as the Day of Kashmir’s Accession to Pakistan, as on this very day in 1947, the historical resolution was adopted by the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference in Abi Guzar, Srinagar during an emergency convention at the residence of Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan.
It was presided over by Chaudhry Hamid Ullah Khan, and the resolution was presented by Khawaja Ghulam-ud-Din Wani and Abdul Rahim Wani, with 59 prominent leaders in attendance.
The resolution was unanimously adopted, indicating that existing religious, geographical, cultural, economic ties and the aspirations of millions of Kashmiri Muslims warrant accession of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) with Pakistan.
During the partition of the Sub-continent, the people of the state of Jammu and Kashmir which comprised Muslim majority decided to join Pakistan according to the British-led formula. But, Dogra Raja, Sir Hari Singh, a Hindu who was ruling over the J&K in connivance with the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Governor General Lord Mountbatten joined India.
The design to forcibly wrest Kashmir began to unfold on August 16, 1947, with the announcement of the Radcliffe Boundary Award. It gave the Gurdaspur District—a majority Muslim area to India to provide a land route to the Indian armed forces to move into Kashmir. There was a rebellion in the state forces, which revolted against the Maharaja and were joined by Pathan tribesmen. Lord Mountbatten ordered armed forces to land in Srinagar.
However, Indian forces invaded Srinagar on 27 October 1947 and forcibly occupied Jammu and Kashmir in utter violation of the partition plan and against the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
When Pakistan responded militarily against the Indian aggression, on December 31, 1947, India made an appeal to the UN Security Council to intervene and a ceasefire ultimately came into effect on January 01, 1949, following UN resolutions calling for a plebiscite in Kashmir.
It is noteworthy that the Security Council adopted resolution 47 (1948) of 21 April 1948 which promised a plebiscite under UN auspices to enable the people of Jammu and Kashmir to determine whether they wish to join Pakistan or India. On February 5, 1964, India backed out of its promise of holding plebiscite. Instead, in March 1965, the Indian Parliament passed a bill, declaring Kashmir a province of India-an integral part of the Indian union.
Earlier, consequent upon these injustices, the Kashmiri leadership realized the need to form a political party, Muslim Conference (MC) with a view to waging struggle for their freedom.
In fact, the very tragedy of Kashmiris had started after 1947 when they were denied their genuine right of self-determination. They organised themselves against the injustices of India and launched a war of liberation which New Delhi tried to suppress through various forms of state terrorism.
Since 1989, various forms of state terrorism have been part of a deliberate campaign by the Indian army and paramilitary forces against Muslim Kashmiris. It has been manifested in brutal tactics like crackdowns, curfews, illegal detentions, massacre, targeted killings, sieges, burning the houses, torture, disappearances, rape, breaking the legs, molestation of Muslim women and killing of persons through fake encounters.
When Indian fanatic Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the leader of the ruling party BJP, came to power, he accelerated anti-Kashmir moves. Since August 5, 2019 Modi’s government ended special status of the Jummu and Kashmir to turn Muslim majority into minority in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). Implementing the August 5 announcement, Indian central government issued a notorious map on October 31, 2019. In accordance with it, Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two union territories—Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Besides, Indian other malevolent acts such as introduction of new domicile law against the majority of Kashmiris, issuance of domicile certificates to 25000 non-Kashmiris and intermittent shelling inside Pakistani side of Kashmir in relation to the Line of Control (LoC)-which has killed hundreds of innocent villagers, show ‘Modi’s fascist India’. Thus, New Delhi completely ended any sort of dialogue with Islamabad to settle the Kashmir issue.
Now, almost one year has passed. But, Indian extremist rulers continue lockdown in the IOK where Indian forces have broken all previous records of gross human rights abuses by martyring tens of thousands of the Kashmiris through brutal tactics.
Despite the deployment of 900,000 troops in the IOK and intensification of firing by the Indian forces in wake of shortage of foods, medicines for the patients and coronavirus pandemic, innocent Kashmiris are still violating the lockdown by protesting against Indian illegal actions.
In order to conceal India’s state terrorism, Kashmir has been cut off from rest of the world. But, some reports and images are appearing in the world and the social media, which point out extrajudicial killings of the innocent people by the ruthless Indian military and paramilitary troopers.
In this respect, the martyrdom of a 65 years old person Bashir Ahmed Khan on July 1, this year, who was dragged out of his car and shot dead by Indian paramilitary troopers in front of his grandson-three-year-old toddler in Sopore, Srinagar, shocked the world. The horrifying event triggered massive outrage and protests in Indian Kashmir.
Ironically, despite a lapse of 73 years, Kashmiris are still struggling and sacrificing to achieve their alienable right under the UN resolutions for the plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir.
While, Indian forces have been also employing various draconian like Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the Public Safety Act (PSA) etc. in killing the Kashmiri people, and arbitrarily arrest of any individual for an indefinite period. Besides Human Rights Watch, in its various reports, Amnesty International has also pointed out grave human rights violations in the Indian Controlled Kashmir.
At present, Indian atrocities in the occupied Kashmir has come in the limelight of the international community and their media. But, still, Modi-led Indian authorities are not willing to talk with Kashmiri people on political grounds. They reached to a conclusion that only bullet is the right way of dealing with Kashmiris, demanding their right of self-determination.
Nonetheless, every year, the Kashmiris and their brethren in Pakistan, and those living all over the world observe 19th July as the Accession to Pakistan Day to re-affirm their commitment to continue their struggle against Indian illicit occupation, and till the attainment of the liberation.
Sajjad Shaukat writes on international affairs and is author of the book: US vs Islamic Militants, Invisible Balance of Power: Dangerous Shift in International Relations
Email: sajjad_logic@yahoo.com