veteranstoday--2020-08-03--Exclusive/Blockbuster: Simmering cauldron of the South China Sea

Washington has a long record of bullying nations to meet its demands , changing regimes and of engaging in illegal wars of aggression in the Middle East , Central Asia and North Africa .
After the demise of USSR and end of the Cold War , the US locked horns with another communist giant China , and is also engaged in neo-colonizing the Muslim world .
Zionists and the American-Jewish lobby have been influencing the minds of the policy makers in Washington and have had a big role in the election of the US president .
Without their support , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his or her own .
Zionists and the neocons shaped the New World Order in 1989 .
George W. Bush junior emerged victorious as a result of recounting of votes in certain critical constituencies authorized by the judiciary .
He had to payback for his victory by shedding the blood of Muslims , and so was the case with Obama .
Former destroyed Afghanistan and Iraq and his successor destroyed Libya , Syria , Yemen , Lebanon , Somalia and Sudan .
While the galloping Hillary Clinton was a clear winner in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump , who was trailing far behind , was declared a winner in November 2016 , thanks to massive manipulations by the hidden powers .
He was handed the reins of power in spite of his recklessness , madness , unpredictability and inexperience .
Behind the façade of making America great again , he was required to fulfil the given list of demands to which Hillary was reluctant to commit .
Major demands were doing away with the concept of two-nation states and absorption of Palestine by Israel , – cancelation of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Iranian nuclear sites , – stepping up the war on terror and proxy war to change the boundaries of the Middle East and to smooth the way for establishing Greater Israel , – further destabilizing and bleeding the economy of Pakistan to force it to reconcile with the loss of Indian Occupied Kashmir ( IOK ) , abandon its nuclear program and accept the hegemony of India , – effectively contain China ’ s economic growth through embargoes and sanctions , – curtail the growing stature and popularity of Putin and global influence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Zionists is to rule the world , since they naively consider themselves to be the chosen people .
Trump is fulfilling his promises one by one , in the hope of earning a second term .
He has debunked free international trade and concept of globalization given by George W. Bush to turn the world into a global village .
Shunning a policy of liberalism , he has reduced heavy investment in multilateral trade organizations .
Expressing his resentment , Trump started his anti-liberal policies by imposing heavy tariffs on Chinese goods @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , saying the scales of trade are heavily tilted in favor of China and the USA is a big loser .
He has imposed embargoes and sanctions on China so as to even up the trade imbalance .
Trump has withdrawn the US partnerships with Paris Climate Agreement , UNESCO , UNHRC , and now WHO .
The US blatantly defies the UN and ICJ and is determined to have its way unilaterally , since major funding to all the international institutions are made by Washington .
Trump has applied brakes on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to NATO , which acts as the right arm of the US imperialist policies .
He has asked each NATO member to raise their share of funds .
He has built a wall along the US-Mexico border to stop illegal entry of Mexicans and to curtail smuggling and drug trafficking .
Draconian restrictions have been imposed on Asian immigrants , particularly the Muslims .
Other than Israel and Egypt which receive the heaviest annual grants from Washington , aid to other countries has been curtailed .
All these unpalatable acts have been taken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the white Americans and to make the US great again .
Jerusalem has been declared the capital city of Israel , forward settlements legalized , Gaza brutalized , West Bank annexed , Golan Heights declared part of Israel and idea of two-nation state buried .
Trump shelved the July 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Iran in 2018 and re-imposed harsh sanctions on Iran in order to force it to further curtail its nuclear program and to halt its missile development program .
Arab Gulf States under the US sway Trump took the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under the US sway and in creating rift between Saudi Arabia and Qatar .
He further stoked embers of hatred between the Arab Gulf States and Iran and tried hard to make the former commit their ground forces against Iran in the ongoing standoff in Persian Gulf since May 2019 .
Efforts of the CIA to change the regimes in Turkey , Syria , Iran , Venezuela and now China through mass uprisings are continuing .
In August 2018 , Trump abandoned Obama ’ s policy of ‘ fight and talk ’ with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy of ‘ fight and fight ’ , using maximum force to eliminate the Taliban .
He adopted a tough policy with North Korea and threatened to annihilate it if it refused to halt its long range nuclear and missile programs .
He postured aggressively against Russia because of standoff in Ukraine and intervention of Moscow in Syria .
Trump has been egging on Modi to become more offensive against China and Pakistan and encouraged him to abrogate the special status of IOK in August 2019 and then to change the demography of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by CIA , Mossad and MI-6 to accelerate spate of terrorism in Pakistan in order to destabilize Baluchistan and former FATA , and to scuttle CPEC which has become the pivot of China ’ s BRI and springboard for China to become the leading economic power of the world .
To deter Pakistan from cooperating with China , multiple pressures have been exerted which include keeping the LoC persistently volatile , terrorism , hybrid war and threats of limited war .
The US besides accusing Pakistan of providing safe havens to the militants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and IMF , stopped paying close support fund in 2018 .
The Trump administration has intensified the U.S. confrontation with China diplomatically , economically and militarily .
Trump unleashed multi-pronged tirade against Beijing , condemning it across a range of issues , including “ human rights ” in Hong Kong , and accusing it of causing the coronavirus pandemic , stealing American jobs and expanding its military .
Attempts are being made to demonize China and its policy of supporting governments & Islamic nations such as Pakistan & now Iran .
https : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his another article about the alleged interdiction of 10,000 + Chinese automatic weapons being smuggled into the USA : https : //www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/customs-officers-seize-nearly-11000-assault-weapons-parts-at-ups-hub-in-louisville/ar-BB160KjX .
The author of the video strongly and wrongly suggested that the Chinese Communist party or nation state of China was intentionally supporting insurrection here with this shipment of illegal arms .
Pakistan , China and Iran are the targets .
The US has further intensified its efforts to contain China ’ s economic growth by gaining monopoly over South China Sea and Malacca Strait through which 80 % of China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
To make its containment policy successful , the US has taken the countries along the rims of the said sea like Taiwan , Philippines , Vietnam , Brunei and Japan as well as Australia in its loop .
India has also been roped in by meeting all its military demands and giving it a title of policeman of Indo-Pacific region .
The Obama administration ’ s intervention transformed longstanding regional territorial disputes , in which the US had shown little interest previously , into a dangerous flashpoint for international conflict .
Far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ East Asian countries , such as the Philippines and Vietnam , the principal aim was to justify an ever-greater presence in sensitive waters close to the Chinese mainland , as part of a huge U.S. military build-up in the Indo-Pacific .
China responded by expanding its presence on islets under its control in the South China Sea .
While the region is far from the nearest American territory , it is directly adjacent to Chinese military bases in southern China .
Beijing is well aware that the Pentagon ’ s plans for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being able to launch massive air and missile attacks from warships , submarines and bases close to the Chinese mainland .
Trump and his administration have been ramping up its provocative actions in the South China Sea with a growing number of “ freedom of navigation ” intrusions by U.S. Navy warships into waters claimed by China .
A month ago , two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers with their associated strike groups entered the sea and conducted “ high-end ” war games to test their capacity to carry out long distance air and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ State Mike Pompeo declared that China ’ s claims in the strategic waters “ are completely unlawful , as is its campaign of bullying to control them.
” The statement sets the stage for more aggressive U.S. military action against Beijing in the South China Sea .
In London , Pompeo and U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper delivered speeches warning that the U.S. is preparing its military forces across the Indo-Pacific region for potential confrontation with China and raising the pressure on other governments to join a coalition to counter the growing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unprecedented tit-for-tat move , China ordered the closure of the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu following the US doing the same to the Chinese Consulate General in Houston .
Recently , the U.S. State Department raised the stakes even higher over South China Sea territorial disputes by declaring that Beijing ’ s claims to waters and islands to be “ completely illegal ” .
Pompeo stated the U.S. would not “ allow China to treat the South China Sea as its maritime empire ” .
It marks a serious escalation .
In early @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groups conducted joint maneuvers in the South China Sea , reportedly the first time such drills have been carried out since 2014 and only the second time since 2001 .
There are reports that Britain is to deploy its two new aircraft carriers to the Pacific region .
The aircraft carrier groups which include frigates , destroyers and nuclear-powered submarines , are to join with U.S. and Japanese warships to conduct naval drills .
Washington-London convergence has made the situation more combustible .
London has been supporting Washington in its blame game of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It has also supported Washington ’ s trade war with Beijing .
The Anglo-American duo have been ratcheting up tensions with Beijing over Taiwan and Hong Kong undermining China ’ s sovereignty claims .
The Americans are piling up pressure on Britain to scrap plans for Chinese telecom giant Huawei to take part in mobile phone modernization .
Given the recent buildup of American warships and warplanes in the Pacific conducting provocative “ freedom of navigation operations ” in the South China Sea , Beijing can only but view the reported British @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enflame war tensions .
It sees the US intervention as an attempt to interfere into the affairs of ASEAN States and disturb their harmony .
Beijing has already warned London that any deployment of forces in the contested sea will be viewed as a “ hostile act ” .
Ganging up of American vassals is a crude attempt of imperialist USA to intimidate China by using brute military force .
The US forgets that it is a waning capitalist power and can no longer compete with economically rising power of China .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with deadly anti-ship missiles known as “ carrier killers ” and has already demonstrated its technological skills by baffling the intruding US Growler electronic warplanes flying over South China Sea two days ago .
They had to fly back in panic after losing control due to China ’ s jamming devices deployed on the artificial islands .
Rise of China from the time of Deng in 1978 , reincarnation of Russia under Putin together with upsurge of Germany and Japan as global power centres are shaking the foundations of the US run uni-polarism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the League of Nations which was formed after the 1st World War to prevent wars in future , the United Nations has lost its credibility since it has become a hand-maiden of USA .
It has failed to prevent wars and conflicts or to resolve disputes .
Palestine and Kashmir disputes are pending since 1948 .
The sole super power USA has failed to behave responsibly and to run the international order fairly .
It has remained too obsessed in gaining monopoly over the world and to capture its resources .
USA has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which has acted as its cat paws in the Middle East .
India has taken a similar role in South Asia and both are deeply involved in intrigues , state terrorism and human rights abuses .
1 % rich in the US are in the grip of American-Jewish lobby and the second largest lobby in USA is that of India .
The trio is working hands in gloves to make the world chaotic and to rule the world .
China , Russia , Iran and Turkey are challenging the anti-human policies of USA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nations .
Hence , these countries are in the firing line .
Since Pakistan is pursuing a midway policy by sailing in two boats without any clear-cut national policy , it is not being openly declared as an enemy country but is certainly a prized target .
Trump , Netanyahu and Modi have become hated rulers in their respective countries as well as the world over because of their vile policies .
The dice is loaded against them and they are fearful that they might not be re-elected .
Election in USA is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stand today , Joe Biden is much ahead of Trump in the race .
Despite his unpopularity , and being hopelessly behind in the polls , Trump has no intention of leaving the White House .
He had , months ago , told the Congressional Republicans that he would not accept the results of an election .
Senator Tim Worth informed the Newsweek magazine , Trump planned to declare the election rigged and would order Biden ’ s arrest as a “ Chinese spy.
” He has thus far formed a 60,000 man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Homeland Security , US Marshals , prison guards and private contractors , to quell protests and violence in cities across the US .
He then plans to federalize the National Guard .
Arrest warrants for more than a dozen state governors and a similar number of mayors of major cities have also been issued .
He has issued a presidential order cancelling the election based on a national emergency , COVID 19 and Chinese interference in the election tied to “ treason ” by Joe Biden and key American political figures whose names @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order to create another 9/11 like situation to justify a big war , a false flag operation has been conceived .
Some in USA are saying that there are plans to sink an American aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf , in which an estimated 2000 Americans would die and the blame would be put on Iran .
It could happen in South China Sea which has become a simmering cauldron and primed to explode .
India is also itching for a false flag operation to justify its intervention in AJK .
Israel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Israel has skyrocketed recently , rising from 17,000 cases on July 1 to 52,000 on July 20 .
Israel has recorded 420 deaths , the overwhelming majority of which have occurred since Netanyahu ’ s plans , announced on April 19 , for re-opening the country ’ s economy and schools .
In Jerusalem , thousands of people , mostly youth , protested in from of the official residence of Benjamin Netanyahu , the Prime Minister of Israel , demanding his resignation due to the handling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fallout .
After the USA and Brazil , India has become the third country to confirm 1 million coronavirus cases .
Confirmed deaths are over 28000 .
Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan has estimated that figure of corona cases could rise to 200 million by next September .
Seculars , minorities and civil society in India have turned against Modi , dubbed as reincarnation of Hitler .
The calamity has not put fear of Allah in the hearts of the three belligerents .
In order to prolong their respective rules , all the three belligerents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 3rd world war .
There is a dire need to get rid of the war mongers , promote peace seekers and change the prejudiced and unjust international order to save the world from anarchy .
The writer is a retired Brig Gen , war veteran , defence & security analyst , international columnist , author of five books , Chairman Thinkers Forum Pakistan , Director Measac Research Centre , Member CWC PESS and Veterans think tank .
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by Asif Haroon Raja
Role of Jewish lobby
Washington has a long record of bullying nations to meet its demands, changing regimes and of engaging in illegal wars of aggression in the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. After the demise of USSR and end of the Cold War, the US locked horns with another communist giant China, and is also engaged in neo-colonizing the Muslim world.
Zionists and the American-Jewish lobby have been influencing the minds of the policy makers in Washington and have had a big role in the election of the US president. Without their support, no candidate can hope to win on his or her own.
Zionists and the neocons shaped the New World Order in 1989. George W. Bush junior emerged victorious as a result of recounting of votes in certain critical constituencies authorized by the judiciary.
He had to payback for his victory by shedding the blood of Muslims, and so was the case with Obama. Former destroyed Afghanistan and Iraq and his successor destroyed Libya, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Somalia and Sudan.
While the galloping Hillary Clinton was a clear winner in the 2016 American presidential race, the sauntering Trump, who was trailing far behind, was declared a winner in November 2016, thanks to massive manipulations by the hidden powers.
He was handed the reins of power in spite of his recklessness, madness, unpredictability and inexperience.
Behind the façade of making America great again, he was required to fulfil the given list of demands to which Hillary was reluctant to commit.
Major demands were doing away with the concept of two-nation states and absorption of Palestine by Israel,
– Golan Heights becoming part of illegally created Israel,
– cancelation of the historic deal with Iran and destruction of Iranian nuclear sites,
– stepping up the war on terror and proxy war to change the boundaries of the Middle East and to smooth the way for establishing Greater Israel,
– further destabilizing and bleeding the economy of Pakistan to force it to reconcile with the loss of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), abandon its nuclear program and accept the hegemony of India,
– effectively contain China’s economic growth through embargoes and sanctions,
– continue demonizing Islam and the Muslims,
– curtail the growing stature and popularity of Putin and global influence of Russia.
The ultimate aim of the Zionists is to rule the world, since they naively consider themselves to be the chosen people. Trump is fulfilling his promises one by one, in the hope of earning a second term.
Unpalatable acts by Trump
He has debunked free international trade and concept of globalization given by George W. Bush to turn the world into a global village. Shunning a policy of liberalism, he has reduced heavy investment in multilateral trade organizations.
Expressing his resentment, Trump started his anti-liberal policies by imposing heavy tariffs on Chinese goods and curtailing trade with chief rival China, saying the scales of trade are heavily tilted in favor of China and the USA is a big loser. He has imposed embargoes and sanctions on China so as to even up the trade imbalance.
Trump has withdrawn the US partnerships with Paris Climate Agreement, UNESCO, UNHRC, and now WHO. The US blatantly defies the UN and ICJ and is determined to have its way unilaterally, since major funding to all the international institutions are made by Washington.
Trump has applied brakes on the policy of offering heaviest share of funding to NATO, which acts as the right arm of the US imperialist policies. He has asked each NATO member to raise their share of funds. He has built a wall along the US-Mexico border to stop illegal entry of Mexicans and to curtail smuggling and drug trafficking.
Draconian restrictions have been imposed on Asian immigrants, particularly the Muslims. Other than Israel and Egypt which receive the heaviest annual grants from Washington, aid to other countries has been curtailed. All these unpalatable acts have been taken under the illusion of creating more jobs for the white Americans and to make the US great again.
Pro-Israel steps
Jerusalem has been declared the capital city of Israel, forward settlements legalized, Gaza brutalized, West Bank annexed, Golan Heights declared part of Israel and idea of two-nation state buried.
Cancelation of nuclear deal
Trump shelved the July 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Iran in 2018 and re-imposed harsh sanctions on Iran in order to force it to further curtail its nuclear program and to halt its missile development program.
Arab Gulf States under the US sway
Trump took the credit of bringing the Arab Gulf States under the US sway and in creating rift between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. He further stoked embers of hatred between the Arab Gulf States and Iran and tried hard to make the former commit their ground forces against Iran in the ongoing standoff in Persian Gulf since May 2019.
Regime change
Efforts of the CIA to change the regimes in Turkey, Syria, Iran, Venezuela and now China through mass uprisings are continuing.
Aggressive policy
In August 2018, Trump abandoned Obama’s policy of ‘fight and talk’ with the Taliban and reinvigorated Bush’s policy of ‘fight and fight’, using maximum force to eliminate the Taliban.
He adopted a tough policy with North Korea and threatened to annihilate it if it refused to halt its long range nuclear and missile programs. He postured aggressively against Russia because of standoff in Ukraine and intervention of Moscow in Syria.
Trump has been egging on Modi to become more offensive against China and Pakistan and encouraged him to abrogate the special status of IOK in August 2019 and then to change the demography of Kashmiris.
Proxy war against Pakistan
RAW and NDS were supported by CIA, Mossad and MI-6 to accelerate spate of terrorism in Pakistan in order to destabilize Baluchistan and former FATA, and to scuttle CPEC which has become the pivot of China’s BRI and springboard for China to become the leading economic power of the world.
To deter Pakistan from cooperating with China, multiple pressures have been exerted which include keeping the LoC persistently volatile, terrorism, hybrid war and threats of limited war. The US besides accusing Pakistan of providing safe havens to the militants, and using the cards of FATF and IMF, stopped paying close support fund in 2018.
Demonization of China
The Trump administration has intensified the U.S. confrontation with China diplomatically, economically and militarily. Trump unleashed multi-pronged tirade against Beijing, condemning it across a range of issues, including “human rights” in Hong Kong, and accusing it of causing the coronavirus pandemic, stealing American jobs and expanding its military.
Attempts are being made to demonize China and its policy of supporting governments & Islamic nations such as Pakistan & now Iran. https://truthdive.com/2020/01/17/pakistan-caught-again-in-nuclear-smuggling-activity/ This author has also mentioned in his another article about the alleged interdiction of 10,000 + Chinese automatic weapons being smuggled into the USA: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/customs-officers-seize-nearly-11000-assault-weapons-parts-at-ups-hub-in-louisville/ar-BB160KjX .
The author of the video strongly and wrongly suggested that the Chinese Communist party or nation state of China was intentionally supporting insurrection here with this shipment of illegal arms. Pakistan, China and Iran are the targets.
Containment of China
The US has further intensified its efforts to contain China’s economic growth by gaining monopoly over South China Sea and Malacca Strait through which 80% of China’s imports and exports take place. To make its containment policy successful, the US has taken the countries along the rims of the said sea like Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei and Japan as well as Australia in its loop. India has also been roped in by meeting all its military demands and giving it a title of policeman of Indo-Pacific region.
The Obama administration’s intervention transformed longstanding regional territorial disputes, in which the US had shown little interest previously, into a dangerous flashpoint for international conflict. Far from defending the interests of smaller South East Asian countries, such as the Philippines and Vietnam, the principal aim was to justify an ever-greater presence in sensitive waters close to the Chinese mainland, as part of a huge U.S. military build-up in the Indo-Pacific.
China responded by expanding its presence on islets under its control in the South China Sea. While the region is far from the nearest American territory, it is directly adjacent to Chinese military bases in southern China. Beijing is well aware that the Pentagon’s plans for a U.S. war against China are premised on being able to launch massive air and missile attacks from warships, submarines and bases close to the Chinese mainland.
Trump and his administration have been ramping up its provocative actions in the South China Sea with a growing number of “freedom of navigation” intrusions by U.S. Navy warships into waters claimed by China. A month ago, two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers with their associated strike groups entered the sea and conducted “high-end” war games to test their capacity to carry out long distance air and missile strikes.
The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that China’s claims in the strategic waters “are completely unlawful, as is its campaign of bullying to control them.” The statement sets the stage for more aggressive U.S. military action against Beijing in the South China Sea.
In London, Pompeo and U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper delivered speeches warning that the U.S. is preparing its military forces across the Indo-Pacific region for potential confrontation with China and raising the pressure on other governments to join a coalition to counter the growing global influence of Beijing.
In an unprecedented tit-for-tat move, China ordered the closure of the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu following the US doing the same to the Chinese Consulate General in Houston.
Recently, the U.S. State Department raised the stakes even higher over South China Sea territorial disputes by declaring that Beijing’s claims to waters and islands to be “completely illegal”. Pompeo stated the U.S. would not “allow China to treat the South China Sea as its maritime empire”. It marks a serious escalation.
In early July, two U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups conducted joint maneuvers in the South China Sea, reportedly the first time such drills have been carried out since 2014 and only the second time since 2001. There are reports that Britain is to deploy its two new aircraft carriers to the Pacific region.
The aircraft carrier groups which include frigates, destroyers and nuclear-powered submarines, are to join with U.S. and Japanese warships to conduct naval drills. Washington-London convergence has made the situation more combustible.
London has been supporting Washington in its blame game of accusing China over the global coronavirus pandemic. It has also supported Washington’s trade war with Beijing. The Anglo-American duo have been ratcheting up tensions with Beijing over Taiwan and Hong Kong undermining China’s sovereignty claims. The Americans are piling up pressure on Britain to scrap plans for Chinese telecom giant Huawei to take part in mobile phone modernization.
Given the recent buildup of American warships and warplanes in the Pacific conducting provocative “freedom of navigation operations” in the South China Sea, Beijing can only but view the reported British move as a measured step to further enflame war tensions.
It sees the US intervention as an attempt to interfere into the affairs of ASEAN States and disturb their harmony. Beijing has already warned London that any deployment of forces in the contested sea will be viewed as a “hostile act”.
Ganging up of American vassals is a crude attempt of imperialist USA to intimidate China by using brute military force. The US forgets that it is a waning capitalist power and can no longer compete with economically rising power of China. The intruders must know that China is laced with deadly anti-ship missiles known as “carrier killers” and has already demonstrated its technological skills by baffling the intruding US Growler electronic warplanes flying over South China Sea two days ago. They had to fly back in panic after losing control due to China’s jamming devices deployed on the artificial islands.
Tumbling uni-polarism
Rise of China from the time of Deng in 1978, reincarnation of Russia under Putin together with upsurge of Germany and Japan as global power centres are shaking the foundations of the US run uni-polarism, and is shaping multi-polarity. Like the League of Nations which was formed after the 1st World War to prevent wars in future, the United Nations has lost its credibility since it has become a hand-maiden of USA.
It has failed to prevent wars and conflicts or to resolve disputes. Palestine and Kashmir disputes are pending since 1948. The sole super power USA has failed to behave responsibly and to run the international order fairly. It has remained too obsessed in gaining monopoly over the world and to capture its resources.
USA has been playing into the hands of Israel which has acted as its cat paws in the Middle East. India has taken a similar role in South Asia and both are deeply involved in intrigues, state terrorism and human rights abuses. 1% rich in the US are in the grip of American-Jewish lobby and the second largest lobby in USA is that of India.
The trio is working hands in gloves to make the world chaotic and to rule the world. China, Russia, Iran and Turkey are challenging the anti-human policies of USA, and so are some Latin America nations. Hence, these countries are in the firing line. Since Pakistan is pursuing a midway policy by sailing in two boats without any clear-cut national policy, it is not being openly declared as an enemy country but is certainly a prized target.
Trump’s efforts to sabotage election
Trump, Netanyahu and Modi have become hated rulers in their respective countries as well as the world over because of their vile policies. The dice is loaded against them and they are fearful that they might not be re-elected. Election in USA is round the corner, and as things stand today, Joe Biden is much ahead of Trump in the race. Despite his unpopularity, and being hopelessly behind in the polls, Trump has no intention of leaving the White House. He had, months ago, told the Congressional Republicans that he would not accept the results of an election.
Senator Tim Worth informed the Newsweek magazine, Trump planned to declare the election rigged and would order Biden’s arrest as a “Chinese spy.” He has thus far formed a 60,000 man force from border patrol, TSA, Homeland Security, US Marshals, prison guards and private contractors, to quell protests and violence in cities across the US. He then plans to federalize the National Guard.
Arrest warrants for more than a dozen state governors and a similar number of mayors of major cities have also been issued. He has issued a presidential order cancelling the election based on a national emergency, COVID 19 and Chinese interference in the election tied to “treason” by Joe Biden and key American political figures whose names are already on arrest warrants.
In order to create another 9/11 like situation to justify a big war, a false flag operation has been conceived. Some in USA are saying that there are plans to sink an American aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, in which an estimated 2000 Americans would die and the blame would be put on Iran. It could happen in South China Sea which has become a simmering cauldron and primed to explode. India is also itching for a false flag operation to justify its intervention in AJK.
Israel and India in the grip of Covid-19
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Israel has skyrocketed recently, rising from 17,000 cases on July 1 to 52,000 on July 20. Israel has recorded 420 deaths, the overwhelming majority of which have occurred since Netanyahu’s plans, announced on April 19, for re-opening the country’s economy and schools.
In Jerusalem, thousands of people, mostly youth, protested in from of the official residence of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, demanding his resignation due to the handling of the coronavirus pandemic’s economic fallout.
After the USA and Brazil, India has become the third country to confirm 1 million coronavirus cases. Confirmed deaths are over 28000. Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan has estimated that figure of corona cases could rise to 200 million by next September. Seculars, minorities and civil society in India have turned against Modi, dubbed as reincarnation of Hitler. The calamity has not put fear of Allah in the hearts of the three belligerents.
Need for changed world order
In order to prolong their respective rules, all the three belligerents are pushing the world towards the brink of 3rd world war. There is a dire need to get rid of the war mongers, promote peace seekers and change the prejudiced and unjust international order to save the world from anarchy.
The writer is a retired Brig Gen, war veteran, defence & security analyst, international columnist, author of five books, Chairman Thinkers Forum Pakistan, Director Measac Research Centre, Member CWC PESS and Veterans think tank. asifharoonraja@gmail.com


veteranstoday--2020-08-02--Gilead’s Billionaire Antiviral vs Covid: Gates-CIA prophecy, WHO-Soros affairs. French Parliament No

Gilead’s Billionaire Antiviral vs Covid: Gates-CIA prophecy, WHO-Soros affairs. French Parliament Now Investigates…

« There is no possibility of a vaccine being available in the first year .
There is a fictional antiviral drug that can help the sick but not significantly limit spread of the disease .
Since the whole human population is susceptible , during the initial months of the pandemic , the cumulative number of cases increases exponentially , doubling every week .
And as the cases and deaths accumulate , the economic and societal consequences become increasingly severe » .
These were the predictions of the prophetic report drawn up during Event 201 , the virtual exercise on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hopkins Center of Health Security at a summit organized in October 2019 New York with the World Economic Forum and the inevitable prophet – or fomentator of Bacteriological Misfortunes – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation .
The Covid-19 emergency , later named SARS-Cov-2 to avoid linking it to the many dangerous laboratory experiments on the 2003 SARS virus infected by HIV for the creation of a powerful dual-use recombinant vaccine-bioweapon virus , it was officially declared in China only in December but in January that “ imaginary ” anti-viral materialized suddenly in Wuhan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and suspicions .
The suspicions then became even disconcerting after our exclusive reportages on scientific research that consider Covid-19 a Genetically Modified Organism .
From New Delhi scientists ( WuhanGates 2 ) to Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier ( WuhanGates 4 ) , from bio-engineer and NATO consultant Pierre Bricage ( WuhanGate 8 ) to former British MI6 intelligence director Richard Dearlove ( WuhanGates 12 ) , there are now many authoritative personalities to argue that SARS-2 was built in the laboratory with molecular genetics .
FROM WUHAN TO EUROPE : PROPHECY WILL COME @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the American GILEAD SCIENCES Pharmaceuticals , experimented unsuccessfully in Africa for the treatment of Ebola and other infectious diseases in a global treatment plan funded by USAID , the US government agency believed to be the operational arm of the Central Intelligence Agency , was requested already on January 21 , 2020 by the Wuhan Institute of Virology , the biosecurity laboratory Bsl-4 suspected number one for the accidental escape – or not – of Covid-19 in the context of extremely risky research with the enhancement of pathogens ( Gain of Function ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , initiated during the Barack Obama administration .
The patent application , almost without fail , occurred days before the drug was used to alleviate symptoms in a coronavirus patient in the United States and two weeks before the start of clinical trials in Wuhan on February 3 , as evidenced in the report by Gospa News “ WuhanGates – 5 ” .
In March , half of the world had already adopted him for clinical tests or compassionate treatments ( on patients at risk of death ) , making GILEAD shares skyrocket @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1 , the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) authorized its treatment in the USA after the positive opinion of the famous Dr. Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infective Diseases ( known as NIAID ) .
Finally , the announcement of the European Medicines Agency ( EMA ) arrived on June 25 : “ Remdesivir is the first drug against Covid-19 to be recommended for authorization in the European Union ” .
The agency suggests using this drug in adults and adolescents from 12 years of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supplemental oxygen , ie those “ with a serious illness ” .
Here then is the prophecy of Bill Gates becoming reality not only on the pandemic from CoronaVirus ( scheduled in 2015 ) but also on the therapy announced during the Event 201 exercise organized under the supervision of US Dems bio-weapons expert , the lawyer Avrl Haines , former collaborator of Joe Biden in Congress and later becoming deputy CIA director and then deputy National Security Advisor to the White House for Obama .
A BIG PHARMA IN THE HEART OF @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2018 at a conference in Camdem in turn predicted the respiratory infection pandemic and called for a “ world order ” to cure it made the forecast on the antiviral even more suspicious in relation to the fact that Gilead Sciences was chaired by one of the most ruthless and influential characters of the American Deep State .
One of this is Donald Henry Rumsfeld , twice at the helm of the Pentagon , the US Department of Defense , who has not only co-opted the Remdisivir-producing BIg Pharma as a contractor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ research from the DTRA , the Defense Threat Reduction Agency which has outsourced much of its military program work to private companies operating under the aforementioned CIA intelligence in a Georgia laboratory where Russia reported a human guinea-pigs death due to suspected experiments with bacteriological weapons .
In light of these dangerous and disturbing intrigues , described in the previous and abundant WuhanGates 5 dossier , it can not therefore be surprising that this Californian company was chosen for a large equity investment by George Soros , sponsor of the Rose Revolution in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ donors such as Gates , also thanks to the UNITAID project also supported by the World Health Organization .
But it is also not surprising that it is controlled by multiple North American investors in the Weapons Lobby and finally “ protected ” by the US lobbying company Mercury which also follows the Government of Tripoli ’ s National Agreement in the crisis in Libya in order to “ sweeten ” the role of the Muslim Brotherhood .
of Turkey and the ISIS and Al Qaeda mercenary jihadists sent to the African country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ light of all this , the health scandal that broke out in France in relation to this Big Pharma and landed a few days ago in the National Assembly should not be surprising .
He was raised by the exuberant professor Didier Raoult , director of the IHU Méditerranée Infection ( Hospital-University Institute for Infectious Diseases ) of Marseille and supporter of hydroxychloroquine therapy ( HCQ ) who also earned him the esteem of President Donald Trump , supporter of this cure despite the skepticism of a part of the scientific community .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ SARS-Cov-2 infection with cortisone have been used successfully only in Italy ( for 14 hospitals in Lombardy , Trieste and the home patients of the luminary of Myasthenia Roberta Ricciardi ) and in the Oxford University ’ s trial recovery , between the supporters of the HCQ and the Remdesivir a war broke out that lasted for months without exclusion of blows , culminating even with an investigation by the Nantes District Attorney for the death threats claimed by Raoult .

by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Mediterranean
Versione originale in Italiano
«There is no possibility of a vaccine being available in the first year. There is a fictional antiviral drug that can help the sick but not significantly limit spread of the disease. Since the whole human population is susceptible, during the initial months of the pandemic, the cumulative number of cases increases exponentially, doubling every week. And as the cases and deaths accumulate, the economic and societal consequences become increasingly severe».
These were the predictions of the prophetic report drawn up during Event 201, the virtual exercise on a pandemic by CoronaVirus organized by the Johns Hopkins Center of Health Security at a summit organized in October 2019 New York with the World Economic Forum and the inevitable prophet – or fomentator of Bacteriological Misfortunes – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Covid-19 emergency, later named SARS-Cov-2 to avoid linking it to the many dangerous laboratory experiments on the 2003 SARS virus infected by HIV for the creation of a powerful dual-use recombinant vaccine-bioweapon virus, it was officially declared in China only in December but in January that “imaginary” anti-viral materialized suddenly in Wuhan, in the epicenter of the infections and suspicions.
The suspicions then became even disconcerting after our exclusive reportages on scientific research that consider Covid-19 a Genetically Modified Organism. From New Delhi scientists (WuhanGates 2) to Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier (WuhanGates 4), from bio-engineer and NATO consultant Pierre Bricage (WuhanGate 8) to former British MI6 intelligence director Richard Dearlove (WuhanGates 12), there are now many authoritative personalities to argue that SARS-2 was built in the laboratory with molecular genetics.
FROM WUHAN TO EUROPE: PROPHECY WILL COME TRUE
The Remdesivir patent, produced by the American GILEAD SCIENCES Pharmaceuticals, experimented unsuccessfully in Africa for the treatment of Ebola and other infectious diseases in a global treatment plan funded by USAID, the US government agency believed to be the operational arm of the Central Intelligence Agency, was requested already on January 21, 2020 by the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the biosecurity laboratory Bsl-4 suspected number one for the accidental escape – or not – of Covid-19 in the context of extremely risky research with the enhancement of pathogens (Gain of Function) in a deal between Beijing and Washngton, initiated during the Barack Obama administration.
The patent application, almost without fail, occurred days before the drug was used to alleviate symptoms in a coronavirus patient in the United States and two weeks before the start of clinical trials in Wuhan on February 3, as evidenced in the report by Gospa News “WuhanGates – 5”.
In March, half of the world had already adopted him for clinical tests or compassionate treatments (on patients at risk of death), making GILEAD shares skyrocket on international stock exchanges.
On May 1, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized its treatment in the USA after the positive opinion of the famous Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infective Diseases (known as NIAID).
Finally, the announcement of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) arrived on June 25: “Remdesivir is the first drug against Covid-19 to be recommended for authorization in the European Union”. The agency suggests using this drug in adults and adolescents from 12 years of age, suffering from pneumonia and needing supplemental oxygen, ie those “with a serious illness”.
Here then is the prophecy of Bill Gates becoming reality not only on the pandemic from CoronaVirus (scheduled in 2015) but also on the therapy announced during the Event 201 exercise organized under the supervision of US Dems bio-weapons expert, the lawyer Avrl Haines , former collaborator of Joe Biden in Congress and later becoming deputy CIA director and then deputy National Security Advisor to the White House for Obama.
A BIG PHARMA IN THE HEART OF THE DEEP STATE
The fact that Haines in 2018 at a conference in Camdem in turn predicted the respiratory infection pandemic and called for a “world order” to cure it made the forecast on the antiviral even more suspicious in relation to the fact that Gilead Sciences was chaired by one of the most ruthless and influential characters of the American Deep State.
One of this is Donald Henry Rumsfeld, twice at the helm of the Pentagon, the US Department of Defense, who has not only co-opted the Remdisivir-producing BIg Pharma as a contractor for decades but has commissioned him to research from the DTRA, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency which has outsourced much of its military program work to private companies operating under the aforementioned CIA intelligence in a Georgia laboratory where Russia reported a human guinea-pigs death due to suspected experiments with bacteriological weapons.
In light of these dangerous and disturbing intrigues, described in the previous and abundant WuhanGates 5 dossier, it cannot therefore be surprising that this Californian company was chosen for a large equity investment by George Soros, sponsor of the Rose Revolution in Georgia and one of the main DEM donors such as Gates, also thanks to the UNITAID project also supported by the World Health Organization.
But it is also not surprising that it is controlled by multiple North American investors in the Weapons Lobby and finally “protected” by the US lobbying company Mercury which also follows the Government of Tripoli’s National Agreement in the crisis in Libya in order to “sweeten” the role of the Muslim Brotherhood. of Turkey and the ISIS and Al Qaeda mercenary jihadists sent to the African country devastated by the civil war.
INQUIRY AT THE FRENCH PARLIAMENT
In light of all this, the health scandal that broke out in France in relation to this Big Pharma and landed a few days ago in the National Assembly should not be surprising.
He was raised by the exuberant professor Didier Raoult, director of the IHU Méditerranée Infection (Hospital-University Institute for Infectious Diseases) of Marseille and supporter of hydroxychloroquine therapy (HCQ) who also earned him the esteem of President Donald Trump, supporter of this cure despite the skepticism of a part of the scientific community.
French Ph MD Didier Raoult
While the protocols for the treatment of SARS-Cov-2 infection with cortisone have been used successfully only in Italy (for 14 hospitals in Lombardy, Trieste and the home patients of the luminary of Myasthenia Roberta Ricciardi) and in the Oxford University’s trial recovery, between the supporters of the HCQ and the Remdesivir a war broke out that lasted for months without exclusion of blows, culminating even with an investigation by the Nantes District Attorney for the death threats claimed by Raoult.
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veteranstoday--2020-08-02--Deutsche Bank Investigating Corruption – Kushner Trump Dealings

Daily Beast : Deutsche Bank has opened a probe into Donald Trump and Jared Kushner ’ s personal banker , Rosemary Vrablic , over her 2013 purchase of a New York City apartment from a company part-owned by the president ’ s son-in-law , The New York Times reports .
Vrablic and two of her co-workers in the private-banking division bought the $ 1.5 million Park Avenue pad in June 2013 from Bergel 715 Associates , in which Kushner held an ownership stake , according to the newspaper .
The deal went through while Trump and Kushner—who have secured around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bank—were her clients .
Bank employees are normally prohibited from making personal transactions with customers in light of potential conflicts of interests .
“ The bank will closely examine the information that came to light on Friday and the fact pattern from 2013 , ” Daniel Hunter , a bank spokesman , told the Times .
The general counsel at Kushner Companies , said Trump ’ s son-in-law is “ not the managing partner of that entity and has no involvement with the sales of the apartments.
” In a personal financial report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Ivanka Trump netted between $ 1 million and $ 5 million from Bergel 715 in 2019 .
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Daily Beast: Deutsche Bank has opened a probe into Donald Trump and Jared Kushner’s personal banker, Rosemary Vrablic, over her 2013 purchase of a New York City apartment from a company part-owned by the president’s son-in-law, The New York Times reports.
Vrablic and two of her co-workers in the private-banking division bought the $1.5 million Park Avenue pad in June 2013 from Bergel 715 Associates, in which Kushner held an ownership stake, according to the newspaper. The deal went through while Trump and Kushner—who have secured around $190 million in loans from Deutsche Bank—were her clients.
Exclusive: @DeutscheBank is launching an internal investigation into Rosemary Vrablic, the personal banker to the Trump and Kushner families. The review relates to a 2013 personal transaction between Vrablic and a company tied to Kushner. w/ @JesseDrucker https://t.co/yKsGCnYLQw — David Enrich (@davidenrich) August 2, 2020
Bank employees are normally prohibited from making personal transactions with customers in light of potential conflicts of interests. “The bank will closely examine the information that came to light on Friday and the fact pattern from 2013,” Daniel Hunter, a bank spokesman, told the Times. The general counsel at Kushner Companies, said Trump’s son-in-law is “not the managing partner of that entity and has no involvement with the sales of the apartments.”
Also, remember what happened with Kushner/Deutsche in 2016. Anti-money-laundering specialists at the bank raised concerns about money going from Kushner Cos to Russians. Bank managers dismissed their concerns, to the great frustration of some employees. https://t.co/d9x8zDfEcK — David Enrich (@davidenrich) August 2, 2020 In a personal financial report released Friday, Kushner disclosed that he and Ivanka Trump netted between $1 million and $5 million from Bergel 715 in 2019. At the time of the 2013 transaction, Trump and Kushner were Vrablic’s clients, receiving and seeking big loans. Typically banks restrict employees from personal financial dealings with clients. Deutsche hadn’t known about this until @nytimes contacted the bank on Saturday. — David Enrich (@davidenrich) August 2, 2020 President Trump's latest financial disclosure shows that he still owes Deutsche Bank a minimum of $130,000,000 – $175,000,000. pic.twitter.com/3MapgZGPP9 — Forensic News (@forensicnewsnet) July 31, 2020 *


veteranstoday--2020-08-02--Brian Murphy the ‘tip of the iceberg’ in the DIA’s martial law scenario of false flag violent protes

Brian Murphy the ‘tip of the iceberg’ in the DIA’s martial law scenario of false flag violent protests

Quick News : Portland peaceful , 1000 protest while fake police protesters regroup , waiting for orders from Bill Barr .
Trump again blames Fauci for not knowing testing causes COVID deaths .
You see , you test , more people die .
We all fucking know that , motherfucker… Is Trump saying Fauci is killing those who test himself ?
Sounds like Qanon/pizzagate .
VT : Former FBI agent lied to Congress , aided by Israeli Chad Wolf .
Our sources say both were directly involved , working with Stephen Miller in the White House , with staging violent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Police recruiting by the Defense Intelligence Agency as part of their illegal domestic “ martial law ” capability .
The DIA , under General Michael Flynn , began a covert program ( Israeli based ) to recruit every corrupt and unstable cop in the country .
It is this ‘ private army ’ of bent/corrupt cops that make up the bulwark of violent demonstrators or who recruit , pay and manage fake ‘ Antifa ’ and then guarantee their release if arrested .
CBS News : A top official at the Department of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ amid reporting that he compiled “ intelligence reports ” about journalists and protesters in Portland , Oregon .
A person familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News that the acting Homeland Security Secretary decided to remove Brian Murphy , the acting undersecretary for intelligence and analysis , and reassign him elsewhere in the department .
Dept.of Homeland Security removed Und .
Sec .
Brian Murphy for lying to Congress that his office did not collect info on journalists and protesters .
He led the collection… .
— The Viking ( @ TheViking2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brian Murphy , the DHS official whose office compiled `` intelligence reports '' about the work of journalists and protestors , has been removed from his job .
https : //t.co/LxNJgyQBVG — Shane Harris ( @ shaneharris ) August 1 , 2020 Intelligence reports about the journalists ’ work appeared to justify collecting the information under a standing requirement for intelligence about cybersecurity threats , according to the Post .
NEW : Brian Murphy , acting chief of DHS ’ s Office of Intelligence and Analysis was fired after WAPO reported on his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whole lot of Trump 's gestapo need to face trial for Portland when this nightmare is over .
https : //t.co/xpdSt1ckfZ — Amy Siskind 🏳🌈 ( @ Amy_Siskind ) August 1 , 2020 Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee sent a letter to Murphy on Friday demanding information about the role his department played in “ tracking and suppressing ” Portland protesters .
On Saturday , House intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff said in a statement the committee had been conducting an investigation into Murphy and his department for over two weeks before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ In light of recent public reports , we are concerned that Murphy may have provided incomplete and potentially misleading information to Committee staff during our recent oversight engagement , and that the Department of Homeland Security and I & A are now delaying or withholding underlying intelligence products , legal memoranda , and other records requested by the Committee that could shed light on these actions , ” Schiff said in the statement .
The actions of Homeland Security officials in Portland have been under scrutiny in recent weeks .
After weeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis , agents from a number of different departments within Homeland Security were deployed to the city starting on July 4 to reinforce the Federal Protective Services , which had jurisdiction over the courthouse .

Quick News: Portland peaceful, 1000 protest while fake police protesters regroup, waiting for orders from Bill Barr. Trump again blames Fauci for not knowing testing causes COVID deaths.
You see, you test, more people die. We all fucking know that, motherfucker… Is Trump saying Fauci is killing those who test himself? Sounds like Qanon/pizzagate.
~
VT: Former FBI agent lied to Congress, aided by Israeli Chad Wolf. Our sources say both were directly involved, working with Stephen Miller in the White House, with staging violent demonstrations in Portland, using primarily Portland Police recruiting by the Defense Intelligence Agency as part of their illegal domestic “martial law” capability.
The DIA, under General Michael Flynn, began a covert program (Israeli based) to recruit every corrupt and unstable cop in the country. It is this ‘private army’ of bent/corrupt cops that make up the bulwark of violent demonstrators or who recruit, pay and manage fake ‘Antifa’ and then guarantee their release if arrested.
Brian Murphy on right CBS News: A top official at the Department of Homeland Security was removed from his post amid reporting that he compiled “intelligence reports” about journalists and protesters in Portland, Oregon. A person familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News that the acting Homeland Security Secretary decided to remove Brian Murphy, the acting undersecretary for intelligence and analysis, and reassign him elsewhere in the department. Dept.of Homeland Security removed Und. Sec. Brian Murphy for lying to Congress that his office did not collect info on journalists and protesters.
He led the collection…. — The Viking (@TheViking2017) August 1, 2020 NEW: Brian Murphy, the DHS official whose office compiled "intelligence reports" about the work of journalists and protestors, has been removed from his job. https://t.co/LxNJgyQBVG — Shane Harris (@shaneharris) August 1, 2020 Intelligence reports about the journalists’ work appeared to justify collecting the information under a standing requirement for intelligence about cybersecurity threats, according to the Post. NEW: Brian Murphy, acting chief of DHS’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis was fired after WAPO reported on his targeting journalists.
Chad Wolf and the whole lot of Trump's gestapo need to face trial for Portland when this nightmare is over. https://t.co/xpdSt1ckfZ — Amy Siskind 🏳🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) August 1, 2020 Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee sent a letter to Murphy on Friday demanding information about the role his department played in “tracking and suppressing” Portland protesters. On Saturday, House intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff said in a statement the committee had been conducting an investigation into Murphy and his department for over two weeks before his “abrupt and apparent reassignment.” “In light of recent public reports, we are concerned that Murphy may have provided incomplete and potentially misleading information to Committee staff during our recent oversight engagement, and that the Department of Homeland Security and I&A are now delaying or withholding underlying intelligence products, legal memoranda, and other records requested by the Committee that could shed light on these actions,” Schiff said in the statement. The actions of Homeland Security officials in Portland have been under scrutiny in recent weeks. After weeks of protests at the federal courthouse following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, agents from a number of different departments within Homeland Security were deployed to the city starting on July 4 to reinforce the Federal Protective Services, which had jurisdiction over the courthouse. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brian-murphy-department-of-homeland-security-official-removed-from-position-reports-his-office-compiled-intel-on-journalists/


veteranstoday--2020-08-02--Frank LLoyd Wright Designed First Disabilities Accessible Home for World War II Veteran

This Frank Lloyd Wright Home Was a Trailblazing Example of Accessible Design On July 26 , 1990 , President George H.W .
Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law , stipulating that discrimination against individuals with disabilities , in any part of life , is illegal .
Forty years before the act , though , Frank Lloyd Wright became one of the first architects to fully embrace a level of accessibility in housing nearing that outlined in the law with the Rockford , Illinois , home he designed for Ken and Phyllis Laurent .
Wright was already an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ known for structures like the Unity Temple , the lobby of the Rookery Building , the Robie House , Taliesin , the Arizona Biltmore Resort , Fallingwater and Taliesin West .
In 1946 , Ken Laurent , then a 26-year-old World War II veteran , became paralyzed from the waist down when doctors accidentally cut a nerve on his spine while trying to remove a tumor .
Over the next couple years , he spent weekdays at a rehabilitation center near Chicago , heading home to his wife , Phyllis , in Rockford @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quickly turned frustrating as Ken and Phyllis struggled to adapt a standard house to Ken ’ s new life in a wheelchair .
They needed something different .
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veteranstoday--2020-08-02--MOXIE is Needed For Trip Back From Mars

MOXIE is Needed For Trip Back From Mars

To Make Oxygen on Mars , NASA ’ s Perseverance Rover Needs MOXIE Putting boots on Mars isn ’ t easy , but it ’ s a lot easier than bringing them back .
This week , NASA launches its Perseverance rover on a one-way trip to the surface of Mars .
Among many other tools , the craft carries an experimental instrument that could help astronauts in the future make roundtrip voyages to the planet .
The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment , or MOXIE is small , about the size of a car battery .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ converts carbon dioxide into oxygen with a process called electrolysis .
Mars ’ thin atmosphere is 95 percent carbon dioxide , but sending anything back into space requires fuel , and burning that fuel requires oxygen .
NASA could ship liquid oxygen to the planet , but the volume needed takes up a good deal of space .
MOXIE could show the way to a solution .
If successful , a larger-scale version of MOXIE ’ s oxygen production technology could then be used to launch a rocket home .
“ NASA definitely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people on Mars , ” says Asad Aboobaker , an engineer at NASA ’ s Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
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To Make Oxygen on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance Rover Needs MOXIE
by Max G. Levy/Smithsonianmag.com
Putting boots on Mars isn’t easy, but it’s a lot easier than bringing them back.
This week, NASA launches its Perseverance rover on a one-way trip to the surface of Mars. Among many other tools, the craft carries an experimental instrument that could help astronauts in the future make roundtrip voyages to the planet. The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, or MOXIE , is small, about the size of a car battery. It’s designed to demonstrate a technology that converts carbon dioxide into oxygen with a process called electrolysis. Mars’ thin atmosphere is 95 percent carbon dioxide, but sending anything back into space requires fuel, and burning that fuel requires oxygen. NASA could ship liquid oxygen to the planet, but the volume needed takes up a good deal of space.
MOXIE could show the way to a solution. If successful, a larger-scale version of MOXIE’s oxygen production technology could then be used to launch a rocket home. “NASA definitely doesn’t want to just leave people on Mars,” says Asad Aboobaker, an engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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veteranstoday--2020-08-02--Neanderthals May Have Been Super Sensitive to Pain

Neanderthals May Have Been More Sensitive to Pain Than Most Humans A new study of Neanderthal DNA suggests our species ’ extinct relatives may have been particularly sensitive to pain , reports Ewen Callaway for Nature .
Neanderthals disappeared some 40,000 years ago , but some humans living today retain bits of Neanderthal DNA—evidence that our species once interbred .
Though they hunted large , dangerous animals—including bison , mammoths and cave bears—in frigid climes , Neanderthals may be the source of a genetic variant associated with increased sensitivity to pain in modern humans , according to the new research @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biology .
Researchers looking to compare Neanderthals ’ DNA to modern humans have historically only had a few low resolution genomes to choose from .
But the team behind the new paper were able to produce three high-quality Neanderthal genomes from genetic material recovered from caves in Croatia and Russia , per Nature .
Researchers found a mutation to a gene called SCN9A that encodes a protein involved in sending pain signals to the spinal cord and brain on both chromosomes of all the Neanderthal genomes .
Its presence on both chromosomes of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Neanderthal population , according to Nature .
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Neanderthals May Have Been More Sensitive to Pain Than Most Humans
by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com
A new study of Neanderthal DNA suggests our species’ extinct relatives may have been particularly sensitive to pain, reports Ewen Callaway for Nature.
Neanderthals disappeared some 40,000 years ago, but some humans living today retain bits of Neanderthal DNA—evidence that our species once interbred. Though they hunted large, dangerous animals—including bison, mammoths and cave bears—in frigid climes, Neanderthals may be the source of a genetic variant associated with increased sensitivity to pain in modern humans, according to the new research published last week in the journal Current Biology.
Researchers looking to compare Neanderthals’ DNA to modern humans have historically only had a few low resolution genomes to choose from. But the team behind the new paper were able to produce three high-quality Neanderthal genomes from genetic material recovered from caves in Croatia and Russia, per Nature. Researchers found a mutation to a gene called SCN9A that encodes a protein involved in sending pain signals to the spinal cord and brain on both chromosomes of all the Neanderthal genomes. Its presence on both chromosomes of all three genomes suggests it was common in the Neanderthal population, according to Nature. Read More:
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veteranstoday--2020-08-02--Ex-Mossad Chief: Israel worries its stability could be at risk

[ Editor ’ s Note : Danny Yatom , ex-Mossad chief , is trying to put a good face on Israel ’ s never ending ploy to present itself as under threat , when the situation is just the opposite .
Danny forgets that some of us read the Israeli media and remember things published there , like military chiefs saying things like Israel would never stand by and watch any country in the region reach military parity with it , but would attack before that parity was reached .
Parity would include both traditional forces , and nuclear .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israel to openly be the only undeclared nuclear power .
The US has disgraced itself by being a long time victim of Israeli nuclear espionage without ever warning the public about it , effectively aiding and abetting .
And I won ’ t even get into Israel ’ s influencing US elections , another situation where such is publicly ignored due to a number of US institutions compromised by Israeli intelligence , some disloyal American Jews and American traitors in Congress who won ’ t dare speak about it .
But the final @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Zionist supporters here and all those Americans who say nothing , so their government figures that “ if you don ’ t give a crap , then why should we ” , which is sadly a valid point .
Notice I did not use the term ‘ my fellow Americans , ’ as I do not considered them as such .
That is not because I am a meanie or elitist , but purely for patriotic reasons… Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
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Click to donate > > US sanctions against Iran to curb the country ’ s nuclear programme , considered a threat to regional stability by Washington and Israel , “ will not be able to bring Iran to its knees ” , said President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday , adding that the solidarity of his society will help the nation to overcome the measures imposed by the White House .
But it is not only the nation ’ s “ solidarity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s head above water .
It is also a recently signed deal with China that is set to inject billions of dollars into the Iranian economy , hurt by the aforementioned sanctions and raging coronavirus pandemic which has claimed the lives of more than 15,000 people in the country .
While Iran is expected to provide China with oil for the next 25 years at discounted prices , Beijing is set to pump some $ 400 billion into the Islamic Republic , expanding its presence in such spheres as banking , telecommunications , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ports and railways .
The 18-page agreement also stipulates extensive military cooperation that includes joint drills , weapons development , and intelligence sharing , all in the name of the “ fight against terrorism , drug , human trafficking , and cross-border crimes ” .
And Danny Yatom , a former chief of Israeli spy agency Mossad , says it is part of Beijing ’ s general policy to expand its influence in the region .
“ Just as was the case in Africa , where China received access to multi-billion dollar infrastructure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trick in the Middle East , striking a deal with Tehran .
Their goal here is simple : all they want is to get access to the Mediterranean from which they will be able to get closer to the EU [ China ’ s largest trading partner – ed. ]
” .
While for Europe the deal is not yet cause for concern , for Israel , Yatom says , it might present a serious headache , especially given that the revival of the Iranian economy could potentially boost Tehran ’ s investment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Jewish state at risk .
“ Once China starts pouring in its money , it will inevitably ease the situation of the Iranian economy ; and once this is done , Tehran will be able to allocate money to organisations that can challenge the Jewish state , such as Hezbollah , Hamas , and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad ” .
Although Tehran allegedly stopped supporting Hamas in 2011 following a decision by the Islamic group to support the Syrian rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar Assad , Iran ’ s staunch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Hezbollah have never stopped , reports suggest .
While it is difficult to assess just how much money ( if any ) Tehran is actually putting in , Israeli media outlets suggest that the PIJ receives some $ 70 million per year and Lebanon ’ s Shiite militia gets some $ 800 million annually .
Cash injections are not the only means being used .
Throughout the years , Iran has allegedly provided Hezbollah with an array of weapons and helped to transform it into one of the strongest military powers in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of anti-tank , anti-ship and anti-air missiles , capabilities that the Jewish state finds unacceptable .
It was for this reason that in recent years , Israel has stepped up its efforts to prevent the establishment of an Iranian presence next to its borders and has reportedly attacked multiple targets belonging to the Islamic Republic and its proxy Hezbollah on Syrian soil from where the Jewish state believes the weapons reach Lebanon .
Such was the case last week , when Israel allegedly fired a barrage of rockets near the Syrian capital Damascus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ killing several militants , including one Hezbollah fighter .
This was also the case in June , when the Jewish state reportedly destroyed two factories used by the Shiite militia to house ammunition .
“ Iran is our main enemy and we are following what they and their allies are doing .
We will not let the Islamic Republic get close to our borders and we won ’ t allow them to continue and expand their influence in the area ” , warned Yatom , adding that the Jewish state should put pressure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agreement with Tehran will not jeopardise Israel ’ s security .
“ I realise that the pact between Beijing and Tehran is a done deal that can not be changed .
But Israel , who boasts a friendly relationship with Beijing can approach the Chinese authorities and ask them to make sure our interests are maintained .
The only question is whether China , who has its own interests and its own strategic views will actually do that ” , Yatom summed up .

China and Iran ties grow due to US-Israeli aggression
…from Sputnik News, Moscow
[ Editor’s Note: Danny Yatom, ex-Mossad chief, is trying to put a good face on Israel’s never ending ploy to present itself as under threat, when the situation is just the opposite.
Danny forgets that some of us read the Israeli media and remember things published there, like military chiefs saying things like Israel would never stand by and watch any country in the region reach military parity with it, but would attack before that parity was reached.
Parity would include both traditional forces, and nuclear.
Meanwhile most all of the world allows Israel to openly be the only undeclared nuclear power. The US has disgraced itself by being a long time victim of Israeli nuclear espionage without ever warning the public about it, effectively aiding and abetting.
And I won’t even get into Israel’s influencing US elections, another situation where such is publicly ignored due to a number of US institutions compromised by Israeli intelligence, some disloyal American Jews and American traitors in Congress who won’t dare speak about it.
But the final shame goes to Israel’s Christian Zionist supporters here and all those Americans who say nothing, so their government figures that “if you don’t give a crap, then why should we”, which is sadly a valid point.
Notice I did not use the term ‘my fellow Americans,’ as I do not considered them as such. That is not because I am a meanie or elitist, but purely for patriotic reasons… Jim W. Dean ]
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The China-Iran-Russia triangle form a defense that the US and Israel cannot break
– First published … July 27, 2020 –
The economic and military agreement inked between Tehran and Beijing is cause for concern in Israel, believes a former Mossad chief because the money that will pour into Iran will stabilise its economy and eventually bolster the Islamic Republic and its attempts to challenge the security of the Jewish state.
Ex-Mossad chief Danny Yatom US sanctions against Iran to curb the country’s nuclear programme, considered a threat to regional stability by Washington and Israel, “will not be able to bring Iran to its knees”, said President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday, adding that the solidarity of his society will help the nation to overcome the measures imposed by the White House. But it is not only the nation’s “solidarity” that promises to keep Iran’s head above water. It is also a recently signed deal with China that is set to inject billions of dollars into the Iranian economy, hurt by the aforementioned sanctions and raging coronavirus pandemic which has claimed the lives of more than 15,000 people in the country. Mutual Interests While Iran is expected to provide China with oil for the next 25 years at discounted prices, Beijing is set to pump some $400 billion into the Islamic Republic, expanding its presence in such spheres as banking, telecommunications, and construction, including such projects as ports and railways. The 18-page agreement also stipulates extensive military cooperation that includes joint drills, weapons development, and intelligence sharing, all in the name of the “fight against terrorism, drug, human trafficking, and cross-border crimes”. And Danny Yatom, a former chief of Israeli spy agency Mossad, says it is part of Beijing’s general policy to expand its influence in the region. “Just as was the case in Africa, where China received access to multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects, Beijing is using the same trick in the Middle East, striking a deal with Tehran. Their goal here is simple: all they want is to get access to the Mediterranean from which they will be able to get closer to the EU [China’s largest trading partner – ed.]”. Israel Eyes Deal with Suspicion While for Europe the deal is not yet cause for concern, for Israel, Yatom says, it might present a serious headache, especially given that the revival of the Iranian economy could potentially boost Tehran’s investment in projects that might put the security of the Jewish state at risk.
“Once China starts pouring in its money, it will inevitably ease the situation of the Iranian economy; and once this is done, Tehran will be able to allocate money to organisations that can challenge the Jewish state, such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad”. Although Tehran allegedly stopped supporting Hamas in 2011 following a decision by the Islamic group to support the Syrian rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar Assad, Iran’s staunch ally, cash injections to the PIJ and Hezbollah have never stopped, reports suggest. While it is difficult to assess just how much money (if any) Tehran is actually putting in, Israeli media outlets suggest that the PIJ receives some $70 million per year and Lebanon’s Shiite militia gets some $800 million annually. Cash injections are not the only means being used. Throughout the years, Iran has allegedly provided Hezbollah with an array of weapons and helped to transform it into one of the strongest military powers in the region, boasting a wide range of anti-tank, anti-ship and anti-air missiles, capabilities that the Jewish state finds unacceptable. It was for this reason that in recent years, Israel has stepped up its efforts to prevent the establishment of an Iranian presence next to its borders and has reportedly attacked multiple targets belonging to the Islamic Republic and its proxy Hezbollah on Syrian soil from where the Jewish state believes the weapons reach Lebanon. Such was the case last week, when Israel allegedly fired a barrage of rockets near the Syrian capital Damascus, striking an Iranian ammunition depot and killing several militants, including one Hezbollah fighter. This was also the case in June, when the Jewish state reportedly destroyed two factories used by the Shiite militia to house ammunition.


veteranstoday--2020-08-04--The Blues Brothers were on drugs

The Blues Brothers were on drugs

If you remember the Blues Brothers in the 1980s , then you remember the destruction of hundreds of cars all at once in a single film .
It ’ s been 40 years since the first movie came out .
And one can say that Canadian actor and screenwriter Dan Aykroyd , American actor John Belushi , and director John Landis were the forerunners of Fast and Furious .
But what is not usually remembered is that both the stars in the movie were all on drugs when those movie series were produced .
Dan Aykroyd ( who played Elwood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the time , cocaine was a currency .
For some of the crew working nights , it was almost like coffee .
I never liked it myself but I wasn ’ t going to police others ’ behavior .
We drove John Landis crazy .
Sometimes he didn ’ t know whether we were going to show up for work after the parties.
” [ 1 ] Aykroyd added : “ Everyone did it , including me.
” [ 2 ] We are told : “ The $ 30 million production reportedly ran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coke binges , with the film eventually hiring a man named Smokey Wendell to be his ‘ anti-drug bodyguard.
’ As Wendell told Vanity Fair , the bars Belushi frequented were filled with people who ’ d slip the actor cocaine .
‘ Every blue-collar Joe wants his John Belushi story , ’ he said .
‘ Every one of those guys wants to tell his friends , ‘ I did blow with Belushi.
’ ” [ 3 ] Landis concurred : “ By the time we were shooting , John had become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drink , and drinking makes you take more cocaine .
Strangers would see him and give him drugs .
It was difficult to keep them away .
He almost died on the movie .
For me , the biggest tragedy is that in Animal House he was there 100 percent for me and himself .
In The Blues Brothers at the best moments he ’ s there 75 percent – but he ’ s great , so most people don ’ t notice.
” [ 4 ] Belushi died of drug overdose in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death .
In that sense , he joined celebrities like Heath Ledger , Robin Williams , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Whitney Houston , Amy Winehouse , Prince , Bruce Lee , Elvis Presley , Jimi Hendrix , Jim Morrison , Janis Joplin , Brian Jones , Sid Vicious , Bon Scott , etc .
Aleister Crowley would have loved to meet those people in person .

If you remember the Blues Brothers in the 1980s, then you remember the destruction of hundreds of cars all at once in a single film.
It’s been 40 years since the first movie came out. And one can say that Canadian actor and screenwriter Dan Aykroyd, American actor John Belushi, and director John Landis were the forerunners of Fast and Furious. But what is not usually remembered is that both the stars in the movie were all on drugs when those movie series were produced. Dan Aykroyd (who played Elwood Blues), admitted:
“At the time, cocaine was a currency. For some of the crew working nights, it was almost like coffee. I never liked it myself but I wasn’t going to police others’ behavior. We drove John Landis crazy. Sometimes he didn’t know whether we were going to show up for work after the parties.”[1] Aykroyd added: “Everyone did it, including me.”[2] We are told: “The $30 million production reportedly ran late because of Belushi’s night-into-morning coke binges, with the film eventually hiring a man named Smokey Wendell to be his ‘anti-drug bodyguard.’ As Wendell told Vanity Fair, the bars Belushi frequented were filled with people who’d slip the actor cocaine. ‘Every blue-collar Joe wants his John Belushi story,’ he said. ‘Every one of those guys wants to tell his friends, ‘I did blow with Belushi.’”[3]
Landis concurred: “By the time we were shooting, John had become addicted to cocaine. Cocaine makes you drink, and drinking makes you take more cocaine. Strangers would see him and give him drugs. It was difficult to keep them away. He almost died on the movie. For me, the biggest tragedy is that in Animal House he was there 100 percent for me and himself. In The Blues Brothers at the best moments he’s there 75 percent – but he’s great, so most people don’t notice.”[4] Belushi died of drug overdose in 1982. Obviously drug abuse precipitated his death. In that sense, he joined celebrities like Heath Ledger, Robin Williams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Prince, Bruce Lee, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Sid Vicious, Bon Scott, etc. Aleister Crowley would have loved to meet those people in person. [1] https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blues-brothers-john-belushi-cocaine-john-landis-dan-aykroyd-210735722.html.
[2] Ibid.
[3] Ibid.
[4] Ibid.


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veteranstoday--2020-08-03--Rare Qianlong Dynasty Vase Sells for $9 Million

Porcelain vases and roaming pets can be a precarious combination .
Luckily , a rare Chinese vase stored for decades in the open cupboard of a central European house inhabited by multiple cats and dogs remains intact—and more valuable than ever .
Last month , the vase , which dates to the Qianlong dynasty ( 1735–1799 ) , sold in a Sotheby ’ s Hong Kong auction for just over $ 9 million .
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Rare Chinese Vase Found in Pet-Filled Home Sells for $9 Million
by Claire Bugos/Smithsonianmag.com
Porcelain vases and roaming pets can be a precarious combination. Luckily, a rare Chinese vase stored for decades in the open cupboard of a central European house inhabited by multiple cats and dogs remains intact—and more valuable than ever.
Last month, the vase, which dates to the Qianlong dynasty (1735–1799), sold in a Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction for just over $9 million.
Per the auction house’s listing, “[T]his masterpiece ranks amongst the most complex and exquisite porcelains from the Qianlong period ever to have emerged on the market.”
The vase’s exterior features an intricate, celadon-green lattice. Its Western-style enamel and Rococo-style flowers were crafted in yangcai, meaning its “foreign colors” were inspired by contact with Europe. A second vase—painted to depict nine peaches in the traditional blue-and-white style—is visible through the holes in the outer vessel’s decorative screen.
Nicolas Chow, chairman of Sotheby’s Asia, tells Atlas Obscura’s Karen Chernick that these kinds of interlaced vases were only made during the seventh and eighth years of the Qianlong Emperor’s reign.
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veteranstoday--2020-08-03--Devastating/Heartbreaking: Police Hid Bodycam Footing Proving George Floyd Was Murdered in a ‘Blue G

Devastating/Heartbreaking: Police Hid Bodycam Footing Proving George Floyd Was Murdered in a ‘Blue Gang’ Mob Hit (warning)

“ I ’ ll probably just die this way… I ’ m through.
” Bodycam footage from two cops accused in the murder of George Floyd is revealed exclusively by DailyMail.com today — and it shows a rookie officer terrifying Floyd by pointing a handgun at his head and another callously picking a pebble from the squad car tire just inches from the dying man and seconds before he draws his last breath .
The tapes show in minute detail how a very distressed Floyd begs ‘ Mr .
Officer , please don ’ t shoot me .
Please man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with his death on May 25 .
It also shows how belligerent cops cursed at and manhandled the sobbing suspect , ignoring his pleas for compassion .
Floyd resisted as the cops tried to force him into the back of the car , telling them he suffers from claustrophobia and anxiety and how Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes , leading to his death , ignoring Floyd ’ s repeated cries of ‘ I can ’ t breathe.
’ Floyd is even heard predicting his own death .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ this way , ’ he says .
Transcripts from the videos were released in mid-July but a judge in Minneapolis had ruled the video could only be viewed in the courthouse , meaning few people have had the chance to watch the powerful images .
But the footage has now been leaked to DailyMail.com so the world can finally see the tragedy of Floyd ’ s last minutes as the cops were mindless of Floyd ’ s anguish .
The footage includes more than 18 minutes from Officer Alex Kueng ’ s bodycam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They were the first two cops to arrive on the scene after a complaint that Floyd had attempted to pass a fake $ 20 bill to buy cigarettes at Cup Foods , a store in the Powderhorn Park section of Minneapolis .
read more…

Bodycam footage from two cops accused in the murder of George Floyd is revealed exclusively by DailyMail.com today — and it shows a rookie officer terrifying Floyd by pointing a handgun at his head and another callously picking a pebble from the squad car tire just inches from the dying man and seconds before he draws his last breath.
Watch the George Floyd video for yourself. We were not told the whole story⬇ https://t.co/B5CzUaMr09
The tapes show in minute detail how a very distressed Floyd begs ‘Mr. Officer, please don’t shoot me. Please man,’ before the struggle that ended with his death on May 25.
It also shows how belligerent cops cursed at and manhandled the sobbing suspect, ignoring his pleas for compassion.
Floyd resisted as the cops tried to force him into the back of the car, telling them he suffers from claustrophobia and anxiety and how Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes, leading to his death, ignoring Floyd’s repeated cries of ‘I can’t breathe.’
Floyd is even heard predicting his own death. ‘I’ll probably just die this way,’ he says.
Transcripts from the videos were released in mid-July but a judge in Minneapolis had ruled the video could only be viewed in the courthouse, meaning few people have had the chance to watch the powerful images.
But the footage has now been leaked to DailyMail.com so the world can finally see the tragedy of Floyd’s last minutes as the cops were mindless of Floyd’s anguish.
The footage includes more than 18 minutes from Officer Alex Kueng’s bodycam and 10 minutes from Officer Thomas Lane. They were the first two cops to arrive on the scene after a complaint that Floyd had attempted to pass a fake $20 bill to buy cigarettes at Cup Foods, a store in the Powderhorn Park section of Minneapolis. read more…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8576371/Police-bodycam-footage-shows-moment-moment-arrest-George-Floyd-time.html?ito=push-notification&ci=26296&si=12539683