News Roundup 12/7/20

by | Dec 7, 2020

News Roundup 12/7/20

by | Dec 7, 2020

News Roundup from The Libertarian Institute by Kyle Anzalone

US News

  • The city of Phoenix will pay $3 million to the family of Ryan Whitaker. Ryan was murdered by police for no reason as the police responded to a noise complaint. The officers who murdered Ryan have not been fired. [Link]
  • The US sold $175 billion in weapons in 2020, a 2.3% increase over 2019. [Link]
  • The UAE envoy said his country will find weapons elsewhere if the US blocks a $23 billion weapons sale to the UAE. [Link]
  • Top US General Mark Milley calls for more high-tech weapons to combat China. [Link]

Middle East

  • Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager at a stone-throwing protest. [Link]
  • The head of the Navy’s 5th Fleet says the Iranian Navy has been respectful and not risking unnecessary escalation. [Link]
  • Eight civilians were killed by fighting in Yemen. The Houthi and Saudi each accused each other of carrying out the attack. [Link]
  • Yemeni officials say they killed 13 Houthi in recent fighting. [Link]
  • Trump orders the majority of US troops out of Somalia. Most of the troops will be repositioned in the region. [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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