News Roundup 8/27/18

by | Aug 27, 2018

News Roundup 8/27/18

by | Aug 27, 2018

  • Lt Gen Kenneth McKenzie will replace Gen Votel as the head of CENTCOM. [Link]
  • The US Navy will reactivate the 2nd Naval Fleet. The Fleet will patrol the Atlantic to combat Russia. [Link]
  • During the March expulsion of diplomats between the US and Russia, US spies were kicked out of Russia. [Link]
  • NSA John Bolton says US sanctions will remain on Russia until Russia changes its behavior. [Link]
  • Gilbert Doctorow explains how Russia is moving closer with Germany and that fits into Trump’s foreign policy. [Link]
  • Trump cancels Sec of State Pompeo’s upcoming trip to North Korea. [Link]
  • The US will cut $200 million in aid to Palestine. [Link]
  • Reese Erlich explains how the US invasion of Iraq caused massive political instability and corruption. The situation in Iraq has led to protests. [Link]
  • Moon of Alabama provides analysis for the upcoming battle for Idlib. [Link]
  • Aaron Mate interviews a former Obama official on the US role in fueling the Syrian Civil War. [Link]
  • The Saudi led coalition is failing to investigate bombings that hit civilian targets. [Link]
  • Marjorie Cohn argues the US is aiding and abetting war crimes in Yemen. [Link]
  • As the war in Yemen continues, cancer patients are struggling to get medicines. [Link]
  • The Islamic State claims responsibility for an attack on Libyan security forces that killed seven. [Link]
  • In Chad, a rebel group attacked and pushed back Chadian soldiers near the Libyan border. [Link]
  • At least 67 people have died in a recent Ebola outbreak in the Congo. [Link]

Kyle Anzalone

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Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

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