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22 JUN 20 :: The Pentagon is eager to exploit the audiovisual impact of real-time mass communication (remember Saddam's statue being toppled?) City of Panic by Paul Virilio |
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22 JUN 20 :: The Toppling: How the Media Inflated the Fall of Saddam's Statue in Firdos Square @propublica @NewYorker |
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22 JUN 20 :: Saddam Hussein's Last Words: "To the Hell that is Iraq!?" The execution fell during Eid ul-Adha, a holy day for Muslims. |
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22 JUN 20 :: A U.S. marine watches a statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in downtown Baghdad on April 9, 2003. Photos Saurabh Das/ @AP Jerome Delay/AP @theintercept |
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15 MAY 20 :: Barack Hussein Jihad Nairobi Obama - #OBAMAGATE @TheDailyShow |
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13 MAY 20 :: "We are not sure the number of deaths on a daily basis, but there are many," Mbowe said, estimating that the daily death toll in Dar es Salaam was "no less than 30 or 40" @AJENews |
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30 MAR 20 :: Petrostates Hammered by Oil Price Plunge and Pandemic's Spread @economics |
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22 JAN 20 :: 0-APR-2018 :: what security guarantees can Trump provide to Kim [read Khamenei] ? Offering up bullet-proof security guarantees is the equivalent of threading the needle #TrumpKimSummit |
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15 JAN 20 :: Blundering into War Patrick Cockburn on what Trump doesn't know about Iran @LRB |
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15 JAN 20 :: 06-JAN-2020 :: The Assassination (The Escalation of 'Shadow War') |
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14 JAN 20 :: William Barr, Trump's Sword and Shield @NewYorker B |
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14 JAN 20 :: William Barr, Trump's Sword and Shield @NewYorker A |
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13 JAN 20 :: Mohammed bin Zayed @MohamedBinZayed Dark Vision of the Middle East's Future @nytimes A |
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10 JAN 20 :: 2) U.S. has a greater relative military capability in history. Makes no sense: @nntaleb |
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8 JAN 20 :: 06-JAN-2020 :: The Assassination (The Escalation of 'Shadow War') |
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8 JAN 20 :: Baghdad was officially mediating between Tehran and Riyadh, at the behest of Trump. And Soleimani was a messenger @zerohedge Escobar |
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7 JAN 20 :: 06-JAN-2020 :: The Assassination (The Escalation of 'Shadow War') |
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6 JAN 20 :: 06-JAN-2020 :: The Assassination (The Escalation of 'Shadow War') |
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3 JAN 20 :: He is a canny, ruthless military leader - and Iran's greatest defender. Has the US fundamentally misconceived the motives of this commander, and by extension, Iran itself? @prospect_uk H/T @TamerBadawi1 |
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2 JAN 20 :: "The Iraq war was a colossal mistake that strengthened Iran beyond belief. There was never any realistic chance of installing a pro-American government in Shiite-dominated Baghdad." writes @RMConservative |
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