October 14, 2018 – Astute News

October 14, 2018

The Russian-Pakistani $10 Billion Pipeline Will Promote Eurasian Integration

Russia and Pakistan signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) late last month to carry out a feasibility study for prospectively building a $10 billion undersea gas pipeline that Moscow hopes will eventually connect Iran, Pakistan, and India. The megaproject was first floated last November during President Putin’s visit to Tehran at the time, and the progress that’s been made since...

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October 14, 2018

International Relations: The Calm Before the Storm?

The current situation – extending from the Russian response to the destruction of its Ilyuchin-20 to the US mid-term elections on 6 November – is uncertain. All the protagonists of the war in Syria are waiting to see whether the White House will be able to pursue its policy of breaking away from the current international order, or if Congress...

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October 14, 2018

Saudis Must Cough Up Billions to Settle Khashoggi Case

The Khashoggi case, discussed here, will be moved off the news pages even faster than assumed. A CNN correspondent just tweeted this: Erdogan spox: "At the request of Saudi Arabia, a joint working group will be established to uncover the events surrounding Jamal Khashoggi." — Alexander Marquardt (@MarquardtA) October 11, 2018 Erdogan spox: “At the request of Saudi Arabia, a...

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October 14, 2018

The US-Led Genocide and Destruction of Yemen

“Only God can save our children”, say Yemeni fathers and mothers as they can do nothing but watch their children die, try to comfort them in their final agonizing hours, and pray for God to spare them from death. The fathers and mothers watch and pray, as one by another their children die from cholera, dehydration and starvation. Where is...

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October 14, 2018

Bush & Blair’s Iraq War was Key that Opened Door to Syria’s Current Hell

If the pain of birth is the price of life, Syria’s birth as a truly independent nation has come at the price of eight years of brutal and merciless struggle. As with the Vietnamese people, so with the Syrians. Their struggle against imperialism and hegemony has earned them a place at history’s table that can never be relinquished. Because, if...

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October 14, 2018

Did US and Allies Commit War Crime by Bombing Syria on April 14th?

INTRODUCTION Bombardment (or other military invasion) of a country that has not invaded nor threatened to invade the attacking country(s) is “aggression” under international law, and is the chief crime that the Nazis were hanged for at Nuremberg after World War II. The US and its allies have routinely committed aggression, in places such as Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen....

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October 14, 2018

US-China War is Inevitable?

When a US warship narrowly avoided slamming into a Chinese naval vessel earlier this month in the disputed South China Sea, the incident could serve as a metaphor. The two economic giants seem to be on a collision course for war. That collision course was ramped up last week when US Vice President delivered a barnstorming speech declaring China as global enemy...

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October 14, 2018

Burkina Faso Is the New Flashpoint in France’s War on Terror

France’s Sahel-wide “Operation Barkane” has recently been forced to pay increasing attention to the upsurge of terrorism in Burkina Faso, which is quickly turning into another flashpoint in the War on Terror. The G5 Sahel & “Operation Barkhane” Most of the world missed it last week because of the global hysteria surrounding Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings in the US, but...

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Daily Archive: October 14, 2018

The Russian-Pakistani $10 Billion Pipeline Will Promote Eurasian Integration

International Relations: The Calm Before the Storm?

Saudis Must Cough Up Billions to Settle Khashoggi Case

The US-Led Genocide and Destruction of Yemen

Bush & Blair’s Iraq War was Key that Opened Door to Syria’s Current Hell

Did US and Allies Commit War Crime by Bombing Syria on April 14th?

US-China War is Inevitable?

Burkina Faso Is the New Flashpoint in France’s War on Terror