News Roundup 4/13/18

by | Apr 13, 2018

News Roundup 4/13/18

by | Apr 13, 2018

  • Trump is considering a pardon for Scooter Libby. [Link]
  • Trump instructs top economic advisers to examine entering the TPP. [Link]
  • The OPCW issues a report on the Skripal poisoning finding that a nerve agent was used. The report did not identify the source of the nerve agent. [Link]
  • European countries report they are making progress on an add-on deal to the Iranian Nuclear Agreement. [Link]
  • After intercepting a Turkish plane, a Greek fighter plane crashed killing the pilot. [Link]
  • Trump has not yet decided on striking Syria. Trump is considering eight possible targets to bomb. [Link]
  • Secretary of Defense Mattis is concerned that attacking Assad could escalate out of control. [Link]
  • US officials claim to have found chlorine gas and a nerve agent in soil samples in Douma. [Link]
  • The OPCW is arriving in Douma to investigate the alleged chemical weapons attack. [Link]
  • Russia says the top priority is to avoid war in Syria. [Link]
  • Speak Ryan says Trump does not need Congressional authorization to strike Assad. [Link]
  • In his Confirmation Hearing, Mike Pompeo says hundreds of Russians were killed by US attack in Syria that occurred weeks ago. [Link]
  • Moon of Alabama updates the possible US strikes on Assad. [Link]
  • The number of civilians killed by Taliban and ISIS-K attacks in Afghanistan has doubled in 2018. [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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