CLG: Trump calls Russia hacking allegations a 'political witch hunt', 'Multiple people dead' in shooting incident at Fort Lauderdale airport,

 News Updates from CLG
06 January 2017

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Previous editions: Obama admin, EPA hid planned radiation exposure thousands of times Safe Drinking Water Act limits

 

Breaking: 'Multiple people dead' in shooting incident at Fort Lauderdale airport --Airport shut down - CNN --One shooter reportedly in custody --Multiple people dead after shooting at Fort Lauderdale Airport, suspect in custody - police | 06 Jan 2017 | Multiple fatalities confirmed in a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. The shooter is in custody, police say. "Multiple people" were dead, Broward County Sheriff's Office told the media. At least three deaths were confirmed to WTVJ by federal agents...Fire and rescue services scanner referred to "3 red, 5 black, 1 yellow," which is triage terminology for the critically injured, dead and injured but stable, respectively. RT is trying to confirm these reports. By 1:32pm, emergency services were reporting a total of eleven victims, "4 red, 2 yellow, 5 black." [RT] [This story will be updated.]

 

Fort Lauderdale airport shooting: Multiple people killed | 06 Jan 2017 | [Update, 1:48 p.m. ET Friday:] Multiple people were killed in a shooting Friday at the Fort Lauderdale airport, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said on Twitter. The gunman is in custody and was a lone shooter, Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief told CNN on Friday. [Previous story, posted at 1:38 p.m. ET Friday] At least nine people were injured in a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport on Friday, a US official familiar with the incident said...Parts of the airport were apparently evacuated. Aerial footage from CNN affiliates showed large groups of people standing outside on the tarmac. Airport officials said on Twitter that there is an "ongoing incident" in the baggage claim area of Terminal 2.

 

Breaking: Dow comes within a fraction of a point from 20,000 | 06 Jan 2017 | U.S. equities rose on Friday as the technology sector led, while investors parsed through key employment data. The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 90 points, with Goldman Sachs and Walt Disney contributing the most gains, lifting it to a new all-time high. The Dow also came within 0.37 points of hitting 20,000 for the first time. The S&P 500 gained 0.5 percent to reach a new intraday high, with information technology advancing 1 percent.

 

U.S./UK-backed 'White Helmets' help al-Qaeda block water to 5 million Syrians | 03 Jan 2017 | The blockade of water from Wadi Barada to 5 million people in Damascus is taking an interesting turn. The U.S./UK-fin-nced White Helmet organization [of war criminals, terrorists and sociopaths] seems to be directly involved in it. This increases the suspicion that the illegal blockade of water to civilians in Damascus is part of a organized campaign under U.S. command. The campaign is designed to block utilities to government held areas as revenge for the liberation of east Aleppo...U.S. military and CIA officers run the "operations rooms" in Jordan and Turkey that direct the insurgency.

 

Trump calls Russia hacking allegations a 'political witch hunt' | 06 Jan 2017 | Donald Trump and his team are newly lashing out at the idea that Russia tried to tip the election in Trump’s favor, with the president-elect himself labeling it a "political witch hunt" just ahead of his highly anticipated intelligence briefing on evidence that Russian forces hacked Democratic targets to aid the Republican candidate. "They got beaten very badly in the election. I won more counties in the election than Ronald Reagan," Trump said of his political opponents in a Friday morning interview with The New York Times. "They are very embarrassed about it. To some extent, it's a witch hunt. They just focus on this."

 

WikiLeaks 'suing CNN' over ex-CIA official's on-air Assange smear | 04 Jan 2017 | WikiLeaks says it intends to sue CNN after a counter-terrorism analyst for the US cable news channel labeled Julian Assange a 'pedophile' on air. In a tweet on Wednesday, the whistle-blowing organization signalled its intention to bring legal action against CNN over the matter, tweeting: "We have issued instructions to sue CNN for defamation." The WikiLeaks response relates to an appearance by Phil Mudd, a former CIA counter-terrorism official, on a CNN current affairs segment about Assange's recent interview with Fox News. [Hey, Mudd: In psychology, we call that 'projection.']

 

'All those terror attacks': Sweden's nuclear sites to get armed guards --Starting February 4, guards at three Swedish nuclear plants will be equipped with guns - spokesperson | 05 Jan 2017 | Sweden has decided to tighten up security around nuclear plants by requiring guards to be armed. The measures will be introduced following recent terrorists attacks across the globe. "Just look at all the terror attacks, for example in Istanbul recently. We have to keep up and protect our operations as best we can," Anders Osterberg, spokesperson for OKG AB, a Swedish corporation which owns and operates the country's Oskarshamn Nuclear Power Plant, said, according to Sveriges Radio on Thursday.

 

Learn 'terrorism first aid' in case of an attack, public told | 04 Jan 2017 | Britons are being urged to learn "terrorism first aid" in the event they are caught up in an attack. Military medics from CitizenAID have developed a phone app and pocketbook designed to coach people in how to provide potentially life-saving treatment before the arrival of emergency services. Its creators say it will be effective in the aftermath of an attack when emergency services may be concerned with removing a threat, rather than treating victims. They say it could take some time [!?!] before it is deemed safe for paramedics to arrive on the scene after an attack.

 

Chicago torture video: 4 charged with hate crimes, kidnapping | 05 Jan 2017 | Four suspects have been charged in connection with the attack on a special-needs teen that was streamed on Facebook Live. Jordan Hill, 18; Tesfaye Cooper; 18; Brittany Covington, 18; and Tanishia Covington, 24, have each been charged with a hate crime, felony aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery. Hill, Cooper and Brittany Covington also face charges of residential burglary. Hill also faces charges of possession of a stolen motor vehicle. The teen was tied up for four or five hours, Cmdr. Kevin Duffin of the Chicago Police Department told reporters.

 

Shocking moment Chicago teen gang 'kidnap and torture' special-needs man while streaming entire ordeal live on Facebook and screaming racist and anti-Trump remarks --Police said the victim has special needs and was hospitalized after the ordeal | 05 Jan 2017 | Four people have been arrested after sickening footage of a young man allegedly being held hostage, beaten and tortured was streamed live on Facebook. Two men and two women, believed to all be aged 18, were taken into custody by Chicago Police on Wednesday after authorities were made aware of the 30-minute social media video. The footage shows four black people allegedly holding a white man with special needs hostage in an apartment...on Chicago's West Side on Tuesday. The victim, who police say has special needs, was seen cowering in a corner with his arms tied and mouth taped shut. He was filmed being kicked and punched before he had his hair cut until his scalp bled. The victim also had his clothes cut and had cigarette ash flicked over the wound on his head. Someone can be heard in the footage yelling 'f*** Donald Trump. F*** white people'.

 

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