News Summary Intelligence Report Friday 4/5/2024 Newsdump Friday British Gov't Sexting Scandal, Commander Of US Navy Biomedical Lab Relieved Of Command, Israel Moves Over Relief Worker Deaths, Boeing Makes Payment Over Panel Blowout

The Philippines announcing joint military maneuvers with the US, Australia and Japan tomorrow...

"Some have been sent naked images, and two MP's are reported to have responded by sending images of themselves"...a few of the details...emerging 'sexting' scandal...in the UK...

"Stay away so you won't get hurt" The message from Iran to the US ahead of...attacks on Israeli targets...

In the African nation of Zimbabwe a new "structured currency" launched amidst rampant inflation...

The commander of a US Navy biomedical research lab in Peru relieved of command...

In the ethnic Russian Transnistria region of Moldova a drone attack on a radar station...

The Israeli military determining that an Israeli woman was likely killed by Israeli fire on October 7th...

Israel acting against officers in connection with the deadly attack on the World Central Kitchen relief vehicles in Gaza...

Just weeks before the Indian election "The Guardian" in the UK reporting...India's government has carried out killings in Pakistan...

Today in Australia blockbuster testimony in a defamation suit against Network Ten...

Bloomberg.com

Peru Leader Says Rolexes Were a ‘Loan,’ Bracelet Wasn’t Cartier

By Marcelo Rochabrun, Fri, April 5, 2024

(Bloomberg) — Peru’s embattled President Dina Boluarte has had shifting versions about the origins of a set of luxury watches and other jewelry, which further dimmed the reputation of one of the world’s most unpopular leaders.......at 8% approval

First, Boluarte said at least one Rolex was an old jewel. One of her attorneys said the source could be a “fan in love.” A cabinet member said the jewels came from her savings.

On Friday afternoon, after testifying before prosecutors for five hours as part of an investigation into illegal enrichment, Boluarte said all but one luxury watch were a “loan” from a friend, naming a controversial Peruvian state governor who in a previous term in the role was sentenced for corruption.

“It was a mistake to accept these watches as loans,” she said in a nationwide address, adding she had given them back but had initially accepted them, “maybe with the will to properly represent my country.” Boluarte said the fact that they were a loan means she was not under obligation to disclose her ownership of the expensive watches, which she said she had returned.

The clarifications come a day after Congress dismissed two impeachment motions against Boluarte over the so-called Rolex scandal. While Boluarte has found crucial support among lawmakers, she remains one of the most unpopular leaders in the planet, with an approval rating of 9%. Congress holds an identical approval rating among Peruvians.

Prosecutors had also singled out a bracelet as being made by Cartier and worth some $50,000. But Boluarte said it was just cheap imitation jewelry, saying she owns items made by Unique, a Peruvian multilevel marketing firm that caters to women.

Boluarte said she had failed to give explanations on the matter for several weeks on advice of her lawyer, who said she should first answer to prosecutors and only then to the public.

What’s going in that research lab in Peru surely intrigues me regardless of sexual aspects of the dismissed officer?

Sex problems in the military are the reality with all of the changes of the last 60 years adding up to more sex problems new sets of sex problems.

It started with putting men and women into front-line positions together.

Then we went onto the sexual orientation-sexual identity changes in the armed forces.

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