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Analyst/researcher | Syria and terrorism (jihadists, PKK) | Digressions on history, especially the Soviet Union | Likes are just bookmarks. RTs are ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    12 Dec 2018

    "Zionism is Making Us Stupid": The Russian Relationship with Israel from the Soviets to Putin

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    District judge said of Parsi that his criticisms of the clerical dictatorship "were made largely to burnish Parsi and NIAC's image in the United States. After all, any moderately intelligent agent for the Iranian regime would not want to be seen as unremittingly pro-regime".

    For those interested in finding more about and I recommend court documents in the defamation suit against which lost. No “I heard this” and “I heard that” but real evidence connecting to the Islamic Republic.
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  3. 9 minutes ago

    The backstop is intolerable; it results either in partition or vassalage of the United Kingdom. Even this Parliament won't stand for that. On the plus side, efforts will likely now be made to negotiate on this, and all we need to get to No-Deal is time. So keep going, Dublin.

    Sky Sources: the Irish Government says there is "not a hope" a bilateral treaty with the UK to remove the need for the backstop and bypass the EU in the Brexit deal will happen
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    It’s official: Israel & renew diplomatic relations

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    Israeli strikes caused a Mahan Air flight to turn back, but now it is trying to return to Damascus again. Credit: and Iran routinely uses Mahan Air to deliver weapons to Syria

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    In the meantime, spotted an Iranian plane that busted a U-turn and wasn't able to land in Damascus (prob. bcz of the airstrike)

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    An Israeli strike in broad daylight, if confirmed, would be quite significant as Israel generally operates at night

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    10 hours ago

    A scorched-earth policy to clear ISIS’s last stand.. “US-Led Coalition Airstrikes Pound IS Areas in Eastern Syria” with quotes from the knowledgeable

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    1 hour ago

    : recent patrols made with () show recently deployed significant forces in W. countryside.

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    IDF tells journalists in briefing near the Blue Line that victory over Hezbollah will be quick and costly to Hezbollah.

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    Report: Israel will allow entry of third installment of Qatari $$$ to Hamas in Gaza (~$15 million).

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    6 hours ago

    BREAKING: Explosion heard in the vicinity of al-Motahalik, south of Damascus, with reports of a terror attack possibly a car bomb explosion, casualties reported.

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  13. 9 hours ago

    In January 1970, SAVAK tried to organise a coup against the Iraqi Ba'th regime. It failed badly, but was part of a series of events that continued to worsen relations between Saddam and the Shah. The two governments largely settled their differences in 1975.

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    10 hours ago

    Decline in corporal punishment blamed for much of the ill in this world.

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    Jan 19

    Deeply honoured to meet Nobel laureate this week to discuss how we can work together to bring an end to sexual violence in conflict. Politicians talk about courage but her life story personifies

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  16. 11 hours ago

    March 1982: The Washington Post reports that Soviet influence is increasing in Khomeini's Iran. This is months out from the theocracy breaking the Tudeh, which had given it cover and some organising ability to go after the other Leftists, esp Fedayeen.

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  17. 11 hours ago

    Musa al-Sadr was killed as part of the collaborative effort between Khomeini, Qaddafi, and the PLO to bring down the Shah of Iran.

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  18. 11 hours ago

    September 1980: CIA report on the "disappearance" of Imam Musa al-Sadr; doesn't know much and even now has not redacted huge parts of it:

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  19. 11 hours ago

    September 1978: Gregory F. Rose suggests that the 's government and secret police operated a more repressive system than the KGB in the Soviet Union. This was the kind of nonsense being widely printed at the time.

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  20. 11 hours ago

    July 1978, NYT: SAVAK is both ubiquitous and ineffective; "many" protesters "express pro-American sentiments" and credit Jimmy Carter with forcing the 's liberalization program [which began before Carter took office]; Bazargan quoted throughout

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    The Police Service of Northern Ireland is warning people to stay away from Bishop Street in Londonderry following reports of an explosion

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