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August 1st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Two top Belarusian military commanders have been dismissed for failing to prevent a hostile aircraft from dropping a load of propagandist Teddy Bears, thus proving their incompetence in “ensuring the national security” of the republic.
In a scandalous incident last month, a single-engine aircraft freely entered Belarusian air space through Lithuania and dropped almost a thousand teddy bears with propaganda leaflets on the heads of local residents, meeting no obstacles whatsoever from the country’s air defense.
Swedish advertising agency Studio Total claimed responsibility for the event, saying that the move was meant to support Belarusian opposition groups and pro-democracy protests.
Following the incident, President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed the chairman of the State Border Committee Igor Rachkovsky and the Commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces Dmitry Pahmelkin “for the improper performance of duties to ensure the national security of the republic.”
At the same time, the Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces received “service incompetence notes.” In addition, the Secretary of the State Security Council and the chairman of the State Security Committee were reprimanded.
Initially, the Belarusian military did not confirm the violation of the country’s airspace. Pahmelkin, now ex-commander of the Air Force, claimed that the incident was a provocation by foreign intelligence services against Belarus and the video and photos had been fabricated in order to make it look like the airspace had indeed been violated.
The journalist who covered the Teddy Bear Airdrop was arrested on July 13 and spent 72 hours in custody while the authorities investigated his contribution.
Belarusian authorities officially recognized the incident only on July 26.
“How to explain the provocation with the light airplane, which not only crossed the border, but also invaded Belarus territory with impunity?” President Lukashenko asked at a meeting with the Armed Forces and the State Border Committee. “Is it the blockheadedness of specific executors or errors in the state’s border guard system of airspace?”
Lukashenko ordered a throughout investigation and a set of measures directed at “strengthening the national security system and ensuring adequate operational response to any challenges and threats.”
Meanwhile, the head of Studio Total, Per Cromwell, noted that it was not hard at all to make a fly over Belarus as all the necessary information about the state’s Air Defense is freely available on the Internet. In his letter to Lukashenko, he described the country’s defenses as “a brutal, but severely malfunctioning mechanism, best suited for parades and for harassing civilians.”
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