Sunday, February 4, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 2/4/2024 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND DRONE ATTACK CAUSES CASUALTIES AT US SYRIAN BASE, 'FAR-RIGHT' ISRAELI MINISTER SAYS BIDEN HELPING HAMAS, EL SALVADOR ELECTION, LEFTIST LEADS NORTHERN IRELAND, TUCKER CARLSON IN MOSCOW

 

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGHT SUNDAY EVENING WITH FINAL POSTINGS AROUND 11 OR 1130 PM EASTERN US TIME)




                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





In Washington tonight a massive 118.28-billion-dollar spending plan unveiled by a bipartisan group of US Senators.


It includes 60 billion dollars for Ukraine, 20 billion dollars for US border security along with other increments for Taiwan and Israel among other things that include 10 billion dollars to rebuild Gaza...FREE REPUBLIC POST-GATEWAY PUNDIT STORY-DISCUSSION






TONIGHT THE SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AN ANTI-SYRIAN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, REPORTS A DRONE ATTACK ON THE US BASE AT THE AL OMAR OIL FIELD IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA THAT HAS CAUSED CASUALTIES...OSINT DEFENDER "X"-LINK TO ADDITIONAL "X" POSTS REGARDING THE ATTACK...




THERE HAVE BEEN MORE AIRSTRIKES REPORTED TONIGHT IN YEMEN...(Intelligence Sources on "X")...


OFFICIALLY US CENTRAL COMMAND REPORTS FIVE STRIKES TODAY ON FIVE MISSILES PREPARED FOR LAUNCH FROM YEMEN...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"...





NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JAKE SULLIVAN SAYS THE US WILL LAUNCH FURTHER MILITARY STRIKES IN THE MIDDLE EAST.



SULLIVAN ON NBC'S 'MEET THE PRESS' INDICATING THE US PLANS MORE MILITARY STRIKES AND OTHER ACTIONS AGAINST IRAN-CONNECTED TARGETS ACROSS THE REGION...REUTERS-RADIO NEW ZEALAND




An Israeli bank notifying an Israeli national sanctioned by the Biden Administration over alleged attacks on Palestinians that his bank accounts are frozen.


Yinon Levi notified that a personal and business account have been frozen by Israel's Bank Leumi...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





ISRAEL'S NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR TELLS THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ISRAEL WOULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE US SUPPORT IF DONALD TRUMP WERE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.


MR. BEN-GVIR SAYING THAT JOE BIDEN'S PUSH FOR 'HUMANITARIAN AID' IN GAZA ONLY HELPS THE HAMAS TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.



PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU DISPUTING BEN-GVIR'S COMMENTS SAYING THEY 'ENDANGER VITAL NATIONAL INTERESTS'.


MAINSTREAM MEDIA CATEGORIZE MR. BEN-GVIR AS 'FAR-RIGHT'...TIMES OF ISRAEL





(Updated) The El Salvador Election and the re-election of the highly popular President Nayib Bukele by a landslide margin.



Mainstream Media stress Bukele's harsh policies against crime in the country.



Bukele has instituted other 'reforms' including a reduction in the number of municipal governments and the number of seats in the country's legislature from 84 to 60.


Tonight Bukele claiming victory with 85 percent support.


Early results showing Mr. Bukele with over 80 percent of the vote...2024 SALVADORAN GENERAL ELECTION




FRANCE'S ENERGY REGULATOR PROPOSING NATURAL GAS PRICE HIKES IN JULY.    


THOSE HIKES 5.5 PERCENT AND EVEN HIGHER DEPENDING ON WHAT CONSUMERS USE NATURAL GAS FOR.



THERE ALREADY WAS A NATURAL GAS PRICE HIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THIS MONTH ELECTRICITY PRICES ROSE...(Info from BFM-TV France)...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)







The President of the African nation of Namibia Hage Geingob dead at the age of 82.   He had announced a cancer diagnosis last month...BBC NEWS









Raging deadly forest fires in central Chile this weekend.



At least 112 dead, hundreds missing and thousands of homes destroyed (News Agencies) with the government speaking of three to six thousand homes being affected...BBC NEWS...



Many thousands of people ordered to evacuate their homes.


Extreme summer heat and dry conditions helping to create the fires...ASSOCIATED PRESS-NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO



EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN YEMEN THE US MILITARY TAKING OUT AN ANTI-SHIP MISSILE SAID TO BE READY FOR LAUNCH...US CENTRAL COMMAND...


SATURDAY NIGHT IN YEMEN US MILITARY STRIKES CONTINUING AGAINST THE YEMENI FORCES (HOUTHI).


36 STRIKES AIMED AT 13 LOCATIONS.


THE STRIKES INCLUDING TARGETS DESCRIBED AS 'COMMAND AND CONTROL' STORAGE FACILITIES AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE HOUTHI MILITARY FORCES...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"...



EARLIER SATURDAY A US PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE IN YEMEN AGAINST SIX ANTI-SHIP MISSILES READY TO BE FIRED...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"



History made in Northern Ireland this weekend the Leftist "Irish Nationalist" Sinn Fein party taking leadership of the British province.


The "British Nationalist" Democratic Unionist Party boycotted the legislature after losing an election to Sinn Fein two years ago.


The DUP was seeking assurances from the British government regarding post-Brexit cross border trade currently restricted by European Union rules.


Michelle O' Neill of Sinn Fein taking the post of First Minister in Northern Ireland.


O'Neill speaking of a reunification vote to bring the North into Ireland within a decade...BBC NEWS LIVE BLOG




WITH JUST DAYS TO GO BEFORE PAKISTAN'S ELECTION ANOTHER COURT CONVICTION DROPPED ON FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN.



THIS TIME KHAN AND WIFE BUSHRA BIBI CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON.   


A FINE ALSO IMPOSED IN CONNECTION WITH CONVICTION ON THE COUPLE HAVING A MARRIAGE THAT VIOLATED THE LAW...ONE INDIA NEWS




In Berlin this weekend another mass rally as the government parties continue to campaign against the "Far-Right".     The crowd said to be at least 150,000.



Driving the mass protests an allegation published in mainstream media that "Far-Right" groups including the Alternative for Germany party held a meeting to discuss mass deportations of migrants from Germany...ASSOCIATED PRESS-GULF TODAY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES




           THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                     (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




   ISRAEL STRIKES HEZBOLLAH TARGETS TONIGHT


NETANYAHU SAYS 17 OF 24 HAMAS BATTALIONS TAKEN OUT




MISSILES FIRED INTO NORTHERN ISRAEL SATURDAY 




        MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                          ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                   TIMES OF ISRAEL





Israel continued to strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon tonight...(Times of Israel)





Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that 17 of 24 Hamas battalions operating in Gaza have now been eliminated...TASS RUSSIA




Missiles fired into northern Israel from Lebanon Saturday.


They landed in open areas.  Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in retaliation...(Israel National News)



In other news...



(Updated) The February 25th Presidential Election in Senegal postponed indefinitely.


President Macky Sall citing a dispute over the list of candidates.



Prominent opposition personalities excluded from that list...AL JAZEERA...



Police fired tear gas today as opposition parties protested Mr. Sall's decision to delay the election...ASSOCIATED PRESS-TORONTO STAR




Media personality Tucker Carlson spotted in Moscow.


Speculation he is interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin...MEDIAITE






  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                  (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



DEADLY UKRAINIAN ATTACK ON BAKERY IN LUHANSK REGION OF RUSSIA




                TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




     RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



(Updated) Russian authorities in the Luhansk Region annexed from Ukraine report 20 dead after a bakery was shelled by the Ukrainian forces...TASS RUSSIA...


The number of those killed now said to be 28...TASS RUSSIA

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