Tuesday, December 3, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 12/3/2024*CHINA CUTS CRITICAL MINERAL SUPPLY TO US*NETANYAHU AIDE TOLD HIM ABOUT LEAKED DOCUMENTS*MARTIAL LAW TENSION IN SOUTH KOREA*TAIWAN PRESIDENT ON PROVOCATIVE TOUR*INTERNATIONAL COURT CHIEF DEFENDS PUTIN, NETANYAHU WARRANTS*

 



                         (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



"American military personnel launched missiles into mainland Russia and killed at least a dozen Russian soldiers.  So, we are unbeknownst to most Americans in a hot war with Russia"


That's journalist Tucker Carlson speaking from Moscow where he interviewed Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.


Carlson trying to get the full story of the Ukraine War out to Americans...Tucker Carlson "X" (Video Embed)



THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CHARGING A CHINESE MAN LIVING IN CALIFORNIA WITH SENDING WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION TO NORTH KOREA.



41-YEAR-OLD SHENGHUA WEN SAID TO HAVE OBTAINED TWO MILLION US DOLLARS FROM NORTH KOREA.


ITS ALSO SAID HE USED THE MONEY TO OBTAIN ARMS, AMMUNITION AND OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE SHIPPED TO NORTH KOREA...BBC NEWS



"Putin emphasized the need to put an end to the terrorist aggression against the Syrian state as soon as possible..."


That's part of the Kremlin press release after President Vladimir Putin's conversation with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.


The discussion regarding the jihadist offensive in northwestern Syria that emerged last week from territory under Turkish military control...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...More on the situation in Syria later in the summary.





HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FLORIDA SHERIFF CHAD CHRONISTER REMOVING HIS NAME FROM CONSIDERATION AS THE NEXT DIRECTOR OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.


AFTER CHRONISTER WAS NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP, THERE WAS CONTROVERSY OVER CHRONISTER'S ENFORCEMENT OF COVID RESTRICTIONS...FOX NEWS...


REACTION FROM REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY CITING CHRONISTER'S CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSGRESSION IN REGARDS TO COVID LOCKDOWNS...THOMAS MASSIE "X"




China banning exports of critical minerals to the United States in retaliation for the latest restrictions on computer chip exports to China.


Gallium, Germanium and Antimony are used in military applications.


The Chinese government also ordering strict review for graphite shipped to the US...Al Jazeera Qatar




FIGHTING IN SYRIA SAID TO BE TAKING PLACE IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF HAMA AS GOVERNMENT FORCES AND ALLIES RESIST THE JIHADIST ADVANCE...


THE SYRIAN FORCES ALSO SAID TO HAVE LAUNCHED A COUNTERATTACK SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF ALEPPO...TASS RUSSIA




THE US MILITARY IN ACTION IN SYRIA TODAY DEFENDING A US BASE THAT CAME UNDER MORTAR ATTACK...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...Jared Szuba "X"




A targeted assassination by Israel in Syria.   Hezbollah's representative to Syria's military killed in the Israeli strike...Israel National News




IN ISRAEL ELI FELDSTEIN AN AIDE TO PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU NOW UNDER HOUSE ARREST...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)...


FELDSTEIN CHARGED IN THE LEAKING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS TO A GERMAN MEDIA OUTLET.



THE LEAKING CONSIDERED AN EFFORT TO BOOST MR. NETANYAHU'S OPPOSITION TO CUTTING A HOSTAGE DEAL WITH HAMAS IN GAZA.



NOW MR. FELDSTEIN REPORTED TELLING INVESTIGATORS THAT HE TOLD NETANYAHU ABOUT THE DOCUMENTS HE LEAKED...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)...TIMES OF ISRAEL




IN SYRIA TURKISH NATIONALIST ALLIES OF THE JIHADISTS ATTACKING FROM THE IDLIB REGION ALSO ON THE OFFENSIVE.


THOSE TURKISH-BACKED FORCES PUSHING KURDISH SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES ALLIED WITH THE UNITED STATES OUT OF PORTIONS OF NORTHERN SYRIA.


THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES FLEEING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 76.47 points.



The NASDAQ rose 76.96 points.


At 438 pm New York Time the price of oil sharply higher at 69 dollars 94 cents a barrel up one dollar 84 cents or 2.7 percent...Marketwatch



IN THE NETHERLANDS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENATIVES APPROVING A MOTION OPPOSING THE EUROPEAN UNION'S PROPOSED FREE TRADE DEAL WITH THE MERCOSEUR COUNTRIES OF SOUTH AMERICA.


THE MOTION SUPPORTED BY THREE GOVERNMENT PARTIES INCLUDING GEERT WILDER'S PARTY OF FREEDOM AND THE FARMERS AND CITIZENS PARTY.   


OPPOSITION PARTIES INCLUDING GREENS, LABOR AND SOCIALISTS ALONG WITH ANIMAL RIGHTS AND EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN PARTIES IN THE MAJORITY.


SUPPORTING THE FREE TRADE DEAL IN THE MINORITY THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS AND THE LIBERAL CAPITALIST PARTIES INCLUDING THE VVD PARTY IN THE GOVERNMENT.


FARMERS IN FRANCE HAVE BEEN OPPOSING THE DEAL IN ONGOING PROTESTS BECAUSE IT WOULD ALLOW IMPORT OF CHEAP AGRICULTURAL GOODS.


THE EUROPEAN UNION MEETING IN BRUSSELS LATER THIS MONTH TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON THE TRADE DEAL...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


The ruling Georgian Dream party says that a third of the people protesting against the Georgian government are foreign nationals...Tass Russia...



The protests by the Pro-NATO, European Union opponents of Georgia's government continuing tonight in the capital city of Tbilisi...LIVE VIDEO STREAM TBILISI, GEORGIA




TENSIONS AND TURMOIL IN FRANCE WHERE MOTIONS TO CENSURE THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED TOMORROW AFTERNOON.


THEY FOLLOW THE FORCED PASSAGE OF A 2025 BUDGET WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.


CIVIL SERVANTS IN FRANCE ANNOUNCING A NATIONAL STRIKE THURSDAY...BFM-TV (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



SOUTH KOREAN MARTIAL LAW TENSIONS

                                                              (UPDATED)



LATE TONIGHT SOUTH KOREA'S RIGHT-LEANING PRESIDENT YOON SUK-YEOL DECLARED MARTIAL LAW AMIDST DIFFRENCES WITH THE LEFT-LEANING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.



PROTESTERS TAKING TO THE STREETS AND LAWMAKERS FORCING THEIR WAY INTO A MEETING TO DEMAND AN END TO MARTIAL LAW.


THE MARTIAL LAW ANNOUNCEMENT CAME WITH THE ACCUSATION THAT THE POLITICAL LEFT OPPOSING THE PRESIDENT WAS ENGAGING IN:


                          "anti-state activities"...



PROTESTERS SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY GATHERED IN AN AROUND ITS BUILDING IN SEOUL LATE TONIGHT.



PRESIDENT YOON DECIDING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING TO LIFT HIS MARTIAL LAW ORDER.


ON WEDNESDAY MORNING PROTESTERS IN THE STREETS OF SOUTH KOREA'S CAPITAL CITY CALLING ON PRESIDENT YOON TO RESIGN...


                    YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA



                                           BBC NEWS BLOG



                 LIVE VIDEO SOUTH KOREAN PARLIAMENT



Israeli politics the Attorney General demanding limited draft exemptions for religious students in yeshivas.


Gali Baharav-Biara's push on forcing Haredi Jews into the draft seen as an attempt to take down Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government by severing its connection to religious parties in Israel...Israel National News



IN SYRIA THE US-BACKED 'SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES' OF KURDISH FIGHTERS ATTACKING SYRIAN ARMY POSITIONS IN THE EASTERN DEIR EZ-ZOR REGION.



THEIR ATTACK FOLLOWS THE JIHADIST ATTACKS AGAINST THE SYRIAN ARMY IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.



THE SYRIAN ARMY AND LOCAL TRIBES SAID TO HAVE REPELLED THE ATTACK...TASS RUSSIA



The Bank of Russia projecting Russia's inflation rate to be 8.5 percent of higher by the end of the year...Tass Russia


NEARLY 100,000 WORKERS WENT ON TWO-HOUR STRIKES AT VOLKSWAGEN PLANTS IN GERMANY TODAY.


THE 'WARNING STRIKES' PROTESTING 10 PERCENT WAGE CUTS AND PLANT CLOSURES ANNOUNCED BY THE AUTOMAKER...REUTERS-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)


Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te visiting the US-aligned Marshall Islands as he begins a tour of the Pacific region designed to antagonize China.


The nations President Lai is visiting are ones that recognize Taiwan as an independent nation.



On his way to those nations the Taiwanese president stopped in the US state of Hawaii where he was warmly greeted...AFP France-Digital Journal



THR PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SPEAKING OUT AGAINST EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE THE COURT FROM RUSSIA AND US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM.



RUSSIA IMPOSING ARRESTS WARRANTS LINKED TO THE ICC WARRANT AGAINST RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR ALLEGED WAR CRIMES IN UKRAINE.



SENATOR GRAHAM THREATENING SANCTIONS ON THE COURT LINKED TO ITS ARREST WARRANT AGAINST ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU OVER ALLEGED WAR CRIMES IN GAZA...THE INDEPEDENT UK



          THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


            MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


                                          LBC LEBANON


                                ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS


                                       AL JAZEERA QATAR


                                          TIMES OF ISRAEL



In other times...



The Swedish state-owned power company Vattenfall suspending  a plan to capture carbon emissions.


Part of the abandoned plan involved capturing 150,000 tons of CO2 at a power plant beginning in 2028.    A project to capture 200,000 tons of CO2 at another plant also dropped...SVT Sweden (Translation Prompt)







     THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                               (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                               TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



            RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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