Middle East and the Gulf
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The (tiny) knife
Rebutting Deborah Orr’s Guardian column on the ‘tiny knife’ used in a beheading, the poster argues she is wrong on the facts, since the Caliphate has advanced weapons, and that…
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Mount Sinjar overlooks the Valley of Death
Quoting reports from Mount Sinjar, the poster laments that Yazidis are dying of thirst as the world watches in silence, a community vanishing with little hope of reaching aid, and…
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Save Gaza is lovely….but not enough
Responding to Gaza solidarity, the poster notes Egyptian and Israeli interests converging against political Islam, cricketer Moeen Ali’s reprimand for a wristband, and argues Hindutva sympathisers back Israel, while saying…
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Caliphate orders 4 mil mutilations
A report of a UN claim that the Islamic State ordered female genital mutilation for women in Mosul, with the poster noting the burden on Sunnis living under it.
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Iraq, an old post
Hamid Hussain’s earlier analysis of Iraq’s changing conflict, covering the advances of ISIS, the Shia militia response and Kurdish manoeuvres, is reposted with the poster’s remarks on ISIS punishments such…
