MILNEWS.ca Highlights – December 10, 2018

Internal Security (1):  #CHN tech exec still in jail in #CAN

• “Bail hearing for embattled Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou will go to a third day”
• “Jailed Huawei CFO’s bail decision pushed to Tuesday as tensions persist”
• “Huawei senior executive is not a threat to jump bail, lawyer assures court”
• “Huawei’s detained CFO pledges to wear tracking device if granted bail”
• “Why China ratchets up pressure on Canada as it scolds US over Huawei executive’s arrest”
• “China Pressures US, Canada Ahead of Huawei Hearing”
• “China accuses Canada of violating agreement over Huawei arrest”
• “China Slams Treatment of Huawei Executive Held in Canada as ‘Inhumane'” (RUS media)
• “Trading blows: Canada next in China’s crosshairs?”
• “Canada will pay ‘a heavy price’, China warns in new stance over Huawei executive’s arrest”
• “On the Huawei extradition case, Canada’s legal system better stand up to scrutiny”
• “Huawei Arrest Raises Thorny Questions of Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy” (Lawfare blog)
• “Minitrue: Do Not Report on Arrest of Huawei CFO” (China Digital Times CHN govt censorship notice)
• “China bans import and sale of most iPhone models”
• “Huawei has long had a significant presence in Canada”
• “When will Canadians accept what China really is?”

Internal Security (2):  Pro/Anti Immigration Protest in Ottawa

• “9 arrested as pro- and anti-migration protesters clash in Ottawa”
• “9 arrested during protest against UN migration pact on Parliament Hill”
• “Ottawa: manifestation tendue contre le pacte de l’ONU sur les migrations”
• “The ARC Collective: Anti-Migrant Protests: Maxime Bernier No-Shows in Ottawa and Brief Notes on Other Protests” (Anti-Racist Canada blog)
• “Alberta yellow vest protests lack violence seen in Paris, but anti-immigration anger simmers”

Internal Security (3):  Other Stuff

• “Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr wants Canadian passport to travel, permission to speak to sister”
• “Omar Khadr Says He’s “Suffering,” Wants Permission To Travel To Saudi Arabia & Speak To His Pro-Al-Qaida Sister” (Spencer Fernando blog)
• “On Tuesday, December 11th, Government of Canada officials will host a media technical briefing regarding National Security and will answer questions from the media …” (Public Safety Canada info-machine)
• Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
• “Military turns page on oft-criticized support unit for ill, injured troops”
• “Military closes book on oft-criticized support unit for ill, injured troops”
• “New unit to help soldiers transition to civilian life”
• “Stand up of the Canadian Armed Forces Transition Group: a commitment to look after members, veterans, and their families” (DND info-machine)
• “Ministers Sajjan and O’Regan announce stand up of Transition Group focused on improving the transition experience of Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans, and their families” (DND/VAC info-machine)
• “Seamus O’Regan draws scorn for comparing his career arc to veterans’ struggles”
• “O’Regan Compares Leaving Journalism To Veterans Struggling Leaving The Military” (Spencer Fernando blog)
• ” ‘A really dysfunctional culture’: Public directory of Veterans Affairs staff made secret for safety reasons, officials say — Almost all of the more than 3,000 employees of Veterans Affairs have removed their names from a public on-line directory, with the department claiming that front-line staff have to be protected from the veterans they are supposed to serve …”

#CANinIRQ/Mid East – Op IMPACT

• “Canadian special ops helping Iraqis roll up remaining ISIS opposition, says Vance”
• ‘Former child captive of ISIS behind campaign to give bikes to refugee kids”
• “Syria state media removes Damascus air strike report, situation unknown”
• “Syrian air defense systems repel airstrike near Damascus international airport – TV”
• ” Syrian air defenses intercept enemy targets near Damascus – state TV “
• “Syrian news agency removes report of Damascus air attack — The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) issued a report on Sunday saying Syrian air defences had intercepted enemy targets around Damascus international airport, but later in the day said the attack had not happened …”
• “ISIS Gone? Trump Claims Group is Defeated But One Year After Losing Iraq, It’s Hanging on in Syria”
• “Iraq Marks Anniversary of ISIS Defeat Amid Public Discontent”
• “A year after ISIS defeat, Iraq is mired in political crisis”
• “Iraq’s Yazidis ‘forgotten by world’ since ISIL attacks”

#UKR – Op UNIFIER

• “The purchase of sniper rifles for the UAF in Canada is completed” (UKR mil int info-machine, in Ukrainian)
• LRT-3 sniper rifle (PGW Defence Technologies Inc info-machine)
• “Canada to allocate $2.5 mln to Ukraine for combating Russia’s propaganda”
• “Canada to allocate 2,5 million dollars to Ukraine for fighting Russia’s propaganda”
• “First meeting of the GUAM Council of Ministers for Foreign Affairs – Canada on the sidelines of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s 25th Ministerial Council” (Global Affairs Canada info-machine)
• “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 9 December 2018”
• “Situation Update, east of Ukraine as of morning, December 10, 2018” (UKR mil info-machine)
• UKR mil info-machine map, 10 Dec 2018
• Pro-RUS rebel update (w/map), 6-9 Dec 2018, in Russian
• “One Ukrainian soldier killed, one wounded amid 13 attacks in Donbas in past 24 hours – JFO HQ”
• “Ukraine reports 1 KIA, 1 WIA in Donbas over past day”
• “One Ukrainian serviceman died, one injured in Donbas, – Ukrainian military”
• “President signed Law on the termination of the treaty on friendship with Russia” (UKR Pres info-machine)
• “Kiev tears up Friendship Treaty with Russia ahead of presidential election, says expert” (RUS state media)
• “Ukraine Has Potential to Create Nuclear Weapons, says Ukrainian General” (pro-RUS site)
• “Ukrainian General: Ukraine has unique opportunity to create nuclear weapons” (UKR media)
• “” We are not afraid of anything ”: the diplomat told about the nuclear weapons of Ukraine” (in Ukrainian)
• “Kiev is preparing for the attack at Donbass from the south” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Massive Ukrainian offensive to begin on December 14 – Basurin” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Kiev Antagonizing Donbass for WAR, Conducts Firing Line Training” (pro-RUS site)
• “Ukraine on Verge of Launching WAR against Donbass” (pro-RUS site)
• “Moscow Patriarchate cleric denied crossing contact line in Donbas” (UKR media)
• ”Metropolite of Moscow Patriarchate Orthodox Church of Ukraine denied access to Donetsk region” (UKR media)
• “SBU warns Russia may use religious feuds combined with terror acts as pretext for open invasion” (UKR media)
• “DPR Head outraged by denial of entrance to metropolitan bishop of Donetsk and Mariupol” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Ukrainian security service turns away orthodox metropolitan at the contact line” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Ukrainian Orthodox Church fumes at Kiev ban on top cleric from crossing disengagement line” (RUS state media)
• “Poroshenko asks church to mediate in release of Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia”
• “Satellite imagery shows hundreds of Russian tanks near the border with Ukraine”
• “Russia Launched Cyber Attacks Against Ukraine Before Ship Seizures, Firm Says”
• “FSB holds briefing on Kerch Strait crisis” (pro-RUS site)
• “US Flies Recon Plane over Ukraine in Provocative ‘Warning’ to Russia” (pro-RUS think tank)
• “Satellite spots hundreds of Russian tanks near border with Ukraine” (UKR media)
• “Russia deploys latest cruise missile corvette in occupied Crimea – media” (UKR media)
• “Operational reserve of Ukraine’s Armed Forces more than 200,000, most ready to report for duty” (UKR media)
• “Russian Black Sea Fleet will get 12 new warships in 2019”
• ” “Head of Crimea” thanks Pskov Mayor “for paratroopers and special forces soldiers in spring, 2014” “
• “Russia blocking Kerch Strait passage to over 100 ships – Ukraine border guards”

#LVA/Europe – Op REASSURANCE/Cold War 2.0

• “Assessment of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Forces in the Baltic States: Credible Deterrent or Paper Tiger?” (Divergent Options paper)
• “Russia sends 2 nuclear-capable bombers to Venezuela”
• “Two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers arrive to Venezuela” (RUS state media)
• ” Russia Sent Warplanes To Venezuela And The Pentagon Isn’t Having It” (Task & Purpose blog)
• “Russian embassy hopes attackers of Soviet monument in Latvia will be punished” (RUS media)
• “UK to strengthen its military presence in Estonia”
• “Estonia was attacked again on Kremlin TV” (Propastop.org)
• “France Investigates Possible Russian Influence on Yellow Vest Riots” (independent RUS media)
• “(UKR) Security Service announces “Russian trace” in protests in France”
• “Ukraine’s SBU on “yellow vest” riots in Paris: “Practical examination” of Russia’s foreign agents”
• “Russia Did Not Interfere in Domestic Affairs of France, Kremlin Says” (RUS state media)
• “Russian general: withdrawal of Soviet troops from Germany was a ‘state treachery’ “
• “The four dangerous Ds … The one place where, it seems to me, that all four Ds, Disorder, Discontent, Decay and Disillusionment, are at high levels is Russia and that, in my opinion, makes Russia a very pressing danger to the world.” (Col. Ted)

#MLI – Op PRESENCE/Africa

• “Mali: Dangerous Upsurge in Abuse by Ethnic Militias”
• “Le Niger craint de nouvelles attaques de Boko Haram début 2019”
• “Le président burkinabè Roch Marc Christian Kaboré a appelé lundi ses concitoyens à “faire preuve de solidarité” dans la lutte contre le terrorisme auquel est confronté le Burkina Faso depuis mars 2015 …”

What’s Canada Buying?

• “Why Canada’s Jet Fighter Problems Mean Trouble for the U.S. (and the F-35)”
• “Canada’s WWII-era pistols dangerously unreliable — but the quest to find a replacement drags on”
• “Keel Laid for Canada’s Third Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship”
• “Government staffer named in Mark Norman document leak case suspended from job”

Mental Health in the CAF

• “Lionel Desmond murder-suicide inquiry to begin early next year”

Other Military News

• “Plan to move aircraft testing centre from Cold Lake to Ottawa ‘sad’: mayor”
• “Cold Lake mayor concerned by plans to move military aircraft testing to Ottawa”
• “U.S. military aircraft makes emergency landing in Halifax, no injuries reported”
• “Liberals move Trudeau fundraiser off Canadian Forces base”
• “Liberal Party moves Trudeau fundraiser from military base”
• “Canadian and American families join forces to remember fallen soldiers from both countries”
• “Light urban search and rescue technicians train in Massachusetts” (RCAF info-machine)

The Koreas

• “Fighter Jets Scrambled as N.Korean Choppers Buzz Border”
• “U.S. Imposes Sanctions on 3 N.Korean Officials”
• “US Sanctions Three N. Korean Officials for Suspected Rights Abuses”
• ” Treasury Sanctions North Korean Officials and Entities in Response to the Regime’s Serious Human Rights Abuses and Censorship” (US Treasury info-machine)

#CHN/Pacific Rim

• ” ‘Ram It’: Chinese Colonel Offers Solution to US Ships Transiting South China Sea” (RUS media)
• “Expert: If US warship illegally violates Chinese territorial waters again, bump against it” (CHN mil media)
• “Guangzhou Launches World’s First Icebreaking LNG”
• “The 31st fleet from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy has left the port city of Zhanjiang in south China’s Guangdong Province for the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia to escort civilian ships …” (CHN mil media)
• “US is better off with less intervention and less military use” (CHN mil media)

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