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Activists reporting psyops and harassment from security firces
An Aussie journalist who advocates for Julian Assange and WikiLeaks is reporting home invasions, thefts, psyops and harassment akin to that experienced by myself in NZ, and TPP & Occupy campaigners in the USA
That's Weird. No, I'm Not Going Crazy
Mark Hodge
22
April, 2018
I
wouldn't have the courage to write this without the support and
reassurance given by Suzie Dawson, who has endured far worse than
this but took the time to reassure me that I'm not going crazy. For
that, I am most grateful.
Until
recently, I believed that I lived in a democracy. Sure, it was
tattered around the edges and there were some disturbing instances of
rules not applying to sections of the upper classes, but by and
large, I believed that we as Australians had the right to form and
voice our own opinions.
I
was naive, which is quite an achievement for someone who is viewed by
those closest to him as cynical, sceptical and at times just a tad
sarcastic.
I've
been writing about various taboo subjects on and off for about
eighteen months. By taboo, I mean CIA, Deep state, the incarceration
of Julian Assange, the influence of America over Australian policy,
Pine Gap, the coup of 1975, banking cartels and anything else that
gets up my nose on a given day.
For
most of that time, I've flown under the radar. My audience has been
minimal. I've used the writing as a pressure valve release, while I
worked as freelance writer providing content for small business
owners. I didn't think I was worth noticing.
I
probably wasn't.
Then,
I accepted a challenge to write a piece about Julian Assange on
Australia Day.
It
wasn't my best piece of work, not by a long stretch - but it hit a
nerve.
I
had never seen website traffic like that article got.
My
audience grew, as a result. I'm still no heavy hitter and don't
expect to ever be, but my articles started to get traction and were
being shared by some pretty influential and, it has to be said,
subversive people.
That's
when those weird little things started to happen. In isolation, they
seem to be nothing, but when I put them together, I don't feel
comfortable. Most of these instances seem trivial. Some of them are
probably coincidental. But even so, I feel compelled to record
everything.
The Telstra Guy
This
stuck in my mind as being a little odd. It was a week or so after
writing that first Assange article. I was sitting on the front steps
talking to a tradesman who was doing some work for me. There is a
telecom "pit" right outside our fence line.
It's hardly
ever used. The main nodes are a little way up the street. A van with
Telstra emblazoned on the side pulled up and a technician jumped out.
He looked directly at us and seemed surprised to see me sitting
there.
"How
fast is your Internet,"he asked.
I
told him it was pretty quick.
"It
will be quicker when I'm finished," he replied and set to work.
I
would not have given this a second thought, if it weren't for
subsequent events and the fact that my Internet if anything is a
little slower.
Coming Home
Shortly
after this, my wife and I made a day trip to Melbourne, some three
hours drive away. We returned home after dark and discovered that the
front doors were wide open. We never use the front doors and yet here
they were wide open. My wife freaked. We went through the house and
could find nothing missing.
Lost Papers
I
have been keeping a paper record of social media accounts in a spiral
binder. The binder is kept by my laptop. I went shopping and returned
to find the spiral binder left open and overturned on my desk. I
couldn't remember leaving it like that, but presumed I must have.
When I went to access the list of social media accounts, it was gone.
There is no reason why I would tear that page out. It is not there.
It s gone.
Paranoia
I
spent several days in a state of disbelief. I went through that
notebook repeatedly, thinking that I must have overlooked the page. I
went through rubbish bins. I searched the house high and low. Slowly,
I started to realize that someone had taken it. It meant nothing, but
it was screwing with my head.
Lost Computer Work
I
was struggling to meet a deadline for some work I had been engaged to
do. I took a break and took the dog for his daily walk, before doing
so, I put my laptop in sleep mode, hoping to return refreshed and
with the energy to get the job done. When I returned, I switched on
the computer. All the windows that were previously open were open -
except all of my word documents (I had 5 separate documents open).
They had been closed down. They weren't saved and they weren't
recoverable. They were gone.
I
needed those documents. I had spent hours on them. They had
disappeared.
There was no way I could meet the deadline. I lost a day and a job. I needed the money, if I'm totally honest. I scraped together a vastly inferior document and submitted it three hours late. The clients are not happy.
There was no way I could meet the deadline. I lost a day and a job. I needed the money, if I'm totally honest. I scraped together a vastly inferior document and submitted it three hours late. The clients are not happy.
Coincidence?
I
don't think so. These happenings are eerily similar to other
people.
I've been encouraged to make this post as a permanent record of what has happened. Future "coincidences will also be recorded.
I won't be promoting this page widely. I just want a record.
Thanks
once again to Suzie Dawson for believing me.
I'm
not crazy and I'm not stupid and I find it bizarre to write this
down.
Julian Assange Is Our Canary in The Coal Mine.
Suzie Dawson Retweeted
Yet another anti-TPP, pro-WikiLeaks and Anonymous campaigner steps forward to confirm that she has been extensively targeted by private security/intelligence companies:
Here is Suzie Dawson's story
Ukraine threatens Russia
Kiev threatens Russia with ‘full-scale conflict’ if gas transit to Europe through Ukraine stops
A
march in Kiev to mark the anniversary of the beginning of Euromaidan
© Sputnik
RT,
26
April, 2018
Kiev
has warned Moscow of ‘geopolitical consequences’ if Gazprom
ceases gas transits through the territory of Ukraine.
"If
there is no transit through the territory of Ukraine, then the
likelihood of a full-scale conflict between Russia and Ukraine is
also increasing. European politicians need to understand not only the
economic consequences for Ukraine, but also geopolitical consequences
for the whole world," the
commercial director at Ukraine’s main gas company Naftogaz Yuri
Vitrenko told the 112 Ukraine TV channel.
Russian gas transits through Ukraine to plunge dramatically
The
gas-transit contract between Kiev and Moscow expires in 2019. Gazprom
said on Tuesday that the contract will not be extended under any
circumstances. The company added that the gas transit may remain, but
only if Ukraine provides the necessary conditions for it.
"Now
the ball is on the Ukrainian side. It should justify the economic
attractiveness and the possibility of transit through Ukraine,” said
Gazprom Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee Aleksandr
Medvedev.
Russia
wants to significantly cut its gas transit through Ukraine and
re-direct it through the extension of the existing Nord Stream
pipeline from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea. Moscow says
Kiev has proved itself an unreliable partner in gas transits over the
years. Some of the gas to Europe could also come through the Turkish
Stream pipeline, currently under construction.
When
the two pipelines are completed, transit through Ukraine is expected
to fall by more than 80 percent, according to Gazprom CEO Aleksey
Miller. He added that Gazprom does not intend to help neighboring
countries restore their economies at its own expense.
Russia brings witnesses to the Hague who debunk "chemical attack allegations
RUSSIA
BRINGS WITNESSES TO HAGUE TO DEBUNK DOUMA ‘CHEMICAL ATTACK’
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SYRIAN GOVERNMENT
26 April, 2018
Moscow’s delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and witnesses of the supposed chemical attack in Syria’s Douma held a press briefing in Hague on April 26.
Following the April 7 incident in Douma, the US-led bloc accused Syrian government of using chemical weapons against civilians there. Russia and Syria reject these accusations. The US, the UK and France used the incident to justify their April 14 missile strike on Syria.
Head
of the Russian delegation Alexander Shulgin said that Moscow views
the Douma incident as a provocation. Shulgin marked that the only
evidence had been a “sloppily staged” video shot by a
pseudo-humanitarian organization, the White Helmets, and the key
intend of the video was to “touch hearts”.
“We can prove today that the White Helmets’ runner was a crudely staged product,” Shulgin said. “Consequently, the references our Western partners – we call them ‘partners’ – make to the runner as a piece of evidence of the chemical attack are simply null and void.”
“Our news briefing today was aimed to show precisely this fact,” he said.
During
the conference, the Russian delegation presented footage from the
apartments were allegedly targeted with chemical weapons. According
to the Russian General Ivanov, the cylinders remained undamaged, what
“is highly unlikely if they were dropped from above”.
Witnesses
of the alleged chemical attack in Douma, including 11-year-old Hassan
Diab, spoke at The Hague to describe the April 7 incident.
“We were at the basement and we heard people shouting that we needed to go to a hospital. We went through a tunnel. At the hospital they started pouring cold water on me,” Hassan Diab told the press conference.
Hassan
was among the “victims” filmed by the White Helmets group for
their Douma chemical attack video. The boy and his family later spoke
to the media and revealed that Hassan was hurried to the scene by
some men claiming that a chemical attack had taken place. They
started pouring cold water on the boy and others, filming their
video.
According
to Shulgin, six of the witnesses brought to The Hague have been
interviewed by OPCW technical experts.
“The others were ready too, but the experts are sticking to their own guidelines. They’ve picked six people, talked to them, and said they were ‘completely satisfied’ with their account and did not have any further questions,” he said adding that the allegations by “certain Western countries” ahead of the briefing that Russia and Syria were seeking to “hide” the witnesses from the OPCW experts did not hold water.
Ayatollah Khamenei: “Stand up against the bullying America and the rest of the world’s arrogant powers”
Iran’s
Supreme Leader urges Muslims to stand up against the US
26
April, 2018
Iranian
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged Muslims to “stand up
against the bullying America and the rest of the world’s arrogant
powers” at the 35th International Holy Quran Contest in Tehran on
Thursday.
He
also praised the achievements of the Muslims in this respect saying
“We have grown stronger roots, to the surprise of those who wanted
to eradicate the Islamic Republic. We grew stronger and more powerful
and made more headway, to their surprise.”
“Do
learn the Holy Quran and act according to it and be bound by it for
your own life, your personal life, and your social life and your
governmental life,” advised the Iranian Supreme Leader.
Source:
Ruptly
Russian Navy Unleashes Missiles Against ISIS
CAUTION:
This story is UNCONFIRMED from other sources right now.
Russian Navy Unleashes Missiles Against ISIS and "Rebels" in Syria -- AMERICANS KILLED
26
April, 2018
Russian
submarines in the Mediterranean Sea are currently launching ballistic
missiles at ‘rebels’ in an area known as the Hama pocket, massive
explosions reported.
This
is a developing story, updates shortly.
UPDATE 5:15 PM EDT --
Russia
DID NOT notify the US prior to launching these attacks and, according
to several of my former colleagues in various governments, AMERICANS
are among the dead! It
is not known at this time if the Americans are regular military or
contractors.
According
to a single intel source, the US is not reacting publicly to this
(yet) because the government does not want the American people to
know it's "Advisers" were involved with ISIS and were
killed because they were actually in the presence of ISIS, helping
them!
UPDATE 6:11 PM EDT --
The
Russian attack CONTINUES at this hour . . . The map below shows
the area involved:
UPDATE 8:09 PM EDT --
Additional
sources now saying that at least one
BRITISH and one ISRAELI were also killed inside
a Rebel headquarters which was hit by Russian Missiles.
As
above, I am not yet aware of whether these were regular military or
contractors, but the Intel Source is very clear: "At
least one Brit and one Israeli were killed."
Military confrontation between Israel and Iran in Syria becoming increasing likely
Mattis: Expect War Between Iran and Israel soon - starting in Syria
26
April, 2018
A military confrontation between Israel and Iran in Syria is becoming increasing likely, US Defense Secretary James Mattis warned on Thursday as his Israeli counterpart was visiting Washington to discuss the threat.
Secretary
Mattis delivered his warning of yet another military conflict in the
Middle East at a hearing in Congress. Asked if Israel and Iran were
edging toward military confrontation, he said: “I can see how it
might start, but I am not sure when or where.”
"I
think that it's very likely in Syria because Iran continues to do its
proxy work there through Hezbollah.”
He
accused Iran of not only expanding and strengthening its presence in
Syria but also “bringing advanced weapons for Hezbollah through
Syria”.
Israel,
he said “will not wait to see those missiles in the air and we hope
Iran would pull back”.
The
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who met US
national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary Mattis on
Thursday, also warned of a confrontation with Iran.
"Any
site in which we see an Iranian attempt to achieve a military
foothold in Syria will be struck. We won't let that happen,
regardless of the price,"
he told the Arabic news website Elaph.
Israel
said it carried
out air strikes against
Iranian and Syrian targets in Syria in February after one its F16
fighter jets was downed near the Syrian border.
From al-Masdar News
US
going to expand fight in Syria – Mattis
26
April, 2018
US
Secretary of Defense James Mattis has explained his country’s
decision not to withdraw troops from Syria during a Senate Armed
Services Committee hearing, referring to increased Daesh offensives
in the region.
“Right
now we are not withdrawing [US troops from Syria],” Mattis told the
Senate Armed Services Committee. “We are continuing the fight, we
are going to expand it and bring in more regional support.”
According
to the top US defense official, the United States will expand its
anti-Daesh operation with the help of regional states.
Amid
Trump’s statements concerning the mulled pullout of US troops,
Defense Secretary James Mattis has previously outlined the
possibility of terrorist groups regrouping in remote positions in
Syria, saying to the US president that the withdrawal would reverse
the progress achieved so far.
On
March 3, US President Donald Trump announced his plans to pull the
country’s troops out from Syria in the near-term, which was met
with a conflicting reaction from the president’s special envoy to
the US-led coalition, Brett McGurk, as well as incoming US Secretary
of State Mike Pompeo and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph
Dunford, as well as a number of other officials.
Following
the strong reaction from the officials, Trump decided to keep troops
in Syria. However, according to a representative of his
administration, “he wasn’t thrilled about it, to say the least”.
The
United States has maintained a military presence in Syria since 2014,
leading a coalition of allies in the fight against Daesh, without a
UN mandate or authorization from the Syrian government. Damascus has
consistently called the US military presence in the country
“illegal.”
Communication
With Russia in Syria
Speaking
about the communication line between Russian and US forces in Syria,
Mattis noted that it has never been interrupted.
“Right
now in Syria, we have an open and never interrupted deconfliction
communication line that has worked pretty well to make certain we do
not run afoul of one another’s forces or one another’s
operations,” Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The
US and Russian military commanders set up deconfliction communication
channels last year, aimed to avoid any accidents between their forces
as both sides recaptured territory from Daesh along opposite sides of
the Euphrates River. As part of these efforts, US and Russian forces
maintain three telephone lines of communication — one for ground
troops, another for air forces, and a third for senior commanders.
*Daesh,
also known as ISIL/ISIS/IS, is a terrorist group banned in Russia and
many other countries
Sanctions
Against Allies
The
US Secretary of Defense went on by speaking about a national security
waiver that would exempt certain US allies including Vietnam and
India from secondary sanctions when they conduct arms trade with
Russia.
“There
are nations in the world who are trying to turn away from formerly
Russian-sourced weapons and systems. We only need to look at India,
Vietnam and some others to recognize that eventually, we are going to
parallelize ourselves. So what we ask for is the Senate and the House
pass a national security waiver in the hand of the Secretary of
State,” Mattis said.
Under
the US Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act,
countries that conduct arms deals with Russia risk secondary
sanctions. Some US allies including Vietnam and India have
Russian-made weapons hardware that they want to modernize without
risking sanction.
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