News Updates from CLG
29 July 2014
29 July 2014
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Previous edition: Israeli military
resumes Gaza fighting, says Hamas ignored truce, which Google relegated to the trash bin, of
course. Google subscribers: Google Filter Instructions for CLG Newsletter.
US says Russia violated 1987 nuclear missile treaty, calls
breach 'a very serious matter' 28
July 2014 In an escalation of tensions, the Obama administration accused Russia
on Monday of conducting tests in violation of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty,
calling the breach "a very serious matter" and going public with allegations
that have simmered for some time. The treaty confrontation comes at a highly
strained time between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir
Putin over Russia's [US and NATO] intervention in [the coup-installed regime in
the] Ukraine and Putin's grant of asylum to National Security Agency leaker
Edward Snowden. An administration official said Obama notified Putin of the U.S.
determination in a letter Monday. [The US violates international
treaties every minute of every hour of every day. The hypocrisy is just
*breath-taking.* --LRP]
Pentagon looking at possible military options for Russia: US
general 26 July 2014 Chairman of the
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey says the Pentagon is looking at
possible military responses to Russia's [alleged] actions in Ukraine. He said
his country is considering military options such as US military "basing, lines
of communications, sea lanes" that "we haven't had to look at for 20 years."
During his address at the Aspen Institute on Thursday night, he warned that
Russian President Vladimir Putin "may actually light a fire" he cannot
control.
Abbott's mission to Ukraine branded
'nuts' 27 July 2014 Australian
Defence Force personnel will be walking unprepared into a volatile situation at
the MH17 crash site in Ukraine, a senior defence figure has warned. Prime
Minister Tony Abbott's announcement of Australia's intention to send 190 armed
Australian Federal Police and an unknown number of ADF personnel to help recover
bodies and evidence from the site has been met with incredulity in some parts of
Europe, with one analyst branding it "nuts". The senior defence figure, who did
not wish to be named, said it was a poor idea for Australia.
Intl. teams find 'no violations' by Russia along Ukrainian
border 27 July 2014 Inspectors who
came to check the state of Russian troops along the Ukrainian borders have found
no violations, Russia's Ministry of Defense said. This came as a response to the
US alleging 15,000 Russian troops have amassed in the area. "It has come to our
attention that new allegations by top US officials as to the alleged amassing of
Russian troops along the Ukrainian border have been voiced," the statement by
the Defense Ministry read, following allegations by the US Permanent
Representative to NATO, Douglas Lute, and State Department spokeswoman, Marie
Harf. "The last four months have witnessed 18 separate inspections along the
Ukrainian border with the Russian Federation, all in line with the Vienna Open
Skies Treaty and the Vienna agreement of 2011."
'Seemingly endless waste:' Pentagon auditor spotlights US
billions blown in Afghanistan 28
July 2014 Another day, another report of rampant waste of U.S. taxpayer m-ney in
the effort to rebuild
Afghanistan fill US corpora-terrorists' coffers. John Sopko, the
inspector general charged with monitoring aid sent by the U.S. to Afghanistan,
has identified potentially billions of dollars wasted in Afghanistan, including
donation of planes the local government doesn't need or can't use, weapons that
disappear as soon as they're handed over and and construction of brand new
buildings that are basically firetraps. In a steady stream of audit reports,
Sopko's office of Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, has
spotlighted seemingly endless waste in the war-torn nation. In recent days,
Sopko's team has reported: Afghanistan
probably can't even use two $40.5 million C-130 transport planes the U.S.
government plans to give to its motley air force. [Too
bad Detroit isn't Kabul. Start reading.]
OMG: Israel in urgent need of more US money for war on Gaza: Harry
Reid --More than
1,050 Palestinians have been killed, thousands wounded 28 July 2014
US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says
Israel urgently needs more financial aid from the United States for its
offensive against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. On Monday afternoon, Reid, a
member of the Democratic Party, warned that the Obama administration's $225 million request to
aid Israel during its current war may not be enough, as Israel
continues to massacre Palestinians in Gaza.
Five Israeli soldiers killed in
attacks 28 July 2014 Israel
confirmed five of its soldiers died on Monday - one inside Gaza and four in a
mortar attack along the border. Five Hamas militants were also killed inside
Israel, officials said.
Hamas Didn't Kidnap and Kill the 3 Israeli Teens After
All 25 July 2014 When the bodies of
three Israeli teenagers, kidnapped in the West Bank, were found late last month,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not mince words. "Hamas is
responsible, and Hamas will pay," he said, initiating a campaign that eventually escalated into the present
conflict in the region. But now, officials admit the kidnappings were not
Hamas's handiwork after all...Repeated inconsistencies in Israeli descriptions
of the situation have sparked debate over whether Israel wanted to provoke Hamas
into a confrontation.
Israel intensifies Gaza shelling, warns of 'protracted
campaign' 29 July 2014 The Israeli
military intensified the shelling of Gaza overnight, killing at least 26 people
and leaving hundreds injured in air and missile strikes. Israel's PM told
citizens to prepare for a "protracted campaign" until the "mission is
accomplished." At least 26 people were killed and 241 others injured in Gaza
after Israel resumed shelling on Monday night, bringing the day's death toll to
44 people, Ma'an news agency reported. In a televised address to the nation,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier that the country has to
be prepared for a "prolonged" campaign.
Israel says Gaza campaign will continue 'until mission is
accomplished' 28 July 2014 The war
in Gaza erupted afresh on Monday as Israel warned of a protracted military
campaign to destroy cross-border tunnels and disarm Hamas and other militant
groups. "We need to be prepared for a long operation until our mission is
accomplished," Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister [war criminal],
said in a televised press conference, flouting mounting international calls for
an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. Netanyahu spoke after a series of
dramatic events following a lull in fighting on Sunday and early Monday. Nine
children playing in a Gaza refugee camp were killed, the main public hospital
was struck, four Israeli soldiers were killed in a mortar attack and militants
from Gaza infiltrated Israel through a cross-border tunnel.
8 children killed as missiles hit Gaza playground,
hospital 29 July 2014 Hopes for an
imminent end to the Gaza conflict are fading, with renewed violence bringing new
casualties. Israel and Hamas blame each other after eight children were killed
and 46 others injured by a missile that landed in a Gaza refugee camp
playground. Monday was marred by renewed violence in war-torn Gaza, where the
Israeli operation against Hamas has been ongoing for three weeks.
North Korea threatens nuclear strike on
US 28 July 2014 A North Korean
senior military official has threatened the United States with a nuclear strike
after accusing Washington of raising
tensions in the Korean peninsula. [Yes, because the US
pig snout has to sniff every country on earth.] "If the US...threaten
our sovereignty and survival...our troops will fire our nuclear-armed rockets at
the White House and the Pentagon - the
sources of all evil," [Can't argue with facts.]
said Hwang Pyong-so, director of the military's General Political Bureau, during
a address to a large military rally in Pyongyang on Sunday. He also added that
recent joint military drills between the US and South Korea have increased
tensions in the Korean peninsula.
1.1 trillion becquerels of radioactivity leaked during
Fukushima cleanup 24 July 2014 More
than 1 trillion becquerels of radioactive substances were released into the
environment during debris-clearing work at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power
plant last year, according to estimates by Tokyo Electric Power Co. Although
TEPCO's stricken facility is estimated to currently emit about 10 million
becquerels per hour, the utility said that cleanup efforts at the plant's No. 3
reactor on Aug. 19, 2013, resulted in the release of a maximum 1.1 trillion
becquerels of radioactive materials over a period of four hours. The figure was
presented at a meeting of the Nuclear Regulation Authority on July
23.
Fukushima monkeys' blood shows signs of radiation
exposure 25 July 2014 Wild monkeys
living in forests of Fukushima the Japanese city that was the site of a nuclear
power plant meltdown in 2011 have lower blood cell counts than monkeys from
northern Japan, and carry detectable levels of cesium in their bodies,
researchers have found. The researchers studied blood changes and signs of
radiation exposure in 61 monkeys living 43 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear power plant, about one year after [March 2011]. The results showed
Fukushima monkeys had lower counts of red and white blood cells, and other blood
parts compared with 31 monkeys from Shimokita Peninsula in northern
Japan.
Uncontrollable Ebola Outbreak Spreads to Fourth African
Country 28 July 2014 The relentless
Ebola outbreak in West Africa has intensified over the weekend, permeating borders and placing several
nations on red alert. The disease reached N-g-ria on Saturday, when a Liberian
official died shortly after landing in Lagos airport...In response, Chukwu told
the Associated Press, all other passengers on the official's flight have been
traced and tracked, and that the country has placed added surveillance at "all
ports of entry in N-g-ria, including airports, seaports, and land borders." The
city has also shut down the hospital where the official had been taken after
landing.
Ebola outbreak: Liberia closes most border
crossings --Under new
measures, public gatherings such as marches and demonstrations will also be
restricted 27 July 2014 The Liberian government on Sunday closed most
of the West African nation's border crossings and introduced stringent health
measures to curb the spread of the deadly Ebola virus that has killed at least
660 people across the region. Speaking at a task force meeting, Liberia
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said the government is doing everything to fight
the virus including inspecting and testing all outgoing and incoming passengers
by Liberia's airport authority.
American Doctor
Infected With Deadly Ebola; Second US Citizen Also Has
Virus 27 July 2014 An American
doctor working with Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly
virus. Kent Brantly, 33, recognised his own symptoms and confined himself to an
isolation ward. Another US citizen has also been infected with the virus,
according to the Samaritan's Purse aid organisation, for which Dr Brantly works.
The second US citizen is not employed by Samaritan's Purse, its spokesman told
Sky News, but was working with their staff in a Monrovia hospital.
Second American volunteer contracts Ebola in West
Africa 27 July 2014 An American who
was working in Liberia to combat a deadly Ebola outbreak has tested positive for
the virus, officials with a Christian charity said Sunday. Nancy Writebol, a
married mother of two, was the second American to contract the lethal virus in a
week, according to Samaritan's Purse, a Christian crisis-relief group that has
been working in the area since the outbreak started in March.
Report: Kansas City airport terrorist travel
hub 27 July 2014 A recent report
compiled when Kansas City was seeking federal terrorism and emergency response
grants claims Kansas City International Airport is a hub for terrorist travel.
The Feb. 7 document prepared by Kansas City area emergency management officials
as they sought the federal security grants was sent to the Department of
Homeland Security to provide a "threat picture" for the Kansas City region, The
Kansas City Star reported..."According to Transportation Security Administration
data, Kansas City International Airport is ranked fourth out of 57 Category I
airports in the U.S. for TSC encounters," the report said. TSC refers to the
Terrorist Screening Center, which has a database of people who are known or
suspected of being involved in terrorist activity.
F16 fighters scrambled after 'bomb threat' to Sunwing flight
from Toronto 26 July 2014 Two US F16
fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Panama City-bound flight from Canada
back to Toronto on Friday after a man on the plane apparently threatened to blow
up the aircraft, authorities said. Major Julie Roberge of North American
Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said the jets flew up to join Sunwing Airlines
flight 772 as a "precaution" less than an hour after it took off from Toronto's
Pearson International Airport. Video shot by a passenger showed armed Canadian
law enforcement officers shouting "heads down, hands up" as they stormed aboard
the aircraft in helmets and tactical gear after it was escorted back to
Toronto.
U.S. judicial agency
OKs early release of federal prisoners 18 July 2014 More than 46,000 drug offenders will be eligible for
early release from federal prison under an amendment to sentencing guidelines
passed on Friday by a U.S. judiciary agency - unless Congress blocks the change.
The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously to make 46,290 drug offenders
eligible for review by federal judges to determine if the sentences can be
reduced without jeopardizing public safety. The commission expects eligible
candidates to receive an average of 25 months off of their sentences beginning
in November 2015, making retroactive an amendment to sentencing guidelines
passed earlier this year.
Repeal Prohibition, Again (The New York Times) 27 July 2014 It took 13 years for the United
States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept
drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates
arose and flourished. It has been more than 40 years since Congress passed the
current ban on marijuana, inflicting great harm on society just to prohibit a
substance far less dangerous than alcohol. The federal government should repeal
the ban on marijuana. We reached that conclusion after a great deal of
discussion among the members of The Times's Editorial Board, inspired by a
rapidly growing movement among the states to reform marijuana laws.
Congress reaches tentative deal to help fix troubled
Department of Veterans Affairs 27
July 2014 The leaders of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees
reached a tentative deal Sunday to improve veterans' health care -- a potential
solution to help fix such ongoing problems as delays for benefits and long waits
for medical treatment concealed by secret lists. The tentative deal would also
end speculation about whether Congress would indeed begin a five-week summer
recess without a legislative solution amid widespread national outrage over
problems within the Department of Veterans Affairs. The committee chairmen, Rep.
Jeff Miller, R-Fla., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., worked through the weekend
and have scheduled a press conference for Monday to talk about the tentative
deal.
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