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Ireland became independent in 1923, but Northern Ireland still remains part of the United Kingdom. The IRA fight for an independent Northern Ireland is the reason for the security cameras and barbed wire surrounding England’s most iconic structures, reminding Londoners that mass murder could occur at any time.
but “the Troubles,” as the modern British terror war with the IRA is known, really began in 1969.
Riots in Northern Ireland led to the deployment of troops into this disputed corner of the British Empire.
The conflict quickly split along religious lines, with Protestants supporting the RUC and the British military, while Catholics were loyal to the IRA. That paramilitary organization dates back to 1919 and is dedicated to ending British rule in Ireland.
I just watched the entire Obama administration essentially treat this terror
war event in the Middle East as if it was something that we feel bad that we’re having to do this.”
“The so-called Islamic State is neither Islamic nor a state,” is the belief of the Iranian government.
Those practicing Iran’s Shia version of Islam are considered infidels by ISIS,
which routinely murders them and levels Shia mosques. As the size of its caliphate grows, ISIS comes to control land stretchin...
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Soleimani himself works with Iraqi officials to stop the protests.
The general has come to “offer advice,” though his real motivation is to assert Iranian power over Sunni Iraq.
In fact, the number of Americans actually killed by Soleimani is far higher. Estimates suggest that as many as 4,500 soldiers have lost their lives or were maimed by devices supplied by the general’s Quds Force.
Soleimani controls Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthi rebels in Yemen, and the al-Ashtar Brigades in Bahrain.
The American presence in Africa is largely kept secret, but these warriors serve at the invitation of African governments. The US mission is to “advise, assist, and accompany”—AAA—African soldiers to combat the Islamic State and Boko Haram, which are now operating together.
“If we can’t handle learning about the darkest places in the
world, they will turn into the darkest places in ourselves.”
