NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 5/16-FRIDAY 5/17/2019 NEWSDUMP EARLY EDITION
Saudi Arabia blaming Iran for the drone attacks on two oil pumping stations by Houthi rebels from Yemen.
The Saudi Vice-Minister of Defense tweeted that the:
"terrorist attacks"
were:
"ordered by the regime in Tehran"
AIRSTRIKES FROM THE SAUDI LED COALITION EARLY THURSDAY ON THE HOUTHI CONTROLLED YEMENI CAPTIAL OF SANAA KILLED SIX AND WOUNDED 72 INCLUDING TWO RUSSIAN CIVILIANS.
More on this from Southfront….LINK…and Russia's Tass News Agency....LINK
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is now agreeing with the notion of an Iranian threat. Earlier in the week a British general in the region said he saw no sign of an Iranian threat.
Making noise about the Iran-US situation is Democratic Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard. Congresswoman Gabbard posting a video using the words of President Trump and saying he's on the verge of launching a "costly and stupid" war.
National Security Adviser John Bolton also featured with his video comment about "regime change" in Iran.......LINK
President Trump rolling out a new immigration plan on the White House lawn Thursday afternoon.
The President calls it:
"fair, modern and lawful"
Immigration will be more about merit under the new system.
But immigration activists who oppose the flooding of the US with migrants and cheap labor are concerned about the devil of the details of a plan influenced by Ivanka Trump, his daughter, and her husband Jared Kushner.
They are considered to be liberals on many issues by the critics who see the plan masking openings for the country to be flooded with too many people who will cheapen the labor force.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is reported to be planning her resignation if she loses the vote on her controversial Brexit proposal early next month.
News leaking out early Friday that the Conservative and Labor parties intend to end their talks aimed at bringing about cross-party agreement on May's Brexit plan.
They hoped to find enough votes to push Mrs. May's Brexit treaty through the House of Commons. The cross party talks a contentious and very controversial issue.
Activist and European Parliament candidate Tommy Robinson being targeted a week before the May 23rd election with a fundraising app cutoff by Stripe Inc., based in San Francisco. Supporters say its a gross act of interference in the election
News leaking out early Friday that the Conservative and Labor parties intend to end their talks aimed at bringing about cross-party agreement on May's Brexit plan.
They hoped to find enough votes to push Mrs. May's Brexit treaty through the House of Commons. The cross party talks a contentious and very controversial issue.
Activist and European Parliament candidate Tommy Robinson being targeted a week before the May 23rd election with a fundraising app cutoff by Stripe Inc., based in San Francisco. Supporters say its a gross act of interference in the election
Lawyers for Robinson writing a letter to the Stripe about its action....You can see it at the link....HERE
China is threatening to retaliate over the new US sanctions aimed at its Huawei telecom firm.
Lu Kang, spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, says:
"We urge the US to stop this practice and instead create better conditions for business co-operation"
Representatives from President Nicolas Maduro's regime in Venezuela and National Assembly President-Interim President Juan Guaido are headed to Norway for talks on resolving their differences.
Norway offering to mediate.
In Venezuela itself, the international "Contact Group" visiting Caracas talking with both Maduro and Guaido during its visit.
More on the situation as reported by the Associated Press.....LINK
Former intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning imprisoned Thursday for refusing to testify to a grand jury probing Wikileaks.
US District Judge Anthony Trenga ordering Manning to be fined 500 dollars a day after 30 days in jail and 1000 dollars every day after 60 days.
From Syria claims and counterclaims as the fight continues in Hama and Latakia provinces between the Syrian army and jihadist opposition forces.
The Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria warning Friday morning about a false flag chemical attack by the jihadists that will be blamed on Russia. Tass News Agency has a story....LINK
What about the notion that Syrian military helicopters dropped gas cylinders during an alleged attack in Douma, Syria on April 7th of last year. A report prepared by an employee of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons disputes the notion in the OPCW's report this year that cylinders of gas were dropped into a building by helicopters.
Journalist Peter Hitchens has more on his blog......HITCHENS BLOG-OPCW STRANGE NEWS
New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio running for President joining 21 other Democrat candidates in what can be interpreted as part of a determined effort to split votes as widely as possible so that the experienced and "moderate" former Vice-President Joe Biden can be assured of winning the nomination process.
The large number of candidates is designed to create a vote splitting scenario with Biden's closest competitor in early polling, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
Damages being paid to Prince Harry along with an apology. The "Splash News" agency used a helicopter to take pictures of a cottage used by the Duke and Dutchess of Sussex. They received an apology saying an "error in judgement" had been made.
A court hearing was told that the photos seriously undermined the couple's safety.
And that's the way it really is as we come into another Newsdump Friday May 17th, 2019.
And that's the way it really is as we come into another Newsdump Friday May 17th, 2019.
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