BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER SEEKS APPEAL AND SAUDIS BUYING MALTESE PASSPORTS
The Boston Marathon Bomber is seeking appeal on his conviction.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/27/boston-marathon-bomber-appeals-conviction-death-sentence.html
"“The pre-trial publicity was damning: the more a prospective juror had seen, the more likely she was to believe that Tsarnaev was guilty and deserved the death penalty,” Tsarnaev’s lawyers wrote in a 500-page brief."
Comments: If they would have presented a not guilty plea at the time of the trial, maybe there would be a case now, but from the start his lawyers had him say that he did it, and now they want him out based on too much media coverage? Unbelievable.
AND the Saudis are buying Maltese passports.
Isn't it nice to know that people can buy passports without actually living in that country?
Dozens of Saudi nationals belonging to two of the country's wealthiest families became Maltese citizens - and thus citizens of the European Union - last year after paying millions of dollars to buy the country's passports, the Times of Malta reported.
Malta launched its controversial cash for passports scheme in 2013 when the Maltese citizenship could be bought for 650,000 euros ($743,000).
REMARKS: Well now we won't have to blame Saudi Arabia for issuing passports to anyone to comes here to bomb us, like those passports issued by the US Consulate in Jeddah for the WTC 9-11-01 attackers. Now we can just blame Malta if they use Maltese passports, and it won't matter who paid for the passports. It isn't just Saudi, it could be any country that buys them and distributes them to whomever, and whoevers hans they end up in? Oh well.
[Edited on 12/29/2018 by gina]
Afghanistan? Yes there is news. There will be a meeting with US officials, Saudi Officials, and some Taliban in Saudi this week. However, 2 Talibs, one a provincial commander was killed today, the news media says he was from Iran, and the Taliban did have talks with Iranian officials recently regarding security in Afghanistan.
YEMEN -
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1430841/middle-east
The UN is sending a peace envoy to Yemen to help with peace in that region, however, the US just killed someone from Yemen's AQAP, who they say was responsible for the bombing of the USS Cole. But the US Central Command said in a statement on Friday that the air strike on Jan. 1 was carried out in Marib.
"US forces are still assessing the results of the strike following a deliberate process to confirm his death," said Captain Bill Urban, a spokesman for US Central Command.
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1533381/key-plotter-uss-cole-attack-killed-us-drone-strike
REMARKS: You want peace, but keep killing the people who will not lay down their arms. That is not the way to achieve peace, it incites and inspires the fighters to avenge the death of their brothers in arms.
The potential for the US govt. shutdown to continue will create its own challenges in many ways. One of the things I pointed out is after the elections in Israel happen and the Peace Plan for rebuilding the third Temple in Jerusalem is announced, things will get much worse for the Muslim world and those countries who are in opposition to Muslims. Here's is some analysis of what is going on with the elections. Hamas also just received funding from Qatar, who has been breaking off ties with the Arab Opec countries. And there will be a new political party as well.
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/ANALYSIS-Preparing-for-upheaval-during-the-election-period-576661
Shin Bet, is also saying there is a foreign country interfering in their elections.
https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Shabak-chief-Foreign-country-will-interfere-in-elections-576739
Elections are in April.
[Edited on 1/9/2019 by gina]
