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Hepatitis vaccine kills more babies!

18 January 2014 (22:49 UTC-07 Tango 17 January 2014)/16 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/28 Dey 1392/18 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711

An 11th baby has died after getting a Hep B vaccine.  The three month old boy died painfully 17 hours after being injected with Quinvaxem.

He is the 1tth baby to die in Vietnam since the beginning of 2013.  Since 2010 at least 33 babies have died in Vietnam after getting a Hep B shot.

China has shut down at least three Hep B vaccine makers, after 17 babies died there in 2013.

Vietnam did temporarily ban the vaccine, but UN World Health inspectors have told both Vietnam and China that there is nothing wrong with the vaccine.  Vietnam resumed vaccinations, and the baby deaths also resumed.

 

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 07-10 January 2014: Gas attack? USMC kills child! Mujahideen seeking peace assassinated by the U.S.? U.S. personnel dying mysteriously after leaving Afghanistan!

Ghazni Province: In Aab Band District, three family members were killed when they drove over a landmine.

Helmand Province: In Greshk District, U.S. led forces shot and killed a child. International Security Assistance Force confirmed: “ISAF deeply regrets any civilian casualty.”  In Lashkargah city, two suicide bombers exploded killing themselves and between seven and 18 cops.  In Nad Ali District, Mujahideen attacked an Afghan National Army (ANA) base.  They claim they killed or 26 ANA troops and destroyed four armored personnel carriers.

Khost Province: At Sahrabagh military base, six ANA soldiers died at hospital, after suffering gas poisoning while they slept in their barracks. ANA officials did not give details, but said they could not link the incident to Mujahideen.

Kunar Province: More claims that Pakistan fired artillery rounds into Afghanistan.

Maidan Wardak Province: In Chak District, an Israeli style home invasion resulted in four people being kidnapped.  In Sayed Abad District, reports that U.S.-NATO forces conducted an Israeli style raid destroying the Hajji Hazar Gul Masjid, and tore up a Quran and copies of the Yasin surah.  I’m beginning to suspect these Israeli style raids are being conducted by the recently U.S. created and funded mercenary group known as Presidential Guards.

Parwan Province: At Bagram airbase, a Hawaii National Guard sergeant and a Wyoming National Guard CWO were killed when their expensive MC-12 spy (possibly a Medium-Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System, made by the same company) plane crashed.  Officially the crash is being called “non-hostile”.  One U.S. civilian contractor was also killed.  Another MC-12 crashed back in April 2013.

The Afghan government revealed that last year somebody assassinated 12 Pakistani Mujahideen who were willing to talk peace with Afghanistan: “All 12 had been speaking to the president’s negotiators, either directly or through provincial governors or tribal elders.”-Rahmatullah Nabeel, National Directorate of Security (NDS)

The Army National Guard’s 1084th Transportation Company, from the U.S. state of Louisiana, returned home from Afghanistan.

The Army National Guard’s 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, from the U.S. state of Georgia, returned home from Afghanistan.

The Army National Guard’s 269th Military Police Company, from the U.S. state of Tennessee, is deploying to Afghanistan.

The Army National Guard’s 143rd Military police company, from the U.S. state of Montana, deploying to Afghanistan.

A National Guard Sergeant Major had to sue the U.S. Postal Service to get his civilian job back!  The USPS fired him for “excessive military leave”!  It took 13 years of court room battles to get his job back, plus back pay!  The Los Angeles Times reports that thousands of Guard and Reserve personnel are still being forced to sue their employers to get their civilian jobs back when they return from Afghanistan.  It is supposed to be illegal to fire a civilian employee when they are called up for active duty in the Guard or Reserve.

The Army National Guard retired the C-23 Sherpa tactical transport after 20 years of use.  The Sherpa is not a U.S. designed aircraft, it’s built by the British Short Brothers.  This means all those U.S. tax dollars spent on the C-23 went to the mortal enemy of the United States: The evil British empire.

In the U.S. state of Ohio, a 23 years old Army National Guardsman died just 13 days after arriving home from his second tour in Afghanistan. He was found in his apartment. His parents said he had plans on joining the Regular Army (RA) to return to Afghanistan. The Summit County Medical Examiner is investigating.

International, U.S.

Norovirus: 900 kids taken out in one day! More cruise ships hit! Prisons hit!

16 January 2014 (12:08 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/26 Dey 1392/16 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711

Ireland: Letterkenny General Hospital psychiatry department closed due to norovirus.

“This is an abnormal situation. We want to investigate every possible cause.”-Terada Seiko, board of education

Hamamatsu City, Japan: 900 grade school kids, and more than 40 adults, at 14 schools were hit in one day.  Local education officials are suspecting the contracted food service, but investigations have yet to determine the exact source of infection.  Complicating the investigation is the fact that food for the schools are made at several different locations.  At this point only five victims tested positive for norovirus.

New Zealand: Reports say at least 60 passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship are sick with norovirus. The ship is being scrubbed before it sets sail on the next cruise.  Passengers for the upcoming cruise are worried, but told local news sources that the cruise line is not willing to refund their money, so they’ll take their chances.  The people who got sick on the previous cruise did so after the ship set sail from Australia.

Taiwan: Health officials claim a South Korean restaurant is to blame for making dozens of Taiwanese tourists sick.  They claim the employees at the restaurant tested positive for norovirus. It is possible to have norovirus and not have any symptoms.

United Kingdom: Multiple hospitals have wards closed due to vomiting bug.  They include Sandwell Hospital, Walsall Manor Hospital, Llandough Hospital, University Hospital of Wales, Morriston Hospital, Wigan Infirmary, Neath Port Talbot Hospital, Bridport Community Hospital, Alexandra Hospital and Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

California, U.S.A.:  In Santa Rosa, the operators of a nursing home have closed the facility to visitation.  The director of the home published a statement which said they had to take “aggressive action” to stop a suspected norovirus and/or influenza outbreak.  In an example of continued misdiagnosis, an 88 years old patient said she was rushed to the hospital, being told she probably had the flu even though her symptoms were vomiting and diarrhea within an hour of eating.  Hospital test showed it was norovirus.  Even medical employees still incorrectly call gastrointestinal illness “stomach flu”.

Colorado, U.S.A.:  The mental ward of the Grand River Hospital declared an outbreak of stomach bug.

Michigan, U.S.A.: A Christian school was shut down after 30 student developed stomach illness. A doctor who obviously thinks lowly of children, blamed the children: “They rub their butts, they run around, they spread the feces.”-Puneet Gupta, Covenant Hospital

Texas, U.S.A.: 55 prisoners are now sick at the Livingston Polunksy Unit prison.  The first stomach bug cases hit prisoners on death row. The Polunksy Unit has 3-thousand prisoners!  Prison employees are also sick.

Oregon, U.S.A.:  Health officials report 19 new cases.

The U.S. CDC says norovirus accounts for as many as 800 deaths in the United States, every year.

Norovirus (aka Norwalk Virus), is a surface contact bug, meaning you pick it up by touching or eating it.  It is not influenza and there is still no vaccine for fast evolving RNA norovirus.  The only ‘treatment’ is to keep the sick person hydrated.

Exotic anti-biotic soaps can’t kill norovirus, or any other virus for that matter, because anti-biotics are only for bacteria.  Despite that, even hand ‘sanitizers’ made with alcohol can’t totally get rid of norovirus.   Guess what apparently works?  According to the U.S. CDC old fashioned hand soap is best.  Consumer Reports says to leave the soap on your hands for a minimum of 20 seconds.  Also, in public restrooms use a paper towel to turn off the faucet and to open the door, do not touch surfaces with your bare hands after washing them.

Wash household surfaces with bleach.

The worse thing is that you can be infected and not have any symptoms.  An infected person can spread norovirus, yet not feel sick themselves. If you think you might be infected do not cook food for other people. People recovering from traditional symptoms of norovirus can continue spreading the bug for days after feeling better (some reports say weeks).

International, U.S.

World War 3, West Asian Front: Obama deploys USMC to UAE! Congress approves $150-million for UAE! Preps for war with Iran? USMC contracted out as “Foriegn Military Sale” bitches!

16 January 2014 (21:45 UTC-07 Tango 15 January 2013)/14 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/26 Dey 1392/16 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711

The Obama regime and the U.S. Congress are likely to approve giving the United Arab Emirates $150-million more of your money!  The members of the UAE say the money is needed to train up ‘their’ Presidential Guards.

The $150-million supposedly will cover the costs of the United States Marine Corps to continue current training of UAE forces.  The UAE request is officially called by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency a “Foreign Military Sale”!

The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency also revealed that UAE forces are currently operating in Afghanistan. The UAE’s Presidential Guard was formed in 2010/11 as a special operations force, and is led by a former Australian special ops officer.  In other words the UAE Presidential Guards is actually a proxy military mercenary unit of the West, and your taxes pay for it!

The Presidential Guards describe themselves as a military unit that “operates outside the conventional framework”.

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 03-06 January 2014: Unexplained famine targeting children! Afghan government say U.S. ‘evidence’ of terrorism is bogus! Chinook down?

Balkh Province: In Nihar-e-Shahi District, villagers report a U.S. led Israeli style home invasion.  The family was beaten and one person kidnapped. 

Farah Province: In Bala Baluk District, Shewan region, Mujahideen captured the son of a local police chief.  In retaliation, the police chief ordered the kidnapping of 40 villagers, saying they would be set free when his son is set free.

Ghazni Province: In Ghazni City, a suicide bomber killed a local police chief and his bodyguard.  In Aab Band District, government officials reported a battle that resulted in 15 Mujahideen from Pakistan being killed.  Six cops were also killed.  In Andar District, three local cops killed, eight cops and civilians wounded by a suicide bomber.

Herat Province: In Shindand District, Zer Koh region’s Kohak area, Mujahideen claim they shot down a U.S.-NATO-ISAF Cargo Helicopter-47 Chinook.  They say they shot at the Chinook from four different locations.   ISAF confirms an Italian-NATO Chinook was attacked, and “landed in the area”, but says it was not shot down.  Mujahideen also say one of their own was killed in a firefight immediately after the crash.

Jawzjan Province: In Shebarghan City, three people killed, two wounded, during an attack on a natural gas field project.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City, two explosions.  One bomb went off near the 8th District Police HQ.  Cops claim nobody was hurt.  The second bomb exploded as a U.S. military convoy went by.  Unnamed cops say it was a magnetic bomb.  No official government comments about casualties, but Mujahideen say their attack targeted Camp Eggers, and caused dozens of casualties.

Kunar Province: In Chapa District, an explosion killed two people.  Local police say the two people were trying to attack a police station.

Khost Province: In Sabari District, four National Directorate of Security (NDS, Afghan version of Homeland Security) were killed when Mujahideen detonated remote bombs under the victims’ vehicle.

Nangarhar Province: In Ghani Khel District, Mujahideen attacked a U.S.-NATO-ISAF base. Government officials say six Mujahideen killed.  Mujahideen say seven of their own were killed (they even publicized their names), but also say they caused U.S. forces at least 25 casualties.  ISAF confirmed that a U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class (E-7), from the U.S. state of Florida, was killed in the attack.

At the behest of the Obama regime, the Afghan government reviewed ‘evidence’ presented by U.S. military personnel regarding 88 Bagram prisoners about to be released.  The Obama regime claims the 88 men, who’ve been held without charge or trial by U.S. forces, are terrorists.   The Afghan government review board found the U.S. ‘evidence’ to be bogus and declared the men innocent of the U.S. charges!

There are reports of skyrocketing cases of children dying from starvation.  One estimate said there is already a 50% increase in malnutrition cases compared to the same time in 2012!  Doctors Without Borders reports that the Bost Hospital is admitting an average of 200 children per month for starvation! The New York Times points out that the unexplained famine is taking place despite billions of taxpayer funds spent by the U.S. and European Union to supposedly improve food security.  “In 2001, it was even worse, but this is the worst I’ve seen since then!”-Saifullah Abasin, Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital

12 soldiers of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 481st Transportation Detachment, from the U.S. state of Mississippi, deploying to Afghanistan.

U.S. Army’s 505th Transportation Company, from the U.S. state of Florida, deploying to Afghanistan.

208 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 108th Sustainment Brigade, from the U.S. state of Illinois, deploying to Kuwait, in support of the Afghan occupation.

Army National Guard’s Military Advisory Team 5, from the U.S. state of New Jersey, deploying to Afghanistan as Combat Advisors to the Afghan National Army.

300 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 116th Field Artillery Regiment, from the U.S. state of Florida, returned from Afghanistan.  In an example of a lack of government funding, the governor of Florida actually got retailers to donate $35-thousand USD to support the homecoming!

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 30 December 2013-02 January 2014: Woman who bitch slapped cop to face criminal charges! Afghans have the guts to fight hand to hand with corrupt cops! Pakistan wants U.S. to stay! Snow Leopards thriving in war!

Farah Province: In Qala Ka District, two road workers were killed when they struck a landmine.

Helmand Province: A 22 years old USMC Sergeant, from the U.S. state of Washington, was shot and killed. The U.S. Department of Defense said they were investigating the incident.

Herat Province: Reports that a female politician in the city of Herat was assassinated.  She was shot as she walked home from work.

Kabul Province: The Interior Affairs Ministry of Afghanistan says it will take legal action against the female representative from Ghazni Province, who bitch slapped a cop in front of the Pakistani Embassy.

Logar Province: In Baraki Barak District, a motorcycle bomb exploded in a busy market.  Six people killed, 18 wounded.

Samangan Province:  Residents protesting the provincial governor, turned violent after a week of demonstrations.  They want him and other politicians to resign on the grounds of corruption.  Police fought the protestors, two people killed, at least eight wounded.  What anti-corruption protestors in the United States have the guts to mano-a-mano with pro-government cops?

Uruzgan Province: U.S. led Afghan government forces stopped a young man and his aunt as they were riding on a motorcycle.  In classic Israeli style, the government forces accused the man of using the motorcycle to traffic explosives and beat him senseless in front of his aunt.

Zabul Province: In Qalat City, one cop killed two wounded when they drove over a landmine.

British empire news media are reporting that the Obama regime is so desperate, that officials with the U.S. Department of Defense are now begging President Hamid Karzai to sign the 2014 Security deal!  The Bilateral Security Agreement could see U.S. military personnel incountry for another ten years.  Recent surveys show an overwhelming majority of U.S. citizens hate the occupation of Afghanistan, even more than the number of U.S. citizens who hated the U.S. occupation of Vietnam.

Pakistan’s new ambassador to the United States, Jalil Abbas Jilani, says the fear of a U.S. pullout is flooding Pakistan with refugees: “Even the talk of U.S. pullout has started having its impact. Pakistan has started to receive more Afghan refugees than before….”

U.S. taxpayers ripped off again! The highly expensive armored car known as MRAP (mine resistant armored patrol vehicles) are being chopped up for scrap in Afghanistan, rather than be shipped back to the United States.  U.S. taxpayers forked out $1-million USD for each MRAP!  So far, as of October 2013, 938 MRAPs have been scrapped (that’s more than $1-billion worth down the shit hole!).

Snow Leopards are making a comeback despite decades of war among humans.  The National Environmental Protection Agency of Afghanistan reports an increase in the number of Snow Leopards being sighted.  This seems to coincide with the decline of Snow Leopards further north in Mongolia.

Air National Guard’s 189th Airlift Wing Civil Engineering Squadron, from the U.S. state of Arkansas, returned home from Afghanistan.

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Jews control United States banking system! Obama kisses their asses! Mein Kampf becomes a best seller, again!

13 January 2014 (08:47 UTC-07 Tango)/11 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/23 Dey 1392/13 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711

“I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men.” -Quote attributed to Woodrow Wilson, U.S. President who signed Federal Reserve Act in 1913

Ever since the end of World War 2 we’ve been hit by massive pro-Israeli/Jewish propaganda stating that the idea that the Jews control international (western) banking is nothing but a false stereotype, or a myth.  If you check just a few facts you’ll realize the most famous NAZI, Adolph Hitler, was right!

Fact: The Obama regime recently nominated an Israeli citizen and former Bank of Israel boss, Stanley Fischer, to be vice chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Fact: The new chairman of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, is Jewish.

Facts: Former Federal Reserve bosses Ben Bernanke (2006-14), Alan Greenspan (1987-2006),  Arthur F. Burns (1970-78), Eugene R. Black (1933-34) and Eugene I. Meyer (1930-33, also became the first president of the World Bank) are Jewish.

Facts: Paul Volker (Fed chairman 1979-87) was born to a Jewish mother who converted to Lutheranism. Under orthodox Jewish law you are Jewish if your mother is Jewish.  Volker helped the Nixon administration destroy the Brenton Woods agreement by taking the U.S. off the gold standard.  Also, other researchers claim the following Fed Reserve chairmen are Jewish or have Jewish ancestry, although info on these guys is sparse:  Roy A. Young (1927-30), Daniel R. Crissinger (1923-27), William P. G. Harding (1916-22) and Charles S. Hamlin (1914-16).

Facts: Apparently the only ‘Christian’ Fed Chairmen were Marriner S. Eccles (1934-48), a Mormon from Utah, and William M. Martin Jr (1951-70) a Presbyterian from Missouri.  Eccles was involved in creating the evil World Bank and International Monetary Fund.  Martin’s father helped create the Federal Reserve bank. Info available for Thomas B. McCabe (1948-51) and G. William Miller (1978-79, also member of evil Club of Rome) do not suggest any religious/ethnic affiliation.

Fact: 11 out of 15 Federal Reserve chairman are Jewish or have Jewish ancestry.

Facts: Fed Reserve governor Sarah Bloom Raskin is married to Jamie Raskin, who is Jewish.  Fed Reserve governor Jeremy C. Stein is Jewish, as is Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics at Harvard University.  Governor Frederic Stanley “Rick” Mishkin is Jewish and has worked for the evil World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and International Monetary Fund. Governors Jerome H. Powell and Daniel Tarullo appear not to be Jewish, both have connections to Georgetown University.  Tarullo was also a member of  the evil Council of Foreign Relations and Center for American Progress.  Powell is a member of the evil Carlyle Group and The Nature Conservancy.

Facts: Former Fed Reserve vice chairman Donald L. Kohn, and former governor Randall S. Kroszner are Jewish.

Fact: When the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank was created in 1913, as a privately held operation, the Ashkenazi Jewish (in the 12th-13th centuries Gregorian time elite Ashkenazi became government backed moneylenders) founded and controlled Rothschilds of London (N M Rothschild & Sons Limited) somehow gained an estimated 57% control of the new U.S. Central Bank.

Now, almost as a counter to this Jewish domination of western crony capitalism, Adolph Hitler’s 1925 best seller Mein Kampf is a best seller again, this time through iTunes and Amazon e-books!

Read what Hitler wrote about Jews in the 1920s, think about the current zionist state of Israel, the World banking/stock exchange system, the control of western government by Israeli political lobbies, and even the nuclear destruction (?) of Japan by Jewish intrigue.  Read and contemplate Hilter’s warnings: (from the Hurst and Blackett edition) ….the Jewish State….has absolutely no territorial boundaries……the Jewish intellect will never be constructive but always destructive……the Jew does not ever think of leaving a territory which he has once occupied…..the Jew has at all times lived in States that have belonged to other races….hidden behind the mask of a ‘religious community’…..the Founder of Christianity made no secret indeed of His estimation of the Jewish people. When He found it necessary He drove those enemies of the human race out of the Temple of God; because then, as always, they used religion as a means of advancing their commercial interests. But at that time Christ was nailed to the Cross for his attitude towards the Jews; whereas our modern Christians enter into party politics and when elections are being held they debase themselves to beg for Jewish votes. They even enter into political intrigues with the atheistic Jewish parties against the interests of their own Christian nation…..this first and fundamental lie, the purpose of which is to make people believe that Jewry is not a nation but a religion….the Jew gained an increasing influence in all economic undertakings by means of his predominance in the stock-exchange. If not the ownership, at least he secured control of the working power of the nation……By means of the Press he began gradually to control public life in its entirety…….under the name of ‘public opinion’….(from Volume 1, Chapter 11)…They created the economic weapon which the international Jew uses for the purpose of destroying the economic foundations of free and independent national States, for ruining their national industry and trade and thereby enslaving free nations to serve Jewish world-finance, which transcends all State boundaries.(from Volume 2, Chapter 12)…the transference of our productive forces to the control of Jewish international finance…commanded by international and Jewish stock-exchange capital…Hence it is that at the present time the Jew is the great agitator…the Jew is always the instigator. In peace-time, as well as during the War, the Jewish-Marxist stock-exchange Press systematically stirred up hatred…until one State after another abandoned its neutrality and placed itself at the service of the world coalition, even against the real interests of its own people….Jews control the financial forces of America on the stock exchange……He does not want to see a national Japanese State in existence when he founds his millennial empire of the future, and therefore he wants to destroy it before establishing his own dictatorship…(from Volume 2, Chapter 13)

Nazi is the incorrect term for the NSDAP (National Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei), the word Nazi is considered to be an evolution of Southern German derogatory terms used against people you don’t like. It is interesting how it sounds like Ashke-Nazi, which might explain why some conspiracy theorists think elite Jews actually created the ‘Nazi Party’.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Idaho, International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 26-29 December 2013: Crime rate increases under U.S. occupation! Idahoan killed! Afghan woman bitch slaps cop in public!!! Contractor sniped! National Guard gives away taxpayer paid for equipment!

Helmand Province: In Nad-e-Ali District, a motorcycle bomb exploded.  Two people wounded.  General Peter Wall, of the Red Coat Bilderberg British empire Army, said he expects the Mujahideen to take control of the province after 2014. Also, a U.S citizen and former Virginia cop, working for security contractor Pax Mondial (subcontractor for Black & Veatch), was sniped and killed while jogging.

Herat Province: In Shindand District, one border cop was killed, three others wounded when their vehicle ran over a landmine.

Kabul Province: Near Camp Phoenix, a car bomb impacted a U.S.-NATO-ISAF convoy, killing two Slovak-ISAF personnel and one U.S. Air Force Captain from Sandpoint, Idaho. At least nine Afghans were wounded.  Mujahideen say that 16 military vehicles were damaged or destroyed in the attack.  In Kabul City, police say the crime rate has skyrocketed under U.S. occupation.  Police held a press conference to report a record 100 kidnapping, robberies and murder cases in the past month.  More than 200 people have been arrested.  The cops blame it on people from other parts of Afghanistan flooding into the U.S. occupied capital city to look for jobs.  And what was that about Afghan women being oppressed?  Female politician, Human Sultani, publicly bitch slapped a male cop in front of the Pakistani Embassy! Reports say there is video of the incident.  Back to Camp Phoenix, the Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, from the U.S. territory of Guam, gave away more than 120 pairs of boots to the Afghan National Army!  Don’t those Guam guys know that U.S. taxpayers are already giving the ANA billions in cash and material?

Kandahar Province: In Spin Boldak District, police report a explosion killed one child and wounded another.   The cops gave no further explanation.  In Maiwand District, a mini-bus ran over a landmine, killing two people and wounding at least seven.  In Ghorak District, reports that cops turned Mujahideen attacked and killed seven government personnel.  No comment from government officials.

Uruzgan Province: In Dehrawod District, reports that U.S. led Afghan government forces killed a mentally retarded man.  The man had a habit of wandering the desert at night, which caused the government forces to suspect him of planting bombs.  Also, a man claims he shot down a small U.S.-NATO-ISAF recon drone.  He says he recovered the UAV.

The U.S. Army’s 96th Transportation Company, 49th Transportation Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command, deployed to Afghanistan from Fort Hood, Texas.

The U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) is predicting that the Mujahideen will take control of many parts of Afghanistan by 2017.

The United Nations praise Angelia Jolie for her role as High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy for girls education.

Iran has opened up its Chabahar Port for Afghan shipping companies.  Afghan shipping companies will use it to make shipping runs to India.  The port is located between the Indian Ocean and Oman Sea.

Pakistan claims a rocket fired from Afghanistan’s Nangarahar Province, killed a Pakistani man in Hashim village of Bajaur tribal region.

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 22-25 December 2013: Russia wants U.S. to stay (and die?) in Afghanistan!

Helmand Province: A USMC Sergeant from Massachusetts was killed by “direct fire”.  His family said it was his third tour in Afghanistan, and he served in Iraq.

Kabul Province:  A Red Coat British Army captain was shot and killed.  In Kabul City, four cops were wounded while trying to diffuse rockets. Apparently the rockets were just a trap as a remote detonated bomb exploded in the same area.  In Qarabagh District, Mujahideen say they fired rockets at a helicopter that landed in the area.  Also, two rockets hit the U.S. Embassy compound, but Mujahideen say they launched four rockets in total: “All Americans are accounted for and no injuries were sustained.”-U.S. Embassy statement

Laghman Province: In Alingar District, Mujahideen say they ambushed a U.S. led Afghan National Army Israeli style home invasion, killing eight people.  Mujahideen say the battle lasted five hours and two Mujahideen were also wounded.

Logar Province: In Pul-i-Alam City, a bicycle bomb exploded killing six people and wounded at least 13.

Russia’s Lower House Speaker, Sergey Naryshkin, told Afghan officials that U.S. led forces were still needed for the security of Afghanistan.

Army National Guard’s 819th Engineer Company, from the U.S. state of Arizona, returned home from Afghanistan.  They were based in Zabul Province.

Army National Guard’s 198th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, from the U.S. state of Delaware, returned home from Afghanistan.  They kept their return a secret to surprise their families.

Army National Guard’s Detachment 47, from the U.S. state of Oregon, returned home from Afghanistan.  However, it was revealed that in Spring 2014 Oregon’s 41st Infantry Brigade Combat will deploy to Afghanistan. (But wait, back in November 2013 the 41st was told they would not be deploying to Afghanistan! Maybe the local news media is confused?)

Army National Guard’s 850th Horizontal Engineer Company, from the U.S. state of Minnesota, returned home from Afghanistan.

Army National Guard’s 235th Military Police Company, from the U.S. state of South Dakota, returned home from Afghanistan.

Army National Guard’s 149th Vertical Construction Company, from the U.S. state of Kentucky, returned home from Afghanistan.

International, U.S.

Norovirus: Sandwich shop confirmed as source! People getting confused! Connection to influenza? Hospital officials beggin’ you to stay away! Royally incompetent doctors kill woman!

10 January 2014 (05:36 UTC-07 Tango)/08 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/20 Dey 1392/10 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711

British Columbia, Canada: Catholic Providence Health Care reported seven cases at its Saint Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.  Visitors who insisted on entering the affected wards had to wear gowns and gloves.

Taiwan: The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control reports 246 Taiwanese tourists got sick in South Korea, with norovirus!  Taiwan complained to South Korea, saying the tourists got sick from meals arraigned by the travel agencies.

England, U.K.: An outbreak of vomiting bug has closed three wards at the Warwick Hospital.  All other wards are under visitor restrictions.  Officials at Leeds Teaching Hospitals report increasing number of people coming in sick with “winter sickness bug”.  Because there is no real treatment for norovirus hospital officials are telling people sick with it to just stay home!  A report showed that in the 2012/13 financial year the George Eliot Hospital had a total of 352 days of ward closures, blamed on norovirus!   The Musgrove Park Hospital reports an outbreak and asks that children under the age of 11 stay away from the hospital. Medway Maritime Hospital closed two wards.

Northern Ireland, U.K.: The BBC reporting that the Royal Victoria Hospital was backed up with a flood of sick people.  The scene was described as chaotic and hospital staff were “at their breaking point”.  The BBC says don’t blame it on norovirus outbreak, blame it on massive government health care funding cuts and layoffs, which resulted in other Northern Ireland hospitals rerouting new patients to Royal Victoria Hospital.

Scotland, U.K: Incompetent doctors at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary killed a retired woman by misdiagnosing her blood clot as vomiting bug!!!  The 77 years old woman went to the hospital for help twice.  She died after they sent her home the second time.  Despite what the Royal screw job doctors said she did not have norovirus, she had a blot clot in her bowel!  Health Protection Scotland is reporting that 70% of new hospital cases, in December 2013, were norovirus infections.

Kansas, U.S.A.: The Department of Health and Environment confirmed that a recent outbreak of norovirus was caused by a Jimmy John’s sandwich shop.  The shop was closed for two days of cleaning.

Minnesota, U.S.A.:  Health officials reporting coinciding increases in norovirus cases and influenza cases.

New Hampshire, U.S.A.: Health officials are noting a coinciding rise in norovirus cases, as influenza cases rise.  No hard-n-fast numbers given.

New York, U.S.A.: A local NBC affiliate reported that hospital ERs are filling with people sick to their stomachs.  The NBC affiliate didn’t give any hard and fast numbers.

Texas, U.S.A.: Health officials in the Dallas-Fort Worth area report coinciding cases of norovirus and H1N1, and people are getting confused: “You could be fooled, thinking that you have one and have the other. As far as norovirus goes, there’s really not anything we do for it other than supportive treatment, giving IV fluids if necessary.”-Glenn Hardesty, Arlington Memorial Hospital

Washington, U.S.A.: At least 11 people sick at a Fairhaven nursing home.  Nursing home officials are blaming it on a visitor, whom they think was sick with norovirus.

Wisconsin, U.S.A.: In Fox Valley, 16 people at a nursing home got sick.  Just like in Washington, nursing home officials blame it on a sick visitor.

The U.S. CDC says norovirus accounts for as many as 800 deaths in the United States, every year.

Norovirus is a surface contact bug, meaning you pick it up by touching or eating it.  It is not influenza and there is still no vaccine for fast evolving RNA norovirus.  The only ‘treatment’ is to keep the sick person hydrated.

Exotic anti-biotic soaps can’t kill norovirus, or any other virus for that matter, because anti-biotics are only for bacteria.  Despite that, even hand ‘sanitizers’ made with alcohol can’t totally get rid of norovirus.   Guess what apparently works?  According to the U.S. CDC old fashioned hand soap is best.  Consumer Reports says to leave the soap on your hands for a minimum of 20 seconds.  Also, in public restrooms use a paper towel to turn off the faucet and to open the door, do not touch surfaces with your bare hands after washing them.

Wash household surfaces with bleach.

The worse thing is that you can be infected and not have any symptoms.  An infected person can spread norovirus, yet not feel sick themselves. If you think you might be infected do not cook food for other people. People recovering from traditional symptoms of norovirus can continue spreading the bug for days after feeling better (some reports say weeks).