China amplifies unsupported Russian claim of Ukraine biolabs

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By DAVID RISING

BANGKOK (AP) — As Russia intensifies its assault on Ukraine, it is getting a helping hand from China in spreading inflammatory and unsubstantiated claims that the U.S. is financing biological weapons labs in Ukraine.

The U.S. has been quick to refute Russia’s conspiracy theory, and the United Nations has said it has received no information that would back up the claim, but that hasn’t stopped it from proliferating.

The partnership between the two authoritarian countries, which weeks ago said their ties had “no limits,” appears aimed at muddying the waters of the rationale for Russia’s invasion in what American officials have called an “information war” that some fear could lay the groundwork for a “false-flag” operation.

China’s Foreign Ministry has helped fuel the fire this week, repeating the Russian claim several times and calling for an investigation.



A man walks past a TV screen with image of Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Tokyo, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. As Russia intensifies its assault on Ukraine, it is getting a helping hand from China in spreading inflammatory and unsubstantiated claims that the U.S. is financing biological weapons labs in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)


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[SheltieLover]

1. Having a sad over billions approved for Ukraine?

Meanwhile, UN is supposed to meet this morning over unsubstantiated russian claims of this.

[nycbos]

2. I think they are now realizing that the world would react poorly if they tried to invade Taiwain.

[SheltieLover]

3. Guessing so!

Not smart to side with obvious loser.

[IronLionZion]

4. Qanon amplifies it here in the US

China just wants someone else to get some accusations of biolabs after COVID.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

10. Yep...

... I have an old hometown schoolmate that keeps posting junk to that effect on FB. Secret U.S. biolabs along with, "leftist sex trafficking syndicate", is what Putin is cleaning out of Ukraine. They are actually posting, "Yay! Go Vlad!", memes.

And by seeing who likes the posts, I hate to say it, but it was the schoolmates that, "passed", with D's on their tests. "Well, at least I passed the test"... crowd.

[Irish_Dem]

5. China seeing their own superpower plans and Taiwan in jeopardy.

So they are desperate to help mitigate the damage Putin has done to their plans.

[2Gingersnaps]

6. This has been refuted. Obama talked of these labs in 2013. He partnered, as a Senator,

With Republican Richard Lugar to shut down Soviet era bio labs. The thing that pisses me off is this will be like the "Hillary's Uranium deal," no matter how much it is debunked, it will be a convenient talking point. Greg Sargent @ThePlumLineGS posted on Twitter about Jennifer Griffin of FOX calling out Hannity for his bullshit, he and Tucker are all over it, of course. Never mind that it was debunked in the Trump era as well. Richard Luger worked with Dems to control WMD around the globe, you know, back when we had a functional Republican Party.

Link to tweet

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https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2005-10/threat-reduction-program-extends-reach-ukrainian-biological-facilities



https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2005-10/threat-reduction-program-extends-reach-ukrainian-biological-facilities

[samsingh]

7. saddam hussein has WMDs that never materialized after the invasion

[mjvpi]

11. Yes. The United States used the WMD lie to justify invading another country.

We even had to kick out the IAEA inspectors because they kept saying there weren’t any. I’m in my 60s. I still believe in the ideals that make the US the "shining city on the hill", but from Vietnam to Iraq, that light dimmed. Bush/Cheney were no better than Putin in that respect. I watched "Shock an Awe" live on TV from my comfortable house, with my beautiful wife and my thriving children (nod to Talking Heads). I still feel sick. The level of propaganda that was shoved in our face every night on TV. The networks all had theme songs. There are credible organizations that say we may have killed as many as a million people. Let’s take the low count. 200,000 human beings died violent deaths at the hands of my country. None of that lessons my outrage at what is happening in Ukraine.

[Lovie777]

8. I'm pretty sure most in the world will know this is another lie . . ..

Dictators lie lie lie lie lie lie.

Anywho, it has been confirmed that COVID virus that killed millions, maim millions around the world came from China. The Q nutty people have already blamed you China for biological warfare, although they are so insane and fucked that they would change in a minute.

[turbinetree]

9. Fuck China......they have blood on there hands when they took down Hong Kong....

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and Tibet and Muslims....and then running around and building islands in the South China Sea.......these assholes must have a conference call every Morning on what they are going to do....they can go pound sand too..........

[dalton99a]

12. +1. Bullies and thieves.

[Wuddles440]

16. And...

let's not forget about the Tiananmen massacre.

[lapfog_1]

13. this is all about shifting the blame for Covid-19

to some place other than China.

The Russians, with the help of the far right here (and Faux), are pushing the idea that the USA developed SARS-Cov-2 in these secret bio-weapon labs in Ukraine and then released it in Wuhan.

[DonCoquixote]

14. of course

this is tit for tat for Trump talk of "chinese flu"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. K&R

[BlueIdaho]

17. When you are shopping

Don’t buy Chinese junk. Do your bit.

[EndlessWire]

18. A good idea, but not possible. n/t

[BlueIdaho]

19. Easy? No. Possible? Yes.

Every dollar that does not feed China helps.