Sunday, December 18, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 12/18/2022 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND END OF LIFE COMMITTEE MOVES FORWARD IN FRANCE, KOSOVO-SERBIA BORDER TENSIONS, GAY REPUBLICANS GATHERED AT MAR-A-LAGO LAST THURSDAY, ARGENTINA WINS WORLD CUP

 


(SERVICE WHEN ABLE DURING ALL DAY LONG BUT FINAL POSTING IS AROUND MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)





                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




THE US-LED MILITARY COALITION MOVING HEAVY ARTILLERY AND EQUIPMENT INTO NORTHEASTERN SYRIA.


THE MOVE COMES AMID CONCERN THAT TURKIYE (TURKEY) MAY BE LAUNCHING A GROUND OFFENSIVE INTO THE REGION AIMED AT KURDISH ALLIES OF THE US COALITION THAT THE TURKS CONSIDER TO BE TERRORISTS...SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS




IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA TURKISH FORCES AGAIN SKIPPING A PATROL WITH RUSSIAN MILITARY POLICE.     THE TURKS SPEAKING OF BAD WEATHER...TASS RUSSIA




Peruvian President Dina Boluarte announcing a cabinet reshuffle tonight.



Boluarte struggling with widespread unrest since she was installed as President following the outster earlier this month of Leftist Pedro Castillo as the country's chief executive...REUTERS-GLOBAL NEWS CANADA




ELON MUSK PUTTING HIS FUTURE AS TWITTER CEO TO A VOTE.



MUSK WANTS TWITTER USERS TO DECIDE WHETHER HE REMAINS CEO...BBC NEWS



                     "Citizens Convention"




             "A More Humane End To Life"




200 French citizens picked at random getting down to the business proposed by President Emmanuel Macron in this year's presidential election.



They will examine 10 "priority issues" regarding "the end to life".



One of those priorities the notion of:




    "extreme forms of psychological suffering"...




AFP FRANCE-BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






TENSIONS ON THE BORDER OF SERBIA AND KOSOVO TODAY AS SERBS ATTEMPTED TO CROSS THE BORDER INTO KOSOVO BUT WERE PREVENTED FROM DOING SO BY SERBIAN POLICE.



BEHIND THE SERBIAN POLICE AT THE KOSOVO BORDER CHECKPOINT MEMBERS OF THE NATO FORCE KNOWN AS KFOR...TASS RUSSIA




IN PAKISTAN TODAY TERRORISTS BEING HELD AT A POLICE STATION OVERPOWERED OFFICERS TAKING THEM HOSTAGE...DAWN PAKISTAN



THIS INCIDENT FOLLOWED AN EARLIER ATTACK ON A POLICE STATION THAT KILLED FOUR AND INJURED FOUR OTHERS...ANI NEWS INDIA



TODAY ONE DEAD, ONE WOUNDED IN UKRAINIAN SHELLING OF A POULTRY FARM IN THE BELGOROD REGION OF RUSSIA...TASS RUSSIA...



More on Russia and Ukraine later in the summary...



19 killed and dozens injured when a tanker truck overturned and caught fire in a highway tunnel in Afghanistan...BBC NEWS




IN NORTHERN IRAQ AN ATTACK ON A POLICE STATION KILLING AT LEAST NINE.  ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY...BBC NEWS




In Berlin Saturday night a "Freedom Parade".



Thousands of Germans expressing their displeasure with the three-party government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz.



Economic conditions a focus of the protest along with the COVID and Russia policies of the German government...


FULL VIDEO STREAM BERLIN PROTEST SATURDAY 12/17/2022 BEFORE AND AFTER 4 HOURS 24 MINUTES





THERE HAVE DOZENS OF ARRESTS IN JORDAN FOLLOWING FUEL PRICE PROTESTS.


ONE POLICE COMMANDER KILLED AND TWO OTHER POLICE OFFICERS WOUNDED.


THE GOVERNMENT DESCRIBING THE PROTESTS AS 'RIOTS'...NEWS AGENCIES-THE NEW ARAB




President Trump put out some major announcements Thursday that drew a lot of attention.



While that was going on the "Log Cabin Republicans" gathered at Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort where Mr. Trump makes him home.



Mr. Trump spoke to the LGBTQ Republican group with a positive message about gay rights that was received with a standing ovation.



Notables there included Richard Grenell the former Acting Director of National Intelligence in the Trump Administration, US Representative Kat Cammack of Florida and the former US State Department Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus.


Also present Kari Lake the Republican candidate for Governor of Arizona...FREE REPUBLIC POST-POLITICO STORY-DISCUSSION...



                                                     (COMMENT)



No wonder we were getting all this stuff about trading cards and the video on free speech on the internet Thursday they both helped to distract from this event.




NORTH KOREA FIRING TWO BALLISTIC MISSILES TODAY.


BOTH MISSILES FIRED EASTWARDS INTO THE SEA OF JAPAN.


OFFICIALS SAY THEY WENT 342 MILES HIGH AND TRAVELLED A DISTANCE OF 53 MILES...NHK WORLD JAPAN




Very low turnout for Parliamentary elections in Tunisia under the regime of President Kais Saied.



8.8 percent of registered voters turning out.



President Saied assuming power for himself last year dissolving the Parliament and taking control of the judiciary.



The elections held under strict rules for ballot access including a requirement for 50 percent of signatures to be from women and 25 percent from people under the age of 35 on nominating petitions...MIDDLE EAST NEWS AGENCY-THE NATIONAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES....


Opposition forces in Tunisia calling for Mr. Saied to resign and for mass protests on the streets...BBC NEWS




THE ELECTION RESULTS IN FIJI SHOW A DEADLOCK FOLLOWING THE COUNTING OF ALL THE VOTES.



 THE PARTIES OF PRIME MINISTER FRANK BAINIMARAMA AND OPPOSITION LEADER SITIVENI RABUKA GAINING 26 SEATS IN THE 55 SEAT PARLIAMENT.


THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITH THEEE SEATS HOLDING THE BALANCE OF POWER.



PLENTY OF TENSIONS SURROUNDING THE ELECTION INCLUDING THE FRIENDLINESS TOWARDS CHINA OF MR. BAINIMARAMA...AFP FRANCE-MALAY MAIL




IN PERU PRESIDENT DINA BOLUARTE SAYS SHE WANTS ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR.



CONGRESS WILL GO BACK INTO SESSION ON TUESDAY TO CONSIDER HER REQUEST, IT REJECTED A MOVE OF ELECTIONS FORWARD FROM 2024 LAST WEEK.


THERE HAVE BEEN PROTESTS AND DISRUPTION OF ROADS, TRAINS AND AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTRY SINCE LEFTIST PRESIDENT PEDRO CASTILLO WAS OUSTED EARLIER THIS MONTH...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...(INFORMATION FROM RPP PERU ALSO  SOURCED FOR THIS STORY)



ELON MUSK DECIDING TO REINSTATE SUSPENDED JOURNALISTS FOLLOWING A POLL OF TWITTER USERS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS






            RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA




     UKRAINIAN SHELLING ATTACK ON DONETSK HOSPITAL



RUSSIA CLAIMS BATTLEFIELD SUCCESS IN DONETSK




               TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



Russian authorities say several people were wounded in the Ukrainian shelling of a hospital in Donetsk...TASS RUSSIA




Russia says that Ukrainian forces are being mopped up in the village of Yakovlevka in the Donetsk Region.



This is happening following a Russian offensive in the area...TASS RUSSIA




In other news...





ARGENTINA DEFEATED FRANCE IN SOCCER'S WORLD CUP THE CONTEST DECIDED BY PENALTY KICKS...TODO NOTICIAS ARGENTINA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


CROWDS COMING OUT INTO THE STREETS ACROSS ARGENTINA...C5N ARGENTINA VIDEO LINK




Poland's top police officer says that exploding gift from Ukraine was a rocket launcher.



Jaroslaw Szymczyk says he was hurt when he handled the launcher in his offices.  



Another person was hurt.



No official confirmation of his statement to a local radio station or from officials in Ukraine regarding the incident...BBC NEWS





HANUKKAH BEGINNING AT SUNSET TODAY.     IN BERLIN THE CHIEF RABBI LEADING A MENORAH LIGHTING AT THE BRANDENBURG GATE...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




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