💭 Mark Sleboda, international relations and security analyst commented on Seymour Hersh's investigation about US involvement in the Nord Stream bombings: "Obviously, Seymour Hersh has been discredited by the mainstream media because the mainstream media has essentially become propagandists over the last few decades. And when he was calling them out over Vietnam, okay, that was a different time but even more recently when he started talking about the supposed assassination of Osama bin Laden or the hoax about chemical weapon uses in Syria. He has been discredited, ostracized by the western mainstream media. He's no longer one of us because he's revealing that. He's saying the quiet part out loud, basically. I think this is a very convincing narrative of what happened."

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US to ‘Explore’ Retaliation for Balloon Flyover as White House Alleges Vast Chinese Spy Operation

Although the US Air Force already shot down the Chinese high-altitude balloon that flew over much of the US last week, the Biden administration is reportedly still considering further punitive actions in response to the flight. The Pentagon has claimed the balloon carried sensitive equipment for monitoring signals.

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US lawmakers introduce resolution urging peace deal, end to Ukraine aid

Congressman Matt Gaetz and ten co-sponsors are introducing the bill, known as the Ukraine Fatigue Resolution, following the provision of more than $100 billion of taxpayer money to Ukrainian initiatives.

The resolution expresses the sense of the House that the United States "must end its military and financial aid to Ukraine," the bill text said.

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💬 Dan Kovalik, labor attorney, human rights activist and author, spoke about his hopes for Seymour Hersh's investigation and answered a question if German, Swedish or Danish prosecutors and investigators may come up with evidence that it was the United States: "The current governments there would not reveal that because it implicates them, too. I mean, because they have not been critical of it. And particularly with Germany, they've suffered untold economic damage due to this. And yet they have put up no fight or concern about it. So I think the current governments are not going to say anything."

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North Korea boasts enough ICBMs to overwhelm US air defense, media reports

The DPRK rolled out 10 to 12 Hwasong-17 ICBMs during a military parade in Pyongyang on Wednesday night to mark 75 years since the establishment of its armed forces. Photos were published by the country’s news agency.

The nuclear-capable Hwasong-17 is already believed to be able to reach continental United States. Assuming it can carry four warheads, North Korea could get some of them past the US ground-based midcourse defense system (GMD), which consists of 44 interceptors, US newspaper reported.

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'Good' Fellas: The History of US Covert Actions at Home and Abroad

US investigative journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh has dropped a bombshell this week when he named the United States as the party responsible for the destruction of three of the four Nord Stream pipelines that used to supply Russian natural gas to Germany.

And though the White House officially denied the United States’ involvement, the US government and secret services have a long history of advancing Washington’s interests through espionage and sabotage, all the while claiming that they didn’t do it.

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🫡 A US broadcaster said its reporter Evan Lambert was arrested for being too loud while covering a press conference in Ohio

The broadcaster said that Lambert was giving a live report during the press conference given by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, who was speaking about a train derailment that occurred in the state last week. Law enforcement officers told the reporter to leave the room for being too loud and then tried to forcibly remove him from the event.

Lambert was then arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing, with the moment of his arrest caught on camera and shared in the media.

Mike Viqueria, broadcaster’s Washington bureau chief, said that the arrest was a violation of the First Amendment of the US Constitution.

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🇷🇺🇮🇷 Russia and Iran are studying the possibility of using digital currencies for export-import operations, but a regulatory framework is required, Russian Ambassador to Tehran Alexey Dedov said in an interview with Sputnik.

"The use of digital currencies and digital financial assets in settlements for export-import operations are being considered by both Russia and Iran. However, the process of reaching any specific agreement is still at the working stage," Dedov said.

He said the issue requires a thorough expert study, including the development of the necessary legal framework.

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UK Has 'No F***ing Jets' to Spare to Meet Zelensky's 'Thanks-in-Advance' Demand

The UK has already gifted rocket artillery and howitzers and more than a hundred armored vehicles to Kiev, and has now pledged 14 of its Challenger 2 tanks and all its working self-propelled guns. But Ukraine's president flew into London on Wednesday to demand even more.

The UK has no jet fighters to offer Ukraine — that is the blunt view of a government minister and a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer.

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🗣 Dan Kovalik, labor attorney, human rights activist and author, speaks about the destruction of Nord Stream pipes: "First of all, it doesn't take Lieutenant Columbo to figure out that it was probably the US that did it. You had Biden who promised he was going to get rid of Nord Stream and then it was gotten rid of. And then you have officials like Victoria Nuland, who recently bragged that it had been destroyed. But aside from that, Seymour Hersh himself has often used anonymous sources and again, in stories that proved to be right. And as you mentioned, New York Times, all the major publications rely on anonymous sources all the time. So there's no reason to distrust this story because it's based on anonymous sources. A guy like Seymour Hersh could not have gotten as long a career as he has if he was naming his sources."

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US Surveillance Aircraft Monitored Results of Explosions at Nord Stream Pipelines in September

A US P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft monitored the aftermath of the explosion at the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea in the early hours of September 26, according to Flightradar24.

Igor Korotchenko, the head of the Centre for Analysis of World Arms Trade, has told Sputnik that the flight path of the aircraft on Flightradar24 supports the investigation of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh on the blowing up of the Nord Stream pipelines.

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‘Scope of This Earthquake Is the Biggest in Turkiye’s History’, Turkish Seismologist Says

Professor Dogan Perincek, a Turkish seismologist, commented to Sputnik on the aftermath of the devastating tremors in Kahramanmaras.

"This is a great tragedy. The earthquake affected a very large area - 470 km (in diameter). For comparison, the length of the Sea of Marmara is about 250 km. This means that the area affected by the earthquake is almost twice as long. The aftershocks after the earthquake reached 6.6 points, which is almost the same as the main quake. In terms of magnitude, this is probably the first earthquake of its kind in Turkiye. We have experienced a number of earthquakes on tectonic faults. For example, the Erzincan earthquake had a magnitude of 7.9, but the area affected was much smaller," the professor said.

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Ukrainian Forces Reportedly Prepared to Use UK's Long-Range Missiles to Hit Crimea

On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a speech in UK Parliament, asked the country to supply fighter jets to Kiev. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also said he had spoken with Zelensky on Wednesday, among other things, about providing Ukraine with longer-range weapons than Kiev currently had.

Ukrainian defense source confirmed to the newspaper that Kiev would use missiles to strike Crimea following a warning from Zelensky that longer-range weapons from western allies would strike "deep in the occupied territories."

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National Security Adviser to President Biden Jake Sullivan played a prominent role in plotting the September 26, 2022, sabotage against the Russo-European Nord Stream pipelines, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh has revealed.

▪️ So, who is Jake Sullivan: "the cat's meow," "once-in-a-generation intellect," or a reckless hawk?

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⚡️ Turkiye's earthquake death toll has risen to 18,342 with 74,242 injured, the country's Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) says

❗️ Death toll from the earthquake in Syria rises to 1,347, another 2,295 injured, authorities say