News Roundup 1/29/20

by | Jan 29, 2020

News Roundup 1/29/20

by | Jan 29, 2020

News Roundup from The Libertarian Institute by Kyle Anzalone

US News

  • A police officer killed a man while trying to enforce a ‘Red Flag’ law. [Link]
  • The House may pass two bills in the coming week that assert Congress has not approved Trump to go to war with Iran. Trump is threatening to veto the bill. [Link]
  • Poland will sign a contract with the US to buy 20 F-35s for $4.6 billion. [Link]

Afghanistan

  • That Taliban are repelling Afghan Army efforts to reach the site of a downed US plane in Afghanistan. [Link] The US reports it was able to recover the remains of the two people on board the plane. The Taliban claim they saw six bodies at the crash site. [Link]

Israel

  • Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu withdrew his bid for immunity from parliament and was formally charged with corruption. Netanyahu is accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in corrupt money. [Link]
  • Trump unveiled his “Deal of the Century.” According to Trump, the deal creates a sovereign Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. However, Israeli leader Netanyahu said the plan will create a Palestinian state with limited sovereignty and its capital will be in an area east of Jerusalem. [Link]
  • A map of the proposed Palestinian state shows small, disconnected areas separated by Israeli settlements. [Link]
  • Israel will hold a vote on Sunday about annexing 30% of the West Bank. [Link]

Iran

  • Iranian lawmakers introduce a motion that would withdraw Iran from the NPT. [Link]

Iraq

  • The Pentagon now says 50 US soldiers suffered some form of brain injury in the January 8th Iranian missile attack on Iraqi bases. Thirty-one of the soldiers have returned to their jobs. [Link]
  • The UN expresses concern for how Iraq is prosecuting cases of people accused of supporting ISIS. Teenagers who sold food to ISIS have been sentenced to 15 years and a pharmacist who provided medical care to an ISIS fighter was sentenced to life in prison. [Link]

Africa

  • The French Foreign Minister tells the US reducing troops in West Africa is dangerous. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says the US has not made a decision on troops. [Link]
  • Thirty-nine people were killed by militants in Burkina Faso. The government claims it was a terrorist attack. Al-Qaeda and ISIS-linked groups operate in the region. [Link]
  • Up to 50 people were killed when rival Muslim factions clashed in the Central African Republic. [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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