Re: #1 - Main news thread - conflicts, terrorism, crisis from around the globe

[KneelB4Zod!]

Big demonstration in Jordan against violence in Gaza and US embassy opening:

https://twitter.com/sayed_ridha/status/997469504786522113

The last photos are from Turkey. About 1mil participants in the demonstration.

[Pirata]

‏@steffanwatkins

This would suggest all pipelines or underwater infrastructure, American or Russian, should be treated with suspicion,
as any could be used as a cover for intelligence gathering activities.

Why would the US admit this openly?


Russia-Germany gas pipeline raises intelligence concerns: U.S. official

BERLIN (Reuters) - The planned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany raises U.S. intelligence and military concerns since
it would allow Moscow to place new listening and monitoring technology in the Baltic Sea, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-germany-russia-pipeline/russian-gas-pipeline-to-germany-raises-intelligence-concerns-u-s-official-idUSKCN1II0YV

[ussuricat]

The Poliment-Redut: Russian Ships Get a Formidable and Unique Air-Defense Shield

The updates to Russia’s Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier are scheduled to begin this month, and the ship will be put back into active service in 2021. Vice Admiral Viktor Bursuk, the Russian navy’s deputy commander-in-chief in charge of procurement, has stated that the revamp will include arming the flat top with the brand-new Poliment-Redut shipborne air-defense system, which is generally comparable to the US AEGIS.
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/05/06/poliment-redut-russian-ships-get-formidable-unique-air-defense-shield.html

[KneelB4Zod!]

SouthFront‏ @southfronteng · 34 sek.
Live Stream: Protests In Gaza, Situation In Syria (Start: 19:30 CEST)

[boris]

SouthFront‏ @southfronteng · 34 sek.
Live Stream: Protests In Gaza, Situation In Syria (Start: 19:30 CEST)

nice work Zod.

[Pirata]

#BREAKING: UN votes to send international war crimes probe to Gaza over Israeli mass killings - AFP

[Humanity Blows]

Ian56
‏@Ian56789
48s49 seconds ago

In a humiliating blow for Donald Trump & his Neocon Nutjobs on the world stage, the UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted by 128 votes to 9 to declare his reckless & irresponsible decision to  recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “null and void”

https://twitter.com/Ian56789/status/997478638361735169

[Mr Badger]

The Spectator Index
‏@spectatorindex
8m8 minutes ago

BREAKING: Multiple students killed at Santa Fe high school in Texas

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/997483568040308738

[shachalnur]

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Okay,that's better.

The other way I got error code after sending.

Happy you did this.

ZOGlikeproductions has been badly compromised for a year at least.

Very sad,

I'll be around.

.

[Slovak reader]

I am glad I found you and others. Thanks Zod!

[Mr Badger]

Peter John
‏@Petejohn77

Putin directly accused British of forgery Putin during press conference with Angela Merkel commented on information Skripal was discharged from hospital in Salisbury."I think that if, as our British colleagues claimed,a warfare agent was used, this person would have died on spot.

https://twitter.com/Petejohn77/status/997485616525869057

[boris]

Live feed from school shooting.
http://takemelive.com/external/rtrawsrv1

[ussuricat]

US Scrapped B-52 Military Drill With South Korea After Kim Jong Un Complained

Earlier this week we reported that in response to North Korea's decision to suspend talks with the South and threatening to cancel the historic June 12 summit between Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump, the US was considering withholding its B-52 bombers from joint exercises with South Korea taking place this week. The move, if confirmed, would demonstrate a rare capitulation by a president who has traditionally relished browbeating his opponents with his leverage from a position of force.

This morning, it was indeed confirmed that the North Korean leader had managed to outbluff his adversaries when the WSJ reported that a training exercise involving U.S. B-52 bombers and South Korean planes was scrapped earlier this week when as we reported, "the South Korean government expressed concerns that it could generate tensions before the summit meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un."
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-18/us-scrapped-b-52-military-drill-south-korea-after-kim-jong-un-complained

[UK AC]

I am glad I found you and others. Thanks Zod!

Howdy, Mr. Slovakia

[FoShizzle]

I am glad I found you and others. Thanks Zod!

Is that you, Slovakia?

[boris]

the just put a 'TFR' over the school shooting school.
Does anyone know what a 'TFR' is?

'Temporary Flight Restrictions'

[Pirata]

Macron's governments first economical hit on China...

Chinese Firm's Assets Frozen By France Over Alleged Links To Syria's Chemical Weapons

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-18/chinese-firms-assets-frozen-france-over-alleged-links-syrias-chemical-weapons

[UK AC]

Bolton is reportedly pushing a plan for regime change in Tehran similar to the one rejected years ago during the Bush era

middleeasteye.net/columns/back-future-bolton-trump-and-iranian-regime-change-412352437

[UK AC]

UN votes to send war crimes investigators to Gaza

twitter.com/AJENews/status/997489036808871936

[UK AC]

@News_Executive
3m3 minutes ago

UPDATE: At least 8 students are dead in today's Santa Fe ISD school shooting. Multiple others injured after student opened fire inside the school.

[Pirata]

BTW... what I noticed today.. when Merkel was greeted by Putin..
she wore a WHITE jacket which she usually never does!
and was given a WHITE bouquet of Roses by Putin..

Very symbolic.. think "raising white flags" of dialogue.. lol

[UK AC]

So it’s happening. Italy’s 5 Star and Lega to form EU’s first populist, eurosceptic government.

twitter.com/afneil/status/997397657357299712

[Sultan of Wings]

So it’s happening. Italy’s 5 Star and Lega to form EU’s first populist, eurosceptic government.

twitter.com/afneil/status/997397657357299712

Italian governments never last very long.

They only did this to find an arrangement before the next elections are being called.

Italians are used to functioning without a government.

[Pirata]

So it’s happening. Italy’s 5 Star and Lega to form EU’s first populist, eurosceptic government.

twitter.com/afneil/status/997397657357299712

Italian governments never last very long.

They only did this to find an arrangement before the next elections are being called.

Italians are used to functioning without a government.

But right now it's a BIG WIN for Putin..

[The Original Mind]

I am arrived.

[Sultan of Wings]

So it’s happening. Italy’s 5 Star and Lega to form EU’s first populist, eurosceptic government.

twitter.com/afneil/status/997397657357299712

Italian governments never last very long.

They only did this to find an arrangement before the next elections are being called.

Italians are used to functioning without a government.

But right now it's a BIG WIN for Putin..

Well, Silvio Berlusconi and Vladimir Putin are like brothers!

[UK AC]

@kann_news

President of Turkey Erdogan at a solidarity rally for the Palestinians: "The oppressive Zionists do not understand words, they know the language of force"

"The Palestinians have already done their part in the struggle for Jerusalem, the time has come for millions of Muslims to join the struggle for the liberation of Jerusalem, America does not solve problems but causes them" "Israel puts its sights on Turkey and more"

Turkish Prime Minister Benali Yildirim at a solidarity rally with the Palestinians in Istanbul: "What Israel is doing is genocide"

twitter.com/kann_news

[Sultan of Wings]

Bolton is reportedly pushing a plan for regime change in Tehran similar to the one rejected years ago during the Bush era

middleeasteye.net/columns/back-future-bolton-trump-and-iranian-regime-change-412352437

FUCK BOLTON

[Humanity Blows]

@kann_news

President of Turkey Erdogan at a solidarity rally for the Palestinians: "The oppressive Zionists do not understand words, they know the language of force"

"The Palestinians have already done their part in the struggle for Jerusalem, the time has come for millions of Muslims to join the struggle for the liberation of Jerusalem, America does not solve problems but causes them" "Israel puts its sights on Turkey and more"

Turkish Prime Minister Benali Yildirim at a solidarity rally with the Palestinians in Istanbul: "What Israel is doing is genocide"

twitter.com/kann_news

[Pirata]

US House Intelligence Committee declares China ‘pre-eminent threat to American security & values’

https://www.rt.com/usa/427060-china-threat-house-hearings/