Posted on December 6, 2015. Tags: history, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Middle East, morocco, radicalism, Terrorism
The recent creation and sudden conquests of the so-called “Islamic State” have astonished policy-makers, military strategists, and foreign affairs analysts. The self-proclaimed caliphate of Abû al-Baghdâdi went from a broken outfit of Iraqi insurgents to a feared theocracy that currently threatens the established order of the Middle East. One can be forgiven for thinking such a movement as being […]
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Posted in Africa, Culture, Education, Islam, Middle East, Religion, Terrorism, World
Posted on September 1, 2015. Tags: caribbean, dominican republic, history, intervention, Military, war
In the opening hours of Tuesday, April 27th, 1965, a small team of United States marines landed ashore on the western outskirts of Santo Domingo. They were en route to the Hotel Embajador, a makeshift sanctuary for thousands of foreign nationals caught in the middle of the Dominican Republic’s civil war. Just three nights earlier, […]
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Posted in Latin America, Political Security, Security Issues, US, World