#IRAQ

For so many years, practically since I've been alive, Democrats have thought that they could win the respect of Republicans by being polite and letting them have their way every
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THREADRemember 9-11, that was terrible. Out of the 19 highjackers 1 was from Lebanon, 1 was from Egypt, 2 were from the UAE and the remaining 15 were all from
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Some thoughts on the latest release from #ISIS’ Al-Hayat Media Center, “Incite the Believers.” Thread The short video incites #ISIS followers to launch attacks in enemy lands. It’s released shortly
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Based on the *process* momentum described in this report, the Afghanistan decision is shaping up to 1) no withdrawal by May 2) open-ended extension on drawdown until conditions on violence
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Since the election of Donald Trump in late 2016, the #US has emerged as a global #oil powerhouse, almost fully mathematically replacing lost volumes from #Iran and #Venezuela. /1 #oott
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So Muqtada's surrogate & notorious criminal Hakim Al Zamili gave a chilling interview earlier today to Al Sharqiya News. Below are some of the notable statements that he made during
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Powerful piece by @BBCArabic Ravita Navai in the killings of political activists, women’s advocates, and charity workers by Iran-backed militias (the BBC investigation identifies Kataib Hezbollah), encouraged by Iran govt
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Within the past couple of days there has been a mini-storm regarding an interview given by Robert Malley to French TV station TV5 Monde in November 2019. The entire panel
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One of my eternal frustrations is imposing the Iraq experience onto Taiwan. In Iraq, America f'ed up. We went in and tore down a dictatorship because we believed that peace
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A thread with frequently asked questions and some answers to those. Q: Why do Iran and Turkey bomb the Kurdistan Region of Iraq?A: Both these countries are afraid of a
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Water and conflicts in the #MiddleEast . A THREAD summarizing the main arguments & including valuable sources and examples: Availability of water or water mismangement impacts #foodsecurity and consequently economic
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Excellent article by on-the-ground journalist @ejmalrai on one-year anniversary of US assassination of Qassem Soleimani and Iraq general Mohandis. I was very critical. Its purported justification seemed very dubious to
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Our collection 'I Refuse to Condemn: Resisting Racism in Times of National Security' is available! An honour for me to have edited this wonderful group of scholars and activists, who
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We are the police officers who ran into the World Trade Center on 9/11. We are the NYFD who knew they were likely going to die, but went into the
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The mistakes of the right are usually to apply traditional ways of thinking without really understanding themThe mistakes of the left are usually to dismiss traditional ways of thinking without
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The Office of the Prosecutor of the @IntlCrimCourt has decided to close its preliminary examination into allegations of war crimes committed by British forces in Iraq. The executive summary is
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