veteranstoday--2020-05-15--WUHANGATE – 8. “SARS-2: Virus GMO built with HIV”. Breaking Study by Bio-engineer, ex NATO lecturer

Report Summary 1 – “ CoVid-19 is GMO ” according to ex NATO lecturer 2 – Mystery of the 2013 viral strain registered only in 2020 4 – The unequivocal traces of the AIDS virus ?
« Whoever does not believe has already been condemned , because he didn ’ t believe in the name of the only-begotten Son of God .
And the judgment is this : light has come into the world , but men have preferred darkness to light , because their works were evil .
In fact , anyone who does evil hates the light and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that his works aren ’ t revealed .
But whoever works the truth comes to light , so that it may appear clearly that his works have been done in God » .
Jesus Christ – John ’ s Gospel ( 3 , 18-21 ) « Finally we should be able to systematically check when the “ fake news ” label is attributed to a news that the news is not in fact a fake news but that “ the fake news labelling ” is itself “ a fake news “ !
Unfortunately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic due to reckless human actions on the wildenvironment ( Bricage , 2011 ) .
The problem is that they are getting closer and closer and the associated viruses are getting more and more aggressive .
How to stop this escalation of the violence of interactions between the human species and its host ecosystem ?
Should environmental faults be used as an alibi to hide technologicalfaults , whatever the reasons ?
Primarily all aren ’ t societal , economic or/and political faults ?
» .
The words of French professor Pierre Bricage are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hit and sink the battleship of the mainstream with the unstoppable power of human logic in search of truth .
It is no coincidence that I wanted to quote a passage from the Gospel on the wicked fearful that their misdeeds will be revealed… That CoVid-19 epidemic is a dark and devilish trap for humanity and the planet is now a widespread certainty among those who have carefully read at least a dozen scientific articles and not just social posts .
That SARS-CoV-2 , another name of this Acute Respiratory Syndrome that refers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CoronaVirus SARS of 2003 and MERS of 2014 , is a Genetically Modified Organism : that is now declared also by retired scientist Bricage , for 29 years Professor of Biology at the Université de Pau et des Pays de l ’ Adour and for a luster also head of the Department of Biological Engineering of Pau , capital of the Beam and Pyrenees Atlantiques .
He explained it in a conference in France at the end of February , he wrote it in a research published in March on Research Gate ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reiterated it in the study republished in English on the same website in April but everything remained submerged in the swamp of mediatic silence .
Now , thanks to our continuous research on Covid-19 , we have intercepted his sensational new document of May 1st enriched by further stainless scientific details , by disturbing questions and by disruptive ethical considerations such as those reported in quotes above and below… « What can we learn from the emergence of this new pandemic ?
A proposal not having been proved , does not mean that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those whocommit this error of logic .
That does not mean it is true either .
But , if the source has some legitimacy , as for asimple honest testimony , it is worth testing it !
» the researcher asserts in his conclusions that we put before his rigorous study .
« Why does it only deal with “ conspiracies ” against the consensual version of the accidental appearance of SARS-CoV-2 from a wild animal ?
Why are the aspects validating this track the only accepted and published ones ?
Whyare papers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Is there a global attempt to hide partof the reality and re-write the history of both the origin of the virus and the pandemic ?
Can we be a judge and a part of such an important investigation for humanity ?
» .
1 – “ COVID-19 IS OGM ” FOR THE FORMER NATO LECTURER Since 2000 , the transalpine biological engineer , already specialized in molecular genetics , has been vice-president of the French Association of Science and Cognitive and Technical Systems , on behalf of which he participates in international meetings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Cybernetics and Research Systems ) but he has been lecturer too for UNESCO and also for NATO , for which he dealt with industrial technology issues .
Being a retired academic , he teaches Health Sciences at the University of Pau and Evolution of Living Systems at the Université du Temps Libre d ’ Aquitaine..
He is therefore a free scientist who doesn ’ t have to kneel in front of Big Pharma or state institutes to survive , just like his most illustrious compatriot Luc Montagnier , the virologist who won @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , when he discovered the AIDS immunodeficiency virus .
And just like that scientist , Bricage hasn ’ t doubts about the nature of CoVid-19 , of which he also reveals disconcerting secrets which support the increasingly well-founded suspicion of an intentional concealment of truth by the international scientific community .
This community is probably terrified by the risk of losing the huge business built on the research of vaccines and bacteriological weapons , developed in North America since 1952 as evidenced by a declassified US Navy video published by Gospa News on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not a danger , but a new strain of coronavirus is killing man species .
Why did this newcoronavirus , named at first 2019-nCoV and then re-named SARS-CoV-2 , emerge without anybody being ableto identify neither the reservoir nor the vector ?
» Bricage wonders that , unlike the more famous Montagnier , he does not limit himself to declarations but publishes every scientific detail of his studies , illuminated by his competence in biological engineering .
« This virus could not haveemerged spontaneously by natural mutations and wild strains recombinations , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insertions of modified genes , an engineered genome of a coronavirus within a capsid of a Human Immunodeficiency Virus ( HIV ) » he ruled lapidary in his 40-page study in which he inserted among the keywords “ genetically modified organism ” .
The French original is titled : “ Le nouveau coronavirus chinois est-il un avatar d ’ un coronavirus génétiquement modifié pour fabriquer un vaccin curatif du SIDA ?
Pourquoi le SARS-CoV-2 ne serait-il pas un virus d ’ origine naturelle ?
Aspects écologiques , physiologiques , génétiques et évolutifs ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ caution even if his scientific revelations of molecular genetics leave no escape for doubt and are devastating for the theory of the natural origin of the CoronaVirus responsible for the pandemic … In three weeks , it is the second torpedo that strikes and sinks the credibility of the World Health Organization together with all the national health institutions that fear to see the generous funding provided by Geneva and the pharmaceutical multinationals ( that feed it ) disappear from their sumptuous plate .
It is the second rocket if we don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( Planned Pandemic ) by Judy Mikowitz , holder of a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at George Washington University , to which we haven ’ t paid attention because the interesting scientific arguments are too watered down by anecdotes of professional disputes with Dr. Anthony Fauci , director of the American NIAID ( National Institute Allergy Infectives Disease ) , and his socio-political considerations as activist No-Vax .
Gospa News mainly reports objective and verifiable facts before the opinions .
2 – MISTERY OF THE 2013 VIRAL STRAIN ’ S REGISTERED ON 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second lighthouse that brings light into the mysterious darkness of the CoVid-19 , immediately revealing a disturbing detail .
« The genetic sequencing of this 2019-nCoV virus indicated that its genome looked like that of anothercoronavirus that was issued from a bat and isolated in 2013 .
With the registration , in 2020 , of the viral strain RaGT13 , that was isolated in 2013 ( as its namesuggests ) , other phylogenies were then proposed ( Bedford & Hodcroft , 2020 ) .
They replaced the SARS-CoV-2 in an evolutionary position more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Why was the alleged ancestral strain , isolated in 2013 , and on which research has been carried out , not registered in the genetic data banks before 2020 and only after the 2019-nCoV registration , which strain was then renamed as SARS-CoV-2 ?
» .
If there were determined heads of State such as that of Tanzania – which raised the suspicion that the swabs received from his country have failed after they tested a goat and a papaya as positive for the human virus and therefore declared to terminate any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the leaders of this organization would already be under investigation given the devastating scope of that question .
But the interests at stake are enormous and transnational , as we will see in the next reports… It is the scientist Bricage himself who explains to us why this does not happen , asking rhetorical questions at the end of his long and painstaking scientific study .
« Why did a group of 27 prominent scientists insist on discrediting the artificial origin of the newcoronavirus ?
Are we rewriting the virus history ?
Wouldn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scientific , political and media imbroglio ?
How can we prevent economics from mixing into issues and thus underminesthe social and environmental responsibility ( Bricage , 2011 ) of both research laboratories , health companiesand individuals ?
Does mathematical economics justify the liberal management of science and health services ?
L ’ economia matematica giustifica la gestione liberale della scienza e dei servizi sanitari ?
» .
If this article , with God ’ s blessing , exceeds 77 thousand views ( those of the most read of the 10 “ CoronaVirus Bio-arma @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) we will launch a petition and we will take action to propose the French biologist as Secretary General of the UN .
Because he has written down in a scientific document precisely the questions that all men and women of common sense and goodwill are asking themselves on earth !
I do not know , however , that the current head of the Glass Palace in New York , the Portuguese Antonio Guterres , has yet to respond to the appeal of the metropolitan cardinal of Sri Lanka , Malcom Ranjith to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a rich country ” or to the official request of the ex-president of Iran , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , for the establishment of a pandemic commission of inquiry , believed to be a bacteriological war by him like other US bio-weapon experts .
3 – THE CONFIRMATION OF THE INDIAN RESEARCH ON HIV When Gospa News decided to retrieve and publish the contents of the first scientific study that demonstrated the presence of inserts of HIV in CoVid-19 , therefore the genetic manipulation of the same virus , we knew we were going into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Holy Spirit and in the protection of Our Lady ( Gospa in Medjugorie ) .
Because those researchers from the Kuzuma School of Biology , in New Delhi , had been the only ones to scientifically document this theory but then , within 24 hours , they had withdrawn the study although it seemed solid and flawless enough to push us into the risk of writing about it .
Two days after the publication of our report , thank God , the interview with Professor Luc Montagnier began to go viral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nobel Prize not only supported Kuzuma ’ s research but openly said that those researchers were « forced to retract » .
Now Bricage restarts right from there before exposing his scientific evidence .
« In February 2020 , a French mathematician , also an inter-disciplinary expert , emeritus engineer in computer science and researcher at the IBM Center for Research in Artificial Intelligence , at the University ofBordeaux , identifies into the genome of the isolated 2019-nCoV strain , patterns that break the symmetry ofthe usual genetic organization of a coronavirus ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refers to the bio-mathematician Jean-Claude Perez , who joined Montagnier in his virological research , and therefore recalls that new information patterns were inserted into the gene encoding the envelope spike protein ( protein S ) and into the genes encoding the poly-protein which is at the origin of both the viral protease and polymerase , enzyme activities that are present in every coronavirus .
« These insertions were identical to the same information patterns found into the genome sequences of the similar proteins Open Reading Frames ( ORF ) of another well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supports the expert molecular genetics engineer who , thanks to his intense activity as a lecturer also for NATO , manages to be a good communicator , making a difficult bio-chemical lexicon almost comprehensible .
« Meanwhile , a team of young computer scientists , from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi , had uploaded a work , in bioRXiv , the open online archive , showing an unknown and totally uncanny similaritybetween the genomes of 2109-nCoV and HIV ( Pradhan et al.
, 2020 ) .
The 2019-nCoV genome containedpatterns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ genome , in its envelope protein S and in its poly protease-polymerase genes pool ; thus validating the previously published work of Perez ( 2020 ) .
How could identical genetic sequences be present in such different viruses ?
Was this an adaptive evolutionary convergence phenomenon ?
( Mills , 2006 ) » .
In order to make the use of his research easier , the French professor asks himself a barrage of questions that are easy for a child to understand : : « How , in nature , could a set @ @ @ @ @ @ @ result in genetic systems evolving within completely different hosts , ( bats and humanoid primates ) ?
Or , if it was a genetic transfer , how , in nature , were such targeted genetic recombinations possible ( Bricage , March , April & May 2020 ) ?
» .
« Afterwards , this unpublished article was withdrawn ; cancelled without any specific comment .
Simultaneously , the previously published work was framed as a fake news , while the 2019-nCoVbecame the SARS-CoV-2 .
Why so many troubles ?
What did the work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bricage wonders again .
« If we compare the proteins S of the initial 2019-nCoV strain with those of the other coronaviruses , the amino acid islands observed in the homologue proteins sequences turn out to be thoroughly different .
Couldthey result from point mutations in the corresponding nucleotide coding sequences ?
» .
But the rarity of the mutations would not justify them according to the researcher… « As a whole , these inserts , preserved in all the first analyzed genomes , do represent less than 1 % of every genome @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expected overall genetic divergence with every coronaviruses , whose sequences are known .
There is an astonishing similarity between the sites of cutting by the proteases : the same sites are present inthese proteins of both the coronavirus and the HIV ( and also some influenza viruses ) .
These sites are different from those of usual coronaviruses ; either in wild reservoirs or vectors , wild or domestic vectors , or even inevery known humanized coronaviruses .
How could a natural change of such magnitude , by viable and specificmutations , have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ represent less than 3 % of the protein sequence ?
» .
The biochemical engineer then goes into detail on the discovery of his Indian colleagues and adds his results : « Was the Wuhan coronavirus genetically transformed to look like the HIV ?
The changes observed in its protein sequences ( 3 inserts coming from gp120 HIV and 1 insert from HIV gag ) all increase the density of positive charges on the surface of these molecules .
Such a non-random change involves the use of a protein engineering software tool to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them .
Genomic inserts 1 and 2 in glycoprotein S ( each of 18 nucleotides , each coding for 6 amino acids ) are completely identical to the corresponding HIV sequences .
The genomic inserts 3 ( 36 nucleotides corresponding to 12 amino acids ) and 4 ( 24 nucleotides corresponding to 8 amino acids ) also closely resemble the corresponding HIV sequences » .
And finally here is the merciless sentence : « None of these 4 inserts may result from a random single-point mutation .
This type of mutation usuallyaffects only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protein pattern ( a series of specifically changed amino acids ) .
A point mutation can also cause a shift in the reading frame , but this usually results in a non-functional protein .
Yet 2 of these inserts present a deletion ( Su et al.
, 2020 ) , an interruption , a partial break into their sequence , which not only retains the functionality but also specifically increases the density of the positive charges located at the surface of the active molecule .
A deletion is usually lethal and results in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a novice bio-chemist like me who spends hours reading scientific research only since the end of January to find a clue or useful evidence to confirm the theory of CoVid-19 Bio-Weapon ( or even to deny it if I had found at least one robust study… ) the “ charge-positive ” combination sounds distressing and makes think immediatly to bio-weapons… 5 – MORTALITY “ CALIBRATED ” BY VIRAL INTENSITY OF HIV AND SARS-2 ?
So far we have deliberately reported excessively scientific details useful to highlight the analytical acribity of the molecular geneticist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the counter-deductions with which the study of those other scientists ( Chinese but of the British school ) sought to dismantle the results of Indian research .
They – we highlighted in our previous report on the matter – judged the HIV-1 sequences with “ low identity and rarity ” such as to be considered random as claimed by their other colleagues who contested the length of these segments .
However , this prompted the prompt reply of Montagnier , a former professor at the prestigious Pasteur Institute in Paris and today head @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shanghai , in a long interview for CNEWS TV .
« We respond immediately these lengths however they are segments that carry genetic information contrary to those who say it is a coincidence .
It is not so .
There is enormous pressure for everything that is at the origin of the virus to be hidden » declared the winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine Bricage instead peremptorily attacks the denial colleagues of the theory of the genetically modified virus : : « Subsequently a team of Chinese researchers ( Zhang et @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of these insertions through 3-D modeling of the interaction between the S protein and its target receptor ACE2 ( Ge etal.
, 2013 ) .
The inserts are located outside the recognition site that binds to the receptor , so they would not have a functional effect » .
Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio © COPYRIGHT GOSPA NEWS – for VETERANS TODAY only no reproduction without authorization – original post

1 – “CoVid-19 is GMO” according to ex NATO lecturer
2 – Mystery of the 2013 viral strain registered only in 2020
3
– Confirmation of Indian research on HIV inserts
4 – The unequivocal traces of the AIDS virus
5 – Mortality “calibrated” by SARS-CoV and HIV intensity?
6 – Chimeric supervirus dual-use: vaccine or bio-weapon
«Whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he didn’t believe in the name of the only-begotten Son of God. And the judgment is this: light has come into the world, but men have preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. In fact, anyone who does evil hates the light and doesn’t come to light so that his works aren’t revealed. But whoever works the truth comes to light, so that it may appear clearly that his works have been done in God».
Jesus Christ – John’s Gospel (3, 18-21)
VERSIONE ORIGINALE IN ITALIANO
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy
«Finally we should be able to systematically check when the “fake news” label is attributed to a news that the news is not in fact a fake news but that “the fake news labelling” is itself “a fake news“! Unfortunately, this is probably not the latest pandemic due to reckless human actions on the wildenvironment (Bricage, 2011). The problem is that they are getting closer and closer and the associated viruses are getting more and more aggressive. How to stop this escalation of the violence of interactions between the human species and its host ecosystem? Should environmental faults be used as an alibi to hide technologicalfaults, whatever the reasons? Primarily all aren’t societal, economic or/and political faults?».
The words of French professor Pierre Bricage are a punch in the stomach because they hit and sink the battleship of the mainstream with the unstoppable power of human logic in search of truth. It is no coincidence that I wanted to quote a passage from the Gospel on the wicked fearful that their misdeeds will be revealed…
That CoVid-19 epidemic is a dark and devilish trap for humanity and the planet is now a widespread certainty among those who have carefully read at least a dozen scientific articles and not just social posts.
That SARS-CoV-2, another name of this Acute Respiratory Syndrome that refers to the other deadly strains of the CoronaVirus SARS of 2003 and MERS of 2014, is a Genetically Modified Organism: that is now declared also by retired scientist Bricage, for 29 years Professor of Biology at the Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour and for a luster also head of the Department of Biological Engineering of Pau, capital of the Beam and Pyrenees Atlantiques.
He explained it in a conference in France at the end of February, he wrote it in a research published in March on Research Gate (the Wikipedia of science), he reiterated it in the study republished in English on the same website in April but everything remained submerged in the swamp of mediatic silence.
Now, thanks to our continuous research on Covid-19, we have intercepted his sensational new document of May 1st enriched by further stainless scientific details, by disturbing questions and by disruptive ethical considerations such as those reported in quotes above and below…
«What can we learn from the emergence of this new pandemic? A proposal not having been proved, does not mean that it is automatically false; many are those who commit this error of logic. That does not mean it is true either. But, if the source has some legitimacy, as for a simple honest testimony, it is worth testing it!» the researcher asserts in his conclusions that we put before his rigorous study.
«Why does it only deal with “conspiracies” against the consensual version of the accidental appearance of SARS-CoV-2 from a wild animal? Why are the aspects validating this track the only accepted and published ones? Whyare papers dealing with non-consensual versions systematically rejected? Is there a global attempt to hide partof the reality and re-write the history of both the origin of the virus and the pandemic? Can we be a judge and a part of such an important investigation for humanity?».
1 – “COVID-19 IS OGM” FOR THE FORMER NATO LECTURER
Since 2000, the transalpine biological engineer, already specialized in molecular genetics, has been vice-president of the French Association of Science and Cognitive and Technical Systems, on behalf of which he participates in international meetings of the EMCSR (the European Meeting on Cybernetics and Research Systems) but he has been lecturer too for UNESCO and also for NATO, for which he dealt with industrial technology issues. Being a retired academic, he teaches Health Sciences at the University of Pau and Evolution of Living Systems at the Université du Temps Libre d’Aquitaine..
He is therefore a free scientist who doesn’t have to kneel in front of Big Pharma or state institutes to survive, just like his most illustrious compatriot Luc Montagnier, the virologist who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008, for discovering of the human immunodeficiency tied with HIV virus, discovered by himself in 1983, and AIDS epidemic.
And just like that scientist, Bricage hasn’t doubts about the nature of CoVid-19, of which he also reveals disconcerting secrets which support the increasingly well-founded suspicion of an intentional concealment of truth by the international scientific community.
This community is probably terrified by the risk of losing the huge business built on the research of vaccines and bacteriological weapons, developed in North America since 1952 as evidenced by a declassified US Navy video published by Gospa News on YouTube.
«Usually, common cold is not a danger, but a new strain of coronavirus is killing man species. Why did this newcoronavirus, named at first 2019-nCoV and then re-named SARS-CoV-2, emerge without anybody being ableto identify neither the reservoir nor the vector?» wonders Bricage who published every scientific detail of his studies, illuminated by his competence in biological engineering.
«This virus could not haveemerged spontaneously by natural mutations and wild strains recombinations, it is a genetic chimaera with artificial insertions of modified genes, an engineered genome of a coronavirus within a capsid of a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)» he ruled lapidary in his 40-page study in which he inserted among the keywords “genetically modified organism”.
The French original is titled: “Le nouveau coronavirus chinois est-il un avatar d’un coronavirus génétiquement modifié pour fabriquer un vaccin curatif du SIDA? Pourquoi le SARS-CoV-2 ne serait-il pas un virus d’origine naturelle? Aspects écologiques, physiologiques, génétiques et évolutifs”.
His questions are marked by diplomatic caution even if his scientific revelations of molecular genetics leave no escape for doubt and are devastating for the theory of the natural origin of the CoronaVirus responsible for the pandemic …
In three weeks, it is the second torpedo that strikes and sinks the credibility of the World Health Organization together with all the national health institutions that fear to see the generous funding provided by Geneva and the pharmaceutical multinationals (that feed it) disappear from their sumptuous plate.
It is the second rocket if we don’t consider the shock video entitled Plandemic (Planned Pandemic) by Judy Mikowitz, holder of a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at George Washington University, to which we haven’t paid attention because the interesting scientific arguments are too watered down by anecdotes of professional disputes with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the American NIAID (National Institute Allergy Infectives Disease), and his socio-political considerations as activist No-Vax. Gospa News mainly reports objective and verifiable facts before the opinions.
2 – MISTERY OF THE 2013 VIRAL STRAIN’S REGISTERED ON 2020
In a few days Bricage is the second lighthouse that brings light into the mysterious darkness of the CoVid-19, immediately revealing a disturbing detail.
«The genetic sequencing of this 2019-nCoV virus indicated that its genome looked like that of anothercoronavirus that was issued from a bat and isolated in 2013. With the registration, in 2020, of the viral strain RaGT13, that was isolated in 2013 (as its namesuggests), other phylogenies were then proposed (Bedford & Hodcroft, 2020). They replaced the SARS-CoV-2 in an evolutionary position more fitting in with the past known ones. Why was the alleged ancestral strain, isolated in 2013, and on which research has been carried out, not registered in the genetic data banks before 2020 and only after the 2019-nCoV registration, which strain was then renamed as SARS-CoV-2?».
If there were determined heads of State such as that of Tanzania – which raised the suspicion that the swabs received from his country have failed after they tested a goat and a papaya as positive for the human virus and therefore declared to terminate any relationship with the WHO – probably all the leaders of this organization would already be under investigation given the devastating scope of that question. But the interests at stake are enormous and transnational, as we will see in the next reports…
It is the scientist Bricage himself who explains to us why this does not happen, asking rhetorical questions at the end of his long and painstaking scientific study.
«Why did a group of 27 prominent scientists insist on discrediting the artificial origin of the newcoronavirus? Are we rewriting the virus history? Wouldn’t transparency prevent this kind of scientific, political and media imbroglio? How can we prevent economics from mixing into issues and thus underminesthe social and environmental responsibility (Bricage, 2011) of both research laboratories, health companiesand individuals? Does mathematical economics justify the liberal management of science and health services? L’economia matematica giustifica la gestione liberale della scienza e dei servizi sanitari?».
If this article, with God’s blessing, exceeds 77 thousand views (those of the most read of the 10 “CoronaVirus Bio-arma” and 7 “WuhanGate” reports) we will launch a petition and we will take action to propose the French biologist as Secretary General of the UN. Because he has written down in a scientific document precisely the questions that all men and women of common sense and goodwill are asking themselves on earth!
I do not know, however, that the current head of the Glass Palace in New York, the Portuguese Antonio Guterres, has yet to respond to the appeal of the metropolitan cardinal of Sri Lanka, Malcom Ranjith to investigate “on this poison scattered from a rich country” or to the official request of the ex-president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for the establishment of a pandemic commission of inquiry, believed to be a bacteriological war by him like other US bio-weapon experts.
3 – THE CONFIRMATION OF THE INDIAN RESEARCH ON HIV
When Gospa News decided to retrieve and publish the contents of the first scientific study that demonstrated the presence of inserts of HIV in CoVid-19, therefore the genetic manipulation of the same virus, we knew we were going into the dark trusting only in the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and in the protection of Our Lady (Gospa in Medjugorie).
Because those researchers from the Kuzuma School of Biology, in New Delhi, had been the only ones to scientifically document this theory but then, within 24 hours, they had withdrawn the study although it seemed solid and flawless enough to push us into the risk of writing about it.
Two days after the publication of our report, thank God, the interview with Professor Luc Montagnier began to go viral, who from the height of his Nobel Prize not only supported Kuzuma’s research but openly said that those researchers were «forced to retract». Now Bricage restarts right from there before exposing his scientific evidence.
«In February 2020, a French mathematician, also an inter-disciplinary expert, emeritus engineer in computer science and researcher at the IBM Center for Research in Artificial Intelligence, at the University ofBordeaux, identifies into the genome of the isolated 2019-nCoV strain, patterns that break the symmetry ofthe usual genetic organization of a coronavirus (Perez, 2020)».
Bricage refers to the bio-mathematician Jean-Claude Perez, who joined Montagnier in his virological research, and therefore recalls that new information patterns were inserted into the gene encoding the envelope spike protein (protein S) and into the genes encoding the poly-protein which is at the origin of both the viral protease and polymerase, enzyme activities that are present in every coronavirus.
«These insertions were identical to the same information patterns found into the genome sequences of the similar proteins Open Reading Frames (ORF) of another well known RNA virus, the HIV» supports the expert molecular genetics engineer who, thanks to his intense activity as a lecturer also for NATO, manages to be a good communicator, making a difficult bio-chemical lexicon almost comprehensible.
«Meanwhile, a team of young computer scientists, from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi,had uploaded a work, in bioRXiv, the open online archive, showing an unknown and totally uncanny similaritybetween the genomes of 2109-nCoV and HIV (Pradhan et al., 2020). The 2019-nCoV genome containedpatterns similar to some found in the HIV genome, in its envelope protein S and in its poly protease-polymerase genes pool; thus validating the previously published work of Perez (2020). How could identical genetic sequences be present in such different viruses?Was this an adaptive evolutionary convergence phenomenon? (Mills, 2006)».
In order to make the use of his research easier, the French professor asks himself a barrage of questions that are easy for a child to understand:: «How, in nature, could a set of similar mutations give the same functional result in genetic systems evolving within completely different hosts, (bats and humanoid primates)? Or, if it was a genetic transfer, how,in nature, were such targeted genetic recombinations possible (Bricage, March, April & May 2020)?».
«Afterwards, this unpublished article was withdrawn; cancelled without any specific comment. Simultaneously, the previously published work was framed as a fake news, while the 2019-nCoVbecame the SARS-CoV-2. Why so many troubles? What did the work of the Indian team show?» Bricage wonders again.
«If we compare the proteins S of the initial 2019-nCoV strain with those of the other coronaviruses, the amino acid islands observed in the homologue proteins sequences turn out to be thoroughly different. Couldthey result from point mutations in the corresponding nucleotide coding sequences?».
4 – THE INEQUIVOCAL TRACKS OF AIDS’ VIRUS
But the rarity of the mutations would not justify them according to the researcher… «As a whole, these inserts, preserved in all the first analyzed genomes, do represent less than 1% of every genome. This is much lessthan the rightfully expected overall genetic divergence with every coronaviruses, whose sequences are known. There is an astonishing similarity between the sites of cutting by the proteases: the same sites are present inthese proteins of both the coronavirus and the HIV (and also some influenza viruses). These sites are different from those of usual coronaviruses; either in wild reservoirs or vectors, wild or domestic vectors, or even inevery known humanized coronaviruses. How could a natural change of such magnitude, by viable and specificmutations, have affected only the cut-off sites, which represent less than 3% of the protein sequence?».
The biochemical engineer then goes into detail on the discovery of his Indian colleagues and adds his results: «Was the Wuhan coronavirus genetically transformed to look like the HIV? The changes observed in its protein sequences (3 inserts coming from gp120 HIV and 1 insert from HIV gag) all increase the density of positive charges on the surface of these molecules. Such a non-random change involves the use of a protein engineering software tool to screen the genetic modifications prior to doing them. Genomic inserts 1 and 2 in glycoprotein S (each of 18 nucleotides, each coding for 6 amino acids) are completely identical to the corresponding HIV sequences. The genomic inserts 3 (36 nucleotides corresponding to 12 amino acids) and 4 (24 nucleotides corresponding to 8 amino acids) also closely resemble the corresponding HIV sequences».
And finally here is the merciless sentence: «None of these 4 inserts may result from a random single-point mutation. This type of mutation usuallyaffects only 1 amino acid and not a defined protein pattern (a series of specifically changed amino acids). A point mutation can also cause a shift in the reading frame, but this usually results in a non-functional protein. Yet 2 of these inserts present a deletion (Su et al., 2020), an interruption, a partial break into their sequence,which not only retains the functionality but also specifically increases the density of the positive charges located at the surface of the active molecule. A deletion is usually lethal and results in a non-functional protein».
Even to a novice bio-chemist like me who spends hours reading scientific research only since the end of January to find a clue or useful evidence to confirm the theory of CoVid-19 Bio-Weapon (or even to deny it if I had found at least one robust study…) the “charge-positive” combination sounds distressing and makes think immediatly to bio-weapons…
5 – MORTALITY “CALIBRATED” BY VIRAL INTENSITY OF HIV AND SARS-2?
So far we have deliberately reported excessively scientific details useful to highlight the analytical acribity of the molecular geneticist as opposed to the generic nature of the counter-deductions with which the study of those other scientists (Chinese but of the British school) sought to dismantle the results of Indian research.
They – we highlighted in our previous report on the matter – judged the HIV-1 sequences with “low identity and rarity” such as to be considered random as claimed by their other colleagues who contested the length of these segments.
However, this prompted the prompt reply of Montagnier, a former professor at the prestigious Pasteur Institute in Paris and today head of department at Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, in a long interview for CNEWS TV.
«We respond immediately these lengths however they are segments that carry genetic information contrary to those who say it is a coincidence. It is not so. There is enormous pressure for everything that is at the origin of the virus to be hidden» declared the winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine
Bricage instead peremptorily attacks the denial colleagues of the theory of the genetically modified virus:: «Subsequently a team of Chinese researchers (Zhang et al., 2020) disqualified the role of these insertions through 3-D modeling of the interaction between the S protein and its target receptor ACE2 (Ge etal., 2013). The inserts are located outside the recognition site that binds to the receptor, so they would not have a functional effect».
«Isn’t writing this ignoring the fact that the functional properties of a protein emerge from the remote interactions between its different peptide modules, the different parts that make up the protein, the whole?» we do not have the skills to evaluate the validity of this rhetorical question but the arguments are certainly more detailed than those with which the other scientists contested the Kuzuma study.
The French bioengineer then exposes a further element of contradiction. «RNA viruses, such as coronaviruses, usually have a very high mutation rate: 10 times that of single-strand DNA viruses, 10,000 times that of other viruses and 100,000 times that of their eukaryotic host cells. This paramount rate implies a random accumulation of errors in the genome, which are usually unfavorable forthe virus survival. The existence of hot spots, where mutations are the most frequent, is well-known into every genome ».
Instead according to the researcher «that in the new coronavirus the exact opposite is observed in the evolution trend» in reference to the envelope protein (env).
But there is another factor as important as it is disturbing in the Bricage research’s conclusions: «The analysis of the evolution of the humanized viral populations showed the existence of at least 2subpopulations of SARS-CoV-2. The most frequent type, type L, both is the most recent and the most aggressive one. The oldest and least frequent type is also the least aggressive one. This is totally the opposite of the known natural genetic evolution of wild viruses».
This circumstance was highlighted with extreme amazement by another group of researchers from authoritative Chinese institutes (report CoronaVirus Bio-Weapon 4) in February, before the Beijing government forbade the publication of any study not previously screened and authorized.
«Isn’t the variable expression of the of SARS-CoV-2 phenotype the consequence of the variable expression of properties relative to both the phenotype of a weak, strong or intermediate HIV, or/and of properties relative to the phenotype ofa weak, strong or intermediate SARS-CoV? Doesn’t that explain the variety of symptoms observed during COVID-19?» the molecular genetics expert wonders, crediting a tremendous hypothesis well known and exposed in previous Gospa News investigations.
That is the probability, technically possible by virtue of the dangerous studies conducted by the 25 mysterious bio-labs of the agencies of the US State Department in various foreign countries, that pathogens with different virulence calibrated in the biogenetic footprint have been built in relation to the ethnic group to hit…
As we have shown in the Wuhangate 5 report in the Lugar Center in Georgia 79 human guinea-pigs died provoking the international indignation of Russia while in the CoronaVirus Bio-Weapon report 7 we remembered the death of soldiers that took place in Ukraine near the research center of the Pentagon of Kharkiv,
It is also clear that at the moment the countries most affected by lethal contagion are the most nationalist ones (China, USA, UK, Iran) or with populist-sovereignist parties in significant expansion (Italy, Spain).
The hypothesis that CoVid-19 is not only an arificial virus, not only is it a bio-weapon but also has a genetic-ethnic calibration is not senseless if we remember the existence of Deep State, recently confirmed even by a former CIA director during a public conference at an American university, who sometimes plots against his own nation as in the assassins of presidents Abraham Lincoln and John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the US and of statist Aldo Moro and judge Paolo Borsellino in Italy. All crimes made even more murky by sidings and cover-ups in investigations on the real instigators.
6 – CHIMERIC SARS SUPERVIRUS FOR DUAL-USE: VACCINE-BIOWEAPON
The arguments of the former professor of the University of Pau do not end here but go to analyze the therapies against CoVid-19, just as Gospa News did in the WuhanGate 2 report on Indian research, and he too highlights a surprising fact.
«As early as the 3rd of February 2020, the more severe cases in Wuhan were treated with combinations of drugs commonly used against flu (such as favipiravir, a guanine analogue, which is a RNA polymerase inhibitor of riboviruses) and AIDS (kaletra, acyclovir, ritonavir), or even with inhibitors of the HIV reversing transcriptase (remdesivir) – which is absent from coronaviruses» underlines with the usual precision also referring to Remdesivir, the drug that is making rich the big pharma Gilead, contractor of the Pentagon DTRA agency (Defense Threat Reduction Agency) that was operating in the Lugar center where there was the death of human guinea pigs.
This occurred during a plan to eradicate Hepatitis C in Georgia carried out as part of the UNITAID project, a global health initiative hosted at the WHO headquarters in Geneva that works with various partners to prevent, diagnose and treat major diseases. in low and middle income countries, with particular attention to tuberculosis, malaria and HIV / AIDS..
As highlighted in our previous Wuhangate 5 investigation on Gilead, UNITAID supporters include the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. While among the partners there is also USAID, the link between research in the epidemiological field and the Central Intelligence Agency which has always been a financial instrument used also for the so-called regime-changes.
We close this indispensable parenthesis and return to Bricage’s considerations on therapies:: «Why such choices? The disease effectively responded to the treatment with these usual AIDS drugs and the Chinese hospital doctors have immediately used anti-AIDS drugs. Why? Therapeutic lucidity or social panic? Is it because the topology of the coronavirus protease has been modified to resemble that of HIV?».
The French professor hypothesizes that it is “a biomimetic coronavirus of HIV” which he himself mentioned in the “keywords” of the research also as GMO: genetically modified organism. And therefore the fateful question arises.
«Isn’t it possible to make a coronavirus biomimetic of HIV? Isn’t it technologically possible to modify an ancestor of SARS-CoV-2 to produce a biomimeticcoronavirus of HIV so as to develop a potential AIDS vaccine (Du et al., 2009)?» his answer is obvious and detailed.
«The 2003 SARS-CoV-1 andthe 2013 MERS were the subject of extensive research. The genetic and molecular engineering ofcoronaviruses has been the subject of numerous books (Canavagh, 2008) and publications with detailedlaboratory protocols (Becker et al., 2008). Many works about the construction of genetic chimeras have beenpublished and new patents registered (Baric et al., 2018). For over 20 years, North American researchers, butnot only (Amer et al., 2012), have been working on coronaviruses in domestic animals, such as cattle or pets». Of these we wrote in WuhanGate 7 and we will write in WuhanGate 9…
Chapeau a Bricage! Not only is he confirmed as a meticulous researcher but he also proves to be an excellent and effective reporter. It was a torture to cut many very relevant parts of his documents to condense two different studies of about ten pages each, supported by 27 citations from previous research.
By coincidence, there are also 27 SARS-Like chimeric viruses built in the laboratory and reported in a single research conducted by the Wuhan Institute of Virology which was funded with $ 3.7 million dollars by USAID’s PREDICT 2 project thanks to the contribution of EcoHealthAlliance of New York but also of the NIAID (National Institute Allergy Infectives Disease), the American institute for infectious diseases directed by the disputed Anthony Fauci, and by the World Health Organization.
Former White House consultant Francis Boyle (Bio-Weapon report 1) had already publicly accused the WHO of being perfectly aware of what happened in Wuhan. While Luc Professor Montagnier (WuhanGate 4 report) stated in front of CNEWS cameras that the pandemic “a deal between China and the USA”. Our investigations have revealed many intriguing even disconcerting intrigues between people and entities that would confirm this claim …
Precisely for this reason, in the last WuhanGate 7 reportage we mapped, thanks to a UNODA (United Nation Office of Disarmament Affairs) document, the mysterious and dangerous laboratories of the Pentagon in the US, also referring to some research on the genetic manipulations of CoronaViruses for the construction of pathogens “recombinant” or obtained by grafting one virus into another: as according to Bricage it would have happened for SARS-Cov-2 with HIV.
In the next WuhanGate 9 reportage we will see all the research on the genetically modified and infected with HIV SARS strains developed in the world and especially in China. Even with the financial support of a western institution which until yesterday I believed was extraneous to the international intrigue that lies behind the pandemic.
Every day more and more this apocalyptic hecatomb appears as a demonic conspiracy of the Deep International State for the realization of a New World Order, as desired by a former deputy director of the CIA, through new geopolitical scenarios and a global vaccination plan as components of an occult anthropological and social engineering project far more terrible than biological and molecular one. (subscribe to the Gospa News newsletter to receive the next reports just published).
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veteranstoday--2020-05-15--Warring parties in Yemen make ‘significant progress’ on ceasefire agreement: UN envoy

[ Editor ’ s Note : Who knows if this “ agreement in progress ” will be any different than all the last ones , which often has the Saudis bombing the day after and the dying continues .
One would think that with the Saudis having had their world turned upside down with the disaster of the oil war that it sparked at absolutely the worst time possible with the coronavrius train barreling down the tracks , that it would want to cut the bleeding on the pointless Yemen war .
Crown Prince Salman has been completely out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if he is in mourning , possibly for himself .
He seems to have painted himself into a corner .
Trump has been quiet on him , also , while painting himself into a corner a la , “ It ’ s all a hoax…it will just disappear ” , in regards to the pandemic in a silly attempt to hold the stock markets up so his short selling buddies could take early short position to cash in on the crash .
Does world media not consider Salman worth the time anymore ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been letting the Yemen war drag on , not wanting to put a period at the end of the sentence that it was the disaster that US military advisers had predicted .
Is he still afraid of being deposed more then anything , like Trump is over the looming election ?
The Prince already has anyone he considers a domestic threat under detention .
His ARAMCO offering now lies in ruins at his feet , as does his childish plans for a new $ 500 billion new city built in the desert @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the head , and term long out of fashion , but not with me .
Maybe it is time for the Prince to move on… Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
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Click to donate > > United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths says the warring parties in the impoverished Arab country have made “ significant progress ” toward agreement on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ significant progress on these negotiations , in particular with respect to the national , nationwide ceasefire , ” Griffiths told the 15-member Security Council on Thursday .
“ However , the ceasefire is part of the broader package that needs to be agreed in full .
And differences remain on some of the humanitarian and economic measures in that package , ” he added .
Griffiths said those humanitarian and economic measures were also needed to combat coronavirus , “ which is spreading at an unknown rate , given very low levels of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thursday announced 15 new infections by COVID-19 , raising to 85 the total number of confirmed cases in the war-ravaged country .
The ministry said in a brief statement that 12 patients have so far died from the virus , while only one person has recovered .
Meanwhile , Saudi-led fighter jets carried out seven airstrikes against al-Qaniyeh area in the central Yemeni province of Bayda on Thursday , but there were no immediate reports about possible casualties or the extent of damage caused .
Saudi-led reconnaissance aircraft were also seen flying in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s southern coastal province of Hudaydah .
Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched the devastating war on Yemen in March 2015 in order to bring former president , Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi , back to power and crush the Houthi Ansarullah movement .
The US-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project ( ACLED ) , a nonprofit conflict-research organization , estimates that the war has claimed more than 100,000 lives over the past five years .
More than half of Yemen ’ s hospitals and clinics have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Saudi-led coalition , which is supported militarily by the UK , US and other Western nations .
At least 80 percent of the 28 million-strong population is also reliant on aid to survive in what the United Nations has called the world ’ s worst humanitarian crisis .

…from PressTV, Tehran
[ Editor’s Note: Who knows if this “agreement in progress” will be any different than the previous agreements, which often had the Saudis bombing the day after and the dying continued.
One would think that with the Saudis having had their world turned upside down with the disaster of the oil war sparked at the worst possible time during the coronavirus pandemic, they would want to cut the bleeding on the pointless Yemen war.
Crown Prince Salman has been completely out of the news for weeks, almost as if he is in mourning, possibly for himself. He seems to have painted himself into a corner.
Trump has been quiet on him, also, while painting himself into a corner à la “It’s all a hoax…it will just disappear”, in regards to the pandemic in a silly attempt to bolster the stock market so his short selling buddies could take an early short position to cash in on the crash.
Does world media not consider Salman worth the time anymore? Might that be why he has allowed the Yemen war to drag on, not wanting to put a period at the end of the sentence that it was the disaster that US military advisers had predicted? Is he still afraid of being deposed more than anything, like Trump is over the looming US election?
The Prince already has anyone he considers a domestic threat under detention. His ARAMCO offering lies in ruins at his feet, as do his childish plans for a new $500 billion city built in the desert that Saudi Arabia needs like a hole in the head.
Maybe it is time for the Prince to move on… Jim W. Dean ]
Jim's Editor’s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal
Jim's work includes research, field trips, Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more. Thanks for helping. Click to donate >>
– First published … May 14,2020 –
United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths says the warring parties in the impoverished Arab country have made “significant progress” toward agreement on a nationwide ceasefire.
“We have seen significant progress on these negotiations, in particular with respect to the national, nationwide ceasefire,” Griffiths told the 15-member Security Council on Thursday.
“However, the ceasefire is part of the broader package that needs to be agreed in full. And differences remain on some of the humanitarian and economic measures in that package,” he added.
Griffiths said those humanitarian and economic measures were also needed to combat coronavirus, “which is spreading at an unknown rate, given very low levels of testing.”
The Yemeni Health Ministry on Thursday announced 15 new infections by COVID-19, raising to 85 the total number of confirmed cases in the war-ravaged country. The ministry said in a brief statement that 12 patients have so far died from the virus, while only one person has recovered.
Saudi-led fighter jets pound central Yemen
Meanwhile, Saudi-led fighter jets carried out seven airstrikes against al-Qaniyeh area in the central Yemeni province of Bayda on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports about possible casualties or the extent of damage caused.
Saudi-led reconnaissance aircraft were also seen flying in the skies over various areas in Yemen’s southern coastal province of Hudaydah.
Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched the devastating war on Yemen in March 2015 in order to bring former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, back to power and crush the Houthi Ansarullah movement.
The US-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, estimates that the war has claimed more than 100,000 lives over the past five years.
More than half of Yemen’s hospitals and clinics have been destroyed or closed during the war by the Saudi-led coalition, which is supported militarily by the UK, US and other Western nations.
At least 80 percent of the 28 million-strong population is also reliant on aid to survive in what the United Nations has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.


veteranstoday--2020-05-14--Snowflake Fakes: Michigan Lockdown Protests Flee Rain

Guardian : Following a week of escalating tensions over threats of violence made against Michigan ’ s Democratic politicians and @ @ @ @ @ over Gretchen Whitmer ’ s stay-at-home order , dozens of conservative protesters descended on the @ @ @ @ @ .
Some arrived armed with assault rifles while others held up signs portraying the governor @ @ @ @ @ one speaker taunted police and called for Whitmer to be pulled outside and arrested for @ @ @ @ @ emergency orders .
The state senate and house also cancelled their Thursday morning sessions .
@ @ @ @ @ organizer with ( Nazi ) supremacist-linked Michigan United For Liberty , told the crowd : @ @ @ @ @ to be intimidated and we are not going to be silent , ” he said @ @ @ @ @ biggest infringement on our rights in our history .
This is devastating to our country @ @ @ @ @ the demonstrators also questioned the constitutionality of the governor ’ s orders .

But the fears of serious violence that had preceded the event proved unfounded. Instead, a steady downpour and lightning pushed most of the protesters to their vehicles after about 90 minutes. Tempers only briefly flared when a scuffle ensued after one demonstrator grabbed a sign from another. Police quickly broke up the fight and no one was arrested or hurt, the Michigan state police said in a tweet
The state senate and house also cancelled their Thursday morning sessions.
Adam de Angeli, an organizer with (Nazi) supremacist-linked Michigan United For Liberty, told the crowd: “We are not going to be intimidated and we are not going to be silent,” he said. “This is the biggest infringement on our rights in our history. This is devastating to our country and economy.”
Many of the demonstrators also questioned the constitutionality of the governor’s orders.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/14/michigan-protest-capitol-gretchen-whitmer


veteranstoday--2020-05-14--Iran: Socialist, Internationalist, Powerful and Determined

I refuse to describe Iran as a victim .
It is not .
It is one of the most influential and strong-minded nations on Earth .
When facing mortal danger , its people unite , harden themselves and get ready to face invaders , no matter how threatening they might be .
Iran is home to one of the oldest and deepest cultures in the world , and it ’ s precisely this culture that helps Iranian people to survive the most frightening moments .
And one such moment is sadly , right now .
U.S. battleships are sailing right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ One mistake , one false move , and war could erupt , engulfing the entire region in flames .
Iran is a proud nation , and it takes its independence extremely seriously .
Right now , the country is facing one of the most unjust embargos in human history .
It is being punished for nothing ; or more precisely , for sticking to all the points of the agreement called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ( JCPOA ) also known as The Iran Nuclear Deal , which it signed in 2015 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United Kingdom , United States—plus Germany , and which the United States abandoned , without providing any logical explanation .
While not particularly happy about the U.S. withdrawal ; Germany , France and U.K. are doing all they can not to anger their senior partner , and its leaders in Washington .
Add COVID-19 , and inability of the country , due to sanctions , to buy medical equipment , at least in the West , and you have the perfect scenario for a national calamity and even for imminent collapse .
Or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the case , but not in Iran !
After receiving terrible blows from the West , one after another , Iran has never fallen to its knees .
It has never abandoned its internationalist and socialist course ( socialist , with Iranian characteristics ) , and it has preserved its dignity .
What it has managed to achieve is amazing , nothing short of heroic , given the circumstances .
If you look at the latest , 2019 HDI ( Human Development Index , compiled and published by the UNDP ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bracket , and only 3 steps from the Highest Human Development group of countries .
Which is thoroughly amazing , given the above-mentioned sanctions , embargos and constant military intimidations .
Whenever I visit Iran , I am astonished by its public spaces , cultural institutions , public transportation , fountains , comfortable trains… The country is functioning well , showing incredible grace under pressure .
Its television channel – PressTV – is one of the most important anti-imperialist news outlets in the world .
I don ’ t see extreme misery , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ polite , well-educated and proud .
They have to deal with complex exchange rates , which I do not understand .
Whenever I pay in a café or taxi , I simply extend my hand full of local currency , and I never get cheated .
Things are solid and reassuring there ; I feel it and really appreciate it .
Iran is an internationalist country .
Not unlike Cuba or Venezuela , who are its long-term allies .
Even when injured , itself , it helps others , those who need solidarity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forgotten , particularly in places like Latin America , or Syria .
Hezbollah , Iran ’ s close ally in the Middle East , is fighting the most dangerous terrorist groups in Syria ; those groups that have been injected there by the West , but also by Washington ’ s allies , such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey .
But Hezbollah is also essentially the only social net for the poor in Syria ’ s neighbor – Lebanon .
And not only for the Shi ’ a Muslims , but also for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christians , and non-believers .
Whoever is destitute in Lebanon , comes to Hezbollah , for assistance .
I was based in Beirut for five years , and I know what I am talking about .
All this , while the Lebanese elites are burning money in Paris , in Nice , in the nightclubs of Beirut , driving their lavish cars through the slums .
And the more Iran and Hezbollah help the region , the more frustrated , outraged and aggressive the West gets .
Look at Palestine .
When it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people from the long and brutal Israeli occupation , the Gulf countries just talk and talk .
In the end , some of them side with the West and Israel .
The closest , the most determined allies of the long-suffering Palestinian people in the region , are , without doubt , Iran and Syria .
That , everybody in the Middle East , knows , and it is only “ a secret ” to Westerners .
In Afghanistan , particularly in Herat , I witnessed long lines of Afghan people in front @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the NATO occupation , Afghanistan is in despair , rated as a country with the shortest life expectancy in Asia , and the lowest Human Development Index ( HDI ) on the Asian continent .
Tens of thousands of the Afghan people have been travelling to Iran in search of jobs .
Without Iran , Herat would most likely starve to death .
And now , Iran is searching for ways , ( together with China and Russia ) , how to help Afghanistan to find a political solution , and send the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the Socialist countries of Latin America , could always rely on Iran .
Be it Bolivia , before the legitimate government of Evo Morales was overthrown , or Cuba and especially Venezuela .
Iran has been building social housing , it was helping with oil technology , and with many other social essentials .
Iraq and Iran , two great nations , in the past brutally pitched against each other by Washington , are once again cooperating , working together .
The Western occupation has already thoroughly ruined Iraq ( as it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the richest countries in the region .
However , more positively Iran gets involved in neighboring Iraq , the more aggressively the West behaves .
It now habitually crosses all the lines of acceptable behavior .
In January 2020 , a U.S. drone strike murdered Iran ’ s national hero , General Quasem Soleimani , while he was travelling right near the Baghdad International Airport .
For years now , Iran has been standing shoulder to shoulder with Russia , China , Syria , Venezuela and Cuba ; the nations which are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brutality of Western imperialism .
It seems that no matter what the West tries to do , Iran can not be broken .
Despite the embargos and sanctions , it demonstrates that it is capable of producing and shooting satellites into space , or of producing its own medical equipment to combat the COVID-19 pandemic .
While the nation creates its great scientific and technological achievements , Iranian filmmakers keep producing their cinematic masterpieces .
What a nation !
Unfortunately , all this is hidden from the eyes and ears of the public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the client states .
There , Iran is portrayed as a “ threat ” .
Look at this irony .
On April 30 , 2020 , Reuters released a report about the German move to ban Hezbollah : “ Last December , Germany ’ s parliament approved a motion urging Chancellor Angela Merkel ’ s government to ban all activities by Hezbollah on German soil , citing its “ terrorist activities ” especially in Syria .
On a trip to Berlin last year , U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hezbollah .
Britain introduced legislation in February of last year that classified Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
” When the West says “ Terrorist activities , especially in Syria ” , what it really means is “ fighting the terrorism injected by the West and its allies , into Syria ” .
Everything is twisted , perverted and turned upside-down by the propaganda outlets operating out of the United States , Europe , Israel and the Gulf .
“ Terrorist activities ” outside Syria , also means supporting the Palestinian struggle for independence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support for Syria , in its attempts to regain the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights , an occupation which has never been recognized , even by the United Nations .
It also means helping Iraq and Afghanistan , as well as Latin American countries , which are brutalized ( or should we say ‘ terrorized ’ ) , relentlessly , by Washington and its allies .
This is precisely the logic and lexicon which was used by German propagandists during WWII , to describe resistance forces in its colonies .
Freedom fighters and partisans were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yugoslavia , Ukraine .
Even the otherwise mainstream newspaper – The Independent – published on May 1 , 2020 a report critical of the bizarre U.S. scheming against Iran : “ The United States is pushing ahead with a scheme to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran that is due to be lifted in October as part of the nuclear deal that Washington abandoned two years ago .
To force the extension , Washington will attempt to lobby the Security Council to continue the arms embargo , which bars weapons sales @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also is making what legal experts and diplomats describe as a convoluted argument that it is still part of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action it left , and hence able to use one of its provisions to “ snapback ” the embargo.
” This weird political somersault has been , according to The Independent , criticized even by one of Washington ’ s allies , the French President Emmanuel Macron : “ China and Russia have already vowed to use any means to block the US plan .
France ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scenes to sabotage the Trump scheme because of what it sees as an attempt by the White House to destroy international legal norms , said a well-placed European diplomat.
” France , the U.K. , Germany and other EU countries are not necessarily happy with Washington ’ s foreign policy towards Iran , but their outrage is far from being moral indignation .
Iran is big and it is far from being poor .
European companies are losing billions of euros in trade , because of the sanctions .
For instance , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were ready to purchase large numbers of brand-new Airbus aircraft , in order to compete with Qatar Airways and the Emirates .
Such plans collapsed , because of the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA , and the almost immediate imposition of new , senseless but brutal sanctions against Teheran .
Now even Mahan Air , a civilian airline , is facing sanctions , allegedly because of its flights to Venezuela , and to several Middle Eastern destinations .
Now , many are perhaps wondering , what triggered , in the West , such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well-hidden ( again , in the West ) secret regarding Iran : “ It is a Socialist country .
Socialist with Iranian characteristics.
” In his latest and by all means ground-breaking book about Iran ( “ Socialism ’ s Ignored Success : Iranian Islamic Socialism ” ) , which our publishing house Badak Merah will be publishing later in May 2020 , an Iranian author and the PressTV Paris chief correspondent , Ramin Mazaheri , passionately defends the Iranian socialist concept : “ I think that if open-minded leftists would simply become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interpretations of Iran ’ s policies – many of which I ’ m sure are being presented in English for the first time – I ’ m sure that they would not be waiting breathlessly for the collapse of the Middle East ’ s greatest bulwark against imperialism and capitalism .
It is urgent that Western leftists understand that the reversal of Iran ’ s popular , democratic revolution would have incredibly negative ramifications for the anti-imperialist movement in the Middle East , and thus the global anti-imperialist movement , and it certainly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Socialism , which is taken quite seriously in the Muslim world even if atheistic Trotskyism can not even discuss the concept without resorting to insults .
And , of course , a counter-revolution in Iran would be a major blow for global democracy , as there is no doubt that the Iranian People support their revolution , constitution and unique system in a democratic majority.
” Like Russia and China in Euro Asia and in Asia , like Venezuela , Cuba and before the coup , Bolivia , Iran is spreading hope and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world .
And it is an extremely wounded part of the world , where hope is absent , but desperately needed .
Spreading hope – that is never forgiven by the Western empire , which , like some gigantic and sadistic prison warden , constantly demands submission , while spreading depression and fear .
In the entirety of modern history , Iran has never invaded , never attacked anyone .
Iran is a peaceful nation .
But at the same time , it is a powerful , brave and proud country .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ understand brutal force , only .
They do not comprehend , do not appreciate cultural nuances , let alone depth .
Pity !
There is so much to learn from Iran and its culture .
Iran will not attack anyone , that is clear as is proven by history .
But if physically confronted , it will defend itself , and its people .
It will fight , well and bravely .
The West should know : if it triggers a war with Iran , the entire Middle East will be consumed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NEO – New Eastern Outlook – a journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences ] Andre Vltchek is a philosopher , novelist , filmmaker and investigative journalist .
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Five of his latest books are “ China Belt and Road Initiative ” , “ China and Ecological Civilization ” with John B. Cobb , Jr. , “ Revolutionary Optimism , Western Nihilism ” , a revolutionary novel “ Aurora ” and a bestselling work of political non-fiction : “ Exposing Lies Of The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ here .
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I refuse to describe Iran as a victim. It is not. It is one of the most influential and strong-minded nations on Earth.
When facing mortal danger, its people unite, harden themselves and get ready to face invaders, no matter how threatening they might be.
Iran is home to one of the oldest and deepest cultures in the world, and it’s precisely this culture that helps Iranian people to survive the most frightening moments.
And one such moment is sadly, right now.
*
U.S. battleships are sailing right next to the Iranian territorial waters. One mistake, one false move, and war could erupt, engulfing the entire region in flames. Iran is a proud nation, and it takes its independence extremely seriously.
Right now, the country is facing one of the most unjust embargos in human history. It is being punished for nothing; or more precisely, for sticking to all the points of the agreement called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) also known as The Iran Nuclear Deal, which it signed in 2015 with China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States—plus Germany, and which the United States abandoned, without providing any logical explanation. While not particularly happy about the U.S. withdrawal; Germany, France and U.K. are doing all they can not to anger their senior partner, and its leaders in Washington.
Add COVID-19, and inability of the country, due to sanctions, to buy medical equipment, at least in the West, and you have the perfect scenario for a national calamity and even for imminent collapse.
Or more precisely, anywhere else this would be the case, but not in Iran!
After receiving terrible blows from the West, one after another, Iran has never fallen to its knees. It has never abandoned its internationalist and socialist course (socialist, with Iranian characteristics), and it has preserved its dignity.
What it has managed to achieve is amazing, nothing short of heroic, given the circumstances.
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If you look at the latest, 2019 HDI (Human Development Index, compiled and published by the UNDP), Iran is in the High Human Development bracket, and only 3 steps from the Highest Human Development group of countries. Which is thoroughly amazing, given the above-mentioned sanctions, embargos and constant military intimidations.
Whenever I visit Iran, I am astonished by its public spaces, cultural institutions, public transportation, fountains, comfortable trains… The country is functioning well, showing incredible grace under pressure. Its television channel – PressTV – is one of the most important anti-imperialist news outlets in the world. I don’t see extreme misery, or homelessness, there. Iranians are polite, well-educated and proud. They have to deal with complex exchange rates, which I do not understand. Whenever I pay in a café or taxi, I simply extend my hand full of local currency, and I never get cheated. Things are solid and reassuring there; I feel it and really appreciate it.
Iran is an internationalist country. Not unlike Cuba or Venezuela, who are its long-term allies. Even when injured, itself, it helps others, those who need solidarity even more. This can never be forgotten, particularly in places like Latin America, or Syria.
Hezbollah, Iran’s close ally in the Middle East, is fighting the most dangerous terrorist groups in Syria; those groups that have been injected there by the West, but also by Washington’s allies, such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey. But Hezbollah is also essentially the only social net for the poor in Syria’s neighbor – Lebanon. And not only for the Shi’a Muslims, but also for the disadvantaged Sunni citizens, for the Christians, and non-believers. Whoever is destitute in Lebanon, comes to Hezbollah, for assistance. I was based in Beirut for five years, and I know what I am talking about. All this, while the Lebanese elites are burning money in Paris, in Nice, in the nightclubs of Beirut, driving their lavish cars through the slums. And the more Iran and Hezbollah help the region, the more frustrated, outraged and aggressive the West gets.
Look at Palestine. When it comes to the liberation of the Palestinian people from the long and brutal Israeli occupation, the Gulf countries just talk and talk. In the end, some of them side with the West and Israel. The closest, the most determined allies of the long-suffering Palestinian people in the region, are, without doubt, Iran and Syria. That, everybody in the Middle East, knows, and it is only “a secret” to Westerners.
In Afghanistan, particularly in Herat, I witnessed long lines of Afghan people in front of the Iranian consulate. Devastated by the NATO occupation, Afghanistan is in despair, rated as a country with the shortest life expectancy in Asia, and the lowest Human Development Index (HDI) on the Asian continent. Tens of thousands of the Afghan people have been travelling to Iran in search of jobs. Without Iran, Herat would most likely starve to death. And now, Iran is searching for ways, (together with China and Russia), how to help Afghanistan to find a political solution, and send the NATO forces packing.
For years, all the Socialist countries of Latin America, could always rely on Iran. Be it Bolivia, before the legitimate government of Evo Morales was overthrown, or Cuba and especially Venezuela. Iran has been building social housing, it was helping with oil technology, and with many other social essentials.
Iraq and Iran, two great nations, in the past brutally pitched against each other by Washington, are once again cooperating, working together. The Western occupation has already thoroughly ruined Iraq (as it has ruined Afghanistan), historically one of the richest countries in the region. However, more positively Iran gets involved in neighboring Iraq, the more aggressively the West behaves. It now habitually crosses all the lines of acceptable behavior. In January 2020, a U.S. drone strike murdered Iran’s national hero, General Quasem Soleimani, while he was travelling right near the Baghdad International Airport.
For years now, Iran has been standing shoulder to shoulder with Russia, China, Syria, Venezuela and Cuba; the nations which are openly and bravely deterring the aggression and brutality of Western imperialism.
It seems that no matter what the West tries to do, Iran cannot be broken. Despite the embargos and sanctions, it demonstrates that it is capable of producing and shooting satellites into space, or of producing its own medical equipment to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. While the nation creates its great scientific and technological achievements, Iranian filmmakers keep producing their cinematic masterpieces. What a nation!
Unfortunately, all this is hidden from the eyes and ears of the public, both in the West, and in the client states. There, Iran is portrayed as a “threat”.
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Look at this irony. On April 30, 2020, Reuters released a report about the German move to ban Hezbollah:
“Last December, Germany’s parliament approved a motion urging Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to ban all activities by Hezbollah on German soil, citing its “terrorist activities” especially in Syria.
On a trip to Berlin last year, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hoped Germany would follow Britain in banning Hezbollah. Britain introduced legislation in February of last year that classified Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.”
When the West says “Terrorist activities, especially in Syria”, what it really means is “fighting the terrorism injected by the West and its allies, into Syria”. Everything is twisted, perverted and turned upside-down by the propaganda outlets operating out of the United States, Europe, Israel and the Gulf.
“Terrorist activities” outside Syria, also means supporting the Palestinian struggle for independence, as well as at least moral support for Syria, in its attempts to regain the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, an occupation which has never been recognized, even by the United Nations. It also means helping Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as Latin American countries, which are brutalized (or should we say ‘terrorized’), relentlessly, by Washington and its allies.
This is precisely the logic and lexicon which was used by German propagandists during WWII, to describe resistance forces in its colonies. Freedom fighters and partisans were labeled as terrorists, in France, Yugoslavia, Ukraine.
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Even the otherwise mainstream newspaper – The Independent – published on May 1, 2020 a report critical of the bizarre U.S. scheming against Iran:
“The United States is pushing ahead with a scheme to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran that is due to be lifted in October as part of the nuclear deal that Washington abandoned two years ago.
To force the extension, Washington will attempt to lobby the Security Council to continue the arms embargo, which bars weapons sales to or from Iran.
But it also is making what legal experts and diplomats describe as a convoluted argument that it is still part of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action it left, and hence able to use one of its provisions to “snapback” the embargo.”
This weird political somersault has been, according to The Independent, criticized even by one of Washington’s allies, the French President Emmanuel Macron:
“China and Russia have already vowed to use any means to block the US plan. France’s Emmanuel Macron has been working behind the scenes to sabotage the Trump scheme because of what it sees as an attempt by the White House to destroy international legal norms, said a well-placed European diplomat.”
France, the U.K., Germany and other EU countries are not necessarily happy with Washington’s foreign policy towards Iran, but their outrage is far from being moral indignation. Iran is big and it is far from being poor. European companies are losing billions of euros in trade, because of the sanctions. For instance, in the recent past, two Iranian airlines were ready to purchase large numbers of brand-new Airbus aircraft, in order to compete with Qatar Airways and the Emirates. Such plans collapsed, because of the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA, and the almost immediate imposition of new, senseless but brutal sanctions against Teheran. Now even Mahan Air, a civilian airline, is facing sanctions, allegedly because of its flights to Venezuela, and to several Middle Eastern destinations.
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Now, many are perhaps wondering, what triggered, in the West, such hate towards Iran?
There is a well-hidden (again, in the West) secret regarding Iran: “It is a Socialist country. Socialist with Iranian characteristics.”
In his latest and by all means ground-breaking book about Iran (“Socialism’s Ignored Success: Iranian Islamic Socialism”), which our publishing house Badak Merah will be publishing later in May 2020, an Iranian author and the PressTV Paris chief correspondent, Ramin Mazaheri, passionately defends the Iranian socialist concept:
“I think that if open-minded leftists would simply become aware of the facts and… modern socialist interpretations of Iran’s policies – many of which I’m sure are being presented in English for the first time – I’m sure that they would not be waiting breathlessly for the collapse of the Middle East’s greatest bulwark against imperialism and capitalism.
It is urgent that Western leftists understand that the reversal of Iran’s popular, democratic revolution would have incredibly negative ramifications for the anti-imperialist movement in the Middle East, and thus the global anti-imperialist movement, and it certainly would be the cruelest loss for Islamic Socialism, which is taken quite seriously in the Muslim world even if atheistic Trotskyism cannot even discuss the concept without resorting to insults.
And, of course, a counter-revolution in Iran would be a major blow for global democracy, as there is no doubt that the Iranian People support their revolution, constitution and unique system in a democratic majority.”
Like Russia and China in Euro Asia and in Asia, like Venezuela, Cuba and before the coup, Bolivia, Iran is spreading hope and revolutionary optimism in its entire part of the world. And it is an extremely wounded part of the world, where hope is absent, but desperately needed.
Spreading hope – that is never forgiven by the Western empire, which, like some gigantic and sadistic prison warden, constantly demands submission, while spreading depression and fear.
In the entirety of modern history, Iran has never invaded, never attacked anyone. Iran is a peaceful nation. But at the same time, it is a powerful, brave and proud country.
The United States and its turbo-capitalist regime understand brutal force, only. They do not comprehend, do not appreciate cultural nuances, let alone depth. Pity! There is so much to learn from Iran and its culture.
Iran will not attack anyone, that is clear as is proven by history. But if physically confronted, it will defend itself, and its people. It will fight, well and bravely.
The West should know: if it triggers a war with Iran, the entire Middle East will be consumed by terrible fire.
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[First published by NEO – New Eastern Outlook – a journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences]


veteranstoday--2020-05-14--Ertugrul (Islam’s ‘Game of Thrones’): Selling the New Ottoman Empire to Pakistan

One rarely expects the prime minister of a nation to become a cheerleader for a television show .
But , in October 2019 , that is exactly what Pakistani leader Imran Khan did .
And with it , he unleashed a phenomenon that has since gripped his nation and become the talking point among fans and critics alike .
That the drama series in question is Turkish and not Pakistani only adds to the intrigue .
Dirilis : Ertugrul is a big-budget series that depicts the prehistory of the Ottoman Empire .
It is based on the life of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the father of Osman I , the founder of the Ottoman Empire .
The show takes the name of the father and presents his tribe as a band of plucky rebels caught between Christian crusaders , Byzantine warriors , and fearsome Mongols .
The scene is set for his tribe to invoke Islam and triumph against all odds .
The premise is set , historical facts are manipulated for dramatic effect , and the production values are suitably overblown .
Since the show first launched in Turkey in 2014 , it has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all involved , also airing on Netflix , with Turkish and English subtitles , since 2018 .
Perhaps that should have been the end of it .
The very nature of our insatiable appetite for TV drama means fans move on to the next big thing .
In this case , they did not .
In praising the show and ordering Pakistan ’ s national broadcaster to dub it into Urdu , Prime Minister Khan unwittingly became , if not the show ’ s executive producer , certainly something close .
His move @ @ @ @ @ @ @ audience and subsequently helped make it even more of a hit TV show internationally .
It was instantly popular when it aired with Urdu translation on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan , and it only continues to get bigger .
It was not money that drove the prime minister ’ s decision , but concern that Islamic values were being eroded in Pakistan , and the fact that Pakistan has always paid respect to leaders of the Muslim world .
Deference to the ancient leaders of the Islamic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s identity and often the root of its contradictory nature .
Is Pakistan South Asian Muslim ?
Or is it based in Arab roots as some leaders have pushed ?
Or is it closer to Turkish culture in origin ?
Ertugrul in many ways speaks to the identity of Muslim Pakistan , but does it speak to a void in that identity that requires affirmation from something that happened in a faraway land , a long time ago ?
“ Turkish history and South Asian history are not ‘ faraway ’ by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says Mosharraf Zaidi , senior fellow at Pakistani think-tank Tabadlab .
“ For decades , modern secular Turkey and modern Pakistan have been extremely close allies .
The bonds are historic , military and strategic and since the emergence of AKP under Turkish leader Erdogan , they have increasingly taken on cultural dimensions .
Ertugrul ’ s popularity marks an engagement of Pakistanis with the notion of a glorious Muslim past .
It marks neither the affirmation of such a past , nor any crisis of identity .
It ’ s just a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a popular TV show is beyond doubt .
The YouTube channel has millions watching .
It is seen as a genuine cultural phenomenon that sparks internet memes , countless social media posts and even Pakistani fans getting upset that the actors in the show are not as Islamic as they would like them to be .
Comments on the actors ’ Instagram pages have seen Pakistani fans show ire that some of the female stars wear non-conservative dress and that one actor is seen petting his dog .
But perhaps even that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On the one hand , Pakistani fans are exposed to Islamic history , on the other they are exposed to the culture of modern-day , urban , secular Turkey .
This is not the first time that Turkish programmes have become popular outside of Turkey .
Turkish soap operas set in modern times and based – as soap operas are – around family drama , betrayal and over-the-top acting have also been incredibly popular .
But no one has ever referred to them as a cultural phenomenon , perhaps in part because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ overwhelmingly female ?
Laaleen Sukhera writes extensively on Pakistan and is based in Lahore .
“ Turkish period drama has been popular across the region for a while now , ” she says .
“ Magnificent Century was dubbed in Urdu too with a predominantly female viewership varying in age .
Ertugrul marks the first time that young men make up a significant number of viewers of Turkish programming and that ’ s why it suddenly feels more mainstream and significant in patriarchal Pakistan .
“ Ertugrul offers an alternative narrative to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to connect with a past empire associated with conquest rather than fighting against colonialism .
It ’ s a soapy period drama but whether it inspires big-budget depictions of subcontinental heroes like Razia Sultan and Chand Bibi remains unclear , ” she adds .
The fact the prime minister has backed the show with words and action may also speak to his own agenda in establishing Pakistan as a pre-eminent player in the Muslim world .
He has not been shy in saying that Pakistan , Turkey and Indonesia should establish themselves as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that goal seems to be cultural and taking control of the Muslim historical narrative .
But in doing so , has he played into Turkey ’ s hands and the soft power it wields ?
By pushing a TV show based around Turkish Ottoman history , is he doing the Turks ’ bidding for them ?
Ahmer Naqvi is a freelance cultural writer who sees Ertugrul as part of a wider agenda .
“ There is definitely an element of the Pakistani state pushing a certain idea of Islamic history , that focuses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a long history of being used as propaganda , ” he says .
“ This push has come at the expense of even acknowledging the history of what is now settled Pakistan .
So you would know about Muslim general Salahuddin but not about Chanakya , who lived in settled Pakistan , so yes , there is valid concern that the state is pushing a wider history and not its own .
In general I would love to see the Pakistani state invest in its own cultural industries.
” At its heart , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a battle for the soul of the Islamic narrative and for Pakistan ’ s own self-image .
Does the country have a unique Muslim identity forged via Muslim India , or is it part of the wider history of the Muslim world ?
The answer to that is what informs its current self-image .

One rarely expects the prime minister of a nation to become a cheerleader for a television show. But, in October 2019, that is exactly what Pakistani leader Imran Khan did. And with it, he unleashed a phenomenon that has since gripped his nation and become the talking point among fans and critics alike.
That the drama series in question is Turkish and not Pakistani only adds to the intrigue.
Dirilis: Ertugrul is a big-budget series that depicts the prehistory of the Ottoman Empire. It is based on the life of the 13th-century Muslim Oghuz Turk leader, who was the father of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire.
The show takes the name of the father and presents his tribe as a band of plucky rebels caught between Christian crusaders, Byzantine warriors, and fearsome Mongols. The scene is set for his tribe to invoke Islam and triumph against all odds. The premise is set, historical facts are manipulated for dramatic effect, and the production values are suitably overblown.
Since the show first launched in Turkey in 2014, it has become a hit and a money-spinner for all involved, also airing on Netflix, with Turkish and English subtitles, since 2018.
Perhaps that should have been the end of it. The very nature of our insatiable appetite for TV drama means fans move on to the next big thing. In this case, they did not.
In praising the show and ordering Pakistan’s national broadcaster to dub it into Urdu, Prime Minister Khan unwittingly became, if not the show’s executive producer, certainly something close.
His move made Ertugrul accessible to a far bigger audience and subsequently helped make it even more of a hit TV show internationally. It was instantly popular when it aired with Urdu translation on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and it only continues to get bigger.
Pakistan’s contradictory identity
It was not money that drove the prime minister’s decision, but concern that Islamic values were being eroded in Pakistan, and the fact that Pakistan has always paid respect to leaders of the Muslim world.
Deference to the ancient leaders of the Islamic world has always been part of Pakistan’s identity and often the root of its contradictory nature.
Is Pakistan South Asian Muslim? Or is it based in Arab roots as some leaders have pushed? Or is it closer to Turkish culture in origin?
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan [Reuters]
Ertugrul in many ways speaks to the identity of Muslim Pakistan, but does it speak to a void in that identity that requires affirmation from something that happened in a faraway land, a long time ago?
“Turkish history and South Asian history are not ‘faraway’ by any stretch of the imagination,” says Mosharraf Zaidi, senior fellow at Pakistani think-tank Tabadlab.
“For decades, modern secular Turkey and modern Pakistan have been extremely close allies. The bonds are historic, military and strategic and since the emergence of AKP under Turkish leader Erdogan, they have increasingly taken on cultural dimensions. Ertugrul’s popularity marks an engagement of Pakistanis with the notion of a glorious Muslim past. It marks neither the affirmation of such a past, nor any crisis of identity. It’s just a popular TV show.”
That it is a popular TV show is beyond doubt. The YouTube channel has millions watching. It is seen as a genuine cultural phenomenon that sparks internet memes, countless social media posts and even Pakistani fans getting upset that the actors in the show are not as Islamic as they would like them to be. Comments on the actors’ Instagram pages have seen Pakistani fans show ire that some of the female stars wear non-conservative dress and that one actor is seen petting his dog.
But perhaps even that is a part and parcel of the phenomenon. On the one hand, Pakistani fans are exposed to Islamic history, on the other they are exposed to the culture of modern-day, urban, secular Turkey.
Ertugrul and male viewers
This is not the first time that Turkish programmes have become popular outside of Turkey.
Turkish soap operas set in modern times and based – as soap operas are – around family drama, betrayal and over-the-top acting have also been incredibly popular. But no one has ever referred to them as a cultural phenomenon, perhaps in part because the target audience for soap operas is overwhelmingly female?
Ertugrul offers an alternative narrative to a country with a majority population of under-35s to connect with a past empire associated with conquest rather than fighting against colonialism. LAALEEN SUKHERA
Laaleen Sukhera writes extensively on Pakistan and is based in Lahore.
“Turkish period drama has been popular across the region for a while now,” she says.
“Magnificent Century was dubbed in Urdu too with a predominantly female viewership varying in age. Ertugrul marks the first time that young men make up a significant number of viewers of Turkish programming and that’s why it suddenly feels more mainstream and significant in patriarchal Pakistan.
“Ertugrul offers an alternative narrative to a country with a majority population of under-35s to connect with a past empire associated with conquest rather than fighting against colonialism. It’s a soapy period drama but whether it inspires big-budget depictions of subcontinental heroes like Razia Sultan and Chand Bibi remains unclear,” she adds.
Soft power and the Muslim historical narrative
The fact the prime minister has backed the show with words and action may also speak to his own agenda in establishing Pakistan as a pre-eminent player in the Muslim world.
He has not been shy in saying that Pakistan, Turkey and Indonesia should establish themselves as leaders. His first front in establishing that goal seems to be cultural and taking control of the Muslim historical narrative. But in doing so, has he played into Turkey’s hands and the soft power it wields? By pushing a TV show based around Turkish Ottoman history, is he doing the Turks’ bidding for them?
Ahmer Naqvi is a freelance cultural writer who sees Ertugrul as part of a wider agenda.
“There is definitely an element of the Pakistani state pushing a certain idea of Islamic history, that focuses on conquest and expansionism and that has a long history of being used as propaganda,” he says.
“This push has come at the expense of even acknowledging the history of what is now settled Pakistan. So you would know about Muslim general Salahuddin but not about Chanakya, who lived in settled Pakistan, so yes, there is valid concern that the state is pushing a wider history and not its own. In general I would love to see the Pakistani state invest in its own cultural industries.”
At its heart, what Ertugrul represents in this scenario is a battle for the soul of the Islamic narrative and for Pakistan’s own self-image.
Does the country have a unique Muslim identity forged via Muslim India, or is it part of the wider history of the Muslim world? The answer to that is what informs its current self-image.