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Independent researcher focused on Syria and terrorism | History digressions, particularly on the Cold War | Likes are just bookmarks. RTs = ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

London and Wirral, Britain
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    18 Dec 2018

    The waged an undeclared war against through terrorists and rejectionist states. Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has retained alliances with such actors, notably , and sees Israel as an extension of America, the "Main Adversary".

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    3 hours ago

    . has the single best column on the debate. You will laugh, and if you didn't bother to watch it, you'll learn all you need to know.

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    1 hour ago

    Stats on southern Syria, a year after it surrendered to Assad. The regime arrested 692 people, there have been 112 assassination attempts & assassinations. Locals complain about lack of services, reconstruction (pro-opposition Horan Free League)

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    14 hours ago

    Theresa May to meet Putin at G20. Putin commits an act of chemical weapons terror in Salisbury a year ago and now he gets a meeting with the British prime minister. I call this “gross negligence” by May.

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    Jun 24

    As of today, my book is available on Amazon- After the Caliphate: The Islamic State & The Future Terrorist Diaspora via

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  6. 6 hours ago

    Democrats have a very simple task: look vaguely normal. Step 1 of how to get there: do not die on the hill of trying to exculpate the Taliban.

    You understand that Al-Qaeda has an oath of allegiance to the Taliban, that 9/11 was planned from Taliban-held territory, that the Taliban gave up its regime rather than hand over Bin Ladin and has ever since refused vast inducements to break with AQ and come into the government? …
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  7. 6 hours ago

    You understand that Al-Qaeda has an oath of allegiance to the Taliban, that 9/11 was planned from Taliban-held territory, that the Taliban gave up its regime rather than hand over Bin Ladin and has ever since refused vast inducements to break with AQ and come into the government?

    🤔 Would anyone have called out Tim Ryan for conflating the Taliban and Al Qaida if Tulsi wasn’t there?
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  8. Retweeted
    7 hours ago

    It is known.

    Iraqi Parliamentary Security Committee: there is a US-Jewish plan to renew protests in Basra. The protesters are paid, & Saudi intelligence is supporting the US-Jewish efforts.
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  9. 8 hours ago

    While it's becoming conventional wisdom that the sanctions are hurting , and that the regime feels threatened and bullied by an America on the brink of going to war, the reality is quite otherwise.

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    8 hours ago

    My take on the Christchurch Call | The Christchurch Call - so close, yet so far - Policy Forum

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    8 hours ago

    President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil has vowed to pursue drug traffickers relentlessly. So he was hard-pressed to explain how a presidential plane ended up carrying 86 pounds of cocaine across the Atlantic during an official trip. Oops.

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    9 hours ago

    Israel suspects that |n army is responsible for a recent GPS disturbances in its main airport, media reports. Huge if true

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    20 hours ago

    Internment camps. Orwellian surveillance. Silence. goes undercover in a special report that reveals how China is oppressing the Muslim minority Uighur people in horrific conditions. See “They Come For Us At Night” this Thursday at 7:30pm ET on .

    They Come For Us At Night: China's Vanishing Muslims
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    14 hours ago

    NEW in : The Pentagon has spotted an uptick in ISIS activity in Libya since warlord Khalifa Hifter began to march on Tripoli more than 2 months ago

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    11 hours ago

    Only took us one election cycle to go from it's-un-American-to-threaten-to-lock-up-your-election-opponent to MSNBC hosts pointedly asking candidates if they'd do just that

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  16. 11 hours ago

    Judging by their answers to the question of what the greatest geopolitical threat is, the only serious national security candidate is .

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  17. 11 hours ago

    . made a perfectly reasonable point that leaving to its own devices incubated the people who flew planes into buildings in Manhattan. responds that the is no problem for the U.S. and Arabia is "protecting" Al-Qaeda. 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

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  18. 11 hours ago

    . said that "invaded our democracy" in 2016, which is one view.

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  19. 12 hours ago

    . is most earnestly worried about a war with 's regime, lest it causes refugees. She remains unconcerned that Iran's regime has driven ten million Syrians from their homes, destabilising Turkey and other European states.

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  20. 12 hours ago

    Virtually the whole stage want back into the as it was written in 2015. One of the exceptions is , oddly.

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    13 hours ago

    “We should really be talking about other healthcare models. In Syria, for instance, Assad has reduced healthcare costs by 50%"

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