Looking into Turkey's meddling of other countries 2020.02.19

Hi. I am Alex Hicken with my February 19^th of 2020 video report of “Read the Story of the World.” I have good news concerning Patreon. Their Trust and Safety Team has determined that my page is trustworthy, and I can withdraw the pledges of my patrons. If you are following my content, finding it serviceable, please consider a monthly pledge to support the publication. Look me up with Alex Hicken, when you are ready.

I did not do a Coronavirus update yesterday; although, my official blog post did note a super-spreader in Singapore, making a cluster of 21. Super-spreaders are people that are genetically or otherwise more contagious than other people. The cluster’s origin is a church called the Grace Assembly of God. The remaining crew of the Diamond Princess Cruise ship with cleared to disembark. The cluster of Coronavirus cases in this situation is much worse than Singapore with the number totaling 621.

I have more numbers to share that I crunched for you on my report. Currently there is a slightly less than 20% recovery rate. 15% of them with a count of 11,200 people are in severe or critical condition. These numbers are scary as the death toll surpasses 2000. The detection of cases are not reducing it has consistently been over 100 daily. I hope that the total cases count softens the fear, since it is about 75,300 as a high majority of the infected people are in mainland China.

Before I go into a more in-depth study that I did on Turkey’s international relations. I would like to start in Africa again. Another incident of deaths was conducted by the Herdsmen in Nigeria, killing two soldiers. I looked into this more because I wanted to know the cause of the clashing with the villages. The incident was carried out in Plateau, and the conflict is a fight of resources such as “vegetation, water resources, and land” according to ResearchCyber. The Herdsmen are nomadic, and the village may not appreciate their trespassing, eating their vegetation, and drinking their water. The nomadic lifestyle is of ancient practice, and land rights have been a modern concern to fight over.

The town of Birao in the Central African Republic, which is protected by the government and UN peacekeepers and troops, was invaded by a large militia called the Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central Africa; however, the UN troops successfully defended the town, not losing one soldier. The FPRC were repelled, and 12 of their men were killed. Most of the country of CAR, the Central African Republic, is controlled by militias and rebel groups, and a quarter of the nearly 5 million population of the country has been displaced due to the years of instability.

Pestilences plague the eastern African countries of Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. The pestilence are rapidly breeding locust. South Sudan is the most recent expansion of their breeding ground. Kenya this week conducted training of their soldiers to fight against the invading pests. Food is scarce as it is in some of these African nations, and they need to protect their agriculture.

Articles today peaked my interest about Turkey because they are very active. They have been accused of mingling with other countries affairs. I reported yesterday that Turkey was shipping weapons to Libya, and they are well known for playing a prominent supporter of the rebellion against Assad. Turkey has openly backed Pakistan too. India claim that it assists terrorism; although, the group has not been blacklisted yet. The issue is that there are no country borderlines between China, Pakistan, and India. It surprised me when I looked at Google maps at the Southwest corner of China merges with India and Pakistan. Turkey does not believe that India’s claim to Kashmir is true; therefore, they are supporting Pakistan.

More information of my daily world news report with the citations are in the show notes.

  

The Daily World News Report of the 19th of February 2020

Coronavirus

The death count of the Coronavirus surpasses 2000 as the daily death toll is not abating, being consistently over 100. The recovery rate is less than 20% as less than 15% are is “severe or critical condition.” South China Post reports this morning that 11,200 are in the severe and critical condition.[1]

The Diamond Princess Cruise ship, getting international coverage in Japan, disembarks all the passengers Wednesday evening, finalizing their virus investigation. 79 new cases were discovered. A total of 621 people were counted infected from the cruise. Hong Kong reports its second death.[2]

Africa

Pestilences hit the eastern African countries of Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania hard as locusts have spread their breeding ground to South Sudan. Kenya is training their military to participate in the extermination of the insects with pesticides. They have been suffering from three years of droughts and floods.[3]

United Nations peacekeepers and troops were attacked in the Central African Republic. The rebel group that attacked the frontline town of Birao, which is protected by UN, are called the Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central Africa. Most of the country is controlled by militia groups. As one of the largest, the FPRC sought to more land protected by the government and the UN; however, they were repelled, losing 12 men.[4]

On following up on the Nigerian Fulani Herdsmen and village conflict, Herdsmen are suspected in the killing of 2 soldiers in Plateau.[5] I found that the conflict is based on a difference of lifestyle, yet both need rights for common resources such as “vegetation, water resources and land.”[6] The herdmen are nomadic, which seek to obtain the resources freely, as the villages seek to own the land and resources.

Middle East

I am learning that there are dominant countries that supply weapons, supposedly mingling with the affairs of the countries. I noticed that Turkey is more dominant than people may realize. Looking into it, I found that India has accused Turkey of interfering with their affair in the province of J&K, who is backing Pakistan. J&K stands for Jammu and Kashmir.[7] I was surprised to find on Google maps that the borders between India, Pakistan, and China are not clearly defined in this region. India calls Pakistan’s works in Kashmir a support of terrorism. It also may be Turkey, supporting Pakistan to firm up the borderlines. I observed a report from Monday that Turkey told China not to Uighur Muslim people terrorists. Yesterday I reported that a shipment of weapons to Libya was intercepted and destroyed. Turkey is well known to be key for the rebels work in Syria.

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[1] Churchill, Owen, et al. “Coronavirus: China Receives Protective Gear from US as Death Toll Passes 2,000.” South Chine Morning Post, South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd., 19 Feb. 2020, www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3051250/coronavirus-mainland-death-toll-hits-2000-132-more-fatalities.

[2] Suzuki, Miwa, and Hiroshi Hiyama. “Passengers Leave Japan Virus Ship, but New Infections Detected.” ABS CBN, Agence France-Presse, 19 Feb. 2020, news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/19/20/passengers-leave-japan-virus-ship-but-new-infections-detected.

[3] “Kenya Calls up Army Cadets to Fight Insect Invasion .” YouTube, France 24 English, 19 Feb. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=obGoNu_JMxQ&ref=tw_i.

[4] “CAR Says 12 Rebels Killed in Clash with UN Troops.” Al Jazeera, 19 Feb. 2020, www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/car-12-rebels-killed-clash-troops-200219055431824.html.

[5] “Gunmen Kill 2 Soldiers in Plateau.” Peoples Daily, Peoples Media Limited, 19 Feb. 2020, peoplesdailyng.com/gunmen-kill-2-soldiers-in-plateau/.

[6] “Farmers-Herdsmen Conflicts in Nigeria: Causes, Effects.” Research Cyber, ResearchCyber.com, 3 Jan. 2019, researchcyber.com/farmers-herdsmen-conflicts-nigeria-causes-effects/.

[7] “Keep off J&K, It's Our Internal Affair, India Tells Turkey's President.” Times of India, Times Internet, 16 Feb. 2020, timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/keep-off-jk-its-our-internal-affair-india-tells-turkeys-president/articleshow/74155768.cms.

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A Parable About Reading the Scriptures Daily

The following parable was part of a Sacrament talk in my ward last Sunday.

The Bible and the Coal Basket

A child admired his grandfather. Seeking to be like him, he read the Bible daily to obtain the wisdom that the grandfather expressed. He was discouraged because he did not understand the Bible and quickly forgot what he understood, bringing his concern to his grandfather.

The grandfather told him to fetch water in his coal basket for him, but it was empty by the time that he return. The father told him to run back. He tried again. The child did not see his logic. Grandfather told him to run faster. The child tried, showing his logic was accurate. The grandfather showed him the point of the exercise, saying that the coal basket was clean; although, it did not retain the water. 

We may not retain everything that we learn, but the spirit that abides with you will cleanse you.