Friday, February 9, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 2/9/2023 ISRAEL'S CREDIT RATING LOWERED, AUSSIE FOREIGN MINISTER SLAMS CHINA, ISRAEL MOVES TOWARDS SOUTH GAZA MILITARY OPERATION, SHIPPING CEO SAYS MILITARY OPS OFF YEMEN DON'T GUARANTEE SAFETY

 


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The US conducting military maneuvers near China this week and the story of the vote count in Pakistan marred by a ban on a political party but first...




                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





TOPPING 164 MILLION VIEWS JUST AFTER 11 PM TONIGHT EASTERN US TIME TUCKER CARLSON'S INTERVIEW WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ON "X".


ALSO MORE THAN 898-THOUSAND LIKES FOR THE INTERVIEW...TUCKER CARLSON "X"





 "No one will lay a finger on your firearms"



That is what President Donald Trump said here in Central Pennsylvania.


Trump speaking today about what would happen when he gets back in the Oval Office before a crowd of thousands at the National Rifle Association's Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg...




                               WGAL (VIDEO EMBED)




                        "We The People"



The first three words of the US Constitution and the name of a new political party being established on behalf of Robert F. Kennedy Jr's Presidential campaign in six states.


That's because it's easier to get a new party on the ballot that a candidate in California, Texas and four other states...








ISRAELI POLITICS:  LATEST POLLING SHOWS INCREASED STRENGTH FOR PARTIES TARGETED AS 'FAR RIGHT' BY BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

                                                                    (NEWS AND COMMENT)


A new poll out in Israel showing continuing lower popularity for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party.    Likud at 17 seats compared to the 32 it won in the last election.




The Centrist "National Unity Party" of war cabinet ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot remains the leading party with 36 seats.   It only won 11 seats in the last election.



But the "Far-Right" parties "Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Strength)" and "Religious Zionism" are riding high in the polls.    Otzma Yehdut at 10 seats and Religious Zionism at 5 seats.



When the Biden Administration recently imposed sanctions on four Israeli citizens for alleged violence against Palestinians it was reported that Joe Biden had considered sanctioning National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (Otzma Yehudit Leader) and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionism Leader).


One other result of recent polling in Israel to note.    


60 percent of Israelis polled recently want the war against Hamas to continue and that is reflected in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's moves to go on the attack in the south of Gaza at Rafah and to continue to apply pressure on Iran with attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon and on Iranian targets in Syria..,




WIKIPEDIA-OPINION POLLING FOR NEXT ISRAELI ELECTION...


More news related to Israel throughout this summary.



MOODY'S RATINGS SERVICE LOWERING ISRAEL'S CREDIT RATING.


THE RATING DROPPING ONE NOTCH FROM A1 TO A2.



IN ADDITION THE OUTLOOK FOR ISRAEL'S CREDIT CHANGED FROM 'STABLE' TO 'NEGATIVE'.



ISRAEL'S ONGOING WAR IN GAZA WITH HAMAS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ESCALATION INTO A CONFLICT WITH HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON CITED.


PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU REASSURING ISRAELIS WITH A LATE NIGHT STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL






DUTCH POLITICS GEERT WILDERS FACING THE REFUSAL OF PIETER OMTZIGT AND THE NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT PARTY TO FORMING A FOUR-PARTY COALITION GOVERNMENT.


ONE OPTION FOR MR. WILDERS IS NEW ELECTIONS AND TONIGHT ON SOCIAL MEDIA THE PARTY OF FREEDOM LEADER POSTING LATEST POLLING DATA.


WILDERS PARTY OF FREEDOM WON 37 SEATS IN LAST FALL'S ELECTION BUT NOW IF A NEW ELECTION WERE HELD THE PVV WOULD GAIN 52 SEATS AND THE NSC PARTY OPPOSING HIM WOULD DROP FROM 20 TO 11 SEATS...GEERT WILDERS "X" SOCIAL MEDIA





Two dead three others escaping the crash of a twin-engine jet on Interstate 75 in southwestern Florida near Naples...WINK NEWS FORT MYERS FLORIDA




AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN THE DAMASCUS AREA OF SYRIA.




THE STRIKE JUST AFTER  1 AM LOCAL TIME SATURDAY (6 PM FRIDAY EASTERN US TIME).




INTELLIGENCE LINKED SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS OFFICERS WERE TARGETED IN THE ATTACK...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY...OSINT DEFENDER





A MISSILE ATTACK ON THE US BASE AT THE CONOCO OIL FIELD IN SYRIA.   THREE MISSILES USED IN THE ATTACK...TASS RUSSIA





IN ATLANTA A NEW COURT FILING REGARDING PROSECUTOR FANI WILLIS.


WILLIS IS ACCUSED OF HAVING AN IMPROPER RELATIONSHIP FROM HER SPECIAL PROSECUTOR NATHAN WADE.


WADE HANDLING THE CASE AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND OTHERS FOR CHALLENGING THE 2020 ELECTION.



THE NEW FILING SAYS WILLIS LIED ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF HER RELATIONSHIP WITH NATHAN WADE...FREE REPUBLIC POST-NEW YORK POST STORY-DISCUSSION




In London the Metropolitan Police say the suspect in the January 31st acid attack is presumed dead.    


The authorities believe Abdul Shokoor Ezedi likely jumped into the Thames River after the attack.



They have video footage indicating he went to a bridge over the river and leaned over.



Ezedi came to the UK as an Afghan refugee in 2016.



A number of people injured and released from hospital after the attack with the woman he was in a relationship with still hospitalized and facing possible loss of sight in one eye...BBC NEWS (VIDEO EMBED)




The "Wall Street Journal" reporting that Venezuela is putting on a show of military strength on its border with Guyana.


This as Venezuela claims two-thirds of Guyana's territory as it own the oil rich Essequibo region...WALL STREET JOURNAL-FAYTUKS NEWS "X"






THE US NAVY INVOLVED IN MULTINATIONAL EXERCISES NEAR CHINA THIS WEEK.



ONE DRILL IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA INVOLVING US, JAPANESE AND AUSTRALIAN WARSHIPS.



ANOTHER INVOLVED A US WARSHIP AND ELEMENTS OF THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY...USNI NEWS




Australia's foreign minister delivering a verbal attack on China.


Penny Wong speaking at a conference of more than 20 Indian Ocean nations in Perth.    



Wong warning against political interference and economic coercion and saying that "China's rapid military buildup" lacks "transparency and reassurance"...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA



The German chemical company BASF pulling out of China's Xinjiang region over alleged human rights violations involving its Muslim minority.


Two major media outlets in Germany making the allegations last week...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




THE DUTCH STATE SECRETARY DEALING WITH MIGRANTS WANTS 5500 MORE SHELTER SPACES FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS.


RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE BY A JUDGE'S ORDER AT A KEY MIGRANT RECEPTION CENTER HELPING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEED FOR NEW SHELTER SPACES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





Russian Baltic Fleet helicopters conducting missile firing exercises today in the enclave of Kaliningrad.


Kaliningrad located between Lithuania and Poland on the Baltic Sea coast...TASS RUSSIA



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 54.64 points.




The NASDAQ up 196.95 points or 1.25 percent.


After the close the price of oil in New York 76 dollars and 60 cents a barrel up 38 cents a barrel...MARKETWATCH





THE FARMERS PROTEST IN SPAIN CONTINUED FOR A FOUTH DAY WITH MAJOR HIGHWAYS BLOCKED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.


HUNDREDS OF TRACTORS PARADING IN THE CITY OF TOLEDO CAUSING TRAFFIC DELAYS...(RTVE Spain)...RTVE SPAIN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI RESTORING A TAX BREAK FOR FARMERS FOLLOWING WEEKS OF PROTESTS IN THE COUNTRY...AFP FRANCE-RAW STORY




60 OR MORE ROCKETS LAUNCHED INTO NORTHERN ISRAEL FROM LEBANON TODAY...OSINT DEFENDER "X"


Israel is moving towards launching a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying more than one million civilians gathered there will be given an opportunity to evacuate.



Netanyahu saying Rafah contains Hamas military units that must be destroyed.



Rafah lies on Gaza's border with Egypt and intense fighting there may drive civilians into the barriers that separate Gaza from Egypt.


The Biden Administration appears to be objecting and expressing its reservations to such a plan...TIMES OF ISRAEL



The top court in Malaysia outlawing more than a dozen Islamic laws in the state of Kelantan.



The 16 laws included those criminalizing sodomy, incest, gambling, sexual harassment and desecration of places of worship.



The court ruling saying the national parliament has the authority to make laws in those areas.



The northern state is ruled by a party believing in a strict interpretation of Islam...REUTERS BANGKOK POST



AT LEAST FIVE ARE DEAD DOZENS OF OTHERS HURT DURING A PROTEST AGAINST THE DEMOLITION OF A MUSLIM MOSQUE AND RELIGIOUS SCHOOL BY INDIAN AUTHORITIES.



THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE TOWN OF HALDAWNI SAYING THE STRUCTURES WERE BUILT WITHOUT PERMISSION...AL JAZEERA QATAR




The CEO of the shipping giant Maersk says the military operations in the Red Sea cannot guarantee the safety of commercial vessels.



Vincent Clerc saying there is 'no clear line of sight' as to when the threat will end.


Clerc telling investors in Maersk that the amount and range of weapons being used by the Yemeni (Houthi) forces against shipping is expanding...USNI NEWS



The US Army canceling a helicopter program and making other cuts in future plans for aviation.


The moves linked to changes in the future look of the battlefield apparently other aviation and air defense technologies ranging from drones to anti-aircraft defense systems...FREE REPUBLIC POST-BREAKING DEFENSE STORY-DISCUSSION



PAKISTAN ELECTIONS:  RIGGED PROCESS CLAIMED AS KHAN'S SUPPORTERS LEAD

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


IN PAKISTAN A VOTE COUNT IS SLOWLY EMERGING.


THE ELECTION PROCESS SEEN AS A RIGGED ONE AGAINST THE NOW BANNED PARTY OF THE JAILED FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN (PTI).


INDEPENDENTS BELIEVED AFFILIATED WITH THE PTI LED THE VOTE COUNT EARLY ON AND LATE TONIGHT SATURDAY MORNING IN PAKISTAN WERE THE WINNERS OF 91 OF THE 250 SEATS DECLARED.


THE PTI SUPPORTERS SAY RESULTS ARE BEING RIGGED AND SEATS STOLEN FROM THEM.



AN AI GENERATED VICTORY SPEECH HAS BEEN DELIVERED BY THE IMPRISONED MR, KHAN.



KHAN PRAISING THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR 'UNPRECEDENTED RESILENCE' AND 'LANDSIDE VICTORY' THROUGH A 'MASSIVE ELECTORAL TURNOUT'...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY...


THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF, ALLOWED BACK INTO PAKISTAN BY THE MILITARY FOR THIS ELECTION, IS CLAIMING HIS PARTY (PML-N) WILL WIN THE MOST SEATS...DAWN PAKISTAN...





                                      BBC NEWS BLOG...



BBC NEWS STORY EARLIER...2024 PAKISTANI GENERAL ELECTION WIKIPEDIA





European Union President Ursula von der Leyen and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visiting the northwestern African nation of Mauritania offering financial aid to control movement of migrants towards Europe.



A 210 million Euro (226.3 million US dollar) aid package promised to help Mauritania stop migrants from using boats to reach Spain's Canary Islands...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




           THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR


                                                   (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



        MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





                          ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS






                                    TIMES OF ISRAEL







In other news....




A suspect is dead and 15 hostages freed after police stormed a train in western Switzerland Thursday night.


A man armed with an axe and knife had taken the hostages...INDIA TODAY



THE BELL MEDIA GROUP IN CANADA ANNOUNCING MAJOR LAYOFFS INVOLVING 4,800 JOBS.



TELEVISON NEWS PROGRAMS ENDING AND RADIO STATIONS BEING SOLD AS PART OF RESTRUCTURING.



CUTBACKS AFFECTING 'CTV' AND 'BNN BLOOMBERG' MEDIA OUTLETS OWNED BY BELL.


140 MILLION DOLLARS (103.9 MILLION US) WORTH OF AD REVENUE LOST IN 2023 WITH THE COMPANY'S NEWS DIVISION OPERATING AT AN ANNUAL LOSS OF 40 MILLION DOLLARS (29.71 MILLION US)...CBC NEWS CANADA

 








   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA


                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




PRISONER EXCHANGE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE


                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




          RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Through mediation by the United Arab Emirates Russia and Ukraine exchanging 100 prisoners...AL JAZEERA QATAR



In other news...



PRINCE HARRY SETTLING REMAINING PARTS OF A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TABLOID 'DAILY MIRROR'.


15 OF 33 DAILY MIRROR STORIES INVOLVING PRINCE HARRY DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN SOURCED THROUGH HACKING AND PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS AT TRIAL.


THE LEGAL SETTLEMENT INVOLVES 505 THOUSAND US DOLLARS BEING PAID BY THE TABLOID AS AN INITIAL PAYMENT FOR HARRY'S LEGAL EXPENSES...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)




Australian rugby star Kurtley Beale found not guilty of sexual assault.


Beale had been accused of raping a woman in the bathroom of a pub in December of 2022.



He contended that the encounter with the woman was consensual.


Beale had been suspended over the allegation the not guilty verdict clears the way for his return to the field...BBC NEWS





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