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    32 minutes ago

    Thread on journalists visiting the home town of the second Skripal suspect Alexander Mishkin, and further confirming our identification. First, visited and spoke to multiple individuals who confirmed his ID and provided background details

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    17 hours ago

    Bombshell revelations on Jamal Khashoggi by Reuters • Turkish officials believe Khashoggi was wearing Apple Watch, can provide location, heart rate data • Saudi source through Brit intel says Khashoggi killed by drug overdose • Saudi Squad’s planes belonging to Saudi gov

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    8 minutes ago

    Saudi Crown Prince MBS, ordered an operation to lure Jamal from his home in Virginia to Saudi and “detain him,” US intelligence intecepts of Saudi comms reveal via

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    10 hours ago

    A study in the different ways Chaplin and Keaton moved on screen: fighting against the wind

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    14 minutes ago

    For journalists, researchers and dissidents, the supposed failed states of the region are starting to look safer than the "anchors" of stability.

    A PhD student on a research trip:
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    It keeps going

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    5 hours ago

    Savage

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    25 minutes ago

    Turkish officials accuse Saudi Arabia of lack of cooperation in Khashoggi probe saying that despite MBS’s offer to Bloomberg for the Turkish government to search the premises, Saudi Arabia is delaying and does not want an investigative team to enter - WAPO

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    52 minutes ago

    Saudis are stalling on letting Turks search the consulate, according to Hurriyet. After initially agreeing, they reportedly balked when told Turks wanted to use the chemical Luminol to look for blood traces inside consulate. (Luminol illustration below)

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    1 hour ago

    Blank pages in today’s print & online@Annahar ... Probably highlighting the survival crisis print media is facing in

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    4 hours ago

    1/ When “good news” would be that was kidnapped rather than murdered, u know something is very wrong As I’m quoted in this piece, U.S.-Saudi relationship appears solid but there are cracks in the foundation which this tragedy will exacerbate

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    26 minutes ago

    At this stage, you'd have to be either very stupid or have incredibly bad faith to believe that Saudi Arabia wasn't responsible for Khashogghi's disappearance. Whether they killed him or not is a separate question, although that seems very likely too.

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  14. 29 minutes ago

    Russia's Kommersant visited Mishkin's home town and spoke to multiple individuals who also confirmed the identity of the suspect.

    Russian (typically not anti-Kremlin) paper Kommersant talked to Loyga native: "Yes, This [Petrov ] is Alexander Mishkin. A lieutenant colonel, doctor, hero of Russia, the whole village knows him " . So my calculation of lt.…
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  15. 31 minutes ago

    The BBC's took a lengthy train journey to Mishkin's home town, and met locals who confirmed his identity, and one who said Russia should bomb the UK in retaliation.

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    To reach the home village of Salisbury suspect & GRU officer Alexander Mishkin, we flew 2 hours, drive 5 hours & took a 3 hour train ride. Once in Loyga, someone in the village confirmed to us…
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  16. 37 minutes ago

    Despite the author of this article complaining how no-one is asking questions about Bellingcat they've yet to contact us to ask any questions about Bellingcat ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    This is really poor stuff. If you're going to make sinister insinuations about they should be based on something stronger than an admission that you don't know something that can be…
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  17. 1 hour ago

    No wonder Graham Phillips keeps bugging us then

    Replying to @michaeldweiss @bellingcat
    You sound like a 20$ hooker defending virtue of a 100$ hooker.
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    9 hours ago

    Hysteria continues on 's state TV re: revelations. Sole panelist dares to say that "Petrov and Boshirov" are obviously Mishkin and Chepiga. In response, state TV host Vladimir Soloviev screams he is no better than Skripal and should get out of Russia.

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    6 hours ago

    Before the Turkey assassination, MBS had previously ordered an operation to lure Khashoggi back to KSA to detain him, according to US intel intercepts of Saudi officials discussing the plan

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    2 hours ago

    Yesterday tweeted that a suspicious person was taking photos of journalists outside the Saudi consulate please note that several UK journalists are on assignment covering this story & government is now inciting against some of us

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