| To: Les H who wrote (42504) | 6/13/2024 11:47:59 PM | | From: Les H | | | | A leak to the New York Times has shed more light on the secret role Britain is playing in Israel’s assault on Gaza.
MATT KENNARD
11 JUNE 2024
Senior Israeli official says covert British team gives “added value” to its intelligence operations
Official adds that Britain is providing intelligence from spy flights that “Israel cannot collect on its own”
UK Ministry of Defence tells Declassified: “We do not comment on speculation on intelligence matters”
A senior Israeli official has said that a British spy team has been deployed to Israel since it began bombing Gaza in October.
It is not known what UK agencies the personnel in the British team deployed in Israel belong to, although it is likely to involve the SAS, Britain’s elite special forces unit.
The Sun reported on 27 October that the SAS, which operates completely outside of democratic oversight, had been deployed to UK bases on Cyprus to – it was claimed – rescue British hostages held captive by Hamas.
The UK military’s “D-Notice” committee, which seeks to stop the media publishing information it claims would damage national security, requested on 28 October that all media editors not publish further information relating to SAS operations in Gaza.
Declassified previously revealed that 36 military transport aircraft have gone from RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus to Tel Aviv. Six were C-17s while 30 were A400M planes.
The UK military could have transported up to 4,300 personnel in these planes and this is likely to include SAS troops.
It is also likely that GCHQ and MI6 personnel are involved in the British team stationed in Israel.
declassifieduk.org
Much of the warfare now uses special forces, special operators, and mercenaries, evading public oversight. US avoided the oversight in Syria by setting up the Benghazi CIA Annex to oversee the distribution of weapons and trafficking of militants through a number of allied governments that maintained armories nearby, thereby avoiding violating the law against unauthorized direct weapons transfers. After Benghazi blew up, Obama issued an executive order authorizing the program to directly arm the mercenaries. |
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| From: tntpal | 6/14/2024 9:48:50 AM | | | | | | The EU's highest court, the ECJ, has officially found Hungary guilty for not accepting migrants
Responding to the judgment, the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, described the court’s ruling as “outrageous and unacceptable”, adding: “It seems that illegal migrants are more important to the Brussels bureaucrats than their own European citizens.”
The legal ruling comes less than three weeks before the Hungarian government takes charge of the rotating presidency of the EU council of ministers. It highlights the profound challenge to the bloc posed by anti-EU, nationalist leaders at a time when far-right forces made advances in European elections in France, Germany and Austria, and are expected to join the government in the Netherlands.
The judgment relates to a 2020 ruling that found Hungary had broken EU migration law by limiting the rights of refugees and migrants to claim asylum in numerous ways, including by holding asylum seekers in transit camps at Röszke and Tompa on its border with Serbia.
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| To: Les H who wrote (42505) | 6/14/2024 9:50:54 AM | | From: Les H | | | | Russia’s Putin sets out conditions for peace talks with Ukraine
PUBLISHED FRI, JUN 14 20247:07 AM EDT
Russian state news outlet Tass reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin demands the complete withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, after which peace negotiations can begin.
Putin added that Moscow was committed to ensuring the “unhindered and safe withdrawal” of Ukrainian forces if Kyiv agrees to such a concession.
The Kremlin’s conditions are unlikely to receive a warm reception in Kyiv, which has repeatedly stated that it will not concede territory to Russia.
cnbc.com
Rejected by NATO Sec-general Jens Stoltenberg. |
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| To: Les H who wrote (42508) | 6/14/2024 9:55:09 AM | | From: Les H | | | | Where Israel Now Ends: A Visit to the Country's New Northern Frontier
The war with Hamas and Hezbollah, and Israel's decision to evacuate tens of thousands of civilians from its northern border with Lebanon, means there is an invisible wall across the Galilee: on one side life goes on and on the other, it's at a standstill
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| To: Les H who wrote (42509) | 6/14/2024 9:57:38 AM | | From: Les H | | | | Hamas’s Sinwar said to laud high civilian death toll in Gaza as ‘necessary sacrifice’
Wall Street Journal report details messages to interlocutors in which Gazan terror chief exalts Palestinian deaths as helping increase pressure on Israel
timesofisrael.com
US military considers temporarily dismantling pier off coast of Gaza for second time due to rough sea conditions
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| To: Les H who wrote (42511) | 6/14/2024 10:11:42 AM | | From: Les H | | | | Barber Admits He Expects At Least A 40% Tip From Clients Once The Service Is Done
It's just another sign that tipping culture is out of control.
Mary-Faith Martinez
Written on May 21, 2024
yourtango.com
Tipping topic is trending again as online/electronic payment for food displays have 40 percent tip as recommended. |
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| From: tntpal | 6/14/2024 10:17:47 AM | | | | | | Intensified Hezbollah fire continues: Dozens of rockets launched at northern Israel communities today, following earlier anti-tank missile attacks; several fires erupt in region...
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| From: Don Green | 6/14/2024 4:52:07 PM | | | | | | | Brace for extreme heat |
Model projections showing the near-record intensity of the heat dome affecting the Eastern U.S. midweek next week. Image: Weatherbell.com
A June heat wave for the record booksis set to send temperatures soaring from the Midwest to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast beginning Sunday. It'll continue into the coming weeks, Axios' Andrew Freedman writes.
- Why it matters: This is the first heat wave of the summer for millions of Americans, and its extended duration heightens the public health threat.
?? Threat level: By next Friday, more than 260 million people in the U.S. are forecast to see air temperatures reach or exceed 90°F, with many experiencing heat indices at or above 100°F.
- Affected big cities include Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston.
- Even northern Maine is likely to see temperatures soar into the upper 90s.
NWS forecast high temperatures on June 19, showing highs in the 90s to low 100s°F across the Central U.S., Midwest, Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic and New England. Image: NWS via Pivotal Weather
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