Free Republic

In an explosive new op-ed, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) claimed that at least 15 separate federal agencies knew that attempts to create a COVID-19-like coronavirus were being undertaken at the Wuhan Institute of Virology as early as January 2018. Yet, heads of these agencies did not reveal this information to the public; for years, they actively refused to release information on the project to lawmakers such as Paul, who were attempting to provide congressional oversight. “For years, I have been fighting to obtain records from dozens of federal agencies relating to the origins of COVID-19 and the DEFUSE project,” wrote...

American scientists applied to engineer coronaviruses with remarkable similarities to SARS-CoV-2 at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2018, just one year before the pandemic’s outbreak, according to newly released internal documents. The 2018 grant proposal and related documents — obtained by the watchdog group U.S. Right to Know through a Freedom of Information request — reveal that an American virologist working with the Wuhan lab planned to engineer a virus that resembles SARS-CoV-2 as part of a U.S.-China research collaboration called “DEFUSE.” The research project was to be led by EcoHealth Alliance, a New York City-based research nonprofit that...

U.S. Marine Corps Major Joseph Murphy wrote a letter in August of 2021 with important evidentiary attachments that have now been obtained by Project Veritas. The documents further verify previously released information, according to Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe. Murphy, formerly a fellow with DARPA, has exposed additional “incriminating documents…hidden in a top-secret shared drive” concerning the gain-of-function research on bat-borne coronaviruses and the link between NIH and EcoHealth Alliance to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. According to Murphy, the documents were placed in the folder in July 2021. To this day, Fauci denies involvement in gain-of-function research and/or contracts....

Congressional members Madison Cawthorn(R-NC11), Bill Posey(R-FL8), Diana Harshbarger(R-TN1), Lisa McClain(R-MI10), Randy Weber(R-TX14), and Matt Gaetz(R-FL1) send scathing letter to the CDC Director and Secretaries of Defense and Health and Human Services demanding answers on COVID-19 origin and ‘Top Secret’ DARPA report revealed by Project Veritas reporting CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS SEND LETTERS TO: CDC, Secretaries of Defense and Health and Human Services demanding answers on COVID-19 origin and DARPA documents revealed by Project Veritas reporting [WASHINGTON DC- January 13, 2022] Members of both chambers of Congress have sent scathing letters to government officials seeking answers in the aftermath of military documents uncovered...

A major attack on a heavily-travelled Israeli highway linking Tel Aviv with the capital was foiled recently by Palestinian Authority security forces. According to a report Friday morning by Yediot Ahronot, a large explosive device was found by PA police close to Route 443 – a major roadway between Jerusalem and the coastal plain which passes by the central Israeli city of Modiin. The bomb, security experts say, was likely intended for Israeli military forces driving down the 443. The planned attack may have been meant to escalate tensions in the region with the hope of ending ceasefire talks between...

Peshawar April 11, 2011, militant has fixed a remote control bomb in the front of ex MNA Shabir Ahmed Khan home to target them. Shabir Khan has also General Secretary of Jumat Islami. According to police have people inform the Ex Member National Assembly Pakistan about Remote control bomb. Bomb disposal unit has defused the bomb. BDU confirm that more then 6 kilograms explosive attached with remote control bomb. After the discovering the bomb Jumat Islam called for emergency meeting of General of the party.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama sought on Thursday to tamp down public anger over the AIG bonus scandal and refocus Americans' attention on the bigger picture -- his administration's efforts to fix the economy. "We can be as mad as we want, but ... we gotta work through this huge mess that was made in the financial system," Obama told a town hall-style meeting in Los Angeles attended by 1,100 people who had stood in line for hours to hear him speak. "I understand how mad everybody is about this AIG bonuses business. I'm mad. But fixing...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2006 – U.S. and Iraqi troops have stepped up their patrols in Iraq's Baghdad and Babil provinces, and thanks to assistance from ordinary Iraqis, they've found and defused numerous roadside bombs, mine fields, and weapons caches, U.S. military officials in Iraq reported. The stepped-up patrols are designed to provide a safe environment for ordinary Iraqis, officials said. Iraq has been wracked with demonstrations and violence because of the recent terrorist bombing of the Askariya shrine in Samarra. The Iraqi government responded to this violence by imposing a temporary evening curfew, followed by a daytime curfew, in...

When Col. Ken DeVan goes to work at his Army office southeast of Tucson, the prayers of thousands of military families go with him. He's part of a new Pentagon push to bring troops back from war alive. DeVan, head of combat development at Fort Huachuca's military intelligence school in Sierra Vista, is involved in a growing national effort to neutralize the threat posed by IEDs, military-speak for "improvised explosive devices" — the top killer of U.S. troops in Iraq. Simply put, IEDs are the makeshift bombs -------

Iran's outgoing President Mohammed Khatami says his government will resume some key nuclear work regardless of what European diplomats propose next month to defuse a dispute over Tehran's nuclear program. Mr. Khatami told reporters Wednesday, that Tehran will resume low-level uranium enrichment for use in power stations. Washington has accused Iran of trying to boost its enrichment process to create weapons grade material for use in warheads. Tehran denies the charges. Mr. Khatami gave no date for the restarting of enrichment activities, which were suspended late last year under pressure from the European Union and the United Nations. Britain, France...

US-British force could be sent to defuse tensions in Kashmir By Kim Sengupta 06 June 2002 The United States is to propose a joint US-British military monitoring force for Kashmir in an attempt to defuse the threat of a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan. The helicopter-borne troops would be used to patrol the disputed border. India has long complained that militants infiltrate Indian Kashmir from the Pakistani side. The US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, will put forward the proposal for a "verification force" when he visits the subcontinent next week, according to defence and diplomatic sources. President George Bush...