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News Updates from CLG
3 April 2015

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Iran nuclear deal: negotiators announce 'framework' agreement | 2 April 2015 | Iran has promised to make drastic cuts to its nuclear programme in return for the gradual lifting of sanctions as part of a historic breakthrough in Lausanne that could end a 13-year nuclear standoff. The "political understanding", announced on Thursday night in the Swiss city's technical university, followed 18 months of intensive bargaining, culminating in an eight-day period of near-continuous talks that went on long into the night, and on the last night continued all the way through until dawn. In a joint statement, the European Union's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, and the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, hailed what they called a "decisive step" after more than a decade of work.

Nuclear deal with Iran 'reached on all key aspects' - Lavrov | 1 April 2015 | Iran and six major world powers have managed to reach a preliminary agreement on 'all the key aspects' of a deal over Tehran's controversial nuclear program, Russia's FM has announced, adding that the sides have begun drafting the text. Experts from Iran and P5+1 have started drafting a preliminary deal and the document could be expected either within the next few hours or later on Wednesday, Sergey Lavrov hopes. However, clearing the "technical details" of a final deal may take until June, he added.

Book of songs used by U.S. Air Force contains horrifying lyrics about rape, sexually mutilating women | 1 April 2015 | A book of songs used by the U.S. Air Force contains horrifying lyrics about rape, pedophilia and homosexuality. The unofficial 2012 paperback book was revealed by a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by four sexual-assault victims who want to stop the practice of sexual assault allegations within the military being handled by commanding officers. Former Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Smith, who said she was sexually assaulted by a fellow airman in Iraq, brought forward the songbook and she had filed an administrative complaint over the book in 2012. The complaint alleges some of the most disturbing content is found in the songbooks of the 55th, 77th, and 79th fighter squadrons of the Air Force, reports ABC News.

U.S. Nerve Gas Hit Over 200,000 American Troops in Iraq [200,000 troops? That's no 'mistake.' That's a biowarfare experiment.] | 27 March 2015 | During and immediately after the first Gulf War, more than 200,000 of 700,000 U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Kuwait in January 1991 were exposed to nerve gas and other chemical agents. Though aware of this, the Department of Defense and CIA launched a campaign of lies and concocted a cover-up that continues today...During January and February 1991, when the U.S. bombed Iraq's weapons plants and storage sites, poisonous plumes floated across the desert to thousands of U.S. troops based on the Saudi border. Sirens wailed daily, but officers in charge announced that the chemical-detection alarms were faulty. They were not. A Czech chemical-weapons detection unit found "trace concentrations of sarin, a nerve-paralyzing substance" drifting into Saudi Arabia. French, British and U.S. intelligence units found similar evidence.

'Reuters lied': MH17 witness says reporter falsified testimony | 30 March 2015 | A Lugansk Region resident, whom Reuters cites as saying he saw evidence of a surface-to-air missile launched from rebel-held territory on the day MH17 was downed, told RT the news agency gave a false report of his interview. As a part of a March report on the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 tragedy Reuters talked to Pyotr Fedotov, a 58-year-old resident of the village Chervonniy Zhovten in the Lugansk Region of eastern Ukraine.

Obama Executive Order: US Expands Response to Cyber Attacks | 1 April 2015 | President Obama on Wednesday signed an executive order expanding his administration's ability to respond to malicious cyberattacks by allowing financial penalties to be inflicted on foreign actors who engage in destructive hacking campaigns. Wednesday's order will broaden the government's authority to permit the levying of sanctions against those directly responsible for hacking activities--and officials will not need to acquire a discrete order to respond to each attack. The order also allows for sanctions against actors even if the cyberattack is not successful. Those hit with sanctions would be barred from entering the United States. [See: Barack Obama 'ordered Stuxnet cyber attack on Iran' 1 June 2012. Hopefully, other nations are busy little bees drawing up plans to deal with USociopaths' cyber attacks on *them,* such as Stuxnet, etc.]

Separate bombings claim 11 lives in Iraqi capital | 2 April 2015 | Police and medical officials in Iraq say at least 11 people have been killed and over two dozen others injured in separate bomb explosions that struck areas in the capital, Baghdad. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said eight people, including two women, lost their lives and 18 others sustained injuries on Thursday evening, when a blast ripped through Baghdad's central neighborhood of Bab al-Moatham. Earlier in the day, a bomb explosion near a small restaurant in Baghdad's northeastern district of Husseiniyah killed three people and wounded eight others.

Shabab Attack on a Kenya University Kills 147, Officials Say | 2 April 2015 | Gunmen attacked a university campus in eastern Kenya early Thursday, clashing with guards, forcing their way into dormitories, taking hostages and singling out non-Muslims, the authorities said. Kenya's interior minister, Joseph Nkaissery, said that 147 people had been killed, including four attackers...The minister contended on Thursday night that the harrowing siege at the university had ended, and that security forces were carefully sweeping the campus for any remaining threats.

NYPD receives $180M grant to aid 'fight against terrorism' --Money will also be used to pay for anti-terror teams at airports, bus and train stations | 2 April 2015 |The NYPD will be getting a boost of federal funds to help combat terrorism, officials announced Wednesday. The city will receive 180 million as part of a nationwide grant program from the Department of Homeland Security that aims to better prepare local and state governments and law enforcement agencies in the event of a terrorist attack. The NYPD will be getting the lion's share of the cash, which will go toward surveillance and terror fighting equipment like cameras, bomb-sniffing dogs and communications infrastructure, according to DHS secretary Jeh Johnson. [Gee, I wonder just how many false flags are going to be needed to justify this chunk of change? And, looky here! It's already starting:] 2 NYC women arrested on charges they plotted to build bomb for Boston Marathon-type attack | 2 April 2015 | Two women were arrested Thursday on charges they plotted to wage violent jihad by building a homemade bomb and using it for a Boston Marathon-type attack. One of the women, Noelle Velentzas, had been "obsessed with pressure cookers since the Boston Marathon attacks in 2013" and made jokes alluding to explosives after receiving one as a gift, according to a criminal complaint...The complaint unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn names Velentzas and her former roommate, Asia Siddiqui, as the targets of an undercover investigation into the thwarted [alleged] homegrown terror plot.

Gov. Brown orders California's first mandatory water restrictions: 'It's a different world' [See: Nestle Continues Stealing World's Water During Drought 20 March 2015.] | 1 April 2015 | Gov. Jerry Brown ('D'), standing on a patch of brown grass in the Sierra Nevada that is usually covered with several feet of snow at this time of year, on Wednesday announced the first mandatory water restrictions in California history. "It's a different world," he said. "We have to act differently." Brown was on hand Wednesday as state officials took stock of historically abysmal levels of snowpack in the Sierra Nevada amid the state's grinding drought. Brown ordered the California Water Resources Control Board to implement mandatory restrictions to reduce water usage by 25%.

Nestle Continues Stealing World's Water During Drought --Nestlé is draining California aquifers, from Sacramento alone taking 80 million gallons annually. Nestlé then sells the people's water back to them at great pr-fit | 20 March 2015 | The city of Sacramento is in the fourth year of a record drought – yet the Nestlé Corporation continues to bottle city water to sell back to the public at a big pr-fit, local activists charge. The Nestlé Water Bottling Plant in Sacramento is the target of a major press conference on Tuesday, March 17, by a water coalition that claims the company is draining up to 80 million gallons of water a year from Sacramento aquifers during the drought.

Antarctica May Have Hit Highest Temperature on Record | 31 March 2015 | Scientists have measured what is likely the highest temperature ever on Antarctica: 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit (17.5 Celsius). The measurements were made last Tuesday at Argentina's Esperanza Base, on the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, according to the meteorological website Weather Underground. The previous hottest known temperature on the continent was 62.8°F (17.1°C), recorded at Esperanza Base on April 24, 1961. The temperature has yet to be certified as an official record for the continent by the World Meteorological Organization.

German pilot researched suicide, cockpit doors; second black box found | 2 April 2015 | The co-pilot suspected of deliberately flying a Germanwings plane into the French Alps searched the Internet for ways to commit suicide shortly before the crash that killed 150 people, German prosecutors said on Thursday. Judicial officials in his home town of Duesseldorf said a computer found in his home also had revealed searches on cockpit doors and safety precautions related to them. The growing evidence of suicide preparations came as French police discovered the second 'black box' flight recorder, raising their hopes of showing in detail how the co-pilot, 27-year-old Andreas Lubitz, [allegedly] set the plane on its fatal course.

One dead and two injured in shootout outside NSA headquarters after guard stopped two men who tried to crash through gate in stolen SUV --National Security Agency police guard shot Kevin Fleming, 20, and his friend, who tried to ram through secure entrance on Fort Meade Monday | 31 March 2015 | The two cross-dressing men who were shot outside the National Security Agency's headquarters on Monday had stolen the SUV they were driving from a hotel they had been partying at, it is claimed. Kevin Fleming, 20, and his friend were allegedly picked up in Baltimore, Maryland, by another man on Sunday night and driven to a hotel in Howard County, where they were said to have 'partied'. But the following morning, the unidentified driver woke up alone and discovered both the men and his Ford Escape SUV had gone, sources told ABC. He reported his vehicle stolen to county police.

Amid bird flu outbreak, Minnesota turkey farmers increase biosecurity | 30 March 2015 | Poultry producers in the nation's top turkey state are taking extra steps to protect their flocks after a devastating strain of bird flu was confirmed at two Minnesota farms in as many days last week, a disease that had already slammed the doors shut on some key export markets. The confirmation Saturday of the highly pathogenic H5N2 strain of avian influenza at a turkey farm in Stearns County, the third outbreak at a Minnesota farm this month, raised the stakes because it's one of the top poultry producing counties in the state. The first two farms were relatively isolated.

NC vaccine bill dead | 1 April 2015 | Senate sponsors of a controversial proposal to remove the religious exemption from immunization requirements say they're dropping the [insane] bill. Senate Bill 346, sponsored by Sens. Jeff Tarte, R-Mecklenburg, Tamara Barringer, R-Wake, and Terry Van Duyn, D-Buncombe, would have required all children entering school in North Carolina to have had all vaccines on the schedule recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The only exemption granted would have been for medical reasons with a doctor's approval.

Senator Robert Menendez Indicted on Corruption Charges | 1 April 2015 | Senator Robert Menendez ('D') was indicted on federal corruption charges on Wednesday, setting the stage for a bitter court fight and putting his political future in doubt. Mr. Menendez was charged with eight counts of bribery, which carry up to 15 years in prison on each charge. He was also charged with conspiracy, fraud, and making false statements on government documents, the Justice Department said.

Koch Brothers group relaunches ads to defeat Insure Tennessee | 30 March 2015 | The Tennessee chapter of Americans for Prosperity relaunched a second round of radio ads Monday aimed at defeating Gov. Bill Haslam's plan to use federal dollars to help working people buy into employer-sponsored health plans and expand Medicaid eligibility to poor Tennesseans. The state chapter of the organization backed by billion-ire brothers Charles Koch and David Koch issued a news release about the ad buy to "defeat the Obamacare expansion plan." The Tennessee Justice Center, which supports the Republican governor's plan, used the announcement of the radio ads as a rallying point to get people to call their legislators and push for passage.

Justice Department appeals federal judge's hold on Obama's immigration action | 31 March 2015 | The Justice Department urged a federal appeals court Monday to reverse a hold a judge placed on President Barack Obama's immigration executive action. The 69-page brief was filed with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ahead of arguments scheduled for next month. Lawyers for the federal government are challenging a preliminary injunction issued in February by a federal judge in Brownsville, Texas. That decision placed on hold an executive action that could spare from deportation as many as 5 million people who are in the U.S. illegally.

Arkansas, Indiana governors sign amended religious freedom laws | 2 April 2015 | The governors of Arkansas and Indiana on Thursday quickly signed revised versions of their respective religious freedom laws, hoping to quell a national uproar that united business leaders and gay rights activists who fought the measures as potentially discriminatory. Proponents of the laws argued that they were needed to protect religious freedom, while critics complained that the laws would allow discrimination against gays and lesbians who could be deprived of goods and services in the name of religious belief. Although neither of the original laws mentioned gays or lesbians, many of their conservative backers have opposed same-sex marriage.

Arkansas lawmakers approve religious liberty bill despite firestorm over Indiana law | 31 March 2015 | Amid intense criticism of Indiana's religious liberties law, which has prompted lawmakers in that state to vow to fix the legislation, another state charged ahead with a similar measure. Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday passed their own religious freedom bill, putting the state on the verge of formally adopting a law that could lead to another firestorm. On Tuesday afternoon, after some debate in the state House of Representatives, lawmakers signed off on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The law now heads to the desk of Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R), who has said he intends to sign it into law.

Connecticut's Democratic governor bans taxpayer-funded travel to Indiana over 'religious freedom' law --Connecticut will be the first state to bar travel to Indiana since its governor signed the controversial religious freedom law last Thursday | 30 March 2015 | Connecticut's Democratic governor says he will ban state-funded travel to Indiana over a controversial religious freedom law. 'I found it disturbing, disgraceful and outright discriminatory,' the state's chief executive, Dannel Malloy, said during a news conference on an unrelated issue...Connecticut will become the first state to bar travel to Indiana since its governor signed the religious freedom law last Thursday. Seattle, Washington, and San Francisco, California, have sent out similar orders, however.

Bush, Rubio and Cruz back controversial Indiana law | 30 March 2015 | Republican presidential hopefuls are lining up behind a controversial Indiana law that allows businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers by invoking religious freedom. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told told radio host Hugh Hewitt on Monday that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence did "the right thing" -- despite calls from some businesses to boycott the state over the law. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who last week officially jumped in the race, issued a statement late Monday saying he backed Pence "for his support of religious freedom, especially in the face of fierce opposition."

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