Russia has “irrefutable evidence” of the supply of toxic chemicals to Kiev, the country’s mission to the UK has said | The West has been facilitating the supply of banned toxic chemicals to Kiev for use as chemical weaponry on the frontlines, the Russian Embassy in the UK has said. ● The mission issued the claim on Tuesday in response to a new round of sanctions imposed by London targeting Russia’s Radiological Chemical and Biological Defense Forces (RChBZ) and its head, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov. London has accused them of “flagrant violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).” ● The embassy strongly rejected the accusations, pointing out that Moscow destroyed its chemical arsenal years ago, with the process overseen by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

💬 “Russia strictly adheres to the norms of international law, including the provisions of the Geneva Conventions and the Chemical Weapons Convention. There are no chemical weapons in the arsenals of our Armed Forces, which has been confirmed by international inspections,” the mission said.

■ West Ignores Use of Chemicals by Ukraine Against Russia (Sputnik)
⚡Commentary of the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry M.V.Zakharova in connection with the use and preparation for the use of chemical weapons by the Kyiv regime (10/08/24)

On Tuesday, Hind Rajab Foundation filed a groundbreaking complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against 1,000 Israeli soldiers for genocidal war crimes in Gaza. | The foundation focuses on raising awareness about Israeli war crimes in Palestine by holding Zionists accountable in both Gaza and the occupied West Bank. ● Its mission includes seeking justice through international legal channels and partnering with human rights organizations to prosecute Israeli perpetrators of war crimes and human rights violations. ● The foundation operates as part of the March 30 Movement, which was formed in response to the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza that began in early October 2023. ● In its latest action, described by many as unprecedented, the foundation submitted a complaint backed by over 8,000 pieces of evidence, including videos, audio recordings, forensic reports, and social media documentation, pointing to Israeli soldiers' involvement in ongoing war crimes in Gaza. ● The Belgium-based foundation is named after Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl who was murdered by the Israeli regime forces on February 10, 2024, following a ten-day disappearance.

Putin has warned that any attack by Ukraine with Western-supplied long-range missiles would be treated by Moscow as being directly launched by NATO. | Moscow would trigger a “contingency plan” outlined by President Vladimir Putin in the event that Ukraine receives permission to use Western-supplied long-range missiles for strikes deep inside Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned. ● Putin earlier said that any such strikes would be treated by Moscow as a direct attack by the countries that provided the weapons. ● The diplomat was commenting on an upcoming meeting of Kiev’s foreign arms donors, which Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has been touting as “historic.” Moscow does not follow statements on the issue as it already has a response prepared, the foreign minister said. “As soon as this decision is taken [by the West to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles], if it is taken, we will learn that, and the contingency mentioned by Vladimir Putin will already be in action,” Lavrov told Russia’s Channel 1 broadcaster. Power plants, bridges, defense factories, and American bases are among the first targets. That does not bode well for Scranton, PA, where an Army Ammunition Plant is located. Ukraine's Zelensky met with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro at that plant a week ago, where the two autographed artillery shells to be used to kill Russian troops.

■ Ukraine: Geopolitical Background (Swiss Policy Research)
■ Ukraine War: A Geostrategic Assessment (Swiss Policy Research)
■ NATO openly preparing for conflict with Russia – Moscow (10/08/24)
✅ The War's Pivotal Impasse Crystallizes as Russia Cements Negotiation Terms (Simplicius)

The publication of the evidence will depend on how the situation around the investigation unfolds, Maria Zakharova said | Russia has proof of the United States’ and the UK’s involvement in the Nord Stream gas pipeline sabotage, and publication of said evidence will depend on the situation, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. She made this comment, answering a question about the data, obtained by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).

💬 "This evidence exists. As to whether we will publish it - which will also tell you what kind of evidence it is - that would depend on how the situation around the investigation unfolds," Zakharova said. "Because we have repeatedly offered cooperation to everyone, we did it both publicly and via the available legal channels between law enforcement agencies, we have contacted them repeatedly. We supported these legal requests, both politically and publicly, and we received zero response."

[...] Previously, SVR Director Sergey Naryshkin claimed that the United States and the UK are directly involved in the Nord Stream sabotage. He stated that professional saboteurs rom the Anglo-Saxon intelligence agencies were involved during the organization, preparation and carrying out of the detonation. According to the official, the US Administration "has found such sabotage justified in order to guarantee Europe’s - mainly Germany’s - separation from Russia."

■ US-Marine soll kurz vor Nord-Stream-Zerstörung am Tatort gewesen sein, berichtet dänische Zeitung (Die Weltwoche)

CJ Hopkins | [It] wasn’t to pretend to be carrying out justice. It was a show of force. A demonstration. A public humiliation ritual. And, all things considered, they staged it well. | The first rule of New Normal Germany is, you do not compare New Normal Germany to Nazi Germany. If you do that, New Normal Germany will punish you. It will sic the Federal Criminal Police on you. It will report you to its domestic Intelligence agency. It will ban your books. It will censor your Tweets. It will prosecute you on fabricated “hate-crime” charges. I know this, because that’s what happened to me. I broke the first rule of New Normal Germany. I compared New Normal Germany to Nazi Germany. I did it with the cover artwork of my book.

Member of the IOF documents himself while assaulting Palestinian detainees. pic.twitter.com/uUL7WnDHpj

— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) October 8, 2024

■ Israel has lost its humanity as it celebrates its power to kill (Gideon Levy)

The bodies of dozens of martyrs have been retrieved from the streets of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, while the IOF prevented rescue teams from reaching the area. | For the 369th consecutive day, the Israeli war machine relentlessly persists in its brutality, with tens of thousands of civilians killed throughout the Gaza Strip since October 7 last year. In a related context, Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza reported that 12 people were martyred, including nine members of the same family, in Israeli airstrikes that targeted two homes in the al-Shujaiyah neighborhood of eastern Gaza City. Additionally, the bodies of dozens of martyrs were retrieved from the streets of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. At the same time, Israeli invading forces prevented rescue teams from reaching the area.

■ Live blog: Death toll from Israel's war in Gaza reaches 42,010 (TRT World)
■ Israeli offensive in northern Gaza kills dozens and threatens hospitals (The Irish News)
✅ Five Takeaways From Israel’s Latest Bombing Of Damascus (Andrew Korybko)

An Israeli military helicopter has crashed in Syria amid the regime’s ongoing aggression against neighboring Lebanon. | Local media in the Zionist regime said on Wednesday that the helicopter had crashed in Beit Jinn in southern Syria with no information available on the potential casualties. The incident came days after an Israeli helicopter crashed in the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, killing five soldiers of the Zionist occupation forces and injuring 10 others. For more than two weeks, the Zionist regime has been carrying out airstrikes in Lebanon as an extension to its year-long brutal campaign against innocent Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

Nigeria has announced it will begin selling CRUDE OIL in local currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. | Nigeria is one of the Top 15 countries in the world for crude oil production. It has the eighth largest oil reserves globally and is the sixth largest Exporter of oil. De-dollarization continues, unabated. The world is finally "on to" the United States and its Fiat currency. They're calling it a "US-dollar Ponzi scheme." Let this sink in...[...] This isn’t just unsustainable, it’s the greatest Ponzi scheme the world has ever known. Fiat currency, printed and devalued at will, has turned the global economy into a ticking time bomb. When this system collapses, it won’t be the Western elites who pay the price, it will be you.

According to the statement, "such a boorish language has become a habit among the current so-called American statesmen" | US Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin are outrageous, the Russian embassy in Washington said in a statement.

💬 "The recent unacceptable statements made by US Vice-President Kamala Harris towards Russian President Vladimir Putin are outrageous. However, we have to admit that such a boorish language has become a habit among the current so-called American statesmen," the statement reads. "It only shows the frustration and impotence of the ruling circles in Washington. Due to their inability to deal with the Russian Federation and inflicting 'a strategic defeat,' their speech apparatus channels anger and offensive rhetoric," the embassy pointed out. "The US authorities should come to terms with the fact that Russia is pursuing a policy based on its national interests. Such US escapades insult the entire Russian people, who demonstrate unwavering unity around the leader of our country," the statement notes.

■ Kamala Harris Addresses Reports That Trump Sent Putin Covid Tests During Stephen Colbert Interview (yahoo)
■ Harris reacts to claim Trump secretly sent Putin individual Covid tests at height of pandemic (MSN)(VIDEO)

Damascus, SANA- Seven citizens, among them children and women, were martyred Tuesday in an Israeli aggression that targeted a residential building at Mezzah neighborhood in Damascus. | A military source told SANA:

💬 “Nearly at 20.15 on Tuesday, the Israeli enemy launched an aerial aggression with 3 missiles from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting a residential building at the densely-populated Mezzah neighborhood in Damascus, claiming the lives of 7 civilians, among them women and children, injuring 11 others in initial toll and causing huge material damages to properties.” The source added that work is underway to rescue others from under the debris.”

■ Death toll from Israeli aggression on Lebanon rises to 2141-Health Ministry (SANA)
■ Israeli airstrike kills civilians in Syria – media (RT.com)

The US-led military bloc is choosing the path of confrontation, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko | NATO is no longer hiding that it is gearing up for a potential military conflict with Russia, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko has said, pointing to this year's Steadfast Defender drills, the bloc's largest maneuvers since the end of the Cold War. ● The US-led military bloc has been expanding eastward for decades, despite assurances given to the Soviet Union in the run-up to German reunification in 1990 that it would not do so. Russia has repeatedly described the expansion toward its borders as a threat to its security. Speaking to RIA Novosti on Tuesday, Grushko said that...

💬 “...now NATO representatives have stopped hiding that they are preparing for a potential armed clash with Russia.” “Regional defense plans have been approved, concrete tasks for all of the bloc’s military command structures have been formulated. Possible options for military action against Russia are being continuously worked out,” the diplomat added. He cited the Steadfast Defender exercise that ran from January through late May, saying that “for the first time, the enemy was not a fictitious state, but Russia.”

While NATO did not specifically name Russia in its announcement of the drills, it called the exercises preparation for a conflict with a “near-peer” adversary. NATO’s main security document identifies Russia as the bloc’s largest threat.

■ Russia to respond if West approves Ukrainian long-range missile strikes – Lavrov (RT.com) | Moscow would trigger a “contingency plan” outlined by President Vladimir Putin if Ukraine receives permission to use Western-supplied long-range missiles for strikes deep inside Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned. Putin earlier said that any such strikes would be treated by Moscow as a direct attack by the countries that provided the weapons.

■ Ukraine: Geopolitical Background (Swiss Policy Research)
■ Ukraine War: A Geostrategic Assessment (Swiss Policy Research)
✅ The War's Pivotal Impasse Crystallizes as Russia Cements Negotiation Terms (Simplicius)

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Tuesday Iran would retaliate against any attack on the country, as Israel prepares a response to Tehran's ballistic missile strike on Tel Aviv earlier this month. | Speaking during the first anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Flood, Araghchi said,

💬 "The Israelis know that our missiles can reach all their targets," adding that Iran would not hesitate to respond to any assault on its institutions or infrastructure. Araghchi reaffirmed Iran's commitment to supporting the "Axis of Resistance" and said the government would maintain this stance until victory is achieved.

On October 1, Iran launched over 200 ballistic missiles toward Israel, claiming the attack inflicted severe damage on military bases and security centers. Iran described the barrage as a "legitimate right" to defend its sovereignty and in retaliation for the death of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in a July explosion in Tehran—a blast Iran attributed to Israel, though Israeli officials have not confirmed responsibility.

Rescue attempts foiled by repeated strikes | Israel’s assassination last weekend of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has put the group in a thorny position, fighting ongoing Israeli invasions in southern Lebanon while scrambling to keep its leadership organized. ● The assumption has been that Nasrallah would be succeeded by Hashem Safieddine. Safieddine is Nasrallah’s cousin and, reportedly, is Hezbollah’s head of intelligence. He is also the head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council. Friday’s Israeli strike on Hezbollah’s compound in southern Beirut is thought to have targeted Safieddine. ● However, Safieddine’s fate is unclear following that attack. Hezbollah reports rescue attempts at the site have been prevented by multiple, subsequent Israeli attacks. Israeli media, indeed, speculates that Safieddine has been killed, but there is no confirmation yet.

Former US President Donald Trump said that if he became the president again, the relationship between Israel and the United States would be even stronger than ever before.

💬 "If and when I'm President of the United States, it will, once again, be stronger and closer than it ever was before," Trump said on Monday evening during an event in Florida.

Trump added that he was committed to protecting the Jewish state and American Jewish communities, pledging to prevent threats against Israel and support its fight against terrorism. During the Presidential debate between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, both candidates attempted to position themselves as the more pro-Israel candidate.

■ Trump visits Lubavitcher Rebbe's grave in honor of October 7 | "We cannot overstate the importance of Trump paying tribute to Schneerson on the anniversary of the Oct 7 attack which kicked off the Cabalist charade leading to WW3. Schneerson basically calls for the collapse of civilization and the genocide of non-Jews. " (Henry Makow)

■ Harris Defends Providing Military Aid to Israel Amid Major Escalations (Antiwar.com)
■ Support for Israel Has Cost US Taxpayers At Least $22.76 Billion in One Year (Antiwar.com)

On Saturday, former US First Lady Hillary Clinton called for increased federal regulation of the internet and repealing Section 230. “If the platforms… don’t moderate and monitor the content, we lose total control,” she said, raising the question of who “we” represents in that statement. | The recent purge of YouTube accounts, including those from Mark Sleboda, Rachel Blevins, Glenn Diesen, DD Geopolitics, Fiorella Isabel, Larry Johnson, and Eva K. Bartlett, it is clear that the Western leaders are scared of their populations finding out the truth about their policies and actions.

💬 “We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people,” Former US President John F. Kennedy.

“That’s what they’re afraid of,” Sleboda, an expert in geopolitical relations and a frequent guest on Sputnik Radio, told The Final Countdown. “They don’t trust you to hear an alternate view from the official US government narrative and come to what they consider the right political conclusions.”

Kit Klarenberg | Psychological warfare, stalking, and harassment are all part of the CDU’s clandestine toolkit. The newly-released file reveals British intelligence is exporting this sinister “counter-disinformation” credo to every corner of the globe. | On September 13th, an extraordinary document was released via litigation against the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is an August 2021 slide deck presentation by Britain’s shadowy, spook-infested Counter Disinformation Unit to the White House National Security Council’s Interagency Policy Committee, which regularly gathers Washington’s spying services together to coordinate on national security matters. The contents amply expose how London’s long-running use and abuse of security and intelligence agencies to warp online perceptions is, by design, spreading the world over. The presentation, which has never hitherto been publicly revealed, was delivered by CDU operatives on Aug. 10th 2021.

■ Since February 2022, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the UN Security Council, and the UNGA have repeatedly disseminated detailed data indicating the large-scale use of toxic substances by the Kyiv regime in violation of Ukraine's obligations under the CWC, as well as provocations organized by Kyiv and its Western patrons to accuse the Russian Armed Forces of similar activities.

■ Despite the irrefutability of the information we have presented, Ukrainian armed formations continue to systematically use toxic chemicals (chlorine, ammonia, ammonium nitrate, sulfuric acid), including those included in Lists 2 (Bi-Zet) and 3 (chloropicrin) of the CWCW, as well as the CWCB against units of the RF Armed Forces, civilians, and officials of the civil administration.

■ The reason for this is the political patronage and de facto approval of such crimes by Washington, Berlin, London and Paris. In particular, Russian experts have documented violations by Ukraine of the provisions of the articles: MORE

OCTOBER 7 WAS AN INSIDE JOB - Collected Evidence That Israeli Leaders Not Only Were Informed Of The Attacks in Advance And Let Them Happen But Made Them Possible In The First Place. pic.twitter.com/Tj8TycPweG

— DarumaIkyu (@DarumaIkyu) April 11, 2024

■ How Israel killed hundreds of its own people on 7 October (Electronic Intifada)
■ Zineb El Rhazoui : « Je ne condamne pas le 7 octobre. Le projet sioniste est raciste, suprémaciste et génocidaire »
✅ Why Israel Created Hamas (Swiss Policy Research)

According to the Israeli army, 80 ‘bunker buster’ bombs were dropped during the September 27 strike that killed the Secretary-General of Hezbollah. | Most Beirut residents probably still have that deep rumble etched in their memory. Exactly two weeks after the first strike hit the bunker where Hassan Nasrallah was hiding, Israeli air forces dropped a new payload of several dozen "bunker busters" on Beirut's southern suburbs at exactly midnight on Friday. These bombs are designed to explode after deeply penetrating the ground. ● The staggered explosions, which shake walls for kilometers around, also produce large plumes of smoke, indicating the power of the explosives. According to the Israeli army, no fewer than "80 tons" of explosives were dropped on September 27 by eight F-15 jets on at least four residential buildings of at least seven stories. This unprecedented operation in Lebanon was launched to assassinate the Hezbollah leader, who was reportedly in a bunker buried nearly three meters deep. It also caused over a hundred civilian casualties, according to estimates from the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

Robert Fico has warned that attempts to inflict a defeat on Moscow will fail | The West is deliberately fueling the Ukraine conflict because its ultimate goal is to weaken Russia, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. In an interview with Slovak broadcaster STVR on Sunday, Fico expressed concern over the EU’s increasing involvement in the ongoing hostilities between Moscow and Kiev, arguing that the conflict cannot be resolved on the battlefield.

💬 “There is a military conflict in a neighboring country where Slavs are killing each other, and Europe is significantly supporting this killing, which I just don’t understand,” Fico said. He added that the fighting “continues only because it is being strongly supported by the West.” “The sooner it ends, the better it will be,” he added, arguing that Western efforts to use the conflict to inflict a defeat on Russia will fail. “Everyone thinks that through Ukraine we will bring the Russians to their knees, but this Russophobia does not work. It turns out that this problem cannot be solved militarily,” Fico stated.

■ NATO state’s PM pledges to block Ukrainian membership (RT.com)

The executive chairman of the American Communist Party (ACP), Haz Al Din, believes that there is "no semblance of democracy" in the United States at the moment, as the US administration does whatever it wants and those who oppose it are persecuted by the government.

💬 "We basically have an illegitimate occupying regime at this point. We don't have popular sovereignty. There's no semblance of democracy. They basically do what they want, and people either accept it or they face persecution.US Human Rights Activist in Donbass: Most Americans Oppose Supporting Ukraine Now, how far such an arrangement can last, your best is as good as mine, but my suspicion is that it can't for very long," Al Din told Sputnik, while visiting Donetsk, the capital city of the Donetsk people's Republic (DPR).

■ US Human Rights Activist in Donbass: Most Americans Oppose Supporting Ukraine (Sputnik News)

Pro-Palestinian rallies have taken place in major cities worldwide, including the US, the UK, and other European nations, and countries such as South Africa, the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia. | On Saturday, tens of thousands of demonstrators, united in their condemnation of Israeli violence, called for an immediate end to the ongoing humanitarian crisis and siege of Gaza, demanding a resolution to the long-standing genocidal war that has left countless Palestinians vulnerable and in peril. Pro-Palestinian protesters, staging peaceful marches in major cities worldwide, slammed the international community’s deafening silence regarding the ongoing atrocities perpetrated by Zionist forces in Palestine. Demonstrators expressed deep concern over the complicity of world leaders in Israel’s war crimes.

■ Israeli Army Strikes School, Mosque in Gaza, Continues Attacks on Lebanese Territory (Sputnik News)
■ IOF commits massacres in mosque, school in Gaza (Al Mayadeen)

A Senior Israeli Defense Force official said tonight "The [Israeli] action against Iran will be significant" | Other Officials in the Israeli government confirm the IDF is preparing a “serious and significant” response to Iran's recent ballistic missile assault, which involved around 200 missiles targeting Israel. While the attack caused damage to airbases, Israel claimed no critical infrastructure or aircraft were affected. Satellite imagery the next day, says otherwise. Possible targets: - Oil production facilities - Strategic sites - Air defense systems - Nuclear facilities. ■ If Israel retaliates in any meaningful way - the Iranians will escalate! Just how far and destructive these escalations will be for both sides is currently unknowable! All we can be certain of is that escalations will lead to further escalations!

■ Biden Says US and Israel Are Discussing Strikes on Iranian Oil Facilities (Antiwar.com)
■ Netanyahu says 'Israel' has duty, right to respond to Iran (Al Mayadee)
✅ They lie. They cheat. They steal. They bomb. And they spin (Pepe Escobar)

Moon of Alabama | How Netanyahu is ‘running rings’ around Biden (Edward Luce) | This has been the general theme of a media campaign for a while. "Natanyahoo is steamrolling Biden and the poor guy can do nothing about it." I do not buy it. One phone call from the White House to the Pentagon would hold resupply flights from the U.S. to Israel. Without constant supply renewal the Israeli Air Force would have to stop its bombing campaigns in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen within days if not within hours. But instead of calling the Pentagon the whole Middle East team around Biden, Antony Blinken, Brett McGurk and IDF soldier Amos Hochstein, has been urging Israel to extend its campaign. They are hoping, like the neoconservatives in 2006 during the Bush administration, for the 'birth pangs of a new Middle East', which will forever change the strategic situation on the ground.

The United Nations General Assembly pushed through the Pact for the Future on September 22. Russia advised against adopting what it called “a raw and non-consensual text," and then attempted to introduce an amendment to the pact, but the effort was voted down. | By and large, the UN General Assembly has become a tool used by the West to promote its interests, Igor Shatrov, head of the Expert Council of Russia’s Strategic Development Fund, told Sputnik. 💬 “Most of the decisions that are made at the level of the General Assembly proceed from the position that Western countries adhere to,” he noted. This explains why the Russia-proposed amendment to the Pact for the Future adopted at the opening of the two-day Summit of the Future at UNGA based on “the principle of non-interference in matters within the domestic jurisdiction of a state” drew a negative response, he explained.

After the Russian government alerted Iran to the approach of four F-35 stealth jets toward Iran from the Persian Gulf yesterday, which reportedly caused an abort to that mission, Israel is now preparing surface-to-surface missile launches. | The Jericho II (YA-3) is a solid fuel, two-stage long-range ballistic missile system and a follow-on from the Jericho I project. As many as 90 Jericho 2 missiles are currently based in caves near Zekharia (Sdot Micha Airbase), southeast of Tel Aviv. Jericho II development began in 1977, and by 1986 there were reports of test firings. According to Missilethreat.com, a project of the George C. Marshall Institute, there is evidence that Jericho II originated as a joint Israeli-Iranian project, a cooperation that ended with the loss of friendly relations after the 1979 Iranian Revolution overthrew the Shah's rule. There was a series of test launches into the Mediterranean from 1987 to 1992, the longest at around 1,300 km, mostly from the facility at Palmachim, south of Tel Aviv. Jane's reports that a test launch of 1,400 km is believed to have taken place from South Africa's Overberg Test Range in June 1989.

Simplicius | About a hundred Ukrainian Troops from the 187th Battalion of the 123rd Brigade refused to carry out a combat mission and left the military unit in Donbass, Ukrainian media write. | As the key fortress-town of Ugledar fell days ago, a number of MSM articles began to highlight a truly grisly picture of the situation behind the scenes. The first horrors were recorded from the 123rd Brigade, a commander of which reportedly committed suicide by shooting himself after hundreds of his troops mutinied.