NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 10/24/2018
(UPDATES, EXPANSION, EDITING ETC. UNTIL 8 AM EASTERN, WARNING: CONTENT MAY BE DISTURBING)
Sky News reports that the remains of Jamal Khashoggi have been found in the garden of the Saudi consul general's home in Istanbul. Sources told Sky that Khashoggi was cut into pieces and his face disfigured.
Sky News reports that the remains of Jamal Khashoggi have been found in the garden of the Saudi consul general's home in Istanbul. Sources told Sky that Khashoggi was cut into pieces and his face disfigured.
Sources in the Istanbul prosecutor's office have denied that the remains were found at the consul's home.
The Saudis involved in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi have been sanctioned by the revocation of their visas to visit the United States.
President Trump spoke of the:
"worst cover-up ever"
in regards to the murder. He said those involved in organizing the plot:
"should be in big trouble"
President Trump also told "The Wall Street Journal" that he did not believe that King Salman was aware of the operation that killed Khashoggi but did note regarding Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that:
"He's running things"
Trump said that if anyone was going to be informed about the matter, it would be the Crown Prince.
One important issue the US is working on with Saudi Arabia and its something designed to help Israel's interests are the sanctions on Iran set to take effect next Thursday November 1st.
The Saudi oil minister says oil production is being ramped up to deal with Iranian oil being removed fromt the market next week.
In the UK Nigel Farage told his listeners on "The Nigel Farage Show" that in spite of dramatic words coming from political figures in the country regarding Khashoggi's murder:
"We will do very, very little"
He notes that business deals providing jobs for people in the UK are at stake.
Farage also appeared on "Fox Business" yesterday saying that Italy and the European Union are on a:
"collision course"
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is in Moscow today. His visit follows last weeks visit to Russia by the Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, leader of the League party.
The possibility of a meeting next year in Washington between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump was briefly discussed during yesterday's meeting between Putin and US National Security Adviser John Bolton. No firm plans were made for such a meeting.
Israel's Defense Minister will allow shipments of oil from Turkey's ally Qatar into the Gaza Strip. Avigdor Lieberman's decision came in spite of continued violence at the border fence with Gaza and attacks on Israel with incendiary devices launched by balloons. There have also been a few rockets shot off into Israel in recent weeks.
Is there a serious attempt underway to remove British Prime Minister Theresa May from power over her Brexit position which many consider to be a sell out to the European Union? Maybe yes, maybe no.
May will address the Conservative Party's "1922 Committee" today where Tory MP's will hear from her and likely ask her tough questions about the Brexit process.
The "Sunday Times" reported that 46 MP's have submitted letters to the "1922 Committee" chairman asking for a leadership vote. 48 such letters would trigger a leadership vote.
In London yesterday activist Tommy Robinson brought his prison bag, ready to return there if convicted and sentenced by a judge retrying his "contempt" case after an appeals court ordered his release and retrial in August.
Judge Nicholas Hillard decided to hand the case over to the UK's Attorney General for consideration in response to Robinson's written arguments that he was operating within the law when he was live video streaming and reporting at the scene of a child sex abuse trial involving Muslim defendants in Leeds, England May 25th.
It was there that Robinson was arrested, quickly tried without his legal counsel present and sent to prison on a 13 month sentence.
It could take the Attorney General four to six months to make his decision about the case.
The FBI is investigating after a bomb was found in the mailbox at the suburban New York home of George Soros.
Soros wasn't home at the time. Federal authorities safely detonated the device.
Soros is a major supporter of the Democratic Party in the US and left-wing causes around the world.
In Germany, the latest polling from "INSA" ahead of the Hessian State Election this Sunday show's Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats at 26 percent (they got 37.2 percent last election in 2013).
The Social Democrats are at 21 percent, down from 30.7 percent in the last election. The Greens continue to surge with a 21 percent showing, they got 11.1 percent in 2013.
The anti-mass immigration Alternative for Germany is pegged at 13 percent in the poll. This is the first time they are contesting the Hessian State Election.
An "operational emergency" ended without incident at a nuclear weapons plant in Amarillo, Texas yesterday. A suspicious car triggered the emergency at the Pantex plant that dismantles nuclear weapons no longer being used.
And Megyn Kelly is now apologetic about "blackface' remarks she made on NBC's "Megyn Kelly Today" when she said "Back when I was a kid that was OK".
She sent an email to her colleagues that says in part:
Is there a serious attempt underway to remove British Prime Minister Theresa May from power over her Brexit position which many consider to be a sell out to the European Union? Maybe yes, maybe no.
May will address the Conservative Party's "1922 Committee" today where Tory MP's will hear from her and likely ask her tough questions about the Brexit process.
The "Sunday Times" reported that 46 MP's have submitted letters to the "1922 Committee" chairman asking for a leadership vote. 48 such letters would trigger a leadership vote.
In London yesterday activist Tommy Robinson brought his prison bag, ready to return there if convicted and sentenced by a judge retrying his "contempt" case after an appeals court ordered his release and retrial in August.
Judge Nicholas Hillard decided to hand the case over to the UK's Attorney General for consideration in response to Robinson's written arguments that he was operating within the law when he was live video streaming and reporting at the scene of a child sex abuse trial involving Muslim defendants in Leeds, England May 25th.
It was there that Robinson was arrested, quickly tried without his legal counsel present and sent to prison on a 13 month sentence.
It could take the Attorney General four to six months to make his decision about the case.
The FBI is investigating after a bomb was found in the mailbox at the suburban New York home of George Soros.
Soros wasn't home at the time. Federal authorities safely detonated the device.
Soros is a major supporter of the Democratic Party in the US and left-wing causes around the world.
In Germany, the latest polling from "INSA" ahead of the Hessian State Election this Sunday show's Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats at 26 percent (they got 37.2 percent last election in 2013).
The Social Democrats are at 21 percent, down from 30.7 percent in the last election. The Greens continue to surge with a 21 percent showing, they got 11.1 percent in 2013.
The anti-mass immigration Alternative for Germany is pegged at 13 percent in the poll. This is the first time they are contesting the Hessian State Election.
An "operational emergency" ended without incident at a nuclear weapons plant in Amarillo, Texas yesterday. A suspicious car triggered the emergency at the Pantex plant that dismantles nuclear weapons no longer being used.
And Megyn Kelly is now apologetic about "blackface' remarks she made on NBC's "Megyn Kelly Today" when she said "Back when I was a kid that was OK".
She sent an email to her colleagues that says in part:
"I realize now that such behavior is indeed wrong, and I am sorry.....The history of blackface in our culture is abhorrent.
The judge who sentenced Bill Cosby to jail last month for sexual assault rejected Cosby's appeal for a new trial and reconsideration of his sentence.
Judge Steven T. O'Neill said that any appeal of his three to ten year sentence should go to Pennsylvania's Superior Court. Cosby's new lawyers are planning an appeal there.
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