News, Rumors and Opinions Monday 10-28-19
TNT:
IdahoUSA: "There are only three things that can make your dreams come true: your thoughts, your words, and your actions." The Universe
Jambie67: Remember, the early bird gets the worm, but the 2nd mouse gets the cheese! Take pause! Plan! Get all the info! Make your move carefully!
RVAlready: Hopefully, the protests give the obstructionist elements a reason to release the RV. I believe they understand at this point that there is little patience for anyone standing in the way of the RV. Hopefully, this will lead to a release.
Harambe: Reuters: Iraqi military declares curfew in Baghdad https://reut.rs/2WmrxyE
Harambe: Reuters: Iraq declares Baghdad curfew as renewed protests enter fourth day https://reut.rs/2paCkzN
Bobinfanti: https://www.france24.com/en/20191026-iraq-protests-continue-after-day-of-violence-killed-42
Tishwash: parliament is done for the day and will meet again tomorrow Sadr wants MAhdi to come in and announce early elections
Harambe: Reuters: Iraqi cleric Sadr calls for early election: statement https://reut.rs/2qJSosq
KTFA:
Samson: Why did America call the killing of Baghdadi "Kayla Mueller"?
2019/10/28 8:36
The US military has called the killing of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi "Kayla Muller," the US national security adviser Robert O'Brien said. The killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is named after an American hostage named Kayla Mueller, who was abducted by ISIS militants in the northern city of Aleppo in 2013.
Mueller was working in relief for war-affected people in northern Syria, and remained held by ISIS until the announcement. She was killed in February 2015. Muller was born on August 14, 1988, from the US state of Arizona, and along with her humanitarian work was a human rights activist. O'Brien told NBC that Mueller's name for the killing of ISIS leader was to bring justice to her and the Americans who were brutally murdered by Baghdadi and his followers.
Among Americans killed by ISIS is journalist James Foley, who was kidnapped by ISIS militants in November 2012 in Syria, until he was massacred by ISIS militants in August 2014 in a video that caused a sensation. There were conflicting reports about how Mueller was killed in Syria while ISIS is in the grip. While the group said it was killed by a shell during a raid by Jordanian aircraft on the ISIS stronghold in the city of Raqqa in retaliation for the burning of the Jordanian pilot Muath Kasasbeh, Washington lied to this account.
US President Donald Trump announced at a White House press conference that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a military operation by US special forces Saturday night on a compound he was hiding in the area of Brisha in Idlib province in northwestern Syria. LINK
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Samson: Secretary of Defense: Baghdadi's death a devastating blow to ISIS
2019/10/28 8:30
The killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is "a devastating blow to the terrorist organization of ISIS," US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said, noting that it is difficult to defeat the ideology that drives ISIS.
He explained that the goal of the US raid launched by special forces of the army, "was to arrest Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi or kill him in the case could not be arrested," as he put it. He added that "US forces asked Baghdadi to surrender, but he refused and then detonated his explosive vest." Mark Esper concluded that the withdrawal of US troops from northeastern Syria did not accelerate the killing of Baghdadi.
Esper's comments came in conjunction with US President Donald Trump's announcement that Baghdadi was killed after being targeted by a US military raid in the northwestern province of Idlib. Trump announced Sunday from the White House that "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead," saying that the United States "implemented justice for the most dangerous terrorist in the world." "When US forces surrounded Baghdadi, he fled into a tunnel with three of his children and detonated his explosive belt," he said. LINK
ZeroHedge: We Now Have Mass Public Unrest In France, Spain, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Hong Kong, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador And Bolivia
https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1188805115475562496?s=21
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Currency 365:
Sadr Tells Mahdi Gov't to Resign or Be Forced Out
Oct 28, 2019
Is The Bond Market Primed For A Flash Crash? The Ratings Agencies Are Complicit
Silver Report Uncut: Oct 28, 2019
Today we take a look at the market at most risk of a flash crash. Now we see several high profile companies have increased their debt many times over yet they hold on to their investment grade status. This is because the Ratings agencies look for all types of reasons to not grade companies. If ratings agencies were honest based on the increase of debt alone we would have seen wide spread downgrades of falling angels. What good are ratings if they’re not rating?