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Monday, March 9, 2026
Sunday, March 8, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 3/8/2026*OIL PRICE RISES 27 PERCENT TONIGHT*KHAMENEI'S SON NAMED IRAN LEADER*US SANCTIONS RWANDA CONGO WAR*KILLING OF EPSTEIN ALLEGED BY INMATE AT HIS JAIL*SWEDEN SEIZES SHIP BOUND FOR RUSSIA FOLLOWING SINKING OF RUSSIAN VESSEL IN MEDITERRANEAN*"MIGHT DOES NOT MAKE RIGHT" CHINA'S FM ON IRAN WAR*DAY NINE IRAN WAR*
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News of the ongoing Iran War is in this news summary but first...
TONIGHT, THERE IS SHARP SPIKE IN THE PRICE OF OIL IN NEW YORK.
AT 1154 PM THE PRICE 115 DOLLARS 46 CENTS A BARREL RISING 24 DOLLARS 56 CENTS OR 27.02 PERCENT.
AN ELECTION IN THE WESTERN GERMAN STATE OF BADEN-WURTTEMBERG THE GREEN PARTY GAINING THE MOST VOTES WHILE LOSING STRENGTH FROM THE PREVIOUS ELECTION.
THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS A VERY CLOSE SECOND WITH THE 'FAR-RIGHT' ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY ALMOST DOUBLING ITS VOTE.
THE AFD WITH A VERY STRONG SHOWING IN THE WESTERN PART OF GERMANY WHERE ITS STRENGTH IS WEAKEST...TAGGESCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A meteor seen over northwestern Europe this evening. There were sightings in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.
Debris from the meteor damaged roofs of houses in Germany with damage in western state of Rhineland-Palatinate...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE MAYOR OF AN ARAB TOWN IN NORTHERN ISRAEL SHOT ALONG WITH HIS DEPUTY TONIGHT.
THE SHOOTINGS LINKED TO WHAT AUTHORITIES CALL A 'CRIME WAVE'.
A MASKED ATTACKER OPENED FIRE AS THE MEN DINED AT A RESTAURANT...TIMES OF ISRAEL
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IRAN WAR DAY 9 EVENING ROUNDUP
AT LEAST 32 WOUNDED IN AN IRANIAN DRONE ATTACK ON BAHRAIN LATE TONIGHT
OTHER IRANIAN ATTACKS REPORTED ON QATAR AND KUWAIT
MISSILES FIRED FROM IRAN AT ISRAEL LATE TONIGHT
THE NEW SUPREME LEADER OF IRAN MOJTABA KHAMENEI THE SON OF THE AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI ASSASSINATED BY ISRAEL AT THE START OF THE WAR.
ISRAEL ANNOUNCING 3,400 ATTACKS ON IRAN SINCE THE WAR BEGAN.
DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUE IN LEBANON.
IN LEBANON MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE ARE NOW REGISTERED AS 'DISPLACED PERSONS' DUE TO THE ISRAELI ATTACKS...
BBC NEWS BLOG
The United States imposing visa restrictions on senior Rwandan officials over their promotion of the ongoing conflict in eastern Congo.
It follows sanctions imposed on Rwanda days ago as fighting involving the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and government forces continues in the mineral-rich region of Congo near Rwanda's border.
Months ago, US President Donald Trump announced settlement of the war...Associated Press-ABC News USA
AUTHORITIES IN TUNISIA DETAINED ACTIVISTS SEEKING TO LAUNCH AN AID FLOTILLA TO GAZA.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ARE ALLEGED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF TUNISIA SEEKING TO VERIFY THE ORIGIN AND MANAGEMENT OF DONATIONS.
GAZA RELIEF FLOTILLA ORGANIZERS SAY THE AUTHORITIES IN TUNISIA ARE TARGETING SUPPORTERS OF THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE.
THE AUTHORITARIAN TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT BANNING EVENTS PLANNED IN RECENT DAYS AS A NEW GAZA AID FLOTILLA IS TO SET SAIL FROM TUNISIA, SPAIN AND ITALY....MORNING STAR UK
The search for a Malaysian Airlines flight that went missing in a remote part of the Indian Ocean.
A 15-thousand square kilometer area combed over by underwater drones with no results.
12-years ago today flight MH370 a Boeing 777 airliner with 239 people on board went missing after taking off from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia enroute to Beijing...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA COULD STOP SENDING ITS NATURAL GAS TO EUROPE NOW AND SEND IT TO OTHER MARKETS.
PUTIN SPEAKING TO THE SITUATION DRIVEN BY THE IRAN WAR BUT ALSO NOTING EUROPEAN UNION SANCTIONS OVER THE WAR IN UKRAINE THAT INVOLVE A BAN ON RUSSIAN NAUTURAL GAS BY NEXT YEAR.
PUTIN TELLING A RUSSIA TV INTERVIEWED EUROPE IS NOW REAPING WHAT IT SOWED BY SUPPORTING UKRAINE STARTING WITH THE 2014 COUP THERE.
HE SPOKE OF A 'SYSTEMIC MISTAKE' BY WESTERN NATIONS THEIR RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE CALLED 'THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG'...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
When Jeffrey Epstein died in prison in 2019 an inmate said prison guards discussed covering up his death.
The inmate said this in an interview with the FBI. That inmate speaking of Epstein being killed...Julie K. Brown Miami Herald "X"
UKRAINE WAR NEWS
This weekend Swedish authorities seizing a merchant vessel in the Baltic Sea enroute to the Russian port city of St. Petersburg.
The ship flying the Guinean flag is considered subject to sanctions against Russia related to the Ukraine War...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...
Just days ago a Russian tanker carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea.
The sudden explosion and fires on ship before it sank attributed to drones with Ukraine held responsible.
Russian President Vladimir Putin describing it as a 'terrorist attack'...Al Jazeera Qatar...
This weekend Russia attacking Ukraine with 10 deaths reported in the city of Kharkiv (Kharkov) close to the front lines...Associated Press-PBS USA...
Russia attacked by Ukraine with injuries reported in some areas along with damage at an oil depot in the Krasnodar Region of southern Russia...Tass Russia
THE IRAN WAR CONTINUES DAY 9
"the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of Iran and all countries in the Gulf Region should be respected and must not be violated...
Might does not make right, the law of the jungle must not return and rule the world.
Willful use of force does not prove one's strength. Civilians are innocent and should not be victimized...
Causing color revolutions or causing regime changes will find no popular support...
Major countries should act in the sprit of justice and righteousness...
CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI COMMENTS ON THE IRAN WAR 1:48 INTO THE VIDEO BELOW...
The Iran War continued this weekend with Israel striking oil storage tanks and oil refining facilities in Iran.
Israel also launching air attacks in Lebanon. More dead and wounded reported by Lebanese authorities.
Iranian attacks include a drone strike that torched the "Social Security Building" in Kuwait City...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)
Al Jazeera Qatar Blog
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE IN DELAWARE SATURDAY FOR A CEREMONY AS THE SIX AMERICANS KILLED IN THE WAR WERE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES.
OTHER TOP OFFICIALS INCLUDING VICE-PRESIDENT JD VANCE AND DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH WERE ALSO THERE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND DEFENSE SECRETARY HEGSETH DISPUTING THE NOTION THAT US FORCES WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEADLY ATTACK ON A GIRLS SCHOOL IN SOUTHERN IRAN.
THE CLAIM THE IRANIAN MILITARY STAGED THE ATTACK...
In New York six arrests after two smoke-emitting devices were displayed in opposition to an Anti-Muslim protest outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani's official residence Gracie Mansion.
The counter protest opposing far-right nationalist Jake Lang who staged the Anti-Muslim protest.
Lang also staged demonstrations in Minneapolis recently during the tensions between ICE and Minneapolis residents over the illegal immigration crackdown...New York Post
MINOR DAMAGE AND MINOR INJURIES WHEN THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION OUTSIDE THE US EMBASSY IN OSLO NORWAY.
THE BLAST AT 1 AM SUNDAY LOCAL TIME...OSINTdefender "X"
SIX PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN THE UNITED STATES AFTER TORNADOES RIPPED THROUGH SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA...NBC NEWS USA
Saturday, March 7, 2026
NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*SKYROCKTING OIL PRICES*THE WORLD HELD HOSTAGE*NUCLEAR OPTION?*"NOT BY THE EPSTEIN CLIQUE"*TEHRAN BURNS US-ISRAELI BOMBING CAMPAIGN*A GLIMPSE OF HELL*AS IT WAS IN DAYS OF NOAH*CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE*
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(MORE MATERIAL ADDING AS ABLE DURING THE WEEKEND)
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THE FACTS ARE THIS
A week ago Sunday March 1st the price of gasoline at Sam's Club here in York, Pennsylvania 273.9 today Sunday March 8th the price is 319.9.
Up 46 cents or 16.8 percent but as things stand Sunday night with the price of oil things are going downhill a 27 percent price rise there as we approach Midnight some easing overnight but watch out for Monday.
The War Update Edwin Starr sings the classic song "War"...
WAR SEEMS BAD FOR CHINA AND GOOD FOR RUSSIA.
OIL PRODUCERS LIKE RUSSIA ARE ENRICHED WITH REVENUE.
ITS BAD FOR EUROPE AND THE USA ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF INFLATION.
HIGHER OIL PRICES WILL TRICKLE DOWN INTO THE PRICE OF ALL PRODUCTS BASED ON PETROLEUM ALONG WITH THE TRANSPORTATION COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING GOODS IN GENERAL.
BUT SERIOUSLY THE US HAS LAUNCHED A WAR WITH ISRAEL THAT CUTS OFF CHINA'S ENERGY SUPPLIES BIG TIME.
WHAT WILL TRUMP BE SAYING TO XI WHEN HE MEETS HIM IN CHINA BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH?
TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING OF A 'SMALL PRICE TO PAY' FOR DEALING WITH IRAN BUT THE PRICE COULD INCLUDE WORLDWIDE POLITICAL INSTABILITY ALONGSIDE CRUSHING GASOLINE COSTS FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON.
THAT INSTABILITY MAY TAKE OUT SOME ANTI-ISRAEL GOVERNMENTS IN POWER AND REPLACE THEM WITH MORE PRO-ISRAEL GOVERNMENTS?
WAS THAT IN PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S MATH ON THIS WAR?
IN 1979 IT WAS 'AMERICA HELD HOSTAGE' IN CONNECTION WITH IRAN AMERICANS AT THE EMBASSY TAKEN CAPTIVE.
NOW YOU CAN SAY THIS MESS SURROUNDING THE IRAN WAR HOLDS THE WHOLE WORLD HOSTAGE
Is There A Nuclear Option In Iran To Bring The War To "An End"?
This notion discussed at 23 minutes 37 seconds into this Tucker Carlson Podcast where he interviews Saagar Enjeti...
And what is being said in Iran by one top official. Mohammed Baqer Ghalibaf is Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly in other word's Iran's Parliament and he said this:
"Trump does not know what he has done to himself and the American nation by martyring our Imam, and he wants to set a task for a nation.
The Americans did not deal with the harsh situation, and now they understand the fate of Iran dearer than life will be determined only by the proud nation of Iran, not by the Epstein Clique"...
Tasnim News Agency Iran (Translation Prompt)
NEWSDUMP ALERT: MASSIVE BOMBING CAMPAIGN IN IRAN FIRES BURNING IN TEHRAN (SATURDAY NEWS)
The Iran War continues in both Iran and Lebanon missiles continue to be fired sporadically from Iran at Israel.
US President Donald Trump's vowed to hit Iran "hard' yesterday....
AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG
BBC NEWS BLOG
NEWSDUMP UPDATE: AT 2 AM SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 8TH CLOCKS MOVE FORWARD ONE HOUR IN ALMOST ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
"As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
For in the Days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man...
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come"
MATTHEW 24:37-39, 42 NIV BIBLE
The music this week my musical collection stretches from the 1930's to the early 1980's including the Big Band sound. In my dormitory in the late 1970's someone loved this recording and they played it a lot...
"PENNSYLVANIA 6-5000"-GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA
"A SWINGIN' SAFARI"-BILLY VAUGHN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
"WEDDING SONG (THERE IS LOVE)"-NOEL PAUL STOOKEY
Going to a wedding today that's the plan so I had to include the "Wedding Song" by Noel Paul Stookey in the music this week.
"Do you know that in Scripture Jesus spoke about Hell four times more often than he did about Heaven?"....
The Devil seemed to be summoning me to Hell when I encountered Joni Eareckson Tada 43 years ago I was unable to reach out to her to communicate I stood off in the distance and stared.
I attended a wedding today the party-reception afterwards reaching out to others de-isolating working my way out of the isolation from God and others that Hell truly is.
"REACH OUT IN THE DARKNESS"-FRIEND AND LOVER
"HERE COMES THE SUN"-THE BEATLES
"CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE"-ELVIS PRESLEY
Those last two songs part of the wedding celebration I attended today and what about Scripture from the ceremony.
"Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust'
Surely he will save you from the fowlers snare and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day.
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
You will observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
PSALM 91:1-10 NIV BIBLE
"But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."
MATTHEW 6:33 KJV BIBLE
"SEEK YE FIRST"-KAREN LAFFERTY
THE SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY STARTS TO POST 5 AM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME ON SUNDAY....
SHUTTING DOWN EARLY MONDAY.
GOOD NIGHT. GOD BLESS.
FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 379*'ADVANCED DETERRENCE' EXPANSION OF FRENCH NUKES*FRANCE AND IRAN WAR*MACRON CONDEMNS ATTACK ON UN FORCE IN LEBANON*
(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
Amidst the Iran War said to be about Iran's quest to acquire nuclear weapons an idea France opposed President Emmanuel Macron this week rolling out expansion of France's nuclear weapons and their linkage to European defense.
Macron's Monday announcement coming days after European ally Belgium seized an oil tanker off its coast linked to Russia's "Shadow Fleet".
"France expands number of nuclear warheads and talks with the Netherlands about 'nuclear deterrence'"-NOS Netherlands
In the aftermath of his announcement other European nations like the Netherlands and Poland expressed interest in joining the 'advanced deterrence'.
A letter read in the Dutch parliament from its government said the details of nuclear cooperation could not be made public.
On Tuesday evening President Macron spoke regarding the Iran War and France's response to it.
The French military did not fire the opening shots in the war but has opened fire in defense of French military facilities established in the Persian Gulf region since.
Macron noting the dispatch of the aircraft carrier "Charles De Gaulle" to the Eastern Mediterranean in a 'defensive' measure the carrier arriving in the region this weekend.
Macron expressed disdain for Iran's current government while acknowledging the US and Israel operated 'outside international law' with the warfare they waged such as the assassinations of Iranian leadership.
Macron announcing the beefing up of security around sensitive buildings in France involving members of the military called "Operation Sentinel"...
BFM-TV Story Macron Iran War Speech
BY THE END OF THE WEEK FRANCE JOINING OTHER NATIONS CONDEMNING AN ATTACK ON THE UNITED FORCES BASE IN LEBANON THAT WOUNDED SOLDIERS FROM GHANA.
THERE HAVE BEEN FREQUENT INCIDENTS OF ISRAELI FORCES HARASSING OR ATTACKING THE UN TROOPS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.
In Paris Saturday afternoon a Yellow Vests protest a small group of demonstrators on the streets...Yellow Vests Paris Week 379 March 7, 2026
For now that is news from France.
Friday, March 6, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 3/6/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*US EASING RUSSIAN OIL SANCTIONS*STOCKS DOWN, OIL RISES 12.67 PERCENT*NEW ATTEMPT ASSASSINATE IRANIAN LEADERS*TRUMP SEX ASSAULT ALLEGATION EPSTEIN FILES*HUNGARY TAKES UKRAINE GOLD*DEADLY IRAN GIRLS SCHOOL ATTACK LINKED TO US*DUTCH MINISTER WON'T RULE OUT MILITARY DRAFT*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
In Ecuador the US military attacking a drug trafficking supply complex.
The military operation described as successful...The Hill USA
IN TORONTO THREE OF THE 12 CHARGES DROPPED AT THE SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIAL OF BILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN FRANK STRONACH.
THE JUDGE IN THE CASE INDICATING A LACK OF CONVICTING EVIDENCE RELATED TO THE CHARGES.
SEVEN WOMEN CAME FORWARD TO MAKE ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE AGAINST STRONACH DATING FROM DECADES AGO...CBC NEWS CANADA
Fox News reporting the movement of a third US aircraft carrier to the Middle East region.
The "George HW Bush" carrier will go to the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
The "Gerald Ford" carrier previously there is already moving south through the Suez Canal with the "Abraham Lincoln" carrier positioned southeast of Iran in the Arabian Sea...DD Geopolitics "X" (Fox News Video Embed)
HEZBOLLAH FORCES IN LEBANON ON THE BORDER WITH SYRIA FIGHTING ISRAELI TROOPS LANDED BY HELICOPTER LATE TONIGHT.
THIS HAPPENING IN THE BAALBEK REGION AROUND BRITAL, LEBANON.
THE REPORT ORIGINATING WITH THE 'AL MAYADEEN' MEDIA OUTLET...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
LATE IRAN WAR NEWS
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NBC NEWS REPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS EXPRESSED 'PRIVATE INTEREST' IN SENDING US GROUND TROOPS TO IRAN. TALK OF SMALL GROUPS TAKING ON 'SPECIAL MISSIONS'.
EXTENSIVE ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS INSIDE IRAN TONIGHT.
SOME IRANIAN MISSILES FIRED AT ISRAEL DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO SATURDAY. NO CASUALTIES REPORTED.
THE US STATE DEPARTMENT BYPASSING CONGRESS TO AUTHORIZE SALE OF 12,000 BOMBS TO ISRAEL. THE 151.8 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL INVOLVES 1,000 POUND BOMBS.
SAUDI ARABIA SAYS IT DOWNED AN IRANIAN MISSILE AIMED AT AN AIRBASE NEAR RIYADH...
NEWS INSIDE MARCH 7TH, 2026 BLOG OF TIMES OF ISRAEL
Three Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tankers diverting from Europe to make their deliveries in Asia. That's because Asian customers are willing to pay more for the natural gas amid shortages triggered by the Iran War...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
TO DEAL WITH SKYROCKETING OIL PRICES THE US EASING SOME OIL SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA WITH MORE EASING POSSIBLE.
US TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSANT THAT INDIA HAS BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO IMPORT RUSSIAN OIL...TASS RUSSIA
In Chicago today a funeral service for the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
Jackson participated in the 1960's civil rights movement then entered politics first as a third-party advocate later as a Democrat seeking the Democratic Party presidential nomination multiple times.
Three former Democrat presidents spoke at the service Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama.
Mr. Obama offered a eulogy praising the work of Reverend Jackson but also offered some remarks seen as indirect criticism of President Trump.
In part Obama saying: "Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law. An offense to common decency"...The Hill USA
ISLAMIC MILITANTS KIDNAPPING MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN NIGERIA TODAY.
THE MASS KIDNAPPING BELIEVED TO RETALIATION FOR THE KILLING OF THREE MILITANT LEADERS BY NIGERIA'S MILITARY.
THE US MILITARY IS TRAINING NIGERIA'S MILITARY TO SHARPEN ITS WARFARE AGAINST THE ISLAMIST FORCES...NDTV INDIA
US President Donald Trump with a demand for 'unconditional surrender' from Iran.
This comes alongside a new attempt by Israel to assassinate the top leadership of Iran.
Israel attacking a bunker in Iran believed to be used by those top leaders.
The damage caused is now being assessed.
The story from insider journalist Barak Ravid of Israel's Channel 12 and Axios in the US...Barak Ravid "X"
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELEASING FILES ON THE ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL AND PHYSICAL ASSAULT AGAINST US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
THE ACCUSATIONS A PREVIOUSLY UNREVEALED PART OF THE EPSTEIN FILES.
A WOMAN INTERVIEWED IN 2019 DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST TERM BY THE FBI MAKING AN ALLEGATION DATING BACK TO THE 1980'S WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER...MIAMI HERALD...
REPORTER JULIE K. BROWN OF THE 'MIAMI HERALD' SAYS MORE THAN 30 PAGES OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACCUSER REMAINS MISSING...JULIE K. BROWN "X"
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The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 453.19 points or .95 percent.
The NASDAQ plunging 361.31 points or 1.59 percent.
In New York this evening the price of oil closed at 91 dollars, 27 cents a barrel up ten dollars 26 cents or 12.67 percent...Marketwatch
UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE US ROSE TO 4.4 PERCENT...(NEWS AGENCIES)
Republican Congressman Tony Gonzales dropping his re-election bid following revelation of his affair with a former staffer who later killed herself.
He had come under pressure from Republican leadership and other members after he publicly acknowledged the affair this week...The Hill USA
HUNGARY MOVING AGAINST UKRAINE ARRESTING SEVEN UKRAINAN BANK EMPLOYEES AND SEIZING A SHIPMENT OF GOLD MOVING THROUGH ITS TERRITORY.
THIS FOLLOWS CUTOFF OF OIL FROM RUSSIA ON A PIPELINE THROUGH UKRAINE.
PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN THREATENING MORE MEASURES TO GET THE OIL FROM RUSSIA MOVING INTO HUNGARY.
THIS WOULD MEAN CUTTING OFF IMPORTS OF GOODS TO UKRAINE THAT MOVE THROUGH HUNGARY.
THE TENSIONS UNDERWAY WITH VOTERS IN HUNGARY GOING TO THE POLLS ON APRIL 12TH...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
BRITISH LABOUR PARTY MP JOANI REID VOLUNTARILY SUSPENDED. THIS FOLLOWS HER HUSBAND'S ARREST OVER ACCUSATIONS OF SPYING FOR CHINA...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IRAN WAR DAY SIX
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(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)
Day Six of the Iran War.
Iran announcing attacks on US facilities in Kuwait.
Iran says 1,332 have died in the US and Israeli attacks.
Two US officials saying the deadly attack on an Iranian girls school that killed 175 happened as the US military was attacking the area.
The UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk calling for a prompt and transparent US investigation of the attack...Al Jazeera Qatar Blog...
Israeli attacks and incursions continue in Lebanon with Hezbollah launching attacks into Israel.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says the war has created a greater demand for Russian oil and natural gas.
Tensions in northern Iraq as a militarized camp of Kurdish Iranian was attacked likely by Pro-Iranian Iraqi forces.
Kurdish officials in northern Iraq officially say they will not be part of any ground invasion of Iran which the US and Israel appear to be seeking.
The Oil Minister of Qatar speaking of normality in energy deliveries being set back months by the war that has included Iranian attacks damaging infrastructure of the energy industry.
He spoke of energy production being forced into a shutdown within weeks in an interview with the "Financial Times".
Last night's Israeli airstrikes in Tehran described as the 'worst ever' on the city...
BBC News Blog
IN THE DUTCH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE STATE SECRETARY (DEPUTY MINISTER) FOR DEFENSE DERK BOSWIJK ADMITTING DUTCH YOUNG PEOPLE MAY BE DRAFTED TO JOIN THE ARMED FORCES.
THE NETHERLANDS SETTING A GOAL OF 122,000 UNIFORMED AND NON-UNIFORMED MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY IN FOUR YEARS.
IF THAT CANNOT BE ACHIEVED YOUNG PEOPLE WILL END UP FACING COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Germany's historic Cologne Cathedral will charge admission for visitors.
The gothic house of worship is facing increased costs for its maintenance, operation and protection.
The amount of the fee to be introduced later this year remains to be determined.
Access to the cathedral still free for believers and worshipers...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
Thursday, March 5, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 3/5/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*TRUMP REMOVES DHS SECRETARY*BOMBING OF IRAN CONTINUES, IRANIAN ATTACKS CONTINUE*MORE THAN 1,000 DEAD IN IRAN SINCE WAR STARTED*US PLANE WENT DOWN IN IRAN, CREW SAFE*CONGRESSMAN'S AFFAIR WITH EX NOW DEAD AIDE TO BE PROBED*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
LATE TONIGHT A UKRAINIAN ATTACK ON THE RUSSIAN PORT CITY OF SEVASTOPOL IN CRIMEA.
NINE PEOPLE HURT FOLLOWING THE ATTACK WITH DAMAGE TO A FIVE-STORY APARTMENT BUILDING...TASS RUSSIA
US President Donald Trump insisting he has to be involved in picking Iran's next leader.
Trump rejecting the notion that Mojtaba Khamanei, the son of assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would replace his father as Supreme Leader...Times of Israel
In the Iran War late developments tonight include Iranian attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait in the Persian Gulf alongside continued US and Israeli bombing attacks on Iran...(News Agencies)
IN THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A 219-212 VOTE REJECTING A RESOLUTION LIMITING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POWERS TO CONDUCT THE IRAN WAR.
FOUR DEMOCRATS SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP WERE JARED GOLDEN OF MAINE, HENRY CUELLAR OF TEXAS, GREG LANDSMAN OF OHIO AND JUAN VARGAS OF CALIFORNIA...THE HILL USA
US President Donald Trump removing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Her replacement is Oklahoma Republican US Senator Markwayne Mullin.
Controversy swirling around Noem who has been given a new task by Mr. Trump as a special envoy for "The Shield Of Americas"...The Hill USA
WESTERN MEDIA PAINTING A NEGATIVE PICTURE BUT CHINA OPTIMISITIC ABOUT ITS ECONOMY IN SPITE OF TRADE TURMOIL WITH THE UNITED STATES.
4.5 TO 5 PERCENT GDP GROWTH IS PROJECTED FOR NEXT YEAR AS CHINA RELIES ON MARKETS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR WHAT HAS BEEN STEADY AND SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC GROWTH.
THE ANNUAL PROJECTED GROWTH PLAN PREPARED FOR THE MEETING OF CHINA'S 'PEOPLES CONGRESS'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 784.67 points or 1.61 percent. The NASDAQ down 58.50 points or .26 percent.
At 455 pm New York Time the price of oil 78 dollars 71 cents a barrel up four dollars three cents or 5.4 percent...Marketwatch
IRAN WAR DAY 6
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(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)
IRAN SAYS IT ATTACKED A US MILITARY HEADQUARTERS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TODAY
AN OIL REFINERY IN BAHRAIN DAMAGED IN AN IRANIAN ATTACK TODAY.
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES REPORTING 131 DRONES AND SIX MISSILES ATTACKING TODAY.
THE BOMBING OF TEHRAN CONTINUING TODAY.
A SECOND IRANIAN NAVAL VESSEL ON ITS WAY HOME FROM A NAVAL SHOW IN INDIA IS NEAR SRI LANKA IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.
FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S US SUBMARINE SINKING OF ANOTHER IRANIAN WARSHIP NEAR SRI LANKA THIS SHIP REPORTING ENGINE TROUBLE.
NATO SECRETARY GENERAL MARK RUTTE SPEAKING OF IRAN BEING CLOSE TO BECOMING A THREAT TO EUROPE.
THERE IS A STORY OF AN IRANIAN MISSILE 'APPROACHING TURKEY'. IRAN DENYING THE IMPLICATION IT WAS TRYING TO ATTACK TURKEY.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO STORIES OF RUSSIAN MISSILES OR DRONES IN THE UKRAINE WAR APPROACHING POLAND.
KURDISH FORCES IN IRAQ SAID TO BE PREPARING FOR A GROUND INVASION OF WESTERN IRAN SUPPORTED BY THE US AND ISRAEL. THIS ACCORDING TO INSIDER MEDIA OUTLET "AXIOS".
THEY HOPE TO INVADE THE KURDISH REGION OF IRAN AND SET UP A SEPARATE KURDISH STATE INSPIRING MORE UPRISINGS AMONG THE POPULATION...TASS RUSSIA...
THE OFFCIAL DEATH TOLL IN IRAN SINCE ISRAELI AND US ATTACKS BEGAN SATURDAY IS 1,045.
EVENTS RELATED TO THE IRAN WAR CONTINUE TO UNFOLD INCLUDING ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS AND A GROUND INVASION IN LEBANON.
LEBANESE AUTHORITIES REPORT 77 KILLED SO FAR...AL JAZEERA QATAR LIVE BLOG...
TWO DRONES ATTACKED AZERBAIJAN A NATION NORTH OF IRAN CLOSE TO IRAN'S CAPITAL CITY TEHRAN
IRAN SEES THIS COUNTRY AS A BASE OF COVERT IF NOT OVERT OPERATIONS AGAINST IT BY INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.
THERE IS A STORY NOT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED BUT COMING FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES THAT A US F-15 WARPLANE CRASHED IN IRAN YESTERDAY MORNING.
ONE SOURCE POINTS TO THE NOTION THE PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN.
RESCUE FORCES WERE SENT TO GET THE TWO-MEMBER CREW OUT AND THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING THEM OUT...OSINTdefender "X"
In an interview with a conservative media host Texas Republican Congressman Tony Gonzales admitting to an affair with a former aide.
That former aide died after setting herself on fire.
Gonzales saying he 'made a mistake' and had a 'lapse in judgement'.
He failed to win outright in his primary election yesterday and faces Brandon Herrera in a runoff election in May.
Yesterday the House Ethics Committee announced a formal investigation of the affair...The Hill USA
In Australia a former CEO and a former lawyer for Star Casino found to have violated the Corporations Act.
A judge ruling they 'failed' to exercise their duties in relation to a Chinese tour operator's money laundering scheme.
He also ruled that Australian corporate regulators failed to make a case against seven other board members of Star.
CEO Matthias Bekier and lawyer Paula Martin could face fines of up to 1,050,000 Australian Dollars or 741,930 US Dollars...ABC News Australia
NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN OVERSEEING THE TESTNG OF STRATEGIC (NUCLEAR) CRUISE MISSILES FROM A NEW WARSHIP.
THE SEA TO SURFACE MISSILES TESTED YESTERDAY AFTER KIM'S TUESDAY INSPECTION OF THE 5,000 TON 'CHOE HYON' DESTROYER.
NORTH KOREA'S GOVERNMENT MEDIA SAYING ITS NAVY IS MAKING 'SATISFACTORY PROGRESS' IN EQUIPPING ITSELF WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 3/4/2026*HOUSE VOTES TO KEEP ITS SEXUAL MISCONDUCT FILES CONFIDENTIAL*IRANIAN WARSHIP SUNK BY US SUB OFF SRI LANKA*ISRAEL PUSHES DEEPER INTO LEBANON*NETANYAHU STATEMENT EXPRESSES OUTRAGE AS ISRAEL'S AG CALLS FOR FIRING OF NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER*US MILITARY ANTI-DRUG OPERATION IN ECUADOR*
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AIR DEFENSES ACTIVATED IN TEHRAN AMID MORE AIR ATTACKS ON THE CITY...(AL JAZEERA)
THREE KILLED IN A DRONE ATTACK IN SOUTHERN LEBANON LATE TONIGHT...(AL JAZEERA)
An explosion late tonight involving an oil tanker at anchor off the coast of Kuwait. A small craft observed leaving following the blast. The vessel taking on water with an oil leak also reported...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"
LATE TONIGHT IN ISRAEL AN ALERT FOR AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK BUT NO CASUALTIES ARE REPORTED.
ISRAEL PLANNING TO LOOSEN RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC MOVEMENT AND PUBLIC GATHERINGS AT NOON TOMORROW...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)
Three wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack late tonight in Russia's Saratov Region. This is called 'preliminary data' by the local governor...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
IN THE US SENATE WHERE THERE IS MORE SUPPORT FOR THE IRAN WAR A WAR POWERS RESOLUTION BROUGHT UP FOR A VOTE THIS EVENING.
THE VOTE TO LIMIT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WAR POWERS FAILING 53-47 WITH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRAT JOHN FETTERMAN OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE MAJORITY.
IN THE MINORITY DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICAN RAND PAUL OF KENTUCKY...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
There is a major power outage in all of western Cuba. A thermoelectric power plant east of Havana has gone down.
Restoration of power could take up to 72 hours...(CBC News Canada)...CBC NEWS STORY
THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING JEFFREY EPSTEIN BASED ON DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILES WANTS TO HEAR FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI.
A RESOLUTION TO SUBPOENA HER PASSING 24-19 WITH SOME REPUBLICANS JOINING DEMOCRATS TO SUPPORT IT.
THE RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...THE HILL USA
The US House voting against releasing files on sexual misconduct involving members of the House.
The 357-65-1 vote moving the matter of releasing files to the House Ethics Committee rejected the resolution of South Carolina Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace.
There are current allegations surrounding Republican Congressman Tony Gonzales of Texas over an affair with a former staffer.
That staffer died after setting herself on fire last year...THE HILL USA
A CARGO SHIP UNDER THE MALTESE FLAG ATTACKED NEAR THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
THE CREW ABANDONED SHIP...TASS RUSSIA
In the UK the husband of a Labor Party MP is one of three men arrested on accusations of spying for China.
David Taylor is married to MP Joani Reid.
Reid issuing a statement saying she was not involved in her husband's business activities.
She says 'as far as I know' she did not meet with anyone who is a Chinese national involved in business, diplomacy or government...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE POWER GRID IN IRAQ HAS GONE DONE. EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO RESTORE ELECTRICAL SERVICE IN THE COUNTRY....AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 238.14 points or .49 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 290.79 points or 1.29 percent.
At 439 pm New York Time the price of oil moving higher towards the close of trading at 75 dollars 99 cents a barrel up one dollar 43 cents or 1.92 percent...Marketwatch
(THIS STORY IS UPDATED)
AN IRANIAN WARSHIP WAS SUNK OFF THE COAST OF SRI LANKA AN ISLAND NATION SOUTHEAST OF INDIA.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THE FRIGATE WAS SUNK BY A SUBMARINE WITH 79 CREW MEMBERS RESCUED.
ONE FATALITY CONFIRMED WITH 101 REPORTED MISSING...TASS RUSSIA...
THE US MILITARY LATER RELEASED A VIDEO OF A TORPEDO STRIKING THE IRANIAN WARSHIP 'DENA' IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.
THIS TORPEDO SANK THE VESSEL IT WAS ALREADY ON FIRE...OSINTdefender "X
Israel ordering the mass evacuation of Lebanese citizens living south of the Litani River as it intends to invade and attack a major part of Lebanon.
In other Iran War developments people visiting and working in the Persian Gulf region are making their way home from the area of the conflict...NOS Netherlands Iran War Blog
AN ANGRY REACTION FROM ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO THE REQUEST BY ISRAEL'S ATTORNEY GENERAL GALI BAHARAV-MIARA TO FIRE 'FAR-RIGHT' NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN-GVIR.
IN HER REQUEST TO ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT TO FIRE HIM, SHE NOTED THAT MR. BEN-GVIR HAS UNDERMINED THE INDEPENDENCE OF ISRAEL'S POLICE FORCE.
MR. NETANYAHU'S OFFICE ISSUING A STATEMENT SAYING IT IS 'INCONCEIVABLE' THAT BEN-GVIR SHOULD BE FIRED DURING AN 'EXISTENTIAL WAR AGAINST IRAN'...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The US military launching a joint operation with Ecuador's military to combat drug trafficking.
The operation inside Ecuador linked to fighting the activities of "designated terrorist organizations"...REUTERS-ECONOMIC TIMES INDIA
IN A GEORGIA COURTROOM 55-YEAR-OLD COLIN GRAY FOUND GUILTY OF FOUR COUNTS OF MANSLAUGHTER IN THE MASS SCHOOL SHOOTING ATTACK ATTRIBUTED TO HIS SON COLT GRAY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024.
MR. GRAY GIVING HIS SON A RIFLE AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
PROSECUTORS SAID HE RECKLESSLY ARMED HIS SON AND WAS AWARE OF HIS DETERIORATING MENTAL HEALTH.
COLT GRAY, WHO IS NOW 16, IS CHARGED AS AN ADULT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ATTACK...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
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