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    ISRAEL
    IDF uncovers terror tunnel from Gaza Strip
    Zilberman emphasized that “the tunnel was
    still in the process of being built so that at no
    point did it pose a danger to the surrounding
    towns. It will be neutralized in the next few
    days.” He said that it is still unclear which
    terrorist organization is behind the tunnel.

    UAE submits official request to open
    embassy in Tel Aviv

    Among the agreements Israel and the UAE
    signed on Tuesday was one allowing for
    travel between the countries without a visa,
    the first agreement of its kind between Israel
    and an Arab state. The other agreements
    were on protecting investments, science and
    technological cooperation, and regular flights
    between the countries.

    IRAN
    Why Iran is poised to make a comeback ...
    as a US priority


    Iran: Dollar Falters, Gold Loses Luster


    TURKEY
    Turkish forces withdraw from largest base
    in northeast Syria

    The group reported that convoys carrying
    military personnel and equipment were seen
    leaving the Morek base, one of 12 Turkish
    observation posts established in the region to
    monitor a fragile cease-fire in the nine-year-old
    conflict.

    NIGERIA
    Tensions rise in Nigeria as some 2,000 inmates
    escape in attacks on prisons

    Nigerian authorities said on Tuesday that nearly
    2,000 inmates had broken out of jail after crowds
    attacked two prisons, while officials announced
    a 24-hour curfew in the megacity of Lagos in an
    attempt to quell the unrest stemming from
    two weeks of protests against police brutality.

    RUSSIA
    US rejects Russian proposal at UN on new
    Gulf security mechanism

    The US ambassador to the UN said the endeavor
    would not work until Iran meets its international
    obligations.

    Hmmm: Russia backs down, agrees to Trump’s
    terms on nuke-pact extension

    Curious timing, and equally curious strategy.
    With just two weeks remaining before the US
    presidential election, Vladimir Putin could have
    run out the clock on Donald Trump to get a
    better deal from Joe Biden on the New START
    pact.

    SUDAN
    Revealed: chaining, beatings and torture inside
    Sudan's Islamic schools

    I had been working as a journalist in Sudan for
    five years, but this was the first time an
    assignment really felt personal. I was taught
    at a khalwa: a place where I would try to get
    through each day without being beaten.

    AMERICA
    Google calls DOJ antitrust 'deeply flawed,'
    says customers are not forced to use services

    According to a Google executive, "This lawsuit
    would do nothing to help consumers. To the
    contrary, it would artificially prop up lower-
    quality search alternatives, raise phone prices,
    and make it harder for people to get the search
    services they want to use."

    Next debate moderator has solid pro-Democrat,
    anti-Trump credentials


    Kristen Welker with the Obamas at the White House
    in 2012. / Facebook

    You might say, how nice for Kristen Welker.
    Followed by, who is Kristen Welker? “Anyone
    who’s ever dealt with Welker knows she’s an
    activist, not a reporter,” says a senior White
    House Official. Welker is the NBC News White
    House correspondent and will be the next
    debate moderator.

    Allies fear bad actors will take advantage of
    'power vacuum' during election chaos

    “Erdogan is becoming more prone to risk-
    taking,” Greek lawmaker Dimitrios Kairidis
    told the Washington Examiner. “He feels a
    bit more emboldened, the closer we go to
    the elections. In his mind now, he sees a
    power vacuum in Washington he wants
    to exploit.”

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    EXPECTING the RAPTURE
    We are to work while we wait for the rapture.
    A gardener for a large estate in northern
    Italy was conducting a visitor through the
    castle and the beautiful, well-groomed
    grounds. As the visitor had lunch with the
    gardener and his wife, he commended them
    for the beautiful way they were keeping the
    gardens. He asked, “By the way, when was
    the last time the owner was here?

    “About ten years ago.” The gardener replied.

    The visitor asked, “Then why do you keep the
    gardens in such an immaculate, lovely manner?”

    The gardener replied, “Because I’m expecting
    him to return.”

    “Is he coming next week?”

    The gardener replied, “I don’t know when he
    is coming, but I am expecting him today.”
    —Source Unknown







    Last edited by lamb&lion; 10-21-2020, 12:07 AM.
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