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- The Trump Administration is walking back its plans to reopen CIA black sites. [Link]
- The US military underreports the number of airstrikes it conducts by the thousands. [Link]
- The US has agreed to a $8.5 billion deal with Lockheed Martian to buy 90 F-35As. The cost is about $7 million less per plane than the US’s previous deal to buy F-35s. [Link]
- Turkey arrests 445 people that are accused of being members of ISIS. [Link]
- Iraqi warplanes are conducting airstrikes against ISIS in Mosul and Tel Afar. [Link]
- Syrian forces are making gains against the Islamic State across the country. [Link]
- A human rights watchdog group release a list of human rights violations committed in Yemen so far in 2017. All sides of the conflict are on the list that includes torture, executions, abductions, and killings of civilians. [Link]
The Saudi Facade
Stay tuned. I’m not sure there has been a more incompetent regional military power as the Saudis since Italy in WWII. They have the 8th largest military budget in the world. The Saudis pour billions into their military for the very best state-of-the-art equipment...