#Iraq

We are not the first & hopefully will not be the last to say this. Using offensive terms like “banana republic” or referring to Iraq/Afghanistan to describe what happened in
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1. Policy Exchange has published Ten Ways to Improve the #OverseasOperationsBill. I welcome only one of their recommendations: to remove war crimes from the Bill's scope, but not for the
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Unlike elitist Glenn Greenwald, I grew up working class, son of a plywood mill worker and 1st generation college graduate. And unlike Glenn, I know that sexually harassing girls in
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Miriam Margoyles said the coup she describes was "years in the making". Therefore she wasn't describing a *single event* such as one election, but a process.Despite being a professor of
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Osama bin Laden was an American CIA agent and he worked for the US government in the 1980s —they trained him! After the American govt declared Osama bin Laden
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As we leave the Trump behind, I think it is critical to think about the Bush II years as we chart a path forward. 12 years after W left office,
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How to define a drink called nabīdh has come up multiple times on my feed recently. Nabīdh was an intoxicating beverage distinguished from khamr, grape wine, which the Qurʾan prohibits
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‘It’s not a threat that will be solved by military means. That is not the same thing that I understand as a War on Terror generally. You might as well
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The struggle of Afro-Iraqis (Black Iraqis) // Thread: The majority of Afro-Iraqis are the descendants of slaves brought to the Middle East from the Swahili Coast and other parts of
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1-An incredible revelation by Iran’s Mahan Air pilot Amir Assadollahi , who claims in early 2013 he flew a plane to Syria that carried 200 passengers , including Quds force
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Short thread re Identity. This happened 20 years ago - Drumcree 2nd July 2000. You can see me in the photo - I'm watching my cameraman's step ladder being hurled
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The new "anti-imperialist imperialism" coming out of the US was something I noticed first in bookshop displays. The kinds of politics sections in London bookshops where you'd have found Streeck
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Western think tank: "Bashar Assad is a dictator, gasses his own people & is a very very bad guy"Syrians: Western think tank: "Qassem Soleimani was bad, Iranians hated him &
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The European Human Rights Law Review has published my article '"Impossible or Disproportionate Burden": The UK's Approach to the Investigatory Obligation under Articles 2 and 3 ECHR'. If you have
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2021 will be my pushback against the conservative/patriotic non-interventionist. It is a very dangerous stance and one that I am surprised has survived so long. They rely on a handful
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Yazidi - Yezidi - Ezidi Religion, Culture, History ...A threadYazidism is one of the most ancient surviving religions in the world and the Yazidi people are one of the most
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