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Global Intelligence: Week of April 17, 2017

Apr 16, 2017 | 13:21 GMT

The Global Intelligence Digest from Stratfor for the Week of April 17, 2017

North Korea commemorated the anniversary of the birth of the country’s founder Kim Il Sung April 15, unveiling a host of new military hardware. The days leading up to the celebration were marked with growing speculation that the United States could launch a punitive strike on North Korea against its missile and nuclear infrastructure, risking significant retaliation by Pyongyang. Much of that speculation centered on the limited strike on Syria last week, rumors leaked out of Washington as well as a US MOAB (officially the GBU-43 or “Massive Ordnance Air Blast” but nicknamed the “Mother Of All Bombs”) bombing on April 13 targeting Islamic State positions in Afghanistan....

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