First boys rescued from flooded Thai cave; operation continues to save remaining soccer team members
Updated: 10:29 AM CDT Jul 8, 2018
National Desk Staff
The first members of a Thai soccer team have been successfully rescued from the cave they've been stuck in for more than two weeks, local officials said Sunday. Around 7 p.m. local time, the first two boys emerged from the cave alongside rescue crews. Those boys have been transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital. Two more boys were helped out of the cave later Sunday and have also been taken to the hospital. The boys' conditions were not immediately known. The operation to rescue the 12 boys and their coach by having them dive out of the flooded cave where they’ve been trapped for more than two weeks began in the morning, with expert divers entering the sprawling complex for the complicated and dangerous mission.Chiang Rai acting Gov. Narongsak Osatanakorn, who is heading the operation, said 13 foreign and five Thai divers were taking part in the rescue and that two divers would accompany each boy as they’re gradually extracted.“Divers will work with doctors in the cave to examine each the kids’ health to determine who should get to come out first,” Narongsak said Sunday morning.The entire operation to rescue all 13 could last two to four days, depending on weather and water conditions, said army Maj. Gen. Chalongchai Chaiyakam.The only way to bring the boys and their coach out of the cave is by navigating dark and tight passageways filled with muddy water and strong currents, as well as oxygen-depleted air. A former Thai navy SEAL passed out and died making the dive Friday.Experienced cave rescue experts consider an underwater escape a last resort, especially with people untrained in diving, as the boys are. The path out is considered especially complicated because of twists and turns in narrow flooded passages.But Narongsak said earlier that mild weather and falling water levels over the last few days had created optimal conditions for an underwater evacuation that won’t last if it rains again.Before announcing that the rescue was underway, authorities ordered the throngs of media that have gathered at the cave from around the world to leave.The boys and their coach became stranded when they went exploring in the cave after a practice game June 23. Monsoon flooding cut off their escape and prevented rescuers from finding them for almost 10 days.The ordeal has riveted Thailand and made global headlines, and the search and rescue operation has involved international experts and rescuers.President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Sunday: “The U.S. is working very closely with the Government of Thailand to help get all of the children out of the cave and to safety. Very brave and talented people!”Authorities had said that incoming monsoon rains that could send water levels in the cave rising, coupled with falling oxygen levels in the enclosed space, added to the urgency of getting those trapped out. Earlier efforts to pump out water from the cave have been set back every time there has been a heavy downpour.Narongsak said Saturday that experts told him water from new rain could shrink the unflooded space where the boys are sheltering to just 10 square meters (108 square feet).“I confirm that we are at war with water and time from the first day up to today,” he said Saturday. “Finding the boys doesn’t mean we’ve finished our mission. It is only a small battle we’ve won, but the war has not ended. The war ends when we win all three battles — the battles to search, rescue and send them home.”The boys sounded calm and reassuring in handwritten notes to their families that were made public Saturday. The notes were sent out with divers who made an 11-hour, back-and-forth journey to act as postmen.One of the boys, identified as Tun, wrote: “Mom and Dad, please don’t worry, I am fine. I’ve told Yod to get ready to take me out for fried chicken. With love.”“Don’t be worried, I miss everyone. Grandpa, Uncle, Mom, Dad and siblings, I love you all. I’m happy being here inside, the navy SEALS have taken good care. Love you all,” wrote Mick.“Night loves Dad and Mom and brother, don’t worry about me. Night loves you all,” wrote Night, in the Thai manner of referring to one’s self in the third person.The most touching note came from one whose name was not clear: “I’m doing fine, but the air is a little cold, but don’t worry. Although, don’t forget to set up my birthday party.”Another, of indistinct origin, asked their teacher not to give them a lot of homework.In a letter of his own, the coach, Ekapol Chanthawong, apologized to the boys’ parents for the ordeal.“To the parents of all the kids, right now the kids are all fine, the crew are taking good care. I promise I will care for the kids as best as possible. I want to say thanks for all the support and I want to apologize to the parents,” he wrote.An update Saturday from the Thai navy said three navy SEALs were with the boys and their coach, one a doctor. The 13 were having health evaluations and rehabilitation, and were being taught diving skills. Food, electrolyte drinks, drinking water, medicine and oxygen canisters have been delivered to them. A major concern of the rescuers is that oxygen levels in their safe space could fall dangerously low.Rescuers have been unable to extend a hose pumping oxygen all the way to where the boys are, but have brought them some oxygen tanks.
MAE SAI, Thailand —
The first members of a Thai soccer team have been successfully rescued from the cave they've been stuck in for more than two weeks, local officials said Sunday.
Around 7 p.m. local time, the first two boys emerged from the cave alongside rescue crews. Those boys have been transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital. Two more boys were helped out of the cave later Sunday and have also been taken to the hospital. The boys' conditions were not immediately known.
The operation to rescue the 12 boys and their coach by having them dive out of the flooded cave where they’ve been trapped for more than two weeks began in the morning, with expert divers entering the sprawling complex for the complicated and dangerous mission.
Chiang Rai acting Gov. Narongsak Osatanakorn, who is heading the operation, said 13 foreign and five Thai divers were taking part in the rescue and that two divers would accompany each boy as they’re gradually extracted.
“Divers will work with doctors in the cave to examine each the kids’ health to determine who should get to come out first,” Narongsak said Sunday morning.
The entire operation to rescue all 13 could last two to four days, depending on weather and water conditions, said army Maj. Gen. Chalongchai Chaiyakam.
The only way to bring the boys and their coach out of the cave is by navigating dark and tight passageways filled with muddy water and strong currents, as well as oxygen-depleted air. A former Thai navy SEAL passed out and died making the dive Friday.
Experienced cave rescue experts consider an underwater escape a last resort, especially with people untrained in diving, as the boys are. The path out is considered especially complicated because of twists and turns in narrow flooded passages.
But Narongsak said earlier that mild weather and falling water levels over the last few days had created optimal conditions for an underwater evacuation that won’t last if it rains again.
Before announcing that the rescue was underway, authorities ordered the throngs of media that have gathered at the cave from around the world to leave.
The boys and their coach became stranded when they went exploring in the cave after a practice game June 23. Monsoon flooding cut off their escape and prevented rescuers from finding them for almost 10 days.
The ordeal has riveted Thailand and made global headlines, and the search and rescue operation has involved international experts and rescuers.
President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Sunday: “The U.S. is working very closely with the Government of Thailand to help get all of the children out of the cave and to safety. Very brave and talented people!”
The U.S. is working very closely with the Government of Thailand to help get all of the children out of the cave and to safety. Very brave and talented people!
Authorities had said that incoming monsoon rains that could send water levels in the cave rising, coupled with falling oxygen levels in the enclosed space, added to the urgency of getting those trapped out. Earlier efforts to pump out water from the cave have been set back every time there has been a heavy downpour.
Narongsak said Saturday that experts told him water from new rain could shrink the unflooded space where the boys are sheltering to just 10 square meters (108 square feet).
“I confirm that we are at war with water and time from the first day up to today,” he said Saturday. “Finding the boys doesn’t mean we’ve finished our mission. It is only a small battle we’ve won, but the war has not ended. The war ends when we win all three battles — the battles to search, rescue and send them home.”
The boys sounded calm and reassuring in handwritten notes to their families that were made public Saturday. The notes were sent out with divers who made an 11-hour, back-and-forth journey to act as postmen.
One of the boys, identified as Tun, wrote: “Mom and Dad, please don’t worry, I am fine. I’ve told Yod to get ready to take me out for fried chicken. With love.”
“Don’t be worried, I miss everyone. Grandpa, Uncle, Mom, Dad and siblings, I love you all. I’m happy being here inside, the navy SEALS have taken good care. Love you all,” wrote Mick.
“Night loves Dad and Mom and brother, don’t worry about me. Night loves you all,” wrote Night, in the Thai manner of referring to one’s self in the third person.
The most touching note came from one whose name was not clear: “I’m doing fine, but the air is a little cold, but don’t worry. Although, don’t forget to set up my birthday party.”
Another, of indistinct origin, asked their teacher not to give them a lot of homework.
In a letter of his own, the coach, Ekapol Chanthawong, apologized to the boys’ parents for the ordeal.
“To the parents of all the kids, right now the kids are all fine, the crew are taking good care. I promise I will care for the kids as best as possible. I want to say thanks for all the support and I want to apologize to the parents,” he wrote.
An update Saturday from the Thai navy said three navy SEALs were with the boys and their coach, one a doctor. The 13 were having health evaluations and rehabilitation, and were being taught diving skills. Food, electrolyte drinks, drinking water, medicine and oxygen canisters have been delivered to them. A major concern of the rescuers is that oxygen levels in their safe space could fall dangerously low.
Rescuers have been unable to extend a hose pumping oxygen all the way to where the boys are, but have brought them some oxygen tanks.


Gemma and Fran’s Story
Gemma Gwilt and her Mum Fran cared for their Aunt, Muriel Parkes, in her own home when she was referred to Compton in February 2018.
82-year-old Muriel, also known as Aunty Mue, wanted to stay in her own home surrounded by her creature comforts when she was diagnosed with an incurable illness and so with our support, she was able to do just that.
Gemma commented: “We wanted to take care of Aunty Mue in her own home, just as she had wanted. We spoke to Compton who offered us the support of night sitters and they were just wonderful.
“We had two night sitters come to the house and they really took a weight off our shoulders. The nice thing was that whilst they took care of Aunty Mue, they also encouraged us to rest.
“Aunty Mue was very glam, she was always made up with the best Estee Lauder make-up and had her hair and her nails done. What was lovely, was that the care assistant gave her a hand massage using her favourite creams before she died. It was little touches like that that made all the difference. They really couldn’t do enough for us.”
Fran added: “We didn’t know much about Compton until Mue was cared for by them. I think we thought they just offered care and support at the end of life, we didn’t realise they offered so much more than that.
“Mue left money to Compton and 7 other charities in her will, she was so charitable, and we’re so pleased she left some money to Compton, especially after the care she received.”
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POP Center Problems Sexual Assault of Women by Strangers Endnotes
[1] Groth (1979); Savino and Turvey (2005).
[2] Maston (2011).
[3] Tjaden and Thoennes (2006); Kilpatrick and McCauley (2009).
[4] Federal Bureau of Investigation (2009).
[6] Tjaden and Thoennes (2006).
[7] Myhill and Allen (2002).
[8] Epstein and Langenbahn (1994); DuMont, Miller, and Myhr (2003); Jones et al. (2009).
[9] Bachman (1998); Ruch, Coyne, and Perrone (2000); DuMont, Miller, and Myhr (2003); Clay-Warner and Burt (2005).
[10] Feldman-Summers and Ashworth (1981); Ruch, Coyne, and Perrone (2000); Jones et al. (2009).
[11] Caringella (2009).
[12] Maier (2008).
[13] Lessel and Kapila (2001).
[14] Jordan (2001); Lessel and Kapila (2001); Maier (2008).
[15] Bohner et al. (2009).
[16] Turvey (2005).
[18] McDowell (1985); Kanin (1994).
[20] West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services (n.d.); New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault (n.d.).
[21] National Center for Victims of Crime (2009).
[22] Allison and Wrightsman (1993).
[24] Monahan, Marolla, and Bromley (2005).
[25] Allison and Wrightsman (1993); Ullman (2007).
[26] Ullman (2007).
[27] Tjaden and Thoennes (2006).
[28] Myhill and Allen (2002); Lalumiere et al. (2005).
[29] Lalumiere et al. (2005); Soothill et al. (2002).
[30] Savino and Turvey (2005); Lalumiere et al. (2005).
[31] Rozee and Koss (2001); Abbey et al. (2007).
[32] Davies, Wittebrood and Jackson (1998); Soothill et al. (2002); Goldstein and Susmilch (1982).
[33] MacLellan and Cain (2008).
[34] Federal Bureau of Investigation (2009).
[35] Myhill and Allen (2002).
[36] Davies and Dale (1995).
[37] Horvath and Brown (2006); Ullman (2007).
[39] Horvath and Brown (2007); Kilpatrick et al. (2007).
[40] Epstein and Langenbahn (1994).
[41] Center for Sex Offender Management (2008c).
[42] Wilson (2002); Martin (2005); Lovett, Regan, and Kelly (2004).
[44] Vito, Longmire, and Kenney (1983).
[45] Wilson (2002); Savino and Turvey (2005); Lovett, Regan, and Kelly (2004).
[46] Martin (2005).
[48] Winkel and Koppelaar (1992); McMillan and Thomas (2009); West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services (n.d.).
[49] Winkel et al. (1991).
[51] Lonsway, Welch and Fitzgerald (2001).
[52] Kinney et al. (2007).
[54] Furby, Fischhoff, and Morgan (1989); Allison and Wrightsman (1993); Searles and Berger (1995); Rozee and Koss (2001); Ullman (2007); Guerette and Santana (2010).
[55] Rozee and Koss (2001).
[57] Furby, Fischhoff, and Morgan (1990).
[59] Allison and Wrightsman (1993); Groves (1995).
[61] Banyard, Plante, and Moynihan (2004).
[62] Goldstein and Susmilch (1982).
[63] MacLellan and Cain (2008); Center for Sex Offender Management (2008c).
[65] Center for Sex Offender Management (2008b).
[66] Center for Sex Offender Management (2008a); Center for Sex Offender Management (2008c).
[67] MacLellan and Cain (2008); International Association of Chiefs of Police and U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance (2007); Minnesota Department of Corrections (2006).
[68] Campbell and Wasco (2005); Ullman (2007).
[69] English (1998); Rozee and Koss (2001); Abbey et al. (2007).
[70] English (1998).
[72] English (1998); MacLellan and Cain (2008).
[75] Seidman and Vickers (2005); Caringella (2009).
[76] Berger, Neuman, and Searles (1994); Bachman (1998); Clay-Warner and Burt (2005); Seidman and Vickers (2005); Caringella (2009).
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Rise in C-section births alarming
Rise in C-section births alarming /food-health/news/914891
Ghazanfar Ali Khan
RIYADH: The rate of babies delivered by Caesarean section in Saudi Arabia is growing alarmingly with the nationwide increase reflecting an upward trend in these cases in recent years.
A cross section of medical experts expressed concerns Saturday over the fact that caesarian delivery cases surged by 67 percent in the country last year.
A similar trend was noticed in the first quarter of 2016 with experts saying that the reasons behind the surge are preventable.
“The main reason is that pregnant women have become lazy; they don’t move and they are not aware of the benefits of walking or exercising during pregnancy,” said Dr. Ahmed Marzouq, a gynecology and obstetrics specialist at the Health Ministry.
He said that women opt for caesarean births due to “laziness”; they do not want to go through the natural birth process. Obesity also plays a major role in childbirth and also contributes to the increase in laziness especially among pregnant women.
According to figures released by the Saudi Diabetes and Endocrinology Society, 70 percent of the Kingdom’s local population is classed as obese.
“All these factors are contributing to the significant increase in the C-section delivery rate in tertiary health care centers,” said Tayyaba L. Al-Harbi, a gynecologist at a local private hospital. Al-Harbi said the importance of exercise should be taught to every prospective mother, especially in a country like Saudi Arabia where physical movement of women is somewhat restricted.
This notion has been further substantiated by a study conducted by the Lancet medical journal, which found that Saudi Arabia’s population is the third most slothful in the world with 68.3 percent of adults failing to do any exercise. “Only in Malta and Swaziland are adults even more inactive than in Saudi Arabia,” said the study, while referring to the need to need to generate awareness about exercise and sports both among men and women.
Similar views were expressed by Layla Abdul Razak, another gynecologist, who said there are health hazards associated with C-section deliveries. “The threat that comes with it should be taken into account since it is medically proven and suggested that it is not suitable for mothers to undergo three or four caesareans because of the complications that come with it.”
Lily Chaerian, an Indian nurse, working at a private hospital for 15 years, said: “Every now and then, deaths are reported during C-sections if the cases are complex.” She said private hospitals have been performing more C-sections than the government hospitals. She, however, noted that the surging trend in caesarian cases is noticed in all Gulf countries, where social and family lifestyles are identical.
Baby Talk: Conditions to be aware of in newborns /node/1613991/food-health
Baby Talk: Conditions to be aware of in newborns
If your child’s abdomen feels swollen and hard, you should seek medical advice. (Shutterstock)
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Here are three physical conditions that are especially common in the weeks following birth. If you notice any of the following in your baby, contact your doctor or health center straight away
Abdominal Distension
Most babies’ tummies are normally rounded, especially after a large feed. Between feeds, however, they should feel quite soft and not stick out. If your child’s abdomen feels swollen and hard, or if they have not had a bowel movement for more than one or two days, you should seek medical advice. Most likely the problem is due to wind or constipation, but don’t take chances and seek the advice.
Labor is can be a strenuous time for both mum and baby, and it is possible for babies to be injured during birth, especially when babies are very large. While newborns recover quickly from some of these injuries, others may last for some time. Quite often the injury is a collar bone, which will heal quickly if the arm on that side is kept relatively still. Don’t worry if a small lump forms over the site of the fracture. This is just part of the body’s healing process and is a sign that things are normal.
Labor is can be a strenuous time for both mum and baby, and it is possible for babies to be injured during birth, especially when babies are very large. (Shutterstock)
Muscle weakness in a newborn baby is a common birth injury, caused during labor. However, muscles, usually weakened on one side of the face or one shoulder or arm, generally return to normal after a few weeks. During this time it might be wise to ask advice on how to hold your baby to promote healing or at least prevent aggravation.
Blue Baby Syndrome
Babies sometimes have mildly blue hands and feet, but this may not be a cause for concern. Their hands and feet might turn slightly blue due to the cold, but they should return to normal as soon as they are warm. Occasionally, the face, tongue, and lips may turn a little blue when the newborn is crying hard, but once he becomes calm, his color in these parts of the body should quickly return to normal. However, persistently blue skin coloring, especially with breathing difficulties and feeding difficulties, is a sign that the heart or lungs are not operating properly, and the baby is not getting enough oxygen in the blood. Immediate medical attention is essential.
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Sir John Major’s Interview on the Andrew Marr Show – 5 June 2016
June 5, 2016 October 16, 2018 admin	2016 EU Referendum, Andrew Marr Show, Maastricht Treaty
Below is the text of Sir John Major’s interview on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show, broadcast on 5 June 2016.
ANDREW MARR:
So to the main event part one. Sir John Major, who’s struggled through every day of his premiership against rebellious anti-Brussels Tories. He’s described the Leave campaign as an ‘unforgiveable fraud’ on the British people. And he joins me now. Those are strong words, Sir John. Are you referring, when you talk about that and the deceit of the Leave campaign to Boris Johnson in particular?
SIR JOHN MAJOR:
Not particularly to Boris, no. I think it goes much wider than simply the leader. Of course, as the leader, Boris is in a position to stop it. But I felt that for several reasons. Firstly on the economy and what would happen if we actually left. The Leave campaign have said absolutely nothing to the British people, and what they have said about leaving is fundamentally dishonest and it’s dishonest about the cost of Europe. And on the subject that they’ve veered towards, having lost the economic argument, of immigration, I think their campaign is verging on the squalid, and I’ve said so before and I’m happy to say so again.
Is it not possible that these are thoroughly honourable men who have taken a big political risk, risked their own political reputations, their own political futures standing for something they fundamentally believe in, and which is agreed with by a huge number of British people? That these are the good guys in essence?
I’ve no doubt that there are many people in this country, including members of the Leave campaign, who thoroughly believe what they say. I’ve never questioned that. But I must say in Boris’s case it was a rather late conversion. I don’t know whether he had a day trip to Damascus and came back, but until the very last moment everyone thought he was in favour of staying. But he’s made up his mind and I respect that. But I think what they have done now they have begun the campaign is to feed out to the British people a whole galaxy of inaccurate and, frankly, untrue information. And what they have not done is tell us what would be the position if we were to vote to leave. I think it would be chaotic and damaging, and I think the people who would suffer most would be the ordinary everyday man and woman in the street. They need to tell us, if they wish us to leave, what it would be like and how they would then meet some of the objectives they’ve set out.
They say this morning an extra 300,000 jobs would be created because we’d be free to strike our own trade deals with America, Australia and China and other countries.
Well, it’s fantasy. Firstly, we have something like three million jobs connected – I’m not saying they’re wholly reliant – but connected to our present trade with Europe and essentially with the single market. I gather their current policy today is that they will leave the single market. There would also be a socking great hole, according to every commentator, in our public finances. So these promises of expenditure on the national health service, or elsewhere, are frankly fatuous. They are a deceit.
We would lose a huge amount in terms of national income through trade, the small businesses who sell their goods to Europe, who would sell less because if we left the single market we would face a tariff barrier of probably around ten per cent. So we would sell less, people would lose their jobs, we would find ourselves in a much worse position. The Leave campaign can turn to no serious organisation who believes what they have said about the economy and about the future of Britain and the single market.
So to be clear, you’re saying this is a deceitful campaign? To call a spade a spade, are you saying that Boris Johnson is lying?
I’m not personalising this. Though I do find it very difficult to understand how Boris can justify the 350 million that he has on his battle bus, that he and Michael Gove in particular have defended time and again. You know, I know, the IFS knows, everyone knows, Boris knows, that the real net amount that we send to Europe is about one third of that. After the rebate and after the money paid back to our fishermen, to our farmers, to our researchers, the amount we send to Europe is about one third of the amount that they claim. Now, if they can’t be straightforward and honest on a clear cut matter of fact like that, upon what else can we trust them?
You keep using words like ‘straightforward’, ‘honest’, ‘deceitful,’ and yet you say you’re not personalising it. You are accusing people of lying.
I’m talking of the Leave campaign; I’m not necessarily talking of individuals. I’ll tell you exactly. I think throughout the whole of my political life people have regarded me as being guilty of understatement. I am angry at the way the British people are being misled.
This is much more important than a general election. This is going to affect people, their livelihoods, their future for a very long time to come. If they are given honest, straightforward facts and they decide to leave, then that is the decision the British people take. But if they decide to leave on the basis of inaccurate information, inaccurate information known to be inaccurate, then I regard that as deceitful. Now, I may be wrong, but that is how I see their campaign. This is so important for once I’m not prepared to give the benefit of the doubt to other people, I’m going to say exactly what I think, and I think this is a deceitful campaign. In terms of what they’re saying about immigration, a really depressing and awful campaign. They are misleading people to an extraordinary extent.
Well, let’s move to immigration if we could. When you were Prime Minister, I think when you left immigration was still below 50,000, around 48,000 something like that. It’s now a third of a million and rising fast. It’s not racist or xenophobic to be really worried about that, to be worried about the effect on all of us.
No, no, no. I’m worried about it. Everybody is worried about that.
But your side don’t seem to have an answer.
Well, I don’t think they have an answer. We’ll come directly to that if you wish. Let me take the immigration point absolutely head-on. Yes, immigration is very high, and yes, this causes great troubles for us. Not only for us, but all across Europe. Half the world is on the move at the moment because of what is happening in North Africa and the Middle East, because of fears about Russia in Eastern Europe, because of the economic difficulty within the eurozone, there are a lot of people on the move. They come here because we are a great and successful country. The nonsense we hear from Leave about let’s get our mojo back and be a great country, we are a great, successful country, that is why people are coming to us. Now, how long will this last? It is a serious problem, you are going to see a diminution as the eurozone recovers, and it is recovering, it’s now growing pretty much as fast as us, the eurozone. But it isn’t just us.
The point that really angers me is the utterly false suggestion, repeated more than once, not in a single offhand remark but in scripted, carefully prepared speeches, that we face the risk of 88 million Turks coming here. Firstly Turkey are not in the European Union. They’re unlikely to be in the European Union in the next decade or two. Even if by some chance they were, we are outside Schengen. In any event, is it seriously suggested, as they do, that all 88 million Turks would come here? Apparently for a higher national living wage. On the one hand they’re saying migrants are depressing wages, and on the other people are flooding in to get our higher national wage. It’s nonsense.
Let’s be clear, Sir John.
Nonsense on stilts.
The EU wants Turkey to join, the British government wants Turkey to join, the Prime Minister has said he’d pave the way from Brussels to Ankara. So this is not a complete fantasy, it’s quite possible. This choice in this election, this decision, could be with us for 20 or 30 or 50 years’ time.
The Turks have been negotiating for the best part of 30 years a whole series of different things that have to be negotiated. They’ve negotiated one of about 30. Even if they were able to reach agreement with the European Union, any one nation in the European Union could veto their joining. The French have already said they would have a referendum on that issue. The Germans almost certainly will follow suit. Turkey will not be in the European Union for a very, very long time, if ever, for a whole series of practical reasons. And the Leave campaign know that. That’s the point, they know that.
There are people watching this who will say, hold on a second, this is Sir John Major, this is the man who negotiated the Maastricht Treaty and at that time you got your opt-outs and so forth – I remember it very well, I was there at the time, in the rain, in the dark and so forth. But nonetheless we were being told at the time that the European Union was not going to evolve into a very centralised super-state and sprawl and spread. And actually your critics then were right, because that’s what’s happened.
No. No, it hasn’t. Firstly, you’re quite right, I did negotiate the opt-out of the single currency. I’m told by the Leave campaign I’m wrong on everything on Europe. Well, I certainly wasn’t wrong on that.
What about those other treaties which followed, which followed nonetheless, in a direction of travel?
Not under my premiership they didn’t. We were also out of Schengen because I declined to join it in 1996. Now, what happened, we negotiated at Maastricht a safeguard, the subsidiarity safeguard, which was then bypassed. David Cameron has now effectively reinstated that with his red card system. So it has been reinstated. Any more power in a treaty – now, this is very important – any more power in a treaty to Europe would have, by British law, now to be approved in a referendum. So if there is a grab towards a super-state, which they may integrate further inside the eurozone, but we’re not in the eurozone and we’re not going to integrate further.
Does that not live us a bit like a kind of rickety sidecar stapled to the side of a vast Mercedes going to a place we don’t want to go?
Only if you think we’re a little country. We’re not a little country, we’re a big country. We’re one of the biggest countries in the European Union. We are outside the eurozone, we are not responsible for their debts, we are not going to be responsible for their debts. We are not going to enter the eurozone. We’re staying in a wider Europe and we’re going to continue to trade with Europe if we are wise, but we are not involved in what is happening in the part of Europe that is in difficulty. But if we cut ourselves adrift, we will become a vastly diminished country.
We’re talking about the world after Brexit, if that’s what happens, and you’ll have seen a whole series of pledges now, about 100 million a week for the NHS, about an Australian-style points system, about new farming subsidies and much else. It’s beginning to look like another manifesto isn’t it?
Well, it’s certainly very ill thought-out. I mean, the concept that the people running the Brexit campaign would care for the national health service is a rather odd one. I seem to remember Michael Gove wanting to privatise it. Boris wanted to charge people for using it. And Iain Duncan Smith wanted a social insurance system. The NHS is about as safe with them as a pet hamster would be with a hungry python. So I don’t think that’s very wise. As far as immigration is concerned, what they’re planning is immensely difficult. Let us suppose that they win, let us suppose that for a moment and that’s possible, and their policies on immigration were implemented. Firstly, as you know, the Scots may hold another referendum. We might end up with Britain out of the European Union and Scotland out of the UK. If Scotland is out of the UK –
England alone?
Well, England and Wales. But you, Andrew, you will be a –
I’ll be sent back.
You’ll be a migrant.
I’ll be sent back over the border, I’m sure.
How are they going to reduce their numbers? There are more people coming into this country from outside the European Union than inside. Who are the people they’re going to send back? The 52,000 doctors in the national health services, doctors and nurses? The 80,000 care workers?
To be fair, they’re not talking about sending anybody back. Because of the Luxembourg Agreement, they can stay.
How are they – we won’t be in the European Union if we leave. How are they going to reduce their numbers? Who are they going to stop coming in? The footballers who enchant us? I think we need some practical information and we’re not getting it. People are being invited to vote for a pig in a poke.
Two final thoughts just before we finish. Do you think this is about Boris Johnson’s personal ambition?
Well, I’ve no idea. I can’t see inside Boris’s mind, and I wouldn’t attempt to try and do so. But I would just offer this piece of friendly advice – I like Boris, I don’t know him well, but what I’ve seen of him I like.
Well you took him off the candidates list, didn’t you once a long time ago?
No, I did not. No, that’s utterly untrue. No, I did not. He’s a very engaging and charming court jester and a very engaging and charming public figure, and he’s very likeable and people like him. But I think I would offer him this piece of advice. If the Leave campaign led by Boris continue to divide the Conservative Party as they are doing at the present time, and if Boris has the laudable ambition, for it is a laudable ambition, to become Prime Minister, he will find if he achieves that that he will not have the loyalty of the party he divided. Iain Duncan Smith was serially disloyal in the 1990s. When he became leader he was surprised that no one was loyal to him. Now, Boris should learn from that. And I think Boris – all his instincts in the past have been those of a One Nation Tory, which is where I stand. He seems to have drifted away from that, with the way in which they’re approaching immigration and some of the other things. I’d like to see him get back, because if he gets back he is an engaging Conservative, important engaging Conservative figure.
Do you think the Conservative Party is in danger of dividing?
Well, we’ll have to wait and see. All I can say is that whether the Conservative Party divide or not is one thing we must look at in the future. But that is not as important as the decision that we have to make. This is not about political parties, it’s not about the elites, it’s about the everyday men and women in the street and their children and their grandchildren. It is their future that will play Russian roulette with if we leave the European Union.
My last question. Given what you’ve said about Boris Johnson today and in the past, do you think he’s fit to be Prime Minister?
I’m not making judgements about whether anybody is fit to be Prime Minister. That’s a matter for a much wider view than mine. It’s a matter for the Conservative Party, ultimately it’s a matter for a whole electorate. So I wouldn’t be so impertinent as to have a suggestion either way. I merely say that whether Boris is Prime Minister is no doubt a very important matter for Boris and many other people, it is less important than the decision we have to take in less than three weeks’ time. That is crucial. And I must say, if I may put it this way, of all the participants there is nobody on the Leave side of the campaign who has, as I have, sat at the top table in Europe for seven years, and I know from what I have seen inside the European Union that what they say about unelected elites is absolute hogwash. The Commission, for example, are answerable to David Cameron, Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande and the others. They’re appointed for a limited period of time, they’re told to produce legislation which then has to be approved by ministers, the European Parliament, the Westminster Parliament. The belief an unelected elite is running wild is yet another piece of copper-bottomed Leave nonsense.
Sir John Major, thank you very much for talking to us this morning.
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ABA production in response to the desiccation of recalcitrant embryos of Artocarpus heterophyllus LAM. and Artocarpus hirsutus LAM
Ajith Kumar, K. G., Sunil Kesavadeth, G., Pratheepkumar, V., Bindumole, V. R., Aswathy, P. J., Athira, V. R. and Anju, T. U.
The phytohormone, ABA plays a vital role in the growth and development of plants. The hormone is generally associated with seed dormancy and it is reported to be involved in desiccation tolerance in orthodox seeds. There is no conclusive information about the role of ABA in recalcitrant species. The present investigation was aimed at understanding the changes in ABA level during the desiccation of recalcitrant embryos of Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. and Artocarpus hirsutus Lam. A significant positive correlation has been established between moisture content and ABA level in the local cultivars of Artocarpus heterophyllus (viz., varikka and koozha). A comparatively high level of ABA could be observed in the mature embryos of both cultivars of Artocarpus heterophyllus. Vivipary has been observed in these cultivars even under elevated levels of ABA. The ABA level drastically decreased during desiccation of embryos. However, the embryos could tolerate mild desiccation even under low level of ABA. A different trend in ABA could be observed in Artocarpus hirsutus in which the embryos maintained extremely low level of ABA and could tolerate desiccation better than Artocarpus heterophyllus. No significant correlation has been established between moisture content and ABA level in this species. Vivipary could not be observed in Artocarpus hirsute seven under low levels of ABA. Results suggest that vivipary cannot be attributed to the low level of ABA and it is not the sole factor in providing desiccation tolerance in orthodox seeds.


Ruel on His Newest EP Free Time, Sold-Out North American Tour, and Looking Back at Old Lyrics
"It did change a lot, especially the arc. The main reason that changed was just my maturity."
By Gabe Bergado
Photo by Michelle Grace Hunder
Ruel has a whole lot to be proud of before turning 17 years old this October. The singer-songwriter is the youngest artist to ever sell out the Sydney Opera House — not once, but twice. In September, he put out his sophomore EP, Free Time, a sultry, soulful project encapsulating teenage angst and growing up. Ruel has received the seal of approval from the likes of Khalid and Shawn Mendes, two musicians he supported during their respective tours. And now on October 8, he’ll be kicking off his sold-out North American tour with a concert at San Francisco’s Great American Concert Hall.
“I'm mainly excited to explore more cities in the States. I feel like I've only really been to Los Angeles and New York,” Ruel tells Teen Vogue. “I'm very excited about Atlanta, especially, because it's my birthday day on that show as well, which will be fun. I'll have good people with me there, who know the cities. They'll know all the spots.”
Born Ruel Vincent van Dijk, the young musician hails from Sydney, Australia, and has made a name for himself in the music world since first picking up the guitar at age 8 and eventually taking on singing lessons. He released his debut EP Ready during June 2018, a jazzy collection of tracks including “Younger,” an ode about two friends who drifted apart.
His new EP flutters with sounds and lyrics all about that transition into young adulthood, when the world is still your oyster but you’re learning that not everything is going to work out how you expect it to. That ethos especially comes through in the lead track, “Don’t Cry,” a song about when things weren’t working out with someone and they wouldn’t accept that Ruel wanted to end things.
“It did change a lot, especially the arc. The main reason that changed was just my maturity,” Ruel says about his latest project. “The lyrical content is a lot more mature, and production-wise I really wanted to get involved as much as possible to make sure it's what I would want to listen to as well. I wanted to have all my influences kind of come through this EP.”
In terms of those influences, he’s been listening to “heaps of James Blake,” Tyler the Creator, Jacob Collier, and more. When he was growing up, his father would put on legends such as Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, and Amy Winehouse. All these artists have clearly left a mark on Ruel, who has found his own voice while drawing from these inspirations.
Ruel’s rich vocals might be perfect for a moody, late-night drive, but he balances that with a light playfulness. He can’t help but laugh when I ask him if he’s a Dragon Ball Z fan, considering one of his recent Instagram posts where he references being “Super Saiyan.” Not because he’s a huge DBZ buff, but because he has to admit he’s never actually seen the series before.
“Oh you’re going to hate me,” he says between chuckles. “I know, I’m such a faker. I put that caption there because I do know what Super Saiyan [is] and my hair was resembling that.”
Who hasn’t faked it a little bit when it comes to Instagram captions? And hey, he did look like one of the glowing warriors from the beloved anime with his halo of golden hair.
Ruel’s also not afraid to admit, just like many of us, that he looks back on some of the things he did when he was younger and feels a little embarrassed about. While most of our adolescent ramblings are probably locked away on a Tumblr or old Word doc, Ruel’s songwriting from back in the day is out there for the world to continue listening to.
“I wouldn’t change them, but I would never write that again,” he says. “Anyways, I was just 12!”
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10 Basic Rules for a Publication
Official Organ of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA)
Studies on the Constituents of Artemisia annua Part II
Toward the Total Synthesis of Luminamicin, a Specific Anti-Anaerobic Bacteriacide
Antimalarial Activity of Biflavonoids from Ochna integerrima
In Vitro Antimalarial Activity of Biflavonoids from Wikstroemia indica
Structural Characterization of Anti-Complementary Polysaccharides from the Leaves of Artemisia princeps
Purification and Chemical Properties of Anti-complementary Polysaccharide from the Leaves of Artemisia princeps
Planta Medica International Open
Drug Research
Pharmacopsychiatry
Synfacts
Planta Medica Letters
Planta Med 2011; 77 - PG3
Phytochemical and Biological Studies on Aster novi-belgii
SM Mohamed 1, EM Hassan 1, SA El Toumy 2
1Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Dept. – National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo (Egypt)
2Chemistry of Tannins Dept.-National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo (Egypt)
Aster is a large genus of the family Asteraceae (Compositae) comprising more than 200 species distributed around the world (1). Some of Aster species have been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of fever, cold, tonsillitis, snake bite and bee sting (2). Members of this genus are rich in triterpenoid saponins, two oleanan type saponins and three flavonoid compounds were isolated from Aster novi (3,4). Phytochemical investigation of the methanolic extract of Aster novi-belgii L. (Asteraceae) aerial part has led to the isolation and identification by spectroscopic means of four triterpenoid saponins, oleanolic acid 3-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl (1→3)-α-L-arabinopyranoside; 3-O-β-D- glucopyranosyl- 3β, 16 α- dihydroxyolean- 12- en- 28-oic acid-28-O-α-L- arabinopyranoside; {3-O-β-D- glucouronopyranosyl- 3β,16 α- dihydroxyolean- 12-en -23-oic acid 28-O-β-D- xylopyranosyl- (1→3)-β-D- xylopyranosyl- (1→4)- α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(l→2)-α-L-arabinopyranoside} ester and {3-O-β-D-glucouronopyranosyl-3β,16 α- dihydroxyolean- 12-en- 23-oic acid 28-O-β-D- xylopyranosyl- (1→3)- β-D-xylopyranosyl (1→4)- [α-L- arabinopyranosyl- (1→3)] -α-L- rhamnopyranosyl- (l→2)- α-L-arabinopyranoside} ester, and four flavonoids; kaempferol, quercetin, kaempferol 3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside and quercetin 3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside. Moreover, the extract showed a molluscicidal activity against Biomphalaria alexandrina snails.
References: 1. Shao Y et al. (1997)J Nat Prod 60: 743–746.
2. Shao Y et al.(1995) Planta Med 61: 246–249
3. Abdel Khalik SM (2006) Bull Fac Pharm Cairo Univ 44: 85–89
4. Abdel Khalik SM (2006) Bull Fac Pharm Cairo Univ 44: 253–256


Walker: bNAbs after Infection and Immunization
The development of a safe and effective HIV vaccine is the final missing piece in the complex puzzle of how to attain affordable, durable control of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. At present there are promising leads, but no clear and unequivocal path, to the development of an HIV vaccine. It is likely that the field will have to overcome the key challenge of eliciting a broad neutralizing antibody response in the majority of vaccinated individuals, but so far, candidate HIV vaccines have not elicited any significant levels of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs). This grant directly addresses the neutralizing antibody problem using innovative technology that may be transformative in the quest for an HIV vaccine.
By stepping back from the problem and taking a comprehensive and unbiased look at how broad neutralizing activity arises in the approximately 25% of HIV-infected individuals who do develop it, this grant proposes to efficiently learn the circumstances under which bNAbs are elicited, and, correspondingly, what vaccines need to do to elicit them. The project will be anchored by technology developed by Atreca, Inc., which represents a powerful, high-throughput, unbiased approach to understanding the antibody response to infection and vaccination. The earliest B-cell responses in HIV infection, including those active just before infection, will be studied and followed prospectively for up to three years in human volunteers who face an exceptionally high rate of HIV infection in KwaZulu-NatalZN, South Africa, along with other cohorts with more immediately available samples. The study in South Africa (called “FRESH”) will be unique in its capacity to enroll and follow volunteers twice-weekly with a finger-stick blood sample, permitting ascertainment of HIV infection as soon as any trace of the virus is detectable in the bloodstream. Evaluation of the status of the B-cell response before infection, during the first days and weeks of infection, and for the next 2-3 years will be enabled, and the follow-up period will allow identification of those who do and do not go on to develop broad neutralizing activity. For this work the researchers have defined broad neutralizing activity as a continuum, ranging from neutralization of only the infecting virus strain (called autologous neutralization) at one end, and equivalent to the very best broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) at the other, in order to capture all stages of bNAb development. Moreover, the study will include a broader assessment of innate and adaptive immunity, building up a complex of immune data that will provide important context for understanding the factors that support bNAb development. It represents a significant step away from a purely empirical approach to HIV vaccines.
This consortium is led by Bruce Walker, a leading HIV researcher who excels at assembling informative cohorts for studies of immune protection against HIV. A team of investigators from the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, will join with investigators from the University of KwaZulu- Natal (SA) and Atreca, to conduct different aspects of the study.
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
1. To collect longitudinal samples from individuals with acute HIV-1 infection to investigate the development of broad neutralizing responses
2. To define the B-cell signatures associated with the induction of HIV-specific neutralizing antibodies using the Atreca technology and other measures of B-cell development and maturation
3. To define the HIV-specific CD4+ T-cell responses and their relationship to the establishment of broad neutralizing responses
4. To identify transcriptional signatures of HIV-specific broad neutralizing activity using a systems biology approach applied to relevant cell subsets of the immune system
5. To obtain large volume blood samples for characterizing the parameters associated with breadth of neutralizing antibodies in HIV controllers with different degrees of antigen load and diversity, and with relatively good preservation of immune function
PROGRESS
The FRESH Cohort (Females Rising through Education, Support and Health) of women at high risk for HIV infection was established in KwaZu- lu-Natal Province, South Africa, where infection rates of around 9% per year have been documented. The study was originally intended to follow persons with untreated infection, but soon after the study was initiated evidence suggested that early treatment with antiretroviral therapy could improve outcomes. Prior to changes in the South African treatment policies we were given permission to initiate therapy at the initial diagnosis of infection, allowing us to implement therapy before peak viremia. The clinic site is at a shopping mall where each participant is seen twice weekly and given classes designed to empower them by teaching life skills, job skills, and help with obtaining a high school degree. Each time the participants come in they also have a finger prick blood draw looking for acute HIV infection and pre and post-infection blood samples are being obtained for studies of the ontogeny of neutralizing antibodies. The seroconversion rate remained approximately 8% per year, and new infections continue to occure despite implemental of PrEP.
Studies of the earliest immune responses induced, prior to peak viremia, and longitudinal responses in these have been conducted. The immunology studies are being done at the Doris Duke Medical Research Center in Durban, as well as the adjacent Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI, formerly KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for TB and HIV (K-RITH)). Because of the implementation of ART, we are not able to follow the development of broadly neutralizing antibodies, but instead have turned our attention to assessing the impact of limited antigen exposure on the development of adaptive cellular and humoral immune responses.
Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies of the CD4 T cell and B cell signatures associated with the development of broadly neutralizing antibodies have been performed in the HIV Controller cohort, and cell subsets have been isolated for evaluation of transcriptional signatures of HIV specific broadly neutralizing antibodies. The BCR repertoire of both antigen-specific memory B cells and plasmablasts has already been generated by Atreca on eight spontaneous controllers who exhibit broad neutralizing antibody responses. More than 2500 sequences have now been collected, and phylogenetic tress have been constructed per individual as well as for the whole cohort. Preliminary studies on 16 monoclonal antibodies generated from the first three sequenced subjects showed antigen specificity and neutralizing capacity. Seventy antibodies have now been selected from the second batch of five controllers, based on high levels of somatic hypermutation and long CDRH3 lengths, to maximize the likelihood of selecting antibodies with potent antiviral activity. Interestingly, unique patterns of clonal diversification are observable among all sequenced subjects; however, massive diversification of single clonal families appears to be a hallmark of the most potent neutralizers. Additional analyses using sophisticated computational approaches developed by Atreca are underway to gain deeper insights into the pathways and mechanisms by which neutralizing B cell responses are selected.
Bruce Walker, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
Development of broadly neutralizing antibodies in HIV infection and following immunization
Up to $12.9 million, awarded November, 2012
Atreca, USA
Jessen-Jessen Medical Practice, Germany
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Umkhuseli Innovation and Research Management


Iran Protesters Met with Live Gunfire, Tear Gas as Regime Begins Crackdown
Irans’ accidental downing of a Ukrainian airliner sparked the unrest.
The nation of Iran has found themselves in quite the pickle as of late, with pressure mounting on the nation’s leadership from both foreign and domestic sources.
The Iranian military, in lashing out against the United States for the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, launched 15 ballistic missiles in the direction of Iraqi bases where sleeping American troops were stationed. Thankfully, none of these projectiles claimed any lives, sparing Iran from the full and unrepentant wrath of the American military.
During the kerfuffle, however, a Ukrainian civilian airliner was shot down “unintentionally” after taking off from the Tehran airport. Military leaders in Iran said that their heightened state of awareness contributed to the accidental downing of the plane and the untimely deaths of all 176 onboard.
The Iranian people themselves are furious over the mishap, and are largely blaming the regime in Tehran for the reckless mistake. As they began to protest, Tehran cracked down hard, firing live rounds into the crowds after tear gas field to disperse them.
Iranian authorities fired live ammunition to disperse protesters in Tehran on Sunday night, wounding several people, according to witness accounts provided to the Guardian and footage circulating on social media.
Hundreds of protesters had defied a heavy security presence in the Iranian capital to hold vigils and demonstrations after the government belatedly admitted its own forces had shot down a Ukraine International Airlines passenger jet last Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board.
There were fresh protests on Monday in at least two universities in the country. Though campus protests are not unusual in Iran, they come during a period of extraordinary tumult in the Islamic Republic, with an economy suffocated by US sanctions, the largest protests in the regime’s history crushed by violent force in November, and popular revulsion that the country’s armed forces shot down a jet loaded with Iranian citizens – then denied doing so.
President Trump has tweeted his support for the Iranian people in both English and Farsi, encouraging them to topple their heavy-handed clerical regime.
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Pompeo Under Fire After Failing to Identify ‘Imminent’ Threats from Soleimani
Pompeo’s Soleimani story is being torn to shreds in the media, but is there a reason for his reticence?
Iran’s General Qasem Soleimani was an objectively bad hombre – No one in their right mind is going to deny that. His reign of terror was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans, with hundreds more certainly in his crosshairs at the time of his death by US drone strike.
But the question that many are asking is why now? What was the reason for the urgent and seemingly retaliatory strike against a man who many radicals in Iran would see as a martyr?
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has attempted to answer that question on several occasions, but none of his responses seem to satisfy lawmakers.
Secretary of StateMike Pompeo told Laura Ingraham in a sit-down interview Thursday night that while the U.S. did not know where or when Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was planning to attack, it was a “real” threat to U.S. assets in the Middle East.
The U.S. killed Soleimani in a drone strike last week ordered by President Trump that has further inflamed U.S.-Iran tensions.
“There is no doubt that there were a series of imminent attacks being plotted by Qassem Soleimani,” Pompeo told the Fox News host. “We don’t know precisely when and we don’t know precisely where, but it was real.”
The same vague “imminence” was on display during a Friday press conference featuring Pompeo, in which the head of the State Department again failed to illuminate the press on the specifics of these threats.
It is unclear as to why Pompeo hasn’t been able to answer these questions, with the possibilities ranging from the need for operational security to the outlandish theory that Soleimani’s assassination came on whim.
Polling Shows That Americans Feel ‘Less Safe’ After Soleimani Strike
Iran is cementing their status as America’s current boogeyman.
There has been a great deal of consternation in our nation’s capital this week over the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
It’s not that there are many politicians or pundits defending Soleimani. The man was a butcher by all measures, and he certainly won’t be missed by anyone in the United States. Predictably, what is of concern is just how the President came to that decision, whether or not the timing was appropriate, and if the ends will justify the means.
For many Americans, the death of Soleimani at the hands of a US drone strike is a bit unnerving.
Though President Donald Trump and his advisers have contended taking out Iran’s top general made the US more safe, a majority of Americans do not feel that way, according to a USA Today/Ipsos poll released on Thursday.
The poll found 55% of Americans believe the US drone strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has made the US less safe — this included nearly a third of Republicans. Only 24% of Americans believe the strike made the country more safe, the poll said, and a majority of Americans (52%) also said Trump’s behavior with Iran was “reckless.”
The poll also found that 52% of Americans believe the attack would make Iran more likely to develop nuclear weapons, 69% said Iran would be more likely to attack US interests in the Middle East, while 63% said there would be terrorist attacks on the American homeland, and 62% said the US and Iran would go to war.
In the immediate aftermath of Soleimani’s death, Iran launched approximately 15 ballistic missiles into Iraq, roughly aimed at two military bases populated by both Iraqi and American troops.
Given Iran’s long history of employing terrorism, several US cities have ramped up their efforts to prevent a possible attack in behalf of the Persian nation.
In Near Perfect Metaphor, Ukraine Jetliner May Have Been Shot Down by Iran
Life is stranger than fiction.
When we look at the headlines in Washington DC today, there are but two with the potential to rock the nation: Impeachment and Iran.
In the impeachment scandal, the Senate will soon make a judgement as to whether or not Donald Trump improperly pressured Ukraine by holding up military aid in return for the announcement of an investigation into the Biden family’s business dealings in the tiny European nation.
Iran, on the other hand, has been an ongoing mess playing out very much in public. President Trump, in retaliation for a siege on the US embassy in Baghdad by Iran-backed militias, ordered the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, one of Tehran’s top terror leaders. Iran then launched 15 missiles in the general direction of US troops stationed in Iraq, but possibly missing on purpose as to avoid crossing a line in the sand against the most powerful military in the world.
On the same night as that missile attack, another stunning story came to light, as a Ukrainian civilian jetliner crashed in Iran. At first, the tragedy was ruled an accident, possibly due to either pilot error or a mechanical failure.
Recent revelations have experts shedding doubt on that story, however, and suggesting that something far more sinister may have occurred.
Investigators in Iran claimed on Thursday the black boxes of a Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flight out of Tehran that crashed as Iran shot over a dozen missiles at Iraqi military bases housing U.S. troops had their memories damaged.
Iranian officials had previously refused to hand the black boxes over to Boeing, the manufacturer of the airplane.
Ukrainian Airlines flight PS 752 crashed after taking flight en route to Kyiv. The crash killed 176 people on board, mostly Ukrainian, Iranian, and Canadian citizens.
That story doesn’t seem to be sticking.
Ukraine International Airlines later issued a statement calling the doomed plane “one of the best planes we had” and noting it had completed scheduled maintenance on Monday, suggesting something other than technical failure was involved. The airline also praised the crew, implying human failure was also unlikely.
The Internal Affairs Ministry of Ukraine announced Thursday that a national team had taken flight to Iran for investigations on the ground, including DNA sampling to confirm the identities of those on board. The Ukrainian team will also seek signs of any human error or violation of safety standards from the wreckage and compare results with the Iranian report.
The Ukrainian government has stated its suspicion that Iranians using Russian missiles shot down the plane, calling it a “main” theory.
“A strike by a missile, possibly a Tor missile system, is among the main (theories), as information has surfaced on the internet about elements of a missile being found near the site of the crash,” Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s Security Council, told reporters, according to the Associated Press. Iran has boasted of possessing a Russian Tor missile system in government parades and did not address the potential use of missiles in its report on the crash. Danilov added, however, that he made “no claim” of proof that missiles were involved.
Video of the supposed crash that circulated on Twitter showed a plane already in flames as it careened toward the earth – a surefire sign that a simple mechanical failure seems unlikely.
The poetic irony is that this most recent Iran vs. USA conflict has metaphorically shot down a great deal of the talk about UkraineGate and impeachment, with some far left Democrats even suggesting that the Trump administration is purposefully using the Iran scandal to distract us from the domestic debacle.
Iran’s possible downing of this Ukrainian airliner is just far too strange a coincidence to ignore.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Pushes for Further Military Action Against America
This could all be a part of the show, however.
The evidence surrounding Iran’s late night missile strikes, aimed at sleeping American service members in Iraq, seems to support the idea that this was all a show for Iran.
Not only did they miss their targets, causing zero casualties, but several reports have broken purporting that Iran clearly sent warnings to American and Iraqi commanders both foretelling the attacks and admitting that this was to be their only response to the assassination fo Qasem Soleimani. Essentially, Iran wanted to give their people a show of force, and they’d provide the early-warning in exchange for a deescalation after-the-fact.
President Trump and his administration seemed to indicate that this message was received loud and clear, but the US would continue to utilize their economic pressure campaign to keep Iran in check.
Now, the Ayatollah in Iran is seemingly keeping up the charade, and calling for more military action against America.
Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday warned that an attack by Tehran against military bases in Iraq housing American troops was “not enough” of a punishment for the United States.
“They were slapped last night, but such military actions are not enough,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech in the holy city of Qom. “The corruptive presence of the U.S. in the West Asian region must be stopped.”
Hours earlier, Iran’s Islamist government launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles targeting at least two Iraqi bases in Ain al-Asad and Irbil that were “hosting U.S. military and coalition personnel,” according to the Pentagon.
Khamenei could very well be bluffing in order to sell the near-miss attack to Iranians as a genuine attempt to harm American soldiers, however, and his saber-rattling rhetoric could very well be sharper than the saber itself.
Trump to Impose New Sanctions on Iran, Despite Tehran ‘Standing Down’
Trump appears ready to be done with the Iran armed conflict, and has taken his battle to their banks.
This morning, all eyes were on the White House, as President Donald Trump was set to speak at 11am regarding a late night missile attack by Iran that targeted American troops in Iraq.
The President had not yet spoken by 11:20am, after a binder was removed from the lectern and then returned some time later, presumably after some edits. When Trump finally took to the microphone just before 11:30am EST, he was flanked by top military officials, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and even Vice President Mike Pence. It was a show of force, undoubtedly, and the President began with fireworks.
His first statement, before addressing the crowd and likely off-script, was to reiterate that Iran would not be allowed to possess nuclear weapons while he is President.
The President then said that it appears that Iran is standing down, likely referring to Tehran’s offer to end military conflict here and now, so long as the United States leaves them alone.
But Trump then went on to announce harsh, new sanctions against Iran.
“As we continue to evaluate options in response to Iranian aggression. The United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the Iranian regime. These powerful sanctions will remain until Iran changes its behavior. In recent months alone, Iran has seized ships in international waters fired an unprovoked strike on Saudi Arabia and shot down two U.S. drones. Iran’s hostilities substantially increased after the foolish Iran nuclear deal was signed in 2013, and they were given 150 billion dollars, not to mention one point eight billion dollars in cash. Instead of saying thank you to the United States, they chanted Death to America.”
This reeks of pure deescalation, (from assassination to failed missile attack to money troubles), and that might just be what the world needs right now.
Analysts Suggest That Iran’s Missile Strikes were Purposefully Off-Target
Was Iran aiming to kill, or looking to fire a few across our bow?
Americans found themselves in shock last night, as a series of missile attacks by Iran rained down upon military bases in Iraq where sleeping American soldiers lay.
The tense moments, which occurred in the pre-dawn hours in cities across Iraq, immediately lit up social media and the infotainment industry alike. Americans were suddenly concerned that World War III had begun, and that high school students would soon be conscripted into the armed services for a third go-round in the Middle East in as many decades.
Luckily, thankfully, and graciously, no Americans were hurt last night. Some believe that this was on purpose.
There is a growing belief among some Trump administration officials that Iran’s missiles intentionally missed areas populated by Americans when they targeted two Iraqi bases housing US troops early Wednesday local time, multiple administration officials said.
Iran fired a number of missiles aimed at the bases in retaliation for the American strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani last week, further escalating tensions between the two countries. Officials have said there were no US casualties as a result of the attacks, though a full assessment is underway.
The administration officials floated the notion that Iran could have directed their missiles to hit areas that are populated by Americans, but intentionally did not.
And they suggested Iran may have chosen to send a message rather than take significant enough action to provoke a substantial US military response, a possible signal the administration was looking for rationale to calm the tensions.
Even the normally-salacious primetime punditry seemed to be putting stock in this theory, with several of CNN’s talking heads pressing their guests as to whether or not Iran had the capability to miss on purpose.
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