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![Haitham Al-Obeidi]()
Haitham Al-Obeidi
Iraqi Health Ministry official
"[T]he new variant of coronavirus is more dangerous for children and young people. In the past two days, we have recorded deaths among infants under a year old with extensive lung damage.”
Read more...Experts confirm the U.K. variant B.1.1.7 is more dangerous; however, more study is needed to verify risks for children. -
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Nicolás Maduro
President of Venezuela
“We have 20 years of evidence against Leopoldo Lopez for all of his crimes, conspiracies and his fascism.”
Read more...Human rights groups and a case study by Columbia University say claims that opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez incited violent protests are bogus. -
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Saeed Khatibzadeh
spokesman, Iranian Foreign Ministry
“Iran rejects the ‘suspicious rumors’ circulating about the rocket attack that targeted a U.S. airbase in Erbil and condemns ‘suspicious attempts’ to link the incident to the Islamic Republic.”
Read more...Iraqi and Kurdish security sources say a proxy group for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps was behind a deadly rocket attack in Erbil. -
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Phay Siphan
Government spokesperson
“[Is there] any country which does not control the Internet? The USA and England have it … so Cambodia made this sub-decree by learning from other countries.”
Read more...Critics say Cambodia’s plan would create a focal point for censorship and surveillance, stifling dissent. -
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SANA
Syrian state news agency
“... the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists carried out 35 attacks in the de-escalation zone in Idlib … terrorist organizations … are preparing to stage a new false flag chemical attack with the aim of accusing the Syrian Arab Army.”
Read more...There’s been no credible proof of “false flag” chemical attack in Syria, but the Assad regime is credibly accused of several hundred real chemical attacks. -
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Osmar Terra
Brazil’s former citizenship minister
“The United Kingdom will be one of the first countries to end the COVID-19 epidemic, and due to herd immunity. The most infectious strain of the virus has already immunized over 60% of the population.”
Read more...Terra provided no evidence for the 60 percent immunity claim. The UK coronavirus variant to which he referred is believed to be more infectious and deadly than the original form of COVID-19. -
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City of Nizhnevartovsk, Ministry of Internal Affairs Press Service
Police press service
“There was no political motive; it had nothing to do with protests.”
Read more...Russian schools have been trying to dissuade young people from protests for years. -
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Xinhua News Agency
Chinese state news agency
“While China is committed to transparency and global collaboration in the fight against COVID-19, some Western media like the [New York] Times … mislead the public over China out of self-interest.”
Read more...Beijing nitpicks The New York Times while flooding the zone with conspiracies and disinfo. -
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Thomas Bach
President, International Olympic Committee
“Having seen how China is overcoming the coronavirus crisis, we are very confident that our Chinese hosts will ensure safe and secure Olympic Games … we can say already now with great confidence: China is ready.”
Read more...China’s problematic COVID-19 record raises doubts about the safety of athletes during the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing. -
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Wang Wenbin
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson
“Canada's claim of ‘China is using state power to carry out activities that are a direct threat to our national security & sovereignty’ is BASELESS. China never interferes in others' internal affairs or arbitrarily arrests a third country's citizen at the behest of foreign powers.”
Read more...China has been credibly accused of using Interpol “red notices” and extradition to target dissidents, including minority Uighurs. -
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Brigida Santos
Producer/Host, "World According to Jesse"
"The Trump and Biden administrations have both called China's repression of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang genocide … And yet Washington is somehow backing Myanmar's leader even though she has been criticized … for her role in the genocide of Muslims.”
Read more...The U.S. has condemned and sanctioned both Chinese and Myanmar officials for rights abuses against the Uighur and Rohingya people, respectively. -
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Trillions Intelligence Network, other anti-vax sources
“As of Jan. 29, the CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System shows 501 reported deaths and 10,748 other injuries.”
Read more...The U.S. Centers for Disease Control vaccine reporting system collects unverified data, which cannot be used to prove that a vaccine caused deaths and/or injuries.
