November 8, 2017 – Astute News

November 8, 2017

“Explosive” Leaked Secret Israeli Cable Confirms Israeli-Saudi Coordination to Provoke War

Early this morning, Israeli Channel 10 news published a leaked diplomatic cable which had been sent to all Israeli ambassadors throughout the world concerning the chaotic events that unfolded over the weekend in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, which began with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s unexpected resignation after he was summoned to Riyadh by his Saudi-backers, and led to the Saudis announcing that...

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November 8, 2017

How Come Khorasan Caliphate Replaces ISIS?

In recent years, experts from a number of countries have started mentioning the growing threat that the the Khorasan caliphate terrorist group poses to Syria, Iraq, and a number of Central Asian states. Its activities have been reported in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Muslim South Asian countries of the CIS. After the so-called “Arab Spring” even a casual reader could notice...

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November 8, 2017

Islamic State Defeat Instigates Saudi-Iran Confrontation

With Islamic State routed everywhere, the threat of plunging the Middle East into a large-scale war has not diminished, but, on the contrary, it has grown. There are signs that a Saudi-Iran conflict, threatening to activate new fronts in the region, is imminent. The struggle between these countries for political and religious influence has geopolitical implications that extend far beyond...

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November 8, 2017

High Stakes as Saudi Crown Prince Tries to Remove Opponents

The decision by Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud to sack Minister of National Guard Prince Mutaib bin Abdullah, the favorite son of the late King Abdullah, is intended to remove a potential powerful rival of his own favorite son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Mutaib’s ouster is the most crucial part of a large-scale wave of arrests in the...

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November 8, 2017

The USA is Cracking Up Just Like the USSR Did

Today is the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution of 1917. It caused a lot of death and destruction, which I won’t go into because you can read all about it elsewhere. It also caused a great outpouring of new art, literature, architecture and culture in general, putting the previously somewhat stodgy Russia securely in the world’s avant-garde. It also...

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November 8, 2017

Red Lines & Lost Credibility

A major goal of this Asia trip, said National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster, is to rally allies to achieve the “complete, verifiable and permanent denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.” Yet Kim Jong Un has said he will never give up his nuclear weapons. He believes the survival of his dynastic regime depends upon them. Hence we are headed for...

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November 8, 2017

The US’ Betrayal of Barzani Puts the Iraqi Kurds on the Cusp of Civil War

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani recently said that he feels betrayed by his American ‘ally’. He was referring to reports that the US had advance knowledge of the Iraqi Army’s liberation operation in Kirkuk but failed to warn the Peshmerga. He was also obliquely referring to the widespread presumption that Washington wanted to see an independent “Kurdistan” and would therefore...

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November 8, 2017

NATO Intensifies Its Preparations for War with Russia

Against the backdrop of US aggression against North Korea, NATO is intensifying its preparations for war with Russia, the world’s second largest nuclear power. A report in the German news magazine Der Spiegel (Issue 43/2017) based on a secret NATO document indicates how far plans for war have progressed. The news magazine concludes: “In plain language: NATO is preparing for...

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Daily Archive: November 8, 2017

“Explosive” Leaked Secret Israeli Cable Confirms Israeli-Saudi Coordination to Provoke War

How Come Khorasan Caliphate Replaces ISIS?

Islamic State Defeat Instigates Saudi-Iran Confrontation

High Stakes as Saudi Crown Prince Tries to Remove Opponents

The USA is Cracking Up Just Like the USSR Did

Red Lines & Lost Credibility

The US’ Betrayal of Barzani Puts the Iraqi Kurds on the Cusp of Civil War

NATO Intensifies Its Preparations for War with Russia