{"id":105642,"date":"2018-10-06T15:47:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T19:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=105642"},"modified":"2018-10-06T15:47:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T19:47:57","slug":"russian-military-us-killed-dozens-by-bioweapon-disguised-as-drug-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=105642","title":{"rendered":"Russian Military: US Killed Dozens By Bioweapon Disguised As Drug Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Mac Slavo<br \/>\nSHTFplan.com<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62382\" src=\"http:\/\/shtfplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/biologicalweapons-e1538672883138.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shtfplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/biologicalweapons-e1538672883138.jpg 535w, http:\/\/shtfplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/biologicalweapons-e1538672883138-300x177.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Russian Defense Ministry is accusing the United States of killing dozens of Georgians with a biological weapon after disguising it as drug research. Documents recorded the deaths of 73 people over a short period of time, indicating a test of\u00a0<em>\u201c<\/em>a highly toxic chemical or biological agents with high lethality rate.<em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/440309-us-georgia-toxic-bioweapon-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to\u00a0<em>RT<\/em><\/a>, the question of what really might have taken place at the secretive United States-sponsored research facility hosted by Russia\u2019s southern neighbor Georgia was raised by the Russian military on Thursday after they studied files published online by a former Georgian minister.\u00a0Igor Kirillov, commander of the Russian military branch responsible for defending troops from radiological, chemical and biological weapons said that it was not drug research, but a chemical or biological weapon that killed the 73 Georgians.<\/p>\n<p>The documents relating to the secret lab were\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/samartali.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published<\/a>\u00a0last month by former Georgian minister for state security Igor Giorgadze, who says he obtained 100,000 pages of data pointing to questionable US practices.<\/p>\n<p>Kirillov has doubts that the tests, which were carried out by the Richard Lugar Center for Public Health Research near the Georgian capital Tbilisi and were said to involve clinical trials of a drug called Sovaldi, which is meant for the treatment of Hepatitis C, were actually done on the drug.\u00a0<strong>The<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilead.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0producer of the drug is Gilead Sciences<\/a>, a California-based biomedical firm that recruited former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld as a board member in 1988, in between his two tenures as head of the Pentagon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em>The documents showed many lethal outcomes among the patients. Despite the deaths of 24 people in December 2015 alone, the clinical trials were continued in violation of international standards and the wishes of the patients,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/440309-us-georgia-toxic-bioweapon-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirillov claimed according to a report by<em>\u00a0RT<\/em>.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThis led to the deaths of 49 more people.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/1041249077722152961\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/1041249077722152961\" data-tweet-id=\"1041249077722152961\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\">\n<p><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"RT (screen name: RT_com)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1018833905082871808\/F7RZerA1_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1018833905082871808\/F7RZerA1_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1018833905082871808\/F7RZerA1_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\">\n<p><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"RT\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">RT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--verified \" title=\"Verified Account\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Verified Account\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@RT_com\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@RT_com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<div class=\"u-hiddenVisually js-inViewportScribingTarget\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">US-funded medical facility in Georgia could be a cover for bioweapons lab used for disturbing experiments that banned in US <a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/on.rt.com\/9edr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/9N3UnbCQ3K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/on.rt.com\/9edr\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">http:\/\/<\/span>on.rt.com\/9edr<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/1041249077722152961\" data-datetime=\"2018-09-16T08:55:00+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: September 16, 2018 08:55:00 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-09-16T08:55:00+0000\">4:55 AM &#8211; Sep 16, 2018<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<div class=\"PrerenderedCard is-loaded is-constrainedByMaxWidth\" data-card-name=\"summary_large_image\" data-css=\"http:\/\/ton.twimg.com\/tfw\/css\/syndication_bundle_v1_ddfdb6fd0226b10ac0a5e5e568d4d9a92931b34a.css\" data-scribe=\"component:card\">\n<div class=\"TwitterCardsGrid TwitterCard\">\n<div class=\"TwitterCardsGrid-col--12 TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerBottom CardContent\">\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-image TwitterCardsGrid-col--12\">\n<div class=\"tcu-imageContainer tcu-imageAspect--2to1\">\n<div class=\"tcu-imageWrapper tcu-image-1041249077722152961 js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/1043712179013324800\/L07i8_VC?format=jpg&amp;name=600x314); background-size: cover;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"u-block\" src=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/1043712179013324800\/L07i8_VC?format=jpg&amp;name=600x314\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-contentContainer TwitterCardsGrid-col--12\">\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-content TwitterCardsGrid-ltr\">\n<h2 class=\"TwitterCard-title js-cardClick tcu-textEllipse--multiline\" dir=\"ltr\">Deadly experiments: Georgian ex-minister claims US-funded facility may be bioweapons lab \u2014 RT World&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"tcu-resetMargin u-block TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerTop tcu-textEllipse--multiline\" dir=\"ltr\">Shrouded in mystery, a US-funded medical facility in Georgia could be a cover for a bioweapons lab used for disturbing experiments that banned in the US, a Georgian ex-security minister has claimed&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"u-block TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerTop SummaryCard-destination\" dir=\"ltr\">rt.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"Tweet-actions Tweet-action--newsActions\" role=\"menu\" data-scribe=\"component:actions\" aria-label=\"Tweet actions\">\n<li class=\"Tweet-action Tweet-action--newsAction\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--heartEdge TweetAction-icon\" role=\"img\" data-scribe=\"element:heart\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"Tweet-action--heart TweetAction TweetAction--heartEdge\" title=\"Like\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/like?tweet_id=1041249077722152961\" data-scribe=\"component:actions\"><span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:heart_count\">59<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"Tweet-action Tweet-action--newsAction\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--replyEdge TweetAction-icon\" role=\"img\" data-scribe=\"element:conversation_icon\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"Tweet-action--replyEdge TweetAction TweetAction--replyEdge\" title=\"View the conversation on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/1041249077722152961\" data-scribe=\"component:news\"><span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:conversation_text\">79 people are talking about this<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" tweet-InformationCircle--bottom tweet-InformationCircle\" data-scribe=\"element:notice\"><a class=\"Icon Icon--informationCircleWhite js-inViewportScribingTarget\" title=\"Twitter Ads info and privacy\" href=\"http:\/\/support.twitter.com\/articles\/20175256\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Twitter Ads info and privacy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-expand\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-shrink\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon responded to Russia\u2019s allegations, telling RIA Novosti that the US did not conduct bioweapons research in Georgia and called the Russian ministry\u2019s statements part of\u00a0\u201ca Russian disinformation campaign directed against the West.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia will take\u00a0\u201cdiplomatic and military action<em>\u201d<\/em>\u00a0in response to a perceived threat from US labs, said Vladimir Shamanov, head of Russian parliament\u2019s Defense Committee. He was commenting on accusations by the Defense Ministry.\u00a0<em>\u201c<\/em>We cannot simply turn a blind eye to things happening near our southern borders that directly affect our safety<em>,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tass.com\/defense\/1024476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he told<em>\u00a0TASS news<\/em>\u00a0agency.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shtfplan.com\/headline-news\/russian-military-us-killed-dozens-by-bioweapon-disguised-as-drug-research_10042018\">http:\/\/www.shtfplan.com\/headline-news\/russian-military-us-killed-dozens-by-bioweapon-disguised-as-drug-research_10042018<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}