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Pipeline Sabotage - Steve - 02-11-2023
Attack of the “Pro-Ukrainian Group”
- Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
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The latest New York Times report on the Nord Stream pipeline bombing is something else. According to NYT’s anonymous US government sources, the pipelines were blown up by a “pro-Ukrainian group” who had no known connections to any military or intelligence agency, but somehow had all the information, skills, diving equipment and military explosives necessary to carry out such an attack.
It’s actually insulting how stupid it is. It reads like a small child lying about who broke the lamp in the living room; “Uhh, some bad guy came in and broke it, then he left. He was wearing a black cape and had a twirly mustache.” At least respect us enough to make up a better lie than “Yeah it turns out it was just some random people with a boat, man! It’s crazy I know!”
They literally wrote an entire article without ever addressing how bizarre it is to just keep referring to the alleged perpetrators as just a “group”. Like that’s a thing. “Yeah you know, one of those Groups we’ve all been hearing about in the news. You know Groups, they sail around the world destroying international undersea energy infrastructure.”
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https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/geopolitics/attack-of-the-pro-ukrainian-group/
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2023/03/08/attack-of-the-pro-ukrainian-group-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix/
Sy Hersh and the Way We Live Now. “The Propaganda Apparatus that Manipulates and Controls our Society”
Coverage of the sabotage of the Nordstream pipelines helped Murray realize something important about how the Big Lie works.
It is a clear indicator of the disappearance of freedom from our so-called Western democracies that Sy Hersh, arguably the greatest living journalist, cannot get this monumental revelation on the front of The Washington Post or The New York Times, but has to self-publish on the net.
Hersh tells the story of the U.S. destruction of the Nordstream pipelines in forensic detail, giving dates, times, method and military units involved. He also outlines the importance of the Norwegian armed forces working alongside the U.S. Navy in the operation.
One point Sy does not much stress, but it is worth saying more about, is that Norway and the U.S. are of course the two countries that have benefitted financially, to an enormous degree, from blowing up the pipeline.
Not only have both gained huge export surpluses from the jump in gas prices, Norway has directly replaced Russian gas to the tune of some $40 billion per year. From 2023 the United States will appear in that list in second place behind Norway, following the opening in the last two months of two new liquefied natural gas terminals in Germany, built to replace Russian gas with U.S. and Qatari supplies.
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https://www.globalresearch.ca/sy-hersh-way-we-live-now/5808287
Is the U.S. Biden Administration Behind the Blowing Up of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 Pipelines Between Russia and Western Europe?
[NATO’s goal is] “to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.” —Lord Ismay, first NATO Secretary-General (1952-1957).
“Near-term-thinking [by political and business decision-makers] is not only deeply irresponsible—it is immoral.” —Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, (in a speech to the General Assembly, Monday February 6, 2023).
“Ukraine, a new and important space on the Eurasian chessboard, is a geopolitical pivot because its very existence as an independent country helps to transform Russia. Without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be a Eurasian empire.” —Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017), Polish-born American political theorist. (In his book ‘The Grand Chessboard’, 1997).
“Peace is the virtue of civilisation. War is its crime.” —Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French novelist and political figure, (in ‘Œuvres complètes de Victor Hugo’, 1885)
A preamble is necessary to understand what follows.
Since the end of World War II in 1945, the influence of the U.S. government in European affairs has been front and center. During the Cold War (1945-1989) between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR), Europe relied on the U.S., first for financial assistance with the Marshall Plan of 1947, and secondly, for military protection with the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949, a mutual security and military alliance.
After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, there was a realization in Washington that Europe could become less dependent on the United States. Indeed, the demise of the USSR also meant the collapse of the Warsaw Pact, the Soviet-controlled military defense alliance. Therefore, there was no logical reason to keep NATO alive. The question was then, to dismantle NATO or not?
Because NATO was the main source of U.S. influence in Western Europe, the George H.W. Bush administration and its Secretary of State, James Baker, decided not to dismantle NATO. However, they promised Russia that the military alliance would not expand into Eastern Europe. This promise was broken by the Clinton administration and subsequently by other American administrations, and NATO did expand eastward, with vehement protests from Russia, because it considered such an expansion a threat to its security…https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-biden-administration-behind-blowing-up-nord-stream-1-2-pipelines-between-russia-western-europe/5808777
The Real Story: US Congress Opposed Nord Stream 2 in favor of US Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)
There is little doubt that the war in Ukraine has always been about decimation of Russia’s energy, financial and military resources; especially as the September 26, 2022 attack on Nord Stream 2 (NS) pipeline confirmed any lingering doubt. Just as there is no serious refutation of the validity of Sy Hersh’s How America took out the Nord Stream Pipeline identifying the US role in what amounted to a military attack on another country’s infrastructure with termination of the NS 2...
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Situation Update, Feb 10, 2023 - Z-DAY APPROACHES as Russia prepares massive assault wave against Ukraine and NATO
@ 21:22 Nordstream
https://www.brighteon.com/7cbcfa1b-01cf-4a9a-84d7-cd52d8d13931
Act of war: The U.S. military blew up Nord Stream pipelines
@ 18:33 Bombshell News
A bombshell report from independent journalist Seymour Hersh -- published on Substack -- reveals and confirms exactly what we reported last year: That the US Dept. of Defense covertly blew up the Nordstream pipelines, carrying out an act of terrorism against its own western allies in an insanely dangerous effort to harm Russia's energy exports.
The destruction of the Nordstream pipelines (also printed as Nord Stream) was reportedly carried out with the help of the government of Norway, and the planting of explosives used the cover of the BALTOPS 22 US Navy exercise in June of 2022.
https://www.brighteon.com/86092db1-e5e7-...47f966e931
We have the full details and analysis in today's feature podcast here.
Russian spy chief weighs in on Truss’ alleged ‘It’s done’ text
The head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin says he has “indirect confirmation” that the message reading “It’s done” that then-UK PM Liz Truss allegedly sent to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was about the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
During his brief interview with Rossiya 1 channel on Sunday, Naryshkin was asked whether Russian intelligence believed there were “ample grounds” to link Truss’ text message to the explosions at the bottom of the Baltic Sea in late September, in which three out of four lines of the Nord Stream were damaged.
“I only have indirect confirmation that all this has grounds under it,” the spy chief responded.
In late October, Russia’s defense ministry openly blamed the UK for being involved in the sabotage of the pipelines, which carried Russian gas to Europe through Germany. According to the ministry, “British specialists” from the Royal Navy, based in the Ukrainian city of Ochakov, “took part in planning, supporting and executing” the attack on the pipelines.
London responded to the accusations with a tweet, claiming that Moscow was“peddling false claims of an epic scale.”
Last week, Finnish-German tech businessman and social media personality Kim Dotcom claimed on Twitter that Truss messaged “It’s done” to Blinken “a minute after the pipeline blew up and before anybody else knew.”
The entrepreneur didn’t provide any proof to his claims, but suggested that Moscow based its accusations against London and Washington of Nord Stream sabotage based on the data it obtained from hacking the UK PM’s phone.
Read More: Russian spy chief weighs in on Truss’ alleged ‘It’s done’ text
EXPOSED - The US Navy ships that sabotaged the pipelines
An expeditionary detachment of US Navy ships led by the universal amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge days ago was in the Baltic Sea It was 30 km from the site of the alleged sabotage on the Nord Stream-1 gas pipeline and 50 km from the threads of Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline…
https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/geopol...pipelines/
https://twitter.com/azmilitary1/status/1...94912?s=21
Video: Who Blew Up Nord Stream Pipelines? “The Russians Did It”
Carefully documented video below on Who Blew Up Nord Stream Pipeline
And who was that foreign state actor? EU politicians and the Western media in chorus place the blame on Russia.
The Russians Did It…
https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-who-...ry/5797704
Context
Nord Stream which originates in Russia passes through the territorial waters of four EU member states including Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Permission was provided and approved by the parliaments of those countries prior to construction.
Moreover, the Nord Stream pipelines also required the approval of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, which were part of the consultative process prior to construction.
Bombshell: From a legal standpoint (International Law: UN Charter, Law of the Sea) this was not a terrorist attack against Russia, it was a:
U.S. Act of War against the European Union
The deliberate destruction of said “properties” within a country’s territorial waters by or on behalf of a foreign state actor constitutes an act of war
“La Classe Politique“: High Treason
America is no longer “An Ally” of the EU. Quite the opposite. The insidious role of the US in carrying out acts of sabotage against the EU is amply documented. Beyond doubt.
Meanwhile corrupt EU politicians are not only blaming Russia, they are setting the stage for the destruction of the European Union on behalf of Washington.
They are “Sleeping with the Enemy” to the Detriment of the People of Europe.
Treason constitutes an act of betrayal by European politicians in high office on behalf of a foreign power, which through various means is actively and deliberately triggering economic and social chaos in both Western and Eastern Europe.
The U.S. is not an ally of the EU. Quite the opposite. Washington is waging war against Europe, with the support of corrupt government officials in high office. It’s an act of treason.
The media is also complicit i.e. in sustaining a flow of lies. The unspoken objective is to provide a human face to these acts of treason.
Treason at the highest levels of government.
What is required is “Regime Change” throughout the European Union as well criminal prosecutions directed against corrupt politicians.
Michel Chossudovsky, November 1, 2022
https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-who-...ry/5797704
Video: Tucker Carlson Suggests Biden Admin Blew Up Russian Gas Pipelines
https://www.infowars.com/posts/video-tuc...pipelines/
RE: Pipeline Sabotage - Steve - 03-13-2023
“Deconstructing the Obvious” – From My Lai to Nord Stream.
Interview with Legendary Muckraker Sy Hersh
Interview with Seymour Hersh. With additional comment from Ray McGovern
By Seymour M. Hersh, Ray McGovern, and Michael Welch
Global Research, March 12, 2023
“The politics of the destruction of the gas-line – whether it’s an act of war or what – but it was a slap in the face of Europe, saying, you know, “if you’re not going to play ball with me in Ukraine,” said the president… “I don’t care if it’s going to be harder for you to keep your people wealthy and warm.” Basically, that’s what he’s done. And that’s the real input of the story.”
When politicians right across the political spectrum, in support of NATO’s role in supplying military support for Ukraine, when major media support this position with extremely one-sided, context-free coverage, and when recent demonstrations in support of peace pale in comparison with the “Stand With Ukraine” rallies, people with a dissenting opinion can feel extremely lonely.
Early in the Vietnam War, people could totally relate. When the war was in its first year, one tenth of Americans said they felt the need to organize a protest and of those individuals one in ten said they would protest the Vietnam War. One in six by contrast said they were more inclined to protest the antiwar demonstrators! [1]
But it was actual journalism doing incisive work that arguably helped turn the tide and contributed to the Vietnam War finally coming to an end. One of many critical pieces of work in this regard was the reporting of a cover-up of the My Lai massacre, in which as many as 500 civilians in South Vietnam were murdered by several members of the 11th Infantry Brigade. The deaths included women and children and infants.[2]
RE: Pipeline Sabotage - Steve - 03-23-2023
US trying to ‘cover up’ Nord Stream sabotage role – Seymour Hersh
The CIA has been told to provide the media with an alternative story for the pipeline’s destruction, the veteran journalist claims
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FILE PHOTO. A gas leak from the Nord Stream 2 pipeline © Getty Images / Swedish Coast Guard
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed the US intentionally provided false stories to the media to cover up Washington’s involvement in the destruction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
In a post on his Substack blog on Wednesday, the veteran reporter claims the CIA was tasked with preparing a cover story – in collaboration with Berin's BND intelligence service – to provide the American and German press with an “alternative version” of the Nord Stream 2 explosions.
“In the words of the intelligence community, the agency was ‘to pulse the system’ in an effort to discount the claim that Biden had ordered the pipeline’s destruction,”Hersh wrote, citing an anonymous source with access to diplomatic intelligence.
He noted that the CIA had completed its task and, with the help of Germany, planted stories in the New York Times and German weekly Die Zeit. These referred to a supposed “ad hoc ‘off the books’ operation” carried out by a “pro-Ukrainian group,” which allegedly used a luxury sailing yacht to plant explosives on the Nord Stream pipelines.
READ MORE: US ‘obviously’ blew up Nord Stream – French politician
“It was a total fabrication by American intelligence that was passed along to the Germans, and aimed at discrediting your story,” a source within the American intelligence community reportedly told Hersh.
“The disinformation professionals inside the CIA understand that a propaganda gambit can only work if those on receiving are desperate for a story that can diminish or displace an unwanted truth. And the truth in question is that President Joe Biden authorized the destruction of the pipelines,” he added.
In February, Hersh published a bombshell report on last September’s Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipeline blasts, accusing Washington of orchestrating the attack. The White House denied responsibility. Last week, several Western media outlets claimed the culprits may have been linked to Ukraine. Moscow dismissed the reports as “a coordinated media hoax campaign.”
https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/geopolitics/us-trying-to-cover-up-nord-stream-sabotage-role-seymour-hersh/
https://www.rt.com/news/573428-nord-stream-us-coverup/
RE: Pipeline Sabotage - Steve - 04-22-2023
‘Sophisticated naval forces’ bombed Nord Stream – Danish navy veteran
The perpetrator had access to advanced underwater drones, a former diver told Bloomberg
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A US navy diver prepares mock explosives for a pierside training event during exercise BALTOPS 22 in Simrishamn, Sweden, June 10, 2022 © US Navy / Daniel James Lanari
Whoever sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines likely had access to fast-moving underwater drones, one of Denmark’s most “experienced navy divers” told Bloomberg on Thursday. NATO forces trained with these unmanned underwater vehicles near the blast site prior to the explosions.
The diver said that “finding the pipelines without precise coordinates or tracking technology, then transporting and placing the explosives, would’ve challenged diver-saboteurs,” in the newspaper’s words.
“The diver estimates the operation, including a safe ascent, would’ve taken an individual diver several hours. He surmises that whoever carried out the attack had access to a fast-moving autonomous submersible vehicle, like the ones employed by sophisticated naval forces,” the report continued, adding that “a surface vessel remaining relatively static for hours…would’ve attracted unwanted attention.”
The Danish navy described the diver’s hypothesis as sound, while the country’s intelligence agency, defense ministry, and foreign affairs ministry offered no comment…
https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/geopolitics/sophisticated-naval-forces-bombed-nord-stream-danish-navy-veteran/
https://www.rt.com/news/575137-nord-stream-sabotage-drones/