August 6, 2016 | Astute News

More US Troops Headed to Iraq, Will Deploy Near Mosul

August 6, 2016

August 05, 2016 Jason DitzAdding to the ever-growing number of US ground troops in the “no boots on the ground” war in Iraq, Army officials announced yet another significant deployment from the 2nd Br…

Susiya village on brink of destruction by Israel

August 6, 2016

Middle East

Children in a playground in Susiya in April. Israeli occupation forces may move within weeks to destroy the West Bank village.Oren ZivActiveStills 6 August 2016Charlotte Silver Israel’s high court pla…

Beijing sends bombers, fighter jets on combat patrols over contested South China Sea

August 6, 2016

Military

A Chinese military plane H-6 bomber © ReutersPublished time: 6 Aug, 2016 China has said it carried out a combat air patrol over contested islands in the South China Sea. In a separate incident, roughl…

The Reluctant Enemy

August 6, 2016

Opinion

Meet the General Who’s Going to War for Hillary Clinton.August 5, 2016 By Israel ShamirThe Enemy according to Trump is unemployment, outsourcing, immigration, wars abroad, neocons and free-wheeling al…

Hillary, Queen of War: The Road Map Ahead

August 6, 2016

Middle East

It all starts with a Wahhabi-Zionist lovefest. The Saudi Foreign Ministry was forced to go on a non-denial denial overdrive about a visit to Israel on July 22 by a delegation led by retired Gen. Anwar…

Neocons Promote War on Syria: Drone and Cruise Missile Strikes to Take Out Assad

August 6, 2016

Politics

4 August 2016Timothy Alexander Guzman Controversial New York Times ArticleIn an opinion piece written by Andrew J. Tabler, a Martin J. Gross fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WI…

RAND Corporation lays out scenarios for US war with China

August 6, 2016

Middle East

“Thinking Through the Unthinkable” A new study by the RAND Corporation titled “War with China: Thinking Through the Unthinkable” is just the latest think tank paper devoted to assessing a US war again…