Tag: shadow wars
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Most members of the Australian Uighur community are missing someone. They all say they have a family member detained, imprisoned or trapped in what the Chinese call the Xinjiang Uighur… more ›
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Water is often said to be the source of life, and it is increasingly becoming the source of conflict in various parts of the world. The building of the largest… more ›
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Pocketbook items have become the catalysts for popular fury across the globe in recent weeks. LONDON — In Chile, the spark was an increase in subway fares. In Lebanon, it… more ›
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Around 3 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, Laura and Jason Henke awoke with a start at their home in Minot, N.D. Their dog was barking wildly. At the door,… more ›
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First came a destabilization campaign in Moldova, followed by the poisoning of an arms dealer in Bulgaria and then a thwarted coup in Montenegro. Last year, there was an attempt… more ›
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The winter after Donald Trump was elected president, strangers began appearing in a parking lot on southern Washington State’s Long Beach Peninsula, at the port where the oyster boats come… more ›
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BANGUI, Central African Republic — The dealer pulled back a shiny pink curtain and sprinkled the contents of two white envelopes across his desk: sparkling diamonds, more than 100 of… more ›
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On September 21, 2014, Yemen’s Houthi rebels took control of the capital, Sanaa, following a rapid advance south from their northern stronghold of Saada after weeks of anti-government protests. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/yemen-war-5-years-houthis-sanaa-takeover-190921070639516.html more ›
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IVANO-FRANKIVSK, Ukraine — His voice crackling over what he complained was a “terrible” sound system, Donald J. Trump in September 2015 heaped praise on the oligarch who had invited him… more ›
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The missing link between the Contras and al Qaeda. It may come as a shock that Vice Admiral John Poindexter has popped up as a visionary cyberguru for Darpa. Until… more ›