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Research focuses on Syria and terrorism | History digressions, particularly on the Soviet Union | 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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  2. 2 hours ago

    "Perth couple Jolie King and Mark Firkin were arrested in July while travelling through the Iranian capital on their personal mission to 'break the stigma around travelling to countries that get a bad wrap'."

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    17 hours ago

    Moscow has filed a request with Interpol to locate Oleg Smolenkov in the US, says Russia's Foreign Ministry.

    Москва запросила Интерпол о нахождении Смоленкова на территории США
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  4. 2 hours ago

    This is openly a state-directed active measure from , which leaves two questions: (a) what is the truth behind all of this; and (b) very much related, what is the purpose of its release in this format?

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  5. 2 hours ago

    The plumber "was tied up and ordered to kiss the feet of the princess ... He claimed he was then beaten up and had his tools confiscated during an ordeal that lasted several hours. ... The princess shouted 'Kill him, the dog, he doesn't deserve to live'."

    Hessa bint Salman, the only daughter of the King and half-sister of , has been found guilty in France (as has her bodyguard) for assaulting a plumber in September 2016 after he took pictures she thought might be damaging to the monarchy.
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  6. 3 hours ago

    Hessa bint Salman, the only daughter of the King and half-sister of , has been found guilty in France (as has her bodyguard) for assaulting a plumber in September 2016 after he took pictures she thought might be damaging to the monarchy.

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    9 hours ago

    Classic photograph of the Palace of Justice in Damascus and the inspiration for the Syrian Law Journal logo.

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  8. 3 hours ago

    Good luck with that.

    David Schenker to LBCI: UNIFIL's role must be strengthened by allowing its forces to enter so-called private property, which are in fact Hezbollah properties.
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    3 hours ago

    I understand (normal) people seldom vote on foreign policy. But the mostly dismal quality of ideas on display tonight is worrying and psychically painful to watch.

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  10. 3 hours ago

    "In many ways I shouldn't be here on this stage" - one of the few sensible things has said all evening.

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  11. 3 hours ago

    This is something that Beto should at least be asked to clarify.

    . has just described the El Paso massacre as an "act of terror that was directed at our community in large part by the President of the United States".
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  12. 3 hours ago

    . has just described the El Paso massacre as an "act of terror that was directed at our community in large part by the President of the United States".

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    3 hours ago

    What's there to debate? They're all for it.

    we gonna go a whole debate w/out abortion question?
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    4 hours ago

    This is the worst discussion on national security and foreign policy in the history of presidential debates. Ramblers; generalizers; one worldism run rampant. Our adversaries watching this would be breaking open the champagne. Our allies muttering Oy Vey.

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  15. 3 hours ago

    Bernie's boasting about taking on "powerful interests" (lobbies in the U.S.) and pharmaceutical companies "that are killing people" rings a bit hollow since he spent his career in apologetics for the Soviet Union and its colonies like the Sandinista dictatorship.

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  16. 4 hours ago

    Biden: "I know Madura, I've confronted Madura". Alas it seems not well enough to know his name.

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  17. 4 hours ago

    Just rewatching the Biden section: he seems to have mixed up which state he wanted to partition. He said can't be put together b/c it's actually three countries [this was his thesis] and the southern "counties" (provinces) are really Pakistan's.

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    4 hours ago

    The reason this debate sucks is because Marianne Williamson isn't there to protect the stage from the dark psychic forces

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  19. 4 hours ago

    . says, "The Day After Tomorrow, it's today", and says her foreign policy will be based on climate change. "Every time the scientists go back, they say we have less and less time", Warren says.

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  20. 4 hours ago

    Read this thread. 's influence operations and espionage in is a serious issue in general, but this case is something else.

    4. The Guangdong Overseas Exchange Association, of which she was a member, organized summer camps in China to promote the Belt and Road Initiative and inculcate CCP values in Chinese expats. …
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  21. 4 hours ago

    We have now moved from to whether is the way to save the planet.

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