The explosion recorded on the Nord Stream pipeline, the pipeline that was supposed to transport gas from Russia to Germany, has surfaced again. One possible explanation for the damage is offered by Seymour Hersh, an 85-year-old American journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his scoop on the 1969 massacre committed by US troops in the Vietnamese village of My Lai. The former New York Times byline points the finger at the United States: “In September 2022, US Navy divers reportedly dropped bombs to sabotage and destroy the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea. US Navy forces allegedly conducted the clandestine operation under the cover of Baltops 22, a NATO naval exercise in the region.”
As Repubblica reports, Hersh is alleged to have cited only an unnamed source. The White House called the revelation “completely false, a complete fabrication”, defending President Joe Biden’s position. A rain of denials came from the US. “The United States was not involved in the Nord Stream explosion,” say the Pentagon. “The allegations are absolutely false”, stresses the CIA spokesman. Swedish and Danish authorities ruled the explosion an act of sabotage after a series of investigations. It remains to be seen who is responsible, with a part of the West blaming Russia, with an act of self-sabotage and then blaming NATO.
Source: IL Tempo
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