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Drone to Release Toxic Mosquitos Carrying Disease Patented in US

Entomological warfare is a type of biological warfare that uses insects to transmit diseases. The US military has been funding research using insects to transmit bioweapons in US run biolaboratories in the former Soviet Union state of Georgia. The Pentagon has allegedly performed such entomological tests in Georgia and Russia.

"The Pentagon: How to kill 625,000 people for just $0.29 cost per death"

Toxic Mosquito Release Aerial Release System (Drone)

2014 The Lugar Center was equipped with an insect facility and launched a project “Raising Awareness about Barcoding of Sand Flies in Georgia and Caucasus”. The project covered a larger geographic area outside of Georgia – Caucasus. In 2014-2015 Phlebotomine sand fly species were collected under another project “Surveillance Work on Acute Febrile Illness” and all (female) sand flies were tested to determine their infectivity rate. A third project, also including sand flies collection, studied the characteristics of their salivary glands.

As a result Tbilisi has been infested with biting flies since 2015. These biting insects live indoors, in bathrooms, all year long, which was not the typical behaviour of these species in Georgia previously (normally the Phlebotomine fly season in Georgia is exceptionally short – from June to September). Local people complain of being bitten by these newly appeared flies while naked in their bathrooms. They also have a strong resistance to cold and can survive even in the sub-zero temperatures in the mountains

Biting Flies in Dagestan, Russia

Since the start of the Pentagon project in 2014 flies similar to those in Georgia have appeared in neighboring Dagestan (Russia). According to local people, they bite and cause rashes. Their breeding habitats are house drains.

Flies from the Phlebotomine family carry dangerous parasites in their saliva which they transmit through a bite to humans. The disease, which these flies carry, is of high interest to the Pentagon. In 2003 during the US invasion of Iraq American soldiers were severely bitten by sand flies and contracted Leishmoniasis. The disease is native to Iraq and Afghanistan and if left untreated the acute form of Leishmoniasis can be fatal.

A 1967 US Army report “Arthropods of medical importance in Asia and the European USSR” lists all local insects, their distribution and the diseases that they carry. Biting flies, which live in drains, are also listed in the document. Their natural habitats, though, are the Philippines, not Georgia or Russia.

...Killer Insects

The Pentagon has a long history in using insects as vectors for diseases. According to a partially declassified 1981 US Army report, American bio warfare scientists carried out a number of experiments on insects. These operations were part of the US Entomological Warfare under the Program for Biological Weapons of the US.

The Pentagon: How to kill 625,000 people for just $0.29 cost per death

A US Army report in 1981 compared two scenarios – 16 simultaneous attacks on a city by A. Aegypti mosquitoes, infected with Yellow Fever, and Tularemia aerosol attack, and assesses their effectiveness in cost and casualties.

Operation Big Itch: Field tests were performed to determine coverage patterns and survivability of the tropical rat flea Xenopsylla cheopis for use as a disease vector in biological warfare.

Operation Big Buzz: 1 million A. Aegypti mosquitoes were produced, 1/3 were placed in munitions and dropped from aircraft, or dispersed on the ground. The mosquitoes survived the airdrop and actively sought out human blood.

Parts of the 1981 US Army report such as the “Mass production of Aedes Aegypti” have not been declassified, potentially meaning that the project is still ongoing.

Aedes Aegypti, also known as yellow fever mosquito, have been widely used in US military operations. The same species of mosquitoes are alleged to be the vectors of dengue, chikungunya and the Zika virus, which causes genetic malformations in newborns

Operation Bellweather

The US Army Chemical Research and Development Command, Biological Weapons Branch, studied outdoor mosquito biting activity in a number of field tests at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, in 1960. Virgin female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which had been starved, were tested upon troops out in the open air.

Military Experiments with Tropical Mosquitoes and Ticks in Georgia

Such species of mosquitoes and fleas (studied in the past under the US Entomological Warfare Program) have also been collected in Georgia and tested at The Lugar Center.

Under the DTRA project “Virus and Other Arboviruses in Georgia” in 2014 the never-before-seen tropical mosquito Aedes albopictus was detected for the first time and after decades (60 years) the existence of Aedes Aegypti mosquito was confirmed in West Georgia.

Aedes Albopictus is a vector of many viral pathogens, Yellow fever virus, Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika.

These tropical mosquitoes Aedes Albopictus having never been seen before in Georgia, have also been detected in neighboring Russia (Krasnodar) and Turkey, According to data provided by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Their spread is unusual for this part of the world.

Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes have been distributed only in Georgia, Southern Russia and Northern Turkey. They were detected for the first time in 2014 after the start of the Pentagon program at The Lugar Center.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2018/01/bio-weapons-pentagon.html

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'Not enemies' - how Georgia welcomes emigrants from Russia and Belarus

After the start of the #war in #Ukraine, #Georgia became one of the main destinations for citizens of #Russia and #Belarus who decided to leave their countries. Before the outbreak of #hostilities, Georgia was considered an attractive destination for people who disagreed with the authorities and wanted to #emigrate from these countries. JAMnews shares the stories of new #political #emigrants – their reasons for going to Georgia, the problems they face and how they are met here.

Ուկրաինական պատերազմի մեկնարկից հետո Վրաստանը հիմնական ուղղություններից մեկն է դարձել Ռուսաստանի և Բելառուսի քաղաքացիների համար, որոնք որոշել են լքել իրենց երկրները։ Ռազմական գործողություններից առաջ էլ Վրաստանը գրավիչ ուղղություն էր համարվում այդ երկրներից արտագաղթողների համար, որոնք համաձայն չեն իշխանության հետ։ JAMnews-ը պատմում է նոր քաղէմիգրանտների պատմությունները, թե ինչու են նրանք Վրաստան մեկնում, ինչ խնդիրների են բախվում, և ինչպես են նրանց այնտեղ դիմավորում։

Ukraynada müharibə başlayandan sonra Gürcüstan öz ölkəsini tərk etmək qərarına gələn Rusiya və Belarus vətəndaşları üçün əsas təyinat nöqtələrindən birinə çevrilib. Hərbi əməliyyatlar başlamamışdan əvvəl də Gürcüstan öz hakimiyyətləri ilə razı olmadığı üçün bu ölkələrdən mühacirətə gedənlər üçün cəlbedici idi. JAMnews yeni siyasi mühacirlərin hekayələrindən bəhs edir, onların hansı problemlərlə üzləşdikləri və necə qarşılandıqları haqda danışır.

После начала войны в Украине Грузия стала одним из основных направлений для граждан России и Беларуси, решивших покинуть свои страны. И до начала боевых действий Грузия считалась привлекательным направлением для эмиграции из этих стран людей, несогласных с властями. JAMnews рассказывает истории новых политэмигрантов — почему они едут в Грузию, с какими проблемами сталкиваются и как их здесь встречают.

მას შემდეგ, რაც უკრაინაში ომი დაიწყო, საქართველო გახდა ერთ-ერთი მთავარი მიმართულება რუსეთის და ბელარუსის მოქალაქეებისთვის, რომლებმაც საკუთარი ქვეყნის დატოვება გადაწყვიტეს. ომის დაწყებამდეც, საქართველო მიმზიდველ ადგილად ითვლებოდა იმ ადამიანებისთვის, ვინც არ ეთანხმებოდა საკუთარი ქვეყნის ხელისუფლებას. JAMnews-ი ჰყვება ახალი პოლიტიკური ემიგრანტების ისტორიებს – რატომ ჩამოდიან ისინი, რა პრობლემებს აწყდებიან აქ და როგორ ხვდებიან ემიგრანტებს საქართველოში.

#migrants #refugees #asylum #HumanRights

'Not enemies' - how Georgia welcomes emigrants from Russia and Belarus

Stories of Russian and Belarusian emigrants in Georgia - why they come to Georgia, what problems they face and how they are treated here

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David Dewain

McCain’s Kremlin Ties
He may talk tough about Russia, but John McCain’s political advisors have advanced Putin’s imperial ambitions.
By Mark Ames and Ari Berman
OCTOBER 1, 2008

another piece to the Putin / GOP puzzle.

Over the course of the presidential campaign, John McCain has repeatedly emphasized his willingness to stand up to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as proof that only he possesses the fortitude and judgment to become the next leader of the free world. In his acceptance speech at the Republican convention, McCain lashed out at Putin and the Russian oligarchs, who, “rich with oil wealth and corrupt with power…[are] reassembling the old Russian Empire.” McCain rushed to publicly support the Georgian republic during its recent conflict with Russia and amplified his threat to expel Moscow from the G-8 club of major powers. His running mate, Sarah Palin, suggested in her first major interview that the United States might have to go to war with Russia one day in order to protect Georgia—the kind of apocalyptic scenario the United States avoided during the cold war.

Yet despite McCain’s tough talk, behind the scenes his top advisers have cultivated deep ties with Russia’s oligarchy—indeed, they have promoted the Kremlin’s geopolitical and economic interests, as well as some of its most unsavory business figures, through greedy cynicism and geopolitical stupor. The most notable example is the tale of how McCain and his campaign manager, Rick Davis, advanced what became a key victory for the Kremlin: gaining control over the small but strategically important country of Montenegro.

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McCain’s Kremlin Ties

He may talk tough about Russia, but John McCain’s political advisors have advanced Putin’s imperial ambitions.

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olladij@diaspora.permutationsofchaos.com
olladij

Nearly six weeks ago, on February 24, 2022, #Russia launched a full-scale invasion of #Ukraine. From that moment, the #history of the Russian state’s past crimes ceased to be history, argues Meduza’s Ideas editor, Maxim Trudolyubov. Russia’s shared present once again includes a fight against the country’s own population, the trials of “enemies of the people,” deportations, occupations of neighboring countries, and “cleansing operations” in countries that were once part of the Soviet bloc. In the war against Ukraine, all of the Russian #state’s worst facets in its Imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet guises have coalesced. This war is a living indictment that brings together all the things Russian #society can no longer ignore.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/04/05/we-live-in-a-closet-stuffed-with-skeletons #war #nationalism #tradition #gulag #georgia #syrian #chechnya #repression #putin

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olladij_tudajev@joindiaspora.com
Olladij

some sane analysis

One of the main reasons why wars can turn out badly, even when they have been launched with confidence, is underestimation of the enemy. The sort of optimism bias that leads to predictions of early victory depends on assumptions of a decadent and witless opponent, ready to capitulate at the first whiff of danger. #Putin’s unhinged rant of a speech on Monday and his subsequent statements along with those from his courtiers have helped us understand not only his preferred rationale for war but also why he thinks he can win. If it is the case, as Putin has consistently claimed, that #Ukraine is a non-state, an artificial creation, with a #government that is illegitimate and controlled by #Nazis, then it would not be surprising if he also supposed that ordinary Ukrainians would not fight hard for such an entity. They might even, as the Russian Ambassador to the #UN suggested, greet the incoming Russian forces as liberators.

Coupled with an underestimation of enemy forces can come an overestimation of one’s own. Putin has by and large done well from his wars. He gained the Presidency in 2000 using the Second Chechen #War to demonstrate his leadership qualities. He bloodied #Georgia in 2008 to warn it off joining #NATO and eliminating the separatist enclaves Russia had already established there. He extracted #Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and more recently successfully supported Bashar #al-Assad in #Syria’s civil war. Yet his most recent military enterprises have not involved substantial ground forces being deployed. In Ukraine the operations, including the annexation of Crimea, were largely run by special forces, along with the militias recruited by the separatists in the #Donbas. Only briefly, when the separatists looked like they might be defeated in the summer of 2014 did Putin send in regular forces, who routed the unprepared and still amateurish Ukrainian units. In Syria the Russians provided the airpower but not the infantry.

Their experience of large-scale ground operations is therefore limited.

https://samf.substack.com/p/a-reckless-gamble?utm_source=url

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Future Powered

Georgia Power Plans to Retire All Coal Units by 2035

Georgia Power plans to shutter most of its coal fleet by 2028 and completely exit coal-fired power by 2035, according to the utility’s latest integrated resource plan (IRP) filed with state regulators on Jan. 31.
https://www.powermag.com/georgia-power-plans-to-retire-all-coal-units-by-2035/
#natural, #southern, #renewables, #gas, #georgia, #news, #co., #coal, #retirements

Georgia Power Plans to Retire All Coal Units by 2035

Georgia Power plans to shutter most of its coal fleet by 2028 and completely exit coal-fired power by 2035, according to the utility’s latest integrated

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