News Updates from CLG
11 November 2015
11 November 2015
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Previous edition: Russian plane crash: flight recorder captured 'sound of explosion'
Russia to top UK govt's new security threat list - media --Russia is expected to become a key part of the UK's next National Security Strategy | 08 Nov 2015 | Russia will be named as a top-tier potential threat when Prime Minister David Cameron announces the UK's new National Security Strategy later in November, according to British media. Terrorism, radicalization by Islamic State and other extremist groups, instability caused by mass migration, and global health threats like Ebola also made it onto the list. The new roster of potential threats was put together by the British government after a major security review that the UK performs every five years.
US and Israel conducted war games against a 'fictional enemy state' in Sinai on same day Russian plane crashed in Egypt | 08 Nov 2015 | (InvestmentWatch and Godlike Productions, citing The Times of Israel) | 03 Nov 2015 | Startling new revelations show that both the US and Israel were conducting war games in the Arava desert when Flight 9268 dropped off the radar, shortly before breaking up in mid-air and crashing in the Sinai, Egypt. The Russian plane crash has been blamed on ISIS fighters shooting it down, but evidence has emerged, via Israeli state media, that an operation named "Blue Skies" or "Blue Flag" was taking place at the exact location and at the exact time as the crash. See:Israel hosts its largest-ever international air force exercise --Israeli, American, Greek, and Polish air personnel square off against a fictional enemy state in two-week drill | 30 Oct 2015 | Air forces from around the world have gathered deep in the Arava desert in the south of Israel for the past week and a half to take part in the largest aerial exercise in the history of the Israeli Air Force. The "Blue Flag" exercise, which is continuing through November 3, pits the Israeli Air Force, the United States Air Force, Greece's Hellenic Air Force and the Polish Air Force against a fictional enemy state, the captain in charge of all IAF exercises told The Times of Israel Thursday night.
Sinai plane crash: 'European countries not co-operating' --Official complains that western nations haven't shared intelligence with Cairo on downed Russian plane | 07 Nov 2015 | Egypt's foreign minister complained on Saturday that Western governments had not sufficiently helped Egypt in its war on terrorism and had not shared relevant intelligence with Cairo regarding the Russian airplane that crashed last week in the Sinai, killing all 224 people onboard. Sameh Shoukry, speaking at a press conference, said that "European countries did not give us the co-operation we are hoping for." ...Shoukry also complained that Western nations that have suspended flights to Sharm el-Sheikh did not share with Cairo the relevant intelligence upon which they based their decisions.
Berlin suspects 'IS' terrorism behind Russian plane crash - report | 07 Nov 2015 | The German government suspects a Russian plane crashed because of an Islamic State attack, a German newspaper has reported. Egyptian investigators have not determined the cause. The weekly "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung" (FAS) reported in its Sunday edition that the German government believes the Russian Metrojet airliner was bombed by the "Islamic State" (IS) terrorist group.
Obama to Sign Defense Bill Despite Provisions to Keep Guantanamo Open --Decision makes it more likely president would bypass Congress to close prison --Latest version of defense bill passed by Senate in 91-3 vote | 10 Nov 2015 | The White House said that President Barack Obama would sign the annual defense [sic] policy bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday, despite his objections to its provisions keeping open the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Mr. Obama's decision not to veto the $607 billion defense bill for a second time makes it more likely that he will decide to go around Congress to fulfill his long-standing pledge to close the prison, setting up an election-year fight with Republicans that could end up in court.
2 Americans Killed at US-Funded Police Training Center in Jordan | 09 Nov 2015 | Two American contractors and a South African colleague were gunned down Monday at a U.S.-funded police training center in Jordan, according to officials. Jordan's embassy in Washington said a Jordanian civilian employee also died in the attack at the facility in eastern Amman. The gunman -- a Jordanian police officer -- was killed at the scene, according to a statement from the embassy. It added that two American trainers and three Jordanians were injured. [WHY are US taxpayers funding police training centers in Jordan?!?]
Syrian Air Force pilots say veteran Soviet fighter jets are effective against jihad | 07 Nov 2015 | Syrian Air Force pilots are flying desperately outdated fighter jets on their anti-terror missions, loading them with homemade air bombs. But they are in high spirits as they feel they are winning the war against ISIS, they told RT. The latest figures of Russia's continuing air campaign in Syria show over 260 terrorist targets hit earlier this week.
Peshmerga face a new threat that's 'more terrifying than Isis' | 08 Nov 2015 | They are seen labeled as the most effective force fighting Isis on the ground in Iraq, but the Peshmerga are now facing a new and terrifying threat -- a 7km-wide swarm of black beetles. Thousands of the insects have reportedly invaded the military outposts, field hospitals and living areas on the frontline against the so-called "Islamic State". According to a report on the Kurdish media network Rudaw, swarms of black beetles have spread across Peshmerga territory around Tel Askof in the Nineveh Province of Iraq.
Navy launches second test missile off Southern California coast | 09 Nov 2015 | he U.S. Navy said it launched a second -- and final -- missile in a planned exercise Monday afternoon from a submarine off the Southern California coast. The second test launch of the Trident II (D5) missile from a ballistic submarine in the Pacific Ocean took place Monday afternoon, the Navy said. The blast-off took place to far less fanfare than Saturday night’s launch, which provoked residents from San Francisco to Mexico to take to social media, posting photos of an eerie-looking bluish-green plume smeared above the Pacific.
'Underwater drone with explosives' spotted near Baltic Nord Stream pipeline | 07 Nov 2015 | An unmanned military underwater vehicle rigged with explosives was spotted on the seabed in the vicinity of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltics on Friday, Swedish media reports. The device is expected to be disarmed on November 9. An abandoned expendable remotely-operated mine clearance underwater vehicle allegedly with explosives onboard has been detected in multinational waters of the Baltic Sea by the Swedish Navy, Svenska Daglabet reports.
NSA phone records collection 'likely violates constitution', US judge rules | 09 Nov 2015 | A federal judge ruled against the National Security Agency on Monday, saying that its bulk collection of telephone metadata "likely violates the constitution". In a case brought by activist Larry Klayman, Washington DC district court judge Richard Leon ruled that the NSA must cease collecting the defendants' information. The government filed a request for an emergency stay of the order, saying it believed it was likely to win on appeal. A different panel of judges in a similar case ruled in favor of the NSA in October. [Update 10 Nov 2015: An appeals court granted the US government's emergency request to allow the National Security Agency to keep collecting telephone metadata on Tuesday after a judge ruled that the program "likely violates the constitution".]
Japan: 'My Number' national ID law will track vaccination records, link to bank accounts from 2018 --Under the My Number system, all residents, including non-Japanese, will be assigned a 12-digit identification number starting in October. | 03 Sept 2015 | The Diet passed a [fascist, *insane*] bill Thursday to expand the use of a personal identification number. Under changes to the so-called My Number system, personal ID numbers can be linked to people's bank account numbers from 2018. Although such links will be made initially on a voluntary basis, the government is considering making it mandatory from 2021. The revision will also expand the use of ID numbers to track records of vaccinations and health checks. [Hack the heck out of the system. And, if that fails, ponder '2nd Amendment solutions...']
Earth's climate entering new 'permanent reality' as CO2 hits new high | 09 Nov 2015 | The Earth's climate will enter a new "permanent reality" from next year when concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere are likely to pass a historic milestone, the head of the UN's weather agency has warned. The record concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere were up 43% since pre-industrial times, said the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), prompting its secretary general Michel Jarraud to say immediate action was needed to cut CO2 emissions. The WMO's latest greenhouse gas bulletincomes just three weeks before world leaders including Barack Obama, Xi Jinping and David Cameron meet in Paris in a bid to reach a new deal on cutting emissions.
Protesters in 'Fight for $15' strike across the country | 10 Nov 2015 | Protesters in "Fight for $15," thecampaign to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $15 an hour, launched its one-day worker strike today in 270 cities across the U.S. The demonstration Tuesday has been the largest since its inception in 2012, which began with a walkout by restaurant workers in New York City. Hundreds of union workers protested in major cities across the country from New York to Chicago to Washington, D.C. as well as several state capitols.
Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Obama's Immigration Program | 09 Nov 2015 | A three-judge panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has once again ruled against the Obama administration's controversial immigration program, upholding a lower court's injunction barring the plan from taking effect while awaiting the outcome of a full trial on the lawsuit's underlying arguments. The policy, called Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, was announced in November 2014 and would have allowed for more than 4 million undocumented immigrants nationwide to apply for three-year renewable work permits and reprieves from deportation proceedings. Gov. Greg Abbott filed a lawsuit challenging the policy in his former role as attorney general last December, and 25 states joined the lawsuit.
Ben Carson refused a DNA test in paternity suit, feared his 'blood specimen being found at a murder scene and spending life in prison' | 10 Nov 2015 | As Republicans gather in Milwaukee for the Fox Business Network debate Tuesday night, one very strange Ben Carson tale has yet to be delved into: the candidate's contention, discussed in speeches and an op-ed as recently as last year, that he was sued for paternity by an unnamed woman in Florida and refused to give a DNA sample to resolve the case...Carson could have ended the case more than a decade ago when he was a private citizen; alternately, he could have given a blood sample before he launched a high-profile presidential campaign. But Carson was not swayed: "As the case advanced, I was asked to provide a blood specimen to facilitate DNA testing. I refused on the basis of the incompetence of any governmental agency that was willing to pursue a paternity suit on such flimsy grounds. I said that level of incompetence would probably result in my blood specimen being found at a murder scene and me spending the rest of my life in prison."
Carly Fiorina Met With Putin in a Green Room, Despite Zinging Trump for Same | 10 Nov 2015 | One of the best zingers of the fourth GOP debate tonight was when Carly Fiorina took a jab at Donald Trump about Vladimir Putin, noting that she's also met the Russian leader -- "not in a green room for a show, but in a private meeting." But the former Hewlett-Packard CEO and Republican presidential candidate actually did meet with Putin in a green room. In 2001, Fiorina and Putin met for 45 minutes in a green room at the APEC CEO Summit in Beijing, where both were speakers.
Police in South Carolina shoot suspect dead at private college | 10 Nov 2016 | A vehicle hit a campus police officer at a small, private school in South Carolina on Monday night, and the officer fired into the car, fatally shooting a person inside. The officer was investigating a possible vehicle break-in at Spartanburg Methodist College, officials said. When the officer arrived two men ran off, but one was quickly captured, Thom Berry, a spokesman for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, said.
U. Missouri president resigns over handling of racial incidents | 09 Nov 2015 | The president of the University of Missouri resigned Monday amid escalating protests over racist and other bias incidents on campus and how he had responded to students' concerns. Tim Wolfe announced Monday morning at a special meeting called by the Board of Curators, the university system's governing body, that he would step down immediately. Tensions were high on campus Monday -- with a student on a hunger strike, others camped out in solidarity, faculty members canceling classes and members of the football team threatening to boycott the rest of the season.
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