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Focus on Syria and terrorism (jihadism, PKK, etc.) Occasional history digressions, especially on the Cold War. Likes are just bookmarks. RTs are ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    Oct 26

    NEW: a deep dive into the long relationship between and al-Qaeda. v

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    18 hours ago

    Ahvazi activists located abroad told Amnesty International that 22 men were executed in Iran, including civil society activist Mohammad Momeni Timas.

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    10 hours ago

    Wow. An Egyptian woman just came forward saying says she married Saudi journalist in a religious ceremony in the United States this year, months before he was killed at a Saudi consulate in . His Turkish fiancee says thats news to her.

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  4. 10 hours ago

    Note also :

    Unfortunately the did not print our full response. This is a serious accusation and should not be left to anonymous sources. Our full response was the following:
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  5. 10 hours ago

    "U.S. officials are unclear on when or whether the Saudi government will follow through with its threatened executions of the individuals blamed for Khashoggi’s killing. 'It could happen overnight or take 20 years,' the U.S. official said".

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  6. 10 hours ago

    Why would order killed, since he didn't seem that threatening? "A theory the CIA has developed is that [MBS] believed Khashoggi was a dangerous Islamist who was too sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to people familiar with the assessment."

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  7. 10 hours ago

    "The audio shows that Khashoggi was killed within moments of entering the consulate, according to officials in multiple countries who have listened to it … Khashoggi died in the office of the Saudi consul general, who can be heard expressing his displeasure".

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  8. 10 hours ago

    "[T]here is no way [ was killed] without [] being aware or involved,' said a U.S. official familiar with the CIA’s conclusions. ... [At the same time] CIA analysts believe he has a firm grip on power and is not in danger of losing his status as heir to the throne".

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  9. 10 hours ago

    The CIA assessment that ordered Khashoggi to be killed is based, inter alia, on a telephone call from the Crown Prince's brother, Khalid bin Salman, the Saudi ambassador to the United States, telling Khashoggi when to go to the consulate, a call made at MBS' behest.

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  10. 10 hours ago

    The CIA has concluded, with "high confidence", that Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman ordered an assassination operation against Jamal Khashoggi at the Istanbul consulate on 2 October, according to " people familiar with the matter". v

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    11 hours ago

    The US idea that it can localize great power competition with China inside the Second Island Chain seems to stem from misperception of what China’s position relative to the US will b in 10-15 yrs. US better get used 2 thinking about Africa as an arena of great power competition

    Two things: 1) That's 10 percent of what they acknowledge is there at any one time. 2) How is Africa any less important in an era of "great power competition" with Chinese influence what it is across the continent? …
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  12. 13 hours ago

    : Then-U.S. Ambassador to , James Jeffrey, wrote in his 2009 cable of the split between and that could become more serious, and of the belief that the U.S. was propping up the Islamists who were witch-hunting them out of the bureaucracy.

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  13. 13 hours ago

    December 2009: James Jeffrey, the current U.S. envoy, then-ambassador to , wrote a detailed cable about the movement. Inter alia, he noted its relentless agitation for the Ergenekon show trials and its capture of the National Police.

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  14. 13 hours ago

    September 2009: The seculars in 's military are worried about Gulenist infiltrators. To weed out the Islamists, they invite officers to pool parties and if their wives won't wear bikinis, the husband gets purged. Gulenists countered this eventually.

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  15. 13 hours ago

    Trump preparing to submit a formal finding to Congress that is violating the Chemical Weapons Conventions for its role in Asad's terror-war against 's civilians. for .

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    2012: "Gülen’s followers own the newspaper Zaman and the TV channel Samanyolu, which editorialize on behalf of the A.K. Party and the Ergenekon prosecutions. ... The most widely held perception in Turkey is that the Gülenists have taken control of the Turkish National Police"

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  17. 13 hours ago

    2012 piece: the scene in at the trial of investigative journalist Ahmet Şık, who was released in March. Şık had written a book on the Gulenists and they used their power in the judiciary to prosecute him before it was even published.

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    16 hours ago

    S. : newly formed "Popular Resistance" claims responsability for the killing of a soldier in province. This group says it aims to target pro-Assad forces & their collaborators in South Syria.

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  19. 16 hours ago

    U.S. envoy James Jeffrey presser on 14 November: - First, supports the Istanbul summit of Oct. 27, which is nearing the end-game of Astana-izing Geneva, redefining it on / terms - Then says Asad has to be ousted, but this definitely isn't regime-change

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    17 hours ago

    Last Russian convicted in the U.S. on similar charges got a 30 month sentence. 30 months in federal custody is still a deeply unpleasant experience but would not hold my breath for some holy crap sentence here.

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  21. 17 hours ago

    Very impressive work from The , putting together in a short video what we know so far of how Jamal Khashoggi was killed, using surveillance footage from the consulate in Istanbul and other evidence, some leaked from , some their own.

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