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Journalists say they prefer risk of beheading in Syria than reporting Ebola

October 6, 2014 by wpfixit

U.S. Journalist with Ebola Highlights Special Terror Reporters Face Covering Disease Pandemic By Nate Thayer October 6, 2014 An American journalist stricken with the Ebola virus in Liberia has highlighted the unique dangers faced by reporters covering the rapidly growing disease pandemic, many of whom say they feel safer covering the wars in Syria where […]

Filed Under: Freelance Journalism, Journalism, Middle East, Nate Thayer, Pay the Writer, War correspondent Tagged With: ebola, ebola journalists, Freelance Journalism, Nate Thayer, War Correspondent

It is Time to Take a Deep Breath While Rightfully Condemning Israel Policy in Gaza:

August 8, 2014 by wpfixit

It is Time to Take a Deep Breath While Also Condemning Israel Policy in Gaza: Israel Has Contributed Enormous Good to the Global Community of Nations By Nate Thayer August 8, 2014 Israel’s unacceptable military campaign in Gaza, which by any definition under international law constitutes state sanctioned war crimes, has prompted a very disturbing […]

Filed Under: Israel, Middle East, Terrorism, war Tagged With: gaza, hamas, Israel, Nate Thayer, Terrorism, war crimes

Jailing Journalists, Military Power & Corruption: The Deadly Perfect Storm

July 12, 2014 by wpfixit

Egypt and Thailand: the Lethal Nexus of Military Rule, Corruption, and Press Censorship Egyptian army claims it has discovered AIDS cure using debunked science of novelty toy marketed to find lost golf balls; thousands arrested, killed as Thai military buys same bogus technology to detect explosives, drugs By Nate Thayer July 12, 2014 Egypt’s “men of […]

Filed Under: Corruption, egypt, fake bomb detectors, Human Rights, Iraq, Landmines, Middle East, Nate Thayer, Terrorism Tagged With: al jazeera, Corruption, egypt, fake bomb detectors, Human Rights, Journalism, Nate Thayer, Terrorism, Thailand

“I am scared that tonight I will die” A reporters diary from Baghdad @Nate_Thayer

October 16, 2013 by wpfixit

I have been sorting through old files these last few days and came across this article I wrote in March, 2003, from Baghdad, after the American’s had launched their  “awe and shock” aerial campaign, but before they reached the capitol. I was very frightened. This story was written for my local small town newspaper, “The […]

Filed Under: Freelance Journalism, Freelance Journalist, Iraq war, Journalism, Middle East, Nate Thayer, U.S. war in Iraq, War correspondent Tagged With: Freelance Journalism, Iraq War, Journalism, Middle East wars, Nate Thayer, U.S war in Iraq

Syrian Chemical Weapons: The odd tale of a lone Israeli spy and North Korea

August 27, 2013 by wpfixit

The odd tale of a lone Israeli spy and North Korea Given the current crisis over use of chemical weapons in Syria, here is a link to a recent story on NKNews.org on clandestine North Korean Syrian chemical warfare cooperation (see full story at NKNews.org http://www.nknews.org/2013/06/the-odd-tale-of-a-lone-israeli-spy-and-north-korea/) Explosion kills Syrian technicians on North Korean train, Israeli agent spotted […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Bloggers, Chemical Weapons, Middle East, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, New Zealand Mossad, NK News, NKNews.org, North Korea, North Korea Chemical weapons, North Korea Syria, North Korea Syria Chemical Weapons, North Korea Syria Israel, North Korean covert operations, North Korean Missiles, Syria chemical weapons, Syria Mossad North Korea assassinations Tagged With: Chemical Weapons, democratic peoples republic of korea, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, North Korea Covert Operations

Global Trail of Dead Scientists Price of Illicit Pyongyang-Syria Weapons Collaboration

June 23, 2013 by wpfixit

Deadly Spy War Erupts When Israel Views the Two Pariah States Have Crossed a ‘Red Line’ BY NATE THAYER WASHINGTON, D.C. – In July 2007, an explosion rocked the al-Safir chemical weapons and ballistic missile research  facility buried in cavernous underground tunnels dug under a mountain near Allepo in Northwestern Syria. Under the command of […]

Filed Under: Israel Mossad North orea, Middle East, North Korea, North Korea arms trafficking, North Korea Spy, North Korea Syria, North Korea Syria Israel, North Korean covert operations, North Korean Missiles, North Korean Nuclear Program, Syria Mossad North Korea assassinations Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, Nate Thayer, North Korea Covert Operations, North Korea Israel, North Korea Middle East, North Korea sanctions Kim Jong-un, North Korea Spies, Smuggling

One Israeli assassin, a North Korean train explosion, dead Syrian scientists, fake Canadian passports, Dubai and New Zealand arrest warrants, and a poisoned Hamas guerrilla

June 21, 2013 by wpfixit

A mysterious North Korean train explosion, dead Syrian missile scientists, fake Canadian passports, a poisoned Hamas terrorist, and the Israeli assassin: One curious tale in the bloody global spy war behind the Middle East conflict An Israeli agent on a stolen Canadian passport spotted in Pyongyang raises eyebrows after Syrian weapons scientists are killed in a mysterious North Korean train […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Conspiracy Theories, Israel Mossad North orea, Middle East, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, New Zealand Mossad, North Korea, North Korean covert operations, North Korean Missiles, Syria Mossad North Korea assassinations, Terrorism, Zev Barkan Mossad Tagged With: democratic peoples republic of korea, middle east, Mossad assassinations Israel Syria North Korea, Nate Thayer, New Zealand Zev Barkan Mossad passports, North Korea Mossad Ryongchon train explosion, Terrorism, Zev Barkan

North Korea’s Hall of Mirrors: Fake Global Network of Shell Companies Key to Illicit Arms Exports

May 31, 2013 by wpfixit

North Korea’s Global Hall of Mirrors: Shadowy front companies crucial to banned Pyongyang arms exports Investigation reveals complex web of false shell corporations spanning the world enabling DPRK arms exports By Nate Thayer NK News May 30, 2013 (See entire story at NK News http://www.nknews.org/2013/05/the-front-companies-facilitating-north-korean-arms-exports/ ) Four years after an aircraft was seized in Bangkok with a cargo […]

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What do Kim Il Sung, Hun Sen Have In Common with Animal Pets? They All Obtained Bogus College Degrees

February 24, 2013 by wpfixit

What do Dictators Have In Common with American Animal Pets? Kim Il Sung, Hun Sen, Other Third World Dictators Have Bogus College Degrees  By Nate Thayer After handing over all cameras, passing through metal detectors and patted down by soldiers of the Korean People’s Army checking for explosives and weapons, passing through a purification chamber […]

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