Binoy Kampmark

@WikiLeaks Party Senate Candidate with Julian Assange 2013. Contributing editor @NatCounterPunch. Columnist @TheMandarinAU

[Binoy Kampmark @bkampmark]

The Hand-Me-Down Alliance: #Australia, #AUKUS and Op-Shop #Submarines - https://t.co/9qObFSlr1e https://t.co/BeQReEPD75 #Virginiaclass #nuclearsubmarines #secondhand #auspol

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Not Much to See: The Release of the #UFO Files - https://t.co/9qObFSlr1e https://t.co/8abkvioyJT #UFOfiles #UAP

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Beyond the Yellow Line: #Israel Seizes More of #Gaza - https://t.co/9qObFSlr1e https://t.co/2kjLqs7lxG #occupation #Yellowline #palestinians #palestine

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(from @NatCounterPunch) #OpEd

Regime Change Through Indictment: Raúl Castro and the BTTR Flights
by Binoy Kampmark
“The indictment, which also nets five Cuban air force pilots, alleges that aircraft of the ostensibly humanitarian organisation BTTR (Brothers to the Rescue) were fired upon by Cuban MiG aircraft on February 24, 1996.

Three had taken off from South Florida heading to Cuba that day. Two unarmed civilian Cessna aircraft were destroyed, allegedly flying outside Cuban territory. Three American citizens and one resident of the US were killed. The charges include one count of conspiracy to kill US nationals, two counts of destruction of an aircraft and four counts of murder.

At the time, Castro was the Minister of Defence overseeing the Cuba Revolutionary Air and Air Defence Force (DAAFAR). He is said to have ordered the five pilots to follow and eliminate the three BTTR aircraft. The indictment does a superb job in making glaring omissions. There is no mention of the nervous mood of US officials at the time, notably those at the Federal Aviation Administration, State Department and White House.

No mention, either, of the compounding recklessness of the BTTR missions. The flights were intended to seek and assist Cubans sailing to the US and imperilled at sea. They were, however, unauthorised and deemed provocative to the Cuban government, not least because they also pursued a propaganda campaign in Cuban airspace.

FAA records made available by the invaluable offices of the National Security Archive and used in William LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh’s Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana (2014) are not exactly glowing about the BTTR, led by its obstinate founder, José Basulto.”
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Blood Libels and #Sexual #Violence: #Israel, Palestinian #Prisoners and The New York Times - https://t.co/9qObFSlr1e https://t.co/EN0RvieVz4 #Kristof #NewYorkTimes #bloodlibel #Palestinianprisoners

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Regime Change Through Indictment: Raúl #Castro and the BTTR Flights - https://t.co/9qObFSlr1e https://t.co/hHVEKhacod #Cuba #RaulCastro #Trump #Rubio

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The Extortionate Expense of Golden Dome - https://t.co/9qObFSlr1e https://t.co/lVavw6fSOs #GoldenDome #defence #defense #cost #Trump

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Mirrors of #Greed: #Elon Musk, #OpenAI and the #Tech Brat Battle - https://t.co/9qObFSlr1e https://t.co/2pdCUxRMH5 #AI #artificialintelligence #musk #samaltman

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Another #cybersecurity wake-up call for the #education sector via @themandarinau https://t.co/l79lDUYa4C #Canvas #Instructure

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The Great Fleecing Tournament: Pricing, Problems and the 2026 FIFA World Cup - https://t.co/9qObFSlr1e https://t.co/gSSi14ZU3A #dynamicpricing #FIFAWC26 #infantino #tickets

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Exiting the #Oil Cartel: The United Arab Emirates Leaves OPEC - https://t.co/9qObFSlr1e https://t.co/vPgdYNK2Yu #UAE #OPEC #energy

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An address to the #Melbourne #Unitarian #Church on #internationallaw, #rules and whether it still matters. #IranWar
Unitarian Half Hour - 16 May 2026 https://t.co/ZYRgElHhRI

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The impotence of the #UN, so to speak, is occasioned by the very #nuclear powers that make it so...
The Nuclear Arms Race Is Accelerating — and the U.N. Looks Increasingly Powerless https://t.co/XUESyyZ1Ku

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'The response to the #hacking of Canvas shows laziness, indifference and an almost tortious neglect about the welfare and #privacy of #students and staff.'
Caveat #Canvas: #ShinyHunters Hacks the #Education Sector - https://t.co/9qObFSlr1e https://t.co/bqjTeDOd1Z

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A truly #postmodern event...
Open or Closed? The #Hormuz Strait https://t.co/hiMxomKRYg via @eurekastreet #IranWar‌ #StraitofHormuz

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The Second Global Sumud Flotilla: Israeli #Piracy and #Abduction on the High Seas - https://t.co/9qObFSlr1e https://t.co/UWBtfhAbC8 #globalsumudflotilla @gbsumudflotilla

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'If #artists are to be reduced to the same culpability as their political leaders, what does it say about their #art?'
#Brussels, #Russia and the Venice Biennale: Art as Politics and Hypocrisy - https://t.co/9qObFSlr1e https://t.co/EfJlD8SQnY #VeniceBiennale @la_Biennale

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The #Minilateralist Incentive: A Climate Change Conference in #Colombia https://t.co/luihT0m8bv #climatechange

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Ideas of Expulsion: #Trump, #NATO and #Spain - https://t.co/9qObFSlr1e https://t.co/hRMfG99Pn7 #IranWar‌

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Scoop: US threatens to withhold its dues to UN unless the UN leader moves from his office a Chinese peace and development fund that channels tens of millions of dollars into projects, particularly in Africa. By @elissamio and me. https://t.co/KLFhveoe9J