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       War Provocations and Peace Actions
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: April 2, 2022, 5:53 pm
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       FEBRUARY 25, 2022
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       [center]Russophobia Leads Us to Assume the Worst of Russians –
       and Assuming They’re Demonic Could be Dangerous
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       > M.A.D. Foreign
       Policy
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       > Sometime in the 1960s the United States and Soviet Union both
       figured out how to destroy the world. There were about 20,000
       nuclear weapons between the two countries and at any moment they
       could turn the globe into a pile of ash. Today there are 9
       countries in possession of nuclear weapons of their own (there
       are many stored around the world in other countries, but they do
       not have direct control over these nuclear weapons). This
       “nuclear club” is made up of, in descending order of weapons,
       Russia, the United States, France, China, the United Kingdom,
       Pakistan, India, Israel*, and North Korea.
       >
       > *- Israel neither confirms nor denies its nuclear program,
       they have an estimated 80 warheads
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       [move]February 27, 2022 Putin puts Russia's nuclear forces on
       alert as fighting in Ukraine continues
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       The Eastern Theatre Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army
       is not amused.
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: April 2, 2022, 5:55 pm
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       February 26, 2022
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       The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph
       Johnson (DDG 114) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile
       cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59)PHILIPPINE SEA (June 23, 2020)
       (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John
       Philip Wagner, Jr./Released)
       [center]China Calls U.S. Warship Sailing In Taiwan Strait A
       “Provocative Act”[/center]
       SNIPPET:
       Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said the ship sailed in a northerly
       direction through the Strait, that its forces had monitored its
       passage and observed nothing out of the ordinary.
       Taiwan is currently in a heightened state of alert due to
       Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, nervous that China may try to take
       advantage of the situation to make a move on the island though
       the government has reported no unusual Chinese maneuvers.
       Last year, U.S. naval ships transited the Strait roughly
       monthly. Saturday’s sailing was the first since November.
       Full article: &#128556;
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       Agelbert NOTE: The MIC has been out of control for several
       decades now. What can you say about a military that thinks fying
       a pirate flag is "traditional"?
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       The Pirate Flagged USS Kidd isn't kidding. Though this is the
       only US Navy Ship allowed to "ceremonially" fly the Jolly Roger,
       this is just one more not so subtle hint about what the MIC's MO
       IS
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       Ukraine’s president calls Russian targeting of central Kharkiv a
       war crime, Russian troops are closing in on Kyiv and Di
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       Date: April 2, 2022, 5:57 pm
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       March 1, 2022
       &#128075; Goedendag!*
       Welcome to Tuesday, where Ukraine’s president calls Russian
       targeting of central Kharkiv a war crime, Russian troops are
       closing in on Kyiv and Die Welt reports from near the Russian
       exclave of Kaliningrad on the rising fear following Putin’s
       putting nuclear forces on high alert. We also look at how
       countries around the world are coming around to the
       controversial COVID policies of Sweden.
       [*Dutch for "Good Day"]
       
       &#127758;  7 THINGS TO KNOW RIGHT NOW
       • Zelensky denounces Kharkiv war crime, Russians bear down on
       Kyiv: The center of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second biggest city, has
       been hit by a Russian strike which caused a massive explosion
       and destroyed a government building, after Russian forces
       bombarded Ukraine’s second-biggest city on Monday, killing at
       least 9 civilians. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky
       denounced the bombardment as a war crime. At least 70 soldiers
       were also killed in an attack on a military unit in the eastern
       city of Okhtyrka. Meanwhile, satellite images show a massive
       64-kilometer-long Russian military convoy is closing in on Kyiv.
       • Next round of peace talks to be held in a few days: Officials
       from Ukraine and Russia ended peace talks on Monday at the
       Rumyantsev-Paskevich residence in Gomel, Belarus on Monday
       without any breakthrough or a secured ceasefire, but both sides
       agreed to meet again later this week to return with potential
       grounds for compromise.
       • African refugees fleeing Ukraine say they face racism at
       border: As African governments scramble to help their nationals
       escape Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, reports are emerging of
       racist and unfair treatment of African citizens, as well as
       African and Indian students, at the border with Poland. The UN
       has reported that more than half a million people have fled
       Ukraine since the invasion started.
       • Lockdown fears cause panic buying in Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s
       leader Carrie Lam urged calm after residents stripped
       supermarket shelves bare amid rumors and mixed messaging from
       the government about a potential city-wide lockdown. Authorities
       plan to test all 7.4 million residents at the end of this month
       as Hong Kong has reported more than 190,000 infections in the
       last two months, compared to just 12,000 in the past two years.
       • Three-year military-led transition approved in Burkina Faso:
       Following a military coup last January, Burkina Faso’s junta has
       adopted a charter allowing a three-year transition period before
       the West African country heads to elections.
       • Russia-Ukraine war affects sport and entertainment: Hollywood
       studios Warner Bros., Disney, and Sony Pictures announced they
       would “pause” the release of their films in Russia, including
       one of this year’s most anticipated movies, The Batman.
       Meanwhile, soccer federations FIFA and UEFA have expelled Russia
       from the 2022 World Cup and suspended the country’s clubs and
       national teams from all their competitions.
       • T. rex may have been three species: Researchers studying
       fossils of T. rex found in lower layers of sediment have
       discovered that the fearsome predator  may have had two
       &#129430;&#129430; sibling tyrannosaurus species
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       />that the scientists named Tyrannosaurus imperator (tyrant
       lizard
       emperor) and Tyrannosaurus regina (tyrant lizard queen).
       Read more:
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       Re: War Provocations and Peace Actions
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       [center]The Biden &#129429; Era, &#128165; Ukraine, and the
       Crisis of the Left w/Dr. Anthony Monteiro
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       Streamed live on Feb 27, 2022
       The Left Lens 10.3K subscribers
       Danny Haiphong and Margaret Kimberley speak with Dr. Anthony
       Monteiro, organizer of the Saturday Free School.
       Comments:
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       2014 was a Different Story in Ukraine
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: April 2, 2022, 6:00 pm
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       September 04, 2014, 09:06:44 pm
       Ukraine says ceasefire agreed with Russia
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       The data shows it's just wrong to blame religion for the causes
       of terrorism.
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: April 2, 2022, 6:09 pm
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       September 07, 2014
       [center]
       Why Do Some Leading Atheists Abandon Reason and Get Bloodthirsty
       About Mideast Terrorism?  [/center]
       [center]The data shows it's just wrong to blame religion for the
       causes of terrorism.[/center]
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       Ukraine needs to move 20 million tonnes of grains before the new
       harvest in less than three months
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: May 14, 2022, 11:25 am
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       May 13, 2022 Reuters
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       [center]Western Trade and Transport Sanctions on Russia:
       Summary[/center]
       SNIPPET: The West has imposed an unprecedented package of
       sanctions on Russia, its top companies and its business and
       political elite in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
       The measures have triggered an exodus of foreign firms, raised
       the prospect of Russia defaulting on its sovereign debt, and
       look set to trigger a deep economic contraction.
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       A dedicated cereal transport ship is being loaded in front of
       the terminal grain silo in the Black Sea port of Constanta,
       Romania, May 11, 2022. Picture taken May 11, 2022.
       REUTERS/Olimpiu Gheorghiu
       [center]Romanian Port Races Against Clock to
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       By Luiza Ilie CONSTANTA, Romania, May 13 (Reuters) – Pressed
       into emergency service by the b...
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       This brings us to the heart of the issue facing the world,
       should the mariners be forced to fend for themselves, and per
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       May 28, 2022 By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D.
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       [center]Black Sea Convoys…Odesa, We Have a Problem![/center]
       The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 had a
       profound impact on shipping in the Black Sea. To prevent the
       Russian Navy from sailing into their ports and attempting to
       seize them in a coup de main, Ukrainian tugboats and naval
       auxiliaries mined the waters along the coast of the Gulf of
       Odesa. At the same time, surface units of the Russian fleet
       appeared off the coast and seized Zmiinyi Island, commonly
       referred to as Snake Island.
       For ships like the Marshall Island-registered bulker MV Riva
       Wind or the Hong Kong-flagged COSCO containership Joseph
       Schulte, the war meant not only they were trapped, but the world
       had an issue with the export of vital raw materials, in
       particular grain, from the port of Odesa…We Have a Problem!
       Black Sea &#128165; Battlefield
       At the end of January, in an article for gCaptain, I wrote,
       “Both Ukraine and Russia are major exporters of corn and wheat
       and, therefore, major food suppliers around the world…Any
       conflict, or even the threat, has the potential to interdict or
       raise the price of such commodities around the world.” Since
       then, we have seen the food and fuel issue resonate to the
       forefront of world concern.
       In early May, retired Admiral James Stavridis, who commanded
       NATO, examined what the Black Sea front of the Ukraine-Russia
       War would look like in the months ahead. He identified several
       key issues including, the Ukrainians intending to contest
       control near the coast, the Russians may use the sea as a
       “flanking zone” to come around the Ukrainian lines, and a
       blockade to sever the Ukrainian economy from global markets.
       Another retired admiral, James Foggo, currently the Dean of the
       Center for Maritime Studies with the US Navy League, in a series
       of articles (Part I and Part II) has noted the Russian plan to
       dominate the Black Sea, and their intention to menace the world
       with hunger and revolution. Since its operations against Georgia
       in 2008, and its annexation of Crimea in 2014, Russia has
       expanded its control of the northern coast of the Black Sea.
       While many focused on the Russian drive against Kyiv, the effort
       to secure the northern shore of the Sea of Azov, between Crimea
       and Donbas was essential to the Russians.  Barge and inland
       trade down the Don River, from the Caspian Sea via the Don-Volga
       canal, and the entire Unified Deep Water System of European
       Russia that links not only the Black and Caspian Seas but also
       the Baltic and White Seas are essential to Russian trade.
       This explains the Russian focus to neutralize Mariupol which
       served as a barrier for Russian ships to sail out of the Sea of
       Azov, via the Kerch Straits, and into the Black Sea. Currently,
       ships sail through the Sea of Azov under convoy by the Russian
       Navy with their AIS transponders turned off to mask them from
       Ukrainian forces.
       This brings us to the question of what the world should do
       regarding the maritime developments in the Black Sea. We know
       that many countries have provided aid to the Ukrainians in their
       fight, both in terms of weaponry and intelligence. David
       Beasley, the executive director of the United Nation’s World
       Food Programme stated, “Truly, failure to open those ports in
       Odesa region will be a declaration of war on global food
       security. And it will result in famine and destabilization and
       mass migration around the world.”
       This is a Job for Tom Hanks! ;)
       The resumption of food shipments has global implications and
       leaves the world with several options.  These alternatives can
       be summarized in what I refer to as the Tom Hanks thesis.
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       The ships that are trapped in ports along the Gulf of Odesa, in
       both Ukrainian and Russian-occupied territories find them unable
       to return home (Apollo 13). The ships have not moved from the
       docks in months and many of the ships may not be able to sail
       without some repairs.
       Some of the crews have been repatriated but others remain
       trapped on their vessels, mariners from around the world in a
       foreign land (The Terminal). These sailors did not mean to get
       themselves into this situation. They merely wanted to deliver
       their cargo and at the end of their voyages return home
       (Castaway).
       This brings us to the heart of the issue facing the world,
       should the mariners be forced to fend for themselves, and
       perhaps aid will come to them if the ships are flying the
       correct flag and the mariners are citizens from a nation with a
       navy that can fight for them (Captain Phillips). Or should the
       major nations of the world, negotiate with Turkey to relax the
       Montreux Convention and allow them to sail through the Turkish
       Straits and defend shipping as it runs into the Ukrainian ports
       along the Gulf of Odesa (Greyhound)?
       The Reality
       The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the US Maritime
       Administration have issued advisories regarding the situation in
       and around the Black Sea; albeit with dated and limited
       pertinent information on the developing situation. The biggest
       threat identified is that of mines – either laid by the
       Ukrainians or Russians – breaking loose from their moorings and
       drifting toward the Turkish Straits or the Danube River.
       NATO does aid commercial shipping via their ATP-02.1 – Naval
       Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping (NCAGS) Manual. However,
       the 54-page document merely provides information and
       recommendations.  What is lacking is the presence of naval
       personnel and assets to assist should it be needed. While there
       are some NATO naval units in the Black Sea – those of Romania,
       Bulgaria, and Turkey – no others have been in the area since
       January. There are air and ground assets in the area.
       Of particular concern is that after the sinking of Moskva, and
       the Ukrainian assaults against the Russian position on Snake
       Island, the fleet of bulk vessels and tankers waiting to enter
       the Danube – the border between Ukraine and Romania – has grown.
       AIS tracking has shown a growing fleet of vessels at anchor in
       Romanian waters but only 15 to 25 miles southwest of Snake
       Island.
       While the surface threat has changed, the Russians as recently
       as May 24 conducted a large demonstration in the Gulf of Odesa
       with the majority of their amphibious forces. The Russians still
       possess a sizable fleet in the Black Sea, including a force of
       five Kilo-class submarines. Add to this, the Russians moved in
       several jack-up rigs and seized Ukrainian oil platforms across
       the Gulf of Odesa, from Snake Island to Crimea to establish a
       picket line to monitor any ships sailing into or out of the
       region.
       The Russian offensive has made them the biggest winners in the
       food crisis they have helped to create. With global wheat prices
       climbing by 50%, Moscow has been able to generate $1.9 billion
       in revenue from export taxes. The massive reduction in Ukrainian
       exports has prompted some European leaders to push for naval
       escorts of ships into the Black Sea and to reroute grain through
       other ports.
       The latter is currently being done in a limited fashion due to
       issues with a difference in railway gauges between Ukraine and
       Europe, the utilization of Ukrainian ports along the Danube, and
       just the sheer volume of grain that needs to be moved. It is
       estimated that of the 6 million tons of grain usually exported
       by sea, only 1 to 1.5 million is getting out currently; not
       including that which has been taken by Russia and shipped out by
       them.
       The Russians have not been quiet on the subject. They have
       focused the blame for the food shortage on the fact that Ukraine
       has mined its own waters and that Russia has announced the
       lifting of some sanctions and the opening of humanitarian
       passages to allow ships to sail.  But Ukrainian Foreign Minister
       Dmytro Kuleba has called the Russian announcement ‘Blackmail’.
       It is also unlikely, based on past Russian actions against
       merchant ships, including the killing of a Bangladeshi engineer
       and the sinking of the Estonian-owned vessel Helt.
       Conclusion
       The current situation stands with Russian grain and oil flowing
       out of the eastern half of the Black Sea, via the Kerch Strait
       and the port of Novorossiysk. The Russians have their navy
       centrally located at Sevastopol in Crimea. The Gulf of Odesa is
       a contested sea with the Russians making infrequent forays into
       the region and the Ukrainians remaining behind their minefields,
       but with the ability to strike by air, drone, and shore-based
       missiles.
       Along the western shore of the Black Sea, the fight for Snake
       Island has become a war of attrition between the two opposing
       sides, while small and medium-size bulk ships and tankers,
       registered largely in open registries, brave potential strikes,
       and errant mines to load grain out of Reni and Izmail and
       offload needed fuel. Further south, Romania, Bulgaria, and
       Turkey monitor their territorial waters and ensure the safe
       passage of ships within their waters.
       The potential does exist for the Russians to strike at ships
       loaded with Ukrainian grain or for the Ukrainians to hit Russian
       laden vessels, possibly with Ukrainian wheat. Such a situation
       could then see the Black Sea degenerate into the Tanker War in
       the Persian Gulf of the 1980s when Iran and Iraq targeted each
       other’s vessels and those of neutral states as their war dragged
       on over disputed territory. Hopefully, the Black Sea does not
       devolve into a situation akin to The Money Pit or worse, Saving
       Private Ryan.
       Salvatore Mercogliano is an associate professor of History at
       Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina, a former
       merchant mariner, and creator of the Youtube channel “What’s
       Going on With Shipping?“
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       ‘This is a war of propaganda’: John Pilger
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       Date: July 11, 2022, 1:28 pm
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       July 10, 2022
       [center]‘This is a war of propaganda’: John Pilger on Ukraine
       and Assange | Talking Post with Yonden Lhatoo[/center]
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       South China Morning Post 2.85M subscribers
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       Australian journalist, author and documentary filmmaker John
       Pilger has dedicated his life to the pursuit of truth and
       shining a light on inconvenient facts that often contradict the
       mainstream media narrative. In this episode of Talking Post,
       Pilger sits down with SCMP chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo to
       discuss the war in Ukraine, the West versus China and the plight
       of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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       August 24, 2022 marks six months since the start of the war in
       Ukraine. Millions of people have fled or are internally 
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: August 31, 2022, 12:54 pm
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       MARCH 01, 2022 • UPDATED AUGUST 24, 2022
       [move]Mercy Corps has been on the ground in Ukraine, Romania,
       and Poland since late February 2022, working quickly to meet
       evolving humanitarian needs and supporting local partners to
       help provide lifesaving services to many thousands of
       people.[/move]
       [center]Quick facts: The crisis in Ukraine[/center]
       [center]
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       SNIPPET:
       How are Ukrainians being
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       It’s estimated that 12 million people need humanitarian
       assistance, making this the fastest growing refugee crisis in
       Europe since World War II. The U.N. reports over
       10,000
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       />confirmed civilian casualties with actual numbers likely being
       much higher.
       It's reported that more than 5 million Ukrainians have left the
       country as refugees and at least 7 million are internally
       displaced. This amounts to nearly one-third &#129397; of the
       Ukrainian population. Inside Ukraine, millions of people trapped
       in temporarily occupied territories are unable to meet their
       basic needs, including access to food, water, medicines, and
       electricity.
       Unfortunately, these numbers are likely to continue to grow
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       offers the latest
       statistics.
       Read more:
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