Friday, October 8, 2021

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 10/8/2021 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY AUSTRALIAN POLICE OFFICER SPEAKS OUT LEAVES FORCE US-TALIBAN TALKS THIS WEEKEND ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE IN SYRIA TONIGHT



(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE FRIDAY EVENING TILL 11 PM EASTERN US TIME)




Protest expected Saturday at Noon in Melbourne, 9 pm Friday night in the US a special post available for coverage....BREAKING NEWS POST




"I'm quitting because I can't remedy in my soul anymore the way in which my organization that I love to work for is being used and the damage its causing in the reputation of Victoria Police and the damage its causing to the community"





A member of the Victoria Police in Australia speaking out today on the recent events in and around Melbourne in a ninety minute interview she called the prelude to her resignation from the force.



Acting Sergeant Krystle Mitchell, a 16 year veteran of the force, has plenty to say in the interview...VIDEO LINK




MEANWHILE LEGISLATORS IN AUSTRALIA'S VICTORIA STATE MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM DEBATE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT VACCINATED OR WILL NOT REVEAL THEIR VACCINATION STATUS...REIGNITE DEMOCRACY AUSTRALIA





A study published in a European journal sees no connection between COVID cases and the percentage of the population "fully vaccinated".


The researchers found that the most fully vaccinated countries are experiencing the highest number of new COVID cases.


The authors said that the notion of solely relying on vaccination as the primary means of combatting COVID-19 should be "re-examined"... THE DEFENDER




BREAKING NEWS:  THE TEXAS ABORTION LAW HAS BEEN  REINSTATED BY A PANEL OF  THE FEDERAL FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS...ABC NEWS USA





A DEADLY SUICIDE BOMBING AT A MOSQUE IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN TODAY.    AT LEAST 46 DEAD AND MORE THAN 140 WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK ON THE SHIA MUSLIM HOUSE OF WORSHIP...REUTERS-THE JERUSALEM POST




This weekend the US and Taliban are talking in Doha Qatar.    


Officials from the State Department, the United States Agency for International Development and US intelligence will be involved.



Biden Administration officials say the US will press the Taliban on safe passage out for US citizens, keeping Afghanistan from becoming a terrorist base and allowing humanitarian aid in...REUTERS-METRO US






BREAKING NEWS ISRAELI AIR STRIKE SYRIA:





Tonight an Israeli airstrike reported on Syria's T4 military airbase in the province of Homs.   


 The attack launched from Al Tanf to the south on the Jordanian border where the US has a base in operation with troops stationed.




Syria says six soldiers were hurt and that there were "material damages"...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY...HAARETZ ISRAEL





A DRONE ATTACK BY YEMENI REBELS ON AN AIRPORT-MILITARY BASE IN SOUTHERN SAUDI ARABIA TODAY.   TEN WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK.


SAUDI ARABIA LEADING A MILITARY INTERVENTION IN NEARBY YEMEN AGAINST HOUTHI REBELS BACKED BY IRAN...REUTERS





Iran says ongoing talks with Saudi Arabia are "on the right track".    


The two countries trying to restore diplomatic ties broken in 2016 and they remain at odds over the civil war in Yemen...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





           US CHINA TAIWAN TENSIONS                      (UPDATED 11 US SAILORS HURT)



A US NAVY SUBMARINE STRUCK AN UNKNOWN OBJECT IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA LAST SATURDAY WHILE UNDERWATER SOURCES HAVE TOLD CNN.


11 SAILORS ON BOARD THE USS CONNECTICUT WERE HURT WITH AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT DESCRIBING THE SUBMARINE AS BEING IN A 'SAFE AND STABLE' CONDITION.


THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AS CHINA FLEW WAVES OF AIRCRAFT INTO TAIWAN'S AIR DEFENSE ZONE...CNN-EAST BAY TIMES....




THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT DEMANDING MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE INCIDENT...TASS RUSSIA




US SPECIAL FORCES AND MARINES ARE TRAINING TAIWAN'S ARMED FORCES.   THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTING ABOUT THE TRAINING ACTIVITES.




THEY ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR THE PAST YEAR.


THE PENTAGON NOT CONFIRMING THE NEWS STORY...VOICE OF AMERICA...



THE US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JAKE SULLIVAN SAYS THE US IS GOING TO:



              "stand up and speak out"



WHEN THERE ARE DESTABLIZING ACTIONS AIMED AT TAIWAN...BBC NEWS...




IN HONG KONG THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SAYS THAT A STATUE COMMEMORATING THE JUNE 1989 MASSACRE AT TIENAMEN SQUARE MUST BE REMOVED...BBC NEWS




In spite of tense relations over its purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense system, Turkey is asking the US for permission to buy 40 F-16 fighter jets and kits to modernize its existing F-16's.


The US kicked Turkey out of the F-35 program in 2019 over the Russian purchase...AL MONITOR





THE EUROPEAN UNION REACTING FOLLOWING THE RULING OF POLAND'S CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL THAT PARTS OF EU LAW ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH POLAND'S CONSTITUTION.



EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN SAYS SHE IS 'DEEPLY CONCERNED'.     SHE SAYS SHE WILL DO ALL SHE CAN TO ENSURE THE PRIMACY OF EU LAW...REUTERS




In France Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin summoning the country's top Roman Catholic bishop to a meeting next Tuesday afternoon over the secrecy of the confessional and child sex abuse cases.



The Archbishop of Reims and head of the Bishops Conference in France, Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, reaffirmed secrecy of confessions following the publication of a report saying hundred of thousands of child sex abuse cases have occurred in the church since the 1950's.




A French government spokesman says that the laws of the state ("Republic") take precedence which require reporting of child sex abuse under threat of heavy fines and imprisonment....REUTERS...(BFM-TV France Google translation also used in this story)




US POLITICS AND SENATE MINORITY MITCH MCCONNELL SPEAKING OUT AFTER GIVING DEMOCRATS THE 60 VOTES THEY NEEDED TO GET A VOTE APPROVING A HIGHER NATIONAL DEBT CEILING.



MCCONNELL VOTED AGAINST THE DEBT HIKE ON THE ACTUAL VOTE ON THE ISSUE LAST NIGHT AFTER HIS YES TO VOTE TO SET UP THE VOTE.



MCCONNELL IS NOW SAYING THERE WILL BE NOT HELP FROM THE GOP AGAIN  "IF YOUR ALL-DEMOCRAT GOVERNMENT DRIFTS INTO ANOTHER AVOIDABLE CRISIS"...THE HILL





The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to two journalists whose activities have been opposed by their governments.



Maria Ressa in the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov in Russia receiving the prize....BBC NEWS




The fiancee of the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi expressing her dismay at...BBC NEWS... the Saudi takeover of the Newcastle United Soccer club.      The Premier League in the UK approving the deal.




UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE US A LOWER RATE REPORTED LAST MONTH DOWN FROM 5.1 TO 4.8 PERCENT.    




BUT THE STATS ALSO SHOW A  DISAPPOINTING NUMBER OF NEW JOBS ADDED ONLY 194,000...YAHOO FINANCE





TESLA MOVING ITS HEADQUARTERS FROM PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA TO AUSTIN, TEXAS.   THE MAKER OF ELECTRIC CARS ALREADY HAS ITS SPACE X VENTURE BASED IN THE LONE STAR STATE.



MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTING ABOUT THE MOVE FOCUSING ON SOCIAL ISSUES AND TEXAS PARTICULARLY THE NEW ABORTION LAW IN THE STATE...THE DAILY BEAST




Russia adding nine reporters and three organizations to a list of media acting as foreign agents.



The Bellingcat website in the Netherlands put onto a list started by Russia in response to the US Department of Justice demand in 2017 that Russia Today America register as a foreign agent...TASS RUSSIA




A FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM OUTAGE TODAY FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK.   THE INTERRUPTION LASTED TWO HOURS...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA




COVID STATS VIA WORLDOMETERS IN THE US TODAY 106,298 NEW POSITIVE TESTS AND 442,912 WORLDWIDE.




THE NUMBERS A WEEK AGO TODAY 120,876 AND 471,251.





CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS IN SELECTED NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD TODAY VIA WORLDOMETERS THE UK 36,060,  TURKEY 30,201, RUSSIA 27,246, INDIA 19,467 AND UKRAINE 16,362.




ROMANIA 13,854, THAILAND 11,140 AND THE PHILIPPINES 10,670.





CANADA 4,147.





ISRAEL 1,809.




That's the way it really is Friday October 8th,2021 Day 571 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 571 of America and the World held hostage to vaccination.





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