News Updates from CLG
18 December 2015
18 December 2015
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Previous edition: All Los Angeles Unified schools closed by 'credible threat' of violence
Heartstopping footage shows Israeli commandos rescuing wounded ISIS fighters from Syrian warzone --Elite Israeli troops rescue wounded Syrians from the world's worst war almost every night --Many are enemies of Israel and some may even be fighters for groups affiliated to Al Qaeda --MailOnline embedded with Israeli commandos stationed on the border between Israel and Syria --Dramatic video filmed by MailOnline and the Israeli army shows these operations taking place | 16 Dec 2015 | Under cover of darkness, an Israeli armoured car advances down the potholed road that leads to Syria. But this wounded man is not an Israeli soldier, or even an Israeli citizen. He is an Islamic militant [aka ISIS]. Almost every night, Israeli troops run secret missions to save the lives of Syrian fighters, all of whom are sworn enemies of the Jewish state...It is unclear how the two enemies arrange the rescue. [Yes, it's just a big, fat mystery.] All that has been disclosed is that word reaches Israeli forces that casualties have been dumped at the border, intelligence establishes that it is not a trap, and the commandos are sent in. [Now, put that in your pipe and smoke it. And, stop calling CLG a 'conspiracy' site.]
UN security council adopts resolution on Syrian peace process | 18 Dec 2015 | The UN security council has unanimously agreed a resolution endorsing an international roadmap for a peace process in Syria, a rare show of unity among major powers on a conflict that has claimed more than 250,000 lives. The council adopted the text at a meeting in New York on Friday, which sets out a timetable for talks between the Syrian government and opposition, with a start date of early January. The statement backs a nationwide ceasefire in Syria to come into effect "as soon as the representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition have begun initial steps towards a political transition under UN auspices".
Washington is panicking that Putin is breaking the ISIS supply line | 15 Dec 2015 | For years, the US-directed NATO alliance has made sure that convoys full of food, weapons, and other goods have gotten to the terrorist groups IS and al-Qaida via the Syrian-Turkish border. Russian air strikes have massively impeded this service, if not brought it to a standstill...Regardless of what kind of goods were transported, this confirms that the terrorists in the area near the Oncupinar Border Crossing are in charge. This is where the supply line from Turkey to IS can be found...Already last year one would have had to ask the legitimate question: If the plan was to destroy IS, why didn't the US just bomb the supply route instead of leading operations inside Syria? Especially if (a), these attacks were considered to be less dangerous and (b), logistics for the attacks were right there in the area (Turkish airbase).
Yemeni forces kill over 80 Saudi-led troops, including 42 Blackwater mercenaries, in missile attack --The surface-to-surface missile also destroyed two Patriot missile systems, three Apache helicopters, more than 50 military vehicles, all belonging to the US Blackwater Worldwide security services company. | 13 Dec 2015 | Yemeni forces have managed to kill over 80 Saudi-led troops, including 42 Blackwater mercenaries, in a ballistic missile attack in the western Bab-el-Mandeb area. The Yemeni army, backed by popular committees loyal to the Houthi Ansarullah movement, targeted a Saudi military headquarters in the Yemen's southwestern province of Ta'izz with a Tochka ballistic missile on Sunday night, Yemen's Arabic-language al-Masirah news website reported. Twenty-three Saudi, nine Emirati, and seven Moroccan forces, including a number of commanders, were also killed in the attack.
After half a century, U.S. and Cuba to resume scheduled flights | 17 Dec 2015 | The United States and Cuba have agreed to restore scheduled commercial airline service for the first time in more than five decades in a deal allowing 110 round-trip flights a day between the former Cold War foes. Announced a year to the day after the two countries embarked on a process of normalizing ties, the latest accord will not go into effect immediately but should eventually increase tourism and business on the communist-ruled island. Under the pact, [corporate-ruled] U.S. airlines will be able to sell tickets on their websites for flights to Cuba but they must first apply for permission from U.S. regulators to fly specific routes. Charter flights operated by U.S. carriers already connect the countries.
DHS modifies terror alert system | 18 Dec 2015 | The general public might be better-informed about potential terrorist threats, if modifications to the Homeland Safety Division alert system work as Secretary Jeh Johnson hopes they may. "We're creating an intermediate degree to the [National Threat Advisory System], that features an NTAS bulletin which describes basic developments or tendencies relating to threats of terrorism," Secretary Jeh Johnson informed reporters. Along side the announcement, DHS issued the primary NTAS bulletin, which will probably be in impact via mid-June and could be discovered on DHS's web site.
Friend of San Bernardino terrorist who bought two assault-style rifles used in deadly attacks arrested on weapons charges --Told FBI he legally bought two AR-15s three years ago as a favor for Syed Farook, who was a former neighbor and his relative by marriage | 17 Dec 2015 | A friend of [alleged] San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook who investigators say purchased two assault-style rifles that were used in the deadly attacks has been arrested. Federal prosecutors plan to bring weapons charges against 24-year-old Enrique Marquez, a former neighbor of Farook and his relative by marriage, CNN and NBC reported Thursday morning, citing sources familiar with the investigation. FBI officials said Marquez legally bought two AR-15s three years ago for Farook as a favor because the US-born health inspector was worried that he would not pass a background check had he tried to buy the weapons himself.
DOJ: Harrisburg Teenager Charged With Providing Material Support to ISIS | 17 Dec 2015 | A Harrisburg teenager has been arrested and charged with providing material support to ISIS [I-CIA-SIS]. The Department Of Justice (DOJ) announced that Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, 19, a U.S. citizen, is charged in a criminal complaint unsealed today in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. According to the complaint, Aziz has used at least 57 different Twitter accounts to advocate violence against the U.S. and U.S. citizens. Aziz is alleged to have posted a hyperlink containing the names, addresses and other personal information of 100 reported U.S. military members and calls for violence against them.
Fremont, Calif., man indicted for attempting to travel to join terrorist group | 17 Dec 2015 | A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned an indictment today, charging a Fremont man named Adam Shafi, 22, with attempting to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization. According to the indictment, Shafi is accused of attempting to provide personnel to al-Nusrah Front also known as ANF, an organization designated by the Department of State as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity. The indictment alleges that at the time Shafi provided the support, he knew ANF was a designated foreign terrorist organization and that the organization had engaged and was engaging in terrorist activity and terrorism.
Los Angeles defends school closure after apparent email hoax | 15 Dec 2015 | Los Angeles city officials defended their decision to shut down all public schools on Tuesday in response to an email threat that appears to have been a hoax. The drastic measure was ordered as a precaution, triggered in part by the December 2 attacks in nearby San Bernardino that left 14 people dead, said Ramon Cortines, the superintendent of Los Angeles schools -- the second-largest school district in the US with 640,000 students. A similar threat was also made against New York City schools, but officials there said they deemed it not credible from the onset and accused Los Angeles school officials of badly overreacting.
Outrageous: Florida professor fired for Sandy Hook hoax theory --Ideas were based on conflicting media reports that emerged on the day of the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012 --For years, James Tracy claimed the Sandy Hook massacre may not have happened | 17 Dec 2015 | A Florida professor was fired this week after initiating a years-long campaign claiming the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax and [allegedly] harassing the family of a victim he believes never existed. James Tracy, who teaches Culture of Conspiracy at Florida Atlantic University, launched his ownconspiracy theory in the aftermath of Sandy Hook three years ago, based on conflicting media reports from the day of shooting that lead him to question whether it happened at all. Tracy was finally sent a termination letter from the university this week, which he has 10 days to respond to, according to The New York Daily News. Tracy suggested on his blog - memoryholeblog dot com - the massacre did not unfold in the way authorities said it did, and may not have happened at all. [One look at the 'Seinfeld'-era outfits worn by students in the iconic Sandy Hook Elementary School classroom photo reveals all you need to know about the Sandy Hook story: Parents in upscale Newtown, Connecticut, would not send their children to school in clothing styles which were in vogue over a decade earlier. We are being played. --LRP]
Federal Reserve lifts interest rates for first time since 2006 | 16 Dec 2015 | The Federal Reserve voted unanimously on Wednesday to raise interest rates by a quarter point, marking the first increase in more than nine years. The bank raised its fed funds rate to a range of 0.25% to 0.5%, ending an unprecedented seven-year run of near-zero interest rates. The vote was 10-0. The board of directors also raised the discount rate to 1% from 0.75%.
Secret deal QUADRUPLES foreign workers in U.S. --Borrows from Rubio's 'Gang of Eight [Corporate Trolls]' bill to flood blue-collar job market | 16 Dec 2015 | Buried in the 2,000-page [disastrous] omnibus spending bill released by the Senate Wednesday morning is a secret provision that many senators hope unemployed blue-collar workers won't find out about. This provision would quadruple the number of H-2B visas for low-skilled foreign "guest workers." It would allow more than a quarter-of-a-million foreign workers to enter the U.S. each year and work in the construction industry, hotel-motel services, truck drivers, food processing, forestry and many other fields that don't require a college education. A vote on the spending bill is expected late Thursday night, possibly after midnight, sources on the Hill told WND.
Bernie Sanders sues DNC for $600,000 a day over removal of data access | 18 Dec 2015 | Bernie Sanders is suing the Democratic party for 600,000 a day in damages, claiming it breached its contract with the campaign by dramatically removing all access to crucial voter records just days before the Iowa caucus. A copy of the lawsuit filed with a federal court in Washington reveals that the agreement to use a shared computer system for voter registration and supporter data included a provision for a 10-day notice period for any changes to access. It comes as the Democratic National Committee immediately suspended all access for the Sanders team to a shared database system as punishment for a data breach in which a number of staff accessed records belonging to Hillary Clinton's campaign during a software glitch.
Sanders sues the DNC over suspended access to critical voter list | 18 Dec 2015 | The presidential campaign of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders filed a lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee late Friday, arguing that the party had unfairly suspended the campaign's access to key voter information. The suit came hours after the campaign's defiant campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, acknowledged at a Washington news conference that Sanders staffers had improperly reviewed information gathered by rival Hillary Clinton earlier in the week. But he accused the DNC of overreacting to the breach by suspending the Sanders campaign's ability to access information it has gathered about its own supporters.
GOP candidates clash sharply on national security, immigration | 16 Dec 2015 | Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio clashed sharply over national security and immigration in Tuesday's Republican presidential debate, thrusting their evolving feud to the forefront of the GOP race. Front-runner Donald Trump stood firmly behind his provocative call for banning Muslims from the United States, saying, "We are not talking about religion, we are talking about security." For former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the fifth GOP debate was an opportunity to find his footing after months of uneven performances. He appeared more comfortable than in previous debates in taking on Trump, though it's unclear whether his stronger showing will change the trajectory of his sluggish campaign.
Here's Carly Fiorina Bragging About a Maybe Classified Relationship With the NSA | 15 Dec 2015 | In the midst of an incoherent and incorrect [and insane] rant on the recent history of mobile technology, failed technology executive Carly Fiorina recounted an apparently true story about how she helped the NSA after 9/11. Actually, it turns out that story may have been classified. "Soon after 9/11," Fiorina said during Tuesday's debate, "I got a phone call from the NSA. They needed help. I gave them help. I stopped a truck load of equipment and I had it turned around. It was escorted by the NSA into headquarters." Last month, Motherboard reported on leaked NSA documents that seemed to indicate this exchange was still under classification, and that the HP computers were put to use in the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program, codenamed STELLARWIND.
Putin says Trump is 'absolute leader' in U.S. presidential race | 17 Dec 2015 | Russian President Vladimir Putin found a moment Thursday during a wide-ranging news conference to offer a strong endorsement of Republican front-runner Donald Trump, calling the billionaire presidential candidate the "absolute leader in the presidential race." Putin consecrated a budding international bromance between the two men as he commented on the U.S. campaign for the White House, saying that Russia would work with "whomever the American voters choose" but expressing special praise for Trump. Trump said in October that he would "get along very well" with Putin and applauded the Russian leader for his intervention against the Islamic State in Syria.
Mac Miller resurrects Donald Trump feud | 17 Dec 2015 | Rapper Mac Miller, who made waves with his 2011 Billboard-charting hit "Donald Trump," has put any ambiguity about his feeling towards the billionaire mogul to rest in a bombastic bash, tweeting "Just please don't elect this m-----f----- man." The Pittsburgh rapper's "Donald Trump" hails Trump's "I'm really rich" attitude and describes one who possesses a Trump persona, perhaps Miller himself, as the "flyest m------f----- in the room." But alas, Miller's admiration for the billionaire mogul has run its course. In a passionate Twitter tirade, Miler expressed his support for the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and slammed some of his white fans who have not "done anything" to support activists in light of police brutality.
Hustler Has $1 Million Offer Out on Ben Carson's Adviser for Proof of Man-on-Man Harassment | 14 Dec 2015 | Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt is offering up to $1 million to anyone who can prove that a top adviser to Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson is guilty of male-on-male sexual harassment. In an open letter published Monday in The Las Vegas Review-Journal, Flynt vows to fork over between "50,000 and 1 million" to anyone with proof that the long-standing claims against Armstrong Williams, who is also a conservative radio personality, are true, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In 1998, Williams was accused of sexual harassment by his former personal trainer, Stephen Gregory, on more than 50 separate incidents, SF Gate reported. The case was ultimately settled out of court, but thanks to Flynt, Williams' sordid past has come back to haunt him and his new boss.
Freddie Gray: judge declares mistrial in case against Baltimore police officer | 16 Dec 2015 | Judge Barry Williams declared a mistrial on Wednesday in the case of William Porter, the first of six officers to be tried for the death of Freddie Gray due to injuries he received in the back of a police van. The jury announced that it could not reach a verdict on the charges of manslaughter, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, and misconduct in office. It is not yet clear what effect the mistrial will have on the subsequent cases, or when Porter might be tried again. Five other officers will be tried one by one in the months to come, several of whom are facing more serious charges for their central role in the events leading to Gray's death in April.
Archie the Bear, Center of Ohio Dept. of Agriculture Battle With Lodi Family, Dies at Home By Lori Price, www.legitgov.org | 18 Dec 2015 | A rescued black bear, who lived happily with his "parents," Debbie and Jeff Gillium, died Thursday evening at home in Lodi, Ohio. Archie, 41, was the center of an online and court battle over his ownership status with the Ohio Department of Agriculture...Gillium family friend, Bryan Baker, posted the sad announcement of Archie's passing on Facebook.
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