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Iran Iran So Far Away
Windthin (David Bythewood) 2020-01-04 01:56:17 UTC #1
I am opening this up to catalog everything ongoing; this is snowballing rapidly.
Mentionable News Off Topic
U.S. to send Marines to embassy in Iraq as Trump blames Iran for attack Trump's latest. Trump keeps trying to make it about Iran, but it's not. It's about American airstrikes on Iraqi militia the Iraq government backs, which is why they didn't do anything to stop our embassy from being stormed. [image]
What The Fuck Happened Over The Weekend? General Discussion
Pentagon says US airstrike killed powerful Iranian general Profile on Qassem Suleimani, it's from 2013 but one hell of a read.
Top Senate Democrat Received No Advance Notice Of U.S. Strike On Iran General
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was not aware of the Trump administration's plan to escalate tensions with Iran by killing Qassem Soleimani, an aide said.
HuffPost – 2 Jan 20
Top Senate Democrats Received No Advance Notice Of U.S. Strike On Iran General
Sens. Chuck Schumer and Mark Warner were not aware of the Trump administration's plan to escalate tensions with Iran by killing Qassem Soleimani, aides s...
Apparently Eric Trump knew of this, posted about it, then deleted it when he got in trouble.
China and Russia are both major allies of Iran, so starting a war with them is a bad, bad place to go, and yet that may be exactly where we are headed.
And both China and Russia are urging restraint right now. That's normally our job. We're the rogue nation here.
Mail Online – 3 Jan 20
World on brink of war? Putin blasts Trump for killing Iranian general
Putin and the French leader held emergency talks after the Reaper drone strike at Baghdad Airport which killed Qassem Soleimani and some of his allies.
China, Russia and Iran hold joint naval drills in Gulf of Oman
China, Russia and Iran began a four-day joint military exercise in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman on Friday amid ongoing friction in the economically important region between Tehran and Washington.
Erin Banco (ErinBanco)
Just got off the phone with Sen. Graham: "We need to get ready for a major pushback. Our people in Iraq and the Middle East are going to be targeted. We need to be ready to defend our people in the Middle East. I think we need to be ready for a big counterpunch."
7:01 PM - 2 Jan 2020 5K 2.2K
The Daily Beast – 27 Jun 19
Jacob Wohl Says He'll Enlist if Trump Attacks Iran
"If we go to war with Iran, I will enlist within 10 days," Jacob Wohl said.
And, as always, there is a Trump tweet for everything:
And here is Dinesh D'Souza stating the Democrats are equivalent to the government of an enemy state… and Trump re-tweeting it.
Lindsey Graham Claims He Was Briefed About Soleimani Strike During Trump Golf Trip
Lindsey Graham Claims He Was Briefed About Soleimani Strike During Trump Golf...
However, no warning appears to have been given to America's international allies or to the "gang of eight" in Congress.
Pelosi demands briefing on US-Iran strike, Graham says he was informed beforehand
Pelosi demands briefing on US-Iran strike, Graham says he was informed...
While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanded a briefing on the U.S. airstrike, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham said he was informed beforehand.
Trump is on a twitter rant defending having Iranian General Qassem Soleimani killed. The argument: "he was a bad man so we're not sorry he's gone." This entirely ignores that the method was illegal, a violation of federal AND international law. Two wrongs do not make a right.
I am posting this article because it is relevant. Trump's pardoning of war criminals is directly related to these new actions:
Trump pardons people accused of war crimes because he thinks war should be savage
After World War II, the U.S. military rejected the concept of "total war." Trump embraces it.
Perspective | Trump pardons people accused of war crimes because he thinks war...
Military law places a strong shield around noncombatants. Trump rejects that norm.
That moment where Putin is making excuses for Trump by claiming he was set up by our intelligence community in the murder of Soleimani, just in case the "he was a bad guy, I was totally justified" argument fails.
Olga Lautman (olgaNYC1211)
Isnt this something! In an effort to protect Trump, Russia is floating a theory that Trump was set up by our intel in the killing of Soleimani. I honestly dont ever remember the Kremlin attempting to help a US president like this
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Aaron Rupar (atrupar)
The US Secretary of State is briefing authoritarian foreign leaders but not members of Congress about American military strikes https://t.co/awxBFMk6Cx
10:26 AM - 3 Jan 2020 3.6K 2.1K
Negar Mortazavi (NegarMortazavi)
Pompeo called Netanyahu, MBS, and MBZ more than once in the past few days to discuss Iran, per State Department. And today AFTER the assassination of Qassim Soleimani he is calling America's closest allies in Europe, UK, Germany, ... to explain the attack to them.
David Rothkopf (djrothkopf)
Zero in on this & on the new revelations that Trump loans from Deutsche Bank were backed by a Russian bank. Zero in on Trump ties in Turkey. Zero in on China, Argentina pressure to help Trump Org. Trump's financial conflicts of interest loom ever larger in our foreign policy. https://t.co/1xKPVuWkzp
Donald Trump's Worst Deal
The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
Secretary Pompeo (SecPompeo)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and I discussed the decisive defensive action @realDonaldTrump employed in Baghdad to protect American lives. I emphasized that de-escalation is the United States' principal goal.
8:54 AM - 3 Jan 2020 16K 4.5K
Raymond Baker (RayBake)
So @SecPompeo had time to discuss provoking war with Iran with Russia, but did not bother to consult with Congress or inform the Gang of 8 before endangering American lives. How does it feel to be replaced with Lavrov, @ChuckGrassley and @SenJoniErnst? Congress is neutered. https://t.co/maNkvzPqlf
9:00 AM - 3 Jan 2020 123 64
And here is Russia telling us we're breaking the law:
The Russians put out a readout of the call between Pompeo and Lavrov
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American version by @SecPompeo
9:08 AM - 3 Jan 2020 48 53
Sen. Tim Kaine Files War Powers Resolution to Prevent War with Iran
bluevirginia.us
Nice work by Sen. Tim Kaine: KAINE FILES WAR POWERS RESOLUTION TO PREVENT WAR WITH IRANWASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Service
This is the claim Pompeo and Trump are making for this assassination. Even if it were true, it would NOT make their actions any more legal.
Planned attacks against U.S. targets in Syria, Lebanon were reason for Soleimani strike, say officials
Targets in Syria under threat included military outposts, officials said. In Lebanon, Soleimani was allegedly planning attacks on diplomatic targets.
Officials: Planned attacks on U.S. targets spurred Soleimani strike
The United States' main allies are abandoning Trump over his 'dangerous...
The United States' traditional allies have refused to give their full backing to Trump's strike against Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (RepSwalwell)
The U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani in Baghdad is a dramatic escalation of tensions in the region, and a departure from our longstanding foreign policy practices, undertaken without any congressional notice or approval.
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No American family will mourn Suleimani's loss, but every family should be concerned this killing brings America closer to a war we must avoid. I was briefed Friday as a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, but I still have many questions.
The President must show Americans whatever specific intelligence he has to support his action; a legal justification for acting without proper congressional authorization for military force; & a strategic rationale w/ a concrete plan for dealing with its inevitable consequences.
Oh look…
Defense Stocks Lockheed Martin, Northrop, Raytheon Rally After U.S. Kills Top Iranian Commander
Tim Hogan (TimInHonolulu)
[email protected] John Podhoretz is an uninformed nobody with no business on @MSNBC. Ask him about EO 12,333 that makes assassinations a federal crime. Sure Iran is a threat but to kill a leader there had to be an imminent threat and @Trump hiding from Congress shows there was none.
2:33 PM - 3 Jan 2020 238 78
Adam Best (adamcbest)
Ari Fleischer, John Podhoretz, Karl Rove and all other Iraq War fanboys should not be invited onto cable news to help pitch another Middle East invasion after their previous warmongering helped cause a death toll in the hundreds of thousands. Let's learn from our mistakes.
4:23 PM - 3 Jan 2020 718 218
Trump's Faithful Will Follow Him to War
Julia Ioffe on the president's grim calculus for risking a war with Iran.
https://www.investors.com/news/defense-stocks-higher-u-s-kills-top-iranian-commander/
Apparently there are further drone strikes being carried out in Iraq at this very moment.
Airstrikes targeting Iraqi militia reported north of Baghdad, killing five yet-to-be-identified members of an Iran-backed militia.
the Guardian – 4 Jan 20
Airstrikes targeting Iraqi militia reported north of Baghdad – live
Two of three vehicles in Iraqi militia convoy were reportedly found burned, a day after killing of Iran general Qassem Suleimani
The chances of this situation de-escalating just suffered a major blow in light of the fact that Trump is not only taunting Iran and boasting of his deeds but carrying out MORE strikes this very moment.
Southern Sister Resister (ResisterSis20)
This was reported 12 minutes ago. Another US air strike against Iranian militia. Buckle up. It's just the beginning. Iraq official says airstrike targets Iran-backed militia (Via FOX Carolina) https://t.co/1crxsKh01q
Manu Raju (mkraju)
Murphy: "This is a top official of a foreign government. This isn't the head of a non-state terrorist group. No matter how bad of a guy he is, how evil he was, he was a commanding general of a sovereign foreign nation - and we executed him. https://t.co/vNxyXc0hjN"
The Lead CNN (TheLeadCNN)
Murphy: Trump's killing of Iranian general was 'an assassination' @ChrisMurphyCT discusses https://t.co/4cZysMf61b
Pet_Proletariat 2020-01-04 02:07:52 UTC #2
@Windthin
Title needs work, it's not technically a war but I like the idea of tracking this new development.
Operation: Nitro Douche?
Just kidding but seriously that title tho.
@Pet_Proletariat
I changed it. Your fault entirely. ::ducks::
Lawfare – 3 Jan 20
Did the President Have the Domestic Legal Authority to Kill Qassem Soleimani?
The Soleimani strike was likely within the president's domestic legal authority to pursue. But in certain ways, it may push that authority's limits.
And Pod
Lawfare Podcast Special Edition: The Soleimani Strike and Its Fallout
The American drone strike last night that killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, is a seismic event in U.S.-Iranian relations—and for the broader Middle East. We put together an emergency podcast, drawing on the resources...
Keaton_James 2020-01-04 03:17:37 UTC #5
An airstrike in Iraq hit a convoy of Iranian-backed paramilitary forces, PMF...
A convoy including Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces was hit by an airstrike early Saturday in north Baghdad, killing and wounding several, according to the PMF.
The article says we do not yet know who carried out the airstrike. If it was Trump, it would seem he really is determined to get us into a war. But could it have been Iraq? I'm sure we'll find out soon. Hang on to your hats.
"The initial report indicates that the strike targeted a convoy belonging to the medical units for the Popular Mobilization Forces, near Taji Stadium in Baghdad," the PMF said in a statement.
Iraqi state news also reported a strike against the paramilitary forces.
The action comes a day after an airstrike ordered by US President Donald Trump killed a top Iranian commander, Qasem Soleimani, at a Baghdad airport.
It is not yet known who carried out the reported airstrike on Saturday.
I have an article on this airstrike above also. It really seems highly likely it was the Trump regime; given the target.
MissJava 2020-01-04 12:26:32 UTC #7
Quick update on the Eric tweet: appears he was retweeting a video of marines arriving at the embassy, not advance notice of the airport strike.
Jane Lytvynenko 🤦🏽♀🤦🏽♀🤦🏽♀ (JaneLytv)
⬆Additional note on Eric Trump tweet: PolitiTweet didn't archive it in full. It was a quote-tweet of a video. This is important context.
PolitiTweet has changed the way it archives to show quote-tweets, including Eric Trump's. Great response to the confusion. The new version shows the quote: https://t.co/kRwbBe830x https://t.co/hXYKtfO5kp
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It's a really weird thing to up and delete, though. It looks rather suspicious, him doing that.
macro (M A Croft) 2020-01-04 20:14:33 UTC #9
Pompeo: European response to Suleimani killing 'not helpful enough'
US secretary of state unfavourably compares European reaction with 'partners in the region'
WTF !! Does he expect the rest of the world to jump and say "Whoopie! You lot have just bombed us into a Third World War! Can't wait to get into it because it will all be over by Xmas" ?
Trump and his cronies have no idea of what a disaster they are and what they have just now created.
Wiser heads around the world are taking stock of this situation, and hoping and praying that wiser heads will prevail in Iran. But the initial response there is that a subdued reaction is going to be unlikely.
Having already trashed the initial Europe and US Agreement with Iran over their Nuclear enrichment program, how can this Trump administration expect the rest to blindly applaud this latest escalation?
Pet_Proletariat 2020-01-05 03:42:53 UTC #10
As Tensions With Iran Escalated, Trump Opted for Most Extreme Measure
While senior officials argue the drone strike was warranted to prevent future attacks, some in the administration remain skeptical about the rationale for the attack.
In the chaotic days leading to the death of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Iran's most powerful commander, top American military officials put the option of killing him — which they viewed as the most extreme response to recent Iranian-led violence in Iraq — on the menu they presented to President Trump.
They didn't think he would take it. In the wars waged since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Pentagon officials have often offered improbable options to presidents to make other possibilities appear more palatable.
After initially rejecting the Suleimani option on Dec. 28 and authorizing airstrikes on an Iranian-backed Shia militia group instead, a few days later Mr. Trump watched, fuming, as television reports showed Iranian-backed attacks on the American Embassy in Baghdad, according to Defense Department and administration officials.
By late Thursday, the president had gone for the extreme option. Top Pentagon officials were stunned.
General Milley and Mr. Esper traveled on Sunday to Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump's Palm Beach resort, a day after officials presented the president with an initial list of options for how to deal with escalating violence against American targets in Iraq.
The options included strikes on Iranian ships or missile facilities or against Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq. The Pentagon also tacked on the choice of targeting General Suleimani, mainly to make other options seem reasonable.
Mr. Trump chose strikes against militia groups. On Sunday, the Pentagon announced that airstrikes approved by the president had struck three locations in Iraq and two in Syria controlled by the group, Kataib Hezbollah.
Jonathan Hoffman, the chief Pentagon spokesman, said the targets included weapons storage facilities and command posts used to attack American and partner forces. About two dozen militia fighters were killed.
"These were on remote sites," General Milley told reporters on Friday in his Pentagon office. "There was no collateral damage."
But the Iranians viewed the strikes as out of proportion to their attack on the Iraqi base and Iraqis, largely members of Iranian-backed militias, staged violent protests outside the American Embassy in Baghdad. Mr. Trump, who aides said had on his mind the specter of the 2012 attacks on the American compound in Benghazi, Libya, became increasingly angry as he watched television images of pro-Iranian demonstrators storming the embassy. Aides said he worried that no response would look weak after repeated threats by the United States.
When Mr. Trump chose the option of killing General Suleimani, top military officials, flabbergasted, were immediately alarmed about the prospect of Iranian retaliatory strikes on American troops in the region. It is unclear if General Milley or Mr. Esper pushed back on the president's decision.
Over the next several days, the military's Special Operations Command looked for an opportunity to hit General Suleimani, who operated in the open and was treated like a celebrity in many places he visited in the Middle East. Military and intelligence officials said the strike drew on information from secret informants, electronic intercepts, reconnaissance aircraft and other surveillance tools.
The option that was eventually approved depended on who would greet General Suleimani at his expected arrival on Friday at Baghdad International Airport. If he was met by Iraqi government officials allied with Americans, one American official said, the strike would be called off. But the official said it was a "clean party," meaning members of Kataib Hezbollah, including its leader, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Mr. Trump authorized the killing at about 5 p.m. on Thursday, officials said.
On Friday, missiles fired from an American MQ-9 Reaper blew up General Suleimani's convoy as it departed the airport.
Windthin (David Bythewood) 2020-01-05 04:46:39 UTC #11
Rukmini Callimachi (rcallimachi)
1. I've had a chance to check in with sources, including two US officials who had intelligence briefings after the strike on Suleimani. Here is what I've learned. According to them, the evidence suggesting there was to be an imminent attack on American targets is "razor thin."
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2. In fact the evidence pointing to that came as three discrete facts: a) A pattern of travel showing Suleimani was in Syria, Lebanon & Iraq to meet with Shia proxies known to have an offensive position to the US. (As one source said that's just "business as usual for Suleimani)"
6. One official described the planning for the strike as chaotic. The official says that following the attack on an Iraqi base which killed an American contractor circa Dec. 27, Trump was presented a menu of options for how to retaliate. Killing Suleimani was the "far out option"
8. It was after the embassy protests that the president, according to one US official, chose the Suleimani option, but the problem at that point in time is that American intelligence did not know his precise whereabouts. They scrambled to locate him, says the official.
9. According to the official, the strike on Suleimani was pulled together so quickly that initially the US was not sure PMF leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was in the convoy. He was also killed and is also viewed as an Iranian proxy:
10. Since the strike, Iran has convened its national security chiefs. Chatter intercepted by American intelligence indicates they're considering a range of options. Cyberattacks, attacks on oil facilities and American personnel and diplomatic outposts have all been cited so far.
11. But among the "menu options that I had not heard before were: (1) kidnapping and execution of American citizens. (This might explain why the State Department has ordered the evacuation of all US citizens in Iraq, not just government and embassy employees)."
A big takeaway here is that this has already degraded our ability to combat ISIS, and it'll only get worse:
13. How does this impact the war against ISIS? I turned to @Mikeknightsiraq for insight. He's studied Iraq since the 1990s. What he told me is that months before the strike that killed Suleimani, the tensions with Iran had already degraded America's ability to fight ISIS in Iraq:
14. In 2019, America has been denied airspace and access to operations in Iraq to go after ISIS at the behest of Iran-backed groups. The US has also been told to stop communicating with Sunni tribes. These are important setbacks that have already weakened the US' posture in Iraq
15. "It's all been downhill, @Mikeknightsiraq told me, in terms of America's access to the ISIS battlespace in recent months due to Iranian pressure on Iraqi officials. One upshot? US special operations forces have been on the offensive in Diyala, Nineveh and Kirkuk provinces"
16. A likely outcome of the recent strike is that small, out-of-the-way outposts for special operations forces will be deemed too vulnerable and will be eliminated. Fighting ISIS is no longer the priority if the outer wall of the US embassy is being attacked.
And then the conclusion everybody is reaching: this is a distraction.
17. Before I go back to the pool let me just say the obvious: No one's trying to downplay Suleimani's crimes. The question is why now? His whereabouts have been known before. His resume of killing-by-proxy is not a secret. Hard to decouple his killing from the impeachment saga.
No matter how Trump spins this, it violates the 1973 War Powers Resolution by entirely bypassing congress.
That is, yet again, an impeachable offense.
Trinity Resists (TrinityResists)
So —A couple GOP Senators knew —Russia knew —NYE Mar-a-Lago guests/Trump fam knew —Gang of 8 never told —EU allies not told —Not 1 Dem informed: violating 1973 War Powers Resolution(impeachable offense) The impeached POTUS* assassinated Soleimani anyway. Do I have this right? https://t.co/NbcK136vOv
2:28 PM - 4 Jan 2020 3.4K 2K
Oliver Willis (owillis)
Mitch McConnell says members of Congress, who were not briefed on the Iran attack, should not criticize or comment on how things were executed until they receive a briefing from Trump, whenever that is supposed to happen. https://t.co/sQPJ1agH27
Chuck Schumer notes that as a member of the Senate "gang of eight" who usually receives briefings on actions like the Iran strike, he was kept in the dark by Trump. Schumer says the provision to brief Congress is there to prevent rash and disastrous actions. https://t.co/KS9bDfLgFj
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Mike Pence has accused Iran of being tied to 9/11 as justification for this assassination.
This is, of course, a blatant lie, as al-Qaeda was Saudi-backed.
There's little evidence to support Pence's tweets tying Qassem Soleimani to 9/11
Vox – 4 Jan 20
Pence claimed the Iranian military leader helped some of the 9/11 hijackers, but there's really no evidence to suggest this is the case.
Pence falsely links Iranian general to 9/11 attacks
Los Angeles Times – 4 Jan 20
The vice president wrote a series of tweets seeking to justify the targeted killing of the Iranian general. But scholars say his assertions aren't grounded in fact.
Mike Pence shares 9/11 conspiracy theory about Qassem Soleimani in attempt to justify killing
Official 9/11 report undermines vice president's criticism of killed Iranian general
The Independent – 4 Jan 20
Pence shares unfounded 9/11 conspiracy theory about killed Iranian commander
Official 9/11 report undermines vice president's criticism of killed Iranian general
And in the realm of the truly bizarre…
"Iranian Hackers" Deface US Gov Website With Bloody Trump Photo
Anonymous News – 5 Jan 20
As tensions between the governments of the United States and Iran continue to escalate, a group claiming to be Iranian hackers has infiltrated the website of a small and mostly unknown US government agency and then replaced the home page with a post...
And in a developing and strange story that may be related or may not be:
southpaw (nycsouthpaw)
Interesting plane watching: Jet Air Group's private G650 into Fort Lauderdale tonight, likely out of Moscow. (The plane was last logged on a round trip from Moscow to Grenoble and back on December 28.)
11:38 PM - 3 Jan 2020 6K 3K
CivMilAir ✈ (CivMilAir)
@nycsouthpaw Corroborated... Out from Moscow.
11:38 PM - 3 Jan 2020 1.5K 603
👮🏻♀ У£ (canadian_cop)
Well well...private jet left Moscow and arrived in Ft. Lauderdale where Donny just happens to be. Can't be any clearer what is going on...fuck it all to hell. https://t.co/d7wyH2eHNw
So, Trump threatened to commit war crimes.
Trump said 'Iranian culture' sites could become military targets, but that could constitute a war crime
Trump said 'Iranian culture' sites could become military targets, but that could...
President Donald Trump on Saturday issued new threats at Iran, including one that could amount to a war crime if carried out.
Sen. Kamala Harris pens letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, urging him to suspend Pres. Trump's account for a series of tweets she says violate the website's terms of the user agreement.
ABC News (ABC)
Sen. Kamala Harris pens letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, urging him to suspend Pres. Trump's account for a series of tweets she says violate the website's terms of the user agreement. https://t.co/ZCOV3EvD8c
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UN resolution 2347 condemns "the unlawful destruction of cultural heritage including the destruction of religious sites."
Protocol I of Geneva Conventions prohibits to "any acts of hostility directed against the historic monuments, places of worship".
In response, Iran has announced it is pulling out of the nuclear deal that thus far it and Europe had held to despite Trump scuttling it.
Iran Ends Commitment to Landmark Nuclear Deal: Live Updates
The announcement followed a vote in Iraq's Parliament to expel American troops, in response to the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, a top Iranian commander, in Baghdad.
The Latest: Iran will no longer abide by nuclear deal limits
AP NEWS – 5 Jan 20
The Latest: Turkish president seeks calm amid US-Iran crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on U.S.-Iran tensions (all times local): 9:20 p.m. Turkey's president called for de-escalation between Iran and the U.S. following America's killing of an...
As noted earlier, our tensions with Iran has been hampering our ability to fight ISIS in Iraq. Getting kicked out entirely is probably a severe downgrade to that situation.
And because of this, Iraq's parliament has voted to expel the U.S. military from the country.
Iraqi Parliament Votes To Remove U.S. Troops
The vote comes two days after a U.S. airstrike killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani inside Iraq, dramatically increasing regional tensions.
Iraqi Parliament Votes To Expel U.S. Troops From Country In Wake Of Soleimani Strike
Iraqi Parliament Votes To Expel U.S. Troops From Country In Wake Of Soleimani...
The non-binding vote by Iraq's parliament on Sunday came in response to the U.S. drone strike that killed the influential Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Iraqi Parliament Votes to Expel All American Troops and Submit UN Complaint Against US for Violation of Sovereignty
"What happened was a political assassination. Iraq cannot accept this."
Iraqi Parliament Votes to Expel All American Troops and Submit UN Complaint...
"What happened was a political assassination. Iraq cannot accept this."
Iraqi Parliament votes for government to work on plan to end US troop presence in Iraq after Soleimani killing
Iraqi Parliament votes for government to work on plan to end US troop presence...
The Iraqi Parliament voted Sunday to obligate Iraq's government "to work towards ending the presence of all foreign troops on Iraqi soil," according to the media office of the Iraqi Parliament.
Also, here's an excellent argument against the "you're defending a terrorist" response Trump supporters are pushing:
Julia Ioffe (juliaioffe)
A lot of conservatives on here are saying Trump is being criticized in bad faith and that liberals are defending a dangerous terrorist. Recall that this was not the response when al Baghdadi was killed. People unanimously applauded that action.
Some sites are reporting that Iran has placed an $80M bounty on Trump's head, based on its population. Mainstream sites are not reporting this, only more tabloid-like sites, and Snopes is giving it an iffy, unproven rating. Walk softly with this story:
Did Iran Offer an $80M Bounty for Trump's Head?
The amount of the bounty is supposedly based on Iran's population.
DHS has the Customs and Border Patrol detaining Iranians, including U.S.-born citizens of Iranian descent, for upwards of 11 hours.
Hoda Katebi هدی کاتبی (hodakatebi)
BREAKING: US CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECTION NATIONALLY HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO DETAIN & "REPORT" ALL IRANIANS ENTERING THE COUNTRY DEEMED POTENTIALLY SUSPICIOUS OR "ADVERSARIAL" REGARDLESS OF CITIZENSHIP STATUS. 60+ Iranis held last night at the US/Canada border for 11+ hrs / thread
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'This Is Alarming': Iranian-Americans Reportedly Detained, Asked About Political...
"Deeply disturbed by reports that Iranian-Americans, including U.S. citizens, are being detained at the Canadian border with WA State," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
CAIR-WA Assisting Iranian-Americans Detained at U.S. Border
/PRNewswire/ -- The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) is assisting more than 60 Iranians and Iranian-Americans of...
This gives new meaning to the words "twitter war."
That is not a good thing.
MissJava 2020-01-06 02:52:02 UTC #15
Excellent (but very long) thread about a couple of details I was unaware of. Posting a few select messages but worth reading the whole thing if you are so inclined:
Hassan Hassan (hxhassan)
Iraq's PM is fuming. He says Suleimani arrived in Iraq to deliver a response to the Iraqis from Iran about a Saudi offer to de-escalate. They was supposed to meet. Explains why the Iraqi government's statement was the strongest, even compared to those of clerics Sistani & Sadr
Regardless of facts, this explosive detail will be understood in many circles in the Middle East as the Saudis played a role in the killing of Qassem Suleimani, a payback to the Iranian attack on the Saudi oil facilities in September. Saudi Crown Prince called the Iraqi PM today
(Because the Saudi pursue of talks with Iran would be seen as a trap to kill Suleimani, if the tweet wasn't clear)
The Iraqi parliament voted to "ask the Iraqi government to end the security agreement with the US, end the presence of foreign troops & the international coalition's mandate against ISIS, even in Iraqi air space for whatever reason. Passing the buck to the gov. Not binding."
We should take these statements as everyone trying to one-up the other. The demands are not realistic. The US will literally not be able to accept them. Bigger than Iraq, especially the parts about ending the mandate against ISIS and the use of Iraqi air space etc. Crazy talk.
Important clarification from @hushamalhashimi for media. The parliament voted on a decision to end #Iraq's membership in the international coalition to combat ISIS, nothing in the proposal about the expulsion of foreign forces or about the 2008 agreement with the US.
Yes the Kurds and Sunnis were absent https://t.co/UehHwZut4P https://t.co/dbyXsQBd0a
(he was replying to someone asking about the parliament vote not including all representatives.)
Here is the bottom line, folks. Iraqi parliament in a non-biding decision requests for the government to: • cancel assistance of the US-led anti-ISIS coalition • expel foreign troops • state monopoly of arms • file a complaint about the US • investigate US bombings
Iran is abandoning the nuclear deal *limits*, not the deal itself: https://t.co/o2qvuN2J7J
Moves that sounded strong but not: • Iraqi parliament's non-biding decision to urge the government to end US presence. • Iran won't abide by nuclear deal "limitations but the steps could be reversed if Washington lifted its sanctions on Tehran. https://t.co/Nwot3lKYDx"
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(I realize twitter isn't always as good as actual news articles but I'm very tired and this is the only way I can digest news at the moment.)
I had heard rumors of this peace treaty possibility, but it's even bigger than I'd heard.
Farnaz Fassihi (farnazfassihi)
Iraq PM says Gen. Soleimani was his guest & US strike was illegal. Moqtada Sadr calls for closing of US embassy in Baghdad.
Keaton_James 2020-01-06 04:07:51 UTC #17
Rebecca Falconer
January 5, 2020 11:14 ET
Pelosi announces war powers vote in bid to limit Trump on Iran
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced in a letter Sunday that the House "will introduce and vote on a War Powers Resolution to limit" President Trump's "military actions regarding Iran."
What she's saying: In the letter addressed to Democratic colleagues, Pelosi states, "Last week, the Trump Administration conducted a provocative and disproportionate military airstrike targeting high-level Iranian military officials. This action endangered our service members, diplomats and others by risking a serious escalation of tensions with Iran."
The letter continues:
"As Members of Congress, our first responsibility is to keep the American people safe. For this reason, we are concerned that the Administration took this action without the consultation of Congress and without respect for Congress's war powers granted to it by the Constitution.
This week, the House will introduce and vote on a War Powers Resolution to limit the President's military actions regarding Iran. This resolution is similar to the resolution introduced by Senator Tim Kaine in the Senate. It reasserts Congress's long-established oversight responsibilities by mandating that if no further Congressional action is taken, the Administration's military hostilities with regard to Iran cease within 30 days.
The House Resolution will be led by Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin. Congresswoman Slotkin is a former CIA and Department of Defense analyst specializing in Shia militias. She served multiple tours in the region under both Democratic and Republican Administrations.
I greatly appreciate the solemnity with which all of our Members are working to honor our responsibility to protect American lives and values.
Thank you for your patriotic leadership during this difficult time."
The story below that one is worth noting also; Trump is threatening to levy sanctions against IRAQ if they ask us to leave.
Trump warns he may hit Iraq with sanctions, doubles down on Iran threat
Trump threatens Iraq with sanctions "like they've never seen before" if it asks...
He also doubled down on his threat to attack Iranian cultural sites.
Windthin:
Trump is threatening to levy sanctions against IRAQ if they ask us to leave.
Only Trump would think that "be-our-friends-or-else" could be an effective foreign policy.
@Keaton_James
And he still fails to understand that sanctions levied by us and only us don't scare countries. Other nations are not going to back us up in this insanity, and it takes a united front for sanctions to really work.
Iraqi prime minister says Qassem Soleimani was in Iraq to 'discuss de-escalating tensions between Iran and Saudis' when he was killed - and claims Trump had asked for help mediating talks after embassy attack
Iraq's caretaker prime minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, told his parliament in Baghdad on Sunday that US strike on Soleimani was a 'political assassination'
Abdul Mahdi claimed that Soleimani was due to meet with him on the same day that he was killed by a US drone near the Baghdad airport early on Friday
The outgoing Iraqi leader says that Soleimani was supposed to bring him Iran's response to a Saudi proposal for de-escalating regional tensions
Saudi Arabia, a regional rival, blames Iran for an attack on the kingdom's oil facilities in September
Abdul Mahdi also claims that President Trump called him and asked him to mediate talks with Iran after the US embassy in Baghdad was nearly overrun
Supporters of the Shiite group Kataib Hezbollah scaled the walls and barreled through security at the US embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday
Abdul Mahdi said he personally intervened to defuse the embassy crisis and that the American president thanked him for doing so
Soleimani was in Iraq to 'discuss de-escalating tensions with Saudis' when he was killed, PM says | Daily Mail Online
Saudi Arabia says it was not consulted on Soleimani strike, urges calm
Kingdom, vulnerable to possible reprisal attacks after American drone strike targeting top Iranian general, reportedly sending prince to US, UK to plead for restraint
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John Moorehouse Mar 8, 2017 11:00AM
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Jose made the comparison between NXT and college during an interview with ESPN Deportes, saying the following:
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Signing a developmental contract with WWE in April of 2015, Jose -- whose real name is Levis Valenzuela, Jr. -- has witnessed the evolution of the Performance Center, which now includes former top Japanese talent like Shinsuke Nakamura, well-known independent stars such as Roderick Strong and Kassius Ohno, and international competitors like Jack Gallagher from the United Kingdom and Gran Metalik from Mexico.
"The Performance Center is very important," he said. "Everybody has their own style. We have the U.K. Championship now, [and] whether you're in the Caribbean, Japan, in the States, in Mexico, WWE sort of incorporates all of their things and they have their own way."
Jose told ESPN he seeks to follow in the footsteps of other NXT standouts such as Kevin Owens and Charlotte Flair, and carve out a prominent spot on the main roster.
"What's next? Keep going out there, just see my entrance, having fun and hopefully the energy translates to all these people, no matter where they are from, no matter what they're doing, what's important is for them to have fun," he said. "What's next? Hopefully the main roster. There's Raw, Smackdown, WrestleMania ... who knows?"
Born in the Dominican Republic, Valenzuela grew up in New Jersey. He made his wrestling debut in 2013.


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Does physics give a climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide of about 3°C?
A letter to the editor of the Economist from Professor Anders Levermann of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research stated the following:
The IPCC's range on sensitivity is supported by, but not merely based on, models. It is deeply rooted in physics. Quantum physics and thermodynamics, the same physical laws that underlie the functioning of our computers and power plants, yield a baseline climate sensitivity of about 3°C. This is based on the facts that carbon dioxide, water vapour and methane absorb infra-red; a warmer atmosphere holds more water; and ice and snow melt under warming.
Do quantum physics and thermodynamics yield a baseline climate sensitivity of about 3°C?
physics environment climate-change modelling thermodynamics
possible duplicate of Are the IPCC climate change models overestimating sensitivity to carbon dioxide? – rjzii Apr 30 '13 at 16:14
@RobZ I was trying to focus on the very specific issue of how much climate prediction is physics (or physical chemistry) and how much is model estimation of feedbacks. I think this is a distinct question that can be answered independently from the question about whether models get the answer right, not least because this question is focussed on the stuff that everyone should agree on regardless of model estimates. So it isn't about whether models are right which is the subject of your other answer. – matt_black Apr 30 '13 at 21:25
@EnergyNumbers It may deserve an edit to clarify what I wanted to ask, though I think some readers are being obtuse and obfuscatory in the way they interpret what I asked. The issue I wanted to clarify is what simple physical chemistry would suggest is the climate sensitivity as distinct from the values that require complex modelling assumptions. Even denialists should agree that atmospheric CO2 has some effect; the issue is how big that effect is versus the (more contentious) degree of feedback from other factors in models. – matt_black May 3 '13 at 22:56
@EnergyNumbers Fair clarification, I may be reading something into his words. His core claim, though, remains that a 3 degree sensitivity emerges directly from physics which is not the same as saying it needs complex models with assumptions that are not dependent on physics. – matt_black May 8 '13 at 18:42
@EnergyNumbers Go ahead. I'm happy for you to try. I suspect our perspectives don't agree much but I'll happily accept any modifications that make it a better question without changing the essence. – matt_black May 8 '13 at 21:46
Very few people disagree with the basic fact that the greenhouse gas CO2 warms the climate, but without some kind of positive feedback mechanism, it doesn't add very much: around 1°C-1.2°C per doubling of CO2.
The statement is correct, but very misleading. In the absence of the climate system's feedbacks, the climate sensitivity is 1 to 1.2 deg C for each doubling of CO2 (per the IPCC). However, the impact of feedbacks is greater than the direct impact of increased CO2. This can be seen without relying on climate models by looking at the powerful temperature cycles of historical ice ages (or glacial-to-interglacial transitions). These cycles are caused by variations in the Earth's orbit, which only produce a small change in incident radiation. See here for example. Without climate feedbacks, it would take a much greater change in solar output, or an enormous change in CO2 concentration, to cause an ice age. Chris Colose of Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison provides a good explanation of feedback effects:
To put this in perspective, it would take about five doublings of CO2 or a 7% increase in the total solar radiation hitting the Earth to produce the magnitude of climate change typical of glacial-to-interglacial transitions.
Thus it is clear - without relying on models - that the feedback effect must be greater than the direct effect, or else there could never have been ice ages.
The phrase "without some kind of positive feedback mechanism" gives the impression that scientists think there's an alternate mechanism that drives their projected temperatures higher. Climate sensitivity without feedbacks can be calculated fairly accurately on a single sheet of paper, (see here for example) and the result will be approximately 1 deg C. But the result is not relevant to anything, because the real world has many feedbacks; that's why the focus in climate science over the past several decades has been understanding the feedbacks and quantifying their effects. Most of them are well understood, their net effect is overwhelmingly positive (i.e. they amplify temperature fluctuations), and of course they are all based on physics, as demonstrated by Chris Colose.
According to James Hansen, the best source of information about feedbacks is not models, but paleoclimate data:s
Models are imperfect and we will never be sure that they include all important processes. Fortunately, Earth's history provides a remarkably rich record of how our planet responded to climate forcings in the past. Paleoclimate records yield, by far, our most accurate assessment of climate sensitivity and climate feedbacks.
Hansen calculates the climate sensitivity in various units, and expresses it as 2 to 4 degrees C for a doubling of CO2:
The empirical fast-feedback climate sensitivity that we infer from the LGM-Holocene comparison is thus 5°C/6.5 W/m2 ~ 3⁄4 ± 1⁄4 °C per W/m2 or 3 ± 1°C for doubled CO2. The fact that ice sheet and GHG boundary conditions are actually slow climate feedbacks is irrelevant for the purpose of evaluating the fast-feedback climate sensitivity.
This empirical climate sensitivity incorporates all fast response feedbacks in the real- world climate system, including changes of water vapor, clouds, aerosols, aerosol effects on clouds, and sea ice. In contrast to climate models, which can only approximate the physical processes and may exclude important processes, the empirical result includes all processes that exist in the real world – and the physics is exact.
Water vapor provides a great example of climate feedbacks. Because it absorbs infrared radiation very well, water vapor is a very powerful greenhouse gas. Also, warmer air holds more water vapor. So, suppose temperature increases because of higher CO2; the atmosphere will hold more water vapor, which will cause it to absorb more solar radiation, causing it to heat up still further. Calculating the impact of the CO2 while disregarding the water vapor feedback would be a significant underestimation for no good reason. Other positive climate feedbacks are also well known to climatologists, such as changes in reflectivity due to melting of snow and ice, release of CO2 from ocean water because of increasing ocean temperatures, and release of methane from melting permafrost.
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Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. – Sklivvz Feb 7 '19 at 13:54
François Gervais of the Physics Department at François Rabelais University in Tours, France wrote in 2014 that the anthropogenic contribution to global warming upon the present trend is 0.1°C in the absence of climate feedbacks.
He arrived at this number by finding the present rate of anthropogenic carbon dioxide increase in the atmosphere and applying a simplified physics calculation to the temperature based on radiation.
Gervais' estimate of the rate of anthropogenic carbon dioxide increase is based on two methods, which he claims to support each other: the C13/C12 ratio and also the change in annual average atmospheric CO2 concentration, after subtracting annual fluctuations of up to 600% increase.
Gervais' radiation model is an analysis of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide's contribution to earth's total infrared radiation using data from satellite-based infrared spectrometers.
The full article is paywalled, so I don't know what Gervais would estimate is the climate sensitivity to a doubling of CO2. – elliot svensson Jan 28 '19 at 21:29
It's not clear to me what Gervais is estimating. Is 0.1°C his estimate of the present-day warming due to current CO2 levels, but disregarding feedbacks? The comments about CO2 suggest that his estimate of the anthropogenic contribution to the CO2 concentration may be different from the accepted value. Can you provide more details about his assumptions and conclusions? – Mark Jan 29 '19 at 3:18
I've been reading more and more climate denialists pointing to the lack of rise in the past ten years, and claiming it as evidence that the theory of climate change is flawed and previous 100+ years of trend is a fluke.
This real meaning of this temperature plateau is explained in a 2011 articel from the International Business Times
However, these periods would likely last only about a decade or so, and warming would then resume. This study illustrates one reason why global temperatures do not simply rise in a straight line.
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research gives a good summary of various issues. In particular, their FAQ directly addresses the ten year plateau:
It's important to note that models are not the only reason why scientists are concerned about climate change. For more than a century—long before many recent advances in science, and long before computer models—we've known that increased greenhouse gases could produce a global temperature increase. Observations of the last century of climate, including those from instruments and from the behavior of ice and plants, concur that the planet is warming.
Harvard News also explains:
The primary driver of the warming hole is the aerosol pollution — these small particles," says Leibensperger. "What they do is reflect incoming sunlight, so we see a cooling effect at the surface."-climate-change/:
The point of the articles is that the ten year period of non-warming is a direct result of various atmospheric emissions associated with global warming. The result of this is that if in the future emissions are reduced, global warming trend lines will continue to increase for a lengthy period of time, and in fact increase much faster once those "blocking" factors created by emissions are curtailed. Additionally, it means that this 'hidden' warming value will result in a larger temperature overall increase than current temperatures are measuring would indicate.
Welcome to Skeptics! It isn't clear from your answer alone what position you are taking. (Are you saying the notion of Global Warming is flawed, or that you've been reading about that claim?) Also, please provide a brief summary or quote from each source, to make it easier to understand what they are saying and to protect against linkrot. – Oddthinking♦ Apr 23 '13 at 2:30
@matt, I see that Daniel has addressed the main supporting argument used in the opening quote (i.e. the existence of a plateau). I'm not sure he's addressed the actual claim though (that 'climate sensitivity', however that is defined, is 1°C-1.2°C per doubling). Are you satisfied with this approach? – Oddthinking♦ Apr 23 '13 at 3:45
This is an interesting, if flawed, summary of what some climate scientists have said about the recent temperature record after the event (would have been more convincing, btw, if they said the same thing ten years ago.) But it is irrelevant to the question I asked which is not about the recent record or climate predictions but was about the piece of theory that even climate denialists would not disagree with: what is the effect of CO2 in the absence of feedback. I should downvote but I don't want to discourage you. – matt_black Apr 23 '13 at 8:08
@matt_black Maybe you should try trimming the quotes you use to only cover the parts that you're asking about? I, personally, was enraged by the Economist attempting to make any sort of climate claim about a tiny ten year period, but I refrained from responding because it wasn't the main thrust of your question; clearly, Daniel has fallen into the trap. This has happened before in your questions, it's something you should watch out for when citing potentially inflammatory sources. – Tacroy Apr 23 '13 at 16:09
@Tacroy Fair point on the distracting parts, but context matters and it is hard to make a call. On the point that the Economist is being inflammatory: I don't agree at all, I think they were giving a fair summary of the current state of knowledge (but that is food for another question!) – matt_black Apr 23 '13 at 21:59
From the IPCC's AR5 summary report "No best estimate for equilibrium climate sensitivity can now be given because of a lack of agreement on values across assessed lines of evidence and studies." I'm not a physicist, nor I suspect is anyone else here, but this change in reporting would seem to indicate a lack of confidence in the actual impact of additional atmospheric CO2 on the climate.
The quote is a footnote on a bullet point that reads "...Equilibrium climate sensitivity is likely in the range 1.5C to 4.5C (high confidence), extremely unlikely less than 1C (high confidence) and unlikely greater than 6C (medium confidence) [footnote here]. The lowere temperature of the assessed likely range is thus less than the 2C in the AR4, but the upper limit is the same. This assessment reflects improved understanding, the extended temperature record in the atmosphere and ocean and new estimates of radiative forcing", which contradicts Bob's conclusion of a "lack of confidence". – Dikran Marsupial Nov 20 '13 at 17:14
That is one interpretation, Dikran. Another is that the models have clearly not worked very well and that there must be a reason for, as Gavin Schmidt put it, the "failure of models to match real world". The most plausible reason would seem to be, to quote Gavin Schmidt again, "erroneous assumptions" regarding the climate sensitivity of CO2. And the AR5 footnote is not, in fact, really nothing new. You can't go from an AR4 section dedicated to climate sensitivity (9.6.2) to the AR5 statement and reasonably claim that nothing has really changed. It has. – Bob Nov 20 '13 at 17:37
Bob, the only change is that the lower limit of the confidence interval has been reduced from 2C to 1.5C, and that is pretty much it. To say that this means they are "not so sure about the climate sensitivity of CO2" is simply an overstatement. Note that climate sensitivity is pretty much the same whatever the source of the forcing, whether it is solar, CO2, aersols etc. As to the quote from Schmidt, I rather doubt the rest of the quote would suggest that climate sensitivity was one of the "erroneous assumptions" that he had in mind, can you supply the full quote? – Dikran Marsupial Nov 20 '13 at 17:46
@matt_black If you can give an example of a peer-reviewed journal paper that supports your position, I would be interested to read it. Pointing out the methodological flaws in Mann's original paper is insufficient as similar results have been constructed using a variety of statistical methodologies since then (including by Mann himself), to which those criticisms do not apply. – Dikran Marsupial Nov 21 '13 at 12:03
@matt_black & bob, sorry I am not impressed by ad-hominems (i.e. attacks on the source of an argument rather than on its content). The climate debate is chock full of that kind of thing and all it does is stifle productive discussion of the science. – Dikran Marsupial Nov 22 '13 at 9:36
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Registration of South West Native Title Settlement upheld
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Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ben Wyatt has welcomed today's decision by the Full Federal Court that found no errors in the Native Title Registrar registering the six South West Native Title Settlement Indigenous Land Use Agreements in October 2018.
This decision is a major step towards commencement of the South West Native Title Settlement. There is now a 28-day period for any applications for special leave to the High Court to appeal the decision.
The Settlement will establish a strong Noongar governance structure through the creation of Noongar Corporations that represent the interests of the Noongar people.
The State Government and other stakeholders will work in partnership with the Noongar community, through the Noongar Corporations, to realise these goals.
Since the signing of the six Settlement Agreements more than four years ago, the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council (SWALSC), the State Government and the future Noongar Boodja Trustee have been preparing for the Settlement to commence.
In 2016, the WA Parliament passed the Noongar (Koorah, Nitja, Boordahwan) (Past, Present, Future) Recognition Act, recognising the Noongar people as the traditional owners of the South West, as well as other enabling laws to allow key elements of the Settlement to take effect.
The registration of the Agreements is the final step before the benefits can flow to the Noongar community.
There is still a possibility that some parties may seek special leave to the High Court of Australia to appeal the decision. The Settlement cannot proceed until all Court matters relating to the registration of the Indigenous Land Use Agreements are resolved.
The State Government and the Noongar community, through SWALSC, will continue to work together to ensure the successful implementation of all six Settlement Agreements for all Noongar people and the Western Australian community as a whole.
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"The Noongar community have waited a long time, and have worked incredibly hard to see this landmark Settlement begin.
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"I now call on them to stop the ongoing expensive legal indulgence and allow the Agreement to proceed so that the Noongar people of Western Australia can finally access the benefits they have been waiting for so long.
"The Settlement will provide significant long-term opportunities for the Noongar people to achieve long-term, self-determining social, economic and cultural outcomes.
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"His decision to protect nature with a gift in his will means as much to us as it did to him." – Nancy Bodsworth-Hannah
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The Hannah family are long-time Ontario Nature members. We chatted with Nancy Bodsworth-Hannah about her father's decision to leave a legacy for nature.
Nancy's father was none other than esteemed novelist and naturalist Fred Bodsworth, author of Last of the Curlews, which chronicled the migration of the last Eskimo curlew, a remarkable shorebird now widely believed to be extinct. In the 1960s, he was also president of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists (the forerunner of Ontario Nature), a distinguished bird watcher and a dedicated conservationist.
Bodsworth grew up in Port Burwell, one of the busiest migratory routes for birds and butterflies on the continent. This upbringing informed his love of birds, although he always insisted that he was born a naturalist, not made one. Nancy describes her father as driven, self-taught and widely curious. "He took every opportunity to share what he knew, unobtrusively and naturally. As a result, I learned about nature almost by osmosis, through exposure."
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A retired kindergarden teacher, Nancy shares her dad's belief that we need to create opportunities for children to fall in love with nature and develop a conservation ethic. "If we let them touch the feather of a bird, plant a seed, splash in the lake, we've got them for life."
Fred Bodsworth's love of nature continues to live in his family, who return often together to his hometown. When there, they see the colonies of birds he grew up banding, a practice that helps to track the movements of the bird and its life history.
When Fred passed away several years ago at the age of 93, he left a gift in his will to Ontario Nature. For his family, this action spoke to his hope for the world. Says his daughter, "His decision to protect nature with a gift in his will means as much to us as it did to him."
Legacy gifts by members such as Fred Bodsworth have made a tremendous impact on Ontario Nature's work. These individuals' extraordinary commitment to protecting wildlife and connecting people to nature is at the core of what Ontario Nature does. Fred's bequest helped to advance the citizen science and endangered species programs – urgent work that Nancy believes would have been close to his heart.
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Edward Turley had been with JPMorgan for 12 years when the firm discharged him in August 2021 over loss of confidence.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has barred a 75-year-old former JPMorgan financial advisor whose customers have claimed tens of millions of dollars in damages.
Edward Turley was discharged from JPMorgan in August 2021, after 12 years with the firm, amid allegations of "[l]oss of confidence concerning adherence to firm policies and brokerage order handling requirements," according to BrokerCheck.
Finra barred Turley last week after he refused to appear for testimony related to "trading in customer accounts, including but not limited to the use of foreign currency and margin, and the purchasing and selling of high-yield bonds and preferred stock," according to a letter of acceptance, waiver and consent published by the industry's self-regulator.
Turley accepted the bar without admitting or denying the findings, Finra says.
Customer complaints filed against JPMorgan in relation to Turley sought a total of $100 million, according to the Boca Raton, Florida–based law firm of KlaymanToskes, which is courting investors who claim to have suffered losses as a result of Turley's management.
The latest claim against Turley — filed on behalf of "a Texas businessman who frequented the lunch table of JPMorgan [chief executive officer] Jaime Dimon" — seeks $56 million in damages, the law firm said.
According to Finra, Turley's customers initiated a total of five arbitrations between 2020 and 2021, generally alleging "improper exercise of discretion and unsuitable trading," among other violations, according to the letter of acceptance.
Four of the complaints were settled and one resulted in an arbitration award, the industry's self-regulator says.
Turley entered the financial services industry in 1988, registering with Morgan Stanley, and he joined JPMorgan from Lehman Brothers in 2009, according to BrokerCheck. He has 10 customer disputes on his record dating to 1999.
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When it comes to dentures, they do more than help chew food. Dentures are also framed by a smile and is usually what other people notice first. Media puts a lot of pressure on the aesthetics of a perfect smile. So, what happens when one is embarrassed with their teeth or smile? One may be embarrassed because the denture is too big, teeth are too big, too small, teeth are misaligned, teeth are stained, chip on a tooth, missing a tooth, or Denture is Loose and fear it will fall out, etc. Whatever the reason, it can affect one's confidence and can be debilitating for many. The impact one's confidence regarding their teeth or dentures esthetically and functionally can influence the emotional and physical health dramatically, it can also affect one's relationship with friends and family.
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