South Africa's Government Debunks Politico Fakenews Of Threats Against A U.S. Ambassador
On Monday we trashed a shady Politico report which falsely claimed that Iran had plans to assassinate the U.S. ambassador to South Africa:
[A]s one fake news zombie finally dies others get resurrected. Politico's 'intelligence' stenographer Natasha Bertrand produced this nonsensical claim:The Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa, U.S. intelligence reports say, according to a U.S. government official familiar with the issue and another official who has seen the intelligence.Ambassador Lana Marks is known for selling overpriced handbags and for her donations to Trump's campaign. To Iran she has zero political or symbolic value. There is no way Iran would ever think about an attack on such a target. Accordingly the South African intelligence services do not believe that there is such a threat: ...News of the plot comes as Iran continues to seek ways to retaliate for President Donald Trump’s decision to kill a powerful Iranian general earlier this year, the officials said. ...
U.S. President Donald Trump used the fake Politico story to threaten Iran:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump - 3:04 UTC · Sep 15, 2020According to press reports, Iran may be planning an assassination, or other attack, against the United States in retaliation for the killing of terrorist leader Soleimani, which was carried out for his planning a future attack, murdering U.S. Troops, and the death & suffering...
...caused over so many years. Any attack by Iran, in any form, against the United States will be met with an attack on Iran that will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude!
Yesterday the government of South Africa officially debunked the obvious nonsense Politico's Natasha Bertrand was spreading:
Senior South African Government officials have met with their counterparts from the United States of America (USA), and other relevant stakeholders.At present, the information provided is not sufficient to sustain the allegation that there is a credible threat against the United States Ambassador to South Africa.
There never was and there will be no threat from Iran against some irrelevant U.S. ambassador in a completely unrelated country.
Iran will take revenge for the U.S. assassination of its General Qasem Soleimani by doing what it has announced to do. It will expel all U.S. forces from the Middle East.
That process is ongoing. That the U.S. now had to send armored fighting vehicles to protect its occupation forces which are 'guarding the oil' in Syria is a sign that the Iranian plan is proceeding well:
The US military announced Friday that it is deploying armored vehicles and other military assets to Syria to protect US troops fighting ISIS amid tensions with Russia as President Donald Trump told a White House news conference that "we are out of Syria," saying the remaining US forces are there exclusively "guarding the oil."
U.S. troops in Syria and Iraq are now coming under daily attacks. These will only intensify until all U.S. forces retreat from those countries.
Posted by b on September 19, 2020 at 6:34 UTC | Permalink
The United States may work out a deal on Syrian oil with local Kurds and withdraw the troops that guard the reserves, US President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-may-work-out-oil-deal-with-syrias-kurds-trump/
That's a true Vietnam-style withdrawal signalled by Masdar, if it happens. But something like it will happen sooner or later, even if this one doesn't.
Posted by: Laguerre | Sep 19 2020 10:42 utc | 2
The issue surely must be why media like The New York Times (Russia paying Taliban to target US forces in Afghanistan) and Politico (Iran planning to assassinate US ambassador to South Africa) continue to repeat the lie over and over even when they have been found out and everyone around the world is dying of laughter at the continued stupidity. Are the NYT and Politico stenographers so dense and wrapped up in their own tiny worlds that they are tone-deaf?
Posted by: Jen | Sep 19 2020 10:59 utc | 3
Posted by: Jen | Sep 19 2020 10:59 utc | 3
Are the NYT and Politico stenographers so dense and wrapped up in their own tiny worlds that they are tone-deaf?"
Denial is a BIG river. And we've been living in a make believe world for a long time here. And finally, it's all they've got left. It's like Vietnam all over again, same bunch of morons, same mistakes, same wall-to-wall lying. Even a lot of the same players.
Posted by: Bemildred | Sep 19 2020 11:50 utc | 4
@3 The journalists are doing their jobs by following the orders of their paymaster.
And, no, I'm not talking the Editorial Staff.
The journalists most definitely do not work for them, though I'm sure the Editorial Staff are also well paid to act as convenient cut-outs.
When you acknowledge that they are whores then you can't really raise questions about what motivates them: it is the money, silly.
Posted by: Yeah, Right | Sep 19 2020 12:01 utc | 5
@ Posted by: Jen | Sep 19 2020 10:59 utc | 3
Are the NYT and Politico stenographers so dense and wrapped up in their own tiny worlds that they are tone-deaf?
It's called a big fucking salary. Plus the promise of a successful career.
Everybody is a prostitute in the capitalist system. By definition.
thanks b... i had been watching this unfold exactly like i thought it would....
fact is - usa empire is in steep decline and it is apparent to most everyone that the emperor has no cloths anymore...
Posted by: james | Sep 19 2020 16:11 utc | 7
Kudos to MOA
Informationclearinghouse have used this post of b’s as their post complete.
Posted by: Mark2 | Sep 19 2020 19:12 utc | 8
The MSM, especially the prestigious outlets, such as the NYT and the WaPo, serve as the main conduits for U.S. government propaganda. Their prestige makes them especially suited to receive leaks, which they obediently publish regardless of their veracity. Other outlets repeat the stories until almost every person who follows the news has been exposed to them. Reporters working for these outlets know that their careers depend upon maintaining relationships with sources who will provide them with leaks. Careers taking precedence over journalistic integrity, they play ball rather than leave the field. It's a brilliant system that controls the flow of information without formal controls.
Posted by: Rob | Sep 19 2020 20:14 utc | 9
What I find amazing is how the American people will believe almost any government statement without evidence given on news broadcast. Other countries may display the same characteristic, but not at the same level as Americans. Personally, I find most unsubstantiated reports as nothing more than Gossip and hearsay until verified by three other international independent sources; what used to be a basic journalistic standard.
Posted by: Dick | Sep 19 2020 22:26 utc | 10
Posted by: Jen | Sep 19 2020 10:59 utc | 3 why media like The New York Times...and Politico...continue to repeat the lie over and over even when they have been found out and everyone around the world is dying of laughter
That's their job. And it's the US electorate who are *not* "dying of laughter" - because they have been brainwashed by that same MSM.
A few years back I read a poll in which something like 77% of the US electorate believe that Iran has actual nuclear weapons - not just a weapon program, actual nuclear weapons deployed. This is the results you get from MSM reporting - and that's why they do it. They are hand in glove with the US government. They are owned by corporations that have defense contracts - not to mention that wars sell papers and boost broadcast ratings. You remember that moron talking about "beautiful US weapons"? You think that is an accident?
Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | Sep 19 2020 23:54 utc | 11
@ Posted by: Dick | Sep 19 2020 22:26 utc | 10
Why wouldn't they? After all, deep down, they know they have to invade countries to survive. Better to do that while sleeping with a clean consciousness.
RBG has been next to dead for over a year. If you want to know whether, or not, that fact is a good thing for humanity, check her 'work history'. Please start, particularly, where 'she' picked up after college graduation. What effect has her work had upon the living organism referred to as human, in particular the natural state of the human family. Then, consider the consequences of 'her' work, as it relates to the family's disintegration and that's effect upon our society (especially considering the enforcement of un-natural conditions upon our families (which are the most fundamental units of any society)).
Anyone heard from "Ayatollah" Michael D'Andrea lately? Revenge was perhaps a dish served piping hot over Ghazni in late January.
Posted by: HD | Sep 20 2020 4:11 utc | 14
This is narrative control filler.
After all, you wouldn't want an alternative POV to get any air time/eyeballs so keep cranking out the lies and deception because money is not an object when you are its creator.
Posted by: psychohistorian | Sep 20 2020 4:24 utc | 15
Below is another example of similar narrative control filler but without the death threat from Xinhuanet
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BEIJING, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Japan has clearly told China its prime minister will not speak with Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen over the phone as media reported, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Saturday.
According to media reports, during a meeting with Tsai on Friday in Taiwan, former Japanese PM Yoshiro Mori expressed the willingness of the Japanese leader to speak with Tsai over the phone if there was an opportunity.
"We have noted the relevant reports, and has asked Japan to clarify," Wang said in response to a media query. "The Japanese side made it clear the PM will not speak with Tsai over the phone as reported. What the media said will never happen."
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Empire must keep poking the dragon in hopes it does something they can take advantage of and/or use as propaganda against them or others.....and fill all the media holes with filler events like the above.
Posted by: psychohistorian | Sep 20 2020 5:10 utc | 16
US foreign policy are all based on lies, that served US hegemonic’s interest. World peace will materialize only if the warmonger is cut into pieces and with Trump in charge, US is heading to that direction. So hold your prayer that Trump will win the race and he will be the last president of the USA.
Posted by: Bowo | Sep 20 2020 8:29 utc | 17
BOWO@17
"World peace will materialize only if ..."
World peace will only materialize when EVERY SINGLE HUMAN OCCUPANT OF THIS PLANET FORGOES VIOLENCE. While the exact date of this event is unknown at this time, leading experts are estimating this will happen approximately a split second after the second to last person on Earth perishes.
Posted by: visak | Sep 20 2020 12:29 utc | 18
"U.S. President Donald Trump used the fake Politico story to threaten Iran:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump - 3:04 UTC · Sep 15, 2020
According to press reports, Iran may be planning an assassination, or other attack, against the United States in retaliation for the killing of terrorist leader Soleimani, which was carried out for his planning a future attack, murdering U.S. Troops, and the death & suffering...
...caused over so many years. Any attack by Iran, in any form, against the United States will be met with an attack on Iran that will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude!
Yesterday the government of South Africa officially debunked the obvious nonsense Politico's Natasha Bertrand was spreading:"
If everyone in the world were given a penny for each time that the United States peddled a lie, everyone would be a millionaire and world poverty would instantly vanish.
Donald Trump's lies in particular could feed, clothe, and house a nation of millions.
The difference between The Donald's lies and others in the American political establishment is that The Donald is a lazy liar, as he can't be bothered to put too much effort into his bullshit, as compared to the more practiced and polished liars like Barack Obama.
Posted by: ak74 | Sep 21 2020 17:10 utc | 19
That would be the same South African government voted least trusted trading partner at Davos this year?
Posted by: Kula | Sep 22 2020 6:44 utc | 20
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Can anyone remember US officials telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth on any subject of note this century? I can't.
Perhaps one day a US official will accidentally forget to lie, now that would be newsworthy.
Posted by: MarkU | Sep 19 2020 9:43 utc | 1