Thursday, October 17, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 10/17/2024 NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*JUDGE ORDERS DELAY IN TEXAS EXECUTION*US CHARGES FORMER INDIAN INTEL OFFICER IN ASSASSINATION PLOT*UKRAINE COULD BUILD NUCLEAR WEAPON IN WEEKS IF DENIED NATO MEMBERSHIP*

 


                               (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





In Lebanon Hezbollah says it's transitioning to 'a new and escalatory phase' in the conflict with Israel.



New precision-guided missiles will be used against Israeli troops ...Times Of Israel





A JUDGE IN TEXAS AGREEING TO A REQUEST FROM STATE LEGISLATORS TO PAUSE THE EXECUTION OF ROBERT ROBERSON THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING.



ROBERSON CONVICTED IN THE 'SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME' DEATH OF NIKKI CURTIS.



MANY ARE ARGUING THAT ROBERSON SHOULD NOT BE EXECUTED BECAUSE 'SHAKEN BABY SYNDRONE' IS A DISCREDITED NOTION.



MAINSTREAM MEDIA PAYING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE CASE WITH MR. ROBERSON DIAGNOSED AS AUTISTIC...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA






US federal charges against a former Indian intelligence officer over an alleged assassination plot involving a Sikh independence leader in New York.



Vikash Yadav accused in a superseding indictment slapped with money laundering, conspiracy and murder-for-hire charges.



Another Indian national Nikhil Gupta already charged and extradited to the US in connection with the case.



Mr. Yadav remains at large.



Earlier this week Canadian authorities revealed an extensive operation involving Indian diplomats in Canada targeting Sikh activists that included murder...Independent UK






RUSSIAN AEROSPACE FORCES CONTINUING ATTACKS IN SYRIA ON JIHADISTS IN THE NORTHWESTERN IDLIB REGION.


THE RUSSIAN MILITARY IN SYRIA SAYS SIX BASES WERE DESTROYED ALONG WITH THREE WORKSHOPS AND A DRONE DEPOT...TASS RUSSIA



The United States sanctioning two Chinese companies along with a Russian company and its leader.



All linked by US authorities to designing, building and shipping drones used by Russia in the Ukraine War...Voice Of America




FIVE ISRAEL SOLDIERS KILLED, THREE OTHERS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN FIGHTING WITH HEZBOLLAH FORCES IN LEBANON...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS


A 52-page report saying the United States Secret Service has "deep flaws".


An investigation was commissioned after July's assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.



The report calling for 'fundamental reform' including leadership changes...BBC News




A SUMMIT OF EUROPEAN UNION LEADERS IN BRUSSELS WITH IMMIGRATION HIGH ON THE AGENDA.


EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN SAYING THAT NEW IMMIGRATION POLICIES WILL LEAD TO INCREASED DEPORTATIONS...BBC NEWS



(Updated) Israel announcing the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.



Sinwar killed when an Israeli tank fired on a building in Gaza...Israel National News



(UPDATED) IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF FRANCE A DELUGE OF HEAVY RAIN AND MASSIVE FLOODING AFFECTING FIVE AREAS UNDER RED ALERTS.


HEAVY RAINS CAUSING ORANGE ALERTS IN 34 OTHER AREAS OF FRANCE...BFM-TV FRANCE LIVE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




CITING AN EASING OF INFLATION RATES THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK CUTTING INTEREST RATES BY .25 PERCENT...UPI


The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industial Average up 161.35 points.



The NASDAQ up 6.53 points.


At 443 pm New York Time the price of oil slightly higher at 70 dollars 74 cents a barrel...



                                 Marketwatch



"We have the material, we have the knowledge.  If the order is given, it will only take us a few weeks to make the first bomb"


That's a Ukrainian arms procurement official quoted by Germany's "Bild" news magazine.


The German media outlet reporting that the notion of Ukraine getting nuclear weapons is considered an alternative if it is denied NATO membership...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)



In Brussels the NATO summit with the Ukraine War front and center Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky appearing...(News Agencies)



THE COMMANDER OF IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS LT. GENERAL HOSSEIN SALAMI PROMISING A 'PAINFUL' RESPONSE IF ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN.



HE SAYS THE US THAAD AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS DEPLOYED TO ISRAEL CAN BE OVERCOME AND THAT IRAN KNOWS THEIR WEAKNESSES...TASS RUSSIA




In Bangladesh arrest warrants issued for former President Sheikh Hasina and dozens of others including top leaders of the Awami League political party.


They are accused of 'crimes against humanity' in connection with the deaths of student protesters in the demonstrations that preceded Hasina's removal from power...INDIA TODAY




US CENTRAL COMMAND HAS CONDUCTED STRIKES ON HOUTHI TARGETS IN YEMEN USING B-2 STEALTH BOMBERS.



THE TARGETS OF THE ATTACKS HOUTHI FACILITIES LOCATED UNDERGROUND.



THE HOUTHIS HAVE CONDUCTED ATTACKS ON SHIPPING IN WATERS NEAR YEMEN AS WELL AS ATTACKS ON ISRAEL...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"



THE US FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ADOPTING A 'CLICK TO CANCEL' RULE.  


IT IS DESIGNED TO MAKE CANCELLATION OF SUBSCRIPTIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS AS EASY AS SIGNING UP FOR THEM.

  

THE RULE SET TO TAKE EFFECT IN SIX MONTHS TIME...BBC NEWS



The Dutch Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Reinette Klever discussing the notion of sending African asylum seekers who fail in their asylum claims to Uganda.


Klever, who is a member of Geert Wilder's Party of Freedom, discussing the notion on a visit to the country this week.


Her proposal drawing criticism from human rights critics citing various policies of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni including a law protecting people from harm caused by LGBTQI people...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




THE ISRAEL-HAMAS-HEZBOLLAH-IRAN CONFLICT

                                                    (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



    28 KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACK ON GAZA SCHOOL



           MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



            LBCI LEBANON (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                           ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                                AL JAZEERA QATAR



                                   TIMES OF ISRAEL





The Palestinian media office says 28 killed and 160 wounded in an Israeli attack on a school in Gaza...Tass Russia




In other news...




A former Mexican government official in charge of fighting against illegal drugs sentenced to more than 38 years in prison by a US federal judge.



Genaro Garcia Luna also fined two million dollars.



Luna was convicted to taking bribes as he ostensibly led Mexico's war against drugs...BBC News







    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                             (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 10/16/2024*FBI REVISES 2022 CRIME DATA TO SHOW INCREASE*DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUE IN LEBANON*

 

                       (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)




                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



US POLITICS THE LATEST FOX NEWS NATIONAL POLL PUTS DONALD TRUMP AT 50 PERCENT AND KAMALA HARRIS AT 48 PERCENT...FOX NEWS




In Texas the Board of Pardons and Paroles rejecting a plea from clemency from death row inmate Robert Roberson.


Roberson to be executed tomorrow in the death of his daughter Nikki Curtis in a case where 'shaken baby syndrome' was diagnosed.


There have been calls for the execution to be called off including from the detective who originally arrested Roberson for the child's death...Al Jazeera Qatar




SINGER LIAM PAYNE, FORMERLY OF THE GROUP ONE DIRECTION, FELL TO HIS DEATH FROM THE THIRD FLOOR OF A HOTEL IN BUENOS AIRES.



POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING WHETHER HIS DEATH WAS AN ACCIDENT OR A POSSIBLE SUICIDE...BUENOS AIRES TIMES




The Russian military in Syria says its warplanes attacked terrorist camps and other jihadist facilities in the Idlib Region.


Syrian government positions have been attacked by jihadists in the Idlib Region in the last 24 hours...Tass Russia



THE UN FORCE IN LEBANON REPORTS A DELIBERATE ISRAELI ATTACK ON ONE OF THEIR OBSERVATION POSITIONS.



TWO CAMERAS DESTROYED AND A TOWER DAMAGED...LBC LEBANON



With just three weeks to go before the US election the FBI revising its crime statistics for 2022.


Instead of a 2.1 percent decrease there was actually a 4.5 percent increase in violent crime in the USA...DC Draino "X"



SINCE MONDAY THERE HAVE BEEN 10 BOMB THREAT HOAXES INVOLVING INDIAN AIRLINERS.


A TEENAGER WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH SEVERAL OF THE HOAXES ON SOCIAL MEDIA...BBC NEWS




The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 337.28 points or .79 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 51.49 points.

At 449 pm New York Time the price of oil 70  dollars 62 cents a barrel...Marketwatch



In the Balkan nation of Slovenia police filing a criminal complaint against Prime Minister Robert Golob.


He's accused of 'interfering in police affairs'.



Mr. Golob says the allegations against him are political linked to the former Interior Minister Tatjana Bobnar...Politico EU




2500 JOBS BEING CUT BY THE EUROPEAN AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE COMPANY 'AIRBUS'.


A 'COMPLEX BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT' ESPECIALLY IN SATELLITE MAKING CITED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DECISION...NOS NETHERLNDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Israel striking more than 100 targets in Lebanon today.   One attack killing the mayor and council members in the city of Nabatieh.    


Lebanon's prime minister called the attack a deliberate strike on a municipal council meeting.



Israel says it is striking targets linked to Hezbollah...BBC News Blog




(UPDATED) MORE THAN 140 PEOPLE KILLED AND DOZENS OF OTHERS INJURED AFTER A GASOLINE TANKER TRUCK OVERTURNED IN NIGERIA.



THERE WAS AN EPXPLOSION AS A CROWD OF PEOPLE WERE COLLECTING THE FUEL THAT LEAKED FROM THE TRUCK FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS USA



The United States asking India to cooperate with Canada's investigation into 'serious allegations' involving Indian diplomats in Canada.


Those diplomats linked to criminal activities in Canada including the murder of Sikh independence activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia last year...ANI News India...



Meanwhile in Canada Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Mike Duheme urging members of the Sikh community to come forward with information.



Duheme saying the RCMP is ready to help those who provide assistance to their widening investigation of extortion, coercion and intimidation including murders linked to India's government...CBC News Canada



FRANCE'S NEW MINISTER FOR OVERSEAS TERRITORIES FRANCOIS-NOEL BUFFET IN NEW CALEDONIA FOR A FOUR-DAY VISIT.



HE IS THERE TO REAFFIRM SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY FOLLOWING DISTRUBANCES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC TERRITORY.



UNREST LED BY PRO-INDEPENDENCE SUPPORTERS ESTIMATED TO HAVE CAUSED 2.2 BILLION EUROS (2.4 BILLION US DOLLARS) IN MATERIAL DAMAGE AND THE LOSS OF ALMOST 20,000 JOBS...RADIO NEW ZEALAND



THE ISRAEL-HAMAS-HEZBOLLAH-IRAN CONFLICT

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



           MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


           LBCI LEBANON (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


                             ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS


                                  AL JAZEERA QATAR


                                      TIMES OF ISRAEL




In other news...








   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/15/2024*COVID ERA MASK RULE LEADS TO RECORD DISCRIMINATION FINE AGAINST AIRLINE*HEZBOLLAH SAYS ITS RECOVERED FROM ISRAELI STRIKES ON LEADERS*ISRAEL RESPONDS TO KAMALA HARRIS PRESSURE*

 


                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)





                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





IT BEGAN WHEN SOME ORTHODOX JEWISH PASSENGERS REFUSED TO WEAR MASKS ON A LUFTHANSA AIRLINES FLIGHT DURING THE COVID ERA IN 2022. 



THAT LED TO A LARGE GROUP OF MORE THAN 100 ORTHODOX JEWISH PASSENGERS BEING KEPT OFF A FLIGHT THAT WAS ON THE GROUND IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY ENROUTE TO BUDAPEST, HUNGARY.



NOW THE US TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IMPOSING A RECORD FOUR MILLION DOLLAR FINE ON LUFTHANSA.



THE FINE IMPOSED FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THE ORTHODOX JEWISH PASSENGERS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






The Russian military in Syria reporting 16 air space violations involving aircraft of the US-led coalition in Syria.


Those airspace violations in the Al-Tanf Zone around a US military base inside Syria on its borders with Jordan and Iraq...Tass Russia







THE POWERFUL AMERICA ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE COMMENTING ON THE LETTER LEAKED OUT INTO THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TODAY.


US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN TELLING ISRAEL'S STRATEGIC AFFAIRS MINISTER RON DERMER THAT IF MORE HUMANITARIAN AID DOES NOT ENTER GAZA IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS THE US WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF CUTTING MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL. 


AIPAC SAYING THAT 'THREATENING TO CUT OFF AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL'SENDS A DANGEROUS MESSAGE TO OUR COMMON ENEMIES'...TIMES OF ISRAEL


An Israeli air attack on the city of Qana in southern Lebanon with ten reported killed and others wounded...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)




US TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT FLYING FROM AN AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BASE IN TEXAS HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF ISRAEL TODAY.



THIS APPARENTLY MARKS THE ARRIVAL OF THE THAAD AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT ISRAEL DURING ITS UPCOMING ATTACK ON IRAN...OSINTdefender "X"




THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCING A CHANGE OF STATUS FOR 800 VETERANS OVER THEIR HOMOSEXUALITY RELATED DISCHARGES.



THOSE 800 GETTING 'HONORABLE DISCHARGES' AFTER A REVIEW OF THE 'DON'T ASK DON'T TELL' POLICY REGARDING HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE US MILITARY FROM 1994 TO 2011...BBC NEWS



In Lebanon Hezbollah says it has recovered from the serial assassination of its leadership by Israel.


Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem saying that the movement influential in the Lebanese government has been able to "reestablish governance"...Tass Russia...



Qassem further saying a ceasefire with Israel is linked to a ceasefire in Gaza...Times of Israel



ISRAEL'S NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR CITING PRIVATE GUN OWNERSHIP AS A FACTOR IN PREVENTING A MORE SERIOUS TERRORIST ATTACK TODAY.



A POLICEMAN KILLED AND FOUR OTHER PEOPLE WOUNDED ON A HIGHWAY NEAR ASHDOD.



A VOLUNTEER MEDIC WHO OWNED A FIREARM KILLED THE ATTACKER...TIMES OF ISRAEL



SAUDI ARABIA'S CROWN PRINCE AND DE-FACTO RULER MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN VISITING EGYPT.


SPECULATION SURROUNDING POSSIBLE SAUDI INVESTMENT THERE. 


THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES INVOLVED IN A 35 BILLION DOLLAR DEAL WITH EGYPT EARLIER THIS YEAR.


ALSO, DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE CROWN PRINCE AND EGYPTIAN LEADERS ON THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST BEWEEN ISRAEL AND ITS ENEMIES...THE NEW ARAB




In the Netherlands the value of chip maker ASML's stock down 15 percent today. 


 Figures about the company's sales released a day early and they show and sharp drop in orders.  ASML is being forced to comply with US sanctions on dealings with China...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



Sharp declines in the markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 324.80 or .75 percent.




The NASDAQ dropped 187.10 points or 1.01 percent.


At 410 pm New York Time the price of oil 70 dollars 92 cents a barrel a price a decline of two dollars 91 cents or 3.94 percent...Marketwatch



European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to create 'return hubs' for migrants outside the European Union.



She also outlined new EU legislation to facilitate the easier removal of illegal immigrants.



Von der Leyen echoing policy already adopted by Italy which established centers to house migrants in Albania which opened in recent days.




She suggests such a policy would help migrants seeking asylum in Europe avoid dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean.



Australia has also adopted policies that end up housing migrants on offshore locations in the South Pacific.



Such policies comply with UN rules regarding how immigrants should be treated...BRUSSELS SIGNAL



THE NORTH KOREAN MILITARY BLOWING UP PORTIONS OF ROADS CONNECTING NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA TODAY.



THE NORTH HAD ANNOUNCED ITS PLANS TO CUT OFF BORDER ACCESS BY RAIL AND ROAD LAST WEEK.


SOUTH KOREA'S MILITARY FIRED WARNING ON ITS SIDE OF THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE SEPARATING THE TWO COUNTRIES...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA



In Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad the two-day summit meeting of the Chinese-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization underway with heavy security.


There have been terrorist attacks on Chinese workers in Pakistan helping to develop economic projects associated with China's "Belt and Road" initiative...Outlook India




ISRAEL ALLOWING 30 TRUCKLOADS OF AID INTO NORTHERN GAZA MONDAY.


THIS FOLLOWED CRITICISM AND PRESSURE FROM THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




THE ISRAEL-HAMAS-HEZBOLLAH-IRAN CONFLICT

                                                    (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



           MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



            LBCI LEBANON (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                               ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                                     AL JAZEERA QATAR



                                       TIMES OF ISRAEL





In other news...








     THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                             (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                            TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Monday, October 14, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 10/14/2024*MIGRANTS ENTERING ITALY MOVED TO ALBANIA*CANADA-INDIA EXPEL DIPOMATS IN SIKH ASSASSINATION CONTROVERSY*CHINESE MILITARY EXERCISES AROUND TAIWAN*

 


                                  (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)





                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





THE PERSON ARRESTED WITH FIREARMS NEAR DONALD TRUMP'S CALIFORNIA RALLY IN WHAT WAS CALLED A 'THIRD ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT' RECENTLY IN NEVADA AT BUNDY RANCH.



'VEM MILLER' PRODUCED A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MATTERS RELEATED TO RANCHER CLIVEN BUNDY AND HIS FAMILY'S CONFLICT WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES THE OVER USE OF LAND AROUND BUNDY RANCH.


CLIVEN'S SON AMMON BUNDY RECALLS MEETING MILLER AND THE STORY SURROUNDING HIM...





               FIVE MINUTE 20 SECOND VIDEO FROM AMMON BUNDY...


(COMMENT)  IN MY EXPEIRENCE SOME GOOD HONEST FOLKS SHOW UP AROUND THE BUNDY'S BUT ALSO SHOWING UP OPERATIVES FOR THE FBI AND OR CRAZY PEOPLE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING TO FILL A VOID IN THEIR LIVES.


AND GOD BLESS EVERYONE...


Down in the area devastated by Hurricane Helene stories of threats made to federal emergency management employees.    


One individual arrested over the weekend saying in a email to BBC News that the US government is a 'terrorist organization'...BBC News 



The situation in Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying the Indian government was supporting criminal activities including murder and extortion against Canadian citizens on Canadian soil.



This follows earlier word that Indian diplomats were involved in a criminal investigation leading to tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats involving India and Canada...(See earlier story in summary)



Allegations laid out by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police point to Indian diplomats spearheading criminal actions against Sikh separatists in Canada...CBC News (Video Embed)...



Mr. Trudeau made a tough public statement before the media regarding the Indian government's alleged criminal activities amidst intense domestic political pressure.



More than 30 Liberal Members of Parliament are now involved in an effort to remove him from leadership.



Trudeau deflecting a question about that situation during his media appearance today saying his focus is on the 'safety and well-being of Canadians'...Efrain Flores Monsanto Rebel News (Video Embed)




ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAID TO HAVE TOLD JOE BIDEN THAT ISRAEL WILL STRIKE ONLY MILITARY TARGETS IN IRAN.

THIS REPORTEDLY MEANS THAT OIL FACILITIES AND NUCLEAR FACILITIES WILL NOT BE TARGETED...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



Italy starting to move migrants to two new detention centers in Albania.   There is room for three thousand people with hopes of eventually housing 36,000 in the centers.


The migrants will await decisions regarding their asylum requests in the Albanian facilities operating under Italian law.



Migrants from countries considered 'safe' will be housed in Albania while those from 'unsafe' countries will be kept in Italy pending their asylum request decisions.


Albania is being given 600 million euros (653.82 million US dollars) in rent for use of the facilities over a five-year period...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




THE CONFLICT CONTINUING IN THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY ISRAEL STRIKING NORTHERN LEBANON WITH AT LEAST 21 REPORTED DEAD.


ISRAEL'S WARNING THAT LAST NIGHT'S DEADLY HEZBOLLAH ATTACK ON A MILITARY BASE WILL BE STRONGLY RESPONDED TO.


ROCKETS FIRED INTO ISRAEL FROM LEBANON TODAY...BBC NEWS





IRAN SAYS ITS SUSPENDED INDIRECT DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS WITH THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE NATION OF OMAN.


IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER CITING THE PRESENT SITUATION SAYS 'WE DON'T SEE ANY BASIS FOR TALKS'...TASS RUSSIA



The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 201.36 points or .47 percent.




The NASDAQ rose 159.75 points or .87 percent.


At 429 pm New York Time the price of oil declining to 74 dollars one cent a barrel down one dollar 55 cents or 2.05 percent...Marketwatch



(Updated) India and Canada each expelled six diplomats from the other country today...Associated Press-USA...



India is angered over Canada's diplomatic note stating its ambassador and other diplomats based in Canada are part of a criminal investigation.


India's foreign ministry saying it 'strongly rejects these preposterous imputations'.



Last year's statement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India may be implicated in the murder of a Sikh activist led to expulsion of Canadian diplomats from India...BBC News



DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS SAYS THAT ISRAEL SHOULD INCREASE EFFORTS TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID INTO GAZA.



HARRIS NOTING THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S STATEMENT THAT NO AID HAS REACHED GAZA IN NEARLY TWO WEEKS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



China's military launching drills in the waters surrounding Taiwan.



Chinese air and sea forces approaching Taiwan in a show of force.



The "Joint Sword-2024B" exercise described as a 'stern warning' to those advocating for Taiwan's independence.


Last week Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te made a speech saying he would resist annexation or encroachment on the mainland which considers Taiwan a part of China...Tass Russia...Al Jazeera Qatar





THE ISRAEL-HAMAS-HEZBOLLAH-IRAN CONFLICT

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




      DEADLY ISRAELI SHELLING ATTACKS IN GAZA




           MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


            LBCI LEBANON (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


                             ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS


                                   AL JAZEERA QATAR



Palestinian sources report 22 killed in Israeli shelling attacks in Gaza...BBC News...20 of those killed at UN school...Tass Russia




In other news...








   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



      RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






In other news....





The Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to three economists.



Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson recognized for their work linking the notion of 'institutions' to 'prosperity'.



The three have found that the 'rule of law' and 'institutions' that do not exploit populations lay a foundation for long-term economic success...ANI News India














Sunday, October 13, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 10/13/2024 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*DEADLY DRONE ATTACK ON ISRAELI MILITARY BASE*ISRAELI TANKS BLAST INTO UN FORCE COMPOUND INNJURIES REPORTED*NETANYAHU ORDERS UN FORCE OUT OF SOUTHERN LEBANON*

 


   (SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTNG 1130 PM-12 MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)


Late tonight Israel admitting fatalities in a drone strike on a military base but first...


                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





11 people injured in a fire at a haunted house in the German town of Leer.   Three of them taken to hospital.  The fire extinguished quickly.   Its cause not known...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




"We probably stopped another assassination attempt"

          RIVERSIDE COUNTY CALIFORNIA SHERIFF CHAD BIANCO



IT'S BEING CALLED A THIRD ATTEMPT TO KILL DONALD TRUMP DURING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN.



AN ARMED MAN DETAINED BY POLICE OUTSIDE MR. TRUMP'S RALLY IN COACHELLA, CALIFORNIA YESTERDAY.



HE WAS CARRYING FALSE VIP IDENTIFICATION FOR THE RALLY...NEW YORK POST






Israeli media report that Israel has refrained from attacking Beirut in recent days.  This follows a request from Joe Biden to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call...Times of Israel






23 KILLED AND 40 WOUNDED IN SUDANESE ARMY AIR STRIKES ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF KHARTOUM.


KILLED AND WOUNDED AT THE CITY'S CENTRAL MARKET AS THE AIRSTIKES TARGETED A CAMP OF THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES.



THE RSF AND THE SUDANESE ARMY INVOLVED IN AN ONGOING CIVIL WAR...BBC NEWS






The French government spokesperson says that a new immigration law will be proposed early next year.



Maud Bregeon pointing to the notion that a new law could extend the period of detention for illegal immigrants deemed dangerous.



Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau wants the detention period increased from 90 days to 210 days.



Meanwhile undocumented workers would be regularized in professions where there is a shortage of workers...BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)



HEZBOLLAH DRONE ATTACK ON ISRAELI MILITARY BASE KILLS FOUR, WOUNDS DOZENS OF OTHERS

                                                               (Updated) 



 67 WERE REPORTED WOUNDED IN A DRONE ATTACK ON THE ISRAELI TOWN OF BINYAMINA SOUTH OF HAIFA.


THE TARGET OF THE HEZBOLLAH DRONE A DINING AREA AT A MILITARY BASE.


FOUR OF THOSE HURT IN CRITICAL CONDITION.



LATE TONIGHT THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE ACKNOWLEDGING FOUR DEATHS IN THE ATTACK...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...



THERE WAS NO ADVANCE WARNING OF THE ATTACK...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...OSINTdefender "X"...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)




"We are ready for war and we are ready for peace"


Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke in Baghdad during a visit there recently.

He said Iran is ready for any eventuality...RIA Novosti Russia





Pro-Israel alternative media personalities Ezra Levant and Avi Yemeni on the ground to cover the US election.    They met up in San Francisco this weekend and will be traveling across the United States in the lead-up to Election Day...Rebel News Online "X" (Video Embed)






    15 UN PEACEKEEPERS WOUNDED BY SMOKE DURING AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON THEIR COMPOUND IN SOUTH LEBANON.


THEY WERE SICKENED AFTER ISRAEL TANKS FIRED SMOKE SHELLS.


A GATE WAS BLOWN AWAY AS TWO ISRAELI TANKS FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE UN FACILITY....(BBC NEWS)...BBC News Story



Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telling UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon should withdraw immediately.


Mr. Netanyahu describing the UN force as 'hostages' and 'human shields' for Hezbollah forces in the area...BBC NEWS BLOG...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS


(THIS STORY UPDATED TO REFLECT US DECISION TO SEND AIR DEFENSE BATTERIES TO ISRAEL)


A US AIR DEFENSE BATTERY SAID TO HAVE ARRIVED THIS WEEKEND TO ASSIST ISRAELI DEFENSE OF STRATEGIC SITES.


THE THAAD SYSTEM DESIGNED TO INTERCEPT BALLISTIC MISSILES OF VARIOUS RANGES...OSINTdefender "X"...THE STORY DISSEMINATED ONLINE IS THAT US TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ARRIVED IN JORDAN THIS WEEKEND...OSINTdefender "X"...



MEANWHILE THE PENTAGON OFFICIALLY SAYING NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT THE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM IN ISRAEL YET ON SATURDAY...TASS RUSSIA...


BUT ON SUNDAY A PENTAGON SOURCE TELLING CBS NEWS THAT THE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM IS GOING TO ISRAEL...(BBC NEWS)


Canadian politics 20 or more Liberal Party Members of Parliament signed on to a pledge to challenge the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.


The challenge emerging following a string of defeats for the Liberals in special elections and the party's lackluster performance in public opinion polls...CBC News...Opinion Polls for the 45th Canadian federal election-Wikipedia





ISRAELI POLITICS A NEW PUBLIC OPINION POLL DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD SHOWS THE PARTIES CURRENTLY IN GOVERNMENT LAGGING.



THE LAZAR POLL SAYS THEY WOULD ONLY GAIN 52 SEATS IF AN ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY INSTEAD OF THE 64 SEATS THEY WON IN THE LAST ELECTION FOR THE 120 SEATS IN PARLIAMENT.


OPPOSITION PARTIES GAINING 63 SEATS AND THE ARAB ISRAELI HADASH PARTY HAS FIVE SEATS.



PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S LIKUD PARTY STANDS AT 24 SEATS IN THIS POLL INSTEAD OF THE 32 THEY WON IN THE 2021 ELECTION...OPINION POLLING FOR THE NEXT ISRAELI LEGISLATIVE ELECTION-WIKIPEDIA





THE ISRAEL-HAMAS-HEZBOLLAH-IRAN CONFLICT

                                                   (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



        MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



          LBCI LEBANON (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                          ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                               AL JAZEERA QATAR



                                 TIMES OF ISRAEL




Hundreds of projectiles fired into Israel Friday night through Saturday during Yom Kippur in Israel.


Israel striking 280 targets in Lebanon and Gaza during the Yom Kippur holiday as well...(Times of Israel)




In other news....




US CENTRAL COMMAND REPORTS STRIKES ON ISIS TERRORIST CAMPS IN SYRIA.    THE US ATTACKS OCCURRED ON FRIDAY....US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"



Kim Yo-Jong, sister of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un, warning South Korea of a 'horrible disaster' if drones are found again flying over North Korea's capital city of Pyongyang.


North Korea says there have been multiple drone flights in recent days involving drops of propaganda leaflets opposing the Kim Jong-Un regime...Reuters-Straits Times Singapore (Click Past Ad)




   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



         DEADLY DRONE ATTACK IN RUSSIAN REGION


                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




One Russian civilian killed in Ukrainian drone attack in the Belgorod Region...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



In other news...



The former Scottish First Minister and Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond died at the age of 69.


Salmond was visiting North Macedonia in the Balkans where he was to make a speech.


He fell ill at the event and was pronounced dead at the scene...BBC News Blog...BBC News Obituary











Saturday, October 12, 2024

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*IMAGE JUNKIES*LUSTING AFTER WHO?*MIDDLE EAST WAR*AMMON BUNDY'S LAWFARE STORY DRAGS ON*'THE LAW WRITTEN IN OUR HEARTS'*CANDY INFLATION FOR HALLOWEEN*

 



                            (SOME MATERIAL MAY BE OFFENSIVE OR DISTURBING)





The first song one that is a "Sanity Test Song" and when I first heard it on the radio back around 1970 or so I cringed at it I wasn't ready to try kindness much less pretend to be kind and gentle to others...




                                            "TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS"-GLEN CAMPBELL




         "SWEET BLINDNESS"-THE FIFTH DIMENSION (WITH FRANK SINATRA-LIVE)




                                                      "SUGAR TOWN"-NANCY SINATRA





"THE LUST, THE FLESH, THE EYES AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE"-THE SEVENTY-SEVENS







Welcome to another attempt at media excellence four songs three of them about ways to get yourself intoxicated in my humble opinion.


And regarding the first "Sanity Test Song" it's been said that "Sanity" is 'the acceptance of reality'.




An "Escaping Reality Update" The Beatles "Strawberry Fields Forever" is the theme song...








"If those of us in industrial societies are image junkies, then we've all been set up--predisposed-to become lust junkies...



Needing to have photographs confirm and enhance reality implies that we have some kind of reality deficit...



What is most irresistible is the image-ingestion aspect of our relation to photos. Eye-candy.  They taste so good!  They feed an appetite.  They feed the appetite they create.  But both appetite and food are pseudo.



Have we become more prone to ingest image reality than experience real reality (whatever that is)?...



(Susan) Sontag says that everyone is now addicted to image consumption..."

THE LATE RON J (ROY KULJIAN) WRITES OF 'IMAGE JUNKIES' DECADES AGO IN HIS BOOK 'LUST VIRUS' CONSIDERING MERE PHOTOGRAPHS (PAGE 139)....


MICHIGAN GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER FEEDS A DORITO TO JOURNALIST LIZ PLANK IN A VIRAL AND CONTROVERSIAL VIDEO



So, we in our image-driven world have gone further and further down the 'food chain' to get our hits off videos.


Lust is a big part of my visual experience, and I have used Gretchen Whitmer in the past dare I say.


That is sin I own it and am grateful for the blood of Jesus that covers it and the grace that I now live under dying to any notion of lusting after Gretchen Whitmer using her image or the image of any other woman etc. etc. because Jesus died for my sin.



There's political and social controversy surrounding this video but I see it in a different light.


And yes, the written word is being replaced by the visual image read this story from New Zealand where major media outlet "TVNZ" intends to shut down its text-oriented news website and will continue its work with video journalism-image oriented news only...



"According to the company's statement, the major proposed changes include:



Scrapping the 1News website and app in February 2025, and focus Re: News solely on video storytelling"...



"TVNZ proposes major restructure, axing 1News website and app"-One News New Zealand



                NEWSDUMP UPDATE:





THIS WEEKEND THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUES MORE ISRAELI STRIKES IN GAZA ON THE JEWISH HIGH HOLY DAY OF YOM KIPPUR.



NEW EVACUATIONS ORDERED BY ISRAEL IN GAZA.



IRAN'S PARLIAMENT SPEAKER VISITING LEBANON IN SOLIDARITY WITH HEZBOLLAH.


IN THE DAYS TO COME'S ISRAEL'S ATTACK ON LEBANON.


A SECOND US AIRCRAFT CARRIER ('HARRY TRUMAN') APPROACHING THE MIDDLE EAST ENTERING THE MEDITERRANEAN THIS WEEKEND.



THAT CARRIER WOULD HELP DEFEND ISRAEL FROM ANY COUNTERSTRIKES BY IRAN.



                         BBC News Blog





            THE LAWFARE CONTINUES



AMMON BUNDY IS IN BANKRUPTCY COURT TO DEAL WITH THE 53 MILLION DOLLAR JUDGEMENT AGAINST HIM OBTAINED BY ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL THE IDAHO MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATE.


THE SUIT AGAINST BUNDY AND OTHER PARTIES OVER THEIR DEFENSE OF BABY CYRUS ANDERSON.


THE CHILD TAKEN FROM HIS PARENTS BUT RETURNED TO THEM FOLLOWING THE OUTCRY LED BY MR. BUNDY AND THE OTHERS.


A HEARING THIS WEEK IN FEDERAL COURT IN SOUTHERN UTAH LEADING TO A FURTHER DAGGING OUT OF THE PROCESS...






                                         "YOUR GRACE FINDS ME"-MATT REDMAN




                                                        "AMEN"-THE IMPRESSIONS




"LOOK WHO IT IS"-HELEN SHAPIRO (WITH GEORGE HARRISON, RINGO STARR, JOHN LENNON)





"First of all Jeremiah 31 talking about a new covenant.


What is it that he said the days are coming says the Lord when I will make a new covenant with the House of Israel and the House of Judah not like the covenant when I brought you out of Egypt which you blew


Even though I was a husband to you no in this new covenant  I will write my law in your inward parts on my heart


you won't have to go out telling everybody know the Lord because they shall all know me from the least to the greatest


for I'll forgive their sins and remember their iniquities no more..."

HELEN SHAPIRO SPEAKS STARTING AT 21:21 INTO THIS VIDEO GIVING HER TESTIMONY BACK AROUND 1990...


                  

                                                        "EL SHADDAI"-MICHAEL CARD




                                           "OH HAPPY DAY"-EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS



                           "SWEET, SWEET, SONG OF SALVATION"-LARRY NORMAN




     SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE USA-INFLATON RAGES ON



The price of candy went up for Halloween a big 35.6-ounce bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups jumped in recent weeks from 12.98 to 14.84 at Walmart.


And yeah, the peanut butter cookies that cost me 2.78 are now 3.12.



Core Inflation in the USA is at an annual rate is 3.3 percent according to the stats released this week.



THERE WERE COST OF LIVING DISTURBANCES IN THE FRENCH CARRIBEAN TERRITORY OF MARTINIQUE THIS WEEK.    THAT AND OTHER STORIES IN THE WEEKLY FRANCE-YELLOW VESTS POST....


France Yellow Vests 308*France's Credit Rating Lowered*2025 French Budget*Rich People, Big Businesses Get Tax Hikes*Deadly Inflation Protests In Martinique*Today's Protests*


Well if you dare read what I posted five years ago today including a reference to a former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke telling an energy lobby group the United States was willing to blockade Russian energy exports.


And nowadays Russia says the US and UK are responsible for the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline sabotage...



             Nextrush Unplugged Post From October 12, 2019



                                                               Good Night.  God Bless.


Closing tonight with some of the country hit songs I was listening to on the radio 50 years ago in October of 1974...




                                       "LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY"-DOLLY PARTON





                         "MISSISSIPPI COTTON PICKIN DELTA TOWN"-CHARLEY PRIDE




                                                       "BONEY FINGERS"-HOYT AXTON






                           

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS 308*FRANCE'S CREDIT RATING LOWERED*2025 FRENCH BUDGET*RICH PEOPLE, BIG BUSINESSES GET TAX HIKES*DEADLY INFLATION PROTESTS IN MARTINIQUE*TODAY'S PROTESTS*



          (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES) 



THE CREDIT RATING OF FRANCE DOWNGRADED FRIDAY NIGHT.


FITCH RATINGS SERVICE GIVING FRANCE A NEGATIVE OUTLOOK FOLLOWING THE NEW BUDGET ROLLOUT ON THURSDAY.


FITCH SEES BIGGER DEFICITS AND A MINORITY GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO DEAL DECISIVELY WITH EXCESSIVE SPENDING...



   Reuters-"Fitch puts negative outlook on France's rating"






As expected on Tuesday the censure motion for Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government failed.


The motion from the New Popular Front Left got only 197 votes from 577 members.


Abstaining from the vote the National Rally (RN).   Leader of the RN Marine Le Pen deciding to 'give a chance' to the government.


The Left noting they were denied the ability to form a new government by President Emmanuel Macron in spite of winning the largest number of seats in the election several months ago...


"France's minority government survives no-confidence vote"-Associated Press-Irish Examiner



The government rolling out its budget plan and taxes for 2025.



When it comes to income taxes for 2024 to be paid next year "inflation adjustments" of two percent have been factored in for tax brackets except the highest rate of 45 percent. 



By the way the latest calculation of the rate of inflation in France is 2.2 percent.


Income for the first 11,520 Euros (12,595.97 US Dollars) of income will not be taxed up from 11,294 Euros (12,348.86 US Dollars). 



In addition the tax allowance for married people or people with children is increased from 6,674 Euros (7,297.35 US Dollars) to 6,807 Euros (7,442.77 US Dollars)...




BFM-TV-"Income Tax: The New 2025 Scale Will Be Indexed To Inflation (Translation Prompt)



The government led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier is taxing 'the wealthiest' in its budget that includes projected savings of billions of Euros.


65,000 households targeted to pay more taxes those with a single taxpayer making more than 250,000 Euros or a married couple with 500,000 Euros or more of income.


Additionally, businesses whose turnover exceeds one billion Euros some 400 in all will pay additional taxes of eight billion Euros next year and 12 billion in 2026.



The spending plan called an "austerity budget"...




BFM-TV-"Taxes, Pensions, New Taxes...What To Remember From The 2025 Budget" (Translation Prompt)




THE TENSIONS OVER THE HIGH COST OF LIVING EXPLODING INTO A NEW ROUND OF DEADLY PROTESTS IN FRANCE'S CARRIBEAN TERRITORY OF MARTINIQUE THIS WEEK.


AT LEAST THREE DEATHS LINKED TO THE DEMONSTRATIONS.


HUNDREDS OF CARS BURNED.


STORES VANDALIZED AND LOOTED THE AIRPORT ON THE ISLAND STORMED BY PROTESTERS THURSDAY WITH A RUMOR THAT MORE POLICE WERE BEING FLOWN IN FROM THE MAINLAND OF FRANCE.


PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF A GROUP CALLED THE 'RALLY FOR THE PROTECTION OF AFRO-CARRIBEAN PEOPLES AND RESOURCES' (RPPRAC)...BFM-TV NEWS STORY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Protest in Paris on Saturday afternoon...



LIVE VIDEO STREAM PARIS YELLOW VESTS WEEK 308 10/12/2024




A group in the dozens gathered for today's protest.    They posed together for a bit then went through the streets accompanied by drums.



One large yellow sign held by a protester read:



                      "Macron Destitution"





MEANWHILE IN ROUEN YELLOW VESTS ACTIVIST JEROME RODRIGUES SPEAKING TO A GROUP RECALLING THE YELLOW VESTS PROTESTS SOME SIX YEARS AFTER THEY BROKE OUT ACROSS FRANCE...









A video from Lille in northern France remembering 309 weeks of protest and promoting a demonstration next month in Brussels (November 16)...







                                                 For now that's news of France and the Yellow Vests.




Also available the "Unplugged" post for this week...Nextrush Unplugged Weekend*Image Junkies*Lusting After Who?*Middle East War*Ammon Bundys Lawfare Story Drags On*"The Law Written On Our Hearts"*Candy Inflation For Halloween*