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Michael Hudson: The Truth about the Destruction of the Palestinians
What Michael Hudson learned about Palestinians from the Mossad 50 years ago: "The aim all along has been to kill them."
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Isis-inspired terror attacks in Europe give the impression it's still a global force. It's not
Isis is far less important than it was three years ago, even if it can still inspire atrocities geared to produce maximum publicity. By Patrick Cockburn.
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Clausewitz Takes Down the Caliphate
The Center of Gravity in the Destruction of the State of the Islamic State. By Michael J. Mooney. (Jan. 14, 2018)
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American policy totally failed in Syria — let’s be thankful
Despite media obfuscation, last week’s meeting between Putin and Assad suggests a new order in the Middle East. By Patrick Lawrence. (Nov. 26, 2017)
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Egypt’s President al-Sisi facing serious questions about strategy to bring Isis hotspot Sinai under control
The Sinai mosque massacre proves what many have suspected for months in Egypt: that Isis – even without a direct claim yet – is taking over the peninsula, targeting more and more of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s officers and police. Thus proving that tactical defeat in Iraq and Syria means for Isis merely a change of location. By Robert Fisk.
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After the liberation of Mosul, an orgy of killing
In the dying days of the battle of Mosul, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad followed Iraqi soldiers during the last push against Isis. But following their victory, a new wave of savagery was unleashed.
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Underground in Raqqa
Developments in Iraq and Syria often mirror each other: the Syrian army captured East Aleppo in December 2016 and the Iraqi army took Mosul seven months later. By Patrick Cockburn.
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Why International Powers Fear Kurdish Independence Vote Could Derail Fight Against ISIS
Even if the referendum was born out of political manoeuvring within Iraqi Kurdistan, it has now built up its own momentum as Kurds rally around their red, white and green flag. By Patrick Cockburn.
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The Devil’s Henchmen
What do the ISIS dead deserve? In the battle for Mosul, thousands of militants have been killed. While seeking answers for what should be done with their bodies, Kenneth R. Rosen unearths a terrible crime.
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The Fall of Mosul is a Defeat for Isis, But It Remains a Deadly Force
Isis is badly wounded, but it is still a long way from being dead. By Patrick Cockburn.
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FRONTLINE: The Secret History of ISIS
The inside story of the creation of ISIS, and how the U.S. missed the many warning signs.
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The only real way to stop atrocities like the Manchester attack is to end the wars which allow extremism to grow
President Trump leaves the Middle East today, having done his bit to make the region even more divided and mired in conflict than it was before. At the same moment that Donald Trump was condemning the suicide bomber in Manchester as “an evil loser in life”, he was adding to the chaos in which al-Qaeda and Isis have taken root and flourished. It may be a long distance between the massacre in Manchester and the wars in the Middle East, but the connection is there. By Patrick Cockburn.
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ISIS Attack Exposes Anti-Iran Propaganda
An ISIS-claimed terror attack in Iran killing a dozen people shows how dishonest the U.S. government has been in lumping Iran in with terror groups that it has aggressively fought, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains.
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Twelve dead after IS attack on Iranian parliament
At least 12 people died and dozens more were injured when terrorists stormed the Iranian parliament and the mausoleum of its modern founder yesterday. By Amir Vahdat.
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‘The Planes Have Destroyed Us’
America says its airstrikes are helping liberate Iraqis from the Islamic State. Residents of Mosul give a very different account. By Sam Kimball.
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Did ISIS inadvertently uncover the secret to the “lost” Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
ISIS destroyed an ancient shrine — and archeologists may have discovered a wonder of the ancient world underneath. By Noah Charney.
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[Actual, non-Al Qaeda, non-Daesh] Syrian militias get more U.S. support for IS fight, plan new phase
The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State has boosted support for its Syrian allies, supplying armored vehicles for the first time as they prepare for a new phase in their campaign to capture Raqqa, a spokesman for the militia said on Tuesday. By Tom Perry.
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Is the Battle for Mosul Doomed?
ISIS is vastly overpowered—but has dug in its heels. By Daniel L. Davis.
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Mosul Dam collapse ‘will be worse than a nuclear bomb’
Warnings by scientists and environmentalists about an imminent collapse are dismissed by Iraqi officials as far-fetched. [Not so much.] By Barbara Bibbo.
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Iraqi forces grind on in east Mosul as political rift opens over Shi’ite militias
Iraq’s sectarian political leaders have plunged back into a dispute over the status of Shi’ite armed groups, undermining efforts to reunite the country as its troops press on with the assault of Mosul, Islamic State’s biggest stronghold. By Michael Georgy, Isabel Coles and John Davison.
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