News Roundup 4/25/19

by | Apr 25, 2019

News Roundup 4/25/19

by | Apr 25, 2019

Wikileaks

  • Daniel Ellsberg on the importance of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning. [Link]
  • Caitlin Johnstone debunks the myth that Julian Assange is an agent of Russia. [Link]
  • Ryan McManken explains why it doesn’t matter if Assange is a ‘journalist’ or not. [Link]
  • Elizabeth Vos on the importance of Wikileaks’ release of the collateral murder video. [Link]

US News

  • Matt Taibbi explains why #Russiagate is a net plus for Trump. The MSM pushed too many fake stories during the past three years. [Link]
  • Lockheed reports over $14 billion in sales in the first quarter of 2019. [Link]
  • The lifetime cost of the F-35 program increased by $73 billion. [Link]
  • A Los Angeles judge orders a former Marine be held on an extradition request from Spain. Spain accuses the former Marine of being involved in the raid on the North Korean embassy in Madrid. [Link]

US Foreign Policy

  • Navy SEALs were told by commanders to keep quiet about war crimes. [Link]
  • The US deploys a second aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean. [Link]
  • Phil Giraldi exposes the aggressive foreign policy pushed by many members of the US Congress. [Link]
  • The US is threatening to veto of a UN resolution naming rape as a weapon of war over concerns the resolution is too friendly towards abortion. [Link] The UN furthered watered down the text of ‘rape as a weapon of war’ resolution because of US threats to veto the resolution. The resolution passed without the language the US was concerned supported abortion. [Link]

Sri Lanka

  • Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister was not informed of intelligence warning about the Easter Bombings because of a political feud with the country’s President. The Prime Minister has been unable to attend intelligence briefings. [Link]
  • ISIS claims responsibility for the bombings in Sri Lanka. The group did not provide any evidence for this claim. [Link]

Iran

  • Iran says it is not concerned about the US withdrawing waivers for US sanctions on Iranian oil. [Link]
  • South Korea will send a delegation to the US to lobby for waivers from Iranian oil sanctions. [Link]
  • Google blocks Iranian state media from YouTube and Gmail. [Link]

Israel

  • A 16-year-old Palestinian boy – who was handcuffed and blindfolded – was shot in the legs by an Israeli soldier. The soldiers were attempting the boy for allegedly throwing stones. [Link]
  • Netanyahu says he will attempt to name a Golan Heights settlement after Trump as thanks for Trump recognizing Israel’s claim to the territory.  [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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