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2022-09-28 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Sabotage suspected after leaks in Russian gas pipelines, leak is huge, CIA warned of attack weeks ago
[TWITTER]

CIA weeks ago warned Germany about possible attacks on gas pipelines, weekly Der Spiegel reports

German authorities are not ruling out an attack on Russian gas pipelines after it was confirmed that heavy underwater explosions were recorded in the same area as the gas leaks on Monday, German weekly Der Spiegel reported.

"Following sudden pressure drops in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipelines on Monday, there is concern in the German government that this could be a assassination on European gas infrastructure and gas markets," according to the weekly.

Citing unnamed sources, it said that the American CIA had weeks ago warned Germany about possible attacks on gas pipelines.

Earlier, measuring stations, which record earthquakes and explosions in both Sweden and Denmark, recorded heavy underwater explosions, said a Swedish broadcaster SVT Nyheter.

One of them had a magnitude of 2.3 on the Richter scale and was registered at measuring stations throughout the country, according to the broadcaster.

Bjorn Lund, a lecturer in seismology at the Swedish National Seismic Network, said that "there is no doubt that these are blasts or explosions," SVT Nyheter reported.

He added that only a blast or explosion could have caused the waves to bounce from the bottom to the surface.

"We even had a station in Kalix that picked this up," said Lund.

The first explosion was registered at 2:03 a.m. (0003GMT) local time on Monday and the second at 7:04 p.m. (1704GMT), said the broadcaster.

The warnings about the gas leaks came from the Swedish Maritime Administration at 1:52 p.m. local time (1152GMT) and 8:41 p.m. (1641GMT), after ships detected bubbles on the surface, it added.





Courtesy of Vespasian Ebboting9735, Zero Hedge has maps and more.
Posted by Fred 2022-09-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top
 File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats 

#1 Fvcking Poles.

Who else could it be? No one else hates the Russians and Germans equally.

Then again Biden let the cat out of the bag last year when he told German reporters, “I promise you, we will not let Nord Stream 2 happen.”

So it’s likely our Langley friends using the Polacks as their plausibly-deniable cat’s paw.
Posted by Bill  2022-09-28 01:01||   2022-09-28 01:01|| Front Page Top

#2 “I promise you, we will not let Nord Stream 2 happen.”

Then Biden approved Nord Stream 2, going against nearly unanimous opposition from the US and European (non-German) polity.
Posted by Snash Shairt9621 2022-09-28 01:29||   2022-09-28 01:29|| Front Page Top

#3 The question is now, Where and When will the Russians retaliate? US Homeland?
Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-09-28 07:50||   2022-09-28 07:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Or, Vespasian, will the CIA contribute a matching assault on US energy infrastructure, all to fight global warming…
Posted by Glenmore  2022-09-28 08:07||   2022-09-28 08:07|| Front Page Top

#5 German authorities are not ruling out an attack on Russian gas pipelines

Why would they? The Russians control the inputs to it and had already shut it off. Would be easier to blow up the ones going through Ukraine and blame them for it. Makes no sense.

Poland, Nordic countries or the Baltic states make a lot more sense. Keeps the Germans from backing out.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-09-28 08:30||   2022-09-28 08:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Ref #5: Exc point DV. Unless you're a totally detached moron like Brandon, why would you shut off an excellent income stream.....unless, false flag.

If we could only kick this Ukie shi*storm up a notch, we could declare a national 'duck & cover' emergency and postpone US elections.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-09-28 09:21||   2022-09-28 09:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Keeps the Germans from backing out.

Imagine the Compliance!

I'm going to slide a $5 chip onto Italian Fascist Allies, if you know what I mean.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-28 10:43||   2022-09-28 10:43|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm going with Biden and Co.
Posted by 746 2022-09-28 11:25||   2022-09-28 11:25|| Front Page Top

#9 As some talking head said in Faux this morning. "There are only three countries that have the capability to blow the pipeline. The US, the Russians, and the POMs."

Trying to eat F&C and drink a pint in a freezing pub....appeals to no one.

That leaves us with two.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-09-28 12:28||   2022-09-28 12:28|| Front Page Top

#10 Based on every Soviet ship I ever saw at anchorage, I would not rule out poor preventive maintenance or corruption.
Posted by Super Hose 2022-09-28 12:36||   2022-09-28 12:36|| Front Page Top

#11 I had sort of ruled out poor PM and careless smoking Supe, but I suppose almost anything is possible.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-09-28 12:45||   2022-09-28 12:45|| Front Page Top

#12 "There are only three countries that have the capability to blow the pipeline. The US, the Russians, and the POMs."

The depth at the two locations is only 140 feet, so in reach for a well trained diver. Any country that has underwater commercial companies could have done this, and that is a lot more than just the 3 the talking head claimed.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-09-28 13:07||   2022-09-28 13:07|| Front Page Top

#13 Good catch DV. Looks like 80-140m per google. So uberight. Coulda been a bored pearl diver....well almost.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-09-28 13:18||   2022-09-28 13:18|| Front Page Top

#14 80-140 meters is a lot more than 80-100 feet...
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-09-28 13:31||   2022-09-28 13:31|| Front Page Top

#15 I'm going with the Queen's final wish.
Posted by jefe101 2022-09-28 14:41||   2022-09-28 14:41|| Front Page Top

#16 Caitlin Johnstone: “Does it still count as a conspiracy theory when they're just coming right out and saying it?”


Neocunt Anne Applebaum’s hubby, the Polish MEP and former foreign minister Radek Sikorski, just gave away the bag: “Thank you, America.”

Can’t make this shit up. So blatant. So stupid.


Posted by Spaiter Lover of the Jutes1811 2022-09-28 16:03||   2022-09-28 16:03|| Front Page Top

#17 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Trevor_Jackson_returns_from_SS_Kyogle.jpg/440px-Trevor_Jackson_returns_from_SS_Kyogle.jpg

Scuba diver using a rebreather with open circuit bailout cylinders returning from a 600-foot (180 m) dive
Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-09-28 16:38||   2022-09-28 16:38|| Front Page Top

#18 Given the level of overt and covert surveillance both visual, acoustic and other means for that body of water by several parties in the big-boys club, several know a lot about the list of suspects. The lack of of discussion by anyone in the club ominously suggests both that the perp is in that assortment of players, and that no one wants to tip what they know or how they know it because more is coming....
Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-09-28 16:45||   2022-09-28 16:45|| Front Page Top

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