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MY NEWS PUNCH F. DEJAHANG ➜⇢➤27-02-2020 ➽ ➜⇢➤Mainstream Vs. Alternative Media Page 11 PART 4
➜⇢ ➽ ➤ Coronavirus Tests China, Temps America
February 21, 2020 (Joseph Thomas - NEO) -Biology has done what malicious US foreign policy aimed at China has failed to do for years; complicate China's relations along its peripheries (and the rest of the world for that matter), particularly in Southeast Asia. http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
➜⇢ ➽ ➤ The smoke from burning forests, like those in Australia, can travel around the world in about a week. But eventually, poof. All the smoke dissipates. Where does it all go? https://mashable.com/video/where-smoke-goes-to-die/?europe=true
➜⇢ ➽ ➤ With Grenell Appointment, the Israel Lobby’s Foothold on US Intelligence Grows Even Stronger
With Richard Grenell now overseeing all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies, Israel’s influence over the U.S. intelligence community has reached new and troubling heights.
by Whitney Webb Last week’s appointment of U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell to the post of Director of National Intelligence (DNI) received criticism from both sides of the political divide, mainly for his lack of experience and history of outspoken and partisan political statements. Much more overlooked, however, are Grenell’s ties to the powerful American pro-Israel lobby and Israeli politicians alike, including organizations and individuals with a history of espionage and blackmail against the United States.
Grenell is merely the latest example in a series of appointments over the past few years that have seen individuals with deep ties to the pro-Israel lobby rise to top positions in the U.S. intelligence community, including the NSA’s current director of Cybersecurity Anne Neuberger as well as the leaders of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB). https://www.mintpressnews.com/richard-grenell-israel-lobby-us-intelligence/265181/
➜⇢ ➽ ➤ How a Subtle Turkey-Iran Entente is Helping Iran Secure a Firm Presence in Syria
In the last of a three-part series, Agha Hussein investigates how cooperation with Turkey Is helping Iran resist pressure to leave Syria. by Agha Hussain In stark contrast to their positions during the early years of the deadly war in Syria, Turkey and Iran are currently finding areas of strategic cooperation in the war-torn country. The driving factor behind this newfound convergence is a consensus and vision for Syria shared by the trio of Russia, Israel and the wealthy Gulf Arab countries that was described in detail in the first two installments of this series and runs counter to Iran’s interests. But just how plausible, and indeed feasible is it for Iran to keep the Resistance culture thriving in Syria, and is cooperation between Iran and Turkey in Syria’s post-war landscape possible? https://www.mintpressnews.com/subtle-turkey-iran-entente-secure-presence-syria/265138/