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| CIA Knew Ukraine Was Planning To Bomb Nord Stream Pipelines |
| 2023-06-15 |
| [ZERO] Several Western media outlets reported Tuesday that the CIA warned Ukraine last year not to bomb the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia and Germany. In recent months, US and other Western officials speaking to the media have suggested Ukraine was behind the Nord Stream sabotage. Most reports on the issue have ignored or dismissed the fact that journalist Seymour Hersh has sources who said President Biden ordered the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines. According to unnamed US officials speaking to The New York Times, Dutch intelligence officials told the CIA in June 2022 that they learned of a Ukrainian military plot to attack the pipelines. The CIA then warned Ukraine not to carry out the attack, and US officials now believe it was postponed to September 2022. A European official told the Times that Ukraine’s original plan involved Ukrainian special forces renting a submersible vessel to attack the pipelines. The CIA was also said to warn Germany about a potential plot to sabotage Nord Stream. The latest Nord Stream allegations were first reported by the news outlet Die Zeit and NOS, a Dutch broadcaster. They claimed that the Ukrainian plot was overseen by Valery Zaluchny, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces. For his part, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied Kyiv was involved in the destruction of the pipelines. "I am president, and I give orders accordingly," he said. "Nothing of the sort has been done by Ukraine. I would never act that way." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 As Abu Uluque said: "Oh, please. This Again?" The Ukrainians are an obvious choice, so would thinking the inscrutable Chinese would want to weaken Russia to further their ambitions in the Far East or even the a fiendish plot of the Bavarian Illuminati... *Yawn* |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-06-15 20:59 |
| #7 At this point, who in the CIA thinks FIFY |
| Posted by: AlanC 2023-06-15 16:15 |
| #6 Oh please. This again? We'll never know what the CIA knew. They keep it all classified and they spread lies to divert our attention. They use our tax dollars to fund their operations but they won't tell us what they're doing. Defund the bastards. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-06-15 13:16 |
| #5 At this point, who in the CIA thinks anyone believes them? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-06-15 13:11 |
| #4 And the Cubans landed themselves at the Bay of Pigs. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-06-15 12:29 |
| #3 ummmm The look they are going for is not only did they know, but they knew so much as to give multiple warnings, and it still happened? By Ukraine? I am willing to believe the nominal day-to-day government of Ukraine 'Kyyyv' did not know anything. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-06-15 10:53 |
| #2 Alternatively, the European 'shakeup' and economic challenges sympathetic to Ukraine caused by the pipeline damage was achieved with no violation of sovereignty. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-06-15 09:21 |
| #1 Diversion. |
| Posted by: Dale 2023-06-15 03:40 |