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ICG report examines pitfalls of U.S. counter-terrorism strategy
March 31, 2017
A new report by the International Crisis Group examines President Trump’s emerging counter-terrorism policies, the dilemmas his administration faces in battling ISIS and al-Qaeda across the Middle East and South Asia, and how to avoid deepening the disorder both groups exploit. See: Counter-terrorism Pitfalls: What the U.S. Fight against ISIS and al-Qaeda Should Avoid (Special […]
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Take action now to ensure justice is done for Afghan detainees
January 24, 2017
This blog post is to remind readers of a very important parliamentary petition, Petition e-608 (Access to Information), which has just surpassed the 500 signatures required to trigger a formal, written, and public response by the government. This petition is an attempt to stop the government from censoring documents sent to an important review body, […]
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The Iraq Inquiry – then and now
July 6, 2016
Sir John Chilcot has delivered a devastating critique of Tony Blair’s decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003, with his long-awaited report concluding that Britain chose to join the US invasion before “peaceful options for disarmament” had been exhausted. See: Chilcot delivers crushing verdict on Blair and the Iraq war (Luke Harding, Guardian […]
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Islamic State: The short and the long of it
June 18, 2015
In this very concise video (One Minute ISIL, Al Jazeera, 10 June 2015), Zeina Khodr gives us a basic primer on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). “Many countries have vowed to destroy them, but they failed. What can stop them? Three words […]
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