News Roundup 1/30/18

by | Jan 30, 2018

News Roundup 1/30/18

by | Jan 30, 2018

  • New Jersey Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen will retire at the end of the year. [Link]
  • The US Attorney Office for the Western District of North Carolina collected $23.5 million in asset forfeiture in 2017. [Link]
  • Medhi Hasan releases the second episode of his blowback series. [Link]
  • Danny Sjursen explains how the lessons from the Vietnam War were forgotten. [Link]
  • Peter van Buren explains how the US war in Iraq was a victory for Iran. [Link]
  • Senator Tammy Duckworth says Americans have no idea how close we are to war with North Korea. [Link]
  • A US bloody nose strike against North Korea would be illegal under International Law. [Link]
  • Tillerson said that the US is working with UK, France, and Germany to change the nuclear agreement with Iran. [Link]
  • US troops will not withdraw from Manbij, Syria. Turkey is demanding US troops leave the city. [Link]
  • The US policy of creating a Kurdish border force provoked Turkey to invade Syria. [Link]
  • Patrick Cockburn explains why US policy in Syria is failing. [Link]
  • Southern Separatists in Yemen seize government buildings in Aden. The Separatists are fighting against the Saudi backed government. [Link]

Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone

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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