Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama:
- Mar 28 – Ukraine – Smoke And Mirrors Around Poisonous Peace Talks
- Mar 29 – Ukraine SitRep – Part II Of Russia's Military Operation Unfolds
- Mar 23 – More Sanctions On Russia Will Destroy Europe
- Mar 25 – Propaganda Does Not Change The War – The Ukraine Is Still Losing – Updated
Related:
– Donbass still remains key battleground – Indian Punchline
– This month will decide world politics for next 30+ years – Dreizin Report
– We Seriously Underestimated Russia; Our Own Propaganda is Killing Us – Reading Junkie
Propaganda:
- Gonzalo Lira proves without doubt that four different Ukrainian propaganda clips with different actors were all filmed at the exact same location, a 'battlefield' with several long destroyed Ukrainian tanks –> Propaganda BTFO (video)
- Yesterday evening a Ukrainian station showed a video of Ukrainian troops driving through Bucha, north of Kiev, with several 'dead' people lying in the street allegedly 'killed by Russians'. There are two difficulties with these claims:
– One of the dead appears to move his arm: video
– Bucha was declared 'completely liberated' of Russian troops by its mayor on Thursday, March 31. Are we to believe it would take three days for such an 'incriminating' video to come out? Or that those 'dead' were lying there for three days with no one bothering?
- Mar 31 – Then I Woke Up And Saw This. WTF?
Related:
– The two inch of snow in my backyard are gone.
– Biden's job approval falls to lowest level of his presidency amid war and inflation fears – NBC News
– Inside Hunter Biden’s multimillion-dollar deals with a Chinese energy company – Washington Post
– Scoop: FEC fines DNC and Clinton for Trump dossier hoax – Washington Examiner
– Joe Biden flying too close to the son – NY Post
– “Jettison the Animals!” – Kunstler
- Mar 31 – Twitter Fun With Dan Rivers
- Apr 1 – Europe Must Learn To Cheat On Its Sanctions (Just Like The U.S. Is Doing It)
Related:
– US carves out mechanism for insulating Russian fertilizer exports from sanctions – India Times
– Source: Germany withdrew some Russian metals from sanctions – MKRU (in Russian)
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Other issues:
U.S. regime change drive in Pakistan:
- On the eve of crucial no-trust vote, PM Imran urges youth to stage 'peaceful protests' – Dawn
- Why did the PTI fail? – Dawn
- Shehbaz Sharif’s Comparison Of Pakistan To Defeated Germany & Japan Exposes His Agenda – Zububrothers
- Imran Khan Takes On America – The Cradle
- NA speaker dismisses no-trust move against PM Imran, terms it contradictory to Article 5 – Dawn
- 3 April Will Go Down In History As The Day That Pakistani Democracy Was Saved – Zububrothers
Afghanistan:
- Biden Breaks Off Talks with Afghan Government Despite Raging Hunger Crisis – Libertarian Institute
I had written that, according to witnesses, most of the casualties of the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport had come from U.S. soldiers shooting at civilians after the bomb exploded. The U.S. military had denied that. The Pro Publica report below finally proves it:
- Hell at Abbey Gate: Chaos, Confusion and Death in the Final Days of the War in Afghanistan – Pro Publica
> “It sounded like a shooting range,” said one Marine who was knocked momentarily unconscious by the blast. “An overwhelming amount of gunfire, everywhere.” He hid behind the ditch wall until the tear gas gave him some cover, then sprinted into the airport.
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One Marine thought he saw another gunman in a watchtower by the roof. He raised his rifle to take him out, when, suddenly, another Marine practically tackled him.
“It’s a fucking British guy!” someone else yelled, racing down the line to warn others. “Don’t shoot him!”
A Marine later told investigators that she began firing in the same direction as other troops. “I went in and saw a lot of Marines shooting” by a barrier, she said.
“There was a lot of smoke,” she said. “I couldn’t see where they were firing. They grabbed me, and I started firing my weapon as well. I don’t know what I was firing at.” <
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