Tag: ISIS
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The Party Line is…..Trump Unbound??
Has the US political system created its own monster in Donald Trump?
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Breaking Whispers- Berlin Christmas Market Attack: Manhunt continues
German police are continuing the manhunt for the suspect in Monday’s Christmas market attack. The man who police are anxious to question a man who has been identified by the police as Anis A, a Tunisian man from the city of Tataouine. He is suspected to have been the individual who hijacked a truck belonging […]
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The Party Line is………..Security
Security. Peace. Freedom to exist without fear of terror. Fundamental truths that exist at the very heart of good government. Fundamental truths which are under threat on an almost hourly basis.
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How do we defeat Islamic State?
Baghdad, Aden, Brussels, Jakarta, Istanbul, Paris. It is a sad litany of names all united in tragedy: they are all cities touched by Terrorism; they have all been successfully targeted by Islamic State. It is an organisation which has killed almost 50,000 individuals throughout the Middle East and beyond. Its European, African and Asian activities show a terrorist network which is expanding further and further beyond this area. Despite the efforts of the international community, despite all of our victories the terrorists are still getting through, still spreading their message of hate, still causing the death of countless numbers.
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The Middle East and Africa: The Nightmare Scenario
What if the merging of Boko Haram and Islamic State is just the start of something bigger?
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Is IS actually a fascist organisation?
One cannot look at the current affairs of the world without encountering one very prominent and disturbing organisation: The Islamic State (IS). Its spectre looms large over the Middle East claiming both territory and lives, but if you look further into the organization itself, past the propaganda you start to see the fundamentals of the […]
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The Failure of “Flat Pack” Democracy
Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia and numerous other Arab speaking and Asian countries. The names read like a who’s who of the Foreign Offices “must avoid” list. What do they have in common? Simple, they have experimented in democracy, with varying successes and failures. Let’s take Afghanistan first, the American led invasion of 2001 […]
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