The FRN Daily News Brief 2019-04-12
This Daily FRN News Brief is a summary of 13, articles about Anglo-5, Fake-News, Headline-News, Russia, Ukraine, United-States, Libya, Mena, Australia, Ecuador, Latin-America, United-Kingdom, Eurasia, Iraq, Canada, Color-Revolution, Defense, Democracy, Nato, Propaganda, Venezuela, World.
Tags in this brief: Censorship, Fake News, NED, Persecution, USAID, GNA, Haftar, Libya, LNA, Misurata, Tripoli, Assange, Ecuador, Imperialism, Iraq, Russia, T-90S, T90S, Moreno, Analysis, Belt And Road Initiative, Ben Rowswell, Chrystia Freeland, Freeland, Geopolitics, International Relations, Lima Group, New Silk Road, Putin, Trump, Anonymous, UK, Correa, IMF, Arctic, US, Conspiracy, Sudan.
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Table of Contents
- Assange's Arrest Shows We Must Stand Up - U.S State Department Defames Real Journalists
- MAJOR: Emerging Libyan Leader Hafter now poised to take Tripoli
- REVEALED: Ecuador ceded to imperialist pressures, broke national and international law with suspension of Assange asylum
- Iraq receives 250 POWERFUL Russian T-90S tanks, now a very potent land-force
- MAJOR: Ecuador arrests Assange's colleague
- Regime Change Fanatics Scream "Russian Interference" as Canadian Elections Approach
- Anonymous promises REPRISALS against British government for arresting Assange
- Hand of 'Democracy' on the Throat of Freedom: Russia on Assange arrest
- MAJOR REVELATION: ASSANGE WAS BOUGHT FOR $4.2 BILLION - Former Ecuadorian President confirms IMF loan in exchange for Assange
- Experts: U.S Unable to compete with Russia in the Arctic
- Is Sudan's crisis a Western plan?
- Decision on Assange's Fate symbolizes Ecuador's Shift to Total Neoliberalism
- Delusional US congressmen accuse Assange of working with Russia to interfere in elections
Assange's Arrest Shows We Must Stand Up - U.S State Department Defames Real Journalists
Published 2019-04-12 22:28:42 by Jafe Arnold in Anglo-5, Fake-News, Headline-News, Russia, Ukraine, United-StatesFor nearly 5 years now, people like myself, as well as many of my friends and colleagues, have been repeatedly slandered, ostracized, doxxed, de-humanized, and de-platformed as “Russian trolls”, “Kremlin bots”, and “fake news” by so-called “experts.” At least several hours of media programming a day in the West are devoted to screeching ad nauseam about “Russian state media”, “Russian propaganda”, “Russian disinformation”, and “Russian interference.” Of course, 9/10 people who parrot these lines don’t know anything about media, not to mention Russian media or Russia, and would prefer to remain in the bliss of aggressive ignorance. But the next... Continue ->
Tags: Censorship, Fake News, NED, Persecution, USAID
MAJOR: Emerging Libyan Leader Hafter now poised to take Tripoli
Published 2019-04-12 21:56:22 by Guest Author in Headline-News, Libya, MenaBy Vladimir Gujanicic - Gujanicic is a military history and strategy expert based in Serbia, who works on projects in tandem with the Center for Syncretic Studies and Fort Russ News LIBYA - The following is a complete update on the entire situation in Libya. Days ago, Haftar was in Moscow where he met with Russian leadership of the presidential administration, possibly with Putin himself. Framing all this, are that EU and Middle-east countries are split between supporting Haftar's LNA and the GNA. Russia is apparently backing the LNA, with Turkey backing the GNA. Haftar's forces close in on Tripoli.... Continue ->
Tags: GNA, Haftar, Libya, LNA, Misurata, Tripoli
REVEALED: Ecuador ceded to imperialist pressures, broke national and international law with suspension of Assange asylum
Published 2019-04-12 21:15:58 by Paul Antonopoulos in Anglo-5, Australia, Ecuador, Headline-News, Latin-America, United-KingdomQUITO, Ecuador - Marcelo Chalreo, president of the OAB-RJ Social Rights Commission and a member of the National Human Rights Council, revealed in an interview on Thursday that he watched, with deep sadness and indignation, the arrest of activist Julian Assange earlier in London. For him, condemnable in this case was the attitude of the Ecuadorian government. Assange was detained yesterday morning in the British capital after a decision by Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno to suspend the political asylum granted to the founder of WikiLeaks, who had been a refugee at the Ecuadorian embassy in the United Kingdom since 2012.... Continue ->
Tags: Assange, Ecuador, Imperialism
Iraq receives 250 POWERFUL Russian T-90S tanks, now a very potent land-force
Published 2019-04-12 20:54:46 by Paul Antonopoulos in Eurasia, Headline-News, Iraq, Mena, RussiaBAGHDAD - Iraq has received a new batch of Russian T-90S tanks. This is the fourth shipment of these modern armored vehicles, reports Iraqi News. Based on the unit price and the value of the deal, FRN estimates that Iraq has received some 250 T-90 tanks, significantly rebuilding its arsenal to pre-war levels, but with a much more modern piece. Major General Valid Khalifa, commander of the 9th Iraqi Army Armored Division, confirmed the arrival of the tanks to Iraq and added that the Iraqi military has been trained by Russian experts and is ready to operate the new tanks.... Continue ->
Tags: Iraq, Russia, T-90S, T90S
MAJOR: Ecuador arrests Assange's colleague
Published 2019-04-12 20:03:38 by Paul Antonopoulos in Ecuador, Headline-News, Latin-AmericaQUITO, Ecuador - A collaborator of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested on Thursday in Ecuador while trying to flee to Japan, the country's interior minister told AFP. Maria Paula Romo said that the prisoner was a person close to Assange and that he lived in Ecuador, but did not reveal his identity. According to the Associated Press news agency, the detainee is a Swedish software developer. An Ecuadorian official told AP on the condition of anonymity that Ola Bini was arrested Thursday at Quito's airport as he was preparing to board a flight for Japan. Meanwhile, a Swedish man... Continue ->
Tags: Assange, Ecuador, Moreno
Regime Change Fanatics Scream "Russian Interference" as Canadian Elections Approach
Published 2019-04-12 17:22:57 by Matthew Ehret in Anglo-5, Canada, Color-Revolution, Defense, Democracy, Headline-News, Nato, Propaganda, Russia, United-Kingdom, VenezuelaApr 12, 2019 @ 17:22 - On April 5 Canada’s foreign minister embodied the essence of hypocrisy by complaining loudly that Canada’s upcoming October 2019 elections were under threat by a regime change operation steered by Russia which was seeking to undermine the international democratic order. In order to respond to the threat of foreign interference, the Minister of Global Affairs Canada announced the creation of a “democratic” five person body staffed entirely with unelected senior bureaucrats from the Privy Council Office (PCO) under the control of the Clerk of the PCO which will act as a new Propaganda bureau... Continue ->
Tags: Analysis, Belt And Road Initiative, Ben Rowswell, Chrystia Freeland, Freeland, Geopolitics, International Relations, Lima Group, New Silk Road, Putin, Russia, Trump
Anonymous promises REPRISALS against British government for arresting Assange
Published 2019-04-12 17:15:06 by Paul Antonopoulos in Anglo-5, Australia, Headline-News, United-KingdomThe Anonymous hacker group has threatened to retaliate against the British government for the arrest of WikiLeaks founder and truth martyr Julian Assange. "Let Assange free or you will pay!" a publication on the Anonews website says. The publication indicates that the founder of Wikileaks has been nominated annually for the Nobel Peace Prize since 2010 and that his case has attracted the attention of the international media. "By all accounts, Assange is a true journalist who speaks truth to power and exposes corruption whether it is on the left or the right. The modern age has so few actual... Continue ->
Tags: Anonymous, Assange, UK
Hand of 'Democracy' on the Throat of Freedom: Russia on Assange arrest
Published 2019-04-12 16:24:50 by Paul Antonopoulos in Anglo-5, Australia, Eurasia, Headline-News, Russia, United-KingdomMOSCOW - The official representative of the Russian chancellery, Maria Zakharova, commented on the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. "The hand of 'democracy' is squeezing the throat of freedom," the diplomat wrote in her Facebook account . Russian President spokesman Dmitry Peskov also commented on the situation and answered a journalist's question whether Russia could grant Assange political asylum. "He was detained in London, portering, I cannot say anything. We, of course, expect all his rights to be respected," he said. A representative of the Russian diplomatic mission said that, so far, Russia has not received any application for... Continue ->
Tags: Assange, Russia, UK
MAJOR REVELATION: ASSANGE WAS BOUGHT FOR $4.2 BILLION - Former Ecuadorian President confirms IMF loan in exchange for Assange
Published 2019-04-12 14:31:27 by Paul Antonopoulos in Ecuador, Headline-News, Latin-AmericaQUITO, Ecuador - Apr 12, 2019 @ 14:31 - Former and much loved Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has accused Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno of suspending the asylum of cyber-activist Julian Assange in order to obtain a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Correa said that there is evidence of the agreement and that Moreno, who Correa selected at his successor, has promised to "hand over" Assange in a 2017 meeting with Paul Manafort, former US campaign chief to Donald Trump. Former President Correa, who broke with Moreno, also commented on visits to Ecuador by US Vice President Mike Pence.... Continue ->
Tags: Assange, Correa, Ecuador, IMF, Moreno
Experts: U.S Unable to compete with Russia in the Arctic
Published 2019-04-12 13:44:40 by Paul Antonopoulos in Anglo-5, Eurasia, Headline-News, Russia, United-StatesWASHINGTON DC - The Arctic is increasingly becoming a focus of competition among the world's major powers. However, the United States is absolutely unprepared to defend its interests in this region, claims The National Interest magazine in a recent analysis. According to the article, the United States is not ready to fight for the Arctic region. North of the Arctic Circle, the US military has neither a large military base, nor airplanes, nor large warships capable of operating at very low temperatures. In addition, the magazine notes, the US Navy has at its disposal only one heavy icebreaker, the Polar... Continue ->
Tags: Arctic, Russia, US
Is Sudan's crisis a Western plan?
Published 2019-04-12 13:17:55 by Paul Antonopoulos in World, Headline-News, PropagandaKHARTOUM, Sudan - The West has been trying to bring about a crisis in Sudan for a long time, since current President Omar al-Bashir has never been advantageous to it - giving the West chance, the country will be further divided, just as has happened in Somalia, an expert said. According to a professor at the Eastern Faculty of St Petersburg State University Igor Gerasimov, Sudan has been facing sanctions for decades. And while US President Donald Trump has promised to cancel them, they remain in place, the expert said. "The economic situation is such that while Sudan is a... Continue ->
Tags: Conspiracy, Sudan
Decision on Assange's Fate symbolizes Ecuador's Shift to Total Neoliberalism
Published 2019-04-12 11:31:10 by Paul Antonopoulos in Anglo-5, Australia, Ecuador, Headline-News, Latin-America, United-KingdomQUITO, Ecuador - The decision by Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno to suspend the asylum granted to the Australian activist Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, reflects a very symbolic political movement towards neoliberalism, with serious repercussions for human rights, believes International Relations specialist Paulo Velasco, from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Early yesterday morning Assange, who had been living in the British Embassy in the United Kingdom since 2012, was arrested by the British police because of an extradition request made by the United States, after the Ecuadorian government removed the asylum that the protected Assange for the last... Continue ->
Tags: Assange, Ecuador, Moreno
Delusional US congressmen accuse Assange of working with Russia to interfere in elections
Published 2019-04-12 08:17:41 by Paul Antonopoulos in Anglo-5, Australia, Eurasia, Headline-News, Russia, United-Kingdom, United-StatesWASHINGTON DC - Several US lawmakers in both houses of Congress said on Thursday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be held accountable for allegedly working with Russia to interfere in the US election. Earlier, Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The UK police confirmed that the arrest was made "on behalf of the authorities of the United States." Ecuador has withdrawn the asylum it had previously granted to Assange. US officials accuse Assange of conspiracy to commit cyber invasions, the Justice Department said in a statement released today. Now that Julian Assange has been arrested, I... Continue ->
Tags: Assange, Russia, US
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