Martyrs.

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Consider within the context of the Algerian Civil war and this previous blog entry the murder and martyrdom of these religious workers takes on a special meaning?

From the Catholic News Service:

"Monks killed in Algeria to be recognized as martyrs"

"They were martyred, probably by Islamic extremists, in the early 1990s"

"A bishop, seven Trappist monks and 11 other religious men and women killed by extremists in Algeria in the 1990s will soon be recognized as martyrs"

THAT ALLEGATION THAT THE ALGERIAN COUNTER-INSURGENCY JUNTA USED FALSE-FLAG OPERATIONS ON A MASSIVE SCALE, EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF CREATING AND CONTROLLING THE INSURGENCY ITSELF!!

See from various sources how this matter has been presented to the general public:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/movies/25gods.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_the_monks_of_Tibhirine

http://lovingjustwise.com/martyrdom.htm

The truth is out there, but probably will never be know with 100 % absolute certainty.

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Puyi.

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Henry Puyi.

"'During the inspection of the airfield, Emperor Puyi was found. I'm sending him to you under escort.' . . . 'Please quickly send the commandant of the city of Mukden and replenish our ranks. There were very few paratroopers. Are we musketeers [streltsy/riflemen] or what?'"

The daughter of the famous Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky having released important documents from the era of the Second World War, "papers" of archival and historical value. Thanks to the Russian media outlet Sputnik for the info.

"WWII Marshal's Papers Reveal Secret Soviet Mission to Capture Manchukuo Emperor"

"Natalya Malinovskaya, daughter of Soviet WWII-era Marshal Rodion Malinovsky, has carefully preserved her father's archive of battlefield reports, diaries, and secret papers, handing some of them over to the Russian Historical Society this week. Speaking to Natalya, a Rossiya Segodnya journalist discovered which papers she holds most valuable."

THE CAPTURE OF THE JAPANESE PUPPET EMPEROR HENRY PUYI DEEMED AS A SIGNIFICANT GOAL OF THE SOVIET FORCES DURING THE LAST DAYS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR!

HENRY AS A YOUNG BOY THAT LAST EMPEROR OF CHINA! THOSE OF YOU THAT SEEN THE MOVIE "THE LAST EMPEROR" WILL REMEMBER THIS!

Henry in the aftermath of the Second World War and his release from Soviet captivity living out the rest of his life in relative ease and comfort, an arborist and landscaper.

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NPR.

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Escalation?

As seen at the Iranian PressTV.com and thanks to same.

NPR = Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). NRP USA!

“While Virginia-class submarines can use conventional deterrence to keep adversaries in check, a sub-launched cruise missile with a nuclear warhead would be incorporated into Virginia [class submarines] and give national command authority additional escalation control,” - - Rear Admiral John Tammen.

"US Navy to arm Virginia submarines with nuclear warheads"

"The United States Navy is set to add nuclear warheads to its Virginia-class attack submarines as part of new plans in the administration of US President Donald Trump."

At least since 2011 the decision had been made for the nuclear attack submarines of the U.S. Navy to no longer carry atomic weapons of any sort. Torpedoes, naval sea mines, missiles with nuclear warheads. Nuclear attack submarines as opposed to the Ohio class ballistic missile firing submersibles.

This policy is being reversed? Seems to be so! Think also this not meaning MORE atomic munitions. NEW is not necessarily MORE but can mean better! You can accomplish more with less using improved and more advanced technology.

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Food.

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“It is wrong when servicemen in military units claim that their favorite drink is Coca Cola and their favorite candy is Snickers"

You are what you eat!

Sugar, salt, fat.

The modern diet as consumed by so many persons in the developed world.

Even the Russian military man. And as perceived to their detriment.

A situation to be remedied? Thanks to the Russian media outlet Russian Times [RT].

"Not fit for service: Russian military set to boot Coca Cola and Snickers bars off bases"

"Russian soldiers are set to lose access to Coca Cola and Snickers bars at canteens and vending machines installed at bases, says a representative from a state contractor."

An unhealthy diet high in sugar, salt, fat not conducive to good health. The overall physical fitness and preparedness of the military man in particular impaired.

Obesity and even morbid obesity a serious health problem and now a world wide phenomenon. Consider also a phenomenon NOT confined to the United States.

Nothing wrong per se with Coca-Cola or Snickers. Over consumption bad and this is intuitive.

Brown whole-wheat bread si, Coca-Cola no!

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Pockets.

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The Atlantic Pockets and more.

Consider this article from the Internet web site The National Interest as a must read.

German military resistance in the aftermath of surrender in the Second World War.

"The Strange Story of How Nazi Germany Surrendered (and Then Kept Fighting)"

Those names of German commanders most significant here: Dege, Huffmeier, Fisius, Fahmbacher,

Those combat actions occurring vicinity Texel, Channel Islands, Lorient, Dunkirk, Arctic islands.

Bastions of resistance such as what were deemed "Atlantikfestungen" resistant to surrender even after the allied break-out from Normandy 1944.

GERMAN  TROOPS EVEN DEPARTING LORIENT 1945 WITH MASSED MARCHING FORMATIONS, FLAGS FLYING, RETAINING SMALL ARMS!!

German military contingents in Norway at the very end of the war numbering about four-hundred thousand! Surrender of this force done peacefully and without incident, no further combat.

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Camel.

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Came across this quite by accident. A variety of the Sidewinder infra-red guided air-to-air missile but nuclear armed.

"The Diamondback was a proposed nuclear-armed air-to-air missile studied by the United States Navy's Naval Ordnance Test Station during the 1950s. Intended as an enlarged, nuclear-armed version of the successful Sidewinder missile, Diamondback did not progress beyond the study stage."

. . . .

"Diamondback was intended to provide increased speed, range and accuracy over that achieved by Sidewinder. The missile's design called for it to be armed with either a powerful continuous-rod warhead or a low-yield nuclear warhead, the latter developed by China Lake's Special Weapons Division, and which would have a yield of less than 1 kiloton of TNT"

Oak Ridge I have heard of. Hanford I have heard of. Chicago Pile-1 and Chicago Pile-2 I have heard of. Los Alamos of course I have heard of. China Lake and the association to the Manhattan Project I had not heard of. Special weapons usually a designation reserved for atomic, biological and chemical weaponry.

My understanding the development of nuclear weaponry solely the responsibility of Los Alamos! China Lake and the Special Weapons Division too has a role not totally appreciated.

Special Weapons China Lake. During the Second World War this was Project Camel.

"Project Camel was the codename given to work performed by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in support of the Manhattan Project during World War II. These activities included the development of detonators and other equipment, testing of bomb shapes dropped from Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers, and the Salt Wells Pilot Plant, where explosive components of nuclear weapons were manufactured."

See additionally Project Alberta. Also part and parcel of the Manhattan Project.

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Al-Udeid.

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"False and without merit". Baseless even?

So we are told.

This is even more confusing now. DEBKAfile saying the U.S. Air Force vacating the Al-Udeid air base. Sputnik says otherwise. Devoted readers to the blog must read and arrive at their own conclusion.

"US Military Shoots Down Reports About Exiting Turkey, Qatar Bases"

"US Central Command and US Air Force Central Command have denied reports that the US was in the process of liquidating its two largest air bases in the Middle East at Incirlik, Turkey, and Al-Udeid, Qatar."

It is confusing. And I did say so myself. That air base vicinity Al-Udeid essential to the coalition in opposition to the Islamic State. ISIL now gone to the extent it is and no longer a substantial threat to the area the mission of Al-Udeid now in abeyance?

The noted blogger who went by the nom de plume of Spengler [David P. Goldman] rating the DEBKAfile totally unreliable under the best of circumstances. At least with regard to this matter we shall see.

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