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Re: "Suicides" and "accidents" - The official RI thread

Postby Harvey » Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:49 am

^ One of Andre Vltcheck's articles from last year:

https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/suddenly-west-is-failing-to-overthrow-regimes/

Suddenly West is Failing to Overthrow “Regimes”

by Andre Vltchek, August 23rd, 2019, Dissident Voice

It used to be done regularly and it worked: The West identified a country as its enemy, unleashed its professional propaganda against it, then administered a series of sanctions, starving and murdering children, the elderly and other vulnerable groups. If the country did not collapse within months or just couple of years, the bombing would begin. And the nation, totally shaken, in pain, and in disarray, would collapse like a house of cards, once the first NATO boots hit its ground.

Such scenarios were re-enacted, again and again, from Yugoslavia to Iraq.

But suddenly, something significant has happened. This horrific lawlessness, this chaos stopped; was deterred.

The West keeps using the same tactics, it tries to terrorize independent-minded countries, to frighten people into submission, to overthrow what it defines as ‘regimes’, but its power, its monstrously destructive power, has all of a sudden become ineffective.

It hits, and the attacked nation shakes, screams, sheds blood, but keeps standing, keeps proudly erect.

*****

What we are experiencing is a great moment in human history. Imperialism has not yet been defeated, but it is losing its global grip on power.

Now we have to clearly understand ‘Why?’, so we can continue our struggle, with even greater determination, with even greater effectiveness.

First of all, by now we know that the West cannot fight. It can spend trillions on ‘defense’, it can build nuclear bombs, ‘smart missiles’ and strategic warplanes. But it is too cowardly, too spoiled to risk the lives of its soldiers. It either kills remotely, or by using regional mercenaries. Whenever it becomes clear that the presence of its troops would be required, it backs up.

Secondly, it, the West, is totally horrified of the fact that there are now two super-powerful countries – China and Russia – which are unwilling to abandon their allies. Washington and London do all they can to smear Russia and to intimidate China. Russia is being provoked continuously: by propaganda, by military bases, sanctions and by new and newer bizarre mass media inventions that depict it as the villain in all imaginable circumstances. China has been provoked practically and insanely, ‘on all fronts’ – from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet and the so-called ‘Uyghur Issue’, to trade.

Any strategy that could weaken these two countries, is applied. Yet, Russia and China do not crumble. They do not surrender. And they do not abandon their friends. Instead, they are building great railroads in Africa and Asia, they educate people from almost all poor and desperate countries, and stand by those who are being terrorized by both North America and Europe.

Thirdly, all the countries in the world are now clearly aware of what would happen to them, if they give up and get ‘liberated’ by the Western empire. Iraq, Honduras, Indonesia, Libya and Afghanistan, are the ‘best’ examples. Submitting themselves to the West, countries can only expect misery, absolute collapse and the ruthless extraction of their resources. The poorest country in Asia – Afghanistan – has totally collapsed under NATO occupation.

The suffering and pain of the Afghan and Iraqi people is very well known to the citizens of Iran and Venezuela. They are not giving up, because no matter how tough their life is under sanctions and the West-administered terror, they are well-aware of the fact that things could get worse, much worse, if their countries were to be occupied and governed by the Washington and London-injected maniacs.

And everyone knows the fate of the people living in Palestine or Golan Heights, places which have been overrun by the closest ally of the West in the Middle East, Israel.

*****

Of course, there are other reasons why the West cannot get any of its adversaries to kneel.

One is – that the toughest ones are left. Russia, Cuba, China, North Korea (DPRK), Iran, Syria and Venezuela are not going to run away from the battlefield. These are the most determined nations on earth. These are the countries that have already lost thousands, millions, even tens of millions of their people, in the fight against Western imperialism and colonialism.

If one is following the latest attacks of the West carefully, the scenario is pathetic, almost grotesque: Washington and often the EU, too, are trying hard; they are hitting, they are spending billions of dollars, using the local mercenaries (or call it ‘local opposition’), and then they quickly withdraw after wretched but anticipated defeat. So far, Venezuela has survived. Syria survived. Iran survived. China is fighting horrible Western-backed subversions, but it is proudly surviving. Russia is standing tall.

This is a tremendous moment in human history. For the first time, Western imperialism is being not only defeated, but fully unveiled and humiliated. Many are now laughing at it, openly.

But we should not celebrate, yet. We should understand what and why this is happening, and then continue fighting. There are many, many battles ahead of us. But we are on the right track.

Let them try. We know how to fight. We know how to prevail. We have already fought fascism in many of its forms. We know what freedom is. Their ‘freedom’ is not our freedom. Their ‘liberty’ is not our liberty. What they call ‘democracy’ is not how we want our people to rule and to be ruled. Let them go away; we, our people, do not want them!
And while we spoke of many things, fools and kings
This he said to me
"The greatest thing
You'll ever learn
Is just to love
And be loved
In return"


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Re: "Suicides" and "accidents" - The official RI thread

Postby cptmarginal » Wed Sep 07, 2022 1:00 am

Just making sure this gets added here; absolutely incredible. Shocked me when I first heard about it.

No foul play suspected in death of federal informant Valentin Broeksmit, LAPD says
By Madeline Spear

April 29, 2022 / 1:55 PM / CBS/City News Service

Authorities Friday said no foul play is suspected in the death of Valentin Broeksmit, a man believed to have worked with federal authorities to investigate the activities of Deutsche Bank and its ties with former President Donald Trump.

Officials have yet to release a cause of death pending an autopsy.

Officers say they responded to the campus on a "death investigation" call. School police said there was no video footage of Broeksmit arriving at the campus and they were unsure how long he'd been there.

"Upon arrival, the officers were directed by school staff to the location of the man, who was later identified as Valentin Broeksmit," police said in a statement released on Friday.

"Broeksmit was found lying on the ground in a courtyard of the school," police said. "Los Angeles City Fire Department paramedics, who had also responded to the location, attempted to render medical aid; however, Broeksmit did not respond to those attempts and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

"At the time of the officer's investigation, there did not appear to be any indication of trauma to Broeksmit's body and his remains were released to the Los Angeles County coroner's office," police said.

Detectives from the LAPD's Central Bureau Homicide office were notified, police said.

"Detectives responded to conduct a follow-up investigation and interview potential witnesses," police said. "This investigation is still ongoing; however, no foul play is suspected at this time and based on the investigation, it appeared that Broeksmit was alone on the grounds of the school most of the weekend preceding his death.

"The manner of Broeksmit's death is pending a review of the investigation, along with the coroner's examination and toxicology results," police said.

Broeksmit was last on April 6, 2021, driving a red Mini Cooper in Griffith Park.

Although Broeksmit had gone missing his Twitter account remained active. Freinds and journalists claimed to stay in contact with him during his disappearance.

Forensic News investigative journalist Scott Stedman tweeted that he last spoke with Broeksmit in January.

Stedman wrote that Broeksmit had given him "Deutsche Bank documents that highlighted the bank's deep Russia connections."

"It is very sad," he added. "I don't suspect foul play. Val struggled with drugs on and off. Waiting on further info."

New York Times reporter David Enrich, who said that Broeksmit helped the FBI in its probe into the financial institution, also wrote that Broeksmit struggled with drug abuse and would often conjure "far-fetched theories" while bending the truth.

Stedman said that Broeksmit's father had committed suicide in 2014 which haunted the 45-year-old.

"To see his life end so short is incredibly depressing," Stedman wrote.

Broeksmit, who was also subpoenaed by the House Intelligence Committee during its probe into Trump and the bank, reportedly offered hundreds of documents to federal investigators and journalists who were looking for ties between Deutsche Bank and Trump. The documents were left behind by his stepfather William, who was an executive for the bank, died.

"This is terrible news," Enrich tweeted. "Val was a longtime source of mine and the main character in my book. We had a complicated relationship, but this is just devastating to hear."


See: Me and My Whistle-Blower - NYT

And: Deutsche Bank Deaths—Spate of Suicides Involving Employees in Recent Years

Calogero Gambino

The senior Deutsche Bank regulatory lawyer died from suicide at his home in the Brooklyn area of New York in October 2014.

At the time of his death, Gambino was closely involved in negotiating legal issues for Deutsche Bank related to the alleged manipulation of the London interbank offered rate, or Libor.

"Charlie was a beloved and respected colleague who we will miss," said Deutsche Bank in a statement. "Our thoughts and sympathy are with his friends and family."

Tom Bowers

The former Deutsche Bank executive was found dead in Malibu, California in November 2019, with authorities later ruling his death a suicide.

Bowers was one of a number of employees at the bank who controversially signed off billions of dollars worth of loans to Trump before he became president.

The loans came under scrutiny after other institutions turned down Trump's request for loans because of his history of declaring bankruptcy

Bowers was not with Deutsche Bank at the time of his death, having left in 2015. There are no signs his suicide was connected to work in any financial institution.
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