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News Updates from CLG
11 November 2014

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Previous edition: 'Obama authorizes 1,500 more troops for Iraq, asks Congress for $5.6 billion toward war.' See: Google Filter Instructions for CLG Newsletter.

Doubles generated of CLG Newsletter is a technical problem - we are not sending two copies By Lori Price 10 Nov 2014 Many folks who are receiving two copies of each CLG Newsletter think that we are sending doubles. That is not the case. This problem involves the mail server that disseminates the CLG Newsletter. I hope CLG's webhoster, MayFirst, addresses the problem soon. The 'trouble tickets' regarding the problem can be viewed here (8 Nov. and 15 Oct.); here (11 Sept.); and here (7 Aug.).

Fukushima radiation off California coast 10 Nov 2014 Researchers announced on Monday they have detected "trace" amounts of radioactivity stemming from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident off the coast of California. In a press release, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute said they detected cesium-134, a radioactive contaminant traceable only to Fukushima, in water samples taken from the Pacific Ocean 100 miles west of Eureka, California. Canadian scientists detected similar amounts of cesium-134 off the coast of Canada in February 2014. Scientists predict radioactivity from Fukushima will move down the US coast from Canada and eventually west toward Hawaii.

Ex-USSR leader Gorbachev: World on brink of new Cold War 8 Nov 2014 The world is on the brink of a new Cold War, and trust should be restored by dialogue with Russia, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has said. At an event to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Sunday, Mr Gorbachev said the West had "succumbed to triumphalism". He expressed alarm about recent [US-generated] Middle Eastern and European conflicts. Tensions have been raised between the West and Russia over Ukraine, which was part of the Soviet Union.

Some new U.S. troops in Iraq will be sent to Anbar, where Islamic State is in control 7 Nov 2014 President Barack Obama’s authorization of an additional 1,500 troops to Iraq to fight against the Islamic State more than doubles the U.S. troop presence there and will place some of those new forces in Iraq's most restive provinces. The decision to bolster and expand the U.S. effort to confront the Islamic State's hold on much of Iraq is likely to fuel concern that the United States was mission creeping back into a ground war just three years after U.S. troops withdrew all its forces from Iraq. When the U.S. re-engagement in Iraq began in July it consisted of a few hundred troops. Since then, the United States has not only added troops but begin a campaign of daily air strikes on Islamic State targets throughout Iraq.

US Navy to kill, injure 'thousands' of whales, dolphins during drills - activists 11 Nov 2014 As the US Navy conducts war games off the coasts of California and Hawaii over the next four years, environmentalists are fighting back with legal action over concerns that hundreds, if not thousands, of marine animals will be injured or killed. The Conservation Council for Hawaii has recently asked a judge to put an end to the naval exercises in the region on the grounds that they violate the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the Washington Post reports...At the center of the controversy are the lives and health of potentially millions of marine mammals, which can suffer hearing loss or damaged lungs from powerful sonar and death from underwater explosions.

US government sees off legal challenge over Guantánamo force-feeding 8 Nov 2014 The Obama administration has prevailed in the first court challenge to its controversial force-feedings of detainees prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, even as the judge ruling in the government's favor criticized its lack of "common sense and compassion". Gladys Kessler, a federal judge in Washington DC, denied Abu Wa'el Dhiab's request to significantly change the manner in which the US military transfers, restrains and forcibly feeds detainees on hunger strike to protest their confinement. Kessler's ruling, siding with the government in nearly every particular, is the denouement of a courtroom drama that in May saw a civilian judge ordering the military to briefly halt Dhiab's forced feeding. In October, the injunction sought by the Syrian detainee prompted an extraordinary three days of courtroom disclosures about the feedings, which the government had sought to keep secret.

Five nuclear engineers murdered near Damascus 10 Nov 2014 Unknown assailants [aka CIA, Mossad terrorists] killed five nuclear engineers Sunday while they were on a bus just north of Damascus near the research centre where they worked, a monitor said on Sunday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of sources on the ground for its reports, later told AFP four of the engineers were Syrian, while one was Iranian. "Unidentified attackers murdered five nuclear energy engineers who worked in the scientific research centre near the neighbourhood of Barzeh, northern Damascus," said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.

Israel to extend its laws into West Bank 9 Oct 2014 A bill that would extend all Israel's new laws onto the Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank has been approved by the Israeli ministerial committee...According to the new bill approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday, the Israeli laws would be applied through a military decree of Israel Defense Forces Central Command thus implying Israeli sovereignty on those territories in the West Bank. Within 45 days of any law's passage in parliament, the commander would issue an identically-phrased military order, effectively ensuring that the ratified legislation also applies to Jewish settlers.

SAS operation to kill Jihadi John: Special Forces head to secret base on mission to hunt down UK executioner in biggest deployment since 9/11 --Special Forces to head to a secret base in the Middle East for the mission 9 Nov 2014 The SAS has launched a dramatic mission to kill [CIAciopath] Jihadi John – the Islamic State terrorist responsible for beheading British hostages Alan Henning and David Haines - in the biggest Special Forces operation since the September 11 attacks. Official Government sources confirmed to The Mail on Sunday that SAS soldiers flew to a secret base in the Middle East last week. Travelling in groups of three and four, the crack troops boarded commercial flights dressed in civilian clothes.

David Cameron avoids humiliating defeat over European Arrest Warrant --Senior Conservatives accused Labour of "trying to pull a stunt over an issue of national security" by attempting to delay the vote. [LOL, USociopaths do that all the time!] 10 Nov 2014 David Cameron has narrowly avoided a humiliating defeat over the European Arrest Warrant in unprecedented Commons scenes which saw Tory ministers accused of "tricking" their own MPs. The debate on the arrest warrant descended into bitter acrimony as MPs from all parties reacted with fury when it emerged that they would not be given an individual vote on the justice measure. Mr Cameron was forced to return to the Commons dressed in white tie from a speech he was giving at the Lord Mayor's banquet as Government whips found themselves scrambling to shore up support and prevent Labour delaying the vote by a day.

Remembrance Sunday: ring of steel around Queen to foil Cenotaph 'terrorist plot' 9 Nov 2014 Security around the Queen and senior politicians attending today's Remembrance Sunday events will be at its tightest for more than a decade after police and the intelligence services claimed to have foiled a plot by 'Islamists' to mount a terrorist attack. Armed police, undercover officers and soldiers will form what security experts described as a "multilayered" cordon around the Royal family, the Prime Minister and leaders of the main political parties as they prepare to lay wreaths at the Cenotaph memorial in Whitehall, following the traditional two-minute silence at 11am. Security will also be stepped up at other war memorials around the country, where services are also taking place. Security will be at its highest level since 2001, shortly after the 9/11 attacks [false flag].

DOD Partnership: TSA Pre-check Expands to Students of 4 U.S. Service Academies 10 Nov 2014 As the result of the ongoing partnership with the Department of Defense, the Transportation Security Administration has extended TSA Pre-check expedited screening benefits to students of four U.S. service academies: U.S. Military Academy, Naval Academy, Coast Guard Academy and Air Force Academy. Cadets and midshipmen of these four academies are now able to enjoy the benefits of this expedited screening program at more than 120 participating airports when flying on 11 major airlines.

Protesters set fire to Mexican palace as anger over missing students grows 9 Nov 2014 A group of protesters set fire to the wooden door of Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto's ceremonial palace in Mexico City's historic city centre late on Saturday, denouncing the apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers. The group, carrying torches, broke away from what had been a mostly peaceful protest demanding justice for the students, who were abducted six weeks ago and apparently murdered and incinerated by corrupt police in league with dr-g gang members. Police put out the flames and enforced fencing designed to keep the protesters away from the National Palace, which was built for Hernan Cortes after the Spanish conquest and now houses Mexico's fin-nce ministry.

Fukushima workers injured as steel material for coolant tank collapses 7 Nov 2014 Three workers at the troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant were hurt during an operation to set up a coolant tank for contaminated radioactive water. A 13-meter-high steel construction collapsed on them. One of the workers has been left in critical condition after being knocked unconscious. He was transported to the hospital from the plant by helicopter, according to a TEPCO spokesman, AFP reported.

Perry nuclear power plant shuts down after voltage problem 7 Nov 2014 (OH) The Perry nuclear power plant unexpectedly shut itself down this morning. The shutdown, or "scram" occurred at 8:47 a.m., said [plant owner FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co.] spokeswoman Jennifer Young, as the control rods automatically inserted into the nuclear core. An engineering team's preliminary investigation released early this afternoon determined that a voltage problem in one of the electrical panels supplying power to the the pumps that keep the reactor supplied with fresh, purified water and the fuel rods submerged led to the automatic shutdown. Another problem in that same power supply circuitry caused the reactor to shut itself down Oct. 20.

French nuclear power plant drone flights continue, model plane fans freed --At least 17 flights by drones over nuclear power stations have been reported the beginning of October without police finding out who is responsible for them. 7 Nov 2014 The mysterious drone flights over French nuclear power stations continued on Thursday night but the authorities were no closer finding who is responsible after the release of two model plane enthusiasts arrested on Wednesday. Management at a nuclear power station in Saint-Alban on the river Rhone called in police after a drone flew over the site on Thursday...Another flight was reported over an industrial and research centre in Marcoule.

Fort Bragg troops deploy for Ebola mission 10 Nov 2014 About 100 soldiers from Fort Bragg and Fort Stewart took off from post Monday for a year-long Ebola response oil mission to West Africa. The Fort Bragg soldiers come from the 50th Signal Battalion, 27th Public Affairs Detachment, XVIII Airborne Corps. The Fort Stewart soldiers are with the 82nd Civil Affairs Battalion. The group is the first to deploy from Fort Bragg for Operation Unified Assistance, an international response to the Ebola outbreak. The units have been told to expect a year-long deployment.

CBS News' Lara Logan quarantined in South Africa hotel following Ebola report from Liberia 10 Nov 2014 [GOP/Koch troll] Lara Logan of CBS News is being quarantined in a South Africa hotel for three weeks as a precaution after visiting an American-run hospital treating Ebola patients in Liberia for a '60 Minutes' report that aired Sunday. CBS said Monday that Logan's 21-day self-quarantine will end this Friday. Neither Logan nor the four other CBS employees in South Africa have shown any sign that they are infected with the virus.

Ebola scare in the armed forces: Air force pilot back from Liberia with 'flu-like' symptoms is tested but cleared of having the deadly virus --Doctors at the Medical University of South Carolina say he has 'no risk' but will continue to monitor him 7 Nov 2014 A pilot who flew on a mission to West Africa and began experiencing 'flu-like symptoms' when he returned home was tested for Ebola but has been declared free of the deadly virus. The pilot from the 437th Airlift Wing based in Charleston, South Carolina, flew to Liberia on a three-hour mission on October 23. He began experiencing 'flu-like symptoms' when he arrived back in the U.S. but was considered low risk because he never left the plane.

Great News for the Web: Obama Urges FCC to Uphold Net Neutrality 10 Nov 2014 President Barack Obama has called on the Federal Communications Commission to lay down "the strongest possible rules" to protect net neutrality, saying that internet service providers should not be allowed to pick winners and losers in the online marketplace. On Monday...the White House released a statement and video from President Obama that aims to reclassify internet service as a utility under Title II of the 1934 Telecommunications Act and push the FCC back toward rules that would prevent ISPs from restricting best access to what you can do and see online. If the FCC reclassifies internet service as a utility under Title II, internet service would become something akin to telephone service, electricity, or water.

President nominates Loretta Lynch as attorney general 8 Nov 2014 President Barack Obama on Saturday nominated Loretta Lynch as his next U.S. attorney general, describing the two-time U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York as a "tough, fair and independent" lawyer. "It's pretty hard to be more qualified for this job than Loretta Lynch," Obama said at the White House, where he was joined by Lynch and outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder. The president said the Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Lynch twice before as a federal prosecutor.

Chris Christie's N.J. friends got contracts from Republican group he chaired, records show 8 Nov 2014 The Republican Governors Association was good to its chairman Gov. Chris Christie by providing him the perfect opportunity to tour the country and build relationships while mulling a 2016 presidential campaign. And Christie's RGA was also good to his friends. At least two people close to New Jersey's governor benefited financially from Christie's chairmanship, records show. Longtime political strategist Mike DuHaime, a partner at the public strategy firm Mercury Public Affairs, and Cam Henderson, a former chief of staff to First Lady Mary Pat Christie, both received lucrative consulting contracts from the RGA.

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