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by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio VERSIONE IN ITALIANO Rumors of alleged sabotage echo from Russia. In just two days, in fact, the Sputnik International website, which is financed directly by the Moscow government and therefore represents a privileged mirror on the thoughts and visions of the Kremlin, has published three articles in which the hypothesis of the fatal accident due to bad weather conditions is strongly questioned. The helicopter apparently attempted a failed emergency landing in the Dizmar forest which is located between the cities of Varzaqan and Jolfa, a city on the border with the nation of Azerbaijan, about […] #Featured #Investigations #IsraelWaronPalestine #Military #ScienceResearch #WarZone #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/05/raisis-lethal-crash-rumors-of-sabotage-from-russia/?feed_id=11859

Doing anything in your power to defeat an opponent is the very definition of total war. This entails everything from sabotage and terrorist attacks targeting civilians to assassinating your adversary’s top-ranking officials (or even the leaders themselves). Obviously, there’s also the possibility of direct war, including the usage of weapons of mass destruction (thermonuclear, biological, chemical). Conducting any of the aforementioned operations can easily escalate and lead to the latter. This is precisely why there’s the institution of diplomacy, a millennia-old practice that has been respected by all of the world’s civilizations (obviously, this automatically excludes the modern-day political West). Nazi Germany was one of the first modern nations […] #Asia #Europe #Featured #Government #Investigations #WarZone Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/05/dangers-of-normalizing-assassinations-of-non-compliant-foreign-leaders/?feed_id=11459

Following death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and several top officials of the country, while Western analysts are saying death of a consummate loyalist Raisi will be a severe blow to Iran’s conservative leadership, while an expert on country’s domestic politics and foreign policy said, “I believe concern in Tehran may extend beyond the potential human tragedy of the crash. The change forced by it will have important implications for an Iranian state that is consumed by domestic chaos, and regional and international confrontation”. During Raisi’s term in office, Iran enriched uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels. Tehran also intensified […] #Featured #Government #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/05/anti-russia-propaganda-centering-death-of-iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi/?feed_id=11431