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[Robert Mahnke]

I took you to imply that the New York Times has reported that Russia has used mass rape as a weapon of war, although perhaps I misunderstood you. Curious, I searched the Times. The only articles I see note allegations of multiple rapes, but do not suggest they are fact, and also note allegations about similar conduct by Ukraine. FWIW. 

Sent from an iPhone; pls xcse typos. 

> On Jun 10, 2022, at 3:25 PM, Thomas Eckhardt via Pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
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> For those who get their information from Twitter:
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> The claim that Russian troops committed rapes of women and children "as a weapon of war" has been debunked. The human rights commissioner responsible for these claims has been relieved from her duties:
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> "The top Ukrainian official who was fired for spreading misinformation has admitted that she lied about Russians committing mass rape in order to convince western countries to send more weapons to Ukraine."
> 
> https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ousted-ukrainian-official-breaks-silence-admits-she-lied-about-mass-rape-russians?fbclid=IwAR2zCEO5-Fq05ERpMUHkSqkb-b2JMs5xJ0mrWbgS1hYLTOl2yzEIge-WgBk
> 
> Don't tell me that Zerohedge provides "Russian misinformation" - tell me that they are wrong, and prove it.
> 
> Horrible things happen in war, and I don't doubt that there are atrocities happening on both sides of the conflict. This claim, however, was false. It was atrocity propaganda of the most blatant kind. Kudos to the Ukrainian parliament for insisting on factual evidence.
> 
> No, you won't read this in the NYT or the WP.
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