Thursday, October 12, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 10/12/2023 EUROPEAN UNION LAUNCHES DISINFORMATION PROBE AGAINST "X", ISRAEL ATTACKS MAIN SYRIAN AIRPORTS, CLASHES IN PARIS AFTER BAN ON PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATIONS, ISRAEL VOWS GAZA SIEGE UNTIL HOSTAGES RELEASED

 


                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




Updates on the War In Israel ahead when able but first...






                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




Saying that Islamic countries "should not tolerate the crimes that are being committed by Israel" Iran's Foreign Minister speaking of  'new fronts' against Israel.


Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaking following his arrival in Beirut...TASS RUSSIA




POLITICS IN THE US TONIGHT STEVE SCALISE BACKING AWAY FROM CONSIDERATION TO BE US HOUSE SPEAKER.


MR. SCALISE ENCOUNTERING STRONG OPPOSITION IN THE RANKS OF THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS AFTER A NARROW WIN IN THE CAUCUS YESTERDAY...



FREE REPUBLIC POST-ASSOCIATED PRESS "X" SOCIAL MEDIA





THE EUROPEAN UNION LAUNCHING A FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT "X".


THE EU ALLEGING DISINFORMATION AND POSTING OF 'TERRORIST CONTENT".


THE EU HAS ISSUED WARNINGS TO TIK TOK, META (PARENT OF FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM) AND "X" REGARDING DISINFORMATION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





"There can be no justification for the attacks on my brothers in Gaza, which have reached the level of a massacre"



"We do not want conflicts to spread to our region, instead of blindly supporting someone, we call on influential actors to reduce tension"



Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking today also saying it does befit a country like the US to 'add fuel to the fire'.



Erdogan denouncing Israel's actions to cut off electricity, water and fuel to the two million people living in Gaza.


He says the actions are against the laws of war and violate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)





ISRAEL STRIKING THE DAMASCUS AND ALEPPO AIRPORTS IN SYRIA.


BOTH AIRPORTS UNABLE TO OPERATE DUE TO THE STRIKES.


THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT CALLING THE ATTACKS AN ATTEMPT TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE WAR IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL AND GAZA...BBC NEWS...




Also in Syria today 11 attacks on government positions launched from the northwestern Idlib region along with 14 violations of Syrian airspace by US-led coalition forces...TASS RUSSIA




British planes and ships deploying 'to support Israel'.    


The government announcing that two Royal Navy ships will be joined by helicopters and surveillance aircraft plus a company of Royal Marines.



Surveillance assets also involved in the deployment.



Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the military support will "prevent further escalation"...



                                            BBC NEWS





More charges dropped on US Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey.



He is now accused of being an unregistered foreign agent of Egypt.


Menendez already accused by federal authorities of charges related to bribery...BLOOMBERG-HINDUSTAN TIMES...



Meanwhile this week we learned from Republican US Congressman Michael McCaul of Texas that Egypt warned Israel three days before the brutal Hamas attack.


McCaul is Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee....TIMES OF ISRAEL




CLASHES IN PARIS THIS EVENING AS FRENCH POLICE USED TEAR GAS AND WATER CANNONS TO BREAK UP A PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST...




RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBEDS)...





EARLIER THE FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER GERALD DARMANIN BANNED ALL PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN FRANCE.



DARAMANIN ALSO ORDERING THE ARREST OF ORGANIZERS AND "TROUBLEMAKERS" OF DEMONSTRATIONS SUPPORTING PALESTINIANS...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In Brussels US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin affirming continued NATO support for Ukraine.   


Austin saying that NATO will not get directly involved in the war.


But he said the military support for Ukraine will continue along with defense of the Eastern European countries bordering Russia and Ukraine who are its members...TASS RUSSIA




INFLATION CONTINUING TO GENERATE HERE IN THE USA THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX UP 3.6 PERCENT LAST MONTH.


THAT'S UP FROM 3.4 PERCENT IN AUGUST...




THE CPI INDEX FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS AVERAGING 3.2 PERCENT MEANING THAT SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS IN THE US WILL RISE BY 3.2 PERCENT NEXT YEAR...NBC NEWS-MSN





The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 173.73 points.




The NASDAQ down 85.46 points.


At 407 pm New York Time the price of oil is 83 dollars and 49 cents a barrel no change from yesterday...MARKETWATCH






Saudi Arabia's oil minister says his country will cut oil production for as long as it takes to maintain market stability.



At a minimum production cuts will continue until the end of the year...TASS RUSSIA






AT LEAST FOUR DEAD AND DOZENS INJURED WHEN 21 CARS OF A PASSENGER TRAIN DERAILED IN NORTHEASTERN INDIA...ANI NEWS INDIA






MICROSOFT ACCUSED BY THE US INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OF OWING BACK TAXES TOTALLING 28.9 BILLION DOLLARS.


THE IRS SAYS MICROSOFT FALSELY REPORTED ITS PROFITS BETWEEN 2004 AND 2013 ALLOCATING HIGHER PROFITS TO LOW TAX COUNTRIES AND LOWER PROFITS TO HIGH TAX COUNTRIES...SKY NEWS UK




A British inquiry has learned that senior officers of the "SAS" special forces covered up any evidence of a deliberate policy of killing Afghans during their operations in Afghanistan...BBC NEWS







                            WAR IN ISRAEL

                                                 (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




                                ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                      BBC NEWS BLOG




TERRORIST PRISONERS WILL BE CROWDED TOGETHER TO ACCOMATE NEWLY ARRESTED TERRORISTS





                    SIEGE OF GAZA LINKED TO HOSTAGES





                    THREE WOUNDED IN ROCKET ATTACK






Authorities in Israel saying they will crowd terrorist prisoners into cells in order to accommodate newly arrested terrorists...MAARIV-ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






The death toll from last Saturday's brutal assault on Israel estimated at 1,300 as more bodies have been discovered.



A terrorist was killed today in Kissufim near the border with the southern part of Gaza...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS-LIVE UPDATES





Israel saying it will not allow food and water and electricity into Gaza until the hostages are released.    The number of hostages estimated to be at least 150 people...INDIA TODAY





Three Israelis wounded in a rocket attack on southern city of Sderot today...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS






           UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA





UKRAINIAN DRONES ELIMINATED OVER RUSSIA TONIGHT





                     TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




            RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Two Ukrainian drones eliminated over the Belgorod and Bryansk regions of Russia tonight...TASS RUSSIA






In other news...





A 1.76 billion dollar lottery winner in the Powerball game here in the USA the second largest lottery jackpot in history.



The name of the jackpot winner in California not disclosed.



The options for the lottery winner a 774.1 million dollar lump sum payment or a payout over the next 30 years...BBC NEWS



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