NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 7/29/2020

(LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY)

NEW US SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON SYRIA TODAY.    FOUR CITIZENS INCLUDING THE SON OF PRESIDENT BASHAR ASSAD AND TEN ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE SYRIAN ARMY'S FIRST ARMORED DIVISION NAMED IN THE US TREASURY DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENT........TASS STORY

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper announcing a plan today to pull out nearly 12-thousand US troops from Germany and place them in other European countries and the United States.    The move to begin within weeks....STARS AND STRIPES

Iran has staged an attack on a mock US aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz.   The military exercise dubbed "Prophet Mohammed 14th" was televised.    The US condemning the Iranian action as "irresponsible and reckless behavior"....BBC NEWS

OREGON GOVERNOR KATE BROWN ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT A PHASED WITHDRAWAL OF MILITARIZED FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN AND AROUND THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN PORTLAND WILL BEGIN TOMORROW.....BUT THERE'S WORD THAT OREGON STATE POLICE WILL BEEF UP THEIR PRESENCE IN THE CITY AS THE FEDS PULL OUT........MAXINE BERNSTEIN-OREGON LIVE TIWTTER

THE PROTEST CONTINUED TUESDAY NIGHT IN PORTLAND OUTSIDE THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE DOWNTOWN.     ITS THE 62ND STRAIGHT NIGHT OF PROTEST SINCE THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD BY POLICE IN MINNEAPOLIS.......OREGON LIVE....THIS LIVE VIDEO FEED HAS BEEN UP TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.......VIDEO FEED PORTLAND PROTEST.....THIS VIDEO FEED IS REPORTING FEDERAL ATTEMPTS TO MAKE ARRESTS AND SHOWS THE SCENE AT 5AM EASTERN, 2 AM PORTLAND TIME WITH TEAR GAS ALSO EMPLOYED....LIVE FEED PORTLAND EARLY 7/29/2020

Tech executives testifying before Congress today before a House committee controlled by Democrats with the Dems going after the witnesses on business practices and Republicans bringing the up the matter of political bias against conservatives.......

THE CORONAVIRUS STATS KEPT BY JOHN'S HOPKINS UNIVERSITY NOW SHOWING OVER 150-THOUSAND DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES.......

WORLDOMETERS STATISTICS INDICATING 66,921 NEW COVID-19 CASES IN THE USA FOR TODAY INCLUDING 10,609  IN CALIFORNIA, 9,446 IN FLORIDA  AND 9,217 IN TEXAS.

China officially reporting 101 new cases of Covid-19 today, that's the highest number since April......REUTERS......Tough new measures in the Chinese controlled territory of Hong Kong including a ban on dining in restaurants and a ban on meetings of more than two people from different households.    Hong Kong reporting  100 plus new cases daily recently......BBC NEWS

The coronavirus story around the world as reported by BBC News on its daily blog.......BBC NEWS DAILY CORONAVIRUS BLOG 7/29/2020

For now that's the way it really is Wednesday July 29th, 2020 another day in the Dictatorship of Covid-19.......