Commander Job W. Price - American Hero

Commander Job W. Price should be given the Medal of Honor!!!

If Obama and Hillary are going to tell a lie, lie to make the military look good. Don't trash the career of an American Hero. Commander Job W. Price fought and died for America. He is another casualty of the Clinton Body Count! They made a joke but the military didn't laugh. They leaked false information to the Associated Press about a suicide. Now the record needs to be set straight. Commander Job W. Price, you are not forgotten!!!!

Commander Job W. Price was involved in a plane crash in Iran with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He was killed as a result of injuries he sustained in that crash. There is ample evidence that this did, in fact, occur including a Hillary Clinton email released by Wikileaks.

The government covered-up this death by leaking through an anonymous source to the Associated Press that Commander Price was killed by a wound from an apparent suicide. They trashed an American Hero to cover-up dirty deeds. Commander Job W. Price should receive the Medal of Honor for his valor in protecting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when he flew into Iran, a hostile country for any American Military Man especially a decorated Navy Seal who twice was awarded the Bronze Star.

TIMELINE

December 11, 2011 - DEBKA reports that Iran is driving a hard bargain for access to the US stealth drone RQ-170 it captured undamaged last week. Russian and Chinese military teams arrived for a look at the secret aircraft.

September 2012 - Obama reaches out to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "offering an important concession for helping Obama win the election in November." DEBKA-Net-Weekly Vol. 12 Issue 562, October 26, 2012.

Commander Job W. Price - American Hero

December 1, 2012 - Debkafile reports that "Obama Administration Officials and senior representatives of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched secret talks on Iran's Nuclear Program."

December 1 - 7, 2012 - Israeli Intelligence pegs this as range of dates for plane crash in Iraq. They cite the incident as occurring the first week of December, 2012. According to the report Clinton was flying in a C-12 Huron. The plane landed in Avaz, Iran at Ahwaz International Airport. President Ahmadinejad landed at the airport just minutes prior to the landing of the Huron on an unscheduled visit. Since neither US or Iranian warplanes were scrambled it is clear that this was a (wink wink) "scheduled visit." Incursions by US Planes into Iranian airspace are not taken lightly. "According to US Military flight logs, recorded by Russian air and space forces confirm that Commander Price, and other members of US Navy Seal Team 4, left their base in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan on a flight to US Naval Support Activity Bahrain where they met with Secretary Clinton and all of them transferred to the C-12 Huron that began a flight path to Baghdad, Iraq." DEBKA reports, ""Although our sources have not identified the negotiators on either side of the table, one of the theories floating around certain capitals claimed that Hillary Clinton three weeks ago was on her way to a secret meeting with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in regard to those negotiations. The plane carrying her from Bahrain logged its destination as Baghdad, but is described as having changed direction in midair and headed for Ahvaz, capital of the south Iranian province of Khuzestan. There, it was said, the Iranian president was awaiting her arrival. But then the plane ran into technical trouble and made an emergency landing and that was when she was injured, according to this theory. The unexplained death of Commander Job Price, 42, SEALs commander in Afghanistan is [also] tied by some of the speculation to that incident."
     Iranian television also confirmed the plane crash with sketchy details.

December 6^th 2012  – Hillary Clinton cancels friends of Syrian Forum saying she has the flu. This could have been a political move to dodge a group not aligned with Iran, setting the stage for the meeting in Iran.

December 7 – According to official Department of State log, “Secretary Clinton is on foreign travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland. Secretary Clinton is accompanied by Assistant Secretary Gordon, Assistant Secretary Posner, Ambassador Verveer, Special Representative Balderston, Spokesperson Nuland, Director Sullivan, Senior Director for European Affairs Liz Sherwood Randall, and VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS. This was her last public appearance before her concussion. It is interesting to note that Ahmadinejad met with Ireland's new ambassador to Iran very soon afterward. Was Ireland facilitating the meeting?

December 8th, 2012 - My best guess from all of the intel I have examined as the date of the crash. Clinton was seen in public on the 7th and she could have flown directly from Ireland to the Middle East. On the 9th there are already reports about Clinton's illness.

December 9^th – Hillary Clinton is said to have a stomach bug.

December 10 – State department announces that Hillary Clinton has sustained a concussion after fainting due to dehydration earlier in the week and will be unable to testify at Benghazi hearing. "She has been recovering at home and will continue to be monitored regularly by her doctors. At their recommendation, she will continue to work from home next week, staying in regular contact with Department and other officials." - State Department Release.

December 11, 2012 – Hillary Clinton is unable to testify on Benghazi hearing in Congress.

December 11, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”

December 12, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”

December 13, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”

December 14, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”

December 17, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”

December 18, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”

December 19, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”

December 20, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”

December 21, 2012 – According to State Department – “Secretary Clinton has no public events.”

December 21 – Rumors intensify that Clinton was involved in a plane crash in Iran. Obama nominates Senator John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.

December 22 – Death of Commander Job Price is officially reported by Pentagon. The Naval Special Warfare Group Two issued the statement and said that “Price died of non-combat related injuries while supporting stability operations.” Associated Press then quoting an anonymous source reports the death “appears to be the result of suicide.” John Armato, Director of Community Relations for the Pottstown School District and dear friend of Price said, “Job understood the importance of placing the greater good above self and dedicated his career to helping to ensure our freedoms. Our country has lost a leader, dedicated patriot, true American hero and protector of our freedoms.”

December 28, 2012 - Mainstream media reports that Clinton will be returning to work this week after suffering a bout of the flu and a concussion, but Clinton does not return to work.

December 29, 2012 when a follow-up exam for her concussion found she had a blood clot of her right transverse venous sinus.

December 30 – Nasser Karimi (AP) reports that a small American plane left Iran Sunday after it was repaired following an emergency landing earlier this month. Three passengers left Iran for Arab countries in the Gulf. Reuters also reported that a plane had been stuck in Iran after making an emergency landing according to Iran’s Airports Director, Mahmoud Rasoulinejad. They list the plane as a Falcon 900 Executive Jet. Press TV of Iran reported, quoting Mahmoud Rasoulinejad, “The 3-member plane faced technical problems while passing over Iran’s airspace and this is the reason that the airport permitted it to make a landing.”

December 30, 2012  The European Union Times release story, "Clinton Injured, US Navy Seal Killed in Secret US Mission to Iran. http://www.eutimes.net/2012/12/clinton-injured-us-navy-seal-killed-in-secret-us-mission-to-iran/

December 31 – US State Department denies report in EU Times stating that “Secretary of State Clinton was not injured or involved in a plane crash.”

December 31, 2012 - Hillary Clinton is admitted to the New York Presbyterian Hospital with a blood clot caused by a concussion. The hospital reported that Clinton was being treated with anticoagulants and her condition would be assessed in 48 hours. NBC's Robert Bazell reported, "Either it's not really related to the concussion and she's got a blood clot in her leg or something, or there's something else going on that we're not being told." Chelsea Clinton leaves the hospital visibly distraught.

December 31, 2012 - DEBKA, Mossad linked news outlet, publishes article, "Hillary Clinton in Hospital Amid Speculation of Plane Accident in Iran. "A new report by Israeli media and Mossad now FULLY CONFIRMS THIS REPORT, Hillary Clinton was indeed injured in Iran, the new report also shows that Obama has already named the new US Secretary of State: John Kerry, Obama Warned To Prepare For Hillary Clinton Death."

January 2, 2013 - The European Union Times publishes article, "Obama Warned to Prepare for Hillary Clinton Death." http://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/obama-warned-to-prepare-for-hillary-clinton-death/

January 4, 2013 - Lee Horn sends a message to Anthony Milavic about the EU Times article, "Clinton Injured, U.S. Navy Seal Killed in Secret Mission to Iran," saying, "Anthony -- FYI. The report appears to be credible." Christopher T. Nichols sends an email to Bob Schmermund, Lawrence Galvin, Aaron Watts, and Kevin R. Olsen, saying, "Yeah... Now that I think about it... I haven't seen HARRY anywhere either." Harry Harris sends email to Jacob Sullivan saying, "Jake -- thought you'd get a kick out of the conspiracy theory below. Best, Harry." Jacob J. Sullivan sends email about EU Times Article saying, "Funny Stuff. Calling Now." https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/9457

January 7, 2013 – Hillary Clinton comes back to work and receives a football helmet. Clinton was greeted with a box, “inside was a football helmet with a State Department seal, lots of good padding, and also a football jersey that said Clinton on the back.” – Victory Nuland

February 6th, 2013 - Press briefing of Jen Psaki. The tape is altered. 8 minutes is missing on the posted video tape. Someone has been told to bury the deleted tape and to replace it with a flash.

December 2, 2013 - at a State Department press briefing Victoria Nuland is asked if we were in secret negotiations with Iran. She categorically denies this.

Hillary's email from Wikileaks

May 9, 2016 – Fox News contacts the State Department to ask about missing video from February 6, 2013 in the State Department Press Briefing. 

May 10, 2016 - Matthew Lee asks, “Is it the policy of the State Department , where the preservation or the secrecy of secret negotiations is concerned, to lie in order to achieve that goal.”
Jen Psaki replies, “There are times where diplomacy needs privacy in order to progress. This is a good example of that.” 

Here is a summary of the missing video:

QUESTION: Please, Jen, can we stay on Iran, please?
MS. PSAKI: Sure. Let’s stay on Iran and then we can go to China.
QUESTION: On the 6^th of February in this room, I had a very brief exchange with your predecessor, Victoria Nuland --
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: -- about Iran. And with your indulgence, I will read it in its entirety for the purpose of the record and so you can respond to it.
“Rosen: There have been reports that intermittently, and outside of the formal P5+1 mechanisms, the Obama Administration, or members of it, have conducted direct secret bilateral talks with Iran. Is that true or false?”
“Nuland: We have made clear, as the Vice President did at Munich, that in the context of the larger P5+1 framework, we would be prepared to talk to Iran bilaterally. But with regard to the kind of thing that you’re talking about on a government-to-government level, no.”
That’s the entirety of the exchange.
As we now know, senior state department officials had, in fact, been conducting direct, secret bilateral talks with senior officials of the Iranian Government in Oman, perhaps dating back to 2011 by that point.
So the question today is a simple one: When the briefer was asked about those talks and flatly denied them from the podium, that was untrue, correct?
MS. PSAKI: I mean, James, I – that – you’re talking about a February briefing, so 10 months ago. I don’t think we’ve outlined or confirmed contacts or specifics beyond a March meeting. I’m not going to confirm others beyond that at this point. So I don’t know that I have any more for you.
QUESTION: Do you stand by the accuracy of what Ms. Nuland told me, that there had been no government-to-government contacts, no secret direct bilateral talks with Iran as of the date of that briefing, February 6^th? Do you stand by the accuracy of that?
MS. PSAKI: James, I have no new information for you today on the timing of when there were any discussions with any Iranian officials.
QUESTION: Let me try it one last way, Jen --
MS. PSAKI: Okay.
QUESTION: -- and I appreciate your indulgence.
MS. PSAKI: Sure.
QUESTION: Is it the policy of the State Department, where the preservation or the secrecy of secret negotiations is concerned, to lie in order to achieve that goal?
MS. PSAKI: James, I think there are times where diplomacy needs privacy in order to progress. This is a good example of that. Obviously, we have made clear and laid out a number of details in recent weeks about discussions and about a bilateral channel that fed into the P5+1 negotiations, and we’ve answered questions on it, we’ve confirmed details. We’re happy to continue to do that, but clearly, this was an important component leading up to the agreement that was reached a week ago.
QUESTION: Since you, standing at that podium last week, did confirm that there were such talks, at least as far back as March of this year, I don’t see what would prohibit you from addressing directly this question: Were there secret direct bilateral talks between the United States and Iranian officials in 2011?
MS. PSAKI: I don’t have anything more for you today. We’ve long had ways to speak with the Iranians through a range of channels, some of which you talked – you mentioned, but I don’t have any other specifics for you today.
QUESTION: One more on Iran?
QUESTION: The Los Angeles Times and Politico have reported that those talks were held as far back as 2011. Were those reports inaccurate?
MS. PSAKI: I’m not sure which reports you’re talking about. Are you talking about visits that the Secretary and others made to Oman, or are you talking about other reports?
QUESTION: I’m talking about U.S. officials meeting directly and secretly with Iranian officials in Oman as far back as 2011. The Los Angeles Times and Politico have reported those meetings. Were those reports inaccurate?
MS. PSAKI: I have nothing more for you on it, James, today.
QUESTION: One more on Iran?
MS. PSAKI: On Iran? Let’s just finish Iran and then we can go to China. Go ahead, Roz.
QUESTION: One of – one more on Iran. Foreign Minister Zarif said, directly contradicting the Obama Administration’s contention that sanctions worked, he told our interviewer that when the sanctions were first imposed, Iran had 200 working centrifuges. Today, they have more than 19,000. What is this building’s reaction to his comment that sanctions did not work and did not bring Iran to the negotiating table?
MS. PSAKI: Well, again, I would like to look more closely at the context of the comments. But, just as reminder, President Rouhani and others have talked about how the impact – how growing the economy and putting an end – doing – bringing an end to the sanctions is something that was a priority for them in order to help the economy and the Iranian people. There’s no question, if you look just at the facts of the impact of oil revenues, the impact on their economic growth writ large that there was a huge impact of – that there – the sanctions had an enormous impact, and that that was a driving factor in bringing the Iranians back to the negotiating table.
In terms of progress made on their efforts to develop a nuclear weapon, whether through centrifuges or at their various facilities, that to me sounds like a separate question. Obviously, there was concerns about steps they were taking and progress they were making, which was why it was so important to come to an acceptable agreement that would halt and roll back the progress of their program.
QUESTION: Just to follow up on that, though --
MS. PSAKI: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: -- Secretary Kerry, when he did his round robin of interviews after the announcement of the deal in Geneva, more than once stated that when Iran had reached out to the Bush-Cheney Administration in 2003, Iran was only in possession of 164 centrifuges. Now, he would go on to say, they have 19,000, and this therefore represents the best possible deal that could be secured.
Isn’t it a fact that since the Obama-Biden Administration took office, 70 percent of Iran’s centrifuges have been installed?
MS. PSAKI: Well, I’d have to look at the statistics, James, but we have not questioned the fact that Iran has made progress on enrichment and on developing a nuclear weapon. We have not questioned that. That’s one of the reasons why we stepped up sanctions over the past couple of years. The President and Secretary Kerry were big proponents of that. We worked with the international community to do just that to put that necessary pressure in place.
The point I was trying to make to Roz is that – what she’s asking sounds to me like two separate questions, so that was --
QUESTION: Right. I’m pursuing the separate one part that she carved out, and that is to say – and if this is untrue, I’d be grateful to be disabused of the notion – but the great bulk of Iran’s progress in the development of its enrichment program has taken place under President Obama’s watch, correct?
MS. PSAKI: I’d have to check on the specific numbers. The --
QUESTION: You’re not prepared to dispute that statement, as --
MS. PSAKI: Well, James, I think what we’re focused on at this point is the fact that we’re now at a point where we are halting and rolling back the progress of their program and we’re working towards a comprehensive agreement to bring an end to it. I can’t speculate for you what would happen without – what would have happened without sanctions. I would venture to guess --
QUESTION: (Inaudible) sanctions.
MS. PSAKI: But they were being paired together, so that’s why I’m bringing it into the conversation.
QUESTION: But the context of the question was exactly: “The Obama Administration says we showed up because our economy is falling apart. I’m here to tell you that’s not the case. We have our own reasons for coming.”
MS. PSAKI: Well, we will take a close look at his comments and we’ll have more to say about them once we do.

Hillary Clinton's Email String from Wikileaks

https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/9457 

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UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05797628 Date: 02/29/2016 RELEASE IN PART B6 From: Sullivan, Jacob J <SullivanJJ@state.gov> Sent: Friday, January 4, 2013 6:31 PM To: Subject: FW: Conspiracy Theory ==== FW: EU Times: Clinton Injured, U.S. Navy Seal Killed In Secret Mission to Iran Funny stuff. Calling now. From: Harris, Harry B VADM USN (US) [mailto Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 9:06 AM To: Sullivan, Jacob J Subject: Conspiracy Theory ==== FW: EU Times: Clinton Injured, U.S. Navy Seal Killed In Secret Mission to Iran Jake -- thought you'd get a kick out of the conspiracy theory below. Best, Harry From: Nichols, Christopher T [mailto: Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 8:20 AM To: Bob Schmermund Lawrence Galvin Aaron Watts; Olsen, Kevin R.; cahautau0 Runolfson, Case; Harris, Harry B VADM USN (US) Subject: FW: EU Times: Clinton Injured, U.S. Navy Seal Killed In Secret Mission to Iran Yeah...now that I think about it...I haven't seen HARRY anywhere either!!! Chris Nichols Original Message From: Les Horn To: Anthony Milavic Sent: Thu, Jan 3, 2013 10:13 am Subject: EU Times: Clinton Injured, U.S. Navy Seal Killed In Secret Mission to Iran Anthony -- FYI. The report appears to be credible. Les Clinton Injured, US Navy Seal Killed In Secret US Mission To Iran Posted by EU Times on Dec 30th, 2012 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05797628 Date: 02/29/2016 A new Foreign Military Intelligence (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today is saying that United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [photo 2nd right] was injured, and a top US Navy Seal Commander killed when their C-12 Huron military passenger and transport aircraft crash landed nearly 3 weeks ago in the Iranian city of Ahvaz near the Iraqi border. Iranian intelligence agents quoted in this GRU report confirm that the C-12 Huron aircraft is still in their possession in Ahvaz, but will only admit that the plane was "forced to land because of technical problems". The US Navy Seal member reported killed in this bizarre incident, this report says, was indentified as Commander Job W. Price [photo 3rd right] who as a leader of this highly specialized American Special Forces unit protects high-ranking diplomats traveling in Middle Eastern and Asian combat zones. Curiously, US media reports on Commander Price's death say it being investigated as a possible suicide as he died from what the American Defense Department describes as "a non-combat related injury". Equally as curious, US media reports state that Secretary Clinton will return to work next week after her having suffered what they describe as a "nasty bout with stomach flu" and a "concussion" which have kept her missing from public view the past three weeks. This GRU report, however, states that US military flight logs recorded by Russian air and space forces confirm that Commander Price, and other members of US Navy Seal Team 4, left their base in Urozgan Province, Afghanistan on a flight to US Naval Support Activity Bahrain where they met up with Secretary Clinton and all of them transferred to the C- 12 Huron that began a flight path to Baghdad, Iraq. Within minutes of leaving Bahrain airspace, this report says, the C-12 Huron carrying Secretary Clinton and her US Navy Seal protectors, "without notice," deviated from their assigned flight path heading, instead, directly towards Iran's Ahwaz International Airport where, coincidentally, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had previously landed on an "unscheduled" visit. UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05797628 Date: 02/29/2016 Important to note, GRU analysts say in this report, was that when the C-12 Huron entered into Iranian airspace neither American nor Iran air force units responded clearly indicating that this secret mission was sanctioned. Upon the C-12 Huron landing at Ahwaz, however, this report says it encountered "extreme turbulence" causing it to leave the runway where its main landing gear then collapsed causing it to crash. Within seconds of the C-12 Huron crashing, this report continues, Iranian emergency and security personal responded freeing the victims, including Secretary Clinton who was reportedly unconscious and "bleeding profusely." After emergency aid was given, GRU agents stationed in Iran state that another US military flight was dispatched from Bahrain to Ahwaz which evacuated all of those wounded and killed in the crash including Secretary Clinton. Strangely to note, this report says, is that in the aftermath of this crash, Iran's main oil company announced today that they were buying the Ahwaz airport with the intention of moving it because, they say, oil was discovered beneath it. To what the Americans mission to Iran was about this report doesn't speculate upon, other than to note that with the Gulf State Monarchies rapidly approaching a union of their oil rich nations to counter Iranian power, and with President Obama signing a new law this past week to strengthen American borders against threats from Iran, and with the highly-publicized "Velayat 91" Iranian military exercises now taking place across a wide area from the Strait of Hormuz, a new and catastrophic war in this region is much closer to being a reality than many realize. To if Secretary Clinton's mission was meant to forestall such a war it is not in our knowing, other than to note, that with the United States continued backing of some of the cruelest dictatorships in the world, our entire planet is but one spark away from a fire that could very well consume us all. Source Breaking News A new report by Israeli media and Mossad now FULLY CONFIRMS THIS REPORT, Hillary Clinton was indeed injured in Iran, the new report also shows that Obama has already named the new US Secretary of State: John Kerry, click here to read this new STUNNING REPORT: Obama Warned To Prepare For Hillary Clinton Death GD Star Rating. a WordPress rating system Clinton Injured, US Navy Seal Killed In Secret US Mission To Iran, 4.0 out of 5 based on 122 ratings UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05797628 Date: 02/29/2016 Related posts: • Obama Warned To Prepare For Hillary Clinton Death • Hillary Clinton: Iran wants to be attacked • US threatens Pakistan with sanctions over Iran gasline • Hillary Clinton: Iran is the hardest issue ever dealt with • Iran Accuses US of Using Weather Weapons Tags: Ahvaz, Ahwaz International Airport, C-12 Huron Aircraft, Commander Job W. 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Counter-ISIL Strikes Hit Terrorists in Syria, Iraq

U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.

Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports. 

Strikes in Syria

Fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted six strikes in Syria:

-- Near Near Tanf, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

-- Near Manbij, five strikes struck five separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL vehicles, four ISIL fighting positions and an ISIL command and control node.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, bomber, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 11 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Baghdadi, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL storage facility, an ISIL weapons cache and an ISIL mortar system.

-- Near Albu Hayat, a strike destroyed an ISIL weapons cache and an ISIL fighting position.

-- Near Beiji, a strike destroyed two ISIL vehicles.

-- Near Hit, a strike destroyed an ISIL mortar system.

-- Near Kisik, a strike destroyed an ISIL mortar system and an ISIL fighting position.

-- Near Mosul, a strike struck an ISIL vehicle bomb-making facility.

-- Near Ramadi, a strike destroyed two ISIL vehicle bombs and two ISIL fighting positions.

-- Near Sinjar, two strikes destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun and two ISIL fighting positions and suppressed an ISIL mortar position.

-- Near Sultan Abdallah, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed five ISIL assembly areas, three ISIL supply caches, two ISIL tunnel entrances and an ISIL fighting position.

-- Near Qayyarah, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

Task force officials define a strike as one or more kinetic events that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single, sometimes cumulative, effect. Therefore, officials explained, a single aircraft delivering a single weapon against a lone ISIL vehicle is one strike, but so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against buildings, vehicles and weapon systems in a compound, for example, having the cumulative effect of making those targets harder or impossible for ISIL to use. Accordingly, officials said, they do not report the number or type of aircraft employed in a strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of individual munition impact points against a target. Ground-based artillery fired in counterfire or in fire support to maneuver roles is not classified as a strike.

Part of Operation Inherent Resolve

The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq further limits the terrorist group's ability to project terror and conduct operations, officials said.

Coalition nations that have conducted strikes in Iraq include the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Jordan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Coalition nations that have conducted strikes in Syria include the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, France, Jordan, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.

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Declares F-35A Lightning II ‘Combat Ready’

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va., Aug. 3, 2016 — The F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation fighter aircraft was declared “combat ready” yesterday by Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter offered his congratulations to the Air Force. 

“This is a significant milestone for an aircraft that will allow the U.S. to maintain the advantage of air superiority for years to come,” Carter said in a statement. “I know that even after being declared combat ready, there is more work to do with this critical program, but the Air Force, Air Combat Command and the men and women of Hill Air Force Base should be proud of this major step forward for the F-35A.”

Carlisle lauded the aircraft’s performance, noting that the aircraft had met all key criteria for reaching initial operational capability: airmen trained, manned and equipped to conduct basic close air support, interdiction and limited suppression/destruction of enemy air defenses in a contested environment with an operational squadron of 12-24 aircraft; the ability to deploy and conduct operational missions using program of record weapons and missions systems; and having all necessary logistics and operational elements in place.

“I am proud to announce this powerful new weapons system has achieved initial combat capability,” Carlisle said. “The F-35A will be the most dominant aircraft in our inventory because it can go where our legacy aircraft cannot and provide the capabilities our commanders need on the modern battlefield.”

Fifth-Generation Aircraft

The F-35A is the latest addition to ACC’s fleet of deployable and fifth-generation aircraft, said officials, adding that the aircraft provides air superiority, interdiction, suppression of enemy air defenses and close-air support as well as great command and control functions through fused sensors, and it will provide pilots with unprecedented situational awareness of the battlespace that will be more extensive than any single-seat platform in existence.

“Bringing the F-35A to initial combat readiness is a testament to our phenomenal airmen and the outstanding support of the Joint Program Office and our enterprise partners,” Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said. “This important milestone for our fighter force ensures the United States, along with our allies and international partners, remains prepared to deter, deny, and defeat the full spectrum of growing threats around the globe.”

Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein said the aircraft’s dynamic new capability will benefit the joint warfighter.

"The combat-ready F-35A is the latest fifth-generation fighter aircraft in the Air Force's inventory and provides our nation air dominance in any environment. The F-35A brings an unprecedented combination of lethality, survivability, and adaptability to joint and combined operations, and is ready to deploy and strike well-defended targets anywhere on Earth," Goldfein said. "Today's declaration of IOC is an important milestone on the road to achieving full warfighting capability for the F-35A.”

Successful June Deployment

The 34th Fighter Squadron of the 388th Fighter Wing, based at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the service’s first operational F-35A squadron, having met all the established criteria for initial operational capability including a successful June deployment to Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, and a series of eight-aircraft sorties held in mid-July. Members of the 34th FS will fly and maintain the F-35A alongside Air Force Reservists from Hill’s 419th Fighter Wing.

"Our airmen have worked tirelessly to make sure our aircraft are combat ready: meeting challenges head-on and completing all the required milestones," said Air Force Col. David Lyons, the 388th Fighter Wing’s commander. "We're very proud that the Air Force has declared us combat ready and we're prepared to take this aircraft wherever it's needed in support of our national defense."

Those sentiments were echoed by Air Force Col. David Smith, the 419th Fighter Wing’s commander.

“It's an honor to fly and maintain the F-35 with our active-duty counterparts here at Hill,” Smith said. “Our units were the first to fly combat-ready F-16s nearly 40 years ago, and we're very proud to have made history once again in bringing the Air Force's newest fighter jet to IOC.”

Statement by Secretary Carter on Air Force F-35A Achieving IOC

I want to congratulate the U.S. Air Force on today's announcement that the F-35A has achieved initial operational capability. This is a significant milestone for an aircraft that will allow the U.S. to maintain the advantage of air superiority for years to come. I know that even after being declared combat ready, there is more work to do with this critical program, but the Air Force, Air Combat Command and the men and women of Hill Air Force Base should be proud of this major step forward for the F-35A.

Centcom Officials Announce More Counterterrorism Strikes in Yemen

By Terri Moon Cronk

DoD News, Defense Media Activity

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2016 — The U.S. military conducted two additional counterterrorism strikes in July against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula near central Yemen, U.S. Central Commandofficials announced today. 

“A July 8 strike killed one al-Qaida operative and a July 16 strike killed six al-Qaida operatives and injured one,” Defense Press Operations Director Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told Pentagon reporters this morning.

Strikes in Yemen against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula put consistent pressure on the terrorist network and prevent the enemy from plotting and executing attacks against Americans, the U.S. homeland and U.S. allies, Centcom officials said in a statement announcing the strikes.

“[Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula] remains a significant threat to the region and the United States,” Davis said.

“It is using the unrest in Yemen to provide a haven from which to plan future attacks against the U.S. and its interests. We will continue to degrade, disrupt and defeat al-Qaida and its remnants around the world, as in Yemen. We remain committed to defeating AQAP and denying it safe haven regardless of its location.” 

Davis noted the strikes on Yemen are U.S.-only airstrikes and are not directly in support of the other coalition operations occurring there. 

Centcom officials said the airstrikes conducted in Yemen continue to diminish AQAP’s presence in the region.

FBI Employee Pleads Guilty to Acting in the United States as an Agent of the Chinese

Defendant Collected and Caused Sensitive FBI Information to be Provided to the Chinese Government

Kun Shan Chun, a native of the People’s Republic of China and a naturalized U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging him with acting in the United States as an agent of China without providing prior notice to the Attorney General. 

Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York and Assistant Director in Charge Diego P. Rodriguez of the FBI’s New York Field Office made the announcement.

Chun, aka Joey Chun, 46, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV of the Southern District of New York.  He was an employee of the FBI until his arrest on March 16, 2016.

“Kun Shan Chun violated our nation’s trust by exploiting his official U.S. Government position to provide restricted and sensitive FBI information to the Chinese Government,” said Assistant Attorney General Carlin.  “Holding accountable those who work as illegal foreign agents to the detriment of the United States is among the highest priorities of the National Security Division.”

“Americans who act as unauthorized foreign agents commit a federal offense that betrays our nation and threatens our security,” said U.S. Attorney Bharara.  “And when the perpetrator is an FBI employee, like Kun Shan Chun, the threat is all the more serious and the betrayal all the more duplicitous.  Thanks to the excellent investigative work of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division, the FBI succeeded in identifying and rooting out this criminal misconduct from within its own ranks.”

“No one is above the law, to include employees of the FBI,” said Assistant Director in Charge Rodriguez.  “We understand as an agency we are trusted by the public to protect our nation’s most sensitive information, and we have to do everything in our power to uphold that trust.”  

According to the complaint, the information and statements made during today’s court proceeding:

In approximately 1997, Chun began working at the FBI’s New York Field Office as an electronics technician assigned to the Computerized Central Monitoring Facility of the FBI’s Technical Branch.  In approximately 1998, and in connection with his employment, the FBI granted Chun a Top Secret security clearance and his duties included accessing sensitive, and in some instances classified, information.  In connection with a progressive recruitment process, Chun received and responded to taskings from Chinese nationals and at least one Chinese government official (Chinese Official-1), some, if not all, of whom were aware that Chun worked at the FBI.  On multiple occasions prior to his arrest in March 2016, at the direction of Chinese government officials, Chun collected sensitive FBI information and caused it to be transmitted to Chinese Official-1 and others, while at the same time engaging in a prolonged and concerted effort to conceal from the FBI his illicit relationships with these individuals.

Beginning in 2006, Chun and some of his relatives maintained relationships with Chinese nationals purporting to be affiliated with a company in China named Zhuhai Kolion Technology Company Ltd. (Kolion).  Chun maintained an indirect financial interest in Kolion, including through a previous investment by one of his parents.  In connection with these relationships, Chinese nationals asked Chun to perform research and consulting tasks in the United States, purportedly for the benefit of Kolion, in exchange for financial benefits, including partial compensation for international trips.     

Between 2006 and 2010, Chun’s communications and other evidence reflect inquiries from purported employees of Kolion to Chun while he was in the United States, as well as efforts by the defendant to collect, among other things, information regarding solid-state hard drives.

In approximately 2011, during a trip to Italy and France partially paid for by the Chinese nationals, Chun was introduced to Chinese Official-1, who indicated that he worked for the Chinese government and that he knew Chun worked for the FBI.  During subsequent private meetings conducted abroad between the two, Chinese Official-1 asked questions regarding sensitive, non-public FBI information.  During those meetings, Chun disclosed, among other things, the identity and potential travel patterns of an FBI Special Agent.

In approximately 2012, the FBI conducted a routine investigation relating to Chun’s Top Secret security clearance.  In an effort to conceal his relationships with Chinese Official-1 and the other Chinese nationals purporting to be affiliated with Kolion, Chun made a series of false statements on a standardized FBI form related to the investigation.  Between 2000 and March 16, 2016, Chun was required by FBI policy to disclose anticipated and actual contact with foreign nationals during his international travel, but he lied on numerous pre- and post-trip FBI debriefing forms by omitting his contacts with Chinese Official-1, other Chinese nationals and Kolion.

On multiple occasions, Chinese Official-1 asked Chun for information regarding the FBI’s internal structure.  In approximately March 2013, Chun downloaded an FBI organizational chart from his FBI computer in Manhattan.  Chun later admitted to the FBI that, after editing the chart to remove the names of FBI personnel, he saved the document on a piece of digital media and caused it to be transported to Chinese Official-1 in China. 

Chinese Official-1 also asked Chun for information regarding technology used by the FBI.  In approximately January 2015, Chun took photos of documents displayed in a restricted area of the FBI’s New York Field Office, which summarized sensitive details regarding multiple surveillance technologies used by the FBI.  Chun sent the photographs to his personal cell phone and later admitted to the FBI that he caused the photographs to be transported to Chinese Official-1 in China.

In approximately February 2015, the FBI caused an undercover employee (UCE) to be introduced to Chun.  The UCE purported to be a U.S. citizen who was born in China and working as a consultant to several firms, including an independent contractor for the Department of Defense, among other entities.

During a recorded meeting in March 2015, Chun told the UCE about his relationship with Kolion and Chinese nationals and later explained to the UCE that Kolion had “government backing,” and that approximately five years prior a relative met a “section chief” whom Chun believed was associated with the Chinese government. 

In another recorded meeting in June 2015, Chun told the UCE that he had informed his Chinese associates that the UCE was a consultant who might be in a position to assist them.  Chun said that he wished to act as a “sub-consultant” to the UCE and wanted the UCE to “pay” him “a little bit.”   In July 2015, after coordinating travel to meet Chun’s Chinese associates, Chun met with the UCE in Hungary twice.  During one of the meetings, Chun stated that he knew “firsthand” that the Chinese government was actively recruiting individuals who could provide assistance and that the Chinese government was willing to provide immigration benefits and other compensation in exchange for such assistance.  The UCE told Chun that he had access to sensitive information from the U.S. government.  Chun responded that his Chinese associates would be interested in that type of information and that Chun expected a “cut” of any payment that the UCE received for providing information to the Chinese government.

The count of acting in the United States as an agent of China without providing notice to the Attorney General carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.  The maximum potential sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the judge.

The FBI’s Counterintelligence Division investigated the case.  The prosecution is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emil J. Bove III and Andrea L. Surratt of the Southern District of New York’s Terrorism and International Narcotics Unit, with assistance provided by Trial Attorneys Thea D. R. Kendler and David C. Recker of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.  

Suge Knight is a political prisoner?

He is not getting proper medical attention.

His own doctors are not allowed to treat him.

He is not getting visitation from most of his family (some family member visitation has been restored).

He has not been allowed visitation from an investigator to help him prepare his defense.

His attorneys have been denied information about witnesses scheduled to testify in his case.

Sheriff's sent a snitch to be in the proximity of Suge so the snitch could testify (and lie) about Suge at his trial. 

The murder book (official document compiled by police) was shown to snitch but denied to attorneys.

This adds up to Political Prisoner... in America.

Where are the charges for Cle “Bone” Sloan?

By Michael Douglas Carlin

To say the Suge Knight cases have been bungled by the Sheriff’s doesn’t really paint the picture.

They had a responsibility to pursue the shooters in the 1Oak Nightclub shooting. They had 37 video cameras, an off-duty Sheriff whose name has been released as Henry Boyd that allegedly let the shooters in the club and drove them to the airport the next day. But cops don’t investigate cops. They had every opportunity to solve that crime and they were not just derelict in their duty – they were overeager to get Suge Knight instead of the shooters that shot him and the other two victims that night. Allowing shooters to get away with such a public crime sends the signal we all hear that none of our safety matters to the Sheriff's more than protecting one of their own.

At Tam’s they further revealed their agenda. The video shows a gun being picked up off of Cle Bone’s body. Nobody will admit to having guns there because they don’t want to go to prison but Cle “Bone” Sloan commits four felonies before Suge Knight runs over Terry Carter. Assault, battery, attempted car jacking, and attempted kidnapping are all crimes where Suge Knight was the victim and they all occurred before Suge drove over Cle “Bone” Sloan and Terry Carter. By law the commission of a felony that leads to a death in the course of that felony is by definition murder. Cle “Bone” Sloan should have been charged with murder. Instead Suge Knight was charged and Cle was given a deal so that Sheriff’s could finally send Suge Knight to the nethermost parts of the prison system where he can never reveal what he knows about the former Corrupt Compton Police that became Los Angeles County Sheriff’s.

They approached these two cases with an agenda instead of serving the public interests. It shouldn’t matter that Suge Knight has the reputation as a thug in gangster rap that was largely due to music industry hype – hype that isn’t provable in a court of law. Every case should only be brought on merits that stand on their own. Russell Poole knew that this case would crumble under its own weight and he was offering Sheriff’s the opportunity to solve the Tupac and Biggie cases instead.

But we know that cops don’t go after cops. This is probably why the 1Oak case isn’t solved. The lead suspect in both the Biggie and Tupac murders (a former cop) has said he has immunity granted to him by the CIA for putting drugs out on the streets of Compton for the Agency. He has claimed that if he is ever charged he will bring down the entire government of the United States. Can it really be possible that he knows so much? I doubt our CIA would ever be protecting him. The CIA keeps America free. They would never engage petty murderers and drug dealers to kill and deal dope to kids in their name. But one hour after Russell Poole died in a meeting with Sheriff’s that suspect knew all of the intimate details of the meeting and he gloated about Russell’s death and he disparaged Suge Knight. That suspect must be pretty well connected and protected to have all of the salient details an hour after Russell died and not because he is connected as he claims to the Central Intelligence Agency.

But who is really pulling the strings at the Sheriff’s as they aggressively deny Suge Knight a fair trial?

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