NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 8/30/2019 NEWSDUMP WEEK

(SERVICE THAT WILL POST A LITTLE MORE AND CONCLUDE BY MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)

"You're fired"

That was the message to a close aide of President Trump's who was formerly with the Republican National Committee.

Madeline Westerhout became a:

"separated employee"

Thursday after the President found out a conversation she had with reporters earlier this month.

The BBC version of the story of Westerhout's firing......LINK

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeting Friday night just after 7 pm Eastern time that the Iranian oil tanker "Adrian Darya 1" is headed for Syria based on "reliable information".

The "Adrian Darya 1" is wanted by the United States accused of connection to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps which has been designated as a terrorist organization.

The US got British Royal Marines to seize the tanker on July 4th near Gibraltar.    After its release earlier this month, the US threatened any nation that receives the tanker with sanctions.  The US is saying that the tanker is transporting oil to Syria in violation of sanctions.

On Friday the US Treasury Department announced that it "took action" against the oil tanker.

Iran is saying the "Adrian Darya 1" is headed for Turkey but Turkey's foreign minister is saying that the tanker is headed for Lebanon.

More on this story from Russia's "Sputnik"....LINK     Also more on the story from "Press TV' in Iran......LINK

A  NEW CEASE-FIRE COMING INTO EFFECT IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA AFTER A SERIES OF MILITARY VICTORIES FOR THE SYRIAN REGIME OF BASHAR ASSAD IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST JIHADIST AND OTHER OPPOSITION GROUPS.

WHILE THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS THE CEASE-FIRE PROPOSAL OF THE RUSSIAN RECONCILIATION CENTER IN SYRIA, THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCEPTANCE FROM THE OPPOSITION SIDE.

THE TIME FOR THE NEW CEASE-FIRE TO COME INTO FORCE IS 6 AM SYRIAN TIME SATURDAY, 11 PM EASTERN US TIME FRIDAY.

Will there be more Israeli military action against Iran and Iranian affiliated groups in the Middle East this weekend as there was last weekend?

Its a possibility in the coming hours but Israeli media are citing a report in a Kuwaiti newspaper claiming that Lebanon's Hezbollah is planning an attack to kill Israelis in the next 72 hours.

Its the kind of notion that could lead to Israeli military action on grounds of  preventing such an attack.

A judge in Scotland has decided not to issue a preliminary injunction against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to suspend parliament in a few weeks.

A group of 75 parliamentarians are bringing a case against the proroguing of parliament and the judge, Lord Doherty, will hold a full hearing next Tuesday.

Arrests in Hong Kong Friday of numerous democracy activists with a few of them charged and released from jail.    More from the BBC.....LINK

Economic uncertainty in Argentina with its currency falling Friday as three credit agencies downgraded the country's bonds.

Argentina's central bank taking action to shore up the country's financial reserves Friday.

More from Reuters.......LINK

Turbulence in the Italian political situation Friday as Five Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio laid down his party's view of what a new government with the "center-left" mainstream Democratic Party should look like.

Di Maio saying he wants the tough immigration policies of the League and its leader Matteo Salvini to continue in a new government something the Democratic Party wanted to reverse.

Consultations on forming that new government underway but the situation unsettled with the Five Star Movement appearing to deliver an ultimatum as reported by the ANSA News Agency....LINK

The Twitter account of its founder and CEO Jack Dorsey hacked.    Offensive tweets described as "racist" and  "anti-Semitic" posted on it over a 15 minute period.

A group called the "Chuckling Squad" taking responsibility for breaking into Dorsey's account.

HURRICANE DORIAN PACKING WINDS OF 140 MILES PER HOUR AS OF 11 PM EASTERN FRIDAY NIGHT STILL SOME 545 MILES DUE EAST OF PALM BEACH, FLORIDA MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT SOME 10 MILES PER HOUR.   

THE POWERFUL HURRICANE EXPECTED TO REACH FLORIDA LATE MONDAY OR EARLY TUESDAY..

In Portland Oregon this week legal action reported in connection with the attack on a bus carrying opponents of Antifa during the competing protests two weeks ago Saturday.

The spin from "OregonLive".....LINK

Actress Valerie Harper is dead at the age of 80.    Harper best remembered for her character "Rhoda Morgenstern" first portrayed on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" in the 1970's and on the TV series "Rhoda" that followed.


And that's the way it really is on a Newsdump Friday going into the Labor Day weekend, August 30th, 2019.