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Bibi1581 Blog For 06/04/2018: Morning Edition

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1…………> The “Trump Shake-Up”: North Korea
 

In a new sign that President Trump’s policy “big stick and sweet carrot” is working, North Korea’s top three military officials have been removed from their posts, a senior US official said, a move analysts say could support efforts by the North’s young leader to jump-start economic development and engage with the world

 

According to an unidentified intelligence official, General No Kwang-chol, first vice minister of the Ministry of People’s Armed Forces, had replaced Pak Yong-sik as defense chief, while Ri Myong-su was replaced by his deputy, Ri Yong-gil.

North Korean state media previously confirmed that Army General Kim Su-gil had replaced Kim Jong-gak as director of the KPA’s General Political Bureau.

 

In a remarkable shift in tone eight days after canceling the summit, citing Pyongyang’s “open hostility,” Mr. Trump welcomed North Korea’s former intelligence chief, Kim Yong-Chol, to the White House on Friday, exchanging smiles and handshakes.

All three of the new officials have at least some experience interacting with foreign delegations, a factor that is critical as Mr. Kim seeks to line up meetings with leaders from the United States, China, Russia, and Syria.

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-04/kim-jong-un-shakes-up-military-leadership-ahead-of-trump-summit/9832346
2…………>”Pardon Me, Pardon You”: President Trump

 

The “anti-Trump” crowds of “illegal” Special Counsel Robert Mueller that were salivating at the opportunity to drag President Trump in front of a grand jury before impeaching him, may have had a “legal monkey wrench” tossed in their wheels, as even Constitutional scholars are divided on whether a president can pardon himself.

Donald J. Trump

✔@realDonaldTrump

As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong? In the meantime, the never-ending Witch Hunt, led by 13 very Angry and Conflicted Democrats (& others) continues into the mid-terms!

5:35 AM – Jun 4, 2018

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When White House adviser Kellyanne Conway was asked by a reporter why the president talked about pardoning himself, she replied: “Why would he need to pardon himself if he’s done nothing wrong? You just like to engage in these hypothetical exercises constantly”.

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44359434

 

3…………> Mozart In Beijing: The “Zauberflouete”
In yet another cultural triumph for Chinese musicians and performers, an artist from the China National Opera House performs in Mozart ‘s opera classic “Die Zauberfloete (The Magical Flute)” in Beijing, capital of China, May 30, 2018.

 

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/31/c_137218890.htm
4…………> “Get Them Ruskies”: NATO Hordes
In the biggest wargames since the “Cold War” intended to taunt the “Russian bear”, US deployed 6000 soldiers from its new base in Poland into operation “Saber Strike” exercise, which involves Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and 17 additional participating Allied and partner militaries.

 

It is “a clear demonstration of the commitment and solidarity of the Alliance,” according to the US Army Europe. “Saber Strike 18 is not a provocation of Russia but an exercise with our Allies.”

US Army Europe

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Lithuanian and @USArmy Soldiers officially launch Saber Strike 18 with the opening ceremony in @USEmbVilnius, Lithuania. @US_EUCOM #USArmyEurope #SaberStrike has begun!

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“Yes, we are interested in the presence of American forces in our country,” said Pawel Soloch, head of the office of national security at the Polish presidency.

 
http://p.dw.com/p/2yruN
5…………> “Feminism” IS Style: Knife Terror
In planning an attack in the capital of the Islamic May’sdom of UK, Safaa Boular tried from prison to recruit her sister to execute an attack in London, with her mother surveying major London landmarks and hoarding knives and a rucksack.
The Crime Plan:

 
Boular was detained last year after she attempted to travel to Syria to visit her partner, an older Islamic State group fighter she wanted to marry, who was later killed in Syria.

 She tried to recruit her older sister Rizlaine in phone calls from prison to execute an attack in the British capital, using code words over the phone that referred to an attack as an “Alice In Wonderland”-themed tea party. 

 A fourth woman, Khawla Barghouthi, pleaded guilty to having information about acts of terrorism and will remain in custody along with the other three women.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dean Haydon said the women, “were filled with hate and toxic ideology and were determined to carry out a terrorist attack. Had they been successful, it could well have resulted in people being killed or seriously injured.”

http://www.dw.com/en/teenage-girl-found-guilty-of-plotting-all-female-uk-terror-attack/a-44071823
 

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Bibi1581 Blog For 05/14/2018: Evening Edition

1…………> Get Well: Melania

 

“The procedure was successful and there were no complications,” Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre spokeswoman Ms. Stephanie Grisham said.

“The First Lady looks forward to a full recovery so she can continue her work on behalf of children everywhere,” as Ms. Trump, 48, underwent an embolization procedure to treat the kidney condition. 

 

Mr. Trump tweeted he was on his way to visit his wife, who he said was in “good spirits”.

Donald J. Trump

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Heading over to Walter Reed Medical Center to see our great First Lady, Melania. The successful procedure, she is in good spirits. Thank you to all of the well-wishers!

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-15/melania-trump-hospitalised-for-kidney-surgery-white-house-says/9761388

 

 

 

 

2…………> Netanyahu Defends Shootings: Gaza

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said his military was acting in self-defense against Gaza’s Islamist rulers, Hamas, who he said wanted to destroy Israel in the deadliest day of violence in Gaza since the 2014 war, with Palestinian officials saying that troops have killed 55 people and wounded 2,700.


The Palestinian Authority’s leader condemned a “massacre”, and the UN spoke of “outrageous human rights violations”, following the opening of the US  controversial embassy in Jerusalem.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44116340

 

 

3…………> Hidden Budapest: Unknown World

The limestone mined from the Kőbánya district, meaning the ‘stone mine district’, on the Pest side of the city, has led to the carving of an underground cellar system of more than 20 miles, and 90 feet below street level.

 

Countless buildings in Budapest, including the 1902 neo-Gothic Parliament building (pictured), were built with the stone mined below the city.

http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20180514-a-hidden-world-30m-below-budapest

 

 

4…………> “Cyber” Islamic State: A Warning

 

The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence service, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Hans-Georg Maaßen said the Islamic Merkeldom of Germany should be ready with its own malware to counter hackers, aa a sister service over the channel, the British MI5 warned that IS still posed a threat to Europe despite losses in the Middle East.

The spymaster told German media that the country should be ready with “anti-sabotage” measures to deal with any future attacks.

“This means that we should implement malware in all our critical infrastructures that we could then perhaps activate at a point in time X, when a political dispute arises,” Maaßen said in the interview, held ahead of a meeting of European security chiefs in Berlin.

http://www.dw.com/en/german-intelligence-head-warns-of-cyber-attacks-on-critical-infrastructure/a-43774802

 

 

 

5…………> Another Broken Window: Sichuan Airlines

 

It has been a long, deadly, and horrifying cluster of broken airplane windows, now joined by Chinese Sichuan Airlines Flight 3U8633 that was forced to make an emergency landing at China’s Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport on Monday after one of the airplane’s cockpit windows fell off mid-flight.


The Civil Aviation Administration of China’s Southwest Regional Administration (CAAC) reported that one of the pilots suffered scratches and waist pains, and a flight attendant also received a minor injury during the accident when the domestic flight, which was traveling from Chongqing to Lhasa, landed at the Chengdu Shuangliu airport roughly 20 minutes after the window broke.

Chief pilot Liu Chuanjian revealed that seconds after the malfunction, his fellow pilot started to get sucked out of the window, along with parts of the plane’s control unit.

“The windshield cracked suddenly and gave a huge bang. I looked aside and found half of the co-pilot’s body was already outside the window. Fortunately, his seat belt was fastened,” the South China Morning Post reported Liu saying. “The sudden loss of pressure and low temperature made me very uncomfortable and it was very difficult to make a single move when the aircraft was flying at 600 miles an hour and at such a high altitude.”

This incident comes weeks after a Southwest Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Cleveland, Ohio after a passenger alerted flight staff of a cracked window.

https://sputniknews.com/asia/201805141064452707-sichuan-airlines-window-emergency-landing/

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Bibi1581 Blog For 05/13/2018: Evening Edition

1…………> IS New Playground: Indonesia

Western politicians, led by President Trump announced recently the complete and unconditional destruction of the so-called Islamic State of Levant, unfortunately, as any other cancer, it did not die, but simply mutated and found a new body to feed into. Hence the rumors of its demise were grossly exaggerated since its new target turned out to be the largest Muslim country in the world, namely Indonesia that has suffered a number of deadly incidents linked to Islamist militancy over the years:

2002 (October): A bomb attack on the Kuta Beach nightclub district on Bali kills 202 people, most of them being tourists.
2003 (August): Fourteen people are killed when a car bomb explodes outside the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta
2004 (September): Another car bomb attack outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta kills nine and injures more than 180
2005 (October): Three suicide bombings on Bali kill 23 people, including the bombers
2009 (July): Twin suicide bomb attacks on the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta killed nine people and injured many more
2016 (January): A bomb and gun attack in the center of Jakarta kills two civilians and five attackers. IS claimed to be behind the attack
2017 (May): A suicide bomb attack in Jakarta kills at least three police officers and injures 10 people
2018 (February): Several people are injured in a sword attack at a church in Sleman, Yogyakarta
2018 (May): Five police officers are killed at a high-security prison in clashes with Islamist militant prisoners 

 

Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, is among several nations in South East Asia that have suffered attacks in recent years by groups said to be linked to so-called Islamic State (IS). Why? Because of the relentless Russian and US bombing of desert terrorist sanctuaries in Syria and Iraq exposed a glaring weakness of the fanatical followers of the “Sheik Of Death” Al Baghdadi: there was no place to hide from the prying eyes of intelligence drones, even in a predominantly Islamic country. The solution?  Abandon the Middle East for the time being, and create new bases deep within the tropical jungles of the Philippines and Indonesia, igniting a new jihadist fire away from the long arms of the New World Disorder.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44100393

 

 

 


2…………> Play With Cheetahs: Family On The Run

A quiet day in the park turns into a life & death confrontation.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44086107

 

 

 

 

3…………> Vintage Cars: Poland

A Ford Mustang vintage car is seen during the 2018 Warsaw Oldtimer Show in Nadarzyn, southwest of Warsaw, Poland, on May 13, 2018. The show was held here from May 12 to May 13, attracting about 300 exhibitors to display almost 2,000 vintage cars. 

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/14/c_137176523.htm

 

 

 

4…………> Contested Capital: Jerusalem

About 45,000 Israelis, mainly ultranationalist religious Jewish youths, waved Israeli flags and blew horns as they passed through the Old City’s Muslim Quarter en route to the Western Wall in Jerusalem, ignoring high tensions that marked Israel’s 1967 capture of the eternal city.

The annual parade was held under heavy police security a day before the United States was expected to move its embassy to Jerusalem, a diplomatic move that has been boycotted by many EU and third world’s countries.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/14/c_137176362.htm

 

5………….> New Maritime Superpower: China

Mr.Xi new toy, the new Chinese aircraft carrier code name Type 001 which has a cruising speed of 36 miles per hour, is based on the same Soviet Kuznetsov-class design used for the Liaoning, with a ski-jump type ramp for taking off, unlike US carriers, which have more advanced catapult technology.  It can carry some 40 planes. and has a displacement of 70,000 tonnes fully loaded. A third aircraft carrier is being built in Shanghai, but all details are still state secret, a long way from US carrier force of 11 carriers, all nuclear-powered.


Although China’s 2-million strong military is the largest in the world and its navy is also the biggest in terms of numbers of ships, its defense budget in 2018, though raised, is still only about one-quarter that of the United States. 

http://www.dw.com/en/first-chinese-built-aircraft-carrier-takes-to-the-waves-for-trials/a-43761961

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