Thursday, January 4, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 1/4/2023 BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LINKS NORTH KOREA TO UKRAINE, STATE COPS RAID AMISH FARM OVER MILK, US ASSASSINATES IRAQI MILITIA LEADER, EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS OUT WITH CHALLENGES

 



                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)


                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





Air raid alerts in eight regions of Ukraine tonight...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




IN NEW YORK AT LEAST 26 PEOPLE SUFFERED WHAT ARE CALLED MINOR INJURIES IN A SUBWAY TRAIN DERAILMENT.


ONE TRAIN BUMPED INTO ANOTHER TRAIN THAT WAS DISABLED DURING THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOME...ABC 7 NEW YORK (VIDEO EMBED)




In France there is talk of President Emmanel Macron changing his government.


A cabinet meeting cancelled yesterday and one-on-one meetings between Mr. Macron and some ministers on his schedule.



There's speculation about the departure of current Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne...(BFM-TV France)




THERE ARE MORE DOCUMENTS OUT TONIGHT RELATED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN AS THE DOCUMENT DUMP CONTINUES IN VIRGINIA GUIFFRE'S DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST GHISLAINE MAXWELL.


TONIGHT'S DOCUMENTS INCLUDE A DESPOSITION FROM  A WOMAN WHO WAS A MINOR WHEN SHE HAD A SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH EPSTEIN.



A RETIRED PALM BEACH POLICE DETECTIVE ALSO GAVE A DEPOSITION ABOUT EXTENSIVE SEXUAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVING EPSTEIN AND UNDERAGE GIRLS.


THESE ARE LINKED TO THE CASE WHERE FEDERAL PROSCUTORS CAME UP WITH A PLEA AGREEMENT FOR EPSTEIN IN 2007, A DEAL CONSIDERED VERY LENIENT.


AN ADDITIONAL PALM BEACH POLICE REPORT WITH EXPLICIT CONTENT FROM 2005 REVEALED AT 11 PM TONIGHT...LINK TO DOCUMENTS...


THE MIAMI HERALD AND REPORTER JULIE K. BROWN SEEKING A CLEAR NAMING OF ALL THE 'JOHN DOES' IN THE DOCUMENTS.


A LETTER DIRECTED TO THE FEDERAL JUDGE IN THE CASE TODAY...MEGHANN CUNIFF "X" SOCIAL MEDIA...



IN THE UK WITH PRINCE ANDREW BEING DISCUSSED MEDIA ATTENTION FOCUSED ON HIS BEHAVIOR DESCRIBED IN DOCUMENTS RELEASED LAST EVENING.



MUCH MORE TO COME WITH ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS OUT TOMORROW AND POSSIBLY MONDAY.





Another story related to the documents later in the summary.




With the aid request for Ukraine stalled in Congress new spin from the White House tonight.


The story spread to the Mainstream Media is that North Korea has supplied missiles to Russia being used in recent barrages aimed at Ukraine.


The notion of North Korean missiles being used by Russia is to be dramatized at the UN Security Council...BBC NEWS STORY




IRAN-ALIGNED MILITIAS ATTACKING TWO US BASES IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA TODAY.


THE AL-OMAR OIL FIELD AND RUKBAN CAMP TARGETED...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCIES




(Updated) Here in Pennsylvania State Police raiding an Amish farm in Lancaster County today.


His supporters say that Amos Miller is being targeted for producing raw milk and competing with the established dairy industry.



State troopers and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture employees involved in the raid that included seizure of property.


Among Miller's supporters Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky...REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE "X" SOCIAL MEDIA...



Miller's attorney Robert Barnes released a statement saying in part:



"Thank you for your continued support at this critical time for food freedom in America."...



             THE LANCASTER PATRIOT





AN INCIDENT AT SEA 460 MILES EAST OF SOMALIA IN THEARABIAN SEA NEAR THE INDIAN OCEAN AND MORE MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF YEMEN.



FIVE OR SIX ARMED INDIVIDUALS BOARDING A MERCHANT VESSEL.



PIRATES HAVE ACTIVE IN THESE WATERS IN THE PAST...ROYAL NAVY UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 10.15 points.



The NASDAQ down 81.91 points.


After the close in New York today the price of oil 72 dollars and 40 cents a barrel down 30 cents...



                         MARKETWATCH





 (Updated) A shooting incident as Perry High School in Dallas County Iowa, just west of Des Moines.


One killed, five others wounded with the suspect killing themselves.


The attacker identified as 17-year-old Dylan Butler by Mainstream Media who are avoiding discussing his status as a LGBTQ-Transgender Activist...WHO-TV DES MOINES...FREE REPUBLIC POST




THE UNITED STATES HAS ASSASSINATED AN IRAQI MILITIA LEADER BLAMED FOR ATTACKS ON US BASES.


THE DEADLY STRIKE IN BAGHDAD INVOLVED A DRONE FIRING TWO ROCKETS.


FOUR KILLED IN THE ATTACK...REUITERS-JERUSALEM POST...


IRAQ IS CALLING THE TODAY'S US STRIKE AN ATTACK ON IRAQ AND A DANGEROUS ESCALATION...RUDAW NEWS IRAQI KURDISTAN "X"




The US Federal Reserve Board reporting that an interest rate cut is 'most likely' this year.


Any decision on a rate cut is said linked to 'how the economy evolves"...TASS RUSSIA...



(COMMENT) President Donald Trump sees Joe Biden opting for rate cuts this year in a bid to win the election in November.





THE ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC STATES CONDEMNING YESTERDAY'S BOMBING ATTACK IN IRAN...BERNAMA NEWS MALAYSIA...



CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING SENDING HIS CONDOLENCES TO IRANIAN PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAISI OVER THE BOMBING IN KERMAN YESTERDAY.



XI SAYING THAT CHINA IS FIRMLY OPPOSED TO TERRORISM IN ALL OF ITS MANIFESTATIONS...CGTN CHINA...


MEANWHILE THE IRANIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE REVISED THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE ATTACK DOWN TO 84.   SOME 284 PEOPLE REPORTED WOUNDED...(PRESS TV IRAN)




This week Turkey (Türkiye) announced that it would not allow two British warships to use the Bosphorus Strait into the Black Sea.


The minesweepers are for use by Ukraine's navy...USNI NEWS...



Meanwhile there's word that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is to visit Türkiye this coming weekend to discuss "bilateral issues".


Blinken also expected in Israel on Saturday...JERUSALEM POST




BRITISH POLITICS THE REFORM PARTY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH A SIX-YEAR PLAN TO REPLACE THE CONSERVATIVES AS THE PARTY OF "THE RIGHT" IN UK.



LEADER RICHARD TICE SAYS THE PARTY WILL CONTEST ALL HOUSE OF COMMONS CONSTITUENCIES IN THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION WHICH COULD COME AS EARLY AS THIS YEAR.



FORMER PARTY LEADER NIGEL FARAGE IS SAID TO BE PLAYING A ROLE IN THIS PLAN...I NEWS UK...



MEANWHILE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY SAYS HE IS WORKING ON THE ASSUMPTION OF A GENERAL ELECTION IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR...BBC NEWS





The defamation suit documents related to convicted child sex offender and accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein are out.   


One new name mentioned is that of Tom Prtizker billionaire businessman and cousin of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.



Epstein victim Virginia Guiffre, plaintiff in the lawsuit, said she has sex with Pritzker...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA...


More documents are still to be released.





           THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                    (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



          MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                        ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





                                 TIMES OF ISRAEL










 THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




RUSSIA SAYS 37 DRONES DOWNED TONIGHT



DRONE DOWNED IN RUSSIA'S LIPETSK REGION



UKRAINIAN MISSILE BARRAGE IN CRIMEA ONE WOUNDED


                     MAJOR PRISONER EXCHANGE


                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Two wounded in Russia's Belgorod Region tonight from shrapnel as Russian air defenses downed 10 rockets...TASS RUSSIA



Tonight Russia saying that 36 drones were shot down over Crimea and another over the Krasnodar Territory...TASS RUSSIA




Electronic warfare used to down a drone in Russia Lipetsk Region...TASS RUSSIA




In Crimea today a barrage of Ukrainian missiles.   Ten shot down by Russian air defenses...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT),..In Sevastopol one person injured by falling shrapnel...TASS RUSSIA




Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war on Wednesday.   248 Russian and 230 Ukrainian prisoners returning home...ASSOCIATED PRESS-NEW YORK POST




In other news...



Actress Glynis Johns dead at the age of 100.   She appeared in the 1964 classic movie "Mary Poppins" playing the role of Mrs. Banks...LBC NEWS LONDON


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