#Military

Who is Mustafa al-Kadhimi, the new PM-designate in Iraq? Here's a short thread to give some context. Born in 1967 in Baghdad, studied law before being exiled in the UK/US.
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Charles Allen in 'Soldier Sahibs' quotes a Pukhtun proverb"First comes one Englishman, as a traveler or for shikar;then come two and make a map;then comes an army and takes the
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The MLs up in arms right now need to realize I have no problem with anti-imperialism. Opposing empire is a key part of anti-colonial/anti-capitalist politics. The problem is much of
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THREADHoly crap.Who the hell is this blithering imbecile? You have to listen to him.@realDonaldTrump, did you know that all you need is love? And ARSON?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84W69Hee7E I have never in my
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Helium is the element that makes your voice squeak and got David Blaine over the Arizona desert. Some ppl think that we'll run out of it within decades. Others disagree.But
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How many people know anything about the Jan 2017 Intel Assessment (ICA) other than as a pretext for delivering Steele dossier into public view? Public version is astonishingly, even embarrassingly,
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1/10Last week, Americans witnessed inspiring speeches from countless Democrats & a few Republicans at the Democratic National Convention. The prevailing themes seemed to be kindness & inclusion: “our better angels”
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1. In the U.S., today is V-J Day, commemorating the victory over Imperial Japan in 1945. I'd like to remember the American, Filipino, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, British, Fijian, Papuan,
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An interesting tale about submarines.A Soviet submarine ran aground on Sweden's south coast very close to a Swedish naval base in 1981. They claimed it was due to an emergency
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1. This is a thread about (right-wing) extremist groups that engage in "charitable" activities, like providing necessities to the homeless or doing disaster relief. I've seen many instances of this
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(1)Construction of a U.S MQ-9 Reaper Drone base in Niamey, Niger in 2016 Construction of another drone base in Agadez Niger January 2017, one a month after Nigerian troops capture
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1. Trump was a "FAN" of Putin's before he took office2. He's alienated all allies3. He loosened Putin's sanctions/cancelled G7/requested a meeting with the Taliban AFTER he read the Bounty
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No. 116 #CWGCAtoZ Abingdon (Our Lady and St. Edmund) Roman Catholic Churchyard, England https://bit.ly/2S4pBda  contains 1 #FWW and 2 #SWW graves. There is some lovely material in the archive for
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You know, thinking on it further...The Undiscovered Country is a far better Star Trek film than Wrath of Khan. Yes, even the Director's Cut.HANG ON BEAR WITH PUT THE PITCHFORKS
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I do have a lot of feelings on John's immediate reaction (commonly known as Rhino Noises) after Mary dies and while it is a questionable acting choice on Martin's part,
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FYI: The fetishization & eroticization of people of color is ANOTHER FORM OF RACISM. Some of y'all are watching porn so much that you have normalized this shit. From BBC
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