US unleashes massive attack on last ISIS bastion in eastern Euphrates

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:30 P.M.) – The U.S. Coalition unleashed a massive attack on the last Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) bastion in the eastern region of the Euphrates River Valley on Monday.

According to reports from the Deir Ezzor Governorate, the U.S. Coalition has conducted several airstrikes over the ISIS-held town of Baghouz, hitting a number of areas under the control of the terrorist group.

The Syrian government has accused the U.S. Coalition of killing several civilians during today’s attack, including 4 people at a refugee camp near the town of Baghouz.

This large-scale attack by the U.S. Air Force is meant to force the remaining Islamic State terrorists to surrender their positions in Baghouz, especially after they just repelled a big attack by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-unleashes-massive-attack-on-last-isis-bastion-in-eastern-euphrates/

Russian strategic bombers carry out missile strike during military drills

Russian strategic bombers Tu-95MS have carried out a missile strike on “enemy” ground facilities in several Russian regions during a military exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press service told journalists on Monday.

“Long-range aviation crews performed tasks on redeployment, air refueling and carrying out a ‘missile strike’ on enemy ground facilities during the main stage of the drills,” the press service said.

The press service specified that up to 10 crews of strategic bombers and tanker aircraft were involved in the training flights. Pilots and air navigators that graduated from military educational institutions in 2016-2017 also took part in the exercise.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russian-strategic-bombers-carry-out-missile-strike-during-military-drills/

House VA committee launches investigation into Mar-a-Lago trio

The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs initiated an investigation Friday into how much influence three wealthy members of President Donald Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, Fla., exerted over the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The committee, now led by Democrats, sent a letter Friday to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie demanding documents and correspondence that could reveal the level of involvement at the VA of Mar-a-Lago members Ike Perlmutter, Marc Sherman and Bruce Moskowitz.

Perlmutter, the chairman of Marvel Entertainment, Sherman, a lawyer, and Moskowitz, a Palm Beach doctor, have no U.S. military or government experience, yet they are reported to have steered VA officials on policies affecting millions of veterans.

“The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs is opening an investigation into this relationship so that Congress, veterans and the American people can better understand the scope and nature of this relationship between the department and these individuals,” the letter states.

Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., the chairman of the veterans affairs committee, wants travel logs to and from Mar-a-Lago, as well as emails, text messages and phone records between the three men and former and current VA officials, among other documents. Takano asked for the information by Feb. 22.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/02/house-va-committee-launches-investigation-into-mar-a-lago-trio/

Liberal Lunacy: Grocery Store Sparks Outrage With Weekly Advert “Heaven Has A Wall… Hell Has Open Borders”

A small grocery chain has sparked outrage (among only progressives) with a message included in their weekly mailer.

“Heaven has a wall, a gate and a strict immigration policy. Hell has open borders. Let that sink in.”

"Heaven has a wall, a gate and a strict immigration policy. Hell has open borders. Let that sink in." – via https://t.co/MQijSCYJQg pic.twitter.com/1RdR0TVzFV

— BrightStart News (@BRIGHTstrt) February 11, 2019

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/02/liberal-lunacy-grocery-store-sparks-outrage-with-weekly-advert-heaven-has-a-wall-hell-has-open-borders/

Sexual assault remains ‘tremendous problem’ for military, lawmaker says

A House committee will take a closer look at the “tremendous problem” of sexual assault in the military following a damning report on the service academies, the chairwoman of a House subpanel said Thursday.

The comments, which were part of a House Appropriations Committee subpanel hearing on the quality of life in the military, highlighted recent Defense Department findings that reports of sexual assaults at academies have risen dramatically.

The subpanel’s new chairwoman told the panel of military leaders that the findings painted a “devastating portrait.”

“Sexual assault in the military continues to be a … really tremendous problem,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D.-Fla., chairwoman of the subpanel on military construction, veterans’ issues and other related concerns. “In all branches of the services, it begins, it seems, right from the academies.”

Claims of sexual assaults at U.S. military service academies have increased by nearly 50 percent since 2016, according to survey results released last week. The Defense Department’s “Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Service Academies” included an anonymous survey of servicemembers that found 50 percent of women and 16 percent of men said they had experienced sexual harassment.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/02/sexual-assault-remains-tremendous-problem-for-military-lawmaker-says/

Catalan separatist trial gives Spanish far-right global platform

MADRID: Far-right Spanish party Vox is on track to get a global soapbox as it takes part in the much-hyped trial of Catalan pro-independence leaders as a “popular prosecutor” a Spain-specific legal mechanism that has left Madrid embarrassed.

Vox burst on to the political scene by winning 12 seats in southern Andalusia’s regional parliament in December.

The party, which vehemently opposes illegal immigration and supports the scrapping of tough laws against gender violence, also plans to send a few MEPs into the European Parliament in May elections.

Its involvement in the upcoming trial of Catalan separatist leaders will be a so-called “popular prosecution”, a set-up which allows any citizen or organisation to be an accuser in court alongside public prosecutors.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2019/02/11/catalan-separatist-trial-gives-spanish-far-right-global-platform/

One person injured after shooting at solid waste facility

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis police and fire crews are on the scene of a reported shooting at what appears to be a solid waste facility.

MPD confirmed they are at 1514 North Bellevue.

One person was injured.

We have a crew headed to the scene.

https://wreg.com/2019/02/11/first-responders-on-the-scene-of-reported-shooting-at-solid-waste-facility/

Acting Pentagon Chief Patrick Shanahan arrives in Afghanistan

Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan arrived in Afghanistan on a surprise visit Monday as the United States seeks to support the Kabul government while negotiating peace with the Taliban.

Shanahan will meet President Ashraf Ghani, whose government was not part of major talks between US and Taliban officials last month that negotiators hope could bring a breakthrough in the grinding 17-year conflict.

The US diplomat leading the talks has expressed hope at finding a deal before Afghan presidential elections scheduled for July, as President Donald Trump calls for an end to American military involvement in the war-torn country.

Ghani’s allies in Washington insist Afghans should lead the peace process, but the Taliban consider the Kabul administration a US puppet and refused to talk to them.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2019/02/11/Acting-Pentagon-Chief-Patrick-Shanahan-arrives-in-Afghanistan.html

Trio Arrested for International Distribution of Fentanyl via the Darknet

Three residents of Leeds, England, have been found guilty of supplying fentanyl over the dark web and have been sentenced to a total jail term of more than four decades. Mandy Christopher Lowther, 21, Jake Levene, 22, and the oldest of the trio, Lee Childs, aged 45, confessed that they had been supplying the opioid to numerous customers all over the world.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) stated that they used the dark web market AlphaBay for their sales under an alias dubbed UKBargins. The NCA report also revealed that the trio discretely ran the business at an industrial plant in Morley, which is to the north of Leeds.

Lowther and Levene jointly managed the drug facility while Childs was in charge of packaging and delivering the drugs to customers by mail. They would mix fentanyl and carfentanyl analogue with other bulk adding substances, since the blend would bring better sales than pure products.

The information that led to the arrest of the three is quite unclear, although they were arrested in April 2017, just three months prior to the takedown of Alpha Bay and Hansa markets. Evidence used in court against them included a laptop which was displaying the UKBargins sales at the time of the police raid on the trio.

https://www.deepdotweb.com/2019/02/09/trio-arrested-for-international-distribution-of-fentanyl-via-the-darknet/

>>5120865

People have been saying this for years… your just finding out about it now

"A frightening wake-up call… if Fast Food Nation made you consider some serious lifestyle changes, The Hundred-Year Lie will inspire you to go ten steps farther." – Boston Herald

Combining the impact of the classic bestseller Silent Spring with Fast Food Nation, The Hundred-Year Lie: How Food and Medicine Are Destroying Your Health presents a devastating exposé of how chemicals in everyday products are ruining our health.

Over the past one hundred years, we have been guinea pigs in a vast chemistry experiment that uses our bodies, our health, and our good will to test the proposition that modern science can improve upon nature.

In The Hundred-Year Lie, investigative journalist RandallFitzgerald shatters dozens of myths being perpetuated by the chemical, pharmaceutical and processed food industries.

Find out why you would never be FDA-approved—and why humans are becoming one of the most polluted species on the planet:

• The average American now carries a “body burden” of 700 or more synthetic chemicals, including Teflon, plastics, and dozens of pesticides.

• Musk fragrances used in detergents and air fresheners are not filtered out by our current water treatment facilities, ending up in our drinking water.

• The artificial sweetener aspartame, an ingredient in 1,200 food products from diet drinks to chewing gum, has been linked to eighty-eight toxic symptoms.

Fitzgerald not only sheds light on the problems we face from the unprecedented chemical onslaught, he presents suggestions for what we can to do to turn the tide.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/151817.The_Hundred_Year_Lie

>>5120981

It didn't get the exposure back then that its getting now… nobody would listen ..now with the internet and Q pointing it out ..people are starting to wake up