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'Novichok': Here we go again!
“Professor Robert Stockman, of the University of Nottingham, said traces of nerve agents did not linger. He added: ‘These agents react with water to degrade, including moisture in the air, and so in the UK they would have a very limited lifetime. This is presumably why the street in Salisbury was being hosed down as… Continue reading
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‘Novichok’: Here we go again!
“Professor Robert Stockman, of the University of Nottingham, said traces of nerve agents did not linger. He added: ‘These agents react with water to degrade, including moisture in the air, and so in the UK they would have a very limited lifetime. This is presumably why the street in Salisbury was being hosed down as… Continue reading
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The Purpose Of The Babchenko Hoax
The Ukrainian secret service SBU claims it plotted the fake murder of the Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko in Kiev to uncover a real murder plot by the Russian state. That makes no sense at all. The hoax is one of several incidents which dangerously escalate the new cold war. Continue reading
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How the "Skripal Effect" Was Stopped By Ulson Gunnar
While the United Kingdom’s credibility unraveling played a major role in the UK’s own narrative failing, it has been the growing global alternative media that has exposed and diminished the true nature of British credibility in the first place. Continue reading
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‘A Suffocating Groupthink’: Sampling The Corporate Media On Israel, Iran, Syria And Russia
The gaping chasm between reality and unreality is exemplified by recent contrasting statements about journalism from two veteran reporters. On the one side we have Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s Middle East editor, who enjoys a public image of principled honesty and a supposedly fierce commitment to news balance and impartiality. But, when he was challenged… Continue reading
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The Salisbury Poisonings. What Was the Agent Used? Who Could Have Produced It? When and Where were the Skripals Exposed?
The following briefing note is developed by academics researching the use of chemical and biological weapons during the 2011-present war in Syria. The note reflects work in progress. However, the substantive questions raised need answering, especially given the seriousness of the political situation in the Middle East and UK-Russian relations. The authors welcome comments and… Continue reading
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U.K. Defense-Notice (D-Notice): Here Are the Official State Censorship Documents Relating to the Skripal Affair
If Miller and, by extension, Skripal himself were somehow involved in Orbis’ work on the highly-suspect Steele–Trump dossier, alongside representatives of British and possibly US intelligence, then all manner of motivations can be suggested for an attack on the ex-Russian spy and British double agent by forces other than Russia’s intelligence service, the FSB. Continue reading
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D-Notices, State Censorship And The Cynical Collusion of Mainstream Media
A DSMA-Notice (Defence and Security Media Advisory Notice) — formerly a DA-Notice (Defence Advisory Notice), and before that called a Defence Notice (D-Notice) until 1993—is an official request to news editors not to publish or broadcast items on specified subjects for “reasons of national security.” Continue reading
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The Silence Of The Skripals – Government Blocks Press Reports – Media Change The Record
The British government alleged that the Skripals were poisoned by Novichok, a deadly nerve agent, and blamed Russia for it. There are stiill many open questions to ask but the British media, otherwise not afraid of ‘door stepping’, are curiously uninterested. We already noted in early April that the British press was throwing Novi-Fog™ onto… Continue reading
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A British Gag Order After the Skripals’ Poisoning Points to UK Government Guilt By Karin Brothers
1 May 2018 — Global Research British government’s lack of interest in the Skripals’ “friend” ”at Zizzi’s” implies its involvement in their poisoning. They are now missing and presumed dead. Continue reading
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A British Gag Order After the Skripals’ Poisoning Points to UK Government Guilt By Karin Brothers
1 May 2018 — Global Research British government’s lack of interest in the Skripals’ “friend” ”at Zizzi’s” implies its involvement in their poisoning. They are now missing and presumed dead. Continue reading
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The Mainstream Media Fueled Military Action in Syria, Reprisals Against Russia over the Skripal Affair By Philip Giraldi
The complicity of America’s Fourth Estate in the evolution of the national security warfare state is often mentioned in passing but rarely analyzed in any detail. But a recent article on Lobe Log by Adam Johnson is refreshing in that it does just that, looking at the editorials in 26 leading newspapers relating to the… Continue reading
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Evidence – Novichok Delivery System Patented in the US
We wrote back on 9th April that: “The Skripal Novichok poison affair has fooled almost no-one with a slightly questioning mind and an internet connection. The entire story would make an epic egg-on-face Inspector Clouseau classic worthy of Peter Sellers at his best. The plot includes a delusional Russian despot attempting to assassinate an ageing… Continue reading
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Novichok News Links 14-19 April 2018
19 April 2018 — williambowles.info 19 April 2018 Russia exposes British lies on Skripal, but trail leads to US By M.K. Bhadrakumar https://williambowles.info/2018/04/19/russia-exposes-british-lies-on-skripal-but-trail-leads-to-us-by-m-k-bhadrakumar/ The Skripals Have Survived but They Are Not Safe: The Novichok Fraud Should Bring Down the UK Government https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-skripals-have-survived-but-they-are-not-safe-the-novichok-fraud-should-bring-down-the-uk-government/5636754 Continue reading
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Russia exposes British lies on Skripal, but trail leads to US By M.K. Bhadrakumar
Moscow says it has proof that the agent used in the UK attack is a chemical weapon patented in the US. So was this a covert operation aimed at ratcheting up tensions between the West and Russia? Continue reading
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UN agency fails to substantiate claims of Russian use of “military grade nerve agent” in Skripal poisoning By Julie Hyland
The report by the UN agency is crucial in the efforts at damage limitation after last week’s implosion of the claims that an ultra-deadly nerve agent had been used on British soil, 10 times more toxic than sarin gas, and so sophisticated that it had to have been produced by a state actor. The claims… Continue reading
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Yulia Skripal Is Plainly Incommunicado and Under Duress By Craig Murray
Only the Russians have allowed us to hear the actual voice of Yulia Skripal, in that recorded conversation with her cousin. So the one thing we know for certain is that, at the very first opportunity she had, she called back to her cousin in Russia to let her know what is going on. If… Continue reading
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Video: Dr. Chris Busby on Novichoks and the Skripal Russia Poisoning Affair By Prof. Christopher Busby
9 April 2018 — Global Research Dr Busby says a few words about the Russian Nerve Agent issue. He speaks as an expert in this area. Chris worked for several years at the famous Wellcome Research laboratories in Beckenham, London as a Senior Scientist in the Department of Physical Chemistry. His job, at the basic Continue reading
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‘Plan to make me look foolish failed’ – Craig Murray to RT on Skripal interview for Sky News
In his interview with Burley on Sky News, Murray and the presenter clashed about Sky News’ Porton Down interview, with Murray suggesting that an extra question may have been recorded after the original interview and tacked on to the end. Continue reading
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The Best Explanation For The Skripal Drama Is Still … Food Poisoning
A friend of this blog, Tore, sent us his considerations which we publish below. He suggest that shellfish poisoning, which is caused by a neurotoxin known as Saxitoxin or STX, is the real culprit of the Skripal incident. He explains how this would fit to the observable behavior of the British government and other participants… Continue reading
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