Somewhat Surprised,
Larry Johnson, Russian Special Ops Forces Capture Three British “Soldiers”
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Carroll, and Colonel Edward Blake, both active-duty officers of the British Army, along with an as-yet-unidentified agent of British MI-6 (Intelligence) were captured during a daring raid by Russian Special Forces, in the city of Ohakiv.....Trump’s golf buddy, Steve Witkoff, was supposed to go to Moscow for talks on Saturday, but the trip was pushed back, with no explanation. Now there are reports that Witkoff’s mission is to try to get the Russians to release the three British operatives. https://sonar21.com/russian-
Russian special forces reportedly executed a lightning-fast operation in the Ukrainian coastal city of Ochakov, capturing three senior British military personnel allegedly involved in coordinating drone and missile strikes against Russian positions.
According to Russian military-linked Telegram channels and corroborating social media reports, the elite unit known as “Skat-12” landed in Ochakov under cover of darkness, infiltrating a command center believed to be used by NATO-linked operatives. The operation, lasting approximately 15 minutes, resulted in the capture of:
Colonel Edward Blake, a psychological operations specialist;
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Carroll, a UK Ministry of Defence official with prior deployments in the Middle East;
An unidentified individual, presumed to be an MI6 cybersecurity advisor.
The incident has triggered a diplomatic firestorm. British officials, reportedly blindsided by the raid, contacted Moscow demanding the immediate release of the officers. The UK Foreign Office claimed the men were in Ukraine for “tourism purposes,” citing an interest in naval history and World War II battle sites. However, Russian sources dismissed the explanation as implausible, citing the discovery of encrypted data, strategic maps, and classified communications with the British General Staff in the officers’ possession.
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov has allegedly refused any prisoner exchange, stating that the captured personnel will face trial for direct involvement in hostilities against Russia. The Kremlin views the incident as proof of NATO’s covert engagement in the conflict. https://www.thekhybermail.
Russia Captures Active-Duty NATO Military Officers and Intel Agent in UkraineAccording to Russian military-linked Telegram channels and corroborating social media reports, the elite unit known as “Skat-12” landed in Ochakov under cover of darkness, infiltrating a command center believed to be used by NATO-linked operatives. The operation, lasting approximately 15 minutes, resulted in the capture of:
Colonel Edward Blake, a psychological operations specialist;
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Carroll, a UK Ministry of Defence official with prior deployments in the Middle East;
An unidentified individual, presumed to be an MI6 cybersecurity advisor.
The incident has triggered a diplomatic firestorm. British officials, reportedly blindsided by the raid, contacted Moscow demanding the immediate release of the officers. The UK Foreign Office claimed the men were in Ukraine for “tourism purposes,” citing an interest in naval history and World War II battle sites. However, Russian sources dismissed the explanation as implausible, citing the discovery of encrypted data, strategic maps, and classified communications with the British General Staff in the officers’ possession.
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov has allegedly refused any prisoner exchange, stating that the captured personnel will face trial for direct involvement in hostilities against Russia. The Kremlin views the incident as proof of NATO’s covert engagement in the conflict. https://www.thekhybermail.
The official London version is: the arrested officers traveled to Ukraine as tourists and "accidentally" ended up in Ochakiv.
The British had the gall to tell the Russians that the men "were interested in naval history and wanted to visit the coast where battles were fought during the Second World War."
The Russians say no beach towels or cameras were found with the detainees, but instead "maps with strategic objects on the territory of Russia, Russian air defense plans, secret instructions on cooperation with Ukrainian drone operators and discs with encrypted data and records of conversations with the British General Staff were found." https://halturnerradioshow.
The British had the gall to tell the Russians that the men "were interested in naval history and wanted to visit the coast where battles were fought during the Second World War."
The Russians say no beach towels or cameras were found with the detainees, but instead "maps with strategic objects on the territory of Russia, Russian air defense plans, secret instructions on cooperation with Ukrainian drone operators and discs with encrypted data and records of conversations with the British General Staff were found." https://halturnerradioshow.
Steve Witkoff is scheduled to visit Moscow on August 6–7, tasked with delivering new proposals as Donald Trump seeks a way to avoid enforcing his own 100% sanctions threat against Russia. With just ten days left of his reduced ultimatum on the Ukraine ceasefire, Trump has acknowledged that Russia is effectively circumventing sanctions, leaving his administration with few viable options. https://english.pravda.ru/
Paul Craig Roberts, Reality Rules Whether or Not It Is Acknowledged
Scott Ritter is worth listening to. Ritter was the chief arms inspector sent to Iraq to confirm that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction justifying Washington’s invasion. But Ritter was too honest for the job and reported back that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
The Zionist George W. Bush Regime simply ignored the report, sent US Secretary of State Colin Powell to the UN to lie through his teeth, and invaded and destroyed an Arab country for Israel. George W., the son of a former US president and CIA Director, sent American soldiers to die for Israel and asserted he was fighting a “war on terror.” He was fighting with American lives and money a war for Greater Israel.
Fighting wars for Israel has been US policy for the entirety of the 21st century. American parents, brothers, sisters, daughters, sons, uncles, cousins, and friends have been fighting and dying for Israel and paying for their own deaths by financing the war with their own pocket books for three presidencies during which Washington has sacrificed Americans for Israel.
All of this has to be kept hidden from Americans and is by lies, censorship, charges of anti-semitism, and criminalization of criticism of Israel. If truth be known, Israel rules the West. There are only two members in the US house of Representatives with the courage to stand up to Israel. In the US Senate I think there is only one. The bully Trump is afraid of the Israel Lobby and illegally bombed Iran–an act of war–on orders from Netanyahu. Trump is building Greater Israel, not America. When MAGA-Americans elected Trump, they elected Netanyahu. https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/08/03/reality-rules-whether-of-not-it-is-acknowledged/
The Zionist George W. Bush Regime simply ignored the report, sent US Secretary of State Colin Powell to the UN to lie through his teeth, and invaded and destroyed an Arab country for Israel. George W., the son of a former US president and CIA Director, sent American soldiers to die for Israel and asserted he was fighting a “war on terror.” He was fighting with American lives and money a war for Greater Israel.
Fighting wars for Israel has been US policy for the entirety of the 21st century. American parents, brothers, sisters, daughters, sons, uncles, cousins, and friends have been fighting and dying for Israel and paying for their own deaths by financing the war with their own pocket books for three presidencies during which Washington has sacrificed Americans for Israel.
All of this has to be kept hidden from Americans and is by lies, censorship, charges of anti-semitism, and criminalization of criticism of Israel. If truth be known, Israel rules the West. There are only two members in the US house of Representatives with the courage to stand up to Israel. In the US Senate I think there is only one. The bully Trump is afraid of the Israel Lobby and illegally bombed Iran–an act of war–on orders from Netanyahu. Trump is building Greater Israel, not America. When MAGA-Americans elected Trump, they elected Netanyahu. https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2025/08/03/reality-rules-whether-of-not-it-is-acknowledged/
The Kremlin has issued a fresh statement urging caution in making public statements involving nuclear weapons, after last week President Trump ordered two US nuclear submarines to deploy "closer to Russia"...
..This doesn't mean that Medvedev is done going after Trump in this latest tit-for-tat social media public war or words. He put the following out Monday on Telegram:
“Trump should not think that the video archive of his past immoralities is only in the hands of Mossad.”
This is to apparently suggest strongly that Trump's foreign policy actions are directed by Israel, in connection with Epstein-related blackmail, and is among the more bizarre and aggressive theories thrown out there by Medvedev of late. [No, Medvedev is clearly saying Russia has the Trump dirty-movies, too.] https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/kremlin-urges-careful-use-nuclear-rhetoric-medvedev-pivots-saying-trump-blackmailed
“Trump should not think that the video archive of his past immoralities is only in the hands of Mossad.”
This is to apparently suggest strongly that Trump's foreign policy actions are directed by Israel, in connection with Epstein-related blackmail, and is among the more bizarre and aggressive theories thrown out there by Medvedev of late. [No, Medvedev is clearly saying Russia has the Trump dirty-movies, too.] https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/kremlin-urges-careful-use-nuclear-rhetoric-medvedev-pivots-saying-trump-blackmailed
Seth Rich may be the key to the Russia Collusion coup of the Trump Administration. The Deep State DOJ and FBI have gone through extreme efforts to cover-up any information they have on Seth Rich. Rich is who many believe transferred Hillary and Podesta emails to WikiLeaks during the 2016 election. Rich was a Bernie fan who worked in the DNC at that time. Rich was found shot in the back in the summer of 2016 due to what law enforcement labeled a robbery, and yet his wallet, phone, and watch were left on his person.
It is believed that actions involved in the transfer of Democrat and Podesta files to WikiLeaks will show that Seth Rich forwarded those messages. The lie that the Russians were involved would then be found to be a total fabrication. https://joehoft.com/exclusive-after-8-years-of-hiding-documents-deep-state-doj-asks-to-move-seth-rich-case-to-the-dirtiest-federal-courthouse-in-america-dc/
This is a good history of that incident: Relevant History of the B-52: In 2007 a B-52 Bomber Carrying Nuclear Missiles Was Destined for the Middle East https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-nato-and-israel-deploy-nukes-directed-against-iran/6918
DNI Tulsi Gabbard says intel agencies are using media to subvert Trump and manipulate public opinion. https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/us-national-intelligence-director
Confused, Unable To Remain Silent Any Longer, He Reveals All: "I've Been Living With Some Kind Of Hole In My Brain Since Oct. 7th." https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/stark-proof-again-idf-soldier-blows
Jimmy Dorr interview: "We Were ORDERED To Stand Down On October 7th!” -Says IDF Soldier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhEN14luMHI
Observation Balloons Were Taken Down Before Oct. 7 Attack. All 5 Were Killed. "This Story Must Be Told." https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/the-five-idf-balloonists-who-documented
Fifteen-year-old Abdul Rahman Abu Jazar says Israeli soldiers kept shooting at him even after he was struck by a bullet. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/3/israel-forces-shoot-palestinian-boy-in-eye-at-aid-site-amid-gaza-starvation
Israel is obstructing aid deliveries as people starve and convoy routes become impassable, Olga Cherevko https://swentr.site/news/622425-gaza-starvation-crisis-un/
A two-year-old in Gaza starved to death amid Israel’s military offensive and blockade, which have left food and medicine out of reach for civilians. https://trt.global/world/article/172151062ef6
Murder children, then live with yourself: Israeli army probe links spike in soldier suicides to Gaza war trauma https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250803-israeli-army-probe-links-spike-in-soldier-suicides-to-gaza-war-trauma/
28 children killed every day in Gaza: UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that around 28 children are being killed every day in the Gaza Strip due to ongoing Israeli bombing and starvation, which has now continued for over 660 days https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250803-israeli-strike-on-red-crescent-headquarters-in-gaza/
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that around 28 children are being killed every day in the Gaza Strip due to ongoing Israeli bombing and starvation, which has now continued for over 660 days https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250803-israeli-strike-on-red-crescent-headquarters-in-gaza/
UN says people in Gaza continue to be killed, injured along UN convoy routes, militarized distribution points while seeking food https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/1-500-killed-while-seeking-aid-in-gaza-since-may-un/3650565
An Israeli official said Netanyahu is pushing for 'the release of hostages as part of a military resolution'
Israeli officials are now claiming that Hamas doesn’t want a deal, even though the group has long said it is willing to release all remaining Israeli captives in exchange for a permanent ceasefire. Officials are pointing to Hamas’s denial of a claim by US envoy Steve Witkoff, who said the group was willing to disarm. Hamas responded that it would only give up its weapons if an independent Palestinian state were established. https://news.antiwar.com/2025/08/03/israel-preparing-to-escalate-military-offensive-in-gaza/
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has faced escalating threats, political pressure, intelligence activity, and sexual misconduct allegations amid his investigation into Israeli war crimes, Middle East Eye (MEE) reported Friday, Anadolu reports.
The report describes a coordinated campaign involving threats from British and US officials, alleged Mossad surveillance in The Hague, and what Khan described as reprisals tied to his pursuit of arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250803-icc-chief-prosecutor-faces-threats-over-israel-war-crimes-probe-report/
The report describes a coordinated campaign involving threats from British and US officials, alleged Mossad surveillance in The Hague, and what Khan described as reprisals tied to his pursuit of arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250803-icc-chief-prosecutor-faces-threats-over-israel-war-crimes-probe-report/
“As the municipal authority of the city, we have proven our active opposition to violence and racism, ad do not accept lessons in democracy by those who kill civilians and children in the food-rationing queues, by those who are leading dozens of people in Gaza to death from hunger and thirst on a daily basis.
“The ambassador’s focus only on graffiti (which obviously get erased) is abhorrent, at a time when an unprecedented genocide is taking place in Gaza. I should also like to inform the ambassador that in the last year the number of Israelis to whom a Greek Golden Visa was granted rose over 90%.” https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2025/08/04/athens-mayor-doukas-israeli-ambassador-antisemitic-graffiti/
“The ambassador’s focus only on graffiti (which obviously get erased) is abhorrent, at a time when an unprecedented genocide is taking place in Gaza. I should also like to inform the ambassador that in the last year the number of Israelis to whom a Greek Golden Visa was granted rose over 90%.” https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2025/08/04/athens-mayor-doukas-israeli-ambassador-antisemitic-graffiti/
The recent declarations by US allies are not merely symbolic and represent the first steps toward a new international reality https://swentr.site/news/622382-west-palestine-state-recognition/
The relatives of an American Palestinian who moved with his five children and wife in 2020 to the West Bank are calling on the US to investigate the circumstances of his death.
Relatives in Chicago told Arab News that Khamis Ayyad, 40, had died of smoke inhalation on July 31 when he entered a home that was engulfed in flames to save people. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2610478/middle-east
Palestine decries US House speaker’s visit to illegal Israeli settlement in occupied West Bank Relatives in Chicago told Arab News that Khamis Ayyad, 40, had died of smoke inhalation on July 31 when he entered a home that was engulfed in flames to save people. https://www.arabnews.com/node/2610478/middle-east
Foreign Ministry says Mike Johnson’s call to annex West Bank violates international law, encourages settler crimes https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/palestine-decries-us-house-speaker-s-visit-to-illegal-israeli-settlement-in-occupied-west-bank/3650472
'Stop Genocide!' 300,000 March Across Sydney Bridge for Gaza
"One has to be blind not to see that Israel has completely lost the majority of the world—including in the West." https://www.commondreams.org/news/sydney-march-for-gaza
Far-right Jews have already begun claiming that Cyprus is among the lands promised to them in the Holy Book! They are masters of manipulating whatever suits their interests. https://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-destroyed-palestine-syria-set-sights-cyprus/5896540
The United States is expanding its military footprint on the Korean Peninsula by establishing another elite air unit near the demilitarized zone, which is apparently in response to Pyongyang's last week announcement that it will only enter negotiations if the US abandons its demand for denuclearization.
The Department of Defense confirmed the US recently transferred 31 F-16 fighter jets from Kunsan Air Base to Osan Air Base, with a purpose to "consolidate air power and enhance combat readiness" in the region.
The Pentagon indicated this marks the second such "super squadron" the US has stationed in South Korea. Osan lies several dozen miles north of Kunsan, closer to the demilitarized zone with North Korea, and so the Kim Jong Un government will no doubt see this as a serious provocation. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-deploys-f-16-super-squadron-closer-north-korea-border-after-kims-ultimatum
The Department of Defense confirmed the US recently transferred 31 F-16 fighter jets from Kunsan Air Base to Osan Air Base, with a purpose to "consolidate air power and enhance combat readiness" in the region.
The Pentagon indicated this marks the second such "super squadron" the US has stationed in South Korea. Osan lies several dozen miles north of Kunsan, closer to the demilitarized zone with North Korea, and so the Kim Jong Un government will no doubt see this as a serious provocation. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-deploys-f-16-super-squadron-closer-north-korea-border-after-kims-ultimatum
New rocket-powered ‘terminal evasion’ system allows for abrupt, algorithm-disrupting maneuvers seconds before impact https://asiatimes.com/2025/08/chinas-drone-swarms-just-got-smarter-faster-and-harder-to-kill/#
Andrew Korybko, Trump Is Hellbent on Derailing India’s Rise as a Great Power
India’s Ministry of Commerce & Industry calmly responded to Trump’s tariff announcement by reaffirming its commitment to talks and declaring that the state “will take all steps necessary to secure our national interest”, which likely infuriated him since he probably expected Modi to anxiously call him...
..The US wants India to open its agricultural and dairy markets, stop its massive import of discounted Russian oil, and rapidly diversify away from Russian military equipment. Complying with the first demand would be disastrous for the 46% of the Indian workforce employed in these industries, however, while the second would risk decelerating its economic growth and the third would make its security dependent on the US. The end result would therefore derail India’s rise as a Great Power and turn it into a US vassal. https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-hellbent-derailing-india-rise-great-power/5896574
India, Brazil reject US demands to stop buying Russian oil https://tass.com/economy/
BP makes biggest oil discovery in 25 yrs off coast of Brazil https://en.mehrnews.com/news/235055/BP-makes-biggest-oil-discovery-in-25-yrs-off-coast-of-Brazil
I began to write a history of debt, after I left the United Nations in 1979 after warning that there was going to be a, third world, Latin American debt crash in a few years, as indeed there was in 1982. I got all the way back to Greece and Rome, and then into the biblical, and came across the jubilee year.
There were a few references to the fact that there were antecedents of this in Babylonian law and I began to look through the literature in Babylonia. And I found out rather quickly that every ruler of the Babylonian dynasty, whenever they took the throne for their first full year on the throne, they would proclaim a clean slate, annulling the personal agrarian debts that had built up.
Freeing the debt bond servants whose had to go to work for their creditors to work off the debt and redistributing the land, the words that Hammurabi and other rulers used in proclaiming these clean slates were exactly those of, the Judaic, Jubilee in Leviticus, that apparently was, written into Mosaic law when the Jewish exiles were, permitted to return to Israel and brought their familiarity with Babylonian law with them. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/michael-hudson-from-babylon-to-wall-street-how-bankers-make-you-poor.html
There were a few references to the fact that there were antecedents of this in Babylonian law and I began to look through the literature in Babylonia. And I found out rather quickly that every ruler of the Babylonian dynasty, whenever they took the throne for their first full year on the throne, they would proclaim a clean slate, annulling the personal agrarian debts that had built up.
Freeing the debt bond servants whose had to go to work for their creditors to work off the debt and redistributing the land, the words that Hammurabi and other rulers used in proclaiming these clean slates were exactly those of, the Judaic, Jubilee in Leviticus, that apparently was, written into Mosaic law when the Jewish exiles were, permitted to return to Israel and brought their familiarity with Babylonian law with them. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/michael-hudson-from-babylon-to-wall-street-how-bankers-make-you-poor.html
The DOJ said on Aug. 4 that the decree had “limited the hiring practices of the federal government based on flawed and outdated theories of diversity, equity, and inclusion,” and that it also “imposed draconian test review and implementation procedures” on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
“For over four decades, this decree has hampered the federal government from hiring the top talent of our nation,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said in a statement. “Today, the Justice Department removed that barrier and reopened federal employment opportunities based on merit—not race.” https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doj-ends-44-year-old-race-based-hiring-decree
“For over four decades, this decree has hampered the federal government from hiring the top talent of our nation,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said in a statement. “Today, the Justice Department removed that barrier and reopened federal employment opportunities based on merit—not race.” https://www.zerohedge.com/political/doj-ends-44-year-old-race-based-hiring-decree
Artificial Greed: 'Relatively Simple' AI Trading Bots Naturally Collude To Rig Markets: Wharton https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/relatively-simple-ai-trading-bots-naturally-collude-rig-markets-wharton
Meryl Nass MD, The EPA is not our friend. Nearly 100 pesticides *banned* in other countries are being used in the US. Now EPA wants to re-register Bayer's Dicamba, despite 2 courts having determined otherwise.
EPA has been stuffed with political appointees who are chemical industry shills. Should EPA go the way of USAID? How do we fix this? https://merylnass.substack.com/p/the-epa-is-not-our-friend-nearly Meryl Nass MD, Our new weekly CHD-TV show begins this Tuesday at 10:30 am, on food and farming. This week we cover sewer sludge, Section 507 and EPA's encouraging farmers to poison their farmland.
We will touch on different aspects of food and farming each week with different guests, doing a quickie 20 minute live show https://merylnass.substack.com/p/our-new-weekly-chd-tv-show-beginsSpartacus, AI Self-Hypnosis - Have you been spiraling more and enjoying it less? https://iceni.substack.com/p/ai-self-hypnosis
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