NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 11/29/2019  BLACK FRIDAY NEWSDUMP

(POSTS AS ABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY UNTIL LATE FRIDAY)

"The Horowitz report is just the beginning of the unraveling of the plot to destroy Donald Trump"

That's the view of former CIA employee Larry Johnson in response to recent mainstream media reporting pointing to nothing wrong being uncovered by the Justice Department's inspector general.     Inspector General Michael Horowitz probing the origins of the Russia collusion probe against President Trump and people associated with his 2016 campaign.

His report is being released December 9th with a lot of spin out in front of it.

But the former CIA employee notes that the CIA was paying the FBI informants.    There is a separate intelligence inspector general's investigation underway.

And Mr. Johnson reminds his readers that the Justice Department itself has a federal prosecutor leading a criminal investigation into the origins of the Russian collusion investigation.

Larry Johnson's full commentary posted on the "Sic Semper Tyrannis" blog is available here.....LINK

THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN JERRY NADLER SENDING A LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY GIVING A DEADLINE OF NEXT FRIDAY FOR A RESPONSE FROM THE PRESIDENT ON WHETHER HE OR HIS LAWYERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN HIS COMMITTEE'S 'IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY' HEARINGS.......LINK TO LETTER

MORE ON THIS STORY FROM 'BREITBART'.......LINK

A stabbing attack at London Bridge with two killed and the attacker shot dead.     London's Metropolitan Police using the expression:

"terror-related" 

to describe what happened.

Earlier media reports said that five were stabbed in the attack.   Bystanders held the attacker down until police arrived.

The reporting late Friday is that the man shot by police had a "terror related" conviction.  28-year old Usman Khan was out of jail freed on probation last year under electronic monitoring.

The BBC has a blog on the terrorist attack.......LINK

Later Friday in the evening a stabbing attack reported in the Netherlands in The Hague, which is the country's capital city.

Three wounded with police looking for a suspect.

The attack occurred on a shopping street in the city.

More in Dutch including video embedded from....LINK NOS Dutch TV news.......

Iraq's top Shia Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani warning about the spiraling violence in the country.

His Friday message says the members of parliament should reconsider their support of the current government and he also says protesters should be concerned about those who are co-opting their movement to instigate violence.

THE LATE WORD FROM IRAQ IS THAT PRIME MINISTER ADEL ABDUL MAHDI WILL BE RESIGNING.

Russian airstrikes reported in northwestern Syria Friday on jihadist opposition positions in the greater Idlib region.

Russia's "Sputnik" news service, citing a Syrian source, says that Syria's army is massing troops in southern Idlib province for a possible large-scale ground attack.

The Syrian news source saying that constant attacks by jihadist forces in northwestern Syria may necessitate the launching of a ground attack at any moment.

A report from the "Southfront" website.....LINK

A PALESTINIAN PROTESTER WAS KILLED IN GAZA FRIDAY AS HE APPROACHED THE BORDER FENCE WITH ISRAEL.    FRIDAY NIGHT A ROCKET WAS LAUNCHED AT SOUTHERN ISRAEL AND EXPLODED IN AN OPEN FIELD.

LATER FRIDAY NIGHT ISRAELI AIRCRAFT ATTACKING TARGETS IN GAZA.

AT 11 PM FRIDAY NIGHT, 4 PM EASTERN US TIME FRIDAY,  ROCKET WARNING SIRENS WENT OFF IN ASHKELON, ISRAEL AND AT TWO BORDER AREA VILLAGES.

"YNET' PUBLISHED THIS STORY AFTER MIDNIGHT ISRAEL TIME.....LINK

A spokesman for the Taliban in Afghanistan told the AFP news agency of France that:

"It is way too early to talk about the resumption of talks for now"

That's the Taliban reaction to President Trump's visit to Afghanistan Thursday where he spoke of the Taliban wanting to make a deal and saying that talks are again resuming with them.

But Reuters also reports that the Taliban are talking informally with the US and say talks can resume where they broke off.

And finally the report of Russia's news agency Tass with a Taliban spokesman saying a deal has been finalized but the US chose to break off the talks.....LINK

The report from Tass takes note of the fact that President Trump opted to break off the talks with the Taliban in September after a draft peace agreement had been reached.

The President then responding to a Taliban terrorist attack that killed an American soldier.

"an imbecile and political dwarf"

That's North Korea's latest jibe where its Saturday at Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the test firing by North Korea Thursday that was reported to have been a possible ballistic missile launch.

North Korea's state media saying that Abe may see a real ballistic missile test in the near future.

Greece and Cyprus expressing their disdain for the maritime and security agreement between Turkey and the United Nations recognized government in Tripoli, Libya.

Both countries say the agreement is not legally valid and it undermines the maritime rights of their nations.

Turkey has already sent ships to conduct exploratory drilling for oil and gas in waters claimed by Cyprus.

Saudi Arabia's "Al Arabiya" has more on the story.....LINK

The Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori is free from prison tonight.    She left the Santa Monica prison in the capital city of Lima this evening greeted by thousands of her supporters.  

Peru's top court ordered her released on Monday.  Fujimori was under detention awaiting a trial in the corruption scandal involving the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.   She is the daughter of Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori.

Her freedom comes ahead of legislative elections in Peru scheduled for January.

The central bank in Chile making end of the week moves to shore up the nation's currency following weeks of unrest in the country selling off a quarter of its US dollar reserves.

Chile's peso losing 13 percent of its value against the US dollar in recent weeks but seeing a 1.7 percent gain in early trading today.

More on this from "Bloomberg".......LINK

The German automaker Daimler cutting 10-thousand jobs worldwide over the next three years..   The company says its reached an agreement with its employee council on principles to cut the jobs.

Among the issues cited by the company are European Union climate change rules on CO2 emissions, the transition to electric cars and the trade war between the US and China with higher tariffs on US made vehicles exported to China. 

THE CONTROVERSY IN THE ISLAND NATION OF MALTA OVER THE MURDER OF A JOURNALIST PROBING CORRUPTION IN ITS GOVERNMENT APPEARS TO BE LEADING TO THE RESIGNATION OF ITS PRIME MINISTER IN THE COMING HOURS.

THERE'S A REPORT THAT PRIME MINISTER JOSEPH MUSCAT IS STEPPING DOWN 'IMMEDIATELY'.   HIS CHIEF OF STAFF KEITH SCHEMBRI RESIGNED LAST WEEK AND WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY BUT LATER RELEASED.

THE CAR BOMB KILLING OF DAPHNE CARUNA GALIZIA IN 2017 CAME AS SHE BLOGGED ABOUT SCHEMBRI AND A FORMER CABINET MINISTER PROFITING FROM 'SHELL COMPANIES'.

MORE FROM THE BBC......LINK

In the South American nation of Suriname, President Desi Bouterse convicted Friday of murder in the 1982 executions of 15 opponents.  They occurred after a coup  in the country.

Bouterse can appeal the verdict.    He is currently out of the country on an official visit to China.

More from "Reuters".......LINK

From Uruguay the candidate of the "Right" is now the winner of last Sunday's presidential runoff election.     The candidate of the "Left" Daniel Martinez conceding defeat to the "Right" candidate Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday.

The head coach of the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames, Bill Peters, is out.

Peters resigning Friday after a former player alleged that Peters had used racial slurs in the locker room during the 2009-2010 season.