Sunday, August 23, 2020

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 8/23/2020

 

A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION STARTS TOMORROW IN IDAHO WITH LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY FROM LAWSUITS OVER COVID-19.   BUSINESSES WILL BE FORCED TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNMENT IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS IN ORDER TO GAIN THAT IMMUNITY......HEALTH FREEDOM IDAHO FACEBOOK



A police crackdown on a nightclub party in Peru over coronavirus restrictions led to a crush that killed 13 people......BBC NEWS....Police in the UK also cracking down on parties considered to be in violation of coronavirus restrictions.....BBC NEWS




IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN LOCATED BETWEEN CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AN INCIDENT INVOLVING POLICE AND A BLACK MAN WITH AN OFFICER SHOOTING THE MAN AT LEAST SEVEN TIMES AS HE ENTERED A VEHICLE.    



THE SHOOTING VICTIM IN SERIOUS CONDITION.     POLICE CALLED OVER A "DOMESTIC INCIDENT" BUT THE FIANCE OF VICTIM JACOB BLAKE SAYS SHE DID NOT MAKE ANY SUCH CALL AND IS NOT AWARE OF IT (WISN-TV)....WCCO-TV MINNEAPOLIS....



A LARGE GROUP OF PROTESTERS GATHERED THIS EVENING WITH VIOLENCE ON THE STREETS.    A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND CURFEW PROCLAIMED LATE TONIGHT..... VIDEO FEED KENOSHA, WISCONSIN TONIGHT....




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A GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION KNOCKING OUT ELECTRIC POWER ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION OF SYRIA.     THE BLAST MONDAY MORNING SYRIA TIME SAID TO HAVE OCCURRED IN THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY.     A SYRIAN OFFICIAL SAYS THE EXPLOSION MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A TERRORIST ATTACK........TASS




IRAN SAYS THAT A JULY 2ND EXPLOSION AT ITS NATANZ NUCLEAR FACILITY WAS AN ACT OF SABOTAGE.  BEHROUZ KAMALVANDI OF THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY SAYS MORE DETAILS OF THE SABOTAGE WILL BE REVEALED 'IN DUE COURSE'.........PRESS TV IRAN



NATO rejecting the claim of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko that they have built up forces on the country's western borders.    Lukashenko making the claim in a speech where he wore military fatigues.....BBC NEWS


The authoritarian ruler of Belarus also telling security forces in his country to start acting against "instigators and troublemakers" in the country starting on Monday amidst continuing protests following what opponents consider a rigged presidential election earlier this month.....TASS .



A protest against the Lukashenko government underway late Sunday afternoon in the capital city of Minsk......DEUTSCHE WELLE VIDEO REPORT.....Lukashenko said to have thanked members of law enforcement protecting his residence and to hace flown over the capital city in a helicopter....TASS......This video has appeared of Lukashenko exiting a helicopter carrying a rifle......BBC NEWS VIDEO





Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreeing to a compromise today to extend a budget deadline.     This means that Israel will avoid elections for now........YNET NEWS ISRAEL



Hezbollah shooting down an Israeli drone this weekend.    Hezbollah affiliated Al-Manar news reporting the shoot down.   Israel confirming it.......ANI NEWS INDIA 



US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visiting Israel and the United Arab Emirates this week following the announcement of normalization of relations between the two countries.    Pompeo promoting US policies against China and Iran during his visits.    President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner due to visit both countries in September.......YNET NEWS ISRAEL




The US pulling out of a military base in Iraq targeted with rocket attacks in recent months.....MIDDLE EAST EYE




Iran revealing details of its probe into the shoot down of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran earlier this year.    The Iranians say two missiles hit the plane 25 seconds apart and that those on board were still alive after the first hit.     Iran says it accidentally shot down the plane on Janaury 8th during a time when Iran's air defenses were on high alert during a confrontation with the United States......AP-REUTERS-RADIO FREE EUROPE RADIO LIBERTY




Turkey announcing military maneuvers Saturday in the Aegean Sea amidst the tension between Turkey and Greece over Turkey's energy exploration activities in disputed Mediterranean waters....BULGARIAN MILITARY NEWS




Police in Portland breaking up a demonstration declared a riot late Saturday night with tear gas and flash bang rounds......OREGONLIVE  



Earlier in the day Saturday pro-police and Black Lives Matter protesters confronted each other in downtown Portland outside the federal courthouse with words and more exchanged.     These video reports on that protest.....KPTV FOX 12.....KOIN-TV VIDEO REPORT.......KGW VIDEO REPORT




THE CORONAVIRUS STATS FOR THE WORLD FROM WORLDOMETERS SHOWING 206,768 NEW CASES TODAY WITH 32,718 OF THEM REPORTED IN THE USA.



Weather news with two tropical systems moving towards the Gulf Coast of the United States.    Tropical Storm Marco expected to brush along the Louisiana and Texas coastlines west of the Mississippi River starting Monday evening.....Tropical Storm Laura expected to follow in Marco's wake making a landfall on the western Louisiana coast Wednesday evening.......




That's the way it really is Sunday August 23rd, 2020, another day in the Dictatorship of COVID-19.



Also tonight White House counselor Kellyanne Conway leaving the White House at the end of the month and her husband George Conway announcing his departure from The Lincoln Project.   Both intend to focus on family matters.......CNN




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