Moldova back to purchasing diesel fuel from Russia

"Moldova has resumed the import of diesel fuel from Russia, even though in the first quarter of this year, Chisinau did not purchase it from Moscow." MS

Putin military general 'is blown up by Russian landmine in Ukraine' after 'senseless' move

"Vladimir Zavadsky was Russia's 14th Army Corps deputy commander The major-general died during 'senseless' redeployment away from the frontline
Reports suggest Russian armed forces are attempting to cover-up the death." MS

Cyberattack Attack on Title and Escrow Company Impacts Homeowners, Real Estate Transactions

"TechCrunch reports that Fidelity National Financial (FNF), known for its leading role in
providing title insurance and escrow services in North America, experienced a significant cyberattack last week. This incident has left many homeowners and prospective buyers who deal with FNF or its subsidiaries in a state of uncertainty and distress." Breitbart

Cyber-attack closes hospital emergency rooms in three US states

"Ardent Health, which oversees 30 hospitals in states across the US, including New Mexico,

Texas and Oklahoma, said it had been targeted by a cyberattack attack over the Thanksgiving holiday. The attack had shut down a significant number of its computerized services, the company said in a news release. “In an abundance of caution, our facilities are rescheduling some non-emergent, elective procedures and diverting some emergency room patients to other area hospitals until systems are back online,” Ardent Health’s release said. Each of the affected Ardent hospital chains – Hillcrest HealthCare in Oklahoma, Lovelace Health in New Mexico, and UT Health in Texas – said that some of their emergency rooms were transferring patients to other hospitals.
The hospital operator said the cyber-attack has affected computer programs that track patients’ healthcare records, among others." Guradian

Russia says frigate hits Ukraine's military infrastructure with cruise missiles

"A frigate of the Russian Black Sea Fleet launched an attack with four cruise missiles on Ukraine's military infrastructure, Russia's defense ministry said.

The crew of a frigate of the Black Sea Fleet received a task of launching a strike with Kalibr cruise missiles in the shortest possible time against enemy military infrastructure." MS

Biden Has Allowed Iranian Oil to Be Sold to Keep Oil Prices from Rising

"On CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” co-host Becky Quick stated that while the U.S. has sanctions on
Iran, the Biden administration has “acknowledged that they’re going to continue to allow” Iranian oil to be sold elsewhere because they don’t want oil prices to go up.CNBC Contributor and Global Head of Commodity Strategy for RBC Capital Markets Helima Croft said, “Iranian exports have grown this year. They have grown significantly. So, is the Biden administration going to come under increasing pressure to tighten the Iran sanctions? Now, Amos Hochstein was out basically saying that we’re going to have tougher enforcement, but what are those Iran numbers going to actually look like? That’s a very important wild card, I think, for next year, in terms of market balances.” Breitbart

Hamas Has Lost Track of Some Israeli Hostages Abducted in Terror Attack

"The jihadist terrorist organization Hamas does not know the location of some of the estimated

240 people abducted from Israel on October 7, complicating the group’s ability to negotiate for their release.....The whereabouts of the hostages not in direct Hamas custody remain unknown. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a rival terrorist group, reportedly claimed to be keeping 30 of those hostages imprisoned. Some reports have suggested that organized crime syndicates in Gaza, which Hamas controls, may be keeping individual hostages or families in captivity independent of direct Hamas control." Breitbart

Russian missile hits Zaporizhzhya, targeting enterprise

"The attack targeted an enterprise in one of Zaporizhzhya's city districts during an air raid alert at 8.51 a.m. ... it may have been one of the versions of Russia’s Iskander short-range ballistic missiles." MS

Ukraine Launches Drone Attack on Moscow

"Russian air defense reportedly shot down an attack drone en route to the Russian capital Moscow....." IU

Ukrainian troops 'encircled' with no ammunition as Russia 'ready to storm' key town

"Ukrainian forces have been encircled in Avdiivka, a key town in the east of the country, as Russian soldiers advance from "all directions."

The warning comes from Vitaliy Barabash, head of Avdiivka's military administration. His concern comes as Russia continues to throw men into the town, leaving Ukrainian troops low on ammunition." DE

Russians advance 2km toward Avdiivka Coke and Chemical plant, greatest gain since spring

"Russian forces have moved the front line forwards up to 2 kilometers in this area. Although modest, this advance likely represents one of the greatest Russian gains since the spring. The operation is gradually bringing Russian troops closer to the Avdiivka Coke and Chemical plant, where Ukrainian forces maintain one of their main defensive positions." MS

Wife of Ukrainian Spy Chief Poisoned

"Ukraine said the wife of one of its top military leaders had been poisoned, raising suspicion in Kyiv that she had been the victim of a high-profile assassination attempt.

A spokesman for Ukraine’s powerful military-intelligence agency, known as HUR, said that Marianna Budanova, wife of HUR chief Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, had been poisoned with heavy metals. She is currently undergoing treatment, said the spokesman, Andriy Yusov, declining to give any more details." WSJ

CongresswomanTlaib's links to Hamas group held liable for death of American Jew

"Rashida Tlaib had the crowd eating out of her hand. It was March 2018, and the hookah lounge in a working-class suburb outside of Chicago was packed. Warm and engaging, switching frequently between English and Arabic, Tlaib - a Michigan State representative with larger ambitions - pleaded for out-of-state donations to help her become the first Palestinian American in Congress. She unashamedly told the audience that her Detroit constituents often declared: 'Rashida is a warrior, and this is a war we're in.' Sitting in the front row, Rafeeq Jaber listened intently, seemingly impressed and knowing a thing or two about raising money to wage war.

There's Wisconsin furniture salesman Salah Sarsour, who co-hosted a party for Tlaib in July 2018 in Milwaukee. His name appears on the official Tlaib invite to the event. Sarsour is known to U.S. counter terror experts as being a suspected fundraiser in one of the largest pro-Hamas money laundering operations in U.S. history. Then there's Abdelbaset Hamayel, whose name is listed alongside Jaber's as a co-host on an official 'Rashia Tlaib For Congress' invitation to a meet and greet at the Jerusalem Banquet restaurant in Bridgeview, Illinois in July 2018. Hamayel was a purported point person for another charity, named KindHearts, that was accused by the U.S. Treasury Department of financing terrorism in 2006. Tlaib's defenders claim it is unreasonable to expect her to know the background of all the guests at her campaign events or the 45,000 donors named on her Federal Election Commission records. Perhaps most troubling of all is the thread tying these Tlaib's campaign boosters together, as a DailyMail.com investigation has now revealed that each of them are connected to an alleged pro-Hamas network that – to this day – is under investigation for supporting terror.
'DECEIVE & CAMOUFLAGE': HAMAS' PATRONS IN AMERICA. The origins of the pro-Hamas network in America can be traced to an October 1993 meeting at a Marriott Courtyard hotel in Philadelphia. Shortly after the fledging terror group launched its first suicide bombing, killing one and injuring 10 people at a rest area on the Jordan Valley Highway in the West Bank, sympathetic activists met in Philly for a secret three-day conflab. They anticipated that the U.S. government would declare Hamas a 'foreign terror organization' – which it did in 1997 – and block the flow of donations to the group. The participants debated how they could continue providing support to Hamas, and they knew they had to be careful: U.S. law enforcement may be listening. So, the attendees were circumspect - pronouncing the terror group's name backward as 'Samah' or simply as 'the movement.'
The Bureau was listening. FBI agents had bugged the meeting, and subsequent recordings were used to convict some of the participants for backing terrorism. 'I swear by Allah that war is deception,' one senior leader said, according to a FBI transcript. 'Deceive, camouflage, pretend that you're leaving while you're walking that way. Deceive your enemy.' Deceive they did. As Hamas found its footing, associates poured money into its coffers and it worked until the network was picked apart by American authorities.
'THE FAÇADE': PRO-HAMAS CHARITIES BUSTED. Federal agents raided and locked down the headquarters of the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation of Relief and Development (HLF) on suspicion of fundraising for Hamas in 2001. Seven years later, the Justice Department secured convictions against HLF and its leadership for illegally funneling approximately $12.4 million to the terrorists. Five HLF leaders were sentenced to a collective 180 years in federal prison and the faux charity was shuttered. To date - it is the largest successful terrorism financing prosecution in U.S. history. But not everyone allegedly involved in the scheme faced justice. Salah Sarsour - the furniture store owner whose name appears on an invitation for a Tlaib campaign event in Milwaukee in July of 2018 - allegedly helped raise money for HLF, according to a 2001 FBI memorandum. He was never charged. And HLF's pro-Hamas mission allegedly carried on.
The U.S. Treasury Department claimed that HLF simply dissolved and reconstituted itself another as another charity called KindHearts, which was based in Ohio. 'KindHearts is the progeny of Holy Land Foundation and Global Relief Foundation, which attempted to mask their support for terrorism behind the façade of charitable giving,' Treasury officials claimed when they froze KindHearts assets in 2006. At the time, KindHearts' representative[i] in Illinois and Wisconsin was Abdelbaset Hamayel - another Tlaib campaign co-host.
ISLAMIC CHARITY FOUND GUILTY IN MURDER OF AMERICA. David Boim was born in Brooklyn, New York, but on May 13, 1996, he was living in Jerusalem and studying at a yeshiva. It was the day he was murdered. The 17-year-old student was waiting with friends at a bus stop near Beit El in the West Bank when two Hamas terrorists opened fire on the crowd from a moving car. One student, Yair Greenbaum, was hit in the chest and wounded. David was shot in the head and killed. David's devastated parents took their grief to civil court and, in 2000, after years of preparation they brought a case under a 1992 law that permits American victims to sue anyone providing material support to terror groups. Named as a defendant in that lawsuit was the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP), which for decades had operated out of a nondescript office in a bland strip mall in the Chicago suburb of Palos Hills.
IAP merely changed its name and re-emerged under another – American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). That claim is currently the focus of an on-going lawsuit as the Boims allege that AMP is the alter ego of IAP. And if the Boim's contention is proven true, it would be truly disturbing – the least of which for Democrats – because AMP has thrown its weight behind several Democratic members of Congress, including Rashida Tlaib." DM

‘Not A Single Cent’: Germany Joins European Union in Pulling Funding for U.N. Palestinian Aid Group

"Germany announced it would be freezing funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), a body specifically dedicated to Palestinian refugees, amid reports it has distributed antisemitic material, incited violence, and had alumni who participated in the October 7 atrocities in Israel." MS

Russian Artillery Knocked Out A Ukrainian Leopard 1A5 Tank. It’s The First Leo 1 The Ukrainians Have Lost.

"The Ukrainian army has lost a Leopard 1A5 tank for the first time. At least temporarily.

A video that circulated online on Tuesday depicts one of the German-made tanks—likely belonging to the Ukrainian army’s 44th Mechanized Brigade—eating an apparent artillery shell somewhere in snowy eastern Ukraine. As a Russian drone observed, the 40-ton, four-person tank rolled along a treeline then turned onto a wide field. Watched and exposed, the tank was an easy target for what appeared to be a series of artillery shells that walked toward it in increasingly accurate blasts.
One of the shells exploded close enough to damage the tank’s left track and immobilize it. The drone video doesn’t depict the crew bailing out, but it does depict the unmoving tank with its two turret hatches wide open. That’s evidence the crew escaped." Forbes