Thursday, February 8, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 2/8/2024 BIDEN CALLED 'ELDERLY MAN WITH POOR MEMORY' IN SPECIAL COUNSEL REPORT, ZELENSKY DISMISSES UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF, BLINKEN PUSHES GAZA HOSTAGE DEAL WITH "CENTRIST" ISRAELI MINISTERS

 

                            (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)

    (FINAL POSTNG AFTER 8 PM EASTERN US TIME THIS EVENING)




                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





US Central Command conducting seven strikes in Yemen today in "self-defense".


Those strikes on 11 targets said preparing to launch attacks on ships off shore...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"




ABOUT 30 ROCKETS FIRED INTO NORTHERN ISRAEL FROM LEBANON LATE TONIGHT.    


MANY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD WITH FIVE OF THEM FIRED AT MOUNT MERON WHERE ISRAEL HAS A MILITARY FACILITY FOCUSED ON SPYING AND SURVEILLANCE...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




AT THE GAS PUMPS HERE IN THE YORK, PENNSYLVANIA AREA A 16 CENT PER GALLON PRICE HIKE THIS EVENING.


THE PRICE MOVING FROM $339.9 TO $355.9.



THERE WAS A BIG JUMP IN THE PRICE OF OIL TODAY MOVING TO OVER 76 DOLLARS A BARREL IN NEW YORK.




Tonight that Special Counsel report regarding Joe Biden and removal of classified documents to his personal residences.


The report critical of Mr. Biden but not involving any prosecution of him.



It says that if Biden were to face trial he would come off as an:


      "elderly man with poor memory"...


FREE REPUBLIC POST-NEW YORK POST STORY-DICSUSSION...



In a public statement this evening Biden stressing he will not be charged in the matter and was eager to cooperate with the Special Counsel.


Biden taking reporters questions saying "my memory is fine" among other things...ASSOCIATED PRESS VIDEOSTREAM (BIDEN APPEARS AT 16:24 IN VIDEO)





TUCKER CARLSON INTERVIEW WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN FEATURES HISTORY OF RUSSIA AND UKRAINE TO EXPLAIN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE...




MR. PUTIN NOTED THAT HE WANTED A NEGOTIATED SOLUTION EARLY IN THE UKRAINE CONFLICT BACK IN 2022 BUT THEN BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON INTERVENED TO PREVENT IT.




MR. CARLSON CHALLENGED MR. PUTIN REGARDING THE DETENTION OF WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES.





TUCKER CARLSON X LINK FOR PUTIN INTERVIEW....TUCKER CARLSON "X"





TUCKER CARLSON MET BOTH TARA READE AND EDWARD SNOWDEN WHEN HE WAS IN MOSCOW.


READE SAYS THAT JOE BIDEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER BACK IN THE 1990'S.   SHE FLED TO RUSSIA LAST YEAR.


SNOWDEN FLED TO RUSSIA AFTER HE REVEALED DETAILS REGARDING US INTELLIGENCE SYPING ON AMERICAN CITIZENS IN THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11...TASS RUSSIA





In Spain blockades and clashes on a third day of protest by farmers.


Police have made some arrests as farmers continue to protest the importation of cheap agricultural goods from outside the European Union into Spain...NEWS AGENCIES-RTVE SPAIN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





US POLITICS A MORNING CONSULT POLL SHOWS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LEADING JOE BIDEN 45 TO 40 PERCENT IN A TWO CANDIDATE MATCHUP....REAL CLEAR POLLING





Israeli airline El Al says a flight that left Prague was diverted to Greece after a passenger on the plane became violent.     


There are reports the passenger was attempting to enter the cockpit and was subdued by a security guard...TIMES OF ISRAEL...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




THERE'S A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN ICELAND FOLLOWING A NEW VOLCANIC ERUPTION.


THIS ERUPTION DISRUPTING HOT WATER PIPES SERVING HEAVILY POPULATED PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. AND THREATENING ELECTRIC PIPELINES FROM A POWER STATION...BBC NEWS



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 48.97 points.




The NASDAQ rose 37.07 points.


At 444 pm New York Time the price of oil 76 dollars 49 cents a barrel up two dollars 63 cents or 3.56 percent...


                    MARKETWATCH



FIVE US MARINES CONFIRMED DEAD IN THE CRASH OF A CH-53E SUPER STALLION HELICOPTER IN CALIFORNIA.


THE CHOPPER WENT DOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON A FLIGHT FROM LAS VEGAS TO SAN DIEGO...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)



In Ukraine it's official General Valery Zaluzhny dismissed as Ukraine's armed forces chief by President Volodymyr Zelensky.



Zelensky characterizing the replacement of Zaluzhny as an 'update' to Ukrainian military leadership inviting Zaluzhny to remain 'part of the team'.


Zaluzhny's replacement is General Oleksandr Syrskyi who currently serves as commander of Ukrainian ground forces...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...BBC NEWS...OSINTDEFENDER "X"




IN RUSSIA A LEADING OPPONENT OF PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN BEING KEPT OFF THE BALLOT.



BORIS NADEZHDIN REJECTED AS A CANDIDATE ON NEXT MONTH'S PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT.



RUSSIA'S ELECTORAL COMMISSION SAYING NADEZHDIN'S PETITIONS TO BE ON THE BALLOT CONTAIN INVALID SIGNATURES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






(Updated) At the US Supreme Court arguments involving the appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling kicking President Donald Trump off the ballot in that state.


Justices said to be broadly skeptical of the notion of excluding Mr. Trump from the ballot...ASSOCIATED PRESS-9 NEWS AUSTRALIA



TUCKER CARLSON REPORTED TO HAVE LEFT MOSCOW TAKING AN OVERNIGHT FLIGHT TO BELGRADE, SERBIA...TASS RUSSIA




US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SAID TO BE PUSHING FOR A DEAL TO RELEASE HOSTAGES IN GAZA.



BLINKEN USING 'CENTRIST' MEMBERS OF ISRAEL'S WAR CABINET NAMELY BENNY GANTZ AND GADI EISENKOT FOR HIS DISCUSSIONS.


GANTZ AND EISNKOT FROM THE HIGHLY POPULAR 'NATIONAL UNITY' PARTY.



PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS REJECTED A HOSTAGE DEAL WITH HAMAS...HURRIYET DAILY NEWS TURKEY (TURKIYE)




Police in Austin, Texas say the stabbing of a Palestinian-American last Sunday was a "hate crime".


23 year-old Zacharia Doar stabbed just hours after he was at a protest opposing Israel's war policies in Gaza.



The final decision on charging 36-year old Bert James Baker with a crime motivated by bias is up to the Travis County District Attorney...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



POLITICS IN THE USA TODAY IS THE DAY WHEN A LARGE WHITE HOUSE DELEGATION VISITS MICHIGAN TO SWAY ARAB-AMERICAN LEADERS TO BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF JOE BIDEN'S RE-ELECTION EFFORT IN THAT CRITICAL STATE.


DEEP ANGER AND DISMAY OVER THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE HAMAS ATTACK OF OCTOBER 7TH...(Times of Israel)




Today is Election Day in Pakistan with the party of the jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan banned his supporters running as independents in many part of the country.


Many see the election process rigged by the influential Pakistani military.



Another former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif allowed to return to the country his corruption charges annulled with expectations his party may end up the winner.


Mobile phone service shut down in the country today...(News Agencies)...


Deaths reported including a bombing attack on a police patrol.   Attacks claimed by Islamic State...REUTERS-NEW YORK POST 


...2024 PAKISTANI ELECTION WIKIPEDIA





             THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




          13 KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE IN GAZA




            MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                             ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





                                      TIMES OF ISRAEL




13 Palestinians killed in an airstrike in Gaza.   Al Jazeera reporting those killed were walking for water during the attack...TASS RUSSIA




In other news....




"We are determined to reduce the cost of living for hardworking New Zealanders"



New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announcing repeal of a regional fuel tax in the country's largest city Auckland.


The 11.5 cent (7 cents US) tax on each liter (33.8 Ounces) of gas is ending on June 30th.    The new government introducing legislation to repeal the levy...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND



A RUSSIAN ARMS TRADER SAYS SAUDI ARABIA IS EXPECTED TO BUY RUSSIAN MILITARY GOODS.


ALEXANDER MIKHEYEV OF ROSOBORONEXPORT IS AT AN ARMS SHOW IN RIYADH SAYING HE EXPECTS THE SAUDIS TO PURCHASE FLAMETHROWERS, ANTI-TANK SYSTEMS AND FIREARMS...TASS RUSSIA




   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                              (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED





          RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...




SELF-HELP AUTHOR MARIANNE WILLIAMSON PULLING OUT OF THE RACE FOR THE DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.



SHE RECEIVED THREE PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S NEVADA PRIMARY AND FOUR PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY LAST MONTH...BBC NEWS








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