The EU, migrants & Visegrad 4

Hungry, Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia are collectively known as the Visegrad 4 or V4, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year.  PM Orbán congratulated the new Polish PM, and urged "the necessity of more intensive coordination between Visegrad nations."

Back in August, the V4 countries caused a stir in the EU by throwing a spanner in the EU works by refusing to accept an EU wide quota on migrants.   The French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius responded by saying that this was "scandalous” and also said that the border barrier being built by Hungary at that time "did not respect Europe's common values".

[Ed-  I’m wondering what he has to say now that Slovenia’s is putting up its own border barrier, (sorry “temporary technical hurdles” in form of razor wired fences).   Or the fact that of Austria has constructed  its own fence on the border with Slovenia.]

Interestingly, the V4 countries did manage to shift Brussel’s position on quotas, as can been seen in their communique in September.
http://www.visegradgroup.eu/calendar/2015/joint-communique-of-the-150911  

On the ground, the Visegrad 4 countries are providing border patrols along the Hungarian border with Serbia.   This ties in with what Vitkor Orban stated recently that the EU must first establish its own lines of defence.

https://twitter.com/Kittensinurface/status/663438174618787840

http://www.defence24.com/271521,polish-border-patrol-units-in-hungary

There is still a deepening unease within the Visegrad 4 countries on the handling of the huge influx of migrants since late summer.  Hungary is acting in accordance with the Schengen Agreement that obliges countries with external Schengen borders to protect it from illegal crossings.  Yet the EU Commission countered a few times this by stating that Hungary was going against EU values!

"The commission does not promote the use of fences and encourages member states to use alternative measures," Natasha Bertaud, the European Commission's spokeswoman for justice and home affairs, in July.

http://www.rferl.mobi/a/european-commission-hungary-serbia-wall-fence-illegal-migrants/27079829.html

Recently they have deployed around 300 police officers to patrol the Greek – Turkish borders.

http://hungarytoday.hu/news/visegrad-countries-deploy-300-strong-joint-police-force-patrol-greeces-boder-turkey-21447 

The Hungarian president, Viktor Orban, is quite scathing about the EU leadership, especially in relation with Turkey.  Last week, in Malta, he said “We do not want the EU to sit down to negotiate with Turkey, while giving the impression that it is Turkey which will save the EU. One cannot negotiate if the other party thinks that they are their negotiating partner’s last hope”.

On one hand, the ‘rebellion’ by the Visegrad 4 seems to be a clear cut example of disunity within EU ranks.  On the other hand, it also seems that they are acting as a kind of lifebuoy for the whole EU by taking the initiative & micromanaging a response themselves. This potentially might backfire on them, if Brussels does in the long run doesn't take into consideration the V4 countries’ political agenda concerning the ‘migrant’ flow into the EU. The signals from Brussels are still erratic to say the least, with Berlin still taking the limelight but at the same time staying quite inflexible.

According to a German newspaper Politico, Merkel said  “Those who can consider themselves lucky that they have lived to see the end of the Cold War now think that one can completely stay out of certain developments of globalisation. It just strikes me as somehow very weird,” Merkel then said "“When someone says ‘This is not my Europe, I won't accept Muslims,' I have to say, this is not negotiable".  Merkel’s message from Germany didn't always reach a sympathetic audience. A Czech Republic newspaper, Mladá fronta Dnes, stated that it wanted Merkel to be replaced by someone “with a sense of reality” & then said that “We must quickly forget how Germany tried to force us and the other Visegrád states into obedience, how it threatened and insulted us.”

It is quite revealing how the V4 are effectively responding in their own way to the sudden influx of migrants, and did so quickly, albeit in small measured steps. While Berlin generates more hot air & seen to be doing practically nothing at all to stem the migrant flow, it seems that the V4 are putting talk, aka “jaw jaw” into real concrete measures by micromanaging a partial unified response to the ongoing challenges, yet still remaining within the EU framework.

Lately, a number of high level V4 politicians seem to be pulling away from Brussel’s position on several issues.  First we had Viktor Orban firmly nailing his political colours to the mast in a number of speeches, now we have Miloš Zeman, the president of the Czech Republic, with his latest defiant speech regarding dissent views, migrants and Islam.   Then of course, a political swing towards the right in Poland recently took place along with a change in policy direction.  So that leaves Slovakia.  Well, the Slovak President doesn’t seem to share the same memo as his other V4 politicians.   AndrejKiska said that the Visegrad 4 cannot become a "troublemaking bloc... with a 'blame it on Brussels' attitude".  Yet, Robert Fico, the prime minister took different line back in August:

"We strongly reject any quotas ... If a mechanism for automatic redistribution of migrants is adopted, then we will wake up one day and have 100,000 people from the Arab world and that is a problem I would not like Slovakia to have." And Fico also send that “"As long as I am prime minister, mandatory quotas will not be implemented on Slovak territory."

http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/slovakia-calls-visegrad-summit-oppose-migrant-quotas-317199

Looking at the wider context: George Soros, of Hungarian descent, apparently outlined a 6 point plan in which the following is stated:

“First, the EU has to accept at least a million asylum-seekers annually for the foreseeable future. And, to do that, it must share the burden fairly – a principle that a qualified majority finally established at last Wednesday’s summit.”

http://www.georgesoros.com/essays/rebuilding-the-asylum-system/

As if reading the Soros script, Brussels & Berlin did made calls to share the load out to all members of EU, through a quota system.  Notably the Visegrad 4 have officially stated that they are very unhappy at the 'political correctness' behind what they perceived as being 'failed' EU migrant quotas being imposed upon them.  The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó, said “Efforts at political correctness, as well as hypocrisy, prevent some from admitting that this is not a migrant crisis, but mass migration”. Moreover he too alluded to Berlin’s initial handling of the migrant influx, when he said that it is unacceptable to make political statements which that can be interpreted as “invitations”.

The mandatory imposition of an EU –wide quota has now been openly challenged by all of the V4 countries, with Poland being the latest member to do so. The Polish foreign minister, Witold Waszczykowski, has recently expressed his concerns over the whole migrant EU quota issue, after the terror attacks in Paris.

Soros’s article specifically mentions Viktor Orban’s own 6 point plan, where he criticizes it since in his opinion it “subordinates the human rights of asylum-seekers and migrants to the security of borders, threatens to divide and destroy the EU by renouncing the values on which it was built…”    The sparring match between Soros & Orban is quite evident.  Orban is not apparently approved of by the EU elites for a while now.  The MSM, right from the very beginning of the migrant ‘crisis, has been highly critical of the Hungarian government’s move in trying to the situation.  Now we can see that the V4 countries are lending a hand to Hungary.   Will this on-going political saber-rattling have wider repercussions on the V4 countries as a whole? Will Brussels be rattled by Orban and also V4’s general political direction?

The reality is that the V4 countries are not only deepening their cooperation between themselves but also wider across with Balkan countries. The Visegrad countries are currently holding a meeting in Prague along with Western Balkans states.  It is interesting to note that Slovenia is increasingly participating in the V4 group, but it is not as a member though. Also noteworthy was a trilateral meeting between Greece, Bulgaria & Hungary at the beginning of November.

While Brussels & Berlin appear to be totally frozen like a rabbit in the lights of a car, the V4 countries are continuing to establish & consolidate their political agendas and measures.

Some perspectives [eng]

In the wake Friday 13th Paris attacks

The US administration has been increasingly bellicose about Assad lately.  The US secretary for Defence Ashton Carter talked about more ground troops needed in Syria.   It seems that the US war-mongering plate isn’t quite full, what with the existing hundreds of US bases across the world & the ongoing “war on terror” in places such as Iraq, Nigeria or Afghanistan.

It could be said that the US war hawks’ manna from heaven materialized on late Friday evening in Paris.  What remains to be seen is the final outcome of the G20 summit in Turkey where in haste President Hollande has sent his foreign minister, Laurent Fabius in his place. On a side note, just today, Hollande had an hour long talk with Sarkozy, one of the instigators of the NATO campaign against Libya.  Alternatively, will Turkey’s Erdogan be given free rein to openly intervene in Syria?

Could this be part of a plan to either invoke Article 5 of NATO or creation of NATO "no fly zones"? Is this is the West’s pretext or sorry excuse to attack Syria, since the political & media elites established narrative is stubbornly centred on blaming Assad for all the terrorism in Syria? How many times have we heard Establishment commentators say or write that Assad supports IS or that Russia is apparently the airforce for ISIS? The buzz continues to make its rounds.


This is does not bode well for Syria or Russia, with a hint of possibility of French troops being sent to Syria, as part of the US created “global coalition”. Just a little reminder that the French aircraft carrier has been re-deployed back to the Persian Gulf, ostensibly to fight IS.  Odd, given that it was in the Persian Gulf to assist in combating IS in the first place. But 16/11/15 Hollande has stated that the aircraft carrier will go to the eastern Med instead.

Assad repeatedly warned us in the West, even back in 2012 but the EU political elites simply dismissed it out of hand:

 "What France suffered from savage terror is what the Syrian people have been enduring for over five years. And it is not possible to dissociate what happened yesterday in France with what happened in Beirut two days ago, because terrorism remains terrorism. It is not necessary to consider it as a strike in a different place, Syrian land, Yemeni land, Libyan, or  French ground : in reality, it is one and the same global field."

" Unfortunately, European leaders did not give importance to our statements, but they thought that we were threatening them,  they have not even learnt the lessons from the Charlie Hebdo events in January. Their statements that they are against terrorism have no value."

The Paris attacks showed another level of sophistication not previously seen before, which has taken some security experts by surprise.  Compared to the Charlie Hebdo Paris attacks in January, the latest attacks had a well-organized command & control that facilitated these terror attacks, with links with Belgium & possibly back to IS controlled territories in the Middle-East. The boomerang effect is here to stay indefinitely largely due to the West warped understanding of upholding democratic values.

Many people will plead either ignorance or complete stupidity about the level of Islamic terror attacks.  So let’s take a trip down memory lane, courtesy of Der Speigel. Back then in 2005, it was about al-Qaida, the scary bogeyman of the West, now transformed into the more brutal IS.  The article outlines its strategy, step by step and describes “a lunatic plan conceived by fanatics who live in their own world, but who continually manage to break into the real world with their brutal acts of violence.”  Notice how the Third step from 2007 to 2010 is focused on Syria.  “The Fifth Phase This will be the point at which an Islamic state, or caliphate, can be declared.” Dose of deja-vu anyone?

Notwithstanding the deliberate Western media & political obscuring of the origins & tangled web of connections between the terror groups, most of the West’s intelligence services clearly know about the origins of IS, as succinctly put by a French general to the French Senate in 2014:

“Who is the doctor that created this Frankenstein? Let’s clearly state it since it has consequences, it is the US. [But also] Other players out of short-term political policies; who appear to the West’s friends. Other players, through complacency or with deliberate intent, have contributed to this construction and to its strengthening. But the first culprits are the United States.” 
Général Vincent Desportes, 17th December 2014

Quelle surprise – pas! One of the reported attackers was apparently known since 2010 to the French security services, under the famous and notorious “Fiche S”, ("sûreté d'Etat"), system, used for known radicalized individuals.  Seriously what are these people doing loose in France, if they don’t like the French lifestyle & values?  It doesn't bear thinking that some even had access to airside parts of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport.

It seems that some of  those not only had been given a free pass by the authorities, including not going to prison  but actually went as far as going to Syria to fight over there. The problem is when the chickens come home to roost.

Marc Trévidic,a French anti-terrorist judge, mentioned in September 2015 that "The real war that the IS intends to carry out on our soil has not yet begun." He added that " the men of Daech have the means, the money and the ability to easily acquire as many guns as they want and organize mass attacks." 

ISIS is both supported behind the scenes by Turkey, a NATO member state.  NATO has either turned a blind eye or given the ok to the Salafi/Wahabi proxy army.   Equally disturbing is the fact that Western corporate media outlets have done doing their best to whitewash IS and cover up the EU, Qatari, Saudi, US & Turkey backing of these evil shits.

It was originally reported that 2 passports of the alleged attackers were Syrian & are that of recent ‘migrants’, into the EU. A Greek official commented that "“Either this person passed through Greece posing as a refugee, or along the way he bought or stole the passport. At this stage either scenario is possible.”  It is possible that the names M. al Mahmod & Ahmad Almohammad are false.  Information on one of them was given a Serbian newspaper. [Update French police confirm that 2 passports are bogus & probably forged in Turkey].  2 of the Stade de France suicide bombers did arrive in Greece on the in October in a  boat group of 200. A week later, the French prime minister Valls said on France 2 TV station, "These individuals took advantage of the refugee crisis... of the chaos, perhaps, for some of them to slip in" to France".  
 
German authorities have reported that  1 in 3 of the wannabe European settlers have fake IDs, where " at some border crossings 90 percent claim to be from Syria." That must be not so heartening news for European law enforcement, the fact that fraudulent use of documents is OK & hence no need to tighten border controls.  Judging from videos showing the migrant flow into Europe & into the Schengen area, there are a lot out there that are pretending to be Syrian, even if they don’t speak Arabic!

Cynically speaking of course, let's take inspiration from Soros,to allow the EU elites to completely throw open the borders, & do away with Schengen.   That way, no one will know how many mischief makers, criminals & terrorists enter Europe. That fits in well with what is being stated in the MSM, "Yet, the possibility that one of the attackers came from Syria has already been seized upon as an opportunity to criticise and alter refugee policy not just in Europe, but across the world" France 24.  The bottom line is don't dare to criticise or alter the EU's 'virtuous' migration policy since it is deemed to be non-negotiable.

 Once more, very few searching questions are being asked about the widespread circulation of mostly fake Syrian passports, seemingly coming from Turkey! Despite this lax attitude on the part of the MSM, one enterprising Dutch journalist managed to obtain a forged Syrian passport  & ID card with a photo of the Dutch prime minister, all for 750€! Furthermore, 10,000 fake Syrian passports have been seized in Bulgaria alone, a drop in the ocean compared to the estimated 150,000 refugees who have recently entered the EU with false IDs. 1 or 2 of them  did take advantage of the chaotic influx into the EU and subsequently  turned up in Paris where they killed ordinary people out & about & enjoying their Friday evening.

Calls including by the French Greens, have been made not to stigmatize migrants in the wake of the attacks, but have ever so quiet on making suggestions as to how to deal security questions arising from the huge migrant flow. At the same time there is increasing evidence being provided by police on a potential terror networks stretching across Europe.  Certain mainstream media outlets feel greatly concerned about the political negative fall-out that the Paris attacks have had on the migrant flows into the Schengen area. In a nutshell, here is what the Guardian has to say: "Increasing fear of Muslims being associated with terror attacks; with potentially more hatred shown by far-right groups".  Apparently we need to be more concerned about so called far-right groups than actual indoctrinated murderers returning from the Syrian conflict, planning killing sprees in Europe and across the world.


Yet, 13% of Syrian refugees in Lebanese, Jordanian & Turkish refugee camps, viewed IS in a 'positive' or "positive to a certain extent". This is according to a 2014 report, the Arab Opinion Index Team -  Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, based in Doha, Qatar.  So a probably a fair sprinkling of IS sympathisers if not supporters in  are scattered to the four corners of the EU, largely thanks to Merkel & Erdogan's actions in the summer of 2015.  This does not help other Syrian refugees either, since a large proportion, 73% have a negative view of IS.  We have all found ourselves in uncharted waters, with various key state & regional players bit by bit revealing their geopolitical  true colours & long-term intentions, such as the US & Saudi Arabia.  Other key players simply have melted into the night, such the EU, due to a complete inability to take concrete measures.

"Europe has not yet become aware of its incompatibility with IS. But as long as it exists, Europe will not resume its former way of life. It is a truth that is not fun"

Alexey  Puchkov, Head of foreign affairs committee, Duma, Russia

Often cited by establishment media and intensely disliked by EU elites,Viktor Orban, the Hungarian Prime Minister, had previously warned about the unchecked "tidal wave" of migrants entering into Europe: 

“Everything which is now taking place before our eyes threatens to have explosive consequences for all of Europe… If Europe does not return to the path of common sense, it will find itself laid low in a battle for its fate.”

It is not as if we have not been warned about the outrageous behaviour of the US & NATO proxies.  At the end of September, Vladimir Putin clearly alluded to this absurd state of affairs in his speech to the UNGA:

“It is equally irresponsible to manipulate extremist groups and use them to achieve your political goals, hoping that later you’ll find a way to get rid of them or somehow eliminate them.

I’d like to tell those who engage in this: Gentlemen, the people you are dealing with are cruel but they are not dumb. They are as smart as you are. So, it’s a big question: who’s playing who here? The recent incident where the most “moderate” opposition group handed over their weapons to terrorists is a vivid example of that.

We consider that any attempts to flirt with terrorists, let alone arm them, are short-sighted and extremely dangerous. This may make the global terrorist threat much worse, spreading it to new regions around the globe, especially since there are fighters from many different countries, including European ones, gaining combat experience with Islamic State. Unfortunately, Russia is no exception.

Now that those thugs have tasted blood, we can’t allow them to return home and continue with their criminal activities. Nobody wants that, right?”

Unfortunately, ordinary people in Paris were on the receiving end of assault rifles & explosives and over 130+  of them lost their lives.





Links

Blaming Assad  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34827047

Belgium:  http://fr.sputniknews.com/international/20151115/1019539071/bruxelles-arrestations-paris-attentats.html

Assad TV interview: http://www.medias-presse.info/bachar-al-assad-rappelle-a-la-france-quil-avait-prevenu-des-consequences-du-soutien-de-paris-aux-terroristes/43495

 Der Speigel: http://www.spiegel.de/international/the-future-of-terrorism-what-al-qaida-really-wants-a-369448.html

Général Vincent Desportes, 17th December 2014
http://www.senat.fr/compte-rendu-commissions/20141215/etr.html

 https://fr.news.yahoo.com/info-m6-aeroport-de-roissy-des-fiches-s-avaient-acces-a-la-piste-181429268.html

Paris Match interview:  http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/La-France-est-l-ennemi-numero-un-de-l-Etat-islamique-837513

RT 1:3 fake IDs  https://www.rt.com/news/316570-eu-false-syrian-refugees/

Blic :  http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Drustvo/606473/SVETSKA-EKSKLUZIVA-Ovo-je-terorista-koji-je-prosao-Grcku-Srbiju-Hrvatsku-Austriju-DA-BI-SEJAO-SMRT-U-PARIZU


Syrian passport:  https://twitter.com/HaraldDoornbos/status/644056427716345856/photo/1

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/14/paris-attacks-european-leaders-link-terror-threats-to-immigration

 http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/poll-third-syrian-refugees-are-isis-sympathizers

 https://www.aei.org/publication/poll-13-of-syrian-refugees-are-isis-sympathizers/

En deuil et en colère

En deuil et en colère.

Combien devront encore mourir pour que nos politiques pourris réfléchissent un peu ?

Attention au mot « dérapage » Pour un journal, pour un membre du gouvernement C'est quoi un dérapage ? Pour moi c’est de dire qu'on en a marre du « padamalgame » de la vie politique et sociale en France, mais aussi en Europe.

Regardez bien l’arrière-plan des attentats à Paris : la Syrie

"Avons-nous le droit de soutenir le terrorisme pour obtenir un changement de régime ?" le titre de RT

 Toujours « padamalgame » ?

Voici des "beaux discours " des politiques français :

 1 . http://static.ripostelaique.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cazeneuvetraitre.png" Prôner le djihad n’est pas un délit ce n'est pénalement pas répréhensible", (Ministère de l’Intérieur français) 2014

 2. Laurent FABIUS à bien dit en 2012, du group­e Al nosra (filiale d'al qaida) "les rebelles font du très bon boulot sur le terrain", en Syrie. La France soutiens de terroristes dits modérés en ­Syrie pour renverser Bachar Al Assad, av­ec un appui tactique, logistique, formation . En plus la France a fourni des armes aux takfiris en Syrie depuis plusieurs années, des missiles anti-char Milan, des fusils FAMAS. Al Norsa vient d’être désigné comme un groupe terroriste : http://tvzvezda.ru/news/vstrane_i_mire/content/201511141650-f8fj.htm



Toujours « padamalgame » ?

"échec total des services de renseignements français"

 Qui n’a pas pensé un peu que parmi les hordes de réfugiés, il y avait des individus avec un agenda spécifique et ordres précis pour ce genre d'opérations ? Un passeport syrien retrouvé à Paris appartenait à un migrant fut enregistré en Grèce et l’autre terroriste était surveille par les services de renseignements françaises. http://www.antenna.gr/news/-/article/428234/twitter-article

 Toujours « padamalgame » ?

 Est-ce un cas de a nullité complet ou une haute trahison de nos dirigeants européens ? A vous d’y réfléchir un peu au lieu de dire de conneries comme celle sur le site « Le Figaro » : «Les postures et autres arguties politiciennes sont déplacées»

Toujours « padamalgame » ?

 http://www.lefigaro.fr/vox/societe/2015/11/14/31003-20151114ARTFIG00115-attentats-a-paris-colere-et-emotion-dans-les-commentaires-du-figaro.php

L’auteur du blog Les-Crises.fr, Olivier Berruyer livre son point de vue sur les attaques terroristes : "250 000 sont mortes en Syrie, à cause de nos politiques occidentales"

 http://www.les-crises.fr/la-france-est-en-guerre-ben-oui-depuis-longtemps-cretin/

Toujours « padamalgame » ?

 Donc c’est quand les vrais terroristes seront vraiment traques et de les "buter jusque dans les chiottes" ?

Toujours « padamalgame » ?

Reprise: Photos metro Moscou

These beautiful #Moscow metro stations totally make up for all those gloomy faces commuting underground #Russia https://t.co/3EbVC1l1t2

— IN THE NOW (@INTHENOWRT) November 6, 2015

Some thoughts on Kogalymavia Flight #7K9268

“Russia suspends flights to Egypt due to security concerns after Sinai crash”

#Sinai   Kogalymavia Flight #7K9268

Even Russia has stopped flights to Egypt including Cairo;
UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands amongst others who have curtailed flight ops in Egypt, with Sharm El Sheikh & Cairo.

This has serious repercussions on both Egypt & more tellingly on Russia.

“On Thursday, UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced that it was “more likely than not” that a bomb caused the crash.”  If I were in the shoes of an accident investigator or aviation head of security, I’d like to know based on what findings? However, publically Cameron did not share his stated reasons with Putin.  Something clearly troubled the high echelons of the UK intelligence community. This suggests that some factors are  intel driven, either pre-accident or post Sinai incident, or both with sources being closely guarded to protect the systems or sources.

The clue is in the sudden reaction of the UK authorities in taking unprecedented steps to stop flights altogether, an event rare as a hen’s teeth, particularly in this commercially driven society of ours.  There are a number of elements related to the Sinai crash that are still disjointed, but even the Russian authorities are keeping mum for the time being.
This kind decision is never done lightly by one country due to the serious diplomatic & economic fall-out.  As this is being written, a number of European countries have taken identical measures with respect to flights & travel to Egypt.  I don’t think that EU political authorities are trying to capitalize on this devastating tragedy for Russia, although the European mainstream media clearly is: some are really scrapping the barrel of depravity in their portrayal of the Sinai crash.

The Daily Mail mentioned that GCHQ intercepted 'chatter' just before as well as after the crash. Assuming that intel received was mostly post-accident, if GCHQ  re-examined its intel trawls to recheck 'chatter', then this might account for the time delay between the Sinai crash and the announcements of flights cancellations several days after the initial crash. Maybe some low level 'chatter' did came to light prior the Sinai crash about an ISIS affiliated or type of terrorist group in Egypt.  Likewise, maybe additional 'chatter' or intercepts showed they are trying to plan or try to carry out some action on the back of the Sinai crash. Or, through subsequent intel harvesting, it became apparent that a significant terrorist risk has been revealed, with connections to Cairo airport as well as Sharm el Sheikh.

Another possible line of thought is that the intel is in fact  mostly pre-accident information, already known by the UK and or the ‘five eyes’group.  It is quite plausible that the disclosure of such information was not picked up and did not reach the relevant political levels until some days later and as such the UK needed to do some backtracking to cover this.  Another idea centers on the possibility that information on a potential terrorist event in the region was ‘harvested’ prior to the crash but not shared in the worldwide intel community, either in time or at all to take any action.  Maybe it was an instance of some vague information between known suspects which could not be confirmed or effectively acted upon.  As Snowden clearly pointed out, surveillance done through intensive mass electronic eavesdropping, aka "data-mining"  does not lend itself to be actually being in a good position in preventing acts of terrorism.

A more horrifying interpretation is that intel was known but deliberately withheld from the Russians for political gains.  Given the political prism in which the West views Russia, this idea cannot be simply dismissed out of hand, mostly because it is apparent some UK intel was passed to the US & then parts to the French, German, Irish & Dutch intelligence community.  The Russian authorities seem not be party to UK intelligence and so  must have even more grave doubts about the West, especially in light of the urgent UK response that triggered the rash of flight cancellations, travel advisory warnings & rescue flights in Europe.

It is plausible to consider that the’ terrorist’ cat is definitely out of the bag and Egypt once more is paying the price for being seen to have a shoddy aviation security.

Blog - Bombs & State Factory of Chemical Products

The State Factory of Chemical Products, Donetsk

A special mention with regards to this place since several Western media outlets have produced articles on a "dirty bomb" being developed by the DNR, using nuclear waste materials from this site.

Back in June, the main issue was that " Environmentalists are concerned about the explosion at the state factory of chemical products in Donetsk where radioactive waste is stored."  This story some how now has turned into a more sinister event by the likes of the "exclusive scoop" of a dirty bomb ran by The Times newspaper in late July 2015.
A special mention with regards to this, since The Times 'scoop' several Western media outlets have also produced similar articles on a "dirty bomb" being developed by the DNR. These simpled-minded & alarmist articles seem to be based on a lot of conjecture & hearsay, yet provide very little information on the numerous artillery & missiles strikes on the State Factory of Chemical Products complex. This might actually distort  their version of events.

Ukrainian article on the complex: https://en.informnapalm.org/nuclear-terrorism-and-the-dirty-bomb/   I am not going to aplogise for this kind of article, because this is precisely the kind of articles that the weak-willed, yellow pressitudes of the West take as the Gospel truth.

Notice the sparing details regarding the "dirty bomb",  e;g; the use of words such as "insider", "are contemplating", "possibly, to supply other international terrorist organizations".  Does this reminder you of other events? Where have we seen this kind of language before? It should ring alarm bells, such as  the WMD case in Iraq or even the "gas attacks" in Syria.  Articles couched in vagueness but nevertheless "threatening".  Provoking a nasty reaction, pre emptive action and laying down some pathetic excuses for a potential wider conflict is the playbook of the Washington administration & NATO leadership. 

Here is what I wrote in June: (original article HERE)

Addendum 18 June: There is a twist to the series of shelling & missile strikes, in the apparent use of a thermobaric weapon to  try to wipe the State Factory of Chemical Products, off the map.  It is likely that radiation levels in Donetsk could increase, since according to an expert, there is a nuclear waste storage site in the vicinity. The context of this is truly disturbing if it does happen, as it seems to show the plans of Kiev, to turn parts of Donbass into a ecological wasteland & therefore render it uninhabitable.   http://www.ostro.org/general/society/news/473114/

Here what the leader of the DNR had to say about the nuclear waste storage site:
 http://novorossia.today/the-nuclear-waste-depository-was-not-affected-by-the-shelling-of-the-donetsk-factory-of-chemical-products-head-of-the-dpr-claimed/

If I was in his place, I'd be very very worried at the 'antics' of Kiev and the potential for an environmental & human catastrophe.  Yet this doesn't get a mention in the 'Times' & Newsweek articles since they are utterly one-sided.   If I were him, I'd seek out experts in the nuclear waste field to go on site & report back their findings on the situation & possible consequences of any further attacks on the site. Of course, I'd also make detailled plans for the evacuation of those in the vicinity.

Taking information from the Newsweek article, which gives some details on the nuclear waste stored in the facilities: " A 2002 inspection by Ukraine's State Nuclear Regulation Committee found that the level of radiation in the bunker was extremely high, at 725.2 billion Becquerel."

http://europe.newsweek.com/ukraine-says-rebels-are-building-dirty-bomb-331070

Unsurprisingly the Newsweek article fails to mention the repeated artillery & missile strikes  over a whole year, causing massive explosions on the industrial complex site that houses the underground waste bunker.  ( ed: I wonder why??? sarc off)

 Breakdown of media reported military strikes on the State Factory of Chemical Products, Donetsk

2014 : June     -   July     -    Sept    -    Oct    -   

2015 : Feb     -    June    -    July    -    to be continued no doubt

Here are some extracts from a google search on the subject of attacks on the plant:

MoD DPR confirmed shelling of the chemical plant in ...
novorossia.today › Novorossia
Jun 19, 2015 - MoD DPR confirmed shelling of the chemical plant in Donetsk by MRLS “Smerch” ...

Donetsk state factory of chemical products is burning after ...
liveuamap.com/.../2014/26-of-july-donetsk-state-factory-of-chemical-prod...
Donetsk state factory of chemical products is burning after shelling

Massive explosion in Donetsk factory of chemical products ...
uaposition.com/massive-explosion-in-donetsk-factory-of-chemical-prod...
Sep 20, 2014

Massive Explosion Rocks Ukraine Chemical Factory -- NYMag
nymag.com/.../massive-explosion-rocks-ukraine-chemical-factory.html
Oct 20, 2014 - But it's the exact location of this particular blast that is worrying most Ukrainians: It reportedly hit the Donetsk State Chemical Products Factory

Donetsk chemical plant hit by biggest blast in the war
www.kyivpost.com/.../donetsk-chemical-plant-hit-by-biggest-blast-in-the...
Feb 9, 2015

Environmentalists are concerned about the explosion at ...
ukrainiancrisis.net/news/11554
Jun 18, 2015 - Environmentalists are concerned about the explosion at the state factory of chemical products in Donetsk where radioactive waste is stored.

Donetsk state factory of chemical products is burning after ...
liveuamap.com/.../26-of-july-donetsk-state-factory-of-chemical-products-is...
Donetsk state factory of chemical products is burning after shelling.


Readers are reminded that in several instances, the use of either a Tochka (Scarab) missile was reported. Here is some information on this missiles systems reportedly being used in an urban environment. The warhead is huge.  You do have to wonder what is the purpose of repeatedly hitting the same location with this kind of missile?  This goes beyond taking out a target, it is destruction beyond words, since the resulting crater is very wide & deep, in the order of

The amazing range & variety of the Ukrainian spin on why these explosions took place are breath-taking, take for example just this : " a cigarette butt was dropped".




How far we have gone as society from the days when the Serbs got bombed by NATO using depleted uranium ordnance for simply lobing mortar or artillery rounds into Sarajevo. It seems that the Western media & political elites are more than content with the frequent use of ballastic missiles in an European countries, since they are unwilling to look further than their noses in the Donbass. Why? Maybe because it is handy for the pressitude of the West to not see Russian speakers in Donbass as friends, but rather as foes.

Blog : Le peuple souterrain du Donbass

Le peuple souterrain du Donbass

https://youtu.be/GFiLoB9QRZo 


Les enfants ne demandent pas de guerres, mais ils finissent par prendre le plus lourd tribut de la guerre. Voir un autre exemple qui est chaud au coeur d 'une histoire de l'aide humanitaire pour un orphelinat: http://fortruss.blogspot.fr/2015/07/come-and-get-it.html

Le peuple du Donbass, grace a l'Ukraine post - Maidan, sont assièges par Kiev et sont sous des bombardements réguliers, ne voit qu’une aide minuscule de l'UE ou de la Croix-Rouge. En raison du blocus des médias de l'Ouest , vous ne connaissiez pas leurs histoires, parce qu'ils sont simplement marqués comme des terroristes. Honteux et un déshonneur absolu par rapport à 20 ans en Bosnie, quand il y avait la couverture médiatique mur-à-mur du siège de Sarajevo.


Comme Vera Graziadei succinctement décrit le conflit dans son blog l'année dernière, le peuple du Donbass sont considérés comme des sous-humains aux yeux de l'ouest.
http://veragraziadei.com/2014/06/18/ukrainian-genocide-and-its-cheerleaders/


Children don’t ask for wars, but they end up  taking the brunt of the war.  See another example of a heart warming story of humanitarian help for an orphanage: http://fortruss.blogspot.fr/2015/07/come-and-get-it.html
 
The people of Donbass, under a post- Maidan Ukrainian siege & regular shelling, see a very minute of help from the EU or the Red Cross.  Due to the West’s media blockade, you won’t hear their stories at all, because they are simply labeled as terrorists.  Shameful & an absolute disgrace compared to 20 years in Bosnia, when it was wall-to-wall coverage of the Sarajevo siege.

As Vera Graziadie succinctly outlined,  the conflict in her blog last year, the people of Donbass are regarded as sub-humans in the West’s eyes.

Video reprise : Ivan le russe - Les Barbares Russes (fr)