August 10, 2016 – Astute News

August 10, 2016

A Hardcore Russian Nationalist Shares His Opinion About Islam (Very Interesting!)

Let me begin by saying that I am not a big supporter of Konstantin Dushenov. Without going into a long detailed discussion about this, let’s just say that I don’t consider myself a nationalist. However, I will readily admit that Dushenov makes some excellent points and that I do agree with a lot of what he says. This time, I...

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August 10, 2016

Afghan Official: Taliban Closing in on Key City in the South

Afghan troops are being deployed to the capital of the key southern province of Helmand amid intense fighting with the Taliban in surrounding areas and fears the city could fall to the insurgents within days, officials said Wednesday. According to Kareem Atal, the head of Helmand’s provincial council, Taliban insurgents have completely surrounded Lashkar Gah after weeks of intense fighting...

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August 10, 2016

Has CIA’s Plot to Covertly Kill Russians in Syria Come to Pass?

Former acting director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Michael Morell during a televised interview with American talk show host Charlie Rose, openly conspired to commit a raft of war crimes in Syria, suggesting that the US should take measures to “covertly” kill Russians and Iranians through armed proxies on the ground. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ3fTFHQ0KA] He also suggested targeting Syria’s...

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August 10, 2016

Hundreds of Royal Marines to join the SAS to train New Syrian Army And Fight ISIS

© UK MOD Published time: 10 Aug, 2016 Britain will deploy hundreds of elite troops to the Middle East to train Syrian rebel forces in the fight against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), it has emerged. In a bid to break the deadlock in the war-torn nation, Royal Marines will join the SAS to provide the New Syrian Army...

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August 10, 2016

Rearming Riyadh: US approves $1.15bn tank sale to Saudi Arabia

© Faisal Nasser / Reuters Published time: 9 Aug, 2016 Washington has approved the sale of 133 tanks and 20 recovery vehicles to Saudi Arabia, citing the kingdom’s role as a “leading contributor of political stability and economic progress” in the Middle East, even as Saudi aircraft resumed bombing Yemen. The US State Department gave its green light for the...

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August 10, 2016

Milosevic exonerated, as the NATO war machine moves on

Supporters of Slobodan Milosevic wait in line to pay their respect at the former president’s grave in Pozarevac March 10, 2007. © Marko Djurica / Reuters Published time: 2 Aug, 2016 The ICTY’s exoneration of the late Slobodan Milosevic, the former President of Yugoslavia, for war crimes committed in the Bosnia war, proves again we should take NATO claims regarding its...

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August 10, 2016

Researchers crack open unusually advanced malware that hid for 5 years

Security experts have discovered a malware platform that’s so advanced in its design and execution that it could probably have been developed only with the active support of a nation-state. The malware—known alternatively as “ProjectSauron” by researchers from Kaspersky Lab and “Remsec” by their counterparts from Symantec—has been active since at least 2011 and has been discovered on 30 or...

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Daily Archive: August 10, 2016

A Hardcore Russian Nationalist Shares His Opinion About Islam (Very Interesting!)

Afghan Official: Taliban Closing in on Key City in the South

Has CIA’s Plot to Covertly Kill Russians in Syria Come to Pass?

Hundreds of Royal Marines to join the SAS to train New Syrian Army And Fight ISIS

Rearming Riyadh: US approves $1.15bn tank sale to Saudi Arabia

Milosevic exonerated, as the NATO war machine moves on

Researchers crack open unusually advanced malware that hid for 5 years