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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage with a well-earned pint . . .

Red World Order File: Communist Party of China faces “existential crisis” to its regime in face of novel coronavirus outbreak, Politburo holds emergency meeting on Jan. 25 (Chinese New Year) to draw up list of 11 “priority” cities to protect from disease: Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Hangzhou, Urumqi, Xi’an, Shenyang, Harbin; last three considered military tech hubs; REST OF COUNTRY TO BE SACRIFICED, EVEN IF MILLIONS DIE; HK political commentator Stephen Shiu Yeuk-yuen reports news of high-level CCP meeting to local edition of The Epoch Times, “obtained the information from an insider in the CCP’s top leadership”; Prof. Gabriel Leung, Dean of UHK’s Medical School, predicts 18 million citizens of Red China will be infected, one to two million will die this year; meanwhile 18,000 members of HK Hospital Authority Employees Alliance threaten strike action against government of Carrie Lam, demand TOTAL closure of border with Mainland China, say suspension of high-speed rail and ferry service not sufficient to thwart pandemic’s spread to SAR, 12 2019_nCoV cases already reported in HK; USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, other countries plan to airlift citizens out of virus-stricken city of Wuhan, post-flight quarantines expected

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End Times File: World Health Org declares global health emergency in connection with novel coronavirus, but fails to recommend strict travel and trade bans, number of 2019_nCoV cases reaches nearly 10,000 worldwide, inc. 213 dead in Red China, 98 cases in 18 other countries, no deaths reported overseas but domestic human-to-human transmission confirmed in North America, i.e., Illinois and Ontario; US State Dept. advises Americans to not travel to PRC as President Trump forms Coronavirus Task Force under leadership of Sec. of Health Alex Azar, in coordination with NSC: “The Task Force will lead the Administration’s efforts to monitor, contain, and mitigate the spread of the virus . . .”; alt-media variously speculates Chicom biowarfare or globalist depopulation plot behind 2019_nCoV, in latter case Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, World Economic Forum, and Bill and Melinda Gates Founda- tion co-hosted coronavirus pandemic simulation barely one month before first reported case in Wuhan on Dec. 1, Event 201 “envisioned fast-spreading coronavirus with a devastating impact,” “resulting in death toll of 65 million people within 18 months”; at same time “fact-checking” website dismisses claims 2019_nCoV related to older strain of coronavirus patented by UK-based Pirbright Institute in 2015

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End Times File: Red China’s Premier Li arrives in Wuhan on Jan. 26, assumes control over coronavirus outbreak management, Wuhan mayor takes flak for Communist Party, offers to resign over slow first response to health crisis, PRC’s National Health Commission releases official 2019_nCoV stats for Jan. 28: 106 deaths, 4,583 cases of infected people; social media posts from persons purporting to be frontline medical staff in Hubei province assert 90,000 or more cases of infection; first human-to-human transmission of 2019_nCoV confirmed in Europe, German man infected by coworker who recently visited family in Wuhan; meanwhile desert locust infestation of Biblical proportions overcomes Kenya as (literally) hundreds of millions of hungry insects devour crops across 172,973 acres of farmland, head to Uganda to wreak more damage, Kenyan farmer Ndunda Makanga: “Even cows are wondering what is happening. Corn, sorghum, cowpeas, they have eaten everything”; US President Donald Trump hosts Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and latter’s chief political rival Benny Gantz at White House on Mon., promises to release details of long-awaited Middle East peace plan (Dan. 9:27?), Trump facing Senate impeachment trial while Netanyahu faces corruption charges back home and Palestinians protest “deal of the century”

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If the Lancet journal is correct and 2019_nCoV has a 15% kill rate, then of the 4,583 confirmed infection cases in Red China at least 687 will die.

End Times File: Beijing blocks foreign countries from airlifting diplomatic staff, civilians from coronavirus-stricken city of Wuhan, USA and UK planning such repatriation ops; also imposes lockdown on 16 cities around Wuhan, cuts off air, rail and road travel to quarantined areas, restricting movement of more than 50 million people, temporarily bans sale of wildlife in markets, restaurants and e-commerce platforms; Prof. Gabriel Leung, Dean of Univ. of Hong Kong’s Medical School, says number of novel coronavirus-infected persons in Red China could be 30 times amount admitted by communist officials, 44,000 in epicenter Wuhan alone, 2019-nCoV incubates up to 2 weeks before symptoms show, e.g. respiratory distress; Leung: “We have to be prepared that this particular epidemic may be about to become a global epidemic”; meanwhile HK government closes schools for 2 weeks and bars residents of Hubei province from entering SAR, follows torching of public housing block by protesters opposed to use of structure as quarantine facility; some news sites speculate 2019-nCoV could be product of Red China’s suspected covert biowarfare program, PRC’s most advanced virus research lab is National Biosafety Lab at Wuhan Institute of Virology, “wet market” origin of 2019-nCoV possible regime cover story

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End Times File: Red China’s Premier Li Keqiang to head “high-level group” to fight coronavirus epidemic that has killed 80 people and infected at least 2,400 others, Wuhan mayor admits 5 million people fled city shortly before officials blocked land routes, 9 million remain under quarantine; “ground zero” of deadly flu traced to open-air market where exotic live animals sold and slaughtered for human consumption; Ma Xiaowei, minister for PRC’s National Health Commission: “There are signs showing the virus is becoming more trans- missible. These walking ‘contagious agents’ make controlling the outbreak a lot more difficult”; Ma says 2,360 military and civilian doctors and nurses have been deployed to Wuhan to augment current medical staff, 2,400 hospital beds added to facilities in Wuhan, another 5,000 to be added over the next three days; Gao Fu, head of Red China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention: “There are trends for an epidemic cycle. It is still growing”; Wang Jiangping, PRC vice-minister of industry and IT, reported that his country has capacity to produce max. of 30,000 protective outfits per day, but this is less than one third of amount needed in Hubei province; meanwhile fifth confirmed corona- virus case found in USA, Maricopa County, AZ resident joins four other infected persons in Seattle, Chicago and Orange County, CA; Health Ranger Mike Adams quotes Lancet medical journal, says coronavirus has 15% kill rate, could be Red Chinese bioweapon gone awry

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Mainland China’s communist overlords are only just now owning up to the true magnitude of this potentially global disaster . . .

EU File: One week before UK withdraws from Mikhail Gorbachev’s “new European Soviet,” PM Boris Johnson posts patriotic pic of self flanked by Union Jack flags, tweets: “Today I have signed the Withdrawal Agreement for the UK to leave the EU on January 31st, honouring the democratic mandate of the British people. This signature heralds a new chapter in our nation’s history”; UK joined EU forerunner European Economic Community in 1973; EU’s unelected executive European Commission originated in 1951 as High Authority of European Steel and Coal Community; Walter Hallstein (1901-1982) first president of EEC Commission (1958-1967), mainstream bios deny Hallstein Nazi party member but 1935 memo admitted he held membership in Nazi Association of Law Protectors, Jan. 1939 speech to peers advocated unified legal system for conquered German-speaking lands; meanwhile anti-globalist Gilets Jaunes protests enter 63rd consecutive week as Pres. Emmanuel Macon invites CEOs to invest in France, thousands take to streets, clash with police, unions join Yellow Vest unrest over ex-Rothschild banker’s pension reform, Twitter users remark globalist-run BBC and US corporate media ignoring “revolutionary situation” in France

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The Nazi/Communist origins of the European super-state are manifest for those open to the truth . . .

USA File: Virginia Citizens’ Defense League’s annual Lobby Day in Richmond attracts thousands of gun owners, inc. county sheriffs, military vets and self-identified Democrats and LGBQT; heavily armed patriots, some sporting masks and bullet-proof vests, chant “USA,” “We will not comply,” send powerful message of defiance to state’s gun-grabbing governor, Ralph Northam; Antifa and other agents provocateur no show, despite predictions, state police ensure armed rally participants stay outside official gun-free protest zone at Capitol Square, no reports of violence; Infowars’ Alex Jones shows up in trademark armored truck, comments: “It totally blew up in their face. The police are now estimating 50,000 people came in… they told companies to close all the parking garages so that people couldn’t find parking … standing room only. It was massive, and the real issue here is that everything Northam tried blew up in his face”; Roanoke radio station downgrades Jones’ estimate to 22,000 protesters; President Trump addresses Virginians in Jan. 17 tweet: “Your 2nd Amendment is under very serious attack in the Great Commonwealth of Virginia. That’s what happens when you vote for Democrats, they will take your guns away. Republicans will win Virginia in 2020. Thank you Dems!”

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An armed citizenry is a FREE citizenry.

Event Convergence Alert: Patriots fear Deep State false flag to coincide with 2A rally to take place in Richmond, VA on Jan. 20, thousands expected to converge on state capitol, defy Gov. Northam’s planned gun-control measures, EO forbidding firearms at demo; “pro-gun” elements of Antifa to also show up at rally, possibly stage provocation; Trump Admin appears to counter possible globalist plot as Carrier Strike Group Four jams GPS signals along East Coast between Jan. 16-24; FAA warns pilots that navigation service will fail periodically during this period, also declares airspace over Richmond “National Defense Airspace” until after Jan. 20, NOTAM forbids all drone flights even as Air Force Special Ops Command U-28A surveillance aircraft circles state capitol; meanwhile Nebraska lawmakers, like Kansas counterparts, apparently received secret briefings from DHS, signed non-disclosure agreements, no MSM coverage; briefings in Topeka and Lincoln possibly related to mysterious drones conducting night-time flights over rural portions of Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming since last Nov.

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Previous Event Convergence Alert

AFSOC U-28A Light Surveillance Aircraft

Richmond, VA: Flashpoint for showdown between Trump Admin and Deep State?

USA File: Virginia Senate passes bills banning multiple gun purchases per month, mandating background checks, and compelling local governments to ban guns at public events; majority Democrat senators discard bill that would have banned AR-15 “assault” rifles after well-attended National Rifle Assoc. rally in Richmond on Jan. 13; meanwhile Gov. Ralph (“King”) Northam (over-)reacts to arrest of six members of neo-Nazi org “The Base,” orders barriers placed around Capitol Bldg., city police and state troopers to augment capitol force during 2A rally planned for Jan. 20, emergency declaration forbids rally participants to carry firearms; 90% of Virginia counties declare themselves “2A Sanctuaries” since Nov., Tazewell County also officially endorses formation of militia to oppose Richmond; Jerry Falwell Jr., Trump-supporting evangelical leader, urges “civil disobedience” if Virginia Dems enact gun-control bills; West Virginia Legislature introduces bill inviting constitutionally minded counties in “mother state” to secede and join Charleston; gun owners fear Deep State operatives may stage provocation during Jan. 20 rally, paint loyal Americans as “terrorists” even as Bernie Sanders field organizer Kyle Jurek urges fellow commies to “burn down cities,” mass murder and incarcerate patriots in “gulags” if POTUS re-elected

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American Civil War 2 is moving closer to the kinetic stage in Virginia as REAL Americans oppose “King” Northam’s assault on the Second Amendment. The histrionics emanating from Richmond over the Virginia Citizens’ Defense League’s planned Jan. 20 pro-gun rally is just another attempt by the Left to conflate patriotic Americans with the neo-Nazi movement. That Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, which is based in Lynchburg, VA, would urge civil disobedience against pending gun control laws in his state is not surprising. Anti-Christian bigotry is on the rise in America and, in their quest to seize power, hard-core commies like Kyle Jurek would not hesitate to kill patriotic religious folk.

USA File: Virginia’s Democratic governor Ralph Northam declares state of emergency ahead of planned 2A rally in Richmond on Jan. 20, Virginia Citizens’ Defense League primary organizer, 91 counties, 14 cities, 29 towns have declared themselves “Second Amendment Sanctuaries” since Nov. state election; governor’s declaration prohibits all weapons inc. firearms, sticks, bats, chains and projectiles from Capitol Square grounds from 5 p.m. on Jan. 17 until 5 p.m. on Jan. 21, official statement: “Law enforcement intelligence analysts have identified credible threats of violence surrounding the event, along with white nationalist rhetoric and plans by out-of-state militia groups to attend”; Northam recites typical leftist mantra: “I call on them to disavow anyone who wishes to use Monday’s rally to advance a violent agenda. Hate, intimidation and violence have no place here”; follows National Rifle Association demo at state capitol that attracted “thousands” on Jan. 13, NRA HQ located in Fairfax, VA; meanwhile Dem-sponsored gun control bills continue to make their way through state’s General Assembly

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USSR2 File: Russian PM Medvedev and entire cabinet resign in response to President Putin’s State of Nation address to parliament, announcement of constitutional changes; Putin slides fellow ex-communist Medvedev over to post of dep. head of Security Council, appoints faceless functionary Mikhail Mishustin, head of Federal Tax Service, to Medvedev’s old role; potemkin United Russia party ratifies cabinet shake-up but Communist faction abstains from vote, long-time party boss Gennady Zyuganov makes candid admission: “Given that our demands for the resignation of the government and constitutional amendments in favor of increasing control over the legislative executive branch have been fulfilled, we will abstain from voting for and against, but we will see in the near future what program and composition of the team Mishustin and the president will offer”; Putin holding at 64% public approval rating, possibly eyeing resumption of prime ministerial duties after he is constitutionally required to step down as president in 2024, proposed reforms include greater role for parliament and State Council, somewhat smaller role for presidency; Mishustin 35-years-old when Soviet Union collapsed, presumably ex-cadre of Komsomol (at very least)

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Moscow Leninists following decades-old script for world domination. Implement mini-perestroika to keep Putin in position of visible leadership . . .

Event Convergence Alert: House Speaker Pelosi appoints impeachment trial managers, vote to send sham impeachment articles to Senate slated for Jan. 15, President Trump bashes Democrat machinations as “con job,” POTUS’ legal team to consist of Jay Sekulow, Pat Cipollone, Patrick Philbin and Michael Purpura; meanwhile sealed indictments in US federal court dockets deposited since Oct. 2017 reach unprecedented 144,000-plus, as DHS holds HIGHLY UNUSUAL closed-door meeting for Kansas state lawmakers on Jan. 14, military personnel in unmarked white buses arrive at state capitol, transport House Democrats and then Republicans for separate briefings at Forbes Field, operated by Kansas Air National Guard; BRIEFING INCLUDED INFO ON PERSONS UNDER FEDERAL INDICTMENT, meeting not listed on House and Senate public calendars, reporters and legislative staff excluded, STATE SENATORS TO BE BRIEFED NEXT WEEK; House Speaker Ron Ryckman reveals that Kansas NG Adjutant General Lee Tafanelli and Kansas AG Office approached him “a couple of months ago” about arranging briefing at secure facility; House Dem Leader Tom Sawyer: “Even during 9/11, we didn’t do anything like this. TOTALLY NOT ROUTINE”; Dems run governor’s mansion in Topeka, but GOP super- majorities control Kansas legislature

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Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore. Trump Admin vs. Deep State? How’s your storm cellar?

EU File: English hotel owner flies “QAnon” flag over picturesque Camelot Castle in Tintagel, Cornwall, sparks mockery from leftist Guardian newspaper, John Mappin fan of Donald Trump and Nigel Farage, takes suspicious view of Prince Harry’s and Meghan Markle’s departure from Royal Family, suggests Deep State will “weaponize” Duke and Duchess of Sussex against Trump Admin; British-American couple’s close friendship to Clintons noteworthy, retains PR services of Sara Latham, HRC’s ex-senior campaign advisor and John Podesta’s ex-chief of staff; Hillary travelled to UK last Nov., held secret meeting with Meghan; Sussexes’ possible relocation to Vancouver Island sparks controversy as Canadian billionaire, Clinton pal Frank Giustra denies offering mansion to royal expats, even as PM Justin Trudeau floats possibility of picking up royals’ security tab; meanwhile British MEPs to attend their last meeting of European Parliament next week, UKIP/Brexit Party founder Farage refuses £153,000 severance package ahead of EU withdrawal on Jan. 31, tweets: “We have just had our Union Jack flags removed from our desks in the European Parliament, by order of the President [i.e., David Sassoli, member of Italy’s center-left Democratic Party]. National symbols are now banned. Thank god we are leaving”

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Intriguing. Bill Clinton. John Podesta. Frank Giustra. Justin Trudeau (AND father Pierre, d. 2000). Prince Andrew (Harry’s uncle). What a cast of unsavory characters. Allegations of pedophilia (and worse) have swirled around all of these globalist shills . . . Bill and Andrew are also tainted by their association with suspected Mossad/Agaf HaModi’in agents Jeffrey Epstein (dead, but possibly in witness protection) and Ghislaine Maxwell (in hiding).

MENA File: Iran’s fundamentalist Islamic regime faces second day of protests after military admits it mistakenly shot down Ukrainian Int’l Airlines Flight 752 on Jan. 8, killing 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians and others; LA Times reports hundreds (but in reality probably thousands) of protesters converge on Azadi Square in downtown Tehran on Jan. 12, block roads as authorities dispatch riot police, demos spread to other cities, inc. Shiraz, Ahwaz and Babol; regime opponents condemn country’s top officials for disaster, inc. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: “Our shame, our shame, our stupid supreme leader,” “Death to the dictator!” “We don’t want an Islamic Republic!”; Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of air defense unit responsible for firing Tor missile at airliner, offers contrite apology, but refuses to resign; videos on social media purport to show pro-regime gunmen shooting civilians, blood visible on sidewalk, protesters tearing down and burning posters of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, killed by US drone strike in Iraq on Jan. 3; President Trump tweets solidarity (in Persian) with Iran’s aggrieved civilians: “To the leaders of Iran – DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS. Thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you, and the World is watching. More importantly, the USA is watching”

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Toppling the Islamo-fascist regime in Tehran would eliminate one of Russia’s key allies in the region.

MIGA

EU File: United Kingdom expected to leave EU on Jan. 31 as House of Commons passes European Union Withdrawal Agreement Bill 330 votes to 231, bill heads to House of Lords then royal assent, ends three years of stonewalling under former PM Theresa May, 10 Downing Street warns parliament’s upper chamber against altering bill, spokesman for PM Boris Johnson: “The country did deliver a very clear message that they want Brexit to be resolved”; Johnson meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in London on Jan. 8, begins talks over zero-tariff trade deal, insists upon concluding negotiations by Dec., US ambassador to UK Woody Johnson says Pres. Trump “excited” about prospect of trade deal with post-Brexit Britain; last Soviet dictator Mikhail Gorbachev referred to EU, which embraces “ex”-communist states of E. Europe, as “new European Soviet” in 2000 speech, but in Nov. 2019 interview with BBC in Moscow expressed obvious disappointment over looming Brexit: “Go figure it out, you clever English. I won’t be giving you advice. You decide”; billionaire globalist George Soros admits in 1989 article that he helped communist reformer Gorby implement perestroika by setting up Cultural Initiative Foundation in USSR

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Vladimir Bukovsky compares EU and Soviet Union (video)

Brexit: A mighty blow to the Leninist dream of world government. May there be many more such blows delivered in the cause of nationalism, populism and traditionalism.

Wittingly or not, too, President Trump’s chief nemesis, George Soros, has been the errand boy of Soviet communism’s strategic deception plot against the West.

MENA File: Treasonous, seditious House Speaker Pelosi bewails Trump Admin’s targeted killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani but Quds Force chief was “major architect” behind Russia’s air campaign against ISIS in Syria, starting in Sep. 2015, providing Kremlin with pretext to est. air base in Syria, upgrade Cold War-era naval base, counter US, NATO designs on region; Russia Beyond website: “Soleimani put the map of Syria on the table. The Russians were very alarmed, and felt matters were in steep decline and that there were real dangers to the [Ba’athist] regime. . . . At that time, Soleimani played a role in assuring them that we haven’t lost all the cards”; Soleimani initially discussed Syrian op with Russian colleagues as early as 2013, made first trek to Moscow on July 24-26, 2015, allegedly met with Pres. Putin and DM Shoigu, showed up in Russian capital again in Jul., Aug. and Dec. 2015, Apr. 2016; Reuters source refers to Moscow’s view of Soleimani: “Qasem is trusted, arms supplies are discussed with him”; Kremlin mouthpiece Dmitry Peskov denies Putin ever met Soleimani, claims no info about Iranian’s presence in Moscow; meanwhile Russian Navy ship “aggressively approaches” US destroyer Farragut in N. Arabian Sea on Jan. 9, follows similar provocation by Russian warship in Philippine Sea last June

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The Moscow Leninists will not allow the USA to outmaneuver them in MENA, or anywhere else for that matter. Pelosi and the leftists in the Democratic Party are merely Putin’s useful idiots . . .

MENA File: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau wraps up two-week Costa Rica vacation, urges “thorough investigation” of demise of 176 passengers and crew of Ukrainian Int’l Airlines Flight 752, including 63 Canadians, 138 passengers connecting to Canada, offers neutral response to reporter’s question on Soleimani assassination; US officials believe Russian-built Tor-M1 missile targeted Kiev-bound aircraft shortly after take-off from Imam Khomeini Int’l Airport early morning Jan. 7, Iran’s air defenses presumably shot down airliner in wake of missile attack against Iraqi bases housing US, Canadian and other anti-ISIS coalition troops about six hours before, Newsweek cites Pentagon official, senior US intel official and Iraqi intel official; clues include videos posted to social media showing mid-air explosion, pilots transmitted no distress calls; Iranian authorities recover plane’s black box but refuse to allow Western counterparts to examine device; meanwhile Tobruk-based Libyan National Air Force bombs Turkish Army engineering unit, ammo dump near Tripoli, rebel cmdr. Haftar rejects calls for cease-fire from Moscow and Ankara, Pres. Erdogan says force deployment designed to est. peace between Libya’s rival factions

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So, Iran kills 63 Canadian citizens and Jihadi Justin snuggles up to the Ayatollah by refusing to back Trump on rubbing out arch-terrorist Soleimani . . . What else would you expect from the son of commie-lovin’ Fabian socialist Pierre Trudeau. Canada’s Boy Wonder is sporting a “manly” beard these days. However, perhaps he should consider moving to, rather than simply visiting, Costa Rica. At least he would cause less embarrassment to his homeland . . .

MENA File: Iran fires 22 missiles at two Iraqi military bases housing US, Canadian and other anti-ISIS coalition forces, near Ain Assad and Erbil, around midnight local time, Jan. 7, no casualties reported; Iranian FM Zarif admits barrage retaliation for US drone assassination of Quds Force cmdr. Soleimani, four days earlier: “Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched”; former US amb. to UN Haley condemns Democratic Party’s treasonous pro-Tehran stance: “The only ones mourning the loss of Soleimani are our Democrat leadership and Democrat Presidential candidates”; President Trump unimpressed by Baghdad’s decision to expel 5,200 US troops, orders deployment of more forces to Iraq, inc. 2,200 Marines and 4,000 soldiers with US Army’s 82nd Airborne Div., six B-52 strategic bombers to Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory beyond range of Islamic regime’s most powerful missiles; PM Johnson orders Royal Navy to Persian Gulf to protect British-flagged vessels, Putin makes second official visit to Syria, where Russia maintains naval and air bases, confers with counterpart Assad, both allied with Iran; meanwhile NATO member Turkey shrugs off EU disapproval, plans mil op in Libya, bolster government in Tripoli against Moscow-backed rebel cmdr. Haftar

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MENA = Middle East and North Africa, or “Greater Middle East”

This is our first use of the geographical category MENA at OUTW.

President Trump’s showdown with the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, is enough to provoke fears of WW3. Now Turkey, a very significant regional power, is stirring the pot by planning a unilateral troop deployment to Libya. Turkish troops already occupy parts of northern Syria (since 2016) and all of northern Cyprus (since 1974).

BTW, this would be a good time for DJT to move against America’s domestic enemies, while they are distracted by international events . . .

Useful Idiots Bin: Ricky Gervais blasts Hollywood glitterati in Golden Globes opening monologue, outs industry’s pedophiles and perverts, exposes Apple’s sweatshops in Red China while gala attendees Tom Hanks, Tim Cook squirm and grimace; excerpts: “Talking of all you perverts, it was a big year for pedophile movies. Surviving R. Kelly, Leaving Neverland, Two Popes. Shut up. Shut up. I don’t care. I don’t care”; “Spoiler alert, season two is on the way so in the end he obviously didn’t kill himself. Just like Jeffrey Epstein. Shut up. I know he’s your friend but I don’t care”; “Well, you say you’re woke but the companies you work for in China — unbelievable. Apple, Amazon, Disney”; “You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg”; MAGA supporters take to Twitter, recommend candid English producer/director for position of WH Press Sec.; Gervais endorsed Labour Party chief Jeremy Corbyn in 2017 but his free speech advocacy has provoked condemnation from transgender activists, other leftists: “If you don’t believe in free speech for people who you hate, fear and disagree with, then you don’t believe in free speech. I’m an old fashioned liberal lefty, champagne socialist type of guy”

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The Left devours its own . . .

Middle East File: US President Trump SCORES MAJOR VICTORY AGAINST MILITANT ISLAM, drone strike against convoy at Baghdad Int’l Airport kills Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Soleimani, chief of elite Quds Force; two more Iranian generals, colonel and captain; and five Iraqi allies, inc. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, dep. cmdr. of Popular Mobilization Forces; DoD statement: “Gen. Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more”; SKY NEWS REPORTS HEZBOLLAH DEP. CMDR. NAIM QASSEM KILLED ALONG WITH SOLEIMANI; follows Dec. 31 storming of US embassy in Baghdad by pro-Tehran Kataeb Hezbollah militia and subsequent Marine deployment to protect facility, more than 700 US Army paratroopers headed to Kuwait, at least 3,000 additional Marines and paratroopers to arrive in Persian Gulf in “next several days”; Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vows “harsh revenge” against America, while Russia complains: “Washington did not appeal to the [United Nations] Security Council, which means that it is not interested in the world’s response [and that it is] interested in changing the balance of power in the region”

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President Trump to Tehran and its proxies throughout the Middle East: “Happy New Year.”