Pentagon Announces Additional $300 Million in Aid for Ukraine

The Pentagon on Friday announced an additional $300 million in military aid for Ukraine.

This is in addition to the $2.3 billion in military aid given to Ukraine since Russia invaded – and in addition to Congress approving $13.6 billion in aid for Ukraine.

Has anyone asked why the US has given Ukraine, a tiny corrupt country, 10% of their GDP in a matter of a couple months?

The Hill reported:

The Department of Defense announced on Friday the U.S. will provide $300 million in additional security assistance to Ukraine.

In a press release, the department said that it had notified Congress of “additional assistance activities under authority provided by the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.”

The money is aimed to bolster Ukraine’s defenses against Russia’s invasion that has been going on for more than a month.

This package includes tactical secure communications systems, a counter-unmanned aerial system, nonstandard machine guns and other defense systems.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/04/pentagon-announces-additional-300-million-aid-ukraine/

US frees Algerian, 48, accused of being a bomb-making instructor after being held for nearly 20 years at Guantanamo Bay but never tried for a crime

Sufyian Barhoumi, 48, of Algeria, who was accused of being a bomb-making instructor for extremist groups, was freed back to his homeland on Saturday

Barhoumi was captured in Pakistan in 2002 and linked to extremist groups, but not al-Qaida or the Taliban and was never tried for a crime

A Guantanamo Bay review board approved his release in 2016, which former President Barack Obama signed off on

The order was stalled under the Trump Administration, who put a freeze on repatriations before Joe Biden restarted the releases last year

The Algerian government said it would impose security measures to reduce any risk from Barhoumi, who is set to be the primary caretaker of his ailing mother

An Algerian man imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for nearly 20 years after being accused of being a bomb-making instructor for extremist groups has been released and sent back to his homeland.

The Department of Defense announced Saturday that Sufyian Barhoumi, 48, was repatriated with assurances from the Algerian government that he would be treated humanely there and that security measures would be imposed to reduce the risk that he could pose a threat in the future.

The Pentagon did not provide details about those security measures, which could include restrictions on travel.

Barhoumi, who was never tried for a crime, was captured in Pakistan and taken to the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2002.

It was determined he was involved with various extremist groups but was not a member of al-Qaida or the Taliban, according to a report by a review board at the prison that approved him for release in 2016.

His attorney, Shayana Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights, said Barhoumi was a model prison at Guantanamo Bay who helped calm tensions between fellow prisoners and Army guards.

He said Barhoumi would be freed back in Algeria to be the primary caretaker of his ailing mother and run a family restaurant.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10679683/US-sends-home-Algerian-held-nearly-20-years-Guantanamo.html

Former UN chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte calls for international arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin as she says Russian President is a 'war criminal'

Ex-UN chief prosecutor called for international arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

Carla Del Ponte said Putin was a 'war criminal' owing to his actions in Ukraine

Ms Del Ponte led war crimes prosecutions in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda

The former UN chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte has called for an international arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.

She said the Russian President was a 'war criminal' owing to his actions in Ukraine.

Ms Del Ponte was in charge of prosecutions of war crime tribunals for the UN in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

'Putin is a war criminal,' she told the Swiss newspaper Le Temps in an interview published on Saturday.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10679485/Former-chief-prosecutor-Carla-Del-Ponte-calls-international-arrest-warrant-Vladimir-Putin.html

Queue the 'that's a man baby' memes

Mormons Inc: Church accused of multinational tax rort

The Mormon Church has been accused of engaging in significant tax evasion in Australia, allowing its adherents to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in tax exemptions that are not lawfully available to followers of other religions.

Some of its tax activities are run through a shell company, with no paid employees, that could be in breach of Australian tax laws, an investigation by The Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald has found.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/mormons-inc-church-accused-of-multinational-tax-rort-20220330-p5a98p.html