{"id":111676,"date":"2022-04-06T13:44:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=111676"},"modified":"2022-04-06T13:44:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:44:18","slug":"us-army-lieutenant-general-roger-l-cloutier-captured-while-leading-azov-nazis-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=111676","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>US Army Lieutenant General Roger L. Cloutier Captured While Leading Azov Nazis in Ukraine<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Total News Blackout: US General<br \/>\nCaptured Leading Azov Nazis in<br \/>\nMariupol (confirmations coming in)<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By VT Editors<br \/>\nVeterans Today<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb\" title=\"ScreenHunter 7319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7319-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7319-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7319-320x225.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7319-640x451.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7319-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7319-1536x1082.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7319-100x70.jpg 100w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1443\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Warning: A NATO\/Internet wide National Security Letter has been issued blocking all reporting of the alleged capture of an American general in Mariupol.<\/p>\n<p><em>Our sources on the ground report that the last two helicopters trying to evacuate foreign VIPs from Mariupol were shot down this morning. They were sent on a suicide mission to collect Lt.General Coultier, who was, we are told, hiding in a huge industrial complex with some Special Forces staffers and about 30 Ukrainian Army, not Azov, soldiers. This hours old story from Tass is below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-672584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7325.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7325.jpg 923w, https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7325-320x227.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7325-640x453.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7325-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7325-100x70.jpg 100w\" alt=\"\" width=\"923\" height=\"654\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"rev-more-wrapper\">\n<p>From KP.Ru:<strong>On the morning of April 5, another attempt by the Kiev regime to evacuate the leaders of the Azov nationalist battalion and \u201cothers\u201d was thwarted near Mariupol. Two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters, which tried to break through to the city from the sea, were shot down from man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems, Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said at a briefing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note that this is the third attempt by Kyiv to pull its war criminals from the crime scene. But it ended the same as the previous ones: the helicopters did not reach Mariupol.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0427\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u043d\u0430 WWW.KP.RU: https:\/\/www.kp.ru\/daily\/27375\/4568448\/<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Reports from our friends in the Pentagon say \u201csomething\u2019s up\u201d and p<\/strong>anic has set in at the White House.\u00a0 Minutes ago, the general showed up on his Linkdin account and we are told that the ranks of retirees and crisis actors (yes they exist) are being scoured for fat bald types that can be green-screened into a show and tell with Zelensky, believed to be hiding in Poland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-672582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7324.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7324.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7324-320x151.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7324-640x301.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7324-768x361.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ScreenHunter-7324-1536x723.jpg 1536w\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Twitter, YouTube and Facebook are busy erasing all posts tied to this, even faster than usual.\u00a0 We await broader confirmation but, if Russia is holding him, they are unlikely to announce it but rather use it as a secret bargaining chip to hold over Biden\u2019s head.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Based on this, and having seen similar issues where an Israeli general was captured in Syria (confirmed, they sent us his ID card)\u2026and VT helped negotiate his return to his family (for millions paid to Shiite militias).<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>We have sources that claim Cloutier had been in and out of Syria through Turkey, working with ISIS and al Qaeda there as well and with terrorist groups in Africa.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>We say \u201cno denial can be believed\u2026we are now in \u2018new territory&#8217;\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>There are numerous reports currently circulating claiming that U.S. Army Lieutenant General Roger L. Cloutier was captured by Russian forces in or near Mariupol, Ukraine, where reports claim he was assisting the Azov battalion, which is the official Nazi unit of Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NrZWxldG9uX2xvYWRpbmdfMTMzOTgiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoiY3RhIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19zcGFjZV9jYXJkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9mZiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1511357077557551108&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.veteranstoday.com%2F2022%2F04%2F06%2Fblockbuster-us-3-star-general-captured-leading-azov-nazis-in-mariupol-unconfirmed%2F&amp;sessionId=4e07892b914e740711b02e65fe84bdf0aee8bf73&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=836e1d2f08d05%3A1649226201925&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1511357077557551108\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Wikipedia, Lt. Gen. Roger L. Cloutier:<\/p>\n<p>Roger L. Cloutier Jr. is a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and commander of Allied Land Command . He previously served as commander of the United States Army in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Allied Land Command (LANDCOM) formerly Allied Land Forces South East Europe<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NrZWxldG9uX2xvYWRpbmdfMTMzOTgiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoiY3RhIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19zcGFjZV9jYXJkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9mZiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1511357699493183499&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.veteranstoday.com%2F2022%2F04%2F06%2Fblockbuster-us-3-star-general-captured-leading-azov-nazis-in-mariupol-unconfirmed%2F&amp;sessionId=4e07892b914e740711b02e65fe84bdf0aee8bf73&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=836e1d2f08d05%3A1649226201925&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1511357699493183499\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(LANDSOUTHEAST) is a permanent headquarters for NATO land forces that can be appointed as needed. The commander of LANDCOM is the Alliance\u2019s chief ground warfare advisor. When directed by the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, he provides the core of the headquarters responsible for ground operations. The command is based at Shirinya (Buka), Izmir in Turkey.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NrZWxldG9uX2xvYWRpbmdfMTMzOTgiOnsiYnVja2V0IjoiY3RhIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19zcGFjZV9jYXJkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9mZiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1511376997318279171&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.veteranstoday.com%2F2022%2F04%2F06%2Fblockbuster-us-3-star-general-captured-leading-azov-nazis-in-mariupol-unconfirmed%2F&amp;sessionId=4e07892b914e740711b02e65fe84bdf0aee8bf73&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=836e1d2f08d05%3A1649226201925&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1511376997318279171\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A letter to the Pentagon sent a few hours ago went unanswered, which, from a media perspective, is very unusual. If the message had been false, the Pentagon would have denied it immediately. They did NOT deny it. But there has been no official response from the Pentagon as of 6:10 p.m. EDT on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lieutenant General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. assumed command of Allied Land Command in August 2020. Prior to this he served as the commander of U.S. Army Africa \/ Southern European Task Force.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lc.nato.int\/about-us\/biographies\/commander\">https:\/\/lc.nato.int\/about-us\/biographies\/commander<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"news-header\">\n<h1 class=\"news-header__title\">Russian Defense Ministry: two more Mi-8s sent to evacuate Azov leaders were shot down near Mariupol<\/h1>\n<div class=\"news-header__lead\"><strong>According to the department, this happened on the morning of April 5.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-content\">\n<div class=\"text-block\">\n<p>MOSCOW, 5 April. \/TASS\/. Two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters sent to evacuate the leaders of the Azov nationalist battalion were shot down near Mariupol on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-block\">\n<p>Igor Konashenkov, official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, told reporters about this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the morning of April 5, another attempt by the Kiev regime to evacuate the leaders of the Azov nationalist battalion was thwarted in the Mariupol region. Two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters that tried to break through to the city from the sea were shot down from man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2022\/04\/06\/blockbuster-us-3-star-general-captured-leading-azov-nazis-in-mariupol-unconfirmed\/\">https:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2022\/04\/06\/blockbuster-us-3-star-general-captured-leading-azov-nazis-in-mariupol-unconfirmed\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Total News Blackout: US General Captured Leading Azov Nazis in Mariupol (confirmations coming in)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}