Venezuela’s Guaido Speaks to Press After Being Barred From National Assembly
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Maduro Forces Oust Guaido from Congress, Spark Day of Chaos
(Bloomberg) — Venezuelan politics descended into disarray on Sunday when security forces barred opposition leader Juan Guaido and his backers from entering the National Assembly, allowing loyalists to President Nicolas Maduro to choose an assembly president instead of Guaido. His suit torn from scaling a fence, Guaido and his supporters went elsewhere and re-elected him…
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Benjamin Netanyahu ‘was warned by the US of its plans to kill Qassem Soleimani ahead of the drone strike’
–Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Netanyahu on Wednesday night –The following morning, Netanyahu tweeted about ‘very, very dramatic things’ –Other allies of the US were not informed of the impending strike Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was likely told of the US drone strike on General Qassem Soleimani before the attack. US Secretary of…
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Arizona Republicans Push Bill Permitting Private Border Wall Construction
More than a dozen Arizona House Republicans introduced a bill on Thursday that would allow private entities to build walls along the U.S.-Mexico border without obtaining the requisite construction permits. The proposal follows a June pledge from State Representative Warren Petersen to back a bill benefiting We Build the Wall, a nonprofit that has vowed to…
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Trump threatens Iraq with ‘very big sanctions’ unless it pays BILLIONS back for an air base if US troops forced to withdraw
FILE PHOTO: © REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo Iraq should brace itself for sanctions that’ll make the ones placed on Iran look pale in comparison if it kicks out the US troops without first covering the costs the US spent on its airbase there, US President Donald Trump said. “We have a very extraordinarily expensive airbase that’s…
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Iran ‘offers $80-million bounty for Donald Trump’s head’ after death of general
Iranian authorities have put a bounty on American President Donald Trump’s head during the televised funeral of General Qasem Soleimani after he was assassinated last week. An $80million bounty has been placed on Donald Trump’s head in the wake of General Qasem Soleimani’s assassination, according to reports. During the televised funeral of the top Iranian,…
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Iran Ends Nuclear Limits as Killing of Iranian General Upends Mideast
The consequences of the American assassination of a senior Iranian commander are mounting. BEIRUT — The consequences of the American assassination of a top Iranian general rippled across the Middle East and beyond on Sunday, with Iran ending commitments it made to limit its nuclear fuel production and Iraqi lawmakers voting to expel American forces…
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Iraq votes to expel U.S. troops after Iran Gen. Qasem Soleimani’s killing
In a sign of Iraq’s mounting anger over a U.S. drone attack that killed Iran’s top general, Qasem Soleimani, as well as an Iraqi leader of Tehran-backed militias, Iraq’s Parliament on Sunday voted to expel U.S. military forces from the country. The development came as Iran said it was all but abandoning the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers…
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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 3 January 2020
Greetings from Tyler, This new calendar year began with a BOOM heard round the world. President Trump pulled the trigger on the bloodiest terrorist this side of al Baghdadi, the Iranian leader Soleimani, blowing him and his convoy to bits at the Baghdad International Airport. He was the “brains,” the organizer and commander of Iranian…
