September 20, 2016 – Astute News

September 20, 2016

Here’s What The Uri Attack in Kashmir has to Do with Russia and China

Indian-Pakistani relations have hit a new low point after the Uri Attack in Kashmir. Four militants attacked an Indian military base in Kashmir over the weekend and killed 17 soldiers in what is being decried by New Delhi as one of the worst “terrorist attacks” there in a quarter century. It’s totally predictable that India would frame the events the...

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September 20, 2016

Why US Had to Kill the Syrian Ceasefire

There are several sound reasons for concluding that the US-led air strike on the Syrian army base near Deir Ezzor last weekend was a deliberate act of murderous sabotage. One compelling reason is that the Pentagon and CIA knew they had to act in order to kill the ceasefire plan worked out by US Secretary of State John Kerry and...

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September 20, 2016

US to ‘Revise’ Cooperation with Russia after UN-Red Crescent Aid Convoy Attacked Near Aleppo

With no party yet found responsible for the alleged airstrike on the humanitarian aid convoy west of Aleppo, which killed several Syrian Red Crescent volunteers, the US State Department was quick to vent its outrage, blaming Damascus and Moscow for the attack. A joint UN and Syrian Red Crescent (SARC) 31-truck humanitarian convoy delivering aid was bombed in five alleged...

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September 20, 2016

The New Terror: Even When It Fails, It Works

The suspected Chelsea bomber is now in custody. But after a bloody weekend, fears remain that a new wave of low-grade terror has begun in the United States. A 28-year-old man originally from Afghanistan, Ahmad Khan Rahami, has been arrested in Linden, New Jersey, in connection with the bombing in New York City on Saturday night that wounded 29 people....

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September 20, 2016

Iran is Too Much of a Mess to Acquire Russian Weaponry

News reports claim that the Islamic Republic of Iran is in the process of deploying Russian-made S-300 surface-to-air missiles and is either negotiating for, or has already placed an order for, 300 T-90 main battle tanks and at least 30 Sukhoi Su-30 multirole fighter jets manufactured in the Russian Federation. In reality, very little of these supposed Iranian orders for...

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September 20, 2016

America’s Worldwide Impunity

After several years of arming and supporting Syrian rebel groups that often collaborated with Al Qaeda’s Nusra terror affiliate, the United States launched an illegal invasion of Syria two years ago with airstrikes supposedly aimed at Al Qaeda’s Islamic State spin-off, but on Saturday that air war killed scores of Syrian soldiers and aided an Islamic State victory. Yet, the...

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September 20, 2016

Saudis Dominate Among Suicide-Bombers

Numerous studies show that one nation dominates above all others as a steady source of jihadists: Saudi Arabia. On 15 July 2007. the Los Angeles Times headlined from Baghdad “Saudis’ Role in Iraq Insurgency Outlined: Sunni extremists from Saudi Arabia make up half the foreign fighters in Iraq, many suicide bombers, a U.S. official says”. Ned Parker reported there: “Although Bush administration officials have...

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September 20, 2016

The Bank for International Settlements Warns That a Major Debt Meltdown in China is Imminent

The pinnacle of the global financial system is warning that conditions are right for a “full-blown banking crisis” in China. Since the last financial crisis, there has been a credit boom in China that is really unprecedented in world history. At this point the total value of all outstanding loans in China has hit a grand total of more than...

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Daily Archive: September 20, 2016

Here’s What The Uri Attack in Kashmir has to Do with Russia and China

Why US Had to Kill the Syrian Ceasefire

US to ‘Revise’ Cooperation with Russia after UN-Red Crescent Aid Convoy Attacked Near Aleppo

The New Terror: Even When It Fails, It Works

Iran is Too Much of a Mess to Acquire Russian Weaponry

America’s Worldwide Impunity

Saudis Dominate Among Suicide-Bombers

The Bank for International Settlements Warns That a Major Debt Meltdown in China is Imminent