Monday, August 4, 2014

Pentagon asks Congress to allocate $19 mln in support of Ukrainian army

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2 August 2014 - Part 1 [to circumvent Google's blockade]
 
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Pentagon asks Congress to allocate $19 mln in support of Ukrainian army 2 Aug 2014 The United States intends to provide 19 million to bolster Ukraine's military operation, which pro-Kiev authorities conduct against militias [andcivilians] in the southeastern regions of the country, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said. Kirby said the money was intended to provide training for Ukraine's National Guard forces, in particular to train four companies of soldiers and a headquarters element..."The Vice President also announced approximately 8 million in new assistance to the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service," the White House said in its statement. [Too bad Detroit isn't Kiev.]
 
'Wrong time, altered images': Moscow slams Kiev's MH17 satellite data 1 Aug 2014 Satellite images Kiev published as 'proof' it didn't deploy anti-aircraft batteries around the MH17 crash site carry altered time-stamps and are from days after the MH17 tragedy, the Russian Defense Ministry has revealed. The images, which Kiev claims were taken by its satellites at the same time as those taken by Russian satellites, are neither Ukrainian nor authentic, according to Moscow's statement. The Defense Ministry said the images were apparentlymade by an American KeyHole reconnaissance satellite, because the two Ukrainian satellites currently in orbit, Sich-1 and Sich-2, were not positioned over the part of Ukraine's Donetsk Region shown in the pictures.
 
NATO considers another base location closer to eastern Europe 25 July 2104 A military base in Poland could soon be repurposed to support NATO in its 'mission' to reassure eastern European allies of its oversight amid the Ukraine-Russia conflict. NATO's top commander in Europe, Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, told a briefing in Naples this week that he plans to recommend "having capability in the forward area -- preposition supplies, preposition capabilities, and a basing area ready to rapidly accept follow on forces." U.S. European Command spokesman Col. Martin Downie said in an email to Air Force Times that Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe is discussing options to repurpose an existing headquarters "to serve as an Article 5 focused rapid response."
 
Russia keeps fugitive whistle-blower Edward Snowden in legal limbo 1 Aug 2014 The Kremlin is keeping Edward Snowden guessing about whether it will renew temporary asylum for the fugitive U.S. intelligence contractor. Snowden, who is wanted by U.S. prosecutors after he leaked details about NSA surveillance practices, was stranded in the transit lounge at a Moscow airport in June 2013 while trying to flee to Latin America, where several countries had offered him permanent refuge. Russia waited for more than a month before granting him a one-year temporary asylum permit, which expired Friday.
 
US Senate passes $225 million in emergency funding for Israel's Iron Dome1 Aug 2014 The Senate overwhelmingly approved an emergency measure earlyFriday that could give 225 million in additional revenue to Israel for the country's Iron Dome missile defense system. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) received unanimous consent from his colleagues Friday morning when he asked them to consider approving the measure, The Hill reported. An attempt one day earlier by the Senate to approve funding for the system had failed. Next, the House of Representatives will be tasked with weighing the request, which if passed will put nearly a quarter of a billion dollars towards Israel's missile defense system as that country continues its campaign against Hamas in Gaza City. [Too bad Detroit isn't Tel Aviv. Start reading.]
 
 
US tax dollars at work: Scientist who studied at Manchester University killed in Israeli shell attack on UN car in Gaza 1 Aug 2014 A scientist who studied at Manchester University has been killed after the UN car he was in was hit during an Israeli military assault on Gaza. Dr Bashir al-Hajjar died alongside his younger brother Muneer during the strike in Beer al-Naja in the north of the region. They were travelling in a marked United Nations Relief and Works Agency car when shells landed in front of it and on its bonnet. Relatives told the M.E.N. how Dr al-Hajjar, a father-of-one, died instantly -- while Muneer, who worked for the UN, lived for six minutes as he begged rescuers to help his brother and not him. Muneer's eight-year-old son, also in the vehicle, survived but has been left with serious leg injuries.
 
Obama on CIA's post-9/11 tactics: 'We tortured some folks' 1 Aug 2014 President Barack Obama made a rare acknowledgment during a Friday press briefing concerning the United States past use of enhanced interrogation tactics in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. "In the immediate aftermath of9/11, we did some things that were wrong. We did a whole lot of things that were right, but we tortured some folks. We did things that were contrary to our values," Pres. Obama said near the end of a nearly hour-long press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC. [Right, Obama cut a deal to pardon key war criminals in the Bush regime, in exchange for keeping most of Bush's polices to benefit Wall Street. This was accomplished by ensuring the filibuster rule didn't change in the Senate, so the GOP could easily block any and all progressive legislation. --LRP]
 
2 US Ebola victims to arrive at metro Atlanta military base 1 Aug 2014 Federal officials say two American aid workers who contracted Ebola in Africa will be flown into a metro Atlanta military base. The Pentagon's press secretary, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, said today that a private-chartered aircraft will be arriving at Dobbins Air Reserve Base with patients evacuated from Africa. The patients will then be taken to medical facilities. Kirby says officials in the U.S. State Department asked the military to provide an airfield for the arrival.
 
Evacuation of Ebola-Infected Patients is a 'Military Operation' --U.S. State Department and CDC evacuating Ebola patients by Legitgov 1 Aug 2014 The patients infected with Ebola are being evacuated on a military cargo plane in a 'military operation,' according to Dr. Nancy Snyderman on MSNBC. She described the evacuation as a 'military evacuation.' (MSNBC)
 
U.S. warns against traveling to Ebola-hit countries 31 July 2014 U.S. health officials on Thursday warned Americans not to travel to the three West African countries hit by an outbreak of Ebola. The travel advisory applies to nonessential travel to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where the deadly disease has killed more than 700 people this year...Thursday's alert is the highest-level.
 
Ohio's 4th-largest city: Don't drink the water 2 Aug 2014 Toxins possibly from algae on Lake Erie fouled the water supply of the state's fourth-largest citySaturday, forcing officials to issue warnings not to drink the water and the governor to declare a state of emergency as worried residents descended on stores, quickly clearing shelves of bottled water. The city advised about 400,000 residents in Toledo, most of its suburbs and a few areas in southeastern Michigan not to brush their teeth with or boil the water because that would only increase the toxin's concentration. Toledo issued the warning just after midnight after tests at one treatment plant showed two sample readings for microsystin above the standard for consumption.
 
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