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by goodSteveramos 1133 days ago
So the fact that whoever blew up 3 of the 4 pipes decided not to or wasn't able to or failed to blow up the last one means they must want Russia supplying gas to Europe?

These bad faith arguments are why no one trusts the US anymore and everyone is getting on board with BRICS. The US lies and stabs you in that back no matter what.
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w7 1129 days ago
It's highly unlikely that someone with the capacity to deploy a team to covertly sabotage a pipeline decides to back out 3/4 of the way when in they're in such close proximity, or fails and their failure is never detected (there would be failed explosives at the site).

Bad faith argument? Where does this nonsense about "everyone is getting on board with BRICS" come from? Who is "everyone"?

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revelio 1127 days ago
There are repeated rumours that failed explosives were found at the site.

https://www.eugyppius.com/p/nord-stream-update-the-recovered

Holger Stark, the German investigative journalist who broke this story for Die Zeit. Stark has apparently told Hersh that “Officials in Germany, Sweden, and Denmark … decided shortly after the pipeline bombings to send teams to the site to recover the one mine that has not gone off”. He said they were too late; an American ship had sped to the site within a day or two and recovered the mine and other materials

They did however recover a smoke buoy

https://www.eugyppius.com/p/nord-stream-update-the-recovered

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w7 1125 days ago
That's neat, why does Stark have this to say about the issue himself though?

https://twitter.com/holger_stark/status/1638561100009549829

"But this is, at least in respect to our work at @DIEZEIT, complete BS. And if you write about me: call next time before you publish."

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