News Roundup 8/24/17

by | Aug 24, 2017

  • This article profiles Imam Abdelbaki Essati. Essati was the man who recruited several young men to carry out a terror attack in Spain last week. [Link]
  • ISIS carried out an attack in Libya killing at least nine soldiers loyal to General Haftar. Two civilians were also killed in the attack. [Link]
  • The US is undercounting the number of troops in Afghanistan by 2,500-3,500. [Link]
  • The Taliban carried out a suicide attack in the Helmond Province. Four members of the Afghan security forces and three civilians were killed in the attack. [Link]
  • Pakistan responds to the new Trump’s speech announcing his Afghanistan War plan. Pakistan said Trump is trying to make their country a scapegoat for US failures in Afghanistan. [Link]
  • CJ Werleman argues Trump’s new Afghan War plan will fail because all counter insurgencies fail. [Link]
  • Dan McAdams responds to Trump’s announcement on the new Afghan War plan. McAdams argues Trump’s plan lacks any goals. [Link]
  • Scott Horton and Gareth Porter discuss the Trump’s plan for Afghanistan. [Link]
  • In 2016, ISIS was able to carry out over 1,400 terror attacks and kill over 7,000. ISIS was able to do this while losing territory. [Link]
  • The top US commander in the Middle East, General Votel, visited the Saudi border with Yemen to experience Saudi Arabia’s fight against the Houthi. [Link]
  • Saudi Arabia bombed a hotel in Yemen killing 60. Many of those killed were civilians staying in the hotel. Saudi Arabia claims the hotel was a legitimate target. [Link]
  • A split is forming in the relationship between the Houthi and the former president of Yemen Salah. [Link]
  • Police in the Philippines have started door to door drug testing. [Link]

On Foreign Policy Focus #83, I breakdown Trump’s Afghanistan speech. On Monday, Trump announced his new Afghanistan policy. Trump presented his policy as a new policy that can finally turn the 16-year war in America’s favor. However, his policy will only lead to a repeat of the mistakes made by Bush and Obama. Trump policy is an abandonment of campaign promises and a sell out to the establishment. LISTEN HERE!!

About 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.

Our Books

latest book lineup.

Related Articles

Related

The Eternal Panopticon: The State as Predator

Lizard Farmer did an excellent synopsis of how the state stalks its prey. The observations are older but still germane. If London had this technology in 1770, America would not have been born and Paul Revere, the Committees of Correspondence and his colleagues would...

read more