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French consulate worker accused 
of smuggling weapons for Hamas
by Ruth Eglash & Loveday Morris
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Ingraham CHALLENGES TRUMP 
To Stand Against Reckless SWAMP SPENDING 
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{ rickwells.us } ~ Laura Ingraham points to a stack of paper on her desk that is equal to the Omnibus spending package... that Congress will have approximately 48 hours to read portions of, revise virtually none of, consider and then either approve or “vote to shut down the government.” If the American people had our way, if we had real representation in DC, they’d pass a short term spending bill and then really get to work. Ingraham points out to the size of the spending bill and declares correctly that nobody is going to read it. They’ll perhaps scan portions, have their staffs do likewise and then vote on what they think is probably in there. She calls it a “business as usual spend-o-rama at a time when voters expected just the opposite, from a President who campaigned against the corruptocrats in DC.” She notes that with the sequester caps gone, Republicans “are linking arms with Democrats. Yes, they’re spending more on things we should not be funding at all and things the President vowed to defund.” She asks, “So how on earth do Republicans expect the voters to turn out in November for them if they can’t live up to the basic precepts of what they campaigned on?”... https://rickwells.us/ingraham-trump-swamp-spending/.
As Israel fetes 2007 strike on Syria nuclear reactor, 
is Assad building another?
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by JUDAH ARI GROSS
{ timesofisrael.com } ~ A US think tank revisits claims that the regime is constructing an underground facility, finding worrying questions but no real answers... While Israel strutted after announcing to the world on Wednesday that it had destroyed Syria’s nascent al-Kibar nuclear reactor in 2007, a US-based think tank published a report the same day suggesting that there is another atomic facility that Jerusalem should be worrying about. The paper, released by the Institute for Science and International Security, revisits a claim made in 2015 by the German daily Der Spiegel that Syrian dictator Bashar Assad was constructing another nuclear reactor, this one underground, near the city of Qusayr, along the Lebanese border.  The findings of the new report are inconclusive, but determine that the Syrian regime certainly built something in the ground under Qusayr and that some of the claims made by Der Spiegel are supported by publicly available evidence, namely satellite images and geological data...   https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-israel-fetes-reactor-strike-is-syria-building-another/?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=b357c16700-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-b357c16700-54638825
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Hannity Investigates Mueller, Turns Out 
He’s Not Nearly as Clean as Everybody Said
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by NICK GIVAS
{ dailycallernewsfoundation.org } ~ Fox News host Sean Hannity devoted time on his Tuesday show to examining the past of special counsel Robert Mueller and his findings were intriguing... Hannity referred to a report from Fox News’ Sarah Carter, citing Mueller’s career as a prosecutor in the 1980’s. When Mueller was serving as assistant U.S. Attorney, four men were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for a crime they did not commit and the special counsel was in charge of the case when it happened. “Robert Mueller’s career has been anything but impeccable,” Hannity said. “One of the worst stains on his record comes from his time Boston, where he served as assistant U.S. attorney and acting U.S. attorney in the 80’s. During this time notorious Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger, he was actively engaged by the FBI as an informant. The relationship between Bulger and the bureau was wrought with nothing but corruption and criminal collusion.” “Bulger’s FBI handler, guy by the name of John Connolly covered up for many of the horrific crimes that were committed by Bulger and his associates, including one instance where four men were wrongfully framed and convicted and imprisoned for decades — all for a murder it turns out they did not commit,” Hannity continued. “The men were ultimately exonerated. A judge awarded $101 million in damages, but not before two of the men actually died in prison. Robert Mueller was the U.S. attorney in charge while these men were rotting in prison while certain agents in the FBI under Mueller covered up the truth.”...   http://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2018/03/21/hannity-digs-up-dirt-on-muellers-past-and-finds-hes-not-so-clean-after-all/
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How Facebook and Social Media Promote Terrorism
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by Uzi Shaya
{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ The nature of Islamic terrorism throughout the world has changed in recent years... Alongside the established and organized groups -- such as Hezbollah, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and even ISIS -- a new and different type terror has been created, one that is nourished ideologically, spiritually, and intellectually by these groups, yet shows no connection -- organizationally or operationally -- to them. This terror is defined by what we refer to as "lone wolves." These are individuals whose nationalistic motives, religious incitement or psychological needs propel them to commit acts of terror without being a member of an organized group or cell. The one unifying aspect for all these lone wolves is social media. Social media networks enable any individual to have his voice and his opinions heard so that his proclamations can resonate with audiences that are far-reaching. Unfortunately, the existing freedoms on social media have been manipulated by terrorist groups to create a threat that poses a clear and present danger to citizens around the world...  Doesn't this bring to mind, Austin. TX.  https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/12041/facebook-social-media-terrorism 
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Top Trump lawyer John Dowd 
resigns after calling for Mueller's ouster
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by Sarah Westwood
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ John Dowd, a top attorney for President Trump, resigned just days after calling for the removal of special counsel Robert Mueller... "I love the president and wish him well," Dowd told the Washington Examiner.  Dowd told the Daily Beast over the weekend that he hoped the Justice Department would end Mueller's probe into alleged collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. While Dowd claimed initially that he was speaking as a representative of the president, he later backtracked and said he had expressed a personal opinion. Dowd's resignation comes just days after the president hired Joe diGenova, a controversial former prosecutor and legal pundit, to join his legal team. DiGenova argued previously that Trump is the victim of a conspiracy orchestrated by opponents within the Justice Department...  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/top-trump-lawyer-john-dowd-resigns-after-calling-for-muellers-ouster 
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French consulate worker accused 
f smuggling weapons for Hamas
by Ruth Eglash & Loveday Morris
{ jewishworldreview.com } ~ A French national working for his country's consulate in Jerusalem has been detained on suspicion of smuggling weapons out of the Gaza Strip for the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Israel's internal security agency said Monday.

The consulate employee, identified as Romain Franck, is alleged to have smuggled weapons from Hamas-controlled Gaza to the occupied West Bank on five occasions in recent months, the security agency Shin Bet said in a statement.

He used a diplomatic vehicle belonging to the French consulate which are subject to less stringent security checks, it claimed.

Franck, identified by French media as 24 years old, is suspected of having transferred around 70 pistols and two assault rifles.

"The investigation clearly shows that the employee of the French consulate acted for financial gain, on his own initiative and without the knowledge of his superiors," said the Shin Bet statement. "This is a very grave incident in which the immunity and privileges granted to foreign missions in Israel was cynically exploited."

The Shin Bet said Franck had received the weapons from a Palestinian resident of the Gaza Strip employed at the French Cultural Center there. They said he then transferred the weapons to a Palestinian unit in the West Bank. The weapons were later sold them on to arms dealers, the agency said.

"We take this case very seriously and are in very close contact with the Israeli authorities on this case," said a spokesman for the French Embassy in Tel Aviv, adding that Frank was due to appear in court on Monday when the exact charges would become clear. "They are serious."

Israel also said it had also arrested a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, who works as a security guard at the French Consulate in Jerusalem, as well as several Palestinians from Gaza living illegally - under Israeli law - in the West Bank in connection with the smuggling ring. Six of the individuals will be indicted by the Southern District Court, the Shin Bet statement said.

Some of the suspects were also involved in smuggling money from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank, the Shin Bet alleged.

Tensions between Israel and Hamas have increased in recent weeks, with Israel accusing the militant groups of sending civilians to protest along its border fence. Gaza residents have held regular protests near the barrier since President Trump declared Jerusalem as Israel's capital, with several shot dead by Israeli security forces.

Rocket fire from Gaza also increased following the announcement, though has died down in recent months.

On Sunday, the Israeli military said it had destroyed a Hamas tunnel built to infiltrate into Israeli territory. On Thursday, the Israeli military said two explosive devices were detonated toward troops on a routine patrol. Last month, four soldiers were injured when an IED went off next to the fence.

"We are seeing Hamas instigate riots, calling on its civilians to march toward fence and engage with our troops," said Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, an army spokesman in a briefing with journalists on Thursday. "We are seeing a pattern here and we will not allow it to become standard operating procedure."
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