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Artsakh: Obsessions and Distractions in the Wake of the War in Ukraine
March 17, 2023
On March 5th, Azerbaijani soldiers opened fire on Armenian police officers from the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh to the Armenians), killing three and wounding one. This incident was only the latest in a months-long campaign by the Baku regime to ratchet up pressure, not only with Artsakh but along the border with Armenia proper.
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March 19, 2023
Lynsey Addario and Wesaam Al Badry, two photographers with distinctly different experiences of the Iraq War, consider its impact on the world and on their lives.
... full articleThe great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.
The invasion of Iraq was a turning point on to a path that led towards Ukraine
March 19, 2023
On 20 March 2003, as bombs and missiles from the US-led coalition rained on Iraqi cities in the opening “shock and awe” campaign against Saddam Hussein, the tectonic plates of the post-Second World War international order shifted permanently.
... full articleThe man extradited to the UK for a 41-year-old pub brawl
March 18, 2023
Decades after moving to the US, retired construction worker Rory McGrath was extradited to the UK to face trial for a 41-year-old crime. Eventually he was found not guilty.
... full articleI like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
A (Bad) Trip to the Most Radioactive Place in America
March 17, 2023
If you’re like any number of people I’ve talked to over the last few years, you aren’t really sure what Hanford is all about. Maybe you haven’t even heard of the place; I certainly wouldn’t blame you. It is, after all, off the beaten path. The Hanford Nuclear Site is located in eastern Washington State. It’s far from Seattle, three hours to the Idaho border, on the banks of the Columbia River, and a couple of hundred miles upstream from Portland, Oregon.
... full articleA belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual.