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Tam Hussein
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Tam Hussein
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Journalist & writer. Curr. @itvnews @newlinesmag. Usual disc. Books @hurstpublishers @bloomsburybooks: amzn.to/3d9mHRC & a.co/d/5c2Jm8G.
- According to Reprieve (US) the US knew they had the wrong man within 2 days of his capture. He stayed in Guantanamo for 19 years. Thread 👇 for details of case.🚨 BREAKING: Our client, Ahmed Rabbani, has been cleared for release from Guantánamo, a unanimous decision by six US Government agencies. Detained without charge or trial for 19 years, Ahmed has never met his son, Jawad, who was born after he was taken into US custody. 🧵1/3
- Thread: Today is the anniversary of Ahmad Shah Massoud. He was killed by two AQ suicide bombers. In a famous obituary in the WSJ he was celebrated as the man who won the Cold War. He was a darling of the West and considered a national hero but his legacy is contested.
- One for the archives- a young Tayyib Erdogan with Hekmatyar- one of the big leaders in the Afghan Jihad.
- Wonderful photo of Afghan Mujahideen praying taken during the Anti-Soviet conflict. The rules of prayer changes drastically during battle.
- Baffled by Boris Johnson’s views on Europe here’s an extract from his book on Roman Empire. @mrjamesob
- Extraordinary story: 60 tonnes of drugs found in factory run by Assad’s brother Maher Assad. It caused a drugs epidemic in KSA and Jordan. Inside the drugs factory that brought Assad’s regime $5bn a year
- Great story: ‘Bigger than Nuremberg’: the secret files that could jail Assad thetimes.com/article/939efd…
- '...debut novel explores contemporary issues through fiction. Using his own experience and creative writing, Darkness Inside promises to be one of the darkest, most timely and relevant novels of the year by one of the UK's most original journalists.'
- Targeting Cultural sites is a war crime, noting that when ISIS destroyed Palmyra the world was rightly upset, and yet here we are. Persian cultural legacy has lasted longer than most civilisations. #IranianCulturalSites
- For clarity- this is a young and celebrated commander Jalaluddin Haqqani leading prayer during the anti-Soviet war. You can read about him in To The Mountains: My Life in Jihad from Algeria to Afghanistan @HurstPublishers
