Wednesday, March 8, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 3/8/2023 CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION IN PAKISTAN, US SENATOR SAYS BIDEN BEHIND ANTI-NETANYAHU EFFORTS IN ISRAEL, US DEFENSE SECRETARY IN MIDDLE EAST

 


                          (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)




                      LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




THE PEACE PROTESTERS ON THE STREETS IN GERMANY TONIGHT IN SPITE OF RAINY CONDITIONS.


THIS DEMONSTRATION IN THE EINSIEDEL SECTION OF CHEMNITZ...VIDEO LINK...



ALSO A PROTEST TONIGHT BY UKRAINE WAR OPPONENTS IN THE STREETS OF MUNICH.


DRUMMERS LEADING A MARCH OF A THOUSAND OR MORE PARTICIPANTS...



MUNICH GERMANY PROTEST OPPOSING THE UKRAINE WAR MARCH 8, 2023







IN FRANCE LATE TONIGHT A SENATE VOTE ON ARTICLE 7 OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL'S PENSION REFORM PLAN.    THE ARTICLE APPROVED 201 TO 115.



THE MAJORITY DOMINATED BY THE MAINSTREAM 'RIGHT' LES REPUBLICANS IN FAVOR THE 'LEFT' IN THE OPPOSITION.


THE MACRON GOVERNMENT HAS THE PENSION REFORM PROPOSAL ON A TRACK FOR FINAL APPROVAL BY MARCH 26TH...(BFM-TV France)




Clashes tonight in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi as riot police faced off with opposition protesters seeking to block parliament.


Tomorrow lawmakers set to move legislation to register foreign agents in the country.    The United States and nations aligned with it describing the law as a "Russian law".  



The nation of Georgia is a southern neighbor of Russia...TASS RUSSIA






"I failed in my responsibility.  I broke trust."

          ISRAELI FINANCE MININSTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH


IN ISRAEL TONIGHT AN APOLOGY FROM FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH OVER COMMENTS HE MADE ABOUT 'WIPING OUT' A PALESTINIAN VILLAGE FOLLOWING A RECENTL DEADLY TERRORIST ATTACK ON ISRAELIS.



THIS SECOND APOLOGY IN PART DIRECTED AT MEMBERS OF ISRAEL'S AIR FORCE MR. SMOTRICH EXPLAINING HE CERTAINLY DID NOT MEAN THAT ISRAEL'S AIR FORCE SHOULD CARRY OUT AN ATTACK ON THE VILLAGE.


THE LENGTHY APOLOGY FOCUSED ON DIVISIONS IN ISRAELI SOCIETY BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S 'DAY OF RESISTANCE' BY THE 'LEFT' IN ISRAEL AGAINST PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S JUDICIAL REFORM PLAN...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



"Exports of Ukrainian---as well as Russian---food and fertilizers are essential to global food security and food prices"


The words of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as he visited Ukraine today.


Guterres urging extension of a deal allowing the export of Russian and Ukrainian food products in spite of the war and economic sanctions against Russia...TASS RUSSIA



In Lahore, Pakistan today police banning a political rally by opposition leader former Prime Minister Imran Khan.



Police used tear gas and batons to prevent the rally.


24 arrests made with Mr. Khan saying that police murdered a worker for his PTI political party when he was in police custody...DAWN PAKISTAN...FOX NEWS



ISRAELI POLITICS AND US SENATOR TOM COTTON REPUBLICAN OF ARKANSAS SAYS THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS FUNDING OPPOSITION TO ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.


NETEANYAHU INVOLVED IN A MAJOR DISPUTE WITH HIS POLITICAL OPPOSITION OVER REFORMING ISRAEL'S JUSTICE-JUDICIARY SYSTEM...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS FULL STORY





The markets today mixed.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 58.06 points.



The NASDAQ up 45.67 points.


At 512 pm New York Time the price of oil at 76 dollars and 48 cents a barrel down one dollar and 10 cents...MARKETWATCH



One rail union in the UK calling off a planned strike on March 16th due to a new pay offer from the rail companies.



Other unions still planning to strike.    The inflation rate in the UK is over 10 percent...BBC NEWS




JAPAN IMPORTING A LOT MORE THAN IT EXPORTED IN JANUARY. 


OFFICIAL FIGURES SHOWING JAPAN'S 'CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFECIT' AT ABOUT 14 BILLION US DOLLARS THE HIGHEST MONTHLY FIGURE SINCE STATISTICS WERE FIRST KEPT IN 1985.


SURGING FUEL COSTS AND LESS TRADE WITH CHINA DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY CITED AS REASONS FOR THE LARGE TRADE DEFECIT...NHK WORLD JAPAN



A Russian diplomat in the US says yesterday's media leaks regarding sabotage of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines from Russia to Germany were meant to confuse.



Andrey Ledenev saying the media attention given to the explanation about a "pro-Ukrainian group" being involved contrasted with the silence over the story by journalist Seymour Hersh pointing to US government involvement.


Ledenev stressing the need for a thorough and independent probe into the blasts that made the pipelines inoperative...TASS RUSSIA






China says it is 'seriously concerned' about a planned meeting between US House Speaker Republican Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen when she visits the US next month.


McCarthy indicating he will meet the Taiwanese president and that this does not preclude a later visit to Taiwan by him.



Last year during the mid-term election year former Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan leading to China ratcheting up military pressure...REUTERS-NIKKEI ASIA





US DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN IS IN THE MIDDLE EAST RIGHT NOW HE'S EXPECTED IN ISRAEL TOMORROW.


IN A MEETING WITH JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH MR. AUSTIN WAS ASKED FOR US HELP TO DEAL WITH MILITIAS BACKED BY IRAN.



JORDAN REPORTEDLY WARNING THAT THOSE MILITIAS ARE PART OF A 'DRUG WAR' ON THE COUNTRY'S NORTHERN BORDER WITH SYRIA...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



North Korea calling for a halt to 'military provocations' claiming that South Korea had fired artillery on a firing range near the Demilitarized Zone between the two countries.


South Korea denying any firing of artillery...KBS WORLD SOUTH KOREA...



South Korea accelerating its involvement in the "Quad Group" of nations the United States, Japan, India and Australia.    The group formed to counter Chinese power and influence...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS






                   THE UKRAINE WAR



WAGNER CONTRACTOR FOUNDER SAYS RUSSIANS CONTROL EASTERN PART OF CONTESTED CITY




                 TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




Wagner military contractor founder Yevgeny Prigozhin says Russian forces control the eastern part of the city of Bakhmut (Artyomovsk).



The city is a key road and rail junction...TASS RUSSIA

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