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Disease X: WHO Still Pushing for Pandemic Treaty

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, is continuing to pursue ratifying what has been called a “Pandemic Treaty,” urging nations to sign to better prepare for “Disease X.”

Analysts have warned that the so called pandemic treaty, a subversive initiative that’s gone through several name changes over the last year and a half, would essentially elevate the WHO to a defacto world government in the event of another pandemic or global health crisis.

Author’s Note: I’ve written extensively on this topic for Badlands Media, to learn more please read Behold, a Trojan Horse and The WHOs Last Stand.

“‘Disease X’ is a placeholder for an unknown pathogen that could cause a global emergency,” Ghebreyesus recently wrote on Twitter. “History has taught us that we must anticipate new threats. Failing to prepare leaves the world prepared to fail.”

Naturally, the WHO Director did not miss an opportunity to make a case for the treaty at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week.

“The pandemic agreement can bring all the experience, all the challenges that we have faced, and all the solutions into one. And that agreement can help us to prepare for the future in a better way because this is a common enemy and without a shared response, starting from the preparedness you know we will face the same problem as COVID,” Ghebreyesus said.

The deadline for the agreement has now been pushed back to May 2024.

“It’s better actually to anticipate something that may happen, because it has happened in our history many times, and prepare for it. We shouldn’t face things unprepared,” Ghebreyesus also said.

 

France Finalizes Withdrawal of Troops from Niger, Complies with Demands
France completed the withdrawal of its troops after they were asked to leave Niger by the country’s new junta, ending years of on-the-ground military support

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The junta that severed ties with Paris following the July coup in Niger demanded that all French military aircraft and personnel withdraw from the country by December 22, according to an email from the French Army General Staff to The Associated Press. This week, France made the preliminary declaration that its diplomatic mission in Niger would be suspended indefinitely.

Despite this, the nation would maintain its involvement in the Sahel – the extensive region south of the Sahara Desert that has been a breeding ground for violent extremism – President Emmanuel Macron stated Thursday while visiting a Jordanian base.

“I decided on some important reconfigurations,” Macron said. “We will continue to protect our interests over there but our armies won´t be as present permanently, will be less stationary and also less exposed,” he said.

The termination of military collaboration with France was hailed by the Niger junta as the commencement of “a new era” for the Nigeriens.

“Niger stands tall, and the security of our homeland will no longer depend on a foreign presence,” the Junta proclaimed on X, formerly Twitter. “We are determined to meet the challenges before us, by consolidating our national military and strategic capabilities.”

However, western analysts naturally assert that the withdrawal of the forces will result in a void, as is the case whenever western hegemony is booted from a region. As Niger was the final Western ally in the ten-year war against jihadi groups in the region, it will “leave Niger and the entire Sahel worse off” in terms of overall counterterrorism efforts, according to Ryan Cummings, director of Africa-focused security consulting firm Signal Risk.

A base for counterterrorism operations in the region was envisioned in Niger, where approximately 1,500 French forces were providing training and support to the local military. This decision was made in response to the rise of anti-French sentiment in Burkina Faso and Mali, both of which are ruled by juntas that have also expelled French troops.

It would seem that Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger see the French, and by extension the West, as more of an existential threat than the jihadis in the region, though you will likely not hear such analysis in establishment media.

Upon deposing Mohamed Bazoum, largely seen as an installed puppet president beholden to Western interests, the nation’s junta severed military ties with France and other European nations. Conversely, they pursued defense collaboration with Russia.

All of these coups taking place throughout the third world inevitably play into the larger silent war between BRICS and the West.

Together with the military administrations of Mali and Burkina Faso, the Niger junta has established a security alliance in order to coordinate counterterrorism efforts throughout the Sahel.

Legislation to Prohibit Presidents from Departing from NATO Was Approved by Congress

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An amendment that would prevent any future president from withdrawing the United States from NATO has been inserted into the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which has already received approval from both the House and Senate.

Under the leadership of Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), the legislation was a bipartisan endeavor that would prevent the president from withdrawing from NATO without either Senate approval or an Act of Congress.

According to The Hill, Kaine said the legislation “reaffirms US support for this crucial alliance that is foundational for our national security. It also sends a strong message to authoritarians around the world that the free world remains united.”

Kaine, Rubio, and other congressional conservatives need not be concerned about the possibility of President Biden attempting to withdraw from NATO, given his unwavering support for the alliance and his consistent declaration that the United States’ commitment to NATO is “sacred.”

The unspoken part of this bill is the likelihood that Donald Trump, Biden’s only real threat, would pull out of the alliance, especially if its global proxy war with BRICS were to reach a major crescendo during a hypothetical second Trump term.

Trump has been critical of the alliance and has urged other members to increase their military spending to reduce the burden on the United States.

Soros Scion Meets With Zelensky as Wall Street Salivates Over Post-Conflict Reconstruction

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This past weekend, Aleksander Soros, the heir apparent to George Soros Open Society Foundations, traveled to Kyiv to once again affirm his backing for the Zelensky government as Ukraine’s largest independent financier.

Hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent and hundreds of thousands of casualties have been incurred in what has, at best, been described as a stalemate in Ukraine, with Western nations becoming increasingly weary of the conflict. Despite this, It appears that agenda-setters affiliated with globalist interests are determined to increase their support for Ukraine.

Saturday in Kyiv, 38-year-old Alexander Soros, who assumed operational leadership of his father’s Open Society Foundations earlier this year, attended a meeting with First Lady Olena Zelenska and subsequently joined President Zelensky at a meeting to discuss the tens of thousands of Ukrainian children who are presently residing in territory occupied by Russia.

The Soros heir announced a partnership with the Open Society Foundations and contributed $1 million to the charity started by First Lady Zelenska during his journey.

The influence empire of George Soros has become extensively entrenched in Ukraine since the collapse of the Soviet Union; in 1990, it established the International Renaissance Foundation (IRF) in Kyiv.

According to the Soros network, for over three decades, the IRF has been the “largest independent funder of Ukraine’s vibrant array of civil society and citizen groups.”

The Open Society has awarded grants totaling more than $230 million to organizations in Ukraine over the last decade, with a particular emphasis on the media and education systems. In 2015, the organization assisted in the establishment of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine.

“The foundation has supported the development of independent media outlets in Ukraine and has supported a range of fact-checking initiatives and other efforts to counter disinformation and promote informed public debate,” Open Society said last month.

The Soros empire has maintained a longstanding stance in favor of Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. George Soros, in particular, acknowledged having significantly contributed to the 2014 Euromaidan protests, which resulted in the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Viktor Yanukovych via coup d’état due to the former leader’s refusal to entirely sever relations with Russia in favor of the EU.

Following the Yanukovych rebellion, Russia initiated an invasion and annexation of Crimea, which subsequently sparked a sporadic confrontation with Ukraine.

In addition to the Open Society, prominent Wall Street financial institutions including BlackRock and JPMorgan are reportedly preparing to “mobilize capital from private and public sector investors toward rebuilding the Ukrainian economy” in anticipation of a lucrative windfall when post-conflict reconstruction endeavors commence.

Already more than a year ago, President Zelensky asserted that the cost of reconstructing his nation would exceed one trillion dollars.

DOJ: Russian Hackers Employed a “Sophisticated Spear Phishing Campaign” Against Us Intelligence Officers.

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The Justice Department (DOJ) alleged on Thursday that hackers acting on behalf of the Russian government targeted U.S. intelligence officers in a “sophisticated spear phishing campaign” designed to influence elections in the United Kingdom.

The operation “stole information used in foreign malign influence operations designed to influence the U.K.’s 2019 elections,” according to the DOJ. It effectively hacked into computer networks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, and other NATO member states.

individuals associated with the conspiracy were named in a federal indictment unsealed by the DOJ on Thursday. The indictment had been returned by a federal grand jury in San Francisco on Tuesday.

The DOJ asserts that Ruslan Aleksandrovich Peretyatko, an officer in the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), and Andrey Stanislavovich Korinets are the two individuals charged. One count of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and one count of conspiracy to conduct wire fraud have been filed against each of them.

The defendants, along with other unindicted co-conspirators, were members of the so-called “Callisto Group,” according to the DOJ.

The cyber campaign allegedly targeted current and former personnel of the U.S. Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, Department of State, defense contractors, and Department of Energy facilities between October 2016 and October 2022, according to the indictment.

Existing and former personnel of the U.S. Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, Department of State, defense contractors, and Department of Energy facilities were allegedly the targets of the cyber campaign, which allegedly occurred between October 2016 and October 2022.

Sending “sophisticated-looking emails” that deceived targets into divulging their login credentials enabled the perpetrators to access the email accounts of the victims at will, according to the DOJ. Spear phishing was frequently conducted in this manner.

The DOJ stated that some of the emails were sent from “spoofed” accounts that were designed to resemble other personal and professional emails that the victims would receive. On occasion, the emails informed recipients that they had breached the terms of service associated with their accounts and required them to register through a link provided. The DOJ stated that when users believed they were signing into their accounts, they were providing hackers with their account credentials.

It seems evidence that Russia continues to attempt to undermine democratic elections, U.S. officials cited the indictments and vowed to hold Russia accountable. Many in the United States would counter that the U.S. Government does more to undermine democratic elections than a few Russian hackers, but of course, we’re not allowed to report on that.

“Today’s indictment is part of a coordinated international response to send a message to the conspirators that the whole of the United States government stands together and with our partners internationally to identify and disrupt cyber espionage actors, particularly those seeking to obtain government information and attempting to create chaos in democratic processes,” U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California, Ismail Ramsey, said in the press release.

The indictment, according to Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen, demonstrates that the “Russian government continues to target critical networks of the United States and our allies,” and he vowed to hold them accountable.

“Through this malign influence activity directed at the democratic processes of the United Kingdom, Russia again demonstrates its commitment to using weaponized campaigns of cyber espionage against such networks in unacceptable ways,” Olsen said. “The Department of Justice will respond to such behavior with an even more determined commitment to disrupt those activities and to hold accountable the individuals responsible.”