War

Russia have announced plans to launch a series of nuclear missile tests from their nuclear-powered submarines – in an effort to ready their military in case of a nuclear war.  The missiles will include the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile, one of the worlds most advanced and expensive weapons. Haaretz.com reports: The missiles will be fired by two Borei-class nuclear-powered submarines, the Yuri Dolgoruky and the Vladimir Monomakh, Izvestiya reported, quoting a source at the Northern Fleet’s headquarters. The Bulava entered service with the Yuri Dolgoruky in January 2013.

It was Hillary Clinton, not Bill, Janet Reno, Webb Hubbell, or Vince Foster – who ordered the Waco massacre in 1993 that led to the death of 76 Americans, including 21 children and two pregnant women.  The Waco attack motivated Timothy McVeigh to launch the Oklahoma City bombings two years later on April 19, 1995. First Lady Hillary Clinton pressured Deputy White House Counsel Vince Foster and Webb Hubbell to use military force in resolving the Waco standoff due to the saturated media coverage the standoff was receiving, distracting from her new health care reform (Hillarycare).

North Korea’s leader has ordered that the country’s nuclear weapons are prepared for use at any time and the military to be in “pre-emptive attack” mode. Citing growing enemy threats, Kim Jong-un  made his announcement on Friday a day after the UN approved its harshest sanctions crafted by the US against the impoverished nation, marking a further escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula.

The Pentagon is drawing up plans for a large scale air assault on ISIS forces in Libya based on faulty and overestimated intelligence reports. Top Washington officials and analysts warn against military escalation in Libya, saying that it is based on overblown estimates of the Islamic State’s strength and would in fact add more fuel to the jihadists’ fire. They say it is reminiscent of the disastrous decision to invade Iraq in 2003 which was based on faulty intelligence. That decision consequently led to the birth of ISIS in the Middle East and its expansion into north Africa.

Kurdish forces in Iraq have discovered elaborate network of tunnels in towns and cities they have recaptured from ISIS. The jihadists used a network of tunnels in Iraqi Kurdish cities under their control and used them as escape routes and command centers. The tunnels have undermined the foundations of recaptured towns and cities. Russia Today reports: In the Yazadi city of Sinjar, recaptured by Kurdish Peshmerga militia from Islamic State (IS, former ISIS/ISIL) last December, 70 tunnels have already been discovered.