NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 10/26/2018
(UPDATES, EDITING, EXPANSION ETC. UNTIL 7AM EASTERN)
Federal authorities are probing the devices sent to people who are prominent Democrats or prominent supporters of Democrats. They had pipes filled with various materials in them like powder and glass, but no detanators that would make them bombs.
A postal facility in Florida at Opa-Locka is believed to be the location that the suspicious packages containing the devices passed through. The facility has been searched.
The return address on the packages is a South Florida one for the former Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.
The return address on the packages is a South Florida one for the former Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.
CIA Director Gina Haspel has had a face to face meeting with President Trump after hearing the audio recording of the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi during her visit to Turkey.
Khashoggi's eldest son has made it to the United States. He was in Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the murder and had a strained meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman offering his condolences. Bin Slaman has been accused by Turkish commentators of being behind the murder.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he asked the Saudi government to allow his travel to the US.
Kahashoggi's fiancé has also returned to the US where Khashoggi lived.
Khashoggi's eldest son has made it to the United States. He was in Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the murder and had a strained meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman offering his condolences. Bin Slaman has been accused by Turkish commentators of being behind the murder.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he asked the Saudi government to allow his travel to the US.
Kahashoggi's fiancé has also returned to the US where Khashoggi lived.
Russia's Deputy Defense Minister says the United States coordinated an attack by 13 drones on a Russian airbase in Syria last January.
Alexander Fomin spoke Thursday in Beijing at an international security forum.
Fomin said a US Navy Poseidon 8 reconaissance plane was patrolling as the 13 drones moved towards the airbase in what he called a "common combat deployment".
He says the drones switched to manual operations when Russian electronic countermeasures went into force. The drones were then directed by satellite to attempt penetration of Russian defenses.
Seven drones were taken out and six were taken control of by the Russians during the attack.
An Afghan Taliban leader has been freed from prison in Pakistan. Mullah Abdul Ghani Bardar, also known as Mullah Bardar, was a co-founder of the Taliban.
His release came at the request of the government of Qatar.
Qatar was the site of recent talks between the Taliban and the US Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad.
At least fourteen children were injured in a knife attack in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing. A 39 year old woman with a kitchen knife entered a kindergarten where she attacked the children. She was arrested at the scene.
The Egyptian newspaper Al-Hayat reports that a deal has been reached through indirect talks brokered by Egypt between Israel and Hamas.
Israel is lifting the blockade of Gaza in exchange for an end to attacks at the border fence on the ground and via incendiary devices being launched on balloons into southern Israel along with occasional rocket fire.
The latest poll in Brazil's presidential runoff election continues to show a lead for the candidate of the "Right" Jair Bolsonaro.
Bolsonaro is leading leftist Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad 56 to 44 percent ahead of the vote this Sunday.
The European Court of Human Rights has backed the conviction of an Austrian woman whose crime was calling the Prophet Mohammed a pedophile.
A "Mrs. S" as she is identified, 47 from Vienna, held two seminars where she discussed Mohammed's marriage to a child.
Irish singer Sinead O'Connor has converted to Islam.
O'Connor was popular in the early 1990's and strirred up controversy when she tore up a picture of then Pope John Paul II on 'Saturday Night Live'.
Shuhada is her new Islamic name. Her trademark was once a bald head, but she is now pictured with an Islamic head covering.
You can read and see more at this link-BBC Story
An Afghan Taliban leader has been freed from prison in Pakistan. Mullah Abdul Ghani Bardar, also known as Mullah Bardar, was a co-founder of the Taliban.
His release came at the request of the government of Qatar.
Qatar was the site of recent talks between the Taliban and the US Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad.
At least fourteen children were injured in a knife attack in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing. A 39 year old woman with a kitchen knife entered a kindergarten where she attacked the children. She was arrested at the scene.
The Egyptian newspaper Al-Hayat reports that a deal has been reached through indirect talks brokered by Egypt between Israel and Hamas.
Israel is lifting the blockade of Gaza in exchange for an end to attacks at the border fence on the ground and via incendiary devices being launched on balloons into southern Israel along with occasional rocket fire.
The latest poll in Brazil's presidential runoff election continues to show a lead for the candidate of the "Right" Jair Bolsonaro.
Bolsonaro is leading leftist Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad 56 to 44 percent ahead of the vote this Sunday.
The European Court of Human Rights has backed the conviction of an Austrian woman whose crime was calling the Prophet Mohammed a pedophile.
A "Mrs. S" as she is identified, 47 from Vienna, held two seminars where she discussed Mohammed's marriage to a child.
Irish singer Sinead O'Connor has converted to Islam.
O'Connor was popular in the early 1990's and strirred up controversy when she tore up a picture of then Pope John Paul II on 'Saturday Night Live'.
Shuhada is her new Islamic name. Her trademark was once a bald head, but she is now pictured with an Islamic head covering.
You can read and see more at this link-BBC Story
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