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I covered the “border force” creation January 7/2018 US Plans to Recognize Annexed Syrian Territory as Kurdish. And had actually thought about doing a reminder post yesterday on this news, but, decided against it out of fear of being to repetitive. Clearly the US is making preparations to officially recognize the annexed Syrian territory- which was always THE PLAN!

I had meant to get this post done while we were still absolutely freezing in the extreme cold- With temps so far below normal that records had to have been broken.Toronto Broke Yet Another Cold Record Our extreme cold temps went like this:January 4/2018 - High 14.9F or -9.5 Celsius: Low -0.9 F or -18.2 CJanuary 5/2018-  High  3.7 F or-  15.7 C : Low -5.4 F or -20.8 CJanuary 6/2018- High 3.7 F or - 15.7 C:  Low - 11.2 F or -24.0 CForgot yesterday- Windchills made it even col

Not sure why this news is garnering no coverage- Given the sanctions regime that is openly discussed and undoubtedly being readied  to further destabilize Turkey. January 2018- The Atlantic Authored by Jonathon Schanzer

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I was thinking about this scenario- I'll present my theory in pictures Recall this map? It's been posted here previously.From hereLet's say this is the best case scenario map? Greater Kurdistan aka Israel 2.0 controlled by Usrael and allies.

The Israeli military filed 12 charges on Monday against Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi. The 16-year-old, who was filmed in an encounter with soldiers in her home village of Nabi Saleh last month, could remain in Israeli prisons for years if convicted on charges including throwing stones, incitement and assaulting and threatening a soldier. Israel’s military tribunals are notorious for their near-100 percent conviction rate against[Read More...]

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Background covered in first post on this latest destabilization. If you missed that background or are unaware, first post relinked immediately below or scroll down. The Winter of Iran's Discontent?

So, it’s been a week of extreme cold already.... Starting December 25th and still going. News from the local FREEZE- This morning hubby and I were out to take our daughter to the GO stop in St Kitts aka St Catharines. It was -24 C or -11 F at 8:00 am December 31/2017.