Tag: Washington Post

Chinese and Philippine ships collide at Sabina Shoal, a new flash point + More

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)
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The incident, the first time in decades that Beijing and Manila have clashed over the Sabina Shoal, may derail efforts to lower tensions in the South China Sea.

Chinese and Philippine ships collide at Sabina Shoal, a new flash point (archived)

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CCG restricts repeated Philippine vessel intrusions near South China Sea reefs

Chen Xiangmiao, director of the World Navy Research Center at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, told the Global Times on Monday that the Philippines sees Xianbin Jiao as a transfer station for its resupply missions to Ren’ai Jiao, as Xianbin Jiao is located between Ren’ai Jiao and the Philippines’ Palawan Province.

[08-16-24] Foreign Ministry Spokesperson’s Remarks on the Philippine Coast Guard Vessel’s Illegal Anchoring in the Lagoon of Xianbin Jiao

[08-14-24] Exclusive: Manila to deploy new vessel for ‘semi-permanent presence’ at China’s Xianbin Jiao, breaking its promise: source

Philippine media have hyped the China Coast Guard’s (CCG) presence in the Xianbin Jiao, but it is the Philippines that has sent the MRRV-9701 to the area in the first place. The Philippine ship anchored in the lagoon of the Xianbin Jiao in April, with a CCG ship arriving later in July.

Updated on 07-27-2024: SeaLight, formerly Project Myoushu

Powell’s storytelling:

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Israel will boost its military industry with the construction of an equipment factory

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

It’s not looking good for the IOF!

Israel will boost its military industry with the construction of an equipment factory

The news comes when 300 days have passed since the Israeli military operation against the Islamic terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, for which US military aid is being necessary.

The IDF has already warned that it is suffering a personnel crisis, but according to a recent article in The New York Times it is also facing a shortage of tank shells and parts to repair military vehicles.

This while the country is preparing for a possible regional war, after the escalation of tension on the border with Lebanon with the Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah and threats from Iran after an attack in Tehran that caused the death of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the political office of Hamas, which the Islamic Republic attributes to Israel.

Washington even delayed sending certain types of bombs to Israel, citing the possibility that they would be used against civilians in the Gaza Strip, highlighting Israel’s strong dependence on American weapons.

Related:

Facing manpower shortage, government backs raising mandatory IDF service to 3 years

Israel’s Military starts drafting Ultra-Orthodox Jews, but will they Dodge the Draft on Religious Principle?

Biden Pledges New Military Deployments To Defend Israel In Netanyahu Call

Biden Pledges New Military Deployments To Defend Israel In Netanyahu Call

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

President Biden in a Thursday phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that the United States would help defend Israel in the event of reprisal attacks from Iran in the wake of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran.

Biden Pledges New Military Deployments To Defend Israel In Netanyahu Call (archived)

Related:

U.S. forces move toward Israel as Iran threatens to attack

US gov’t-linked firm is source of exit poll claiming Venezuelan opposition won election

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Venezuela’s opposition and US media outlets claim there was fraud in the July 28 election based on an exit poll done by US government-linked firm Edison Research, which works with CIA-linked US state propaganda organs and was active in Ukraine, Georgia, and Iraq.

US gov’t-linked firm is source of exit poll claiming Venezuelan opposition won election

Related:

The US government funds election observers and exit polls for regime change

All of my recent posts about the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election are linked below:

As predicted: violence by the far-right Venezuelan opposition breaks out across Caracas

As predicted: violence by the far-right Venezuelan opposition breaks out across Caracas

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)
Sources; Venezuela/Iraq

The day after the Venezuelan people voted in their presidential elections, a number of seemingly coordinated protests broke out across Caracas

Venezuela’s far-right refuses to recognize electoral results, violent protests break out across Caracas

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President Nicolás Maduro Denounces Violent Acts Perpetrated by the Far Right in Venezuela

He also said that they know the “operandis mode” with which the right acts, recalling that it is the one “has been used for the April 2002 coup d’état, for the first guarimba of 2004, for the actions of Capriles after the elections and for the guarimbas of 2014”.

Guarimba is a ‘protest method’ devised by Venezuelan opposition member, Robert Alonso (who collaborated with the CIA to train terrorists). It was ‘inspired’ by Gene Sharp’s book, From Dictatorship to Democracy (see my ‘front organizations’ page for more on Sharp).

2014 Venezuelan ‘protests’:

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The Washington Post already called the Venezuelan election at 5 a.m. EDT

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

July 28, 2024 at 5:08 a.m. EDT

Updated July 28, 2024 at 7:38 p.m. EDT|Published July 28, 2024 at 5:08 a.m. EDT

Edison Research/Edison Research Team*

National Election Pool:

NEP has relied on the Associated Press to perform vote tabulations and has contracted with Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International to “make projections and provide exit poll analysis.” 

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The US has funded exit polls abroad because, state dept. officials testified, it is one of the few ways to expose and ascertain the extent of large-scale fraud. Indeed, discrepancies between exit polls and the official results have been used to successfully overturn election results in Serbia, Peru, the Republic of Georgia and, in November 2004, Ukraine [Orange Revolution].

The US government funds election observers and exit polls for regime change

US gov’t-linked firm is source of exit poll claiming Venezuelan opposition won election

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German Publishers and Booksellers Association awards its annual “Peace Prize” to US war hawk Anne Applebaum

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

On June 25, the German Publishers and Booksellers Association (Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels), which organises the world’s biggest annual book fair (in Frankfurt), announced it was awarding its annual “Peace Prize” to US journalist and author Anne Applebaum.

German Publishers and Booksellers Association awards its annual “Peace Prize” to US war hawk Anne Applebaum

Reuters Exposes Washington’s Global Disinformation Campaign: The Rest of the Story

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

In a recent article, Reuters confirms what many knew for years, that the United States government and its various departments and agencies have been conducting global disinformation campaigns targeting nations it seeks to undermine, and whose governments it seeks to overthrow.

Reuters Exposes Washington’s Global Disinformation Campaign: The Rest of the Story

Previously:

Philippines: Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic