Skripal
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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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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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