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Russia's Nuclear Attack on U.S. Banks - Pravda Headline

Seriously, I couldn't make this up!  You long-time readers know that I like to check in with other news outlets from around the world to get fresh perspectives, knowing that the Jerusalem Post or Russia's Pravda or even the Financial Times is going to have different top stories than CNN or any U.S. newspaper.  But just now, I was shocked by this story right on the front page of Pravda's English language site.  Here's the opening paragraph:

"While US scientists put forward the new doctrine of the Minimum Nuclear Deterrence (targeting missiles against Russia’s 12 key enterprises), Bigness.ru decided to draw a map of a limited strike that could paralyze the US economy. It turns out that the United States is much more vulnerable than Russia at this point. An attack against only five targets in the USA will throw the US economy back into the Stone Age."

Bad news for me personally, as well.  Dallas never seemed to me to be as much of a high-value target as the Northeast, D.C., the West Coast, Chicago, or NORAD; now, however, we've apparently made the top 5 list:

"Inga Foksha, an analyst with IK Aton, did not hesitate to name five targets, the destruction of which would jeopardize the USA’s existence.

The first strike should be made against the offices of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington, Dallas and Chicago. 'This company handles depositors’ funds. If it disappears, and if banks have no guarantees, the people will panic and will rush to cash their deposits,' Foksha said."

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