[Hints] Voices from the Blätterwald - 2020-04-04

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  1. English Videos
    1. Roger Waters explains Julian Assange to Tucker Carlson and they AGREE!!!
    2. Afghanistan
    3. #Euroleaks
  2. English News and Articles
    1. French PM Philippe pushes through controversial pension reforms without vote
    2. Politics - U.S., Afghan Taliban Ink Peace Deal to Wind Down 18-Year War
    3. Turkey
    4. Landings of migrants in Italy in 2020 increased by 948%
    5. Wikipedia: A Disinformation Operation?
    6. Turkish-Greek-Border
    7. Major military exercise (Defender 2020) in Europe canceled over coronavirus concerns
    8. Chelsea Manning case: Judge orders release from prison & Chelsea Manning Ordered Free From Prison — but Will Still Have to Pay Massive Fines
    9. Russian oil firm Rosneft ends Venezuela business as US ups pressure
    10. Why France is hiding a cheap and tested virus cure
  3. Translated News in English
    1. "Shootings of the rich" scandal at left conference
    2. MAD (Militärischer Abschirmdienst/Military Counterintelligence Service ,Germany) identified a total of 14 extremists in 2019
    3. Covid-19
    4. Major Military Exercise Now Canceled
    5. Favipiravir shows good clinical efficacy in treating COVID-19: official
    6. Draft - More protection for tenants in the Corona crisis
    7. Coronavirus - Austria monitors cell phone data
    8. High-blown ideas put to an acid test

I. English Videos

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-> Roger Waters explains Julian Assange to Tucker Carlson and they AGREE!!!

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-> “Afghanistan Papers” Reveal How Presidents & Generals Misled the American Public on War’s Progress

-> Where did the U.S. go wrong in Afghanistan?

-> “It’s a Real Mess”: Afghan Rivals Both Claim Presidency as Ongoing Attacks Could Derail Peace Deal

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-> Why #Euroleaks and why now? Because there is no transparency in the EU | DiEM25

ref:
diem25.org

II. English News and Articles

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-> French PM Philippe pushes through controversial pension reforms without vote
French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe pushed through the Macron government’s controversial pension reforms without a parliamentary vote on Saturday, after the opposition filed more than 40,000 amendments to the draft law.
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source: france24
source: der standard at

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-> Politics - U.S., Afghan Taliban Ink Peace Deal to Wind Down 18-Year War
U.S. and Taliban officials signed a peace deal that aims to wind down the war in Afghanistan after more than 18 years of fighting that turned into the longest conflict in American history.
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source: bloomberg
source: voa
source: al jazeera
source: al arabiya
-> The Afghanistan ‘peace deal’ riddle
As far as realpolitik Afghanistan is concerned, with or without a deal, the US military want to stay in what is a priceless Greater Middle East base to deploy hybrid war techniques
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source: asia times

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-> Syria war: Alarm after 33 Turkish soldiers killed in attack in Idlib
At least 33 Turkish soldiers have died in a Syrian government attack in opposition-held north-western Syria, in a major escalation of the conflict.
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source: bbc
source: al arabiya
-> Syria war: Turkey says thousands of migrants have crossed to EU
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says 18,000 migrants have crossed Turkish borders into Europe after the country "opened the doors" for them to travel.
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source: bbc
source: eu observer
-> Greece stops 4,000 migrants at Turkey border
Turkey vowed the Syrian regime will "pay a price" for dozens of dead Turkish soldiers and raised pressure on the EU over the conflict by threatening to let thousands of migrants enter the bloc.
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source: france24
source: greek city times

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-> Landings of migrants in Italy in 2020 increased by 948%
This month of February, in particular, there was an increase not only compared to the same month of 2019 but also to that of 2018: in total, from January 1 2,553 migrants have arrived in Italy
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source: il giornale it translate
source: il giornale it
ref:
Italy , Italien

5


-> Wikipedia: A Disinformation Operation?
Wikipedia is generally thought of as an open, transparent, and mostly reliable online encyclopedia. Yet upon closer inspection, this turns out not to be the case.
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source: swprs

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-> Turkish special forces officers fired over Greek military vehicle at border, Kathimerini learns
There is evidence of a sharp increase in aggressive behavior by Turkish security forces in both the Aegean and at the Evros land border, Kathimerini has learned.
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source: ekathimerini
-> Turkish Speedboat Rams Greek Coast Guard Vessel in Dangerous Escalation
A Greek Coast Guard vessel was rammed by a Turkish speedboat on Tuesday evening off the eastern Aegean island of Kos in a new dangerous provocation by Ankara.
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source: greek reporter

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-> Major military exercise in Europe canceled over coronavirus concerns
(CNN)The remainder of one major military exercise between the US and several European nations will be canceled as a "precautionary measure," and US involvement will be reduced in another exercise amid the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, US European Command announced Wednesday.
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source: cnn

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-> Chelsea Manning case: Judge orders release from prison
A US judge has ordered the immediate release of former army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning from prison.
Manning had been remanded for refusing to testify in an inquiry into Wikileaks and had been in detention in Virginia since last May.
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source: bbc
-> Chelsea Manning Ordered Free From Prison — but Will Still Have to Pay Massive Fines
ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, a District Court judge in Virginia ordered that Chelsea Manning be released from jail, where she has been held since last May for refusing to testify before a grand jury.
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source: the intercept

9


-> Russian oil firm Rosneft ends Venezuela business as US ups pressure
Vladimir Putin's government has taken control of Rosneft's Venezuelan assets to try and sidestep US sanctions. The move comes shortly after the US indicted Nicolas Maduro and other officials over narcotrafficking.
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source: dw
source: orf at
source: voa

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-> Why France is hiding a cheap and tested virus cure
The French government is arguably helping Big Pharma profit from the Covid-19 pandemic
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source: asia times

III. Translated News in English

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-> "Shootings of the rich" scandal at left conference
The left in Kassel discussed their plans for social change. A woman's speech makes for sharp criticism: she speaks of executions of the rich. Party leader Riexinger initially distances himself only half-heartedly. She apologizes on Tuesday evening.
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Then she says: "And even if we shot one percent of the rich, it is still the case that we want to heat up, we want to move." Her words provoke laughter and applause, there is a brief unrest and a murmur. The lady remains tough: "Well, that's how it is! We have to get down from this meta level. ”When she still wants to talk about photovoltaics, her contribution is ended from the stage. It is addressed to Sandra, whether and what office she has is unclear.
The party leader of the left, Bernd Riexinger, replies directly to the woman and says: "I would like to say, we will not shoot her, we are already using her for useful work."
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source: welt translate
source: welt
source: hna

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-> MAD (Militärischer Abschirmdienst/Military Counterintelligence Service ,Germany) identified a total of 14 extremists in 2019
Berlin. On March 2, the German Bundestag received the first annual report of the new coordination office for suspected extremism (KfE). The KfE was set up on October 1, 2019 in the Federal Ministry of Defense to gather the knowledge and expertise of the "Bundeswehr" network - disciplinary superiors, legal advisors and military discipline lawyers on the one hand, the Federal Office for Military Shielding Service and the Federal Office for Personnel Management in the Bundeswehr the other side - to make it equally accessible to all those responsible via this interface. This exchange of information is intended to ensure - as stated in the annual report - a "transparent and consistent uniform [extremism] situation picture". It is intended to report suspicious cases every six months - as of March 31 and September 30.
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The phenomena include: right-wing extremism (592 suspected cases), imperial citizens / self-administrators (34), left-wing extremism (11), Islamism (69) and foreign extremism (37).
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source: bundeswehr-journal translate
source: bundeswehr-journal

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-> A Swiss Doctor on Covid-19
A Swiss medical doctor provided the following information on the current situation in order to enable our readers to make a realistic risk assessment:
According to the latest data of the Italian National Health Institute ISS, the average age of the positively-tested deceased in Italy is currently about 81 years. 15% of the deceased are over 90 years old. 90% of the deceased are over 70 years old.
80% of the deceased had suffered from two or more chronic diseases. 50% of the deceased had suffered from three or more chronic diseases. The chronic diseases include in particular cardiovascular problems, diabetes, respiratory problems and cancer.
Less than 1% of the deceased were healthy persons, i.e. persons without pre-existing chronic diseases. Only 25% of the deceased are women.
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source: swiss propaganda research
-> On Corona, the Media, and Propaganda
In the current situation, the old and proven propaganda rule applies again: the less is known, the more is speculated.
For attentive readers, however, this offers an opportunity to assess the standards and bias of different media outlets and authors.
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source: swiss propaganda research

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-> CORONA EPIDEMY: Large maneuver "Defender Europe 20" ends prematurely
The United States is stopping the largest relocation exercise to Europe in 25 years. Ships on the Atlantic turn around. The 37,000 participants return.
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source: zeit translate
source: zeit
-> Major Military Exercise in Africa Now Canceled
WASHINGTON - One of the U.S. military's largest exercises in Africa has been canceled due to the threat of the coronavirus, after already being significantly scaled down last week.
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source: voa

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-> Favipiravir shows good clinical efficacy in treating COVID-19: official
China has completed the clinical research of Favipiravir, an antiviral drug that has shown good clinical efficacy against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to an official Tuesday.
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source: china org
source: ots at
source: tagesspiegel de

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-> Draft - More protection for tenants in the Corona crisis
Tenants should not lose their homes because of the Corona crisis: A government bill provides that rental debts from the coming months should not be grounds for termination. Criticism comes from the owners' association.
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source: tagesschau translate
source: tagesschau
source: sz
source: faz

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-> Coronavirus - Austria monitors cell phone data
Where have there been large crowds - where is the risk of the coronavirus spreading? In order to clarify this, the Austrian government monitors cell phone data. Critics fear a dam break.
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source: tagesschau translate
source: tagesschau

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-> High-blown ideas put to an acid test
As things accompanying the epidemic are developing, we can note a few interesting phenomena:
[1] borders are useful after all whereas the mass movement of people may be deleterious;
[2] virtue signalling has long gone beyond being ridiculous;
[3] the international solidarity is wishful thinking;
[4] Beijing and Moscow are far closer to Italy – a European Union member-state in need – than Brussels, Paris, Berlin or for that matter Washington.
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source: gefira

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