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Why the Russian Double-Agent Skripal Could Not Have Been Poisoned with “Novichok”
The leaders of the U.S., U.K., France and other Western countries have said they are positive that Putin’s Russia poisoned the Russian double agents living in Salisbury, the Skripals, using a deadly, military grade “Novichok” nerve agent which is of Russian origin. But this claim falls apart upon inspection … Continue reading
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The “Russian Poisoning” Farce: Knobs and Knockers By Craig Murray
This narrative simply is not remotely credible. Nerve agents – above all “military grade nerve agents” – were designed as battlefield weapons. They do not leave opponents fighting fit for hours. There is no description in the scientific literature of a nerve agent having this extraordinary time bomb effect. Continue reading
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Novichok Myth Debunked; How Will Russia Respond?
5 April 2018 — Global Research Raging US/UK Political Assault on Russia By Stephen Lendman, April 05, 2018 Despite no evidence suggesting Russian involvement, the official hostile narrative continues – supported by Western media. During an OPCW Executive Council Wednesday special session, Moscow’s proposed joint investigation was rejected by Washington and Britain. Continue reading
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U.K. is Lying: If Skripal was Poisoned at His Home, The Agent Used against Him Cannot be Nerve Gas By Bassim al-Khalili
The United Kingdom unknowingly admitted that its government has been lying, accusing Russia of allegedly poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia by the nerve agent Novichok on March 4 in Salisbury. The British government has already made two grave mistakes. Continue reading
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UK Foreign Office denies claiming nerve agent from Russia, despite tweet and Boris Johnson interview
The UK Foreign Office denies claiming the nerve agent used in the Salisbury poisoning of the Skripals came directly from Russia. Despite admitting it sent a tweet saying exactly that, and Boris Johnson making the same claim. Continue reading
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Operation Hades – A Model For The ‘Novichok’ Case?
On August 10 1994 German officials in Munich ‘found’ 363 grams of plutonium on a plane coming from Moscow. They immediately asserted, that the plutonium ‘must’ have come from a Russian reactor. There was a lot of media panic, international political noise and condemnation of Russia. It turned out that the plutonium was not from… Continue reading
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Operation Hades – A Model For The 'Novichok' Case?
On August 10 1994 German officials in Munich ‘found’ 363 grams of plutonium on a plane coming from Moscow. They immediately asserted, that the plutonium ‘must’ have come from a Russian reactor. There was a lot of media panic, international political noise and condemnation of Russia. It turned out that the plutonium was not from… Continue reading
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Last Act Of ‘Novichok’ Drama Revealed – “The Skripals’ Resurrection”
It seems that the ‘Novichok’ fairy-tale the British government plays to us provides for a happy ending – the astonishing and mysterious resurrection of the victims of a “military grade” “five to eight times more deadly than VX gas” “nerve agent” “of a type developed by” Hollywood. Continue reading
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Last Act Of 'Novichok' Drama Revealed – "The Skripals' Resurrection"
It seems that the ‘Novichok’ fairy-tale the British government plays to us provides for a happy ending – the astonishing and mysterious resurrection of the victims of a “military grade” “five to eight times more deadly than VX gas” “nerve agent” “of a type developed by” Hollywood. Continue reading
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Four days to declare a Cold War By Thierry Meyssan
The British government and certain of its allies, including US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, have attempted to launch a Cold War against Russia. Their plan was to fabricate an attack against an ex-double agent in Salisbury and at the same time a chemical attack against the « moderate rebels » in the Ghouta. The… Continue reading
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Doubts about ‘Novichoks’ By Tim Hayward
There are reasons to doubt that these compounds are military grade nerve agents or that a Russian “Novichok” programme ever existed. If they were potentially usable as chemical weapons, people on the OPCW Scientific Advisory Board who were in a position to know the properties of these compounds would have recommended that they be added… Continue reading
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Doubts about 'Novichoks' By Tim Hayward
There are reasons to doubt that these compounds are military grade nerve agents or that a Russian “Novichok” programme ever existed. If they were potentially usable as chemical weapons, people on the OPCW Scientific Advisory Board who were in a position to know the properties of these compounds would have recommended that they be added… Continue reading
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Hillary Clinton Ordered Diplomats To Suppress ‘Novichok’ Discussions
While the last act of the ‘Novichok’ drama, the seasonally appropriate resurrection of the Skripals, proceeds, some additional details of the history of ‘Novichok’ nerve agents come to light. Continue reading
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Hillary Clinton Ordered Diplomats To Suppress 'Novichok' Discussions
While the last act of the ‘Novichok’ drama, the seasonally appropriate resurrection of the Skripals, proceeds, some additional details of the history of ‘Novichok’ nerve agents come to light. Continue reading
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Yulia Skripal “improving rapidly”: The unravelling of the Russian Novichok narrative By Chris Marsden
Novichok was described as so deadly that the comatose Skripals were unlikely to ever recover, and that if they did they would be brain damaged and physically compromised. On Wednesday there were even media headlines that their life support might have to be turned off. Yet Thursday saw reports from Salisbury NHS foundation trust that… Continue reading
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Yulia Skripal "improving rapidly": The unravelling of the Russian Novichok narrative By Chris Marsden
Novichok was described as so deadly that the comatose Skripals were unlikely to ever recover, and that if they did they would be brain damaged and physically compromised. On Wednesday there were even media headlines that their life support might have to be turned off. Yet Thursday saw reports from Salisbury NHS foundation trust that… Continue reading
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Skripal Affair Exposes Serial Invader UK, US & US Alliance Mendacity & Hypocrisy By Dr Gideon Polya
Notwithstanding this headline-grabbing, US Alliance outrage, it remains just as likely that the Skripal Affair is another US Alliance false flag operation conducted by the UK, the US, Apartheid Israel or whoever for whatever reason, noting that culprit has not been identified, the agent has not been independently confirmed, the UK rejects any Russian involvement… Continue reading
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Media Lens: No Spirit Of Liberty – The Salisbury Case, Corbyn And The Need For Dissent
Fifteen years ago this month, the US-led ‘Shock and Awe’ offensive began against Iraq, supposedly to disarm the country of its ‘weapons of mass destruction’. The illegal invasion and subsequent brutal occupation led to the loss of around one million lives, created millions of refugees, destroyed the infrastructure of a country already ravaged by over… Continue reading
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Novichok: John Pilger – There Is No Evidence! It’s A Propaganda Campaign!
Russia-UK relations plunge amid row over the poisoning of a former spy. Award-winning journalist John Pilger joins RT to discuss this issue. Continue reading
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Novichok: John Pilger – There Is No Evidence! It's A Propaganda Campaign!
Russia-UK relations plunge amid row over the poisoning of a former spy. Award-winning journalist John Pilger joins RT to discuss this issue. Continue reading