Re: #18 - Main news thread - conflicts, terrorism, crisis from around the globe

[KneelB4Zod!]

China banned imports of almost all iPhones 3 days ago...

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/10/china-court-grants-qualcomm-injunction-against-apple.html

[Talos]

AFP news agency
@AFP
#BREAKING UN chief says Yemen rivals agree on Hodeida ceasefire


AFP news agency
@AFP
#BREAKING UN chief says Yemen rivals reach 'mutual understanding' on city of Taiz

Looks like the Saudis have admitted defeat in Yemen after the American senate voted to stop supporting the Saudis.

[Zambeezi]

Macron Faces Thursday No Confidence Vote As Protesters Reject Economic "Crumbs"
Zerohedge

This is what happens when you let people riot without a permit.

[Zambeezi]

Corbett Report

[KneelB4Zod!]

I often stated, “One way or the other, Mexico is going to pay for the Wall.” This has never changed. Our new deal with Mexico (and Canada), the USMCA, is so much better than the old, very costly & anti-USA NAFTA deal, that just by the money we save, MEXICO IS PAYING FOR THE WALL!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 13. prosince 2018

In other words: Mexico is NOT going to pay for the wall.

[Zambeezi]

Goodyear Shutters Venezuela Plant, Gives Out Tires As Severance
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-12/goodyear-shutters-venezuela-plants-gives-out-tires-severance


shame on Zerohedge. spit.
this is geopolitic driven unilateralist/western sabotage and economic terrorism.
This is a policy driven assault.

You think if US sanction/blackmail can force a global corp like French energy giant Total
to give up it's holding and 50% share of the largest gas reserve on Earth off the coast of Iran
that they cannot do EXACTLY the same...
and force a podunck tire plant in Venezuela to 'shutter' and effect more misery and more blackmail against another 'enemy government'???

This is a bullshit article/hit piece scapegoating 'socialism' as a convenient whipping boy
and making a 'hero' out of Goodyear cuz it 'tried so hard' but 'finally lost the battle' against the boogie man.
utter bullshit.

[Zambeezi]

In other words: Mexico is NOT going to pay for the wall.

[Talos]

ELINT News
@ELINTNews
Ukrainian army deploys S-300 Air Defence system to eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. Operators trained simulations for enemy attack

[KneelB4Zod!]

More supples from Israel found in Daraa. By now it should be clear that so called "rebels" wouldn't be able to survive more than a few months without huge support from abroad. Here goes "authentic revolution" rhetoric down the drain...

[Slovák]

RUSSIA IS READY TO ADVANCE ON PATH OF INTEGRATION WITH BELARUS, INCLUDING CREATING JOINT CUSTOMS SERVICES, COURT, AUDIT CHAMBER, EMISSION CENTER - MEDVEDEV
Interfax

[Talos]

Drexl Spivey
@RisboLensky
Turkey artillery hit #YPG #SAA positions near Tal Rifaat #SAA put on high alert in northern #Aleppo

[boris]

[Slovák]

U.S. doing all it can to stop Nord Stream 2 construction, disguising unfair competition – Peskov

EU parliament backs resolution condemning @NordStream2 as threat to energy security
European MPs who oppose Nord Stream-2 possibly pin hopes on firewood, says Moscow http://tass.com/politics/1035833 …

[boris]

Bolton discusses Trump admin in Africa
http://www.reuters.tv/l/PNnI/2018/12/13/bolton-discusses-trump-administration-s-africa-strategy

[boris]

train crash in Turkey
http://www.reuters.tv/l/PNZE/2018/12/13/scene-of-a-crash-involving-turkish-high-speed-train-in-ankara

[boris]

French Special Forces surround building in manhunt for Strasbourg shooter LIVE

[Talos]

U.S. to Declare Russia, China National Security Threats in Africa
Bolton speech seeks to woo continent’s leaders after earlier administration stumbles

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-declare-russia-china-national-security-threats-in-africa-11544704321

[KneelB4Zod!]

Hamza sulyman@hamza_780 · 4 min.
ISIS terrorists ditch their commander in close combat with SDF (VIDEO)

https://en.muraselon.com/2018/12/isis-commander-close-combat-sdf/

[KneelB4Zod!]

#BREAKING Second suspected ramming attack in the West Bank: #Israel army

— Guy Elster (@guyelster) 13. prosince 2018

[Talos]

Cemal Acar
@Acemal71
TSK says terrorist YPG opened fire from Tell Rifat towards Turkish soldiers in #Afrin. 1 Turkish soldier martyred.

[Humanity Blows]

Just another Zionist dick sucker :

Not one more US taxpayer penny should be going to the Palestinian Authority. I have introduced in the past, and will do so again in a new Congress, legislation to cut off all funding to the PA for supporting terrorism! https://t.co/Enwl7CK62V

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 13, 2018

[The Original Mind]

Just another Zionist dick sucker :

Not one more US taxpayer penny should be going to the Palestinian Authority. I have introduced in the past, and will do so again in a new Congress, legislation to cut off all funding to the PA for supporting terrorism! https://t.co/Enwl7CK62V

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 13, 2018

I don't see how opposition to the PA makes one a Zionist. If Rand Paul has made independent remarks supporting Israel regardless of what crimes it commits, then fair enough.

[Talos]

Just another Zionist dick sucker :

Not one more US taxpayer penny should be going to the Palestinian Authority. I have introduced in the past, and will do so again in a new Congress, legislation to cut off all funding to the PA for supporting terrorism! https://t.co/Enwl7CK62V

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 13, 2018

Trump already cut the funding off like a year ago but yeah I'm disappointed as Rand Paul would never call to have 10 billion we waste on Israel every year to be cut off.

[boris]

William Blum, Renowned U.S. Foreign Policy Critic, Dead at 85

Very sad new.
If you dont know Bill's books, i highly recommend you check them out.
https://covertactionmagazine.com/index.php/2018/12/09/william-blum-dead-at-85/
The first book of Bill's i read
https://williamblum.org/books/killing-hope/

R.I.P Bill, A true American Hero!
thank you for your years of hard work and hopefully you are grilling Bush now!!
You will be missed

[The Original Mind]

Just another Zionist dick sucker :

Not one more US taxpayer penny should be going to the Palestinian Authority. I have introduced in the past, and will do so again in a new Congress, legislation to cut off all funding to the PA for supporting terrorism! https://t.co/Enwl7CK62V

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 13, 2018

Trump already cut the funding off like a year ago but yeah I'm disappointed as Rand Paul would never call to have 10 billion we waste on Israel every year to be cut off.

Sen. Rand Paul is blocking US military aid to Israel
Nov 27, 2018

Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is blocking U.S. military aid to Israel.

Paul, who has previously called to cut defense assistance to Israel, recently put a hold on the U.S.-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018, which codifies into law the $38 billion defense aid package for Israel over 10 years that was negotiated in the final days of the Obama administration.

A hold is a parliamentary procedure that allows senators to prevent a motion from reaching a floor vote.

Paul, a presidential candidate in 2016, alienated pro-Israel Republicans almost as soon as he became a senator in 2011, when he embraced his congressman father’s longtime call to cut defense assistance to Israel. The younger Paul later backtracked, saying he regarded Israel as a close ally, and would cut assistance only once it was clear the country was self-sufficient in its defense needs.

https://www.jta.org/2018/11/27/politics/sen-rand-paul-blocking-us-military-aid-israel

Rand Paul: Aid to Israel should be ‘limited in time and scope’
Nov 28, 2018

Sen. Rand Paul acknowledged that he had placed a hold on major funding legislation for Israel, saying he wanted time limits on assistance to the Jewish state.

The Kentucky Republican also said he wanted cuts in aid to countries he says are hostile to the United States.

“While I’m not for foreign aid in general, if we are going to send aid to Israel it should be limited in time and scope so we aren’t doing it forever, and it should be paid for by cutting the aid to people who hate Israel and America,” Paul’s office said in an statement emailed Tuesday to the media.

Paul said he planned to introduce an amendment to the legislation, the United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018, in coming days. The bill codifies into law the $38 billion defense aid package for Israel over 10 years that was negotiated in the final days of the Obama administration.

The Washington Free Beacon first reported Paul’s hold, a parliamentary procedure that allows senators to prevent a motion from reaching a floor vote, and which usually is anonymous. The hold has been countered vigorously by major pro-Israel groups, including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and Christians United for Israel, through online ads and action alerts to membership. CUFI has specifically targeted Paul through actions in Kentucky, including ads in newspapers there.

In his statement, Paul blamed AIPAC and other unnamed pro-Israel groups for not meeting his demands.

“Each time I’ve tried to stop giving aid to enemies of the U.S. and Israel, I have been thwarted. Often by groups that claim they are pro-Israel,” he said. “Why would supposedly pro-Israel groups oppose my legislation to end aid to the Palestinian Liberation Organization? Maybe it’s because they fear any debate on anyone’s foreign aid threatens a broader debate on whether we should be borrowing from foreign countries simply to send the money to other foreign countries."

https://www.jta.org/2018/11/28/politics/rand-paul-aid-israel-limited-time-scope

Paul's position is not one of wholesale support for Israel.

[Talos]

Just another Zionist dick sucker :

Not one more US taxpayer penny should be going to the Palestinian Authority. I have introduced in the past, and will do so again in a new Congress, legislation to cut off all funding to the PA for supporting terrorism! https://t.co/Enwl7CK62V

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 13, 2018

Trump already cut the funding off like a year ago but yeah I'm disappointed as Rand Paul would never call to have 10 billion we waste on Israel every year to be cut off.

Sen. Rand Paul is blocking US military aid to Israel
Nov 27, 2018

Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is blocking U.S. military aid to Israel.

Paul, who has previously called to cut defense assistance to Israel, recently put a hold on the U.S.-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018, which codifies into law the $38 billion defense aid package for Israel over 10 years that was negotiated in the final days of the Obama administration.

A hold is a parliamentary procedure that allows senators to prevent a motion from reaching a floor vote.

Paul, a presidential candidate in 2016, alienated pro-Israel Republicans almost as soon as he became a senator in 2011, when he embraced his congressman father’s longtime call to cut defense assistance to Israel. The younger Paul later backtracked, saying he regarded Israel as a close ally, and would cut assistance only once it was clear the country was self-sufficient in its defense needs.

https://www.jta.org/2018/11/27/politics/sen-rand-paul-blocking-us-military-aid-israel

Rand Paul: Aid to Israel should be ‘limited in time and scope’
Nov 28, 2018

Sen. Rand Paul acknowledged that he had placed a hold on major funding legislation for Israel, saying he wanted time limits on assistance to the Jewish state.

The Kentucky Republican also said he wanted cuts in aid to countries he says are hostile to the United States.

“While I’m not for foreign aid in general, if we are going to send aid to Israel it should be limited in time and scope so we aren’t doing it forever, and it should be paid for by cutting the aid to people who hate Israel and America,” Paul’s office said in an statement emailed Tuesday to the media.

Paul said he planned to introduce an amendment to the legislation, the United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018, in coming days. The bill codifies into law the $38 billion defense aid package for Israel over 10 years that was negotiated in the final days of the Obama administration.

The Washington Free Beacon first reported Paul’s hold, a parliamentary procedure that allows senators to prevent a motion from reaching a floor vote, and which usually is anonymous. The hold has been countered vigorously by major pro-Israel groups, including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and Christians United for Israel, through online ads and action alerts to membership. CUFI has specifically targeted Paul through actions in Kentucky, including ads in newspapers there.

In his statement, Paul blamed AIPAC and other unnamed pro-Israel groups for not meeting his demands.

“Each time I’ve tried to stop giving aid to enemies of the U.S. and Israel, I have been thwarted. Often by groups that claim they are pro-Israel,” he said. “Why would supposedly pro-Israel groups oppose my legislation to end aid to the Palestinian Liberation Organization? Maybe it’s because they fear any debate on anyone’s foreign aid threatens a broader debate on whether we should be borrowing from foreign countries simply to send the money to other foreign countries."

https://www.jta.org/2018/11/28/politics/rand-paul-aid-israel-limited-time-scope

Paul's position is not one of wholesale support for Israel.

I stand corrected it seems Paul just wants to cut off all foreign aid can't knock that as it's not biased and he called out AIPAC.

[Talos]

The YPG have killed around 20 people in car bombings in turkish controlled syrian cities like Al bab, Afrin and jarablus and now killed 2 turkish soldiers Erdogan has no choice but to respond now.

[The Original Mind]

Just another Zionist dick sucker :

Not one more US taxpayer penny should be going to the Palestinian Authority. I have introduced in the past, and will do so again in a new Congress, legislation to cut off all funding to the PA for supporting terrorism! https://t.co/Enwl7CK62V

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 13, 2018

Trump already cut the funding off like a year ago but yeah I'm disappointed as Rand Paul would never call to have 10 billion we waste on Israel every year to be cut off.

...

Paul's position is not one of wholesale support for Israel.

I stand corrected it seems Paul just wants to cut off all foreign aid can't knock that as it's not biased and he called out AIPAC.

Standard libertarian position - eliminate all foreign aid.

Worth reading (free download at link): https://mises.org/library/new-liberty-libertarian-manifesto

[Mr Badger]

Instant News Alerts
‏ @InstaNewsAlerts

#BREAKING: Seeing reports that the #Strasbourg gunman has been neutralized. Awaiting confirmation.
8:22 PM - 13 Dec 2018

https://twitter.com/InstaNewsAlerts/status/1073312323266379777

Now confirmed.

[Mr Badger]

PETE JOHN ︻╦╤─ 10
‏

@SEEKINGTHETRU17
35s35 seconds ago

Breaking: Intense clashes breakout between Syrian Army, + US-backed forces near Tanf region the clashes erupted between the Syrian Arab Army and the U.S.-backed Jaysh Maghawer Al-Thoura group just north of the Al-Tanf region

https://twitter.com/SEEKINGTHETRU17/status/1073366797322199041