September 21, 2019 – Astute News

September 21, 2019

Saudi Arabia up in Flames: Riyadh Is Headed for a Major Disaster

On Saturday September 14th, Yemen’s Houthi rebels announced that they had conducted a massive attack on several Aramco plants in Saudi Arabia, including the largest oil refinery in the world in Abqaiq, using 10 drones. On Twitter, dozens of videos and photos showed explosions, flames and the resulting damage. The move is part of a retaliatory campaign by the Houthis...

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September 21, 2019

The Ansarullah’s Aramco Drone Strike & The Real Act of War

Pompeo’s provocative pronouncement that the Ansarullah’s drone strike on Aramco’s oil facilities was an “act of war” is extremely hypocritical because it ignores the fact that the Saudis were the ones to initiate the international dimension of the War on Yemen as part of the US’ long-running Hybrid War on Iran, and any conventional US and/or Saudi attack against the...

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September 21, 2019

Houthi Attack on Saudi Oil Fields – A False Flag?

On Saturday morning, September 14, 2019, a few drones – were they drones or long-range missiles? – hit the Saudis most important two oil fields, set them ablaze, apparently knocking out half of the Saudi crude production – but measured in terms of world production it is a mere 5%. Could be made up in no time by other Gulf...

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September 21, 2019

30+ Afghans Killed in Drone Strike While CIA Celebrates 18 Years of War on Afghanistan

From the abstract of a (paywalled) piece about the never ending U.S. war on Afghanistan: Slow failure: Understanding America’s quagmire in Afghanistan The United States government has no organised way of thinking about war termination other than seeking decisive military victory. This implicit assumption is inducing three major errors. First, the United States tends to select military-centric strategies that have...

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September 21, 2019

Israelis Have Shown Netanyahu the Door. Can He Inflict More Damage before He Exits?

For most Israelis, the general election on Tuesday was about one thing and one thing only. Not the economy, nor the occupation, nor even corruption scandals. It was about Benjamin Netanyahu. Should he head yet another far-right government, or should his 10-year divisive rule come to an end? Barring a last-minute upset as the final ballot papers are counted, Israelis...

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September 21, 2019

Netanyahu’s Power Is Waning, Leaving Trump to Deal with Iran

There is an extraordinary irony in the fate of both Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran. The first has been captaining the Titanic, in the words of one Israeli academic, through the past couple of days. The second – a rather better captain, it might be said – has been captaining a couple of tankers in and out of the Mediterranean and the Gulf. The...

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September 21, 2019

Washington’s Iran Policy Is Backstreet Thuggery Masquerading as Statecraft

The war drums beating in Washington, Riyadh, and Tel Aviv when it comes to Iran have not been this loud since the lead-up to the war in Iraq in 2003. With the aforementioned military pressure Iran has come under added to the economic crisis which the country’s been plunged into, only the most rotten-minded could conceivably lay responsibility for the...

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September 21, 2019

Israeli Elections: Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic

Israel’s second election in the past five months has led to yet another political stalemate. As occurred in April, the two main political parties, the far-right Likud and centre-right Blue and White, fought to a virtual tie. The political kingmaker today, as he was ingt April, is Avigdor Lieberman of Yisrael Beiteinu. In the last election, he refused to offer...

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Daily Archive: September 21, 2019

Saudi Arabia up in Flames: Riyadh Is Headed for a Major Disaster

The Ansarullah’s Aramco Drone Strike & The Real Act of War

Houthi Attack on Saudi Oil Fields – A False Flag?

30+ Afghans Killed in Drone Strike While CIA Celebrates 18 Years of War on Afghanistan

Israelis Have Shown Netanyahu the Door. Can He Inflict More Damage before He Exits?

Netanyahu’s Power Is Waning, Leaving Trump to Deal with Iran

Washington’s Iran Policy Is Backstreet Thuggery Masquerading as Statecraft

Israeli Elections: Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic