Yesterday readers were promised other news on the explosions stopping natural gas flows through Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines last September, and allegations about the perpetrators. That turns out to have been overpromise. But below, via Popular Resistance and GlobalRearch, are several scraps — links to articles of opinion and analysis from the last few days; related articles are in this blog’s entries earlier this week. — MCM

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Officials point finger at pro-Ukraine group for Nord Stream attack, by Diego Ramos | Scheer Post In a report Tuesday morning, the New York Times claims new intelligence from anonymous U.S. officials puts Nord Stream pipeline sabotage blame on a pro-Ukrainian group. The information released from the intelligence report offers little detail but asserts the group involved in last year’s terrorist attack in the Baltic Sea “were opponents of President Vladimir V. Putin, but does not specify the members of the group, or who directed or paid for the operation.” The Times also  . . . READ MORE . . .

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White House counters Hersh’s reputation with weak ‘intelligence,’ by Moon Of Alabama | Educate!  On Sept. 28 2022, a day after the Nord Stream pipelines were blown up, I published the available open source evidence which strongly suggested that the U.S. had done it: Sabotage attack on the Nord Stream pipelines. On Feb. 8 the legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh published a remarkable similar tale of the story based on insider witnesses. Hersh: “How America took out the Nord Stream pipeline” I then suggested some minor corrections to Hersh’s version of the story. While Hersh’s story found an echo in Europe’s newspapers, U.S. mainstream media . . . READ MORE . . .

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Major U.S. outlets found Hersh’s Nord Stream scoop too hot to handle, by David Knox | Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Scores of hits from publications across the globe pop up from an internet search for veteran investigative reporter Seymour Hersh’s claim that the U.S. destroyed Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipeline. But what is most striking about the page after page . . . READ MORE . . .

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Biden officials claim rogue Ukrainian Navy seals pulled off deep sea Nord Stream sabotage, despite Ukraine not having a functioning navy, by Jordan Schachtel | Global Research / The Dossier  The people in charge have become comically deficient at spinning tales of ruling class heroism and international intrigue, as evidenced by their latest story about the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. The New York Times dropped the latest spoon-fed script on Tuesday . . . READ MORE . . .