October 2017 | Astute News

Lebanon Next in US War on Middle East

October 31, 2017

US politicians, policymakers and commentators insist that the United States military’s involvement in Syria and Iraq is solely aimed at defeating militants from the self-titled Islamic State (IS). How…

US Masses Ships and Aircraft Outside North Korea

October 31, 2017

Opinion

US Defence Secretary James Mattis has again warned North Korea that the United States military is ready and able to obliterate the country of 25 million people unless it abandons its nuclear arsenal. …

Is Iraq Coming to the End of Forty Years of War?

October 31, 2017

Opinion

There is a growing mood of self-confidence in Baghdad which I have not seen here since I first visited Iraq in 1977. The country seemed then to be heading for a peaceful and prosperous future thanks t…

From America With Love – U.S. Commandos Are a “Persistent Presence” on Russia’s Doorstep

October 31, 2017

Opinion

“They are very concerned about their adversary next door,” said General Raymond Thomas, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), at a national security conference in Aspen, Colorado, in Ju…

Catalonia in Limbo

October 31, 2017

Opinion

Things are in unchartered waters, crisis conditions a long way from resolved. Both sides have polar opposite values. Pro-independence Catalans want their democratic rights upheld. Madrid wants them de…

USA Military Force Projection: Semper Paratus?

October 31, 2017

Opinion

Since the inauguration of US President D. J. Trump in January 2017, along with his contingent of generals, Washington has rattled its nuclear and other military sabers in most every direction, threate…

100 Years On: The Balfour Declaration Explained

October 31, 2017

Opinion

This week, Palestinians around the world are marking 100 years since the Balfour Declaration was issued on November 2, 1917. The declaration turned the Zionist aim of establishing a Jewish state in Pa…

Defending Zionist Impunity in UK: The Case of Rabbi Zvi Solomons and Lord Greville Janner

October 31, 2017

Opinion

When the British Zionist zealots figured out that their smear campaign against me had gone nowhere and Reading Festivalwas not going to surrender to their relentless pressure, they decided to mobilise…