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

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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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    7 May 2014

    Crazy Dennis Rodman is saying I wanted to go to North Korea with him. Never discussed, no interest, last place on Earth I want to go to.

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    11 hours ago

    I'm old enough to remember two weeks ago when scores of articles were written on how tanker attacks in the Oman Sea were actually Golf of Tonkin redux. Then the downing of the drone happened, and we're not at war. Just going to pretend like that all of that didn't happen, are we?

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    Jun 24

    The Islamic State group may have lost its "caliphate", but three months later, experts have warned the jihadists are still attacking fighters and fields in Syria to show they remain relevant

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  6. 12 hours ago

    . argues for that the intra-insurgent balance in has shifted sufficiently against to make a second go at worthwhile, assuming wants it and wasn't using the jihadists as a pretext for attack.

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  7. 12 hours ago

    Instructive map: the pro-Asad coalition began the heavy airstrikes on on 26 April and the ground offensive began on 6 May. Quibble: hasn't stayed out entirely. But clearly hasn't committed with full force, and this inability to move the front line is the result.

    Since a Feb '19 meet, 's refused to play a ground role in any offensive; they've kept their word. Without & its militias, the regime (backe…
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    12 hours ago

    Had the honor to participate in recent book entitled (The Syrian Military Establishment In 2019: sectarianism, militias and foreign investment) my paper tackled the Military Groups & Networks within the Army, & its long/short term affect

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  9. 13 hours ago

    Ah, also support for the , the women's unit of the 's forces in Syria, with a link to what is effectively a propaganda piece at CNN.

    The Black Panthers were a "militant liberation group", huh. Also the phrase "state and their running dogs" used unironically.
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  10. 13 hours ago

    The Black Panthers were a "militant liberation group", huh. Also the phrase "state and their running dogs" used unironically.

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    17 hours ago

    Good rundown of the U.S. attack on an al-Qaeda cell in Aleppo, the first of its kind in about two years, by .

    Who did the Americans hit in Syria?
    A US-led coalition reportedly targeted Al Qaeda members for the first time since March 2017. The operation unfolded in western Aleppo.
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  12. 15 hours ago

    : despite identifying 600 members of Al-Muhajiroun, the -loyal faction connected to numerous terror attacks, police prosecuted none of them for membership. By contrast, a dozen members of the far-Right "National Action" have been prosecuted.

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    20 hours ago

    When advanced weapons fall into wrong hands

    Last time it was Russian spy plane, next time it could be a civilian airliner. Somebody please take those things away from the SAA.
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    18 hours ago

    Abdul Hakim Belhaj: Why I rejected bin Laden’s invitation to join al-Qaeda

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    17 hours ago

    Didn’t get the best screengrab, but after seizing the parliament building a group of protesters (or are they revolutionaries now?) are trying to hoist the old pre-handover colonial flag in the central chamber.

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    Jun 30

    Even if you are the sort of irredeemable prick who thinks you have the moral standing and wisdom to fuzz up "Don't physically assault someone filming in public" as a universal rule, you HAVE to at least be able to understand how *tactically* stupid and self-defeating this is.

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    18 hours ago

    All the Ergenekon suspects have finally been formally acquitted today. Here's a thread I wrote about the Ergenekon and Balyoz trials:

    Ok, here's a quick history lesson on Ergenekon/Balyoz, courtesy mostly of Gareth Jenkins, probably the world's leading authority on the sham trials.
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  18. 18 hours ago

    MOSSAD chief makes a rare appearance to say has an opportunity to ally with Arab states on: - "the fight against...Iran and jihadist terrorism" 😀 - "close relations with the White House" 😀 - "and channels of communication with the Kremlin" 😒🤬

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    18 hours ago

    Broke: Shooting at an airborne target and hitting another aircraft by accident. Woke: Shooting at an airborne target and hitting a land target in another country by accident.

    Wow. New record for the Syrian air defenses - they accidentally bombed Cyprus.
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    18 hours ago

    Protesters force their way into Hong Kong's legislature, and are engaged in a standoff with police inside

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  21. 18 hours ago

    Yazdi was among those revolutionaries who interacted with the State Dept. and CIA, regarded as a moderate—the kind of people the Shah was told to accommodate. Of course he was a fanatic and stone-cold killer who represented Khomeini's revolutionary "justice" to the outside world.

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