Earlier, I had forgotten to mention that the Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK), an Iranian dissident group backed by the U.S. and Israel, is based in Albania. Additionally, Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, is also attempting to develop a luxury resort on Sazan Island in Albania. Sibel Edmonds has been investigating the Kushner-Albanian connection on her Patreon, although I haven’t been following it closely. Seeing DeSmog’s revelation that the Heritage Foundation had attempted to influence the latest Albania election prompted me to think about it, but it slipped my mind when I made that post. It’s worth noting that Kushner has ties to both George Soros and Peter Thiel. As George Carlin famously said, “It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.”

On a related note, since Sibel came up: Nima of Dialogue Works reported that Graham Fuller has died. Fuller was a key figure in the early establishment of “East Turkestan.” He authored a 1998 RAND report titled The Xinjiang Project, later revised in 2003 as The Xinjiang Problem, outlining the strategic value of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in the broader effort to encircle China.