this is the wire for 2000 zillu September 2nd 2024 preceden is a routine information cut off is 1900 bottom line up front United States hijacks Venezuelan presidential aircraft possible US service members attacked in Turkey historic French Church Burns in Santo beginning with international events in Turkey this morning Turkish government officials allegedly leaked turkey's bid to join bricks analyst comment very few details have leaked however it's likely that turkey has secretly been in talks to join bricks for many months since the new additions of the UAE Saudi Arabia Iran and others earlier this spring this morning local Turkish media and users on social media published videos of what have been claimed to be us service members from the USS Wasp ARG being assaulted and abused in the streets of ismir during a routine Port call analyst comment the USS Wasp did arrive in ismir yesterday as confirmed by social media posts by us Fleet forces command however it's not clear as if the people being assaulted in the viral videos that have circulated social media are indeed US service members no statements made by defense officials have emerged to confirm or deny this incident as of this report in the Middle East US centcom released a press statement over the weekend highlighting the wounding of seven US service members during an operation in Western Iraq the report claims that 15 Isis militants were killed during the operation which was conducted in coordination with local Iraqi support in Israel protest voicing opposition to Netanyahu ignited again last night domestic demonstrations against the Israeli government have been regular over over the past few months but after the discovery of six dead hostages in Gaza a few days ago demonstrations have become more widespread in France early this morning another major church fire broke out in P the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Santo suffered a catastrophic fire resulting in the collapse of the steeple the cause of the fire is not known anals comment this continues the trend of historic church fires throughout France as this church was originally completed in 1859 and renovated in 2018 in the Dominican Republic the United States hijacked the personal aircraft of Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro this was conducted via a covert operation in the Dominican Republic as American operatives allegedly acting via the Department of Justice department of homand security and Department of State stole the plane as it was parked on the ground in the Far East tensions between the Philippines and China again came to a head near the sabinaa Sha over the weekend as another Collision occurred between pln and Philippine Coast Guard vessels analyst comment this is the third deliberate Collision reported over the past few months with Chinese Filipino vessels routinely increasing harassment operations against each other which now include routine and deliberate collisions between vessels analyst Comas for this wire very few details remain confirmed concerning the possible incident involving US service members in Turkey however this situation Bears very familiar Hallmarks of previous incidents the attack was carried out by the youth Union of turkey or tgb a well-known revolutionary organization comprised largely of a conglomeration of socialists and Turkish nationalists of note this attack attack is not the first carried out by this group nearly identical attacks were carried out on US service members in 2011 2013 and 2014 tgb is particularly fond of more kinetic actions that take the form of restraining US service members and placing a bag over their head echoing the historic tones of the organization's socialist origins in any case restraining beating and mock executing US service members is a pastime of this organization that more broadly is often an indicator of Turkish sentiment throughout the region regarding the theft of maduro's aircraft questions remain both regarding the legality of seizing another nation's diplomatic assets from within the sovereignty of another Nation I.E the Dominican Republic as well as the almost certain retaliatory actions by Venezuela at minimum this operation has been the epitome of a tactical success but strategic failure and has created extreme vulnerabilities within every sector from infrastructure to organized crime all for almost zero gain to the United States though it may seem excessive to lay such criticism on the US State Department and other agencies for carrying out this operation the very real dangers that this fool hearty stunt are likely to bring about are no laughing matter stealing a foreign head of States aircraft is unheard of in the International Community especially if a state of War has not been declared this is largely due to the generally recognized practices of diplomacy and the Diplomatic protections that are granted to the logistical equipment and staff that ensure International diplomatic efforts the United States has a formalized diplomatic mission to Venezuela and therefore is bound by a plethora of international and domestic agreements to remain civil in the international Arena as such the United States committing Grand Theft Auto is unlikely to be considered to be in keeping with the highest traditions of the Diplomatic Services adding salt to the wound is the very important detail of why the aircraft was in the Dominican Republic peace talks Maduro had traveled to the Dominican Republic to participate in talks with his political opposition following the questionable election that recently took place in Venezuela it's not immediately clear as to if the aircraft was actively being used to transport Maduro or his staff at the time of the theft or if it was staged at a location on a more long-term basis due to the Dominican Republic being a frequent intermediary location for Venezuelan negotiations in any case this move is almost completely negligible in terms of asset seized but absolutely effective in neutralizing any hope of reconciliation between Venezuela and the United States if Maduro wants to play ball and retaliate he has the means motive and opportunity to cause catastrophic and crippling damage via a variety means but especially the readily accessible and vulnerable petroleum infrastructure for both the North and South American continents as this incident applies to the basic doctrine of warfare it's exceptionally ill advised to steal an adversary's $13 million aircraft to score minor political points when hundreds of billions of dollars worth of your own petroleum infrastructure along with some of the largest oil deposits on the entire planet are located within the oronoko belt immediately adjacent to and within the territorial Waters of that s same adversary other indicators that highlight the gross imbecility of this fool hearty operation are the thousands of American citizens located within Venezuela right now very little effort would be required of the Venezuelan government to turn these us persons into hostages slightly more realistically if an evacuation of American citizens is necessary even the Taliban would be more likely to work with the US government to secure an evacuation than Maduro at this point from maduro's perspective right now would be an excellent time to parade a few American citizens in front of the cameras as spies or otherwise cause Untold problems for the United States all with the knowledge of the upcoming US election even the US state Department's own travel advisory for Venezuela states that quote the department has determined that there is a high risk of wrongful Detention of us Nationals in Venezuela security forces have detained US citizens for up to 5 years the US government is not generally notified of the Detention of US citizens in Venezuela or granted access to US citizen prisoners there end quote furthermore as Venezuelan gangs pour into the United States Maduro seeks to gain immense benefit from taking advantage of this incident gangs such as Tren araga or TDA oppose Maduro and have carried out violent attacks against governmental forces within Venezuela if Maduro is able to bury the hatchet or at least make a deal with this gang or others he'll have even more access to the many Venezuelan crime syndicates which have already obtained a significant military foothold within the United States even more broadly than tensions with Venezuela if the United States has set the precedent of stealing ing diplomatically protected assets around the world the situation with other nations hostile to the United States could become more serious as well now that the US has set the precedent every single American diplomatic station is at risk of being targeted even in Nations which are friendly to the United States though the risks to us persons overseas may be slow to build State Department Personnel giving themselves Awards or challenge coins for this operation is unlikely to mean much if the Diplomatic Security Service US Marine Corps fast teams jtf or other agencies are called into action 6 months from now to defend a random diplomatic station's assets overseas all because of the actions of the state department itself consequently even if the state department thinks that relations with Venezuela can't get much worse this political stunt has at minimum set a precedent to directly endanger the Safety and Security of Americans abroad and very seriously impacted the nature of American diplomatic efforts around the globe this concludes the wire 400 zillu September 2nd 2024