veteranstoday--2020-03-01--Intel Drop: Putin Terrified of Erdogan, as Russians Pull Aside While Israel and Turkey War on Syria

Intel Drop: Putin Terrified of Erdogan, as Russians Pull Aside While Israel and Turkey War on Syria from Idlib

By Gordon Duff , Senior Editor with intelligence sources inside Syria and Turkey Syria is considering expelling Russia and sending their troops home .
Why ?
Russia is now allowing Turkish F-16s to fly over Idlib and attack Syria troops .
Top Syrian intelligence officials are deeply disturbed at what appears to be Russian submission to Ankara and Tel Aviv .
Russia has refused to allow Syria to use her S300 air defenses as well .
Something is very wrong and a review of Russian media shows support for Turkey against Syria and broad censorship of events in Syria .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ came to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey .
There they met with a select group of Saudi and Turkish pilots .
It is said American Air Force nuclear weapons officers were present as well .
With the Israelis came teams and equipment to modify F-16s to carry nuclear weapons .
Let us remember , that the US keeps over 80 nuclear weapons at that base .
( https : //www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia-to-send-planes-to-Turkey-for-Islamic-State-fight-444764 ) When the operation was finished in April 2018 , both Saudi Arabia and Turkey had nuclear capable planes and trained crews .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is fully confirmed .
Another confirmation , not a single sortie was every flown by any of these Saudi pilots , not over Syria at least .
Over Yemen ?
Today , Israeli and Turkish drones bombed the Hama airport , well into Syria , a base that also houses Russian military .
Syria shot down 6 drones today alone but 20 more are being delivered from Israel for use against Syria and Russia , guided by US satellites under a defense agreement between Tel Aviv and Washington .
This is why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nuclear war , the only truth the American press is carrying about any of this .
Israel is fully engaged in Idlib and beyond against Syrian and Russian forces and Iran as well , not for the first time .
This is part of a broad destabilization plan that involves Serbia and the Caucuses , Azerbaijan and Russian interests in the Caspian Basin as well .
Israel and Turkey are also operating against the Kurds .
What is now unfolding , however , is the Russian vulnerability to a combined Israeli-Turkish onslaught into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ logistical capability and the horrific mistakes made by Moscow ’ s geopolitical advisors who have allowed Turkey and Israel to develop a combined military capability that now overshadows and threatens the region .
The full military partnership between Israel and Turkey began in 2008 when both joined to fight Russia in the South Osettian War .
With American help , including top Bush ( 43 ) intel leaders serving as advisors , even I was asked , the roots of the current conflicts took root .
From that point onward , Israel and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ publicly railed against Israel .
Israel began building Turkey ’ s drone force and supplying intelligence , mostly gleaned through sharing deals with the NSA and NRO ( National Reconnaissance Office ) .
In return , Israel got use of Turkey ’ s air bases and used Turkish air space to train for strikes against Iran .
At that point , by mid-2009 , both Turkey and Israel had developed a plan to decapitate Iran jointly , using air fields in Azerbaijan .
All of this is outlined in detail in articles below @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Turkey are actively involved inside Ukraine , controlling politics there against Crimea and Donbass , working with Google Idea Groups and using their press moles inside Russia to blame it all on George Soros and Hillary Clinton .
They , collectively , invented RussiaGate , which was sold though the partnership , developed in the CIA during the 1970s , between Robert Mueller and William Barr , exposed in Gene “ Chip ” Tatum ’ s book , “ The Mule , ” available on Amazon .
Today , Israelis “ technicians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s are flooding into Hatay , the former Syrian province , once home to the Christian city of Antioch , now Turkey ’ s base in support of ISIS and al Nusra and headquarters for their war on Syria and Russia .
Yes , this is Israel and Turkey taking down Syria while Putin is helpless , surrounded by NATO , cut off by air when Turkey closed their air space and terrified of Turkey cutting the Bosporus as well .
Now the US has demanded Russia ground all planes over Syria , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been unable to stop Israel and Turkey from wiping out the Syrian Army using Israeli drones and now shooting down two Syrian ( Russian ? )
jets using Israeli air defense missiles similar to those it is now supplying India .
VT ’ s historical research teams , tracking the “ Deep State ” may well end up , if “ Ditzy ” DeVos is right , finding them riding dinosaurs .
We are in Venice with them in 600AD : Beyond this , there are no maps , no books , only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Can Nazis.
” It ’ s all a “ cover and deception ” operation , as Jim Hanke calls it , a “ blame game ” to hide real history and create a fairy tale to teach kids , or rather enslave us all .
Here ’ s an easy one .
Since the “ Iron Curtain ” areas were blocked off for a few decades , the entire history of ancient cities in places like Croatia , Slovenia , Serbia , Bulgaria and Romania were erased .
You drive there , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than in Western Europe , even into Ukraine and Russia .
Even the floor of the Black Sea had more population at one time than Gaul , as we teach today .
Our entire history is a lie , always has been , a dark secret hiding entire eras , faking it all .
I spent years driving around Europe and the Middle East , easily noting that population and settlement patterns as demonstrated by archaeological evidence totally disproves written history .
Back in 2009 , VT discovered an Israeli fighter base in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through Poti , Georgia through the Black Sea .
VT sources unloaded and drove the weapons to the Azeri border to the same base our sources also tell us the operation to shoot down MH17 was run from .
Our sources now tell us that , with the upcoming Syrian move to free Idlib from terrorist occupation , the US is planning to push Iran to war .
First will come White Helmet gas attacks in Idlib followed by bombing by the US , Britain and France .
These nations already gave notice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were ready to attack Syria unilaterally based on upcoming White Helmet fake attacks or real slaughter , they do both equally well .
Then the US plans to attack Hezbollah in Lebanon .
At the same time , it appears Putin has been instructed to push Iran out of Syria , almost as though he is a puppet of Netanyahu .
We hate saying this but his lack of resolve in dealing with continual humiliation at the hands of Israel is telling .
Part of what is driving this frenzy is Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already there “ subject 1 , ” as an unindicted co-conspirator in the indictments that led to a guilty plea by Michael Cohen .
There is no way this can be stopped now other than for Trump to issue a pardon to now convicted Manafort , which will still not fix the Cohen problem .
For those who love to talk “ Deep State , ” one might thing of the Warburgs and Rothschilds , the fake “ Ash Can Nazis ” who took German sounding names long after fleeing Spain .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Now we take it back to 800AD : And now a map showing why the Khazars left their homes , got into time machines and traveled back from 1240AD to 80AD and entered Europe to become Ash Can Nazis .
The Khazars are NOT the Deep State , they are the “ cover ” for the Deep State , hiding behind “ the Jews , ” using them as scapegoats .
Today , Azerbaijan announced that it is willing to offer its air bases , built by the Soviet Union , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Iran .
In 2010 , over two years ago , Veterans Today learned that Israeli aircraft had been ferried to Azerbeijan through Turkey .
Now we have evidence that the Turkish government has covertly opened that corridor again and is allowing Israel to traverse Turkey to supply an attack against Iran though President Erdogan has sworn that he has ended all friendly relations with Israel .
We know have evidence that his position was always a ruse , based on Turkish dreams of restoring the Ottoman Empire on the ashes of an “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Turkey alone intact .
The story below was confirmed at the time but never carried on any other news service .
Today , Reuters , over two years late , gets part of the story right : BAKU ( REUTERS ) – ISRAEL ’ S “ GO-IT-ALONE ” OPTION TO ATTACK IRAN ’ S NUCLEAR SITES HAS SET THE MIDDLE EAST ON EDGE AND UNSETTLED ITS MAIN ALLY AT THE HEIGHT OF A U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN .
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU EXUDES IMPATIENCE , SAYING TEHRAN IS BARELY A YEAR FROM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CAPACITY .
MANY FELLOW ISRAELIS , HOWEVER , FEAR A UNILATERAL STRIKE , LACKING U.S .
FORCES , WOULD FAIL AGAINST SUCH A LARGE AND DISTANT ENEMY .
BUT WHAT IF , EVEN WITHOUT WASHINGTON , ISRAEL WERE NOT ALONE ?
AZERBAIJAN , THE OIL-RICH EX-SOVIET REPUBLIC ON IRAN ’ S FAR NORTHERN BORDER , HAS , SAY LOCAL SOURCES WITH KNOWLEDGE OF ITS MILITARY POLICY , EXPLORED WITH ISRAEL HOW AZERI AIR BASES AND SPY DRONES MIGHT HELP ISRAELI JETS PULL OFF A LONG-RANGE ATTACK .
The result is a given .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ hours , cutting off all oil and gas supplies to Southern Europe and the Mediterranean as one of the world ’ s largest pipelines begins there and nearly touches the Iranian border .
Azerbeijan , one of the most corrupt nations on earth , has long been occupied by Israeli military and intelligence personnel and is a way station for drug and human trafficking .
Israeli Ruse Allows Use of Turkish Air Corridor A week ago , Israel leaked to the press that they had permission from Saudi Arabia to use their air @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s quickly denied this .
The effort on Israel ’ s part was a ruse to cover their real plans , to attack from the Republic of Georgia , close to Iran ’ s northern border .
However , the breakdown in relations with Turkey after miscalculating the response to their Flotilla raid on a Turkish ship in international waters may have ended this operation .
Israel , whose arms agreements with Turkey mounted to nearly $ 5 billion dollars over a period of years , had been training pilots in Turkey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these training missions , Israel was smuggling aircraft through Turkish airspace .
Sources indicate that Georgia has become a major transhipment point for narcotics from Afghanistan and other countries in the region .
Both a land route through Turkey and into Northern Cyprus and air and sea routes directly into Europe and North America have been cited .
TURKEY HAD ALLOWED ISRAEL TO USE THEIR AIR SPACE FOR TRAINING BECAUSE THEIR TERRAIN CLOSELY RESEMBLED AREAS OF IRAN THAT ISRAEL PLANNED TO ATTACK .
HOWEVER , TURKEY WAS UNAWARE THAT PLANES INVOLVED IN THIS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ AREAS IN THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA , MAKING TURKEY , TECHNICALLY , FULLY COMPLICIT IN THIS PLANNED ILLEGAL ATTACK .
Helping coordinate the attack are intelligence units forward stationed in Azerbaijan , under the guise of technicians , trainers and advisors under the broad armaments agreements with that small nation .
Supply operations , moving necessary ordnance , much of it supplied by the United States under ammunition storage agreements , is being moved through the Black Sea to the Georgian Port of Poti , a major site for exporting coal and manganese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being performed by the Georgian Coast Guard , set up by Israel and manned with Israeli observers .
Their job is to keep Russian surveillance craft away from supply operations under the guise of a “ Gaza type ” naval blockade of Abkhazia , a separatist province supported by Russia .
Abkhazia and South Ossetia have both separated from the Republic of Georgia and are seeking independence with Russian backing .
Georgia attempted to “ reattach ” South Ossetia with Israeli help in 2008 until Russian forces moved in after the killing of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US Naval forces began operating in the Black Sea in late May , with the USS Graple ( T-ars 53 ) , a service and salvage ship , visiting the George port of Poti for joint military exercises which ended June 8th .
Prior to that , the last US Navy ship in the region was the USS John L. Hall ( FFG-32 ) , a Perry class guided missile frigate .
A Russian spokesman said , “ The US is trying to turn the Black Sea into an American lake.
” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ observation command in Tiblisi , a unit from Ramstein AFB in Germany , that is coordinating air traffic and radar functions .
With regular visits by the US Navy scheduled and ramping up at the same convenient time Israel is building up its arms cache in Georgia for the upcoming attack on Iran , the current debacle with Turkey may have set things back or ended this gambit completely .
Turkish air controllers had to know something was afoot when the attack bombers failed to return to the agreed upon flight plans and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , OF COURSE , IS THE S300 AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM THAT RUSSIA HAS AGREED TO WITHHOLD FROM IRAN AS PART OF THE PROGRAM OF SANCTIONS .
THE CURRENT TOR 1 SYSTEM , THOUGH ROBUST , CAN BE DEFEATED BY A WELL PLANNED LOW LEVEL ATTACK .
AS THE USE OF GEORGIA MAY BE SEEN AS A PROVOCATION BY RUSSIA , EVEN IF THE ATTACKS NEVER MANIFEST AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN MORE “ FIRING BLANKS ” LIKE ISRAEL ’ S TUSSLE WITH HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON , RUSSIA MAY RECONSIDER THE DELIVERY OF THIS VITAL @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use forward bases in either Georgia , Azerbaijan or Kazakhstan , Israel would be unable to attack Iran at all except by flying a circuitous 4500 mile “ each way ” route or using the limited capabilities of its nuclear armed submarine off the coast of Iran .
It is uncertain how Turkey will deal with the illegal use of their airspace by Israel as relations are already at a low ebb .
With a number of former Soviet airfields spread across Georgia and 4 of 5 fields in Azerbaijan available for operations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perfect area for broad operations , not only against Iran but for movement of contraband of every variety .

By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor with intelligence sources inside Syria and Turkey
Introduction: This is a war, not for politics but a war of religion targeting Christianity. Top of the list has been, from the beginning, the Christian communities in the Middle East. Turkey hates Syria for Syria’s religious freedoms. It hates the Kurds for the same, they allow Christianity, and Erdogan, 100% Freemason, and Muslim Brotherhood is partnered with the Likudists who seized control in Israel, to build a coalition that will, eventually, destroy Russia, the last great bastion of Christianity not controlled by the Deep State. read…
The Luciferian Deep State roots of Erdogan’s Holocaust in Idlib
VT US/Syria/Turkey: Russia is now allowing Turkish F-16s to fly over Idlib and attack Syria troops. Top Syrian intelligence officials are deeply disturbed at what appears to be Russian submission to Ankara and Tel Aviv.
Russia has refused to allow Syria to use its S300 air defenses as well. Something is very wrong and a review of Russian media shows support for Turkey against Syria and broad censorship of events in Syria.
Putin has backed down 100%.
In February 2016, Israeli nuclear specialists came to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey. There they met with a select group of Saudi and Turkish pilots. It is said American Air Force nuclear weapons officers were present as well.
With the Israelis came teams and equipment to modify F-16s to carry nuclear weapons. Let us remember, that the US keeps over 80 nuclear weapons at that base.
When the operation was finished in April 2018, both Saudi Arabia and Turkey had nuclear-capable planes and trained crews. Did they have weapons as well? This is fully confirmed.
Another confirmation, not a single sortie was ever flown by any of these Saudi pilots, not over Syria at least. Over Yemen?
Today, Israeli and Turkish drones bombed the Hama airport, well into Syria, a base that also houses the Russian military. Syria shot down 6 drones today alone but 20 more are being delivered from Israel for use against Syria and Russia, guided by US satellites under a defense agreement between Tel Aviv and Washington.
This is why Washington and Moscow are so close to nuclear war, the only truth the American press is carrying about any of this.
Israel is fully engaged in Idlib and beyond against Syrian and Russian forces and Iran as well, not for the first time. This is part of a broad destabilization plan that involves Serbia and the Caucuses, Azerbaijan and Russian interests in the Caspian Basin as well.
Israel and Turkey are also operating against the Kurds.
What is now unfolding, however, is the Russian vulnerability to a combined Israeli-Turkish onslaught into Syria, exposing Russia’s underdeveloped logistical capability and the horrific mistakes made by Moscow’s geopolitical advisors who have allowed Turkey and Israel to develop a combined military capability that now overshadows and threatens the region.
The full military partnership between Israel and Turkey began in 2008 when both joined to fight Russia in the South Osettian War. With American help, including top Bush (43) intel leaders serving as advisors, even I was asked, the roots of the current conflicts took root.
From that point onward, Israel and Turkey began training, even while Erdogan publicly railed against Israel. Israel began building Turkey’s drone force and supplying intelligence, mostly gleaned through sharing deals with the NSA and NRO (National Reconnaissance Office). In return, Israel got use of Turkey’s air bases and used Turkish air space to train for strikes against Iran.
At that point, by mid-2009, both Turkey and Israel had developed a plan to decapitate Iran jointly, using airfields in Azerbaijan. All of this is outlined in detail in the articles below from 2010 and 2018.
Both Israel and Turkey are actively involved inside Ukraine, controlling politics there against Crimea and Donbass, working with Google Idea Groups and using their press moles inside Russia to blame it all on George Soros and Hillary Clinton.
They, collectively, invented RussiaGate, which was sold though the partnership, developed in the CIA during the 1970s, between Robert Mueller and William Barr, exposed in Gene “Chip” Tatum’s book, “The Mule,” available on Amazon.
Today, Israelis “technicians” and IDF officers and NCO’s are flooding into Hatay, the former Syrian province, once home to the Christian city of Antioch, now Turkey’s base in support of ISIS and al Nusra and headquarters for their war on Syria and Russia.
Yes, this is Israel and Turkey taking down Syria while Putin is helpless, surrounded by NATO, cut off by air when Turkey closed their air space and terrified of Turkey cutting the Bosporus as well.
Now the US has demanded Russia ground all planes over Syria, another humiliation for Russia, who has been unable to stop Israel and Turkey from wiping out the Syrian Army using Israeli drones and now shooting down two Syrian (Russian?) jets using Israeli air defense missiles similar to those it is now supplying India.
By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor VT’s historical research teams, tracking the “Deep State” may well end up, if “Ditzy” DeVos is right, finding them riding dinosaurs. We are in Venice with them in 600AD: Beyond this, there are no maps, no books, only silly theories about Khazars and “Ash Can Nazis.” It’s all a “cover and deception” operation, as Jim Hanke calls it, a “blame game” to hide real history and create a fairy tale to teach kids, or rather enslave us all. Here’s an easy one. Since the “Iron Curtain” areas were blocked off for a few decades, the entire history of ancient cities in places like Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania were erased. You drive there, you see it all, so much more than in Western Europe, even into Ukraine and Russia. Even the floor of the Black Sea had more population at one time than Gaul, as we teach today. Our entire history is a lie, always has been, a dark secret hiding entire eras, faking it all. I spent years driving around Europe and the Middle East, easily noting that population and settlement patterns as demonstrated by archaeological evidence totally disproves written history. Back in 2009, VT discovered an Israeli fighter base in Azerbaijan and a ratline to send weapons through Poti, Georgia through the Black Sea. VT sources unloaded and drove the weapons to the Azeri border to the same base our sources also tell us the operation to shoot down MH17 was run from. Our sources now tell us that, with the upcoming Syrian move to free Idlib from terrorist occupation, the US is planning to push Iran to war. First will come White Helmet gas attacks in Idlib followed by bombing by the US, Britain and France. These nations already gave notice to the UN today, saying they were ready to attack Syria unilaterally based on upcoming White Helmet fake attacks or real slaughter, they do both equally well. Then the US plans to attack Hezbollah in Lebanon. At the same time, it appears Putin has been instructed to push Iran out of Syria, almost as though he is a puppet of Netanyahu. We hate saying this but his lack of resolve in dealing with continual humiliation at the hands of Israel is telling. Part of what is driving this frenzy is Trump’s upcoming indictment. His name is already there “subject 1,” as an unindicted co-conspirator in the indictments that led to a guilty plea by Michael Cohen. There is no way this can be stopped now other than for Trump to issue a pardon to now convicted Manafort, which will still not fix the Cohen problem. For those who love to talk “Deep State,” one might think of the Warburgs and Rothschilds, the fake “Ash Can Nazis” who took German sounding names long after fleeing Spain. This was the real world in 1100 AD: Now we take it back to 800AD: And now a map showing why the Khazars left their homes, got into time machines and traveled back from 1240AD to 80AD and entered Europe to become Ash Can Nazis. The Khazars are NOT the Deep State, they are the “cover” for the Deep State, hiding behind “the Jews,” using them as scapegoats. Learn. from 2010: 2010: VT Predicts Azerbaijan Alliance With Israel By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor Today, Azerbaijan announced that it is willing to offer its air bases, built by the Soviet Union, in order to support an Israeli attack on Iran. In 2010, over two years ago, VT learned that Israeli aircraft had been ferried to Azerbeijan through Turkey. Now we have evidence that the Turkish government has covertly opened that corridor again and is allowing Israel to traverse Turkey to supply an attack against Iran though President Erdogan has sworn that he has ended all friendly relations with Israel. We know have evidence that his position was always a ruse, based on Turkish dreams of restoring the Ottoman Empire on the ashes of an “Arab Spring” Erdogan believed would leave the Turkey alone intact. The story below was confirmed at the time but never carried on any other news service. Today, Reuters, over two years late, gets part of the story right: BAKU (REUTERS) – ISRAEL’S “GO-IT-ALONE” OPTION TO ATTACK IRAN’S NUCLEAR SITES HAS SET THE MIDDLE EAST ON EDGE AND UNSETTLED ITS MAIN ALLY AT THE HEIGHT OF A U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN. PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU EXUDES IMPATIENCE, SAYING TEHRAN IS BARELY A YEAR FROM A “RED LINE” FOR ATOMIC CAPACITY. MANY FELLOW ISRAELIS, HOWEVER, FEAR A UNILATERAL STRIKE, LACKING U.S. FORCES, WOULD FAIL AGAINST SUCH A LARGE AND DISTANT ENEMY. BUT WHAT IF, EVEN WITHOUT WASHINGTON, ISRAEL WERE NOT ALONE? AZERBAIJAN, THE OIL-RICH EX-SOVIET REPUBLIC ON IRAN’S FAR NORTHERN BORDER, HAS, SAY LOCAL SOURCES WITH KNOWLEDGE OF ITS MILITARY POLICY, EXPLORED WITH ISRAEL HOW AZERI AIR BASES AND SPY DRONES MIGHT HELP ISRAELI JETS PULL OFF A LONG-RANGE ATTACK. The result is a given. Iran would be in Baku in 48 hours, cutting off all oil and gas supplies to Southern Europe and the Mediterranean as one of the world’s largest pipelines begins there and nearly touches the Iranian border. Azerbaijan, one of the most corrupt nations on earth, has long been occupied by the Israeli military and intelligence personnel and is a way station for drug and human trafficking. ___________________________ Israeli Ruse Allows Use of Turkish Air Corridor A DOOR NOW CLOSED —- by Gordon Duff, Senior Editor First published ….Friday, June 18th, 2010 A week ago, Israel leaked to the press that they had permission from Saudi Arabia to use their air space to attack Iran. Saudi’s quickly denied this. The effort on Israel’s part was a ruse to cover their real plans, to attack from the Republic of Georgia, close to Iran’s northern border. However, the breakdown in relations with Turkey after miscalculating the response to their Flotilla raid on a Turkish ship in international waters may have ended this operation. Israel, whose arms agreements with Turkey mounted to nearly $5 billion dollars over a period of years, had been training pilots in Turkey for bombing attacks on Iran. During these training missions, Israel was smuggling aircraft through Turkish airspace. Sources indicate that Georgia has become a major transshipment point for narcotics from Afghanistan and other countries in the region. Both a land route through Turkey and into Northern Cyprus and air and sea routes directly into Europe and North America have been cited. TURKEY HAD ALLOWED ISRAEL TO USE THEIR AIR SPACE FOR TRAINING BECAUSE THEIR TERRAIN CLOSELY RESEMBLED AREAS OF IRAN THAT ISRAEL PLANNED TO ATTACK. HOWEVER, TURKEY WAS UNAWARE THAT PLANES INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT WERE BEING RELOCATED TO FORWARD STAGING AREAS IN THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA, MAKING TURKEY, TECHNICALLY, FULLY COMPLICIT IN THIS PLANNED ILLEGAL ATTACK. Helping coordinate the attack are intelligence units forward stationed in Azerbaijan, under the guise of technicians, trainers and advisors under the broad armaments agreements with that small nation. Supply operations, moving necessary ordnance, much of it supplied by the United States under ammunition storage agreements, is being moved through the Black Sea to the Georgian Port of Poti, a major site for exporting coal and manganese ore. Cover for the supply operations is being performed by the Georgian Coast Guard, set up by Israel and manned with Israeli observers. Their job is to keep Russian surveillance craft away from supply operations under the guise of a “Gaza type” naval blockade of Abkhazia, a separatist province supported by Russia. Abkhazia and South Ossetia have both separated from the Republic of Georgia and are seeking independence with Russian backing. Georgia attempted to “reattach” South Ossetia with Israeli help in 2008 until Russian forces moved in after the killing of peacekeeping troops by Israeli “commandos.” US Naval forces began operating in the Black Sea in late May, with the USS Graple (T-ars 53), a service and salvage ship, visiting the George port of Poti for joint military exercises which ended June 8th. Prior to that, the last US Navy ship in the region was the USS John L. Hall (FFG-32), a Perry-class guided missile frigate. A Russian spokesman said, “The US is trying to turn the Black Sea into an American lake.” The US is also maintaining a training and observation command in Tiblisi, a unit from Ramstein AFB in Germany, that is coordinating air traffic and radar functions. With regular visits by the US Navy scheduled and ramping up at the same convenient time Israel is building up its arms cache in Georgia for the upcoming attack on Iran, the current debacle with Turkey may have set things back or ended this gambit completely. Turkish air controllers had to know something was afoot when the attack bombers failed to return to the agreed upon flight plans and return to Israel. A CRITICAL ISSUE, OF COURSE, IS THE S300 AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM THAT RUSSIA HAS AGREED TO WITHHOLD FROM IRAN AS PART OF THE PROGRAM OF SANCTIONS. THE CURRENT TOR 1 SYSTEM, THOUGH ROBUST, CAN BE DEFEATED BY A WELL PLANNED LOW LEVEL ATTACK. AS THE USE OF GEORGIA MAY BE SEEN AS A PROVOCATION BY RUSSIA, EVEN IF THE ATTACKS NEVER MANIFEST AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN MORE “FIRING BLANKS” LIKE ISRAEL’S TUSSLE WITH HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON, RUSSIA MAY RECONSIDER THE DELIVERY OF THIS VITAL DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY. Without the ability to use forward bases in either Georgia, Azerbaijan or Kazakhstan, Israel would be unable to attack Iran at all except by flying a circuitous 4500 mile “each way” route or using the limited capabilities of its nuclear armed submarine off the coast of Iran. It is uncertain how Turkey will deal with the illegal use of their airspace by Israel as relations are already at a low ebb. With a number of former Soviet airfields spread across Georgia and 4 of 5 fields in Azerbaijan available for operations and support, the region makes a perfect area for broad operations, not only against Iran but for movement of contraband of every variety.
Gordon Duff posted articles on VT from 2008 to 2022. He is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. A disabled veteran, he worked on veterans and POW issues for decades. Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues. Duff has traveled extensively, is published around the world, and is a regular guest on TV and radio in more than “several” countries. He is also a trained chef, wine enthusiast, avid motorcyclist, and gunsmith specializing in historical weapons and restoration. Business experience and interests are in energy and defense technology. Gordon’s Archives: 2008-2015
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veteranstoday--2020-03-01--Explosive: Syria’s Stolen Province: A Weakened France Gave Syria’s Hatay to Turkey in 1939, Now Erdo

Explosive: Syria’s Stolen Province: A Weakened France Gave Syria’s Hatay to Turkey in 1939, Now Erdogan Wants More

Turkey ’ s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is becoming more and more embroiled in a direct fight with Syria over Idlib Province .
The fighting is direct across the border from Hatay , a province that was given to Turkey in 1939 after a disputed referendum .
Turkey has lost a total of 54 soldiers in Idlib province this month as Syria ’ s President Bashar Assad and his Russian allies have accused Turkey of failing to honour a deal to separate extremist groups from other fighters in the region .
The Syrian Army now controls the southern half of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the stream of refugees attempting to cross the border into the Turkish province of Hatay .
Now called Hatay province , it contains the cities of Antakya and Iskanderun – previously known as Antioch and Alexandretta – and the port of Dortyol , which was known as Chork Marzban to its Armenian population before the genocide which finally ended in 1923 .
In that same year the founder of modern Turkey , Kemal Ataturk , signed the Treaty of Lausanne , which enshrined the boundaries of the Turkish state .
Those borders remain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hatay province , which suddenly joined Turkey in 1939 .
Syria , Lebanon and much of the Middle East had been part of the Ottoman Empire until it collapsed after being defeated in the First World War .
Under the Treaty of Lausanne , Hatay was part of the French mandate of Syria and Lebanon but just before the Second World War broke out , Paris suddenly decided to hold a referendum and Hatay voted to become part of Turkey .
Syria became independent in 1945 – with Lebanon as a separate state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part of Turkey .
But little was said about it until the conflict in Syria began to draw in President Erdogan and the Turkish armed forces several years ago .
Syrian media began to highlight the suspicious and controversial way Hatay , or Liwa Iskanderoun , was given to the Turks .
In the late 1930s , France was growing increasingly worried about an impending war with Hitler ’ s Germany and French diplomats were desperately trying to sign up potential allies in Europe and the Middle East .
Ataturk died in 1938 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was keen to continue his Turkish nationalist fervor .
So when the French suggested a treaty of friendship during the upcoming war , Inonu was willing to accept , on one condition that Turkey recovers Hatay .
France agreed but was technically breaching the Treaty of Lausanne , so in order to give it a fig leaf of respectability , the French suggested a referendum .
Hatay was at the time a mixture of nationalities – Turks , Turkmen , Sunni Arabs , Alawites ( Alevis ) , Armenians and even some Greeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ankara is widely believed to have bussed in Turks from other parts of Anatolia and rigged the result of the referendum .
Relations between Turkey and Syria were strained for decades over the issue of Hatay but they began to improve in the 1990s as Turkey sought Syrian help in combating Kurdish guerrillas .
Just before the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011 , an agreement was signed to build a $ 28 million Syrian-Turkish Friendship Dam on the Orontes River .
But construction was postponed by the conflict and now Turkey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with Erdogan furious at Assad for daring to target Turkish troops even though they were siding with jihadist rebels .

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is becoming more and more embroiled in a direct fight with Syria over Idlib Province. The fighting is direct across the border from Hatay, a province that was given to Turkey in 1939 after a disputed referendum.
Turkey grabbed the Alexandretta province from French Syria in 1939 after a rigged referendum. Will UN Security Council condemn this unilateral territorial change? #GolanHeights pic.twitter.com/DrT4ZGBQBl
Turkey has lost a total of 54 soldiers in Idlib province this month as Syria’s President Bashar Assad and his Russian allies have accused Turkey of failing to honour a deal to separate extremist groups from other fighters in the region.
https://twitter.com/DoveSyriana/status/1233442665942962177?s=20
The Syrian Army now controls the southern half of Idlib province but the fighting has increased the stream of refugees attempting to cross the border into the Turkish province of Hatay.
Now called Hatay province, it contains the cities of Antakya and Iskanderun – previously known as Antioch and Alexandretta – and the port of Dortyol, which was known as Chork Marzban to its Armenian population before the genocide which finally ended in 1923.
Turkey, Hatay deployed SAM missiles. SAM (Surface to Air Missile) stands for Land-to-Air Missile. SAM missiles, which are part of aircraft defense systems, are used to destroy aircraft and other missiles. pic.twitter.com/Wub3vuJCsL — Y.N.M.S (@ynms79797979) February 28, 2020
In that same year the founder of modern Turkey, Kemal Ataturk, signed the Treaty of Lausanne, which enshrined the boundaries of the Turkish state.
Those borders remain exactly the same today – except for Hatay province, which suddenly joined Turkey in 1939.
Give Hatay to Syria, Freedom to Kurdistan in the Middle East now! @KurdishIndependence — Nikos Michailidis (@NikosMichailid4) February 28, 2020
Syria, Lebanon and much of the Middle East had been part of the Ottoman Empire until it collapsed after being defeated in the First World War.
Under the Treaty of Lausanne, Hatay was part of the French mandate of Syria and Lebanon but just before the Second World War broke out, Paris suddenly decided to hold a referendum and Hatay voted to become part of Turkey.
Syria became independent in 1945 – with Lebanon as a separate state – and refused to recognise Hatay as part of Turkey.
But little was said about it until the conflict in Syria began to draw in President Erdogan and the Turkish armed forces several years ago.
Syrian media began to highlight the suspicious and controversial way Hatay, or Liwa Iskanderoun, was given to the Turks.
In the late 1930s, France was growing increasingly worried about an impending war with Hitler’s Germany and French diplomats were desperately trying to sign up potential allies in Europe and the Middle East.
Ataturk died in 1938 and his successor, Ismet Inonu, was keen to continue his Turkish nationalist fervor.
So when the French suggested a treaty of friendship during the upcoming war, Inonu was willing to accept, on one condition that Turkey recovers Hatay.
France agreed but was technically breaching the Treaty of Lausanne, so in order to give it a fig leaf of respectability, the French suggested a referendum.
Hatay was at the time a mixture of nationalities – Turks, Turkmen, Sunni Arabs, Alawites (Alevis), Armenians and even some Greeks – with no clear majority, but Ankara is widely believed to have bussed in Turks from other parts of Anatolia and rigged the result of the referendum.
Relations between Turkey and Syria were strained for decades over the issue of Hatay but they began to improve in the 1990s as Turkey sought Syrian help in combating Kurdish guerrillas.
Just before the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, an agreement was signed to build a $28 million Syrian-Turkish Friendship Dam on the Orontes River.
But construction was postponed by the conflict and now Turkey and Syria have had a falling out, with Erdogan furious at Assad for daring to target Turkish troops even though they were siding with jihadist rebels.


Coronavirus Stats, 02-29-20

[ Editor ’ s Note : This is a quick overview of the virus progression for busy people from the best link I have found .
They recently made a change with the easy to view Active and Closed cases .
The comparison of the deaths to those that have been infected is a useless number as it does not indicate the lethality that we all want to know , hence we have the closed cases on the right side of the first box where we can follow “ outcomes ” with a glance .
If you jump back and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the related text this will be easier to follow .
Right now we are looking at a closed case death rate of 7 % .
That number is inflated by the higher death incidence in the beginning when the disease was spreading without adequate intervention .
Now the medical system can begin treatment quicker and early before people have a full blown case , where people in good health will of course have much better results .
On the left side we seen a new split , showing the percentage of the active @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 18 % , another key number to watch to see how it trends .
For example it hopefully will go down due to more effective treatments , like the one the Chinese discovered where those recovering are donating blood plasma , as survivors ’ blood has high levels of antibodies .
This plasma is being used to save others in serious/critical condition .
Hopefully all recovered patients will all be donating blood for this purpose in a shared humanitarian effort to be one of the bright spots in the battle .
In the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quickly spotted , hunting for any variables that stand out .
This kind of analysis in limited without having the ages of the patients because we know that pneumonia is a billing killer of seniors annually .
At some point we will probably see a breakdown comparing those over 65 , and then 75 that have been dying compared to younger groups , so we have an age range lethality measure .
For the China numbers , the “ rate of deathrs should be a big inflated from those that will follow as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ early on due to large numbers of emergency room patients in crowded waiting rooms , sometimes waiting a day to be seen , and spreading it to patients who had come in for something else .
One early patient was sent home to await a test report , where he infected others , and then came back to the hospital to sit in the waiting room to infect more .
Most of the Chinese emergency people were not even wearing masks at this time and is where all the Wuhan Hospital staff people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us that the hospitals will have to set up separate entrances for people coming in with virus symptoms and not be mixed with other patients .
Or maybe people in large cities directed to specifically coronavirus treatment facilities initially .
Other anomalies : Italy has a lot more deaths than S. Korea , but who has three times the infected .
Italy has double the recovered patients with only a third many active cases , and then flips to have ten times the critical cases at 105 , compared to 10 of S @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
What ’ s up with that ?
This hint of a major difference in the quality of care .
These figures will need carefully reviewing by health org analytical teams to spot things some countries might be doing wrong , and also to share anything that is working better in others .
We will not be burning piles of bodies in the streets like in WWII Dresden , but we might be burning economies down by over reacting , or politicians like Trump thinking he can bluff his a way through .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ asking Trump a follow up question on the rate of infection comparison with SARS , Trump cut in quickly to say they were about the same .
You can see on the video the Gupta was stunned .
When he tried to follow up Trump cut him off with his usual repetition ploy .
I saw Gupta ’ s follow up interview of the press briefing exchange .
Coronavirus has 20 times as transmissible than SARS , once again showing Trump trying to dominate public opinion toward what he wants people to think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news is they don ’ t really work , the top quality kind .
These $ 1 ones were tested against the regular 10 cent surgical masks and were basically the same in terms of preventing something coming in .
But where the masks do primarily work is stop someone who has it from spreading it around more .
Hopefully there will be close coordination on all of this and we will get the best information from those most able to give it…Jim W. Dean ]

…by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor
[ Editor’s Note: This is a quick overview of the virus progression for busy people from the best link I have found. They recently made a change with the easy to view Active and Closed cases.
The comparison of the deaths to those that have been infected is a useless number as it does not indicate the lethality that we all want to know, hence we have the closed cases on the right side of the first box where we can follow “outcomes” with a glance.
If you jump back and forth between the two part charts and the related text this will be easier to follow.
Right now we are looking at a closed case death rate of 7%. That number is inflated by the higher death incidence in the beginning when the disease was spreading without adequate intervention. Now the medical system can begin treatment quicker and early before people have a full blown case, where people in good health will of course have much better results.
On the left side we seen a new split, showing the percentage of the active cases that are serious, which is 18%, another key number to watch to see how it trends.
For example it hopefully will go down due to more effective treatments, like the one the Chinese discovered where those recovering are donating blood plasma, as survivors’ blood has high levels of antibodies. This plasma is being used to save others in serious/critical condition.
Hopefully all recovered patients will all be donating blood for this purpose in a shared humanitarian effort to be one of the bright spots in the battle.
Part 2
In the country chart below here is what I quickly spotted, hunting for any variables that stand out. This kind of analysis in limited without having the ages of the patients because we know that pneumonia is a billing killer of seniors annually.
At some point we will probably see a breakdown comparing those over 65, and then 75 that have been dying compared to younger groups, so we have an age range lethality measure.
For the China numbers, the “rate of deathrs should be a big inflated from those that will follow as it had a high incidence of transmission early on due to large numbers of emergency room patients in crowded waiting rooms, sometimes waiting a day to be seen, and spreading it to patients who had come in for something else.
One early patient was sent home to await a test report, where he infected others, and then came back to the hospital to sit in the waiting room to infect more. Most of the Chinese emergency people were not even wearing masks at this time and is where all the Wuhan Hospital staff people got sick initially.
So that shows us that the hospitals will have to set up separate entrances for people coming in with virus symptoms and not be mixed with other patients. Or maybe people in large cities directed to specifically coronavirus treatment facilities initially.
Other anomalies: Italy has a lot more deaths than S. Korea, but who has three times the infected. Italy has double the recovered patients with only a third many active cases, and then flips to have ten times the critical cases at 105, compared to 10 of S, Korea with triple the active cases. What’s up with that? This hint of a major difference in the quality of care.
These figures will need carefully reviewing by health org analytical teams to spot things some countries might be doing wrong, and also to share anything that is working better in others.
We will not be burning piles of bodies in the streets like in WWII Dresden, but we might be burning economies down by over reacting, or politicians like Trump thinking he can bluff his a way through.
When well known Dr. Sanjay Gupta was asking Trump a follow up question on the rate of infection comparison with SARS, Trump cut in quickly to say they were about the same. You can see on the video the Gupta was stunned. When he tried to follow up Trump cut him off with his usual repetition ploy.
I saw Gupta’s follow up interview of the press briefing exchange. Coronavirus has 20 times as transmissible than SARS, once again showing Trump trying to dominate public opinion toward what he wants people to think.
And lastly…the masks. The big news is they don’t really work, the top quality kind. These $1 ones were tested against the regular 10 cent surgical masks and were basically the same in terms of preventing something coming in.
But where the masks do primarily work is stop someone who has it from spreading it around more. Hopefully there will be close coordination on all of this and we will get the best information from those most able to give it…Jim W. Dean]


veteranstoday--2020-03-01--Amphibians: Fluorescent in Blue Light

Amphibians: Fluorescent in Blue Light

In Blue Light , Most Amphibians Have a Neon-Green Glow Common newts , frogs , and salamanders may look muddy brown or leafy green , but that ’ s just what they want you to think .
Their camouflage helps them blend in to their natural environment to hide from danger .
But in the right light , these well-hidden critters start to glow .
Researchers were already aware of fluorescence in a handful of amphibians , the damp-skinned animals that can split their time between land and water .
But St .
Cloud State University herpetologist Jennifer Lamb and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ began to wonder if more common species had been checked carefully for the same characteristics .
Their results , published in Scienctific Reports on Thursday , shows that 32 diverse amphibian species can all glow .
“ We forget to ask the same things about species that are common that we ’ d ask about rarer species , ” Lamb tells Discover magazine ’ s Leslie Nemo .
Fluorescent animals don ’ t glow all on their own , and researchers need special filtered lenses to see them shine .
The creatures rely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and then re-emit that energy as a specific color of light , like neon green .
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By Theresa Machemer/Smithsonianmag.com
Common newts, frogs, and salamanders may look muddy brown or leafy green, but that’s just what they want you to think. Their camouflage helps them blend into their natural environment to hide from danger. But in the right light, these well-hidden critters start to glow.
Researchers were already aware of fluorescence in a handful of amphibians, the damp-skinned animals that can split their time between land and water. But St. Cloud State University herpetologist Jennifer Lamb and her colleague, ichthyologist Matthew Davis, began to wonder if more common species had been checked carefully for the same characteristics. Their results, published in Scientific Reports on Thursday, shows that 32 diverse amphibian species can all glow.
“We forget to ask the same things about species that are common that we’d ask about rarer species,” Lamb tells Discover magazine’s, Leslie Nemo.
Fluorescent animals don’t glow all on their own, and researchers need special filtered lenses to see them shine. The creatures rely on specific molecules that absorb surrounding light, and then re-emit that energy as a specific color of light, like neon green.


veteranstoday--2020-02-29--Contest to Decipher Mysterious Words on French Boulder Gets Results

Has This Boulder ’ s Mysterious , Centuries-Old Inscription Finally Been Deciphered ?
Last spring , the French town of Plougastel-Daoulas hosted a puzzling competition .
Whoever successfully translated the mysterious text inscribed on a three-foot-tall boulder found on the commune ’ s shores would win €2,000 , or roughly $ 2,200 USD .
Previous attempts to transcribe the rock ’ s message had yielded just one clear phrase : “ Through these words , you will see the truth.
” Now , reports French daily Ouest-France , the jury has announced the contest ’ s winner—or , in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Noël René Toudic and a team made up of writer Roger Faligot and comic artist Alain Robet both submitted translations suggesting the boulder ’ s message is a memorial to a man who died there , inscribed by someone who cared about him .
But the two interpretations differ regarding the details of how the individual died and how the inscription ’ s author knew him .
Toudic posits that a soldier named Grégoire Haloteau wrote the text in memory of one Serge Le Bris , who was sent out to sea during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ translation , the stone reads , “ Serge died when , with no skill at rowing , his boat was tipped over by the wind , ” according to Zachary Kaiser of the Jerusalem Post .
The message is signed by Haloteau and dated to May 8 , 1786 .

by Theresa Machemer/Smithsonianmag.com
Last spring, the French town of Plougastel-Daoulas hosted a puzzling competition. Whoever successfully translated the mysterious text inscribed on a three-foot-tall boulder found on the commune’s shores would win €2,000, or roughly $2,200 USD. Previous attempts to transcribe the rock’s message had yielded just one clear phrase: “Through these words, you will see the truth.”
Now, reports French daily Ouest-France, the jury has announced the contest’s winner—or, in this case, winners. Celtic language expert Noël René Toudic and a team made up of writer Roger Faligot and comic artist Alain Robet both submitted translations suggesting the boulder’s message is a memorial to a man who died there, inscribed by someone who cared about him. But the two interpretations differ regarding the details of how the individual died and how the inscription’s author knew him.
Toudic posits that a soldier named Grégoire Haloteau wrote the text in memory of one Serge Le Bris, who was sent out to sea during a storm. By Toudic’s translation, the stone reads, “Serge died when, with no skill at rowing, his boat was tipped over by the wind,” according to Zachary Kaiser of the Jerusalem Post. The message is signed by Haloteau and dated to May 8, 1786.


veteranstoday--2020-02-29--Trump and Jade Helm II: Trainloads of Shackles Shipped in as 20 Million Hillbillies to Enter Walmart

Trump and Jade Helm II: Trainloads of Shackles Shipped in as 20 Million Hillbillies to Enter Walmart Basement Death Camps

We were warned , now it ’ s back , Jade Helm 20 , mass executions , beheadings and as with Jade Helm 15 , up to 30 million Americans to be executed and their bodies shipped to whiskey warehouses in Kentucky backwoods .
All of us at VT are putting white flags on our porches and notes telling Trump where we hid our ’ ens guns .
RT/Communist Propaganda : North Carolina residents could soon find themselves embroiled in a fictional liberation war as US Special Forces troops from nearby Fort Bragg storm the countryside as part of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Red Dawn , ” it ’ s “ Robin Sage ” – that ’ s the name of the fictional liberation war the Green Berets will practice waging across rural North Carolina in the coming weeks as their graduation exercise at the US Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg .
“ Controls are in place to ensure there is no risk to persons or property .
Residents with concerns should contact local law enforcement officials , who will immediately contact exercise control officials , ” the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a statement .
Few details have been given about precisely where the exercises will be held , but they will run from March 6 through March 19 and could involve any of 21 possible North Carolina counties , according to US Army officials .
Participants will wear “ a distinctive brown armband , ” and all the active training areas will be “ clearly labeled , ” officials said .
Pineland Resistance Forces Patch from US Army ’ s Robin Sage exercises in North Carolina “ Military service members from units across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
These military members act as realistic opposing forces and guerrilla freedom fighters , ” the warfare center said .
“ Candidates are placed in an environment of political instability characterized by armed conflict , forcing Soldiers to analyze and solve problems to meet the challenges of this ‘ real-world ’ training.
” “ Residents may hear blank gunfire and see occasional flares … No real bombs will be used , but people in nearby areas may hear loud bangs that replicate the idea of a bomb , ” officials said .
Here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Green Berets will parachute into a fictional “ Republic of Pineland ” on a mission to support ” guerrilla freedom fighters ” resisting occupation by the pernicious Atlanticans , who have invaded Pineland and set up a puppet state in the north called “ The People ’ s Republic of Pineland.
” A stack of Don , the currency of the Republik of Pineland , sits beside a weapon during a scenario with Special Forces candidates and Republik of Pineland role players acting as a black market salesman during the evaluation and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Robin Sage in central North Carolina , July 11 , 2019 .
“ As their graduation exercise , Special Forces candidates are organized into A teams and infiltrated into Pineland by parachute , vehicle , helicopter , and foot to link up with their gallant allies , ” as military news outlet Sofrep once described the exercise .
The scenario doesn ’ t just involve US Army personnel , but willing locals looking for a bit of role-playing action as well .
Special Forces candidates from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special @ @ @ @ @ @ @ casualty during the evaluation and final phase of field training known as Robin Sage in central North Carolina , July 11 , 2019 .
“ Their mission is to advise and assist resistance forces behind the lines in occupied Pineland , ” the outlet explains .
“ In a bizarre open-air community theater , soldiers are smuggled in pickup trucks , sleep in barns , engage in firefights in neighborhoods , and are sometimes betrayed to the occupying forces .
Generations of local residents have fought with and supported the resistance forces .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Peoples Republic of Pineland .
It can be quite confusing .
Sometimes , a few thousand Don [ Pineland ’ s currency ] changing hands can shift a player one way of the other.
” The drills have gone on since 1974 , and sometimes less than smoothly .
In 2002 , a police officer in North Carolina ’ s Moore County shot two soldiers engaged in Robin Sage , one of whom died , because the deputy mistook their actions for criminal activity .
The Robin Sage mythos has developed something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with apparel websites as well as private craftspersons on Etsy making Pineland and Atlantica swag , ranging from flags and mugs to patches that say “ Make Pineland Great Again .
”

RT/Communist Propaganda: North Carolina residents could soon find themselves embroiled in a fictional liberation war as US Special Forces troops from nearby Fort Bragg storm the countryside as part of their final exams.
It’s not “Red Dawn,” it’s “Robin Sage” – that’s the name of the fictional liberation war the Green Berets will practice waging across rural North Carolina in the coming weeks as their graduation exercise at the US Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg.
“Controls are in place to ensure there is no risk to persons or property. Residents with concerns should contact local law enforcement officials, who will immediately contact exercise control officials,” the Special Warfare Center told the Charlotte Observer in a statement.
Few details have been given about precisely where the exercises will be held, but they will run from March 6 through March 19 and could involve any of 21 possible North Carolina counties, according to US Army officials.
Participants will wear “a distinctive brown armband,” and all the active training areas will be “clearly labeled,” officials said.
AMERICAN MARAUDER
Pineland Resistance Forces Patch from US Army’s Robin Sage exercises in North Carolina
“Military service members from units across Fort Bragg will also support the exercise. These military members act as realistic opposing forces and guerrilla freedom fighters,” the warfare center said. “Candidates are placed in an environment of political instability characterized by armed conflict, forcing Soldiers to analyze and solve problems to meet the challenges of this ‘real-world’ training.”
“Residents may hear blank gunfire and see occasional flares … No real bombs will be used, but people in nearby areas may hear loud bangs that replicate the idea of a bomb,” officials said.
Here’s how things play out: the Green Berets will parachute into a fictional “Republic of Pineland” on a mission to support ”guerrilla freedom fighters” resisting occupation by the pernicious Atlanticans, who have invaded Pineland and set up a puppet state in the north called “The People’s Republic of Pineland.”
K. KASSENS
A stack of Don, the currency of the Republik of Pineland, sits beside a weapon during a scenario with Special Forces candidates and Republik of Pineland role players acting as a black market salesman during the evaluation and final phase of field training known as Robin Sage in central North Carolina, July 11, 2019.
“As their graduation exercise, Special Forces candidates are organized into A teams and infiltrated into Pineland by parachute, vehicle, helicopter, and foot to link up with their gallant allies,” as military news outlet Sofrep once described the exercise.
The scenario doesn’t just involve US Army personnel, but willing locals looking for a bit of role-playing action as well.
K. KASSENS
Special Forces candidates from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School move a simulated casualty during the evaluation and final phase of field training known as Robin Sage in central North Carolina, July 11, 2019.
“Their mission is to advise and assist resistance forces behind the lines in occupied Pineland,” the outlet explains. “In a bizarre open-air community theater, soldiers are smuggled in pickup trucks, sleep in barns, engage in firefights in neighborhoods, and are sometimes betrayed to the occupying forces. Generations of local residents have fought with and supported the resistance forces. Some support Atlantica and their puppet, the Peoples Republic of Pineland. It can be quite confusing. Sometimes, a few thousand Don [Pineland’s currency] changing hands can shift a player one way of the other.”
The drills have gone on since 1974, and sometimes less than smoothly. In 2002, a police officer in North Carolina’s Moore County shot two soldiers engaged in Robin Sage, one of whom died, because the deputy mistook their actions for criminal activity.
The Robin Sage mythos has developed something of a cult following as well, with apparel websites as well as private craftspersons on Etsy making Pineland and Atlantica swag, ranging from flags and mugs to patches that say “Make Pineland Great Again.”


veteranstoday--2020-02-29--NEO – It is ‘Take No Prisoners’ election time in Israel again

by Jim W. Dean , …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 .
“ War has rules .
Mud wrestling has rules .
Politics has no rules.
” – Ross Perot [ Editor ’ s Note : Since I submitted this Israeli political piece to NEO , the gloves have come off in the run up to Monday ’ s March 2nd elections .
Benny Gantz ’ s campaign strategist , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a rabbi who taped the whole session , and it was leaked to Channel 12…very nasty .
Bachar was quoted as saying that Gantz would not have the courage to attack Iran if necessary , saying he is therefore a “ danger to the people of Israel ” .
Ouch !
Gantz of course fired Bachar , but the private conversation might cost Gantz the election .
Was Bachar a plant for the Likuds possibly ?
Color me suspicious .
Why would he say such a dumb thing ?
The Rabbi , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ friend of Bibi ’ s lawyer , Amit Hadad .
Add that to the rabbi touring a Shephardi yeshiva in Tel Aviv with Bibi last Wednesday and VT readers can figure out the rest .
The Blue and White party responded by claiming that , if Netanyahu won the election by one vote , he would pass a retroactive immunity law to stop his prosecution , with the first court date already set for March 12 .
The knives have been sharpened for weeks and the Prime Minister contenders have finally brought them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 12th election countdown .
Benny Gantz of the Blue and White party used his knife to slash one of his own wrists by making a huge blunder about claiming he would be able to form a new government with a “ Jewish majority ” .
“ We will form a government with a Jewish majority , or we will establish a unity government with the Likud without Netanyahu , ” said Gantz .
“ We will be the biggest party and I believe we will not need the support of the [ Arab @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that we will be the biggest party with a significant gap , and parties will join us.
” With polls showing Blue and White just two seats ahead of Bibi , that claim seemed wishful thinking .
Gantz ’ boast set off a firestorm as Likuds pounced on him like jackals on a partridge .
Gantz was referring to what came up in the last election , in that the Joint List had helped Blue and White get over the 61 needed votes to form a government , without joining the party .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ would automatically be the minority government with a number of privileges , like direct contact with foreign leaders , and even security briefings .
The thought of Arabs being in an Israeli government drives the rightwing Arab hating Jews crazy , as they don ’ t want Palestinians inside Israeli proper to have any real political power .
They want them to continue to be “ pretend citizens ” with no rights .
The politically savvy Likuds , with much experience slicing and dicing political opponents , thought Santa had come early .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arabs in government would be OK ( which was a lie of course ) but “ anti-Zionists Arabs ” would not be , as they are all terrorists .
If you don ’ t grasp the logic there , I didn ’ t either .
The Likuds consider all Arabs to be anti-Zionists , which they are , simply due to the multi-generational discrimination against them .
The sad irony here is that a group of people who have branded themselves as a persecuted special class , would so casually persecute their Palestinians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leader Aymen Odeh jumped into the fray , tweeting , “ There is one thing that needs to leave politics quicker than Netanyahu , and that is the racist phrase ‘ Jewish majority ’ …If there won ’ t be a majority of citizens , there won ’ t be a majority.
” This was of course a threat to not pool the Joint List votes so Gantz would have a shot at getting over the magic 61 number .
Some political pundits suggested that Gantz could have been referring to a “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Likud , but without Bibi , but as Shakespeare would say , “ Aye , there ’ s the rub.
” I can not see Likud throwing Bibi over unless he barbecues a baby on video before election day .
They see their fate cast with his .
Avigdor Liberman , representing the large Russian Jewish community , focused on Bibi ’ s refusing to resign as holding the country hostage , saying , “ He is working hard , and every day that he continues he only detracts from his legacy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not adding anything .
He ’ s just diminishing .
It looks like he is living in denial… I am relying on Netanyahu to do the right thing and resign .
And when he does…we will all help him do so with honor…From what I see , everyone , especially in the [ right-wing ] block , is preparing for the post-Netanyahu era.
” The Likuds certainly don ’ t think so .
They are already working to protect Bibi from the legal repercussions of his trial , in case Bibi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must be resolved by the Supreme Court on whether an indicted PM in the process of his trial can legally serve as Prime Minister .
The number two person in the Likud party , Knesset Speaker Yuli Edlestein , is certainly not among Lieberman ’ s “ post Netanyahu block ” .
In his speech at the Conference of Presidents leadership mission he stated that there was no ethical problem with Bibi serving as Prime Minister while under indictment and on trial .
Attorney General Mandelblit has passed on ruling on the issue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ won the election and formed a government , he could not rule upon it now .
But Edlestein chose his words carefully .
He did not say there was no “ legal problem ” , as the Supreme Court would have the final say on that .
Edlestein ’ s true , but thin support for his position , is that all men are deemed innocent until proven guilty .
And what he was also doing is seeding the idea of any repercussions to a “ guilty ” verdict being after all appeals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Likuds are building a case for Bibi remaining in office even through years of trials and appeals .
Their position is that if he wins the most seats , then that political victory gives him the peoples ’ stamp of approval and that should trump what any court position should be .
I doubt the judges will agree to their authority being trumped by political vote .
Bibi bets the Prime Ministry will save him from jail I don ’ t buy any of it .
Bibi could resign and let the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legal issues , and then be free to make a comeback by running again .
But neither he nor the Likuds seem to want to take that risk .
In the recent Likud party elections , his opponent , Gideo Saar did poorly , and also in the national polls , so he could never win an election .
They want to keep their government minister positions forever and Bibi carries the holy water for them .
Netanyahu has a tight grasp on his party and his national voters .
They feel that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is getting out of the Americans , as he has been the magician when it comes to that , except for the Obama bump in the road .
His ‘ Prime Minister forever ’ plan was always to market himself royally , with his wife playing the Queen , with her own delusions of grandeur issues .
With Bibi ’ s close ties to Trump , they present a “ Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ” pair , as in Hollywood bad boy gunfighters and bank robbers who can do what they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump actually used the term ‘ King ’ last week , in referring to his popularity .
He left out that the polls had showed a majority of Americans wanting him impeached .
IDF Intel chiefs disagree on more Iranian attacks in Syria Politics is not the only area of dispute in the land of Israel .
Retired IDF senior intelligence officer Colonel Shmuel Even challenged his active duty colleague ’ s new strategy that Israel should be more aggressive in Syria against Iranian anti-terrorism forces after the Soleimani assassination .
He is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Heyman , who feels with Soleimani gone that Syria ’ s Iranian allies are “ on their heels ” and now is time to push Iran out .
The good General did not mention that Iranian advisors and militias initially came into Syria in its darkest hour .
The militias ’ initial duties were protecting the Shia holy sites that were being targeted by the Sunni sponsored terrorist bombers .
This helped free up the Syria Army from static defense duties when it needed mobile combat forces badly .
The Iranian advisers and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Syrian defense and security forces ( similar to the US National Guard ) , that also took pressure off the army having to protect everyone , everywhere , all the time .
When I was in Syria as an election monitor in 2014 , any road trip required going through endless checkpoints with local forces doing that work , which made perfect sense as they at least knew the local people and businesses .
They were also completely exposed to car bombers , and I had a higher respect for checkpoint guards after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soldiers and 15,000 militia forces assigned to counter terrorism tasks in coordination with the Syrian government , unlike what we see with the US and Turkey who decide for themselves what operations they choose to do and where .
Sure , Israel can bomb Syria all it wants and that will have some impact , but it will change nothing on the ground .
Gaza is living proof of that .
Colonel Even suggests that the best way to decrease Israel ’ s perceived threat from Iran in Syria is via diplomacy with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out Turkey , where the current situation in Idlib has its military fighting beside the terrorist factions .
Erdogan wants an angry , aggressive Sunni majority in Idlib that he can use to destabilize Syria .
It is nice to see the Israelis have an open debate on a tender subject like this when , in America , land of the free , one challenges power at one ’ s own risk .
Soleimani killing is a boomerang still in the air Iran ’ s retaliation after the Soleimani assassination shook the region @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thought possible .
Iran was able to display just part of its precision retaliation capability to the world , and more importantly , to its regional tormentors .
The US command on the other hand was caught lying about the whole operation , starting with the fake “ impending attack ” story , which was followed by new fake stories .
There is a major scandal brewing on US casualties .
Defense Secretary Esper bungled with his use of the term “ headaches ” to describe the injuries , which Trump foolishly parroted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to keep one huge failure from getting major exposure , that being the total incompetency of killing Soleimani in Iraq where none of the US air bases had any air defenses .
The veteran orgs are shocked and embarrassed about it .
They are staying mum about it , and our worthless media also passed it over .
The casualty numbers are continuing to leak out .
The rough numbers mentioned are about 100 dead and 170+ wounded , with no breakdown between serious and lightly wounded .
The news of the refrigerated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the KIAs .
Wounded are not flown in refrigerators .
People familiar with these coverups know what to look for .
American families have been subjected to not being able to publicly bury their loved ones , due to the “ national security ” lockdown on US casualties .
This will not be the first time this has happened .
There is a long history of it , and the deception is not pretty .
Jim W. Dean , managing editor for Veterans Today , producer/host of Heritage TV Atlanta , specially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Outlook ” .

DISCLOSURE: Sourced from Russian government funded media
by Jim W. Dean, …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.
“War has rules. Mud wrestling has rules. Politics has no rules.” – Ross Perot
[ Editor’s Note: Since I submitted this Israeli political piece to NEO, the gloves have come off in the run up to Monday’s March 2nd elections. Benny Gantz’s campaign strategist, Israel Bachar had a personal matter meeting with a rabbi who taped the whole session, and it was leaked to Channel 12…very nasty.
Bachar was quoted as saying that Gantz would not have the courage to attack Iran if necessary, saying he is therefore a “danger to the people of Israel”. Ouch! Gantz of course fired Bachar, but the private conversation might cost Gantz the election.
Was Bachar a plant for the Likuds possibly? Color me suspicious. Why would he say such a dumb thing? The Rabbi, Guy Habura, is a close personal friend of Bibi’s lawyer, Amit Hadad. Add that to the rabbi touring a Shephardi yeshiva in Tel Aviv with Bibi last Wednesday and VT readers can figure out the rest.
The Blue and White party responded by claiming that, if Netanyahu won the election by one vote, he would pass a retroactive immunity law to stop his prosecution, with the first court date already set for March 12.
… Jim W. Dean ] Expect to see a lot of fireworks going of in Israel, as I would suspect that Bibi has saved his last bomblet for the day before the election
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The knives have been sharpened for weeks and the Prime Minister contenders have finally brought them out as we go into the March 12th election countdown. Benny Gantz of the Blue and White party used his knife to slash one of his own wrists by making a huge blunder about claiming he would be able to form a new government with a “Jewish majority”.
“We will form a government with a Jewish majority, or we will establish a unity government with the Likud without Netanyahu,” said Gantz. “We will be the biggest party and I believe we will not need the support of the [Arab] Joint List. You will see that we will be the biggest party with a significant gap, and parties will join us.”
With polls showing Blue and White just two seats ahead of Bibi, that claim seemed wishful thinking.
The Likuds pounce on Gantz
Gantz’ boast set off a firestorm as Likuds pounced on him like jackals on a partridge. Gantz was referring to what came up in the last election, in that the Joint List had helped Blue and White get over the 61 needed votes to form a government, without joining the party.
In that situation, the Joint List would automatically be the minority government with a number of privileges, like direct contact with foreign leaders, and even security briefings.
The thought of Arabs being in an Israeli government drives the rightwing Arab hating Jews crazy, as they don’t want Palestinians inside Israeli proper to have any real political power. They want them to continue to be “pretend citizens” with no rights.
The politically savvy Likuds, with much experience slicing and dicing political opponents, thought Santa had come early. They were quick to point out that Arabs in government would be OK (which was a lie of course) but “anti-Zionists Arabs” would not be, as they are all terrorists. If you don’t grasp the logic there, I didn’t either.
The Likuds consider all Arabs to be anti-Zionists, which they are, simply due to the multi-generational discrimination against them. The sad irony here is that a group of people who have branded themselves as a persecuted special class, would so casually persecute their Palestinians during their own elections.
The Joint List remains in play, polling 14 projected seats
Joint List leader Aymen Odeh jumped into the fray, tweeting, “There is one thing that needs to leave politics quicker than Netanyahu, and that is the racist phrase ‘Jewish majority’…If there won’t be a majority of citizens, there won’t be a majority.” This was of course a threat to not pool the Joint List votes so Gantz would have a shot at getting over the magic 61 number.
Some political pundits suggested that Gantz could have been referring to a “Jewish majority” as being a government with Likud, but without Bibi, but as Shakespeare would say, “Aye, there’s the rub.”
I cannot see Likud throwing Bibi over unless he barbecues a baby on video before election day. They see their fate cast with his.
Leiberman lives on
Avigdor Liberman, representing the large Russian Jewish community, focused on Bibi’s refusing to resign as holding the country hostage, saying,
“He is working hard, and every day that he continues he only detracts from his legacy, and from his achievements. He’s not adding anything. He’s just diminishing. It looks like he is living in denial… I am relying on Netanyahu to do the right thing and resign. And when he does…we will all help him do so with honor…From what I see, everyone, especially in the [right-wing] block, is preparing for the post-Netanyahu era.”
The Likuds certainly don’t think so. They are already working to protect Bibi from the legal repercussions of his trial, in case Bibi wins the election and the legal issue must be resolved by the Supreme Court on whether an indicted PM in the process of his trial can legally serve as Prime Minister.
Yuli Edlestein runs interference for Bibi
The number two person in the Likud party, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edlestein, is certainly not among Lieberman’s “post Netanyahu block”. In his speech at the Conference of Presidents leadership mission he stated that there was no ethical problem with Bibi serving as Prime Minister while under indictment and on trial. Attorney General Mandelblit has passed on ruling on the issue, saying that because Bibi had not won the election and formed a government, he could not rule upon it now.
But Edlestein chose his words carefully. He did not say there was no “legal problem”, as the Supreme Court would have the final say on that. Edlestein’s true, but thin support for his position, is that all men are deemed innocent until proven guilty. And what he was also doing is seeding the idea of any repercussions to a “guilty” verdict being after all appeals are over.
This disclosed that the Likuds are building a case for Bibi remaining in office even through years of trials and appeals. Their position is that if he wins the most seats, then that political victory gives him the peoples’ stamp of approval and that should trump what any court position should be. I doubt the judges will agree to their authority being trumped by political vote.
Bibi bets the Prime Ministry will save him from jail
I don’t buy any of it. Bibi could resign and let the country move forward while he deals with his legal issues, and then be free to make a comeback by running again. But neither he nor the Likuds seem to want to take that risk.
In the recent Likud party elections, his opponent, Gideo Saar did poorly, and also in the national polls, so he could never win an election. They want to keep their government minister positions forever and Bibi carries the holy water for them.
Netanyahu has a tight grasp on his party and his national voters. They feel that only he can get everything that Israel is getting out of the Americans, as he has been the magician when it comes to that, except for the Obama bump in the road.
His ‘Prime Minister forever’ plan was always to market himself royally, with his wife playing the Queen, with her own delusions of grandeur issues. With Bibi’s close ties to Trump, they present a “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” pair, as in Hollywood bad boy gunfighters and bank robbers who can do what they want and get away with it.
Trump actually used the term ‘King’ last week, in referring to his popularity. He left out that the polls had showed a majority of Americans wanting him impeached.
IDF Intel chiefs disagree on more Iranian attacks in Syria
Politics is not the only area of dispute in the land of Israel. Retired IDF senior intelligence officer Colonel Shmuel Even challenged his active duty colleague’s new strategy that Israel should be more aggressive in Syria against Iranian anti-terrorism forces after the Soleimani assassination.
He is challenging OC IDF Intel Major General Tamir Heyman, who feels with Soleimani gone that Syria’s Iranian allies are “on their heels” and now is time to push Iran out. The good General did not mention that Iranian advisors and militias initially came into Syria in its darkest hour.
The militias’ initial duties were protecting the Shia holy sites that were being targeted by the Sunni sponsored terrorist bombers. This helped free up the Syria Army from static defense duties when it needed mobile combat forces badly.
The Iranian advisers and Hezbollah were working hard to train local Syrian defense and security forces (similar to the US National Guard), that also took pressure off the army having to protect everyone, everywhere, all the time.
When I was in Syria as an election monitor in 2014, any road trip required going through endless checkpoints with local forces doing that work, which made perfect sense as they at least knew the local people and businesses. They were also completely exposed to car bombers, and I had a higher respect for checkpoint guards after that.
There are about 800 Iranian soldiers and 15,000 militia forces assigned to counter terrorism tasks in coordination with the Syrian government, unlike what we see with the US and Turkey who decide for themselves what operations they choose to do and where.
Sure, Israel can bomb Syria all it wants and that will have some impact, but it will change nothing on the ground. Gaza is living proof of that.
Colonel Even suggests that the best way to decrease Israel’s perceived threat from Iran in Syria is via diplomacy with the US and Russia. He left out Turkey, where the current situation in Idlib has its military fighting beside the terrorist factions. Erdogan wants an angry, aggressive Sunni majority in Idlib that he can use to destabilize Syria.
It is nice to see the Israelis have an open debate on a tender subject like this when, in America, land of the free, one challenges power at one’s own risk.
Soleimani killing is a boomerang still in the air
Iran’s retaliation after the Soleimani assassination shook the region more geopolitically than the Trump regime had thought possible. Iran was able to display just part of its precision retaliation capability to the world, and more importantly, to its regional tormentors.
The US command on the other hand was caught lying about the whole operation, starting with the fake “impending attack” story, which was followed by new fake stories. There is a major scandal brewing on US casualties. Defense Secretary Esper bungled with his use of the term “headaches” to describe the injuries, which Trump foolishly parroted.
The Trump media jugglers did manage to keep one huge failure from getting major exposure, that being the total incompetency of killing Soleimani in Iraq where none of the US air bases had any air defenses. The veteran orgs are shocked and embarrassed about it. They are staying mum about it, and our worthless media also passed it over.
The casualty numbers are continuing to leak out. The rough numbers mentioned are about 100 dead and 170+ wounded, with no breakdown between serious and lightly wounded. The news of the refrigerated flight back to Germany was a giveaway on the KIAs. Wounded are not flown in refrigerators. People familiar with these coverups know what to look for.
American families have been subjected to not being able to publicly bury their loved ones, due to the “national security” lockdown on US casualties. This will not be the first time this has happened. There is a long history of it, and the deception is not pretty.
Jim W. Dean, managing editor for VT, producer/host of Heritage TV Atlanta, specially for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”.


veteranstoday--2020-02-29--Turkey Puts Armed Terrorists in Refugee Mix That Attacks Greek Border Checkpoint

RT/Moscow : Greek police used tear gas to turn back 4,000 people at the border with Turkey who flooded the checkpoint after Ankara announced it will no longer stop people from crossing into the EU .
People seeking to enter Europe rushed to the Turkish border town of Edirne on Friday , but found the Greek authorities were not willing to let them in .
Since the 2015 migrant crisis , both Greece and Bulgaria have erected fences on their borders with Turkey .
Both nations ramped up security after Ankara effectively tore up its agreement with the EU , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in its territory in exchange for financial aid and political concessions .
In the first 24 hours of the border crisis , 4,000 people were stopped from crossing into Greek territory , Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Saturday .
Footage from the scene shows large crowds of masked men walking and running near the barrier chanting “ Turkey , Turkey.
” Clouds of tear gas can also be seen .
The crowd trapped in the buffer zone between the Turkish and Greek checkpoints is , of course , not all male @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up in the confrontation between police and the more active migrants .
The Greek police officers may not have been the only ones armed with gas grenades , however .
Police showed journalists Turkish-made devices which they say landed on the Greek side of the border after being tossed by people in the crowd .
Petsas said 66 people have been detained by Greek police at the border and that none of them had anything to do with Idlib .
Greece was the primary entry point into the EU from Turkey and is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asylum-seekers .
Local residents on Lesbos staged violent protests this week after the government in Athens announced plans to build a new center for housing immigrants on the already-overcrowded island .
A group of 27 people reportedly arrived on Lesbos Saturday morning after a five-hour trip from Turkey .

RT/Moscow: Greek police used tear gas to turn back 4,000 people at the border with Turkey who flooded the checkpoint after Ankara announced it will no longer stop people from crossing into the EU.
People seeking to enter Europe rushed to the Turkish border town of Edirne on Friday, but found the Greek authorities were not willing to let them in. Since the 2015 migrant crisis, both Greece and Bulgaria have erected fences on their borders with Turkey. Both nations ramped up security after Ankara effectively tore up its agreement with the EU, under which it kept millions of refugees in its territory in exchange for financial aid and political concessions.
Yaklaşık yarım saat önce büyük bir facianın eşiğinden dönüldü. Yüzlerce kişi kapının açıldığını zannederek Yunan tarafına koştu, birçok kişi ezilme tehlikesi geçirdi. Kitlenin kapının açılmadığını görüp durması üzerine Yunan tarafı herhangi bir müdahalede bulunmadı. pic.twitter.com/5NWIEXFyN8 — Vecih Cuzdan (@VecihCuzdan) February 29, 2020
In the first 24 hours of the border crisis, 4,000 people were stopped from crossing into Greek territory, Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Saturday. Footage from the scene shows large crowds of masked men walking and running near the barrier chanting “Turkey, Turkey.” Clouds of tear gas can also be seen.
The crowd trapped in the buffer zone between the Turkish and Greek checkpoints is, of course, not all male. Women and children also got caught up in the confrontation between police and the more active migrants.
First arrival in #Lesbos, 27 people , Africans , in awful weather pic.twitter.com/NpYEEaHCh3 — Giorgos Christides (@g_christides) February 29, 2020
The Greek police officers may not have been the only ones armed with gas grenades, however. Police showed journalists Turkish-made devices which they say landed on the Greek side of the border after being tossed by people in the crowd.
Petsas said 66 people have been detained by Greek police at the border and that none of them had anything to do with Idlib.
Greece was the primary entry point into the EU from Turkey and is still struggling with a large number of asylum-seekers. Local residents on Lesbos staged violent protests this week after the government in Athens announced plans to build a new center for housing immigrants on the already-overcrowded island.
A group of 27 people reportedly arrived on Lesbos Saturday morning after a five-hour trip from Turkey.


veteranstoday--2020-03-01--CIVID-19/coronavirus: Existing conditions, age, and sex statistics

[ Editor ’ s Note : These stats confirm Gordon ’ s earlier claim that basically no children are getting it , so hence it can not be called a Pandemic .
These are official stats , the most solid we have to build on .
Yesterday I had to look up the word cormordities in one article , and it sparked the question of not only the expected age factor with the higher number of seniors expected to die , but also introduced “ pre-existing conditions ” which I have so far not seen discussed in the news .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ not sexy enough to pull readership , too much detail , so hence is left out .
But again as Gordon had noted , weakened immune systems are a major factor in death rates .
I might add that all the general health recommendations for older people , from diet to exercise , the studies are showing increased lifespan , of which a strong immune system is key .
I am now studying how chronic inflammation , which comes with systemic common diseases , is a double shot problem .
Good senior health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s like a car engine where on thing wrong is an issue , but several wrong that are not dealt with is going to kill you engine much faster .
But it should not be , for example when there are limited test kits and only one place to get testing now , the CDC , one has to wait 4 to 6 days for test results , a number that should arise if a wider infection area appears .
Trump tamped this aspect down as this is some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wanted cut .
That was one reason had has never filled the National health slot on the Nations Security Council .
He did not want to be bothered .
That is why we only have the CDC where the tests are run , a huge mistake for a country our size .
But $ 2.5 billion has been put on the table as early testing looks to be the best way to keep the spread down .
The good news there is China has done a good job of walling off Wuhan city @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far .
Next comes being able to test quickly and get people into quarantine fast .
Korea has taken that route .
On the death percentages below , as is pointed out , they are for your chances of dying if you get in… JD ] 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 > > There are two sources that provide age , sex , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from both , labeling them as “ confirmed cases ” and “ all cases ” respectively in the tables .
*Death Rate = ( number of deaths / number of cases ) = probability of dying if infected by the virus ( % ) .
This probability differs depending on the age group .
The percentages shown below do not have to add up to 100 % , as they do NOT represent share of deaths by age group .
Rather , it represents , for a person in a given age group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with COVID-19 .
*Death Rate = ( number of deaths / number of cases ) = probability of dying if infected by the virus ( % ) .
The percentages do not have to add up to 100 % , as they do NOT represent share of deaths by age group .
In general , relatively few cases are seen among children .
*Death Rate = ( number of deaths / number of cases ) = probability of dying if infected by the virus ( % ) .
This probability differs depending on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it must be taken into account that smoking in China is much more prevalent among males .
Smoking increases the risks of respiratory complications .
*Death Rate = ( number of deaths / number of cases ) = probability of dying if infected by the virus ( % ) .
The percentages do not have to add up to 100 % , as they do NOT represent share of deaths by sex .
Patients who reported no pre-existing ( “ comorbid ” ) medical conditions had a case fatality rate of 0.9 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ higher risk of dying from a COVID-19 infection are : *Death Rate = ( number of deaths / number of cases ) = probability of dying if infected by the virus ( % ) .
This probability differs depending on pre-existing condition .
The percentage shown below does NOT represent in any way the share of deaths by pre-existing condition .
Rather , it represents , for a patient with a given pre-existing condition , the risk of dying if infected by COVID-19 .

by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor
[ Editor’s Note: These stats confirm Gordon’s earlier claim that basically no children are getting it, so hence it cannot be called a Pandemic. These are official stats, the most solid we have to build on.
Yesterday I had to look up the word cormordities in one article, and it sparked the question of not only the expected age factor with the higher number of seniors expected to die, but also introduced “pre-existing conditions” which I have so far not seen discussed in the news.
I suspect that it is viewed as not sexy enough to pull readership, too much detail, so hence is left out. But again as Gordon had noted, weakened immune systems are a major factor in death rates.
I might add that all the general health recommendations for older people, from diet to exercise, the studies are showing increased lifespan, of which a strong immune system is key.
I am now studying how chronic inflammation, which comes with systemic common diseases, is a double shot problem. Good senior health care is now a major holistic endeavor. It’s like a car engine where on thing wrong is an issue, but several wrong that are not dealt with is going to kill you engine much faster.
But it should not be, for example when there are limited test kits and only one place to get testing now, the CDC, one has to wait 4 to 6 days for test results, a number that should arise if a wider infection area appears.
Trump tamped this aspect down as this is some of the pre-preparedness health issue budget that he wanted cut. That was one reason had has never filled the National health slot on the Nations Security Council. He did not want to be bothered.
That is why we only have the CDC where the tests are run, a huge mistake for a country our size. But $2.5 billion has been put on the table as early testing looks to be the best way to keep the spread down.
The good news there is China has done a good job of walling off Wuhan city and its province which is working so far. Next comes being able to test quickly and get people into quarantine fast. Korea has taken that route.
On the death percentages below, as is pointed out, they are for your chances of dying if you get in… JD ]
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…from WorldoMeter, Last updated: February 29, 4:40 GMT
There are two sources that provide age, sex, and comorbidity statistics:
The Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission published on Feb. 28 by WHO, [2] which is based on 55,924 laboratory confirmed cases. The report notes that “The Joint Mission acknowledges the known challenges and biases of reporting crude CFR early in an epidemic” (see also our discussion on: How to calculate the mortality rate during an outbreak)
which is based on 55,924 laboratory confirmed cases. The report notes that “The Joint Mission acknowledges the known challenges and biases of reporting crude CFR early in an epidemic” (see also our discussion on: How to calculate the mortality rate during an outbreak) A paper by the Chinese CCDC released on Feb. 17, which is based on72,314 confirmed, suspected, and asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 in China as of Feb. 11, and was published in the Chinese Journal of Epidemiology [1]
We will list data from both, labeling them as “confirmed cases” and “all cases” respectively in the tables.
Age of Coronavirus Deaths
COVID-19 Fatality Rate by AGE:
*Death Rate = (number of deaths / number of cases) = probability of dying if infected by the virus (%). This probability differs depending on the age group. The percentages shown below do not have to add up to 100%, as they do NOT represent share of deaths by age group. Rather, it represents, for a person in a given age group, the risk of dying if infected with COVID-19.
AGE DEATH RATE
confirmed cases DEATH RATE
all cases 80+ years old 21.9% 14.8% 70-79 years old 8.0% 60-69 years old 3.6% 50-59 years old 1.3% 40-49 years old 0.4% 30-39 years old 0.2% 20-29 years old 0.2% 10-19 years old 0.2% 0-9 years old no fatalities
*Death Rate = (number of deaths / number of cases) = probability of dying if infected by the virus (%). The percentages do not have to add up to 100%, as they do NOT represent share of deaths by age group.
In general, relatively few cases are seen among children.
Sex ratio
COVID-19 Fatality Rate by SEX:
*Death Rate = (number of deaths / number of cases) = probability of dying if infected by the virus (%). This probability differs depending on sex. When reading these numbers, it must be taken into account that smoking in China is much more prevalent among males. Smoking increases the risks of respiratory complications.
SEX DEATH RATE
confirmed cases DEATH RATE
all cases Male 4.7% 2.8% Female 2.8% 1.7%
*Death Rate = (number of deaths / number of cases) = probability of dying if infected by the virus (%). The percentages do not have to add up to 100%, as they do NOT represent share of deaths by sex.
Pre-existing medical conditions (comorbidities)
Patients who reported no pre-existing (“comorbid”) medical conditions had a case fatality rate of 0.9%. Pre-existing illnesses that put patients at higher risk of dying from a COVID-19 infection are:
COVID-19 Fatality Rate by COMORBIDITY:
*Death Rate = (number of deaths / number of cases) = probability of dying if infected by the virus (%). This probability differs depending on pre-existing condition. The percentage shown below does NOT represent in any way the share of deaths by pre-existing condition. Rather, it represents, for a patient with a given pre-existing condition, the risk of dying if infected by COVID-19.