with his family in an undisclosed location in the Bahamas . “ Osama Bin Laden was one of the CIA ’s most efficient operatives for a long time , ” claims the famous whistleblower . “ What kind of message would it send their other operatives if they were to let the SEALs kill him ?
“ The Channel still represents a significant physical and cultural and psychological barrier , ” the study noted . Should the project go ahead , a Tallinn - Helsinki tunnel could be a reality by 2030 . Traditionalists can rest assured that forecast demand means ferries would continue to run , and most cargo would still be transportedmovement.transportperson.disperseseparateacross the water . Planners also expect the majority of tourist and leisure trips , where Finns regularly stock up on Estonia ’s far cheaper alcohol , to be conducted by ship for many years to come .
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Thousands of people used bicycles to cross the Arctic border between Russia and Norway Norway has sent 13 migrants back to Russia under new rules expected to see thousands deported by bus , reports say . About 5,500 people are due to be transportedmovement.transportperson.bringcarryunloadfrom Norway to Russia . Many crossed the Arctic border by bicycle as part of the influx of migrants to Europe in 2015 . Norway announced in November it would immediately deport people who had arrived from a country deemed safe .
In the early hours of August 21st , the Syrian government launched rockets carrying sarin gas into densely populated neighborhoods in Damascus , killing more than fourteen hundred people . In response , President Obama , who had earlier committed to a “ red line ” should Assad use chemical weapons , announced , “ I have decided the United States should take military action against Syrian regime targets . ” He said he would wait for congressional approval , but , he continued , “ what message will we send if a dictator can gas hundreds of children to death , in plain sight , and pay no price ? ” Shortly after the chemical attack , Hamada and many other prisoners were transportedmovement.transportperson.nato al - Mezzeh , without explanation . Agents moved the detainees to a large , empty hangar on the base . At least one of the sarin - gas rockets is believed to have been launched from the base at al - Mezzeh — it was a logical target for an American strike .
Reports of Iskander - M missiles being moved to outpost between Poland and Lithuania fuels fears that Russia is seeking to expand control of Baltic Sea Estonian officials have said that Russia appears to be moving powerful , nuclear capable missiles into Kaliningrad , a Russian outpost province sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania along the Baltic coast . The Iskander - M missiles , which have a range of over 500 km , are reportedly being transportedmovement.transportartifact.bringcarryunloadby ship from the St Petersburg area . It had previously been reported that the Russians might seek to place the Iskander - M missiles in Kaliningrad but not until 2018 - 19 . If confirmed , the move would be seen by western governments as another sign that Russia is seeking to establish facts on the ground , from eastern Europe to the Middle East , before a new US president takes office in January .
" The relevant units of armed forces were notified . " Tensions have run high in the area , sparking fears that violence between the two countries could re - erupt . The Crimean Human Rights Group posted photos on its website showing Russian military trucks being transportedmovement.transportperson.disperseseparateby train on August 6 near Kerch , a port in Eastern Crimea near the border with Russia proper . Ukraine has seen a surge in violence in the eastern regions of the country held by pro - Russian separatists , with three Ukrainian soldiers killed and four wounded in the last 48 hours , reported Newsweek on Tuesday . Russian authorities closed the border between Crimea and Ukraine proper for several hours on Sunday , Radio Free Europe reported .
Geographically vast , Brooklyn is separated into discrete neighborhoods which can feel like islands unto themselves . Sunset Park is a poor and working class Latino and Chinese enclave located just two miles away from Park Slope . For the outsider venturing into the area , one may almost feel transportedmovement.transportperson.bringcarryunloadto Guadalajara or Shanghai . Many Latinos in the neighborhood are illegal aliens and ca n't vote , let alone speak English . When local residents are engaged in a daily battle for economic survival , it can be difficult to make political inroads within the community .
The American Ambassador asked only one question of those kidnap victims : “ Are any of you American citizens ? ” They all answered , that they were all Syrian citizens . He then left them to rot in captivity for 3 months in a foreign country . Finally , after 3 months of heated battles , the Syrian Arab Army was able to free the village of Kessab , and at the same time , the Turkish government transportedmovement.transportperson.bringcarryunloadthe kidnapped elderly Syrians to Beirut , Lebanon by air , and then they came to Latakia , Syria by bus . They were at last reunited with relatives and neighbors who had been sheltering at the Armenian Church in Latakia . It was then that the true stories of horror at the hands of the US sponsored FSA and their Turkish allies came to light .
For the first time , Ahmet Yayla ’s interviews with INSURGE intelligence provide direct insider confirmation not only that Erdogan ’s government had turned a blind eye to the movement of these fighters across the border into Syria — but that Turkish police had detected the role of Turkey ’s state intelligence agency in the foreign fighter funnel , which had involved direct assistance to ISIS : “ The MIT agency transported ISIS terrorists from Hatay to Sanliurfa in buses in 2014 and 2015 . Sometimes they would be dropped off at the border , other times they would be transportedmovement.transportperson.disperseseparateacross the border . When the terrorists would return to Turkey , they were often stopped for routine drug control . In the buses , Turkish border guards found Kalashnikovs and ammunition .
I promised I would deport the illegals . I have done that . The vice - president is being transportedmovement.transportperson.disperseseparateto the Canadian border later tonight . My fellow Americans , we are now a month into the Trump presidency . One month .
The letter also said " smuggling explosives and industrial chemicals to terrorist groups operating in Syria is also usually organized from Turkish territory " through the border crossings . " In order to pass through the border controls unimpeded , effectively with the complicity of the Turkish authorities , products are processed for companies that are purportedly registered in Jordan and Iraq , " it said . Churkin said large consignments of explosives are often transportedmovement.transportartifact.naby water , especially the Euphrates River . The letter listed the total supplies of explosives and industrial chemicals sent " to terrorists through Turkey in 2015 . " It said 2,500 tons of ammonium nitrate worth approximately $ 788,700 were sent along with 456 tons of potassium nitrate worth $ 468,700 , 75 tons of aluminum powder worth $ 496,500 , sodium nitrate worth $ 19,400 , glycerin worth $ 102,500 , and nitric acid worth $ 34,000 .
It comes after Russia agreed that Norway could return migrants with a Russian visa by bus rather than bicycle . A coach with 13 people on board drove to the airport in the Russian port city of Murmansk on Tuesday night , according to Norwegian public TV . Tor Espen Haga , a spokesman for the Norwegian police immigration service , told the broadcaster NRK ( in Norwegian ) , that all those transportedmovement.transportartifact.fallhad either a valid Russian visa or other residence permit . He said deportations would continue , and " what happens next is up to the Russians " . Over the weekend , about 70 people were brought from other asylum centres in Norway to the reception centre in Kirkenes , about 8 km ( 5 miles ) from the Russian border , according to reports .
All 298 people on board , most of them Dutch , were killed . The conclusions were based on thousands of wiretaps , photographs , witness statements and forensic tests during more than two years of inquiries into an incident which led to a sharp rise in tensions between Russia and the West . Among the key findings were : the plane was hit by a Russian - made Buk-9M38 missile ; the missile was fired from the rebel - held village of Pervomaysk in eastern Ukraine ; and the launcher was transportedmovement.transportartifact.bringcarryunloadinto Ukraine from Russia . " This Buk trailer came from the territory of the Russian Federation , and after the launch it was returned again to the territory of the Russian Federation , " said Wilbert Paulissen , chief investigator with the Dutch national police . The Ukrainian government said the findings pointed to Russia 's " direct involvement " .
A soldier fires a rocket launcher as other U.S. servicemen watch during the Exercise Noble Partner on May 14 . ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE / EPA The equipment was shipped across the Black Sea and transportedmovement.transportartifact.disperseseparateby rail to the military training area . For the Georgian military , the exercise has become a source of prestige . " We are proud to have them here and it ’s a unique opportunity to train with these advanced troops and this advanced equipment , " Lt . Col . Beka Ambroladze said .
A soldier fires a rocket launcher as other U.S. servicemen watch during the Exercise Noble Partner on May 14 . ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE / EPA The equipment was shipped across the Black Sea and transportedmovement.transportartifact.bringcarryunloadby rail to the military training area . For the Georgian military , the exercise has become a source of prestige . " We are proud to have them here and it ’s a unique opportunity to train with these advanced troops and this advanced equipment , " Lt . Col . Beka Ambroladze said .
A soldier fires a rocket launcher as other U.S. servicemen watch during the Exercise Noble Partner on May 14 . ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE / EPA The equipment was shipped across the Black Sea and transportedmovement.transportperson.bringcarryunloadby rail to the military training area . For the Georgian military , the exercise has become a source of prestige . " We are proud to have them here and it ’s a unique opportunity to train with these advanced troops and this advanced equipment , " Lt . Col . Beka Ambroladze said .