By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 August 2025
The New York Times and Gaza: Omissions, Mistakes, and Inadequate Corrections
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There is No Certainty About the Casualty Numbers in Rwanda
A Note on Franjo Tuđman, Nationalism, and Historical “Revisionism”
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 October 2024
As Jugoslavija broke down and slid into war in the early 1990s, part of the political warfare between the parties was an effort by Serbia and Bosnia to portray Croatia’s president, Franjo Tuđman, as a “fascist”.
Does Iran Support The Islamic State?
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on May 26, 2015
Qassem Suleimani, Iran’s spymaster, believed in some Mid-East conspiracy theories to control ISIS
In 2010, Farzad Farhangian, an Iranian diplomat based in Belgium, defected to Norway. Farhangian has now emerged with the extraordinary accusation that the Islamic Republic of Iran is controlling the Islamic State (ISIS) and using it as part of Tehran’s war against the Gulf States, especially Saudi Arabia. Farhangian’s accusations are lurid and (literally) incredible, but the question of Iran’s role in ISIS’ creation and growth, and Iran’s manipulation of ISIS to further its own ends, is one well worth asking. Continue reading
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