Malta-based Maleth Aero jet (Bombardier BD-700-1A11 Global 5000 9H AVA Serial #: 9633) has been photographed twice at Almaty airport in Kazahkstan. 2018-06-21 and 2021-10-11. Same Prince-linked company flew Haftar around before put in charge of the LNA
FSG dumped their 51% after Prince's "Wagner Lite" deal fell through. AELF history is interesting. "it led the acquisition by a group that includes its shareholder and key European partners", without disclosing the ownership structure's actual make-up." ch-aviation.com/portal/news/10…
"Branson announced 3,000 layoffs and wants to ...salvage what is left of his company. Virgin Atlantic disposed of its four ageing Airbus A340 aeroplanes, retiring two and selling the other two in a fire sale to the Malta-based charter airline Maleth Aero" cfi.co/c-19/2020/05/c…
One of the clients is Windrose, a Ukrainian charter airline owned by none other than Ihor Kolomoisky. He is accused of, " secretly overseeing one of the greatest Ponzi schemes the world had ever seen" That doesn't mean much or does it? politico.com/news/magazine/…
Well maybe leasing jets and engines is a good business a business eats a lot of cash.
2017: the airport’s management has forced out Turkish Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines and Belavia, leaving only flights operated by airlines affiliated with Kolomoisky to UIA, Dniproavia, Wind Rose Airlines, and Austrian Airlines"kyivpost.com/business/ukrai….
2020: Windrose and Ukraine traffic looking good. "Both Windrose and UIA are believed to be under the control of Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky." rusaviainsider.com/ukraines-windr…
2021: Can't even fly his own airline to America. "Mr. Kolomoisky was governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region from 2014 to 2015 at the height of the Donbas War against Russian-led forces in Ukraine’s two easternmost provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts" ukrweekly.com/uwwp/u-s-bans-…
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I love a good revolution. Sadly Kazakh and Russian troops are just mowing unarmed protestors down without any concern. There was a time that the U.S. would get involved.
The origins of the revolt are pretty simple: Russian backed Dictator doesn't give a shit about living conditions. Govt wisely resigns. Leader blames "terrorists" for revolt. Shooting starts. Standard Russian playbook. crimethinc.com/2022/01/06/the…
Same source does a nice recap of the 2020 revolt against Alexander Lukashenko another Russia puppet leader in Belarus. Bad guys win every time. crimethinc.com/2021/06/30/bel…
“Is that what you thought when you looked at the mob ransacking the Capitol, destroying property, literally defecating in the hallways, rifling through the desks of senators and representatives, hunting down members of Congress?” #DarthCheneyInTheHouse. nytimes.com/live/2022/01/0…
In the alternate universe of riots against governments. Putin has fabulous and poignant timing. Since the National Guard were blocked by seditionists, I wonder if Donnie dreamed about using Russians to restore order in DC. This is the new 2022 thing. nytimes.com/live/2022/01/0…
There are two aspect of Trump's failed coup plan that intrigued me. First was the expectation that the left was going to come out to "fight" against his fake mob and the second was that he was going to declare a national emergency because of that violence. Very Putin of him.
When you are done listening to the talking heads today. Read this manual. You will enjoy it. And you will get it. 1/6 was well planned, poorly executed, still viable with some change ups as most manufactured insurgencies are. irp.fas.org/doddir/army/at…
The coordinated elements: the TOC at Willard, social media outreach, march, speeches, break-in were all designed to create the impression of a coup and a gov in distress, thereby energizing the next level of disbelievers. About 25% of the U.S. population newsweek.com/82-fox-news-97…
Intellectuals think that "fact checking" or "examining the truth" will reverse this. Nope. Stupid is as Stupid does. Once the narrative is set. You won't change opinions of those who "believe". Much like cults where logic or facts contrast fanciful tales. drsteveeichel.com/about-cults
Let the acridness of the scabrous image sink in. Then ask why Mr "I Wanted to Train Young Boys in a Italian Convent to be Crusaders" Bannon is mad at Donnie for not putting some PSI in his media outrage penis pump. rawstory.com/steve-bannon-d…
Rasputin had clearer skin and maybe a little bit more luck with the ladies.
You think I am being silly? Nope. Here is Bannon's partner in crime: Miles Kwok for the tacky political insurgency dance video win.
"Hannity's texts to Mark Meadows... illustrate for the umpteenth time a clear breach of traditional news media ethics by Hannity" News media? Ethics? Since when was Hannity and his ilk other than well coifed newstainment talking heads? " aka talk show host edition.cnn.com/2022/01/05/med…
I guess it started with Fox and Bill O'Reilly... people forgot that radio and TV hosts are not actually journalists. They read shit off of teleprompters for money.
I sat in camps while young jihadis listened to and watched fake disciples like Bin Laden and Dr Z. They would then expound and get angry on the ills of the world. I see exact parallels between US radio hosts and slope pated disciples who flocked to DC. atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-resea…
Cholistan better known as Bahawalpur. Town has some history. Mostly ISI/CIA stuff. Had a coffee with the guy who ran the secret air ops related to snatching bin Laden and sneaky stuff. Famous for August 17, 1988. Why would Maximus be running weapons here?washingtonpost.com/archive/politi…
That is from "Disruption, Inside the Largest Counterterrorism Investigation in History by Aki J. Peritz (2021)" The UAE/KSA has always wanted a rapid reaction force in Afghanistan and have access to the eastern border of Iran. Not sure if this is the start of that force.
Maximus is the new air bridge for weapons supply after the UAE was busted by the UN using a collection of janky cutouts in Central Asia. Guy that answers the phone on the secret air bills insists its a falafel shop. UAE intel should have used a dry cleaner as a front.