July 2, 2017 | Astute News

ISIS “Coincidentally” Appears Along China’s One Belt, One Road

July 2, 2017

Two Chinese teachers based in Pakistan’s southwest province of Baluchistan were reportedly abducted and murdered by militants from the self-proclaimed “Islamic State” (ISIS). CNN, in an article titled…

Hong Kong’s Role for Next 20 Years? Silk Road ‘Super-Connector’

July 2, 2017

Opinion

It was 20 years ago today. Oh, those were heady, exciting days, informally regulated by a clock in Beijing’s Tiananmen counting even the seconds left for Hong Kong’s return to the motherland. They wer…

Iran Cracks Down on Salafists In Wake of Tehran Attacks

July 2, 2017

Opinion

Iranian authorities have rounded up at least 150 people in Tehran and in the Kurdish areas in the west of the country following the June 7 terrorist attacks in the capital, which claimed 18 lives. The…

Mosul Raped and Destroyed, Not Liberated

July 2, 2017

Opinion

History correctly told will equate America’s rape and destruction of Mosul to its gratuitous Hiroshima/Nagasaki nuking, along with its ruthless fire-bombing of Dresden and Toyko during WW II, three po…

The Economic Motive for America’s Current Wars

July 2, 2017

Opinion

Russia has long been the chief seller of energy — mainly gas and oil — in the world’s largest energy-market: the EU, or Europe. This means that U.S.-based energy companies, such as Exxon and Halliburt…

How Accidental are America’s Accidental Civilian Killings Across the Middle East?

July 2, 2017

Opinion

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis has said “civilian casualties are a fact of life in this sort of situation,” referring to America’s war against Islamic State. How can America in clear conscienc…

Syria – These Maps Show a Year of Progress

July 2, 2017

Military

Three maps of Syria show the immense progress the Syrian government forces and their allies have made over the last few month. During the last half year the Syrian Arab Army not only liberated al-Qaed…

USS George H.W. Bush Docks Off Israel’s Shore in First Such Visit in 17 Years

July 2, 2017

Military

The USS George H.W. Bush, a Nimitz-class warship, has docked outside an Israeli port, local media report, saying it is the first such visit in 17 years. The supercarrier has been a base for US coaliti…