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What’s the Obama Strategy? Mosul Madness in a Collapsing Middle East

AMERICAN INTEREST by Walter Mead June 10, 2024 The Greater Middle East moved significantly closer to a total meltdown this week. The vicious civil war in Iraq escalated as one of the global terror movement’s most bloodthirsty factions conquered the … Continue reading

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Surprising Ties between Israel and the Kurds

MIDDLE EAST QUARTERLY by Ofra Bengio Summer 2014 In 1966, Iraqi defense minister Abd al-Aziz al-Uqayli blamed the Kurds of Iraq for seeking to establish “a second Israel” in the Middle East. He also claimed that “the West and the … Continue reading

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Britain, Lawfare and the ICC

GATESTONE by Richard Kemp May 21, 2014 The British government should deny its enemies the opportunities for exploitation presented by the International Criminal Court and withdraw now from the process. Any other course would represent an unprecedented and historic betrayal. … Continue reading

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