The War for the American Republic and the Fall of the West Megathread: 30 August 2020

Al-Masdar News
@TheArabSource
#Trump says if he wins election he will make deals with #Iran, North Korean 'very quickly' [link to aml.ink (secure)] #NorthKorea #US

China’s entry into Iran will destabilize Middle East: US State Dept.

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Russia warns Israel against launching more strikes in Syria

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Brit 'jihadi bride' and mum-of-nine is back in UK enjoying benefit-funded life

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Iran takes first action against US over interception of civil airliner in Syria

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Sputnik
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Russia state-affiliated media
OPINION: 'Race' for Moon & Mars may develop between US-led bloc and Sino-Russian alliance, analyst suggests

Azar Lands in Taiwan with Highest-Level U.S. Delegation for Decades

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar defied noisy protests from Beijing and touched down in Taiwan on Sunday to begin the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since formal diplomatic relations between Washington and Taipei ended in 1979.

As Breitbart News reported, Secretary Azar will meet with senior Taiwan counterparts, coronavirus responders and experts on behalf of U.S. President Donald Trump.

He will also meet President Tsai Ing-wen, an advocate for Taiwan being recognized as a sovereign nation who is loathed by China’s leaders for daring to speak with an independent voice on the world stage.

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Lebanese News and Updates
@UpdatesLebanese
A fire is reported in Haret Sidon, near a Lebanese army barracks.

Civil defense is on the scene.

Video at link: [link to twitter.com (secure)]

Tadeusz Giczan
@TadeuszGiczan
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Belarusian election commission claims that half the voters have cast their votes already during early vote, even though polling stations were completely empty. Wonder what they are going to do now that actual people started showing up in their hundreds. A queue in Minsk right now

Tadeusz Giczan
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Massive people's mobilization all over Belarus. I don't think there's ever been anything like that before, the queues I mean. Earlier this week the election commission stole hundreds of thousands of votes, now people are coming to claim them back

Denis Kazakiewicz
@Den_2042
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Things are getting serious in #Belarus. Brace for the impact.
Military and equipment for crowd dispersal is being deployed to #Minsk, now

The Intercept
@theintercept
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In the years after 9/11, Homeland Security has ballooned into the third largest agency in the U.S. government, employing 240,000 people, including more than 60,000 law enforcement agents — nearly half the total number of federal law enforcement agents.

Sputnik
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Russia state-affiliated media
Libya’s top oil official: Bigger disasters than #Beirut blast may be on their way

Sputnik
@SputnikInt
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Russia state-affiliated media
Pope Francis appoints six women to senior Vatican roles

Lebanese News and Updates
@UpdatesLebanese
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Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad has resigned from cabinet.

Lebanese News and Updates
@UpdatesLebanese
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- Education Minister Tarek Majzoub denies rumors about his resignation.

- PM Diab and 8 ministers are currently meeting, including the minister of Interior and Municipalities.

Lebanese News and Updates
@UpdatesLebanese
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- Reports are indicating that Diab is persuading those 8 ministers NOT to resign, because if 8 did the government is forfeited and considered resigned by law.

Al Jadeed and LBC are now doing a live coverage of the news in the Grand Serail.

Lebanese News and Updates
@UpdatesLebanese
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The latest in investigation:

- According to the latest reports PM Diab and President Aoun was informed about the shipment and the ammonium nitrate on 20-7-2020, just days before the explosion.

- All heads of Lebanese security forces were informed about this shipment for years.

Lebanese News and Updates
@UpdatesLebanese
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MP Neemat Frem is the 6th to announce his resignaiton from Lebanon parliament.

Others are Marwan Hamadeh, Paula Yacoubian and the three Kataeb Party MPs.

Few other independents are expected to resign too.

Sputnik
@SputnikInt
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Russia state-affiliated media
Deadly Beirut blast carved out 43-metre crater, packed the punch of a 3.3 earthquake

Haaretz.com
@haaretzcom
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Gantz: 'I can understand hatred of Netanyahu, disappointment in me'

Overview of the political situation in Israel:

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Haaretz.com
@haaretzcom
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More than 10,000 join peaceful anti-Netanyahu protest in Jerusalem, for fourth week in a row

Haaretz.com
@haaretzcom
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Saudi Aramco's profit plunges 73.4%, deepening budget crisis

Al Arabiya English
@AlArabiya_Eng
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#Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch urges the Lebanese government to resign and calls for early parliamentary elections following the deadly #Beirut explosion, according to media reports.

End of the West ?

It is Hezbollah,and Iran,they want gone.

They want regime change and West intervention.

Improved relations with their neighbors.

Fuck Iran.

Status-6
@Archer83Able
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Turkish forces being deployed to Al-Raqim overlooking Al-Haddadah hill in the northern countryside of Latakia, where clashes between rebel factions and the SAA took place last week.

Mary Ilyushina
@maryilyushina
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Huge turnout number reported in Belarus as of 4pm (four hours before the polls close) — 73.4% according to CEC. Bearing in mind that 41% were claimed to be the unlikely early voters, with observers voicing concerns about massive ballot stuffing.

Al Arabiya English
@AlArabiya_Eng
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The fourth #Saudi Arabian relief plane arrived in #Lebanon carrying aid for victims of the deadly #Beirut port explosion that took place on August 4, Saudi Press Agency reports.