Tuesday, February 20, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 2/20/2024 ATTACKS ON US SYRIA BASE, LINDSEY GRAHAM MAKES RUSSIAN TERORRISM REGISTRY, US VETO OF GAZA CEASE-FIRE-RESOLUTION, FINAL EXTRADITION HEARING FOR ASSANGE, ISRAEL IMPORTS GOODS VIA SAUDI ARABIA

 


                        (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)





                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





The latest on the Baby Cyrus Anderson case and the pursuit of Ammon Bundy by Idaho medical conglomerate St. Luke's Hospital.



St. Luke's continuing to work in the court system to seize Ammon Bundy's business assets after taking his personal assets and pursing family members assets.



Bundy and Diego Rodriguez, grandfather of Baby Cyrus, slapped with a 52 million dollars judgement they were accused and convicted of defamation in a civil case.



Both targeted for speaking out about the seizure of the child in March of 2022 by police and Child Protective Services.   The child treated at St. Luke's Hospital by St. Luke's employees.


Late the child returned to his parents all have since fled to Florida.


Ammon Bundy posting two videos today updating his current attempts to make a living under the intense legal assault...







                   SECOND AMMON BUNDY VIDEO 2/20/2024






THE PENTAGON NOW CONFIRMING THE SHOOT DOWN OF A US AIR FORCE DRONE BY THE HOUTHI FORCES IN YEMEN.


THIS IS A SECOND TIME A US DRONE WAS DOWNED BY THE YEMENI FORCES IN THE LAST THEEE MONTHS...ABC NEWS USA





THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SELLING THE NOTION THAT ONE OF ITS FORMER INFORMANTS GOT INCRIMINATING INFORMATION REGARDING HUNTER BIDEN'S BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN UKRAINE FROM RUSSIA.



IT APPPEARS TO BE PART OF A CAMPAIGN TO DISCREDIT THE DOJ'S OWN PROSECUTION OF HUNTER BIDEN AND ATTEMPTS TO IMPEACH JOE BIDEN BY REPBULICANS IN CONGRESS...THE INDEPENDENT UK





In an interview with Blaze TV Tucker Carlson saying he was being pursued by the US National Security Agency ahead of his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.



Carlson speaking about calls from reporters for the New York Times and other outlets aimed at him and close associates asking about a Putin interview.



Those reporters baited by US intelligence to pursue Carlson in an attempt to disrupt the interview with Putin...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DAYS TWO ATTACKS ON A US BASE IN SYRIA.



DRONES USED TO ATTACK THE BASE AT THE CONOCO NATURAL GAS FIELD NORTH OF DEIR EZZOR CITY IN EASTERN SYRIA.



NO CAUSALTIES REPORTED WITH US AIR DEFENSES TAKING OUT THE DRONES THAT ATTACKED TODAY...SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS






US politics today Nikki Haley insisting she will continue to challenge President Donald Trump for the Republican Presidential Nomination...FREE REPUBLIC POST-NBC NEWS STORY-DISCUSSION...



Meanwhile two polls in the state where Nikki Haley was Governor show President Donald Trump with a wide lead ahead of this coming Saturday's primary.   


Democrats can vote in that primary and may distort the final results.



Other national polling by Rasmussen showing President Donald Trump leading Joe Biden by a six-percentage point margin in either a two-way race or a multi-candidate field.



Here in Pennsylvania incumbent Democrat US Senator Bob Casey Jr. with a 49-39 percent lead over Republican Dave McCormick in a poll done by The Hill and Emerson.


That same poll shows President Trump leading the Presidential contest...REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS




Polish farmers protesting on the border with Ukraine today.



The farmers objecting to the European Union allowing import of cheap Ukrainian food into Poland...






The one-day protest said to have included signs calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to restore order with the European, Polish and Ukrainian rulers...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM PUT ON A RUSSIAN TERRORISM REGISTRY.


THE RUSSIAN FINANCIAL WATCHDOG MAINTAINS THIS LIST OF TERRORISTS AND EXTEMISTS.



THE SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN SENATOR MAKING THIS LIST OVER HIS COMMENTS LAST YEAR DURING A VISIT TO UKRAINE.



GRAHAM SPEAKING OF 'RUSSIANS DYING' BEING 'THE BEST MONEY THE US HAS EVER SPENT'...TASS RUSSIA




France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin upset that National Rally President and Member of European Parliament Jordan Bardella received a medal from an elite police unit.


Visiting southeastern France Bardella was given the medal at the barracks of a company of the CRS riot police.   Presenting the medal the commander of the unit Jean-Marc Cortes.



Mr. Bardella is campaigning ahead of the European Parliament elections in June.   He said he is a collector of medals. 




Minister Darmanin ordering the opening of an administrative report over the medal presentation...(Radio Monte Carlo-BFM-TV France)...RMC-BFM-TV FRANCE



(UPDATED) THE YEMENI GOVERNMENT (HOUTHI) SAYS ITS ATTACKED US WARSHIPS OFF ITS COAST TODAY.


ITS ALSO CLAIMED THAT A MERCHANT VESSEL WAS ATTACKED AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN ISRAELI PORT OF EILAT...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN...PRESS TV IRAN...


THE US CENTRAL COMMAND REPORTING TWO MERCHANT VESSELS STRUCK BY THE HOUTHIS YESTERDAY.


EARLY THIS MORNING A MISSILE AIMED AT THE DESTROYER USS LABOON SHOT DOWN.


OTHER DETAILS OF MILITARY ACTION YESTERDAY IN THIS NEWS RELEASE...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"



The markets today. 




The Dow Jones Industrial Average went down 64.19 points.




The NASDAQ dropped 144.87 points or .92 percent.



In New York the price of oil went down 78 dollars 27 cents a barrel dropping 92 cents...MARKETWATCH




THE US TODAY VETOED A UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA.


THE VOTE 13-1 THE US ALONE IN OPPOSITION WITH THE UK ABSTAINING...ASSOCIATED PRESS-TIMES OF ISRAEL




South Korean exports to Russia will be restricted as of this Saturday (February 24th).    


682 items on the sanctions list.




Those items said to be of possible military use by Russia...TASS RUSSIA




JULIAN ASSANGE EXTRADITION HEARING

                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



Today in London the final extradition hearing for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.



Assange facing extradition to the United States where he's charged in connection to revelations about the conduct of the US military on the post 9/11 battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq.


Mr. Assange unable to participate in the hearing in person or by video link due to his health.


Lawyers for Mr. Assange telling the court that he is a journalist and a whistleblower not a spy or a traitor.


Assange's defense warning that the US could impose death penalty charges against him following extradition to the US...


                    WIKILEAKS TWITTER




                         BBC NEWS BLOG





AUSTRALIA PLANNING A MAJOR EXPANSION OF ITS NAVY IN THE AFTERMATH OF JOINING A MILITARY ALLIANCE WITH THE US AND UK.



THE NUMBER OF COMBAT READY WARSHIPS GOING FROM 11 TO 26 WITH SIX SHIPS TO BE 'OPTIONALLY CREWED'.



THE COST OF THE NAVAL REVAMP 11 BILLION DOLLARS (7.18 BILLION US)...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA



The Houthi forces in Yemen shutting down the Red Sea to ships headed for Israel but Israel has found another way to get goods from India.



Ships carrying cargo to the United Arab Emirates, then trucks move it through Saudi Arabia and Jordan to Israel.



Israel's Transport Minister Miri Regev explaining in a video presentation...



RAVI NAIR "X" (VIDEO EMBED WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES)




            THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                  (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




           MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





                              ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





                                        TIMES OF ISRAEL




In other news...




In Pakistan independent candidates of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's banned PTI Party joining a Sunni Muslim religious party.



The alliance with the Ittehad Council Political Party an effort to form a new government...INDIA TODAY












   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                             (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)









In other news....





THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCING 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SUPPORT FOR COMPUTER-CHIP MAKER GLOBAL FOUNDRIES (GF).


THE SUPPORT TO HELP GF BUILD A NEW FACILITY AND EXPAND EXISTING SEMICONDUCTOR FACILITIES IN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.


THIS IS PART OF EFFORTS TO PROMOTE SEMICONDUCTOR MANAUFACTURING IN THE US IN THE NAME OF ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS AND NATIONAL SECURITY...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA




North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un presented with a new Russian-made car by Russia's President Vladimir Putin.


Kim's sister Kim Yo-Jong on hand for the ceremony presenting the vehicle.



No information on the made or model of the vehicle but TASS in Russia reports that the North Korean ruler looked an Aurus luxury car during a visit to Russia in September...TASS RUSSIA

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