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Happy weekend, have you stocked up your pantry lately?

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Globalism / Great Reset -

Don’t remember if I posted this event or not. On July 19, 2022, UN Sec.-Gen. Guterres and WEF founder Klaus Schwab witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a strategic partnership and to accelerate the “Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

OBSERVATION - We are seeing the initial surge in this agenda in Sri Lanka, Canada and now incrementally in the US. An overt attack on farming and ranching. Read more below

A new study claims that air emissions from farms kill 17,000 Americans per year. It’s the first shot in a second try by the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency to control American farms through junk science-fueled air pollution regulations.
The study is funded by a $10 million grant awarded by the Obama administration’s EPA, and pretends to examine fine dust and soot emissions (called “PM2.5”) from all farm operations — including machinery, tilling, fertilizer use, field burning, livestock movement, waste management and more.
It’s a silly study. For example, it estimates that total air emissions associated with U.S. apple production kill about 3.8 people per year somewhere in the general population.

OBSERVATION - The environmental nazis are pushing as quickly as possible to force GGR global warming ‘goals’ in the US. This is designed to mangle the farm and ranch components of our economy and push us toward a Dutch/Canadian style of forced cut back in food production.

MORE OBSERVATIONS - The attack on US farms and ranches is closely tied to the United Nations “Agenda 2030” Sustainable Development Goals and the U.N.’s partners at the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Indeed, several of the U.N.’s 17 “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs) are directly implicated in policies that are squeezing farmers, ranchers, and food supplies around the world. Implementation of these policies will not only reduce food production but destroy a large swath of the economy too boot. BTW, remember the UN’s bleat for countries facing food shortages now - it will get worse under their very own policies. The only way they will address it is to take from countries with food and give to the needy - good old communism at its worst.

As Germany’s natural gas supply runs dry, major corporations that use it such as chemical giant BASF are having to pay more for what they can get while also drastically cutting production.

OBSERVATION - BASF produces a bunch of ammonia, which requires large amounts of gas in order to produce. Much of this ammonia is used in fertilizers. Less fertilizer, higher costs and lower yields.

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Wuhan virus -

see biden getting wuhan a second time this month.

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Economy -

Things still shaky following last weeks economic news.
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Biden / Harris watch -

Biden tests positive for Wuhan again. His physician has deemed a case of post-Paxlovid “‘rebound’ positivity”

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CW2/Domestic violence -

NYC drug store puts $3.99 tins of SPAM and $3.49 tins of HAM in theft-proof cases as crime wave grips Big Apple.

OBSERVATION - Kalifornia stores have long been locking up pilfierable and high demand items in security cabinets for several years now, following feel good crime measures which basically allowed open season on stores by shoplifters. But Spam???

biden’s war against the military continues as his proxies continue to ignore court mandates. While federal courts have ordered the Navy and Air Force not to take any adverse actions against military members seeking religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the Coast Guard is seeking to discharge service members refusing the vaccine without allowing them to appear before administrative separation boards to defend their cases.

OBSERVATION - The purge of the military continues as the left tries to shape the military into a force that will due its bidding by eliminating as may as they can harbing conservative principles. . biden has weaponed the vaccination order to cull more out of the military through blanket denials of religious exemptions as well as continuation of the forcing of wuhan vaccines that are still experimental and cannot be lawfully ordered since the military has not made fully FDA-approved versions of the vaccines available to its members.

Reports last week of a man in Delaware who answered his door to find law enforcement–both state police and the ATF–checking on whether he still owned the guns he recently purchased are still reverberating through the 2d amendment community.

OBSERVATION - Take the following in consideration - I’m not a lawyer, but this is guidance put out by pro-2d amendment organizations and their lawyers.
First - The ATF doesn’t have the authority to just demand to see what you own. They’re not even supposed to Second - ATF cannot just show up and demand to inspect your property without a warrant. They can, however, ask. Without probable cause or a warrant you’re not required to show them anything.

Suffice it to say ATF and other govt agencies most likely have a covert data base of gun owners - in violation of federal law. Should things go sideways consider this as they may cease asking to see and just bust down down the door.

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POLITICAL FRONT -

A producer working for the Congressional January 6th Committee, Dan Przygoda, posted violent threats towards President Trump supporters on Twitter as recently as President Trump’s inauguration, on January 20th, 2017.

OBSERVATION - Shocked, shocked I tell you. . . . . .
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Strategic Activity / Deployments -

Disposition/location of the USS Reagan carrier task force other than located in the south china sea is under close hold. No doubt it is positioning to provide protection to pelosi.
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China -

China held a rare live-fire exercise off the coast of Fujian province in the Taiwan Strait on July 30. Exercise designed to intimidate pelosi et al.

Pelosi reportedly departed on her Asia trip No word on if she will go to Taiwan. Her itinerary currently lists visits to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan.

OBSERVATION - She’ll likely make an unannounced visit to try to keep China guessing and get out before China does anything stupid. She is a stubborn old goat and won’t let the prospect of displaying her self as the brave world leader get stripped away.

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North/South Korea -

NUKE WATCH on going.

North Korea reports no new cases for first time since COVID outbreak. Observers are skeptical.
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Russia -
WAR WATCH - The Battle for Donbas is on - now entering its sixth month of the war since starting on Feb 24th.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT - Russia now essentially controls Luhansk Oblast, Russian forces are now focusing on pushing toward the towns of Siversk, Feroivka and Bakhmut in the Donetsk region

ALSO - there is a lot of propaganda out there. I’m doing my best to filter that out or put into context. When In doubt I’ve been trying to identify questionable information.

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Ukraine -

WEATHER FORECAST - Hot with scattered thunderstorms over parts of the 10 day forecast period

24 HOUR ROUND UP -
Zelensky orders mandatory evacuations in Ukraine’s Donetsk region as fighting intensifies. Zelensky also said the hundreds of thousands of people still in combat zones in the Donbas region needed to leave. ‘The more people leave (the) Donetsk region now, the fewer people the Russian army will have time to kill,’ Zelensky said.

Russia appears to have focused its attacks in the east on Bakhmut with secondary axis north east of Donetsk.

Kyiv front ——
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Northern (Chernihv region ) and North Eastern (Konotop - Sumy salient) Fronts - ——
Scattered Russian artillery fire

Eastern (Kharkiv) front -
Russian forces continued to shell settlements near the Kharkiv-Donetsk Oblast border …..

Kharkiv was just hit hard by four large strikes

Russian scout group attempted to recon Ukrainian positions at Nova Husarivka-Husarivka, located about half way between Kharkiv and Izyum.

Donetsk Oblast ——
Russian limited artillery fire hit all around the margins of the Slovyansk-Siversk-Bakhmut salient.

Russian attacks again focused on avenues north and south of Bakhmut. Russian forces had been “partially successful” in establishing control over the settlement of Semyhirya

No ground action noted in the Sieversk area to the north.

Russian artillery and airstrikes have concentrated in the of towns/villages Novokalynove, Tonenke, Opytne, Vodiane, Pisky and Nevelske northwest of Donetsk. Believed Russian attempt to shape the battlefield for an attempt to break through towards the M-04 road network and push Ukrainan artillery out of range of Donetsk

Crimean Front -
Rail traffic to Kherson over the Dnipro River had been cut, the military’s southern command said, potentially further isolating Russian forces west of the river from supplies in occupied Crimea and the east.

Russian forces continued heavy artillery strikes on civilian infrastructure in Mykolaiv City and Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, on July 28-29. Ukraine’s Southern Operational Command reported that Russian forces used 12 S-300 missiles to strike Mykolaiv City from the Hola Prystan direction (just southwest of Kherson City).

Scattered artillery fire along the Kherson - Mykolaiv LOC.

Western / Central Ukraine ——
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Partisan Resistance ——

( TASS) “Celebrations in honor of the Navy Day in Sevastopol have been canceled. Residents are asked to stay at home. The headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol was attacked by the Ukrainian side, presumably using a drone. Five people were injured. Drone attack at Black Sea Fleet HQ was carried out from inside Sevastopol, according to occupation authorities.

Ammunition / logistical sites hit ——-
There was an explosion at the airfield in Melitopol
Big fire at suspected logistics site Kyivsky district of Donetsk

OUTLOOK ——
Not much change, tempo of ground action down except for the potential change in objectives by Russia (see Donetsk Oblast above). It appears that Russian efforts are not very organized with the exemption of the push on Bakhmut and outward from Donetsk. There are hints that Russia is considering offensive operations against Kharkiv and westward out of Izyum but these may be feints to divert resources from the growing Ukraninan offensive towards Kherson.
The Ukraninan govt expects an uptick in the fighting in the east and is calling for more civilian evacuations. However, Russian just doesn’t seem to be getting its act together as of late, nor expected in the near future.

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Iraq -

Volunteers shuttled back and forth in fleets of pickups to Iraq’s normally secure Green Zone Saturday as protesters who occupied parliament earlier in the day settled in for the long haul.

Sadr has resorted to using his large grass-roots following as a pressure tactic against his rivals, after his party was not able to form a government despite having won the largest number of seats in the federal elections held last October. With neither side willing to concede, and al-Sadr intent on derailing government formation efforts lead by his rivals.

OBSERVATION - It has been 10 months since the election and no govt has been able to be formed. Part of this crisis was caused by Sadr’s party exiting government formation talks in June. Potential for civil war still very high.

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Lebanon -

Next week marks the second anniversary of the Beirut port explosion. In the two years since the disaster in the heart of Lebanon’s capital city, the investigation into the blast has stalled and the Lebanese people still have not received a full accounting of nor justice for what happened. And they are still suffering the consequences of the deadly blast.

OBSERVATION - Many are still blaming Hezebollah for the blast along with the deteriorating economic situation. For those old enough to remember, Lebanon and Beirut were a garden spot tourist destination with a thriving economy in the late 60’s and early 70’s. The rise of radical islam following the ouster of the Shah of Iran spread into the country inciting civil war that ruined the country.
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Entering into August, things are getting hotter globally.

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Globalism / Great Reset -

Farmers in Northern Italy are coming together in huge numbers to protest the govt restriction of the use of fertilizer. This is in part a govt mandated restriction as well as global shortage.

OBSERVATION - Govt agencies and leaders supportive of the GGR are increasingly pushing this fertilizer limitation, after a manner taking advantage of a global shortage.

Court in New York, ruled that Rule 2.13, which provided for involuntary transfer to quarenteen camps was unconstitutional. According to court documents, Rule 2.13 says, “[t]he commissioner has unfettered discretion to issue a quarantine or isolation for anyone, even if there is no evidence that person is infected or a carrier of the disease. Further, the commissioner sets the terms, duration, and location of the detention, not an independent magistrate. The judge noted: “Involuntary detention is a severe deprivation of individual liberty, far more egregious than other health safety measures, such as requiring mask wearing at certain venues. Involuntary quarantine may have far-reaching consequences such as loss of income [or employment] and isolation from family.”

OBSERVATION - Rule 2.13 actually was never voted on / approved by the NY legislature, but enacted by EO by the governor. Similar, involuntary confinement order still is on the books in WA state IIRC. New Zealand and Australia implemented similar programs during the main wuhan crisis.
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Wuhan virus -

When Paxlovid came to market in December 2021, studies from Pfizer indicated that only 1-2 percent of patients who took the drug tested positive for Covid again shortly after finishing their dosage.
But other experts say the rapid reinfection rate is closer to 40 per cent, and that Paxlovid can cause this issue by suppressing patients’ immune systems too early, meaning their own bodies are unable to get a handle on COVID.
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a prominent cardiologist and professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University Hospital tweeted: ‘I think this was predictable.’ He continued: ‘The prior data suggesting ‘rebound’ Paxlovid positivity in the low single digits is outdates and with BA.5 is likely 20-40% or even higher.’

OBSERVATION - Will Phizer ever be taken to court over the gross fraud it has committed in all aspects of the wuhan dumpste fire? I doubt it.
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Economy -

Analysis of the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act,” shows an increase in corporate income tax as a 15% “minimum corporate tax”. This is a stealth tax on the citizens as most of the increase is passed on to consumers. Raising taxes on businesses and workers during a recession is neve a good idea, unless you want to push the country into a depression.

Hawaiian Gov. David Ige is celebrating the last shipment of coal to Oahu’s last coal burning power plant. He claims that ‘green’ energy is about to replace it. However, nothing is further from the truth as replacement power projects are behind schedule due to unexpected global events with supply chain issues.

OBSERVATION - Second axis by GGR to secure economic downfall. Hawaii is about the face the same mess that Germany and Texas is are currently. Cost ofliving in Hawaii is already sky high, and about to go higher.
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Invasion of Illegals -

Well, now, Biden’s illegal invaders don’t need to worry about trivial things like ‘immigration status’ or ‘legal citizenship’ thanks to a Biden administration mandate that is on pace to “effectively pardon” as many as one million illegals by mid-2024.
This week, leaked documents that were uncovered by The Washington Examiner revealed that federal prosecutors are quietly and quickly dismissing tens of thousands of US immigration court cases against illegal aliens under the direction of the administration’s order to not prosecute illegal border crossings from before the 2020 election.

OBSERVATION - While not granting citizenship or a green card, this permits them to roam freely until caught in another criminal act(s) on citizens.

More Texas counties are declaring an invasion while Abbott yet to formally do so. The patience of the people is wearing thin. When biden finally removes Title 42 (and why he hasn’t done so given the USSC giving him the OK is unknown), that may be enough to push Abbot to declare at a state level an invasion, setting up a show down between Federal and State authority.
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Biden / Harris watch -

A group of Washington Post opinion writers ranked who they believe would be the Democratic nominee for president in 2024 on Friday if President Biden doesn’t run for reelection. They are looking at
1. Harris
2. Buttigieg
3. Newsom
4. Whitmer
5. Ocasio-Cortez

OBSERVATION - With this, rumors are that biden is getting irritated that the party appears to be ready to toss him under the bus
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China -

RUMINT - Pelosi will arrive in Taipei tomorrow night, according to Taiwan news sources..

China’s property crisis continues to grow. China’s banks face mortgage losses of $350 billion in a worst-case scenario as confidence plunges in the nation’s property market.

China plans to collect up to 300 billion yuan (about $44.4 billion) to support real estate developers struggling to finish their projects, while over half a million buyers stopped mortgage payments on their unfinished homes in July. State-run Shanghai E-House Real Estate Research Institute reported on July 18 that there are about 900-billion-yuan (about $133 billion) in mortgages tied to the “rotten tail buildings” in China. Buyers started to refuse to pay mortgages in July. By July 26, victims from 113 cities in 26 provinces listed 321 unfinished building projects on GitHub. They uploaded photos and statements to verify the authenticity of the claims. E-House calculated that there are 1,701 apartments in one project on average, which means about 550,000 buyers can’t move into the homes they purchased.

OBSERVATION - China claims to be placing financial and social stability at the top of its priorities. However, its actions of late have not been helping the situation. Severe economic instability is a threat to Xi getting an unprecedented third term as the head of the country. Could be so severe that he may even gamble an attack on Taiwan before the party congess can determine his fate.

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North/South Korea -

NUKE WATCH on going.

South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold coalition training to detect and track North Korean ballistic missiles in the sea near Hawaii from August 1 to 14.

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Japan -

See North/South Korea above
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Russia -
WAR WATCH - The Battle for Donbas is on - now entering its sixth month of the war since starting on Feb 24th.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT - Russia now essentially controls Luhansk Oblast, Russian forces are now focusing on pushing toward the towns of Siversk, Feroivka and Bakhmut in the Donetsk region

ALSO - there is a lot of propaganda out there. I’m doing my best to filter that out or put into context. When In doubt I’ve been trying to identify questionable information.

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RUMINT -
Vladimir Putin’s health has been brought into question yet again as new footage emerged today of the Russian president seemingly unable to use his right arm. The clip captured the moment Putin, 69, was given a tour of a military museum as part of a weekend of festivities marking Russia’s Navy Day, celebrated on the last Sunday of every July. The Kremlin chief is seen speaking with Ksenia, daughter of defence minister Sergei Shoigu, when mosquitoes begin buzzing around the right side of his face. Putin raises his left arm in an attempt to swat them away while his right arm hangs limply by his side.

Russian Personnel Issues -
- Russia continues to recruit replacements by offering very high wages and bonuses for enlisting.

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Ukraine -

WEATHER FORECAST - Hot with scattered thunderstorms over parts of the 10 day forecast period

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The first ship carrying grain has left a Ukrainian port under a landmark deal with Russia. Turkish and Ukrainian officials say the ship left the southern port of Odesa early on Monday morning local time.
Turkey said the Sierra Leone-flagged vessel, the Razoni, would dock at the port of Tripoli in Lebanon, adding that further shipments were planned over the coming weeks.
The Joint Co-ordination Centre, set up in Istanbul under the deal, said the ship was carrying some 26,000 tonnes of corn and was expected to arrive in Turkish waters for inspection on Tuesday.

Very sluggish 24 hours, with a noticeable drop in activity along most of the fronts.

Kyiv front ——
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Northern (Chernihv region ) and North Eastern (Konotop - Sumy salient) Fronts - ——
In Sumy Russian army shelled area near Pavlivka village.

Eastern (Kharkiv) front -
Russian forces continued to shell settlements in Kharkiv Oblast border region, northeast of the city proper.

Interesting concentration of artillery on the northwestern edge of the Izyum axis toward Kharkiv. Some analysts think this could be a precursor to a Russian counter attack to try to seize as much of the Oblast as possible. Additional Russian artillery activity at the southern tip of the Izyum axis.

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Russian limited artillery fire hit all around the margins of the Slovyansk-Siversk-Bakhmut salient.

Russian attacks continue to be focused on avenues north and south of Bakhmut. Russians have been making very slow progress as it appears that artillery support is still limited.

Scattered artillery northwest of Donetsk related to the ongoing attempted offensive towards Avdiivka.

Crimean Front -
A lot of the artillery that has in the recent past week has dropped off overnight. Split between striking Mykolaiv and the other then northern end of the Kherson LOC near Novovoznesenske, located south of Kryvyi Rih

Russian AD has been active over Sevastopol tonight. Unclear whether it actually intercepted anything or if it was just Russian forces with nervous trigger fingers firing at nothing following yesterday’s home made drone attack on the Black Sea fleet HQ.

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Partisan Resistance ——
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Ammunition / logistical sites hit ——-
Ukrainian forces destroyed a field ammunition depot in Vysoke (about 48km due northeast of Kherson City), and geolocated footage showed another large explosion in northern Kherson Oblast near the Dnipro River.
Ukraine also claimed to have used HIMARS to strike a 40-car train with Russian equipment and personnel in Brylivka (about 47km southeast of Kherson City) on July 30, resulting in 80 dead and 200 wounded Russian servicemen.

Explosions in Skadovsk, Kherson region. Presumably from strikes on an ammunition dump

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More of the same, very anemic Russian attacks with limited artillery support. OSINT Analysts and UK Defense Intelligence suggest that Russia may be shifting forces to address new Ukrainan threats in the south while seeking ways to resume combat tempo in the east.

UK Defense Intelligence suggests that Russia is reallocating a significant number of its forces from the northern Donbas sector to southern Ukraine after Ukrainian military gains. This may explain the significant drop in attacks over the past couple weeks in that region. It will also take a couple of weeks for the withdrawn units to reform and get into place. Russia has likely identified Zaporizhzhia as a vulnerable area that needs troop reinforcement, UK assesses. This reinforces the overall view that Russia is concerned about the threat to its supply lines coming out of Crimea a Ukrainian offensive into Kherson Oblast offers.

Silence on much of the Kherson offensive still clouds analysis. Based on Russian artillery reports, Russia is very concerned about Ukrainan advance southward rather than a direct assault from Mykolaiv. See Russia artillery focused mostly on that area. Ukraine claims major defeats of Russian forces, but with little supporting evidence.

Russian also appears to be struggling with its missile campaign, with numbers of strikes in the central and western portions of the country way down. Missiles seem to be concentrated on Kharkiv and Mykolaiv.

Russian stagnation brings the threat that Ukrainan drones could once again become effective, we’ll have to see. Drones AND HIMARS would be quite the headache for Russian planners.
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Belarus -

According to the General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine, Belarus deploying additional electronic warfare measures in border districts with Ukraine.

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SERBIA - KOSOVO (new) -
What the heck? Take a nap and wake up to a potential new war zone. There has been no love lost between Serbia and Kosovo since the breakup of Yugoslavia. A peace has been in effect since 1999, when the province de facto gained independence after the US-led NATO campaign against the former Yugoslavia.
Russia has supported Serbia, who’s been in the middle of increasing the size of its military and modernizing its equipment - considered a threat to its neighbors.

Following the end of the civil war, many Serbs left Kosovo, but a substantial number remained in the Northern portion of the county. The current crisis on the border appears to stem from attempts by Kosovar authorities not to recognize documents held by Serbs and to stop the use of license plates used by the Serb minority. Kosovo officials prepared to require Serbians visiting Kosovo to replace their Serbian passports with a temporary ID while in the country and to require Serbian license plates in the country to be replaced with Kosovar license plates. The decision was made as a reciprocatory move to similar requirements already issued for Kosovars when they enter Serbia.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic condemned the Kosovo government over this issue in the past, saying that Kosovo’s goal is to “expel Serbs, especially from the north of Kosovo and Metohija” . And yesterday went as far as theaten war if Kosovo didn’t reverse its policy.

Kosovo Police announced on Sunday evening that they had closed the Bernjak and Jarinje border crossings to traffic due to roadblocks set up on these roads. The roadblocks were reportedly set up by local Serbs who were protesting measures set to be put in place by Kosovo overnight. There were reports of gun fire at the Benjak checkpoint. Other border crossings are working as normal according to police.

Kosovo government announced in a press release that it decided to postpone the reciprocity decisions on license plates and Serbian issued IDs for one month, until Sept 1, 2022.

The peace has been maintained by NATO forces (KFOR) stationed in Kosovo. “KFOR will take whatever measures are necessary to keep a safe and secure environment in Kosovo at all times, in line with its UN mandate.” Kosovo has no military so to speak, only a police force.

Things between Kosovo and Serbia are going quite similar to the 2021 North Kosovo Crisis, which was sparked by the Governor of Kosovo deciding to reciprocally ban Serbian license plates.

OBSERVATION - Serbia has been flexing its muscles lately, embarking on a significant military buildup. It is allied with both Russia and Turkey. In regards to Ukraine, Serbia has remained relatively neutral and silent.

Putin, who came to power in the wake of the 1999 conflict, still remembers the confrontation between Russian and NATO forces over the Pristina International Airport on June 12, 1999. The defeat of Serbia by US forces in that year was humiliating for Moscow, which had wanted to save face at Pristina.

Any attack by Serbia against Kosovo would involve NATO forces and would likely cause NATO to counter attack in defense of Kosovo. It doesn’t appear, according to more recent reporting, that any conflict will break out at this time. Serbia could be flexing it muscles given that NATO is focused on Ukraine and may not have the ability to inject military forces in a timely manner. It may also be a test of Russian support - given how Moscow too is tied up in the Ukraine.

One more thing, Serbia / Russia appear to be placing some of the blame on Albanian moslems residing in Kosovo. Albania had increased islamic radicalism since it removed the title of the most atheistic country in the world after the break up of the Soviet Union. More ethinic grudges coming to bear in the Balkans

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Iraq -

Military vehicles seen in many areas of Baghdad. As tension mounts between Shia powers (Iran and Sadr).
The commander-in-chief of the Iraq’s Armed forces Kadhimi, declared a security alert and called security forces to cut the vacations and join their units to deploy in Baghdad. Kadhimi also ordered security forces to protect public facilities and embassies.
An official from the Sadrist Movement says “the people will determine the duration of the sit-in inside the parliament.” He also rejected that the Sadrist Movement is willing for talks with the Coordination Framework. Shia Coordination Framework considers today’s statement by Muqtada Sadr as a call for a coup against the constitution.

OBSERVATION - It isn’t looking like Sadr is going to backdown any time soon. Iraqi military at this stage is not going to confront him military, but likely try to contain any violence between Sadr and his Iranian supported opponents.

Turkish military base in Bamarne district of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, came under an artillery shelling. Kurdistan.

OBSERVATION - Though low on the radar, Turkey continues attacks against Iraqi Kurds, in this instance they likely struck back.
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Lebanon -

With the two year anniversary of the massive port explosion being this week, part of the port grain silos complex damaged by the blast collapsed.

Remember, the force of the explosion of fertilizer was close to that of a tactical nuke, and was one of the largest convention explosions ever.

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