News Roundup 8/8/18

by | Aug 8, 2018

News Roundup 8/8/18

by | Aug 8, 2018

  • More US lobbyists are registering as foreign agents after the prosecutions of Flynn, Manafort, and Gates. [Link]
  • Ron Paul explains why the new sanctions bill targeting Russia will not achieve the ends its neocon backers hope. [Link]
  • The UN is failing to protect whistleblowers and investigate allegations of abuse. [Link]
  • The weapons makers are using NATO to push weapon sales. [Link]
  • Russia warns against Georgia joining NATO. [Link]
  • John Feffer looks at the potential path to war with Iran. [Link]
  • Israel’s Mossad is likely behind the assassination of a Syrian rocket scientist. [Link]
  • The UAE is destroying Yemen. [Link]

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