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Turkish military attacks Syrian Army, YPG
in northern Aleppo
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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Essential Homeland Security teams move into Cheyenne Mountain bunker
[ZERO] North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) & the US' Northern Command (NORTHCOM) held a Facebook Live town hall meeting on Tuesday, March 24, informing the public how their essential teams in charge of homeland security are isolating at the Cheyenne Mountain bunker in Colorado amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Air Force General Terrence O'Shaughnessy, who commands NORAD and NORTHCOM, told reporters on Facebook Live last Tuesday that essential staff is being moved from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado to the underground bunker complex that is 24 miles away in Cheyenne Mountain. The facility is more than 2,000 feet underground and can survive a 30 megaton nuclear explosion.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/30/2020 02:52 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Poor bastards.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/30/2020 3:00 Comments || Top||

#2  I've worked in there. Would hate to be cooped up for weeks in it.

Cool thing about that blast/vault door is it isn't as big in real life. I can touch both sides of the door with stretched out arms. It is only some 6' across.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/30/2020 9:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Kabuki Theater.
Posted by: magpie || 03/30/2020 10:45 Comments || Top||

#4  See how long they last with the avocado appliances and shag carpet. Atari 2600, what the hell is that? How come it stops working when the cords are unplugged?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/30/2020 10:55 Comments || Top||

#5  Amundsen-Scott (iirc)
Posted by: Blossom Snereling5603 || 03/30/2020 11:36 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Doctors Ask Residents to Stay at Home amid Kabul Lockdown, Talibs Launch Awareness Program in Logar
[ToloNews] The lockdown in Kabul began on Saturday, and a number of physicians serving in public hospitals called on residents to stay at home and follow health advice in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
in the country, where so far 120 people have tested positive for COVID-19.

"Stay at home. Only one of your family members should go outside to shop or for other purposes--and they should wear a mask and gloves and when they return home they should throw out their mask and gloves and wash their shoes as well and then they can enter the home," said Assadullah Esmat, head of the infectious diseases hospital in Kabul.

"If one person is infected, he will infect his family and then the society with the virus," he added.

"The coronavirus does not have a vaccine. Quarantine is the only solution to it. Lockdown was implemented well in European countries as well as in the US and China," said Faridullah Azizi, a doctor.

The doctors also advised that people should take vitamin D and vitamin C to keep their immunity strong.
Taliban Launches Awareness Campaign on Coronavirus
[ToloNews] The Taliban has launched an awareness campaign on COVID-19 in Logar province in the east of Afghanistan, 76 kilometers to the east of Kabul.

TOLOnews reporter Tamim Hamid traveled to Baraki Barak district and said clashes were occurring in one part of the district and a health awareness campaign was underway in another.

“We do ablution five times a day. In this practice, we wash our hands many times. We can use detergent at the time (when we wash our hands),” said Wazir Gul Ranzormal, a member of the Taliban’s health commission in the southeast.

Taliban members said the coronavirus awareness campaign is underway in many areas under their influence.

“The spread of the virus, which has suppressed many countries, should be prevented in our country,” said Khalid, a Taliban commander in Logar.

Some residents of Baraki Barak district welcomed the move by the Taliban and said that recently they have more access to health care services.

“Health centers and other facilities have been provided to us. We do not have any certain problems in health care,” said Rahmatullah Qaderi, a resident of Baraki Barak district.

Despite the Taliban’s recent commitment to support health services, an official in Helmand said the group occasionally poses obstacles to health care services.

“House-to-house vaccination was banned in areas under Taliban influence, and it is the same right now--but we call on everyone not to impede efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus,” said Zakir Yaqeen, acting head of Helmand's public health directorate.

The Public Health Ministry welcomed the Taliban’s campaign on coronavirus.

“We welcome that the Taliban has initiated a committee for fighting the coronavirus,” said Wahidullah Mayar, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health.

So far, 120 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Afghanistan, according to the Public Health Ministry.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/30/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

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"It is okay. We are licensed public health officials."

Posted by: Dron66046 || 03/30/2020 15:53 Comments || Top||

#2  Good to see you again, Dron! Hope you & yours are well,
L.
Posted by: Lex || 03/30/2020 16:00 Comments || Top||

#3  Me an' mine are a hundred percent, Lex. Thanks.

And Gawd keep you and everyone at the Burg and their loved ones in the shade of His Right Hand.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 03/30/2020 16:03 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Libya: Five new #Coronavirus cases, eight in total
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/30/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


India-Pakistan
28 recovered, 13 dead from coronavirus in Pakistan
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/30/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria announces first death due to coronavirus infection
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/30/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


TFSA says flights transporting Syrian mercenaries to Libya from Turkey will be halted for at least 9 days
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/30/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Erdogan having problems in Libya and Syria with his mercenaries (and some soldiers) being killed while in Turkey who knows how many people have the Wu virus
Posted by: lord garth || 03/30/2020 14:45 Comments || Top||


Turkish flag on shops in Afrin
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/30/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Iran warns of lengthy ‘new way of life’ as virus deaths rise
[BREITBART] President Hassan Rouhani
...Iran's moderate president, which he is, relative to his predecessor, which doesn't mean he's anything but a puppet of the nearest holy man...
warned Sunday that "the new way of life" in Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
was likely to be prolonged, as its declared corpse count from the novel coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
rose to 2,640.

The Islamic republic is one of the countries worst-hit by the virus, which first originated in China.

Iran announced its first infection cases on February 19, but a senior health official has acknowledged that the virus was likely to have already reached Iran in January.

At his daily news briefing, health ministry front man Kianoush Jahanpour said 123 more people in Iran had died from the virus in the past 24 hours.

He reported 2,901 new cases of COVID-19 infection, bringing the overall number of officially confirmed cases to 38,309.

According to the official, 12,391 of those hospitalised have recovered and 3,467 are in "critical" condition.

"We must prepare to live with this virus until a treatment or vaccine is discovered, which has not yet happened to date," President Hassan Rouhani said in a cabinet meeting.

"The new way of life we have adopted" is to everyone’s benefit, he said, adding that "these changes will likely have to stay in place for some time".
2640÷38309=7% death rate. Another 9% in critical condition. 32 1/2 percent recovery rate. Iran sez they're a model for the world to follow for treatment.
Posted by: Fred || 03/30/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  New Way of Life. That's what I am waiting for. The big reveal. How does this change us as society. As a world.

It was supposed to be Hillary for the 100 year delta of WW1 and the Spanish Flu. Despite the false flag Hawaii missile launch and other events, we dodge conflict with Russia. We still got Pandemic. Millions died then, millions will not die this time round. It could be worse. Can you imagine if Hillary was Pres? Shudder to think.

"New Way of Life" cross references with Boxer Rebellion and French Revolution quit well. Maybe not to those same extremes, nevertheless like 911, things will not be the same.

It's a flu virus -b and we don't have cures for flus. That right there is an elephant in the room which Rouhani admits, "We must prepare to live with this virus until a treatment or vaccine is discovered."
Posted by: mossomo || 03/30/2020 9:56 Comments || Top||

#2  "We must prepare to live with this virus until a treatment or vaccine is discovered."...by someone else cause we, sure as shit, can't do that.
Posted by: AlanC || 03/30/2020 12:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Bastids are far too busy developing rockets and bombs, supplying terrorists with guns and ammo. Keep doing what you're doing. It will all work out, you'll see.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/30/2020 12:32 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2020-03-30
  Turkish military attacks Syrian Army, YPG
in northern Aleppo
Sun 2020-03-29
  Khamenei family fears he might have Coronavirus
Sat 2020-03-28
  LNA scores big advance around Tripoli
Turkish-backed forces suffer tremendous losses
Fri 2020-03-27
  Riots in China
Thu 2020-03-26
  Mohammed Ali Al-Houthi confirms Saudi coalition ceasefire
Wed 2020-03-25
  LNA forces eliminate GNA/al-Qaeda leader Ayoub Bu Ras in Tripoli
Tue 2020-03-24
  Gutierrez calls for an immediate global ceasefire
Mon 2020-03-23
  27 Taliban militants killed, 19 others wounded in Kunduz
Sun 2020-03-22
  Greeks Find Tunnel Full of Weapons Under Athens,
Arrest Turkish Terrorists
Sat 2020-03-21
  TSA halts all NY airport departures do to infected people showing up at each one.
Fri 2020-03-20
  Militant attack kills about 30 Malian soldiers -army
Thu 2020-03-19
  Migrants at Refugee Camp in Germany Riot,
Display ISIS Flags After They’re Put Under Coronavirus Quarantine
Wed 2020-03-18
  Manchester Arena bombing: Hashem Abedi guilty of 22 murders
Tue 2020-03-17
  China expels ALL American reporters!
Mon 2020-03-16
  Saudi Arabia detains 298 officials in new corruption cases

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