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@AmarAmarasingam

Assistant Professor | Fellow | Work: terrorism, social movements, sociology of religion, ethnography, MENA, South Asia

Toronto, Canada
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Joined August 2010
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    May 29

    Honored to have the cover article for the May/June edition of the CTC Sentinel by . I take a deep dive into everything we know so far about the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka, and provide new details along the way.

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    21 minutes ago

    So much fear in now. This city defeated ISIS against all odds with US support. There is even a Trump restaurant in as a sign of thanks for previous US support. Now they have to fear a Turkish invasion. Civilians in Kobani now ask me: what is going to happen?

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    24 minutes ago

    This is crazy

    Horrible! government turning streets of into war zone using anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launchers against protestors WTH!
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    3 hours ago

    When I started covering the Middle East I was told two things early on which have proved unnervingly accurate. 1: Don't mess with the House of Saud. 2: The Kurds always get fucked over.

    Good morning from Istanbul, where I am back after two weeks off with impeccable timing for this:
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    2. The Kurds were pretty clear that if Turkey attacks, they will be forced to move soldiers away from camps and prisons to the new frontlines. Considering Hol is guarded by 400 SDF soldiers, and considering the almost daily violence there, this will have major consequences.

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    1. Just got home from a week in Syria. A few things that are clear from our interviews: -Baghdadi speech calling for a prison break had profound impact inside camps/prisons. Sept 30th violence in Hol was direct result of these women feeling ISIS leaders still cares about them.

    First the Kurds incurred unimaginable losses fighting against ISIS. Then we asked them to carry the burden and risk of housing around 80,000 captured men, women, and children.…
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    First the Kurds incurred unimaginable losses fighting against ISIS. Then we asked them to carry the burden and risk of housing around 80,000 captured men, women, and children. And now, we are abandoning them entirely. Shame.

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    22 hours ago

    Omg an Iraqi protester is shot on camera while being interviewed by a journalist. It’s day 6, death toll around 90 but human rights groups and hospitals say it’s much higher.

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    Oct 5

    Iraqi protesters: "we are being killed by security forces and Iran-backed militias and snipers. Internet is cut off. Activists are being assassinated in their homes". American Leftists: " Capitalism and the neoliberal economy did this"

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  10. Oct 5

    When peaceful protesters poured into Iraqi streets this week, the govt shut down the internet, imposed a curfew, deployed security forces and was unapologetic when they opened fire on demonstrators. As of Saturday, 91 people are dead and over 2000 wounded

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    Oct 5

    🇮🇶 Iraq: the people are no longer settling for the crappy deal they were handed post-saddam. Instead of a centralized dictatorship, Iraq became a violent plutocracy.

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    More extraordinary footage of clashes in Baghdad tonight. At least 93 killed thus far, thousands wounded. Once again sounds of gunfire.
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    Oct 5

    Six elephants have fallen to their deaths in Thailand after trying to save each other from a notorious waterfall. Officials said the incident occurred after a baby elephant slipped over the waterfall in southern Thailand's Khao Yai National Park.

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    Oct 5

    China has been arbitrarily detaining our colleague for 300 days. His resilience & courage in the face of injustice have not flagged, and nor has our determination to get him out as soon as possible. Join our call to ➔

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    Oct 5

    Getting to do the was such a “get” for me. Check out my chat with and about how hubs of foreign fighter recruitment formed in in 2011-2015. These hubs were crucial for , they sent 1000s to .

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    Oct 5

    Today our teams supplied Al-Kindi Hospital and Medical City in central with trauma kits to treat more than 100 injured people. We continue to work with health authorities in to be able to respond to needs in the wake of the ongoing protests.

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  16. Oct 5

    Iraqi authorities lift Baghdad curfew; death toll rises to 72 in days of unrest.

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    Oct 4

    Great piece by - how can we ask Canadians to trust our national security agencies if we can’t even get basic info to the public? We MUST do better and failure to meaningfully do so is one of Trudeau’s unfulfilled promises.

    Canada's access-to-information system "was created to thwart governments’ basest instincts to hide and obfuscate; instead it has become the embodiment of exactly that desire"
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    Oct 5

    One of the most sinister aspects of the siege in Kashmir has been the clampdown on the Kashmiri press.

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    Oct 5

    “The Special Rapporteur further stresses that an effective return process includes holding individuals accountable for serious violations of national and international law for serious and systematic crimes committed in Syria and Iraq.

    Statement of the UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights concerning the return of "foreign fighters" and their families to Europe at COE convening.
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    Oct 5

    “Half the blood in our bodies is sucked by leeches.“ In January, the “government promised an additional LKR 50 to the wage, which workers are yet to receive.” ’s reminder of estate workers’ continued struggle.👇🏼

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    Oct 5

    MSF warns of mental health crisis among in Iraq

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