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News Updates from CLG -- Part 124 Mar 2014

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Did somebody doctor photo of men who took Flight MH370? Fears of a cover-up amid claims pictures show passengers with the same set of legs --Both men pictured boarded missing Flight 370 with stolen passports 23 Mar 2014 Fears of a cover-up over the fate of flight MH370 grew yesterday after claims that a photo of two passengers was tampered with. Images of two men who boarded the Malaysian Airlines jet with stolen passports appear to show them having the same set of legs. CCTV footage stills released by officials three days after the Boeing 777-200 vanished from the skies shows the pair with identical green trousers and brown shoes. Their feet and shadows are also in the same position, while their faces, T-shirts and bags are different. The photo last night fuelled conspiracy theories over the fate of the aircraft, which disappeared with 239 passengers and crew more than a fortnight ago.

MH370: Plane turned, dropped to 12,000 feet - report 23 Mar 2014 Military radar tracking Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 shows that the aircraft changed altitude after making a sharp turn over the South China Sea as it headed toward the Strait of Malacca, a source close to the investigation into the missing flight told CNN. The plane flew as low as 12,000 feet at some point before it disappeared from radar, according to the source. The sharp turn seemed to be intentional, the source said. The official, who is not authorized to speak to the media, told CNN that the area the plane flew in after the turn is a heavily trafficked air corridor and that flying at 12,000 feet would have kept the jet well out of the way of that traffic.

MH370 Theory: Suspicious Cargo Destroyed in Massive Explosion Near 1945 Nuclear Bomb Test Site 22 Mar 2014 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (GRU) is reporting today that the "highly suspicious" cargo retrieved by the US from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that had been "disappeared" to one of the United States most secretive bases in the Indian Ocean, Diego Garcia, was flown this past week to the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico where it was then destroyed in a "massive fireball." Flight 370, it is important to note, was already under GRU "surveillance" after it received a "highly suspicious" cargo load that had been traced to the Indian Ocean nation Republic of Seychelles, and where it had previously been aboard the US-flagged container ship MV Maersk Alabama. What first aroused GRU suspicions regarding the MV Maersk Alabama was that within 24-hours of its off-loading this "highly suspicious" cargo load bound for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the two highly-trained [former] US Navy SEALs assigned to protect it, Mark Daniel Kennedy, 43, and Jeffrey Keith Reynolds, 44, were found dead under "suspicious circumstances."

Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Suspected debris 'may have sunk' 21 Mar 2014 Suspected debris spotted in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane 'may have sunk', Australia's deputy prime minister has said. An international search for the missing Boeing 777 resumed this morning in one of the most remote places on Earth after satellite images detected potential wreckage. Search planes flying deep into the southern Indian Ocean have found nothing so far that could be from the missing jet, said Australian deputy prime minister Warren Truss.

Missing jet was carrying highly flammable lithium batteries--Lithium-ion batteries have caused 140 mid-air incidents in last 20 years 21 Mar 2014 Malaysian Airlines today confirmed that flight MH370 had been carrying highly flammable lithium-ion batteries in its cargo hold, re-igniting speculation that a fire may have caused its disappearance. The admission by CEO Ahmad Jauhari comes four days after he denied the aircraft was carrying any dangerous items and nearly two weeks after the plane went missing. He said the authorities were investigating the cargo, but did not regard the batteries as hazardous - despite the law dictating they are classed as such - because they were packaged according to safety regulations. The revelation has thrown the spotlight back on the theory that the Boeing 777 may have been overcome by a fire, rendering the crew and passengers unconscious after inhaling toxic fumes.

Crimea, Sevastopol officially join Russia as Putin signs final decree 21 Mar 2014 Russia has finalized the legal process of taking Crimea under its sovereignty, as President Putin signed a law amending the Russian constitution to reflect the transition. Earlier Russian lawmakers ratified both the amendment and an international treaty with Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, which was legally required for the incorporation. Following the signing of the law, Putin thanked lawmakers and everyone involved in the historic change of European borders for their efforts to make it happen.

Bomb explodes on runway of Libya's main airport in Tripoli 21 Mar 2014 A bomb exploded on the runway of Libya's main airport on Friday, the transport minister said, highlighting the deteriorating security situation in the north African country almost three years after Muammar Gaddafi was ousted [by USociopaths so corpora-terrorists could steal Libya's oil]. Supposedly one of the best guarded places in Libya, unknown people managed to get onto the runway at Tripoli International Airport, plant an explosive device at dawn and detonate it using a timer, Transport Minister Abdelqader Mohammed Ahmed said.

FBI accuses two Wake County men of supporting terrorism 20 Mar 2014 Two men living in a north Raleigh apartment complex are now facing federal charges, accused of supporting terror attacks overseas. The charges came after an FBI raid on their apartment took neighbors, and even management off guard... A confidential informant with close ties to the men had gathered information about their plans to join other terrorists overseas.

Boston gets boosts to homeland security funds 22 Mar 2014 Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced this week that Boston will receive 18 million in funding from the Federal Emergency Management agency for current and future homeland security initiatives. The funding, which comes through the Department of Homeland Security, represents a 2.47 percent increase from last year. "The City of Boston has maintained a strong relationship with Homeland Security, and has historically used these vital grant funds to ensure that the people of Boston are safe, which is, in large part, why our coordinated response in the wake of last year's Marathon was so professional and effective," Walsh said.

Iraq war vet hurt in California Occupy protest to get $4.5 million 21 Mar 2014 An Iraq War veteran critically wounded by police during an Occupy protest in 2011 will receive 4.5 million in a tentative settlement with the City of Oakland, the northern California city where he was hurt, attorneys said on Friday. Scott Olsen was 24 when he suffered head injuries and brain damage after being struck by a lead-filled beanbag during a confrontation with Oakland police in October 2011, at the height of the Occupy movement on the U.S. West Coast. The agreement, which settles a federal civil rights lawsuit, was reached on Tuesday night.

Radiation leaks force transfer of nuclear waste from New Mexico to Texas 21 Mar 2014 The cause of the radiation leaks at the United States’ first nuclear waste repository are still under investigation, but in the meantime government officials have decided to move a stalled shipment of waste to a private dump in Texas. According to Reuters, the shipment of approximately 1,000 barrels of radioactive leftovers to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico, was put on hold when the facility began leaking radioactive material in February. On Thursday, the Department of Energy announced it would temporarily relocate those barrels to a rural site in western Texas.

New Mexico cancels permit to expand leaky nuclear waste site 22 Mar 2014 New Mexico on Friday withdrew a temporary permit allowing two new disposal vaults at a U.S. government nuclear waste dump grappling with a release of radiation in February, state regulators said. Seventeen workers at the Carlsbad-area "waste isolation pilot project" (WIPP) were exposed to radiation after an accidental leak last month from the site which stores waste from U.S. nuclear labs and weapons production facilities.

Heads up! False flag fertile ground: Catawba Nuclear Power Station holds terrorism drill closed to media --Drill closed to reporters 20 Mar 2014 (SC) Last Tuesday there was a mock terrorism exercise at the Catawba Nuclear Power Station on Lake Wylie. Thursday, officials who took part in the drill, got a preliminary grade. The drill involved a mock attack on the plant that supposedly led to one of the two nuclear units having to be shut down. The goal of the mock attack was to test emergency procedures at the Duke Energy nuclear plant and the readiness to respond by state and federal agencies.

House to Vote on Controversial 'No More National Parks' Policy 20 mar 2014 Responding to President Obama's decision last week to protect a stretch of California's Coast near Point Arena as a new national monument, the House of Representatives is planning to vote next week to overturn a 108 year-old law that presidents of both parties have used to protect iconic American places, including the Grand Canyon, the Statue of Liberty, and Arches National Park. The bill, H.R. 1459, aims to block presidents from using the Antiquities Act of 1906 to establish new national monuments by putting caps on how many times it can be used, requiring congressional review of proposed monuments, and forcing local communities to engage in an ironic exercise of reviewing the environmental impacts of protecting lands for future generations.

Quick action! Please write to officials to free this tortured bear: Arturo the polar bear stuck in Argentina 05 Feb 2014 The Mendoza Zoo has been under media fire for the last year after reports surfaced on the deplorable conditions in which the polar bear 'lived.' The Assiniboine Park Conservancy has been in contact with the Mendoza Zoo in the South American country for weeks, trying to see if a transfer north would help the 28-year-old bear, who's been seeing languishing in hot weather in Internet videos. Video of the bear shows him in a shallow, tepid pool of water, sweltering in 35 C temperatures, staring at a picture of snow.

At least 8 dead after deadly landslide in Washington 23 Mar 2014 Eight people are confirmed dead and 18 people were still missing on Sunday night after a landslide in Washington state that buried homes and cars under mud and debris up to 15 feet deep, authorities said. A spokesman for the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office said a total of eight bodies had been found in the square mile of tangled debris, rocks, trees and mud by nightfall. Eight people were also injured when rain-soaked embankments along State Route 530 near Oso, Washington, about 55 miles northeast of Seattle, gave way on Saturday morning and washed out at least six homes.

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