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The West Needs a Strategy to Counter Iran’s “Ring of Fire”

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 April 2024

This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Iran, Israel and tagged Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, al-Hashd al-Shabi, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Antisemitism, Artesh, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayn al-Asad Airbase, Badr Corps, Badr Organisation, Dawa Party, Donald Trump, French Revolution, Gaza, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Hadi al-Ameri, Hadi al-Amiri, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Houthis, Huthis, invasion of Iraq, Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Israel, Jamal al-Ibrahimi, Jews, Karbala raid, LAF, Lebanese Armed Forces, Lebanon, Mohammad Hadi Haji-Rahimi, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Mohammed al-Sudani, Nevatim Airbase, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, Qods Force, Quds Force, Russian Revolutions, Sanctions, SCIRI, sectarianism, Shaaban Intifada, Shi’a jihadists, Shi’a militias, Shi’ite jihad, Special Groups, Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, Syria, terrorism, Unit 3800, velayat-e faqih, wilayat al-faqih, Zionism on April 16, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

An Islamic State ‘Distinguished Martyr’ Who Defected From the Taliban

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 March 2024

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Biographies, Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abdallah ibn Salam, Abdullah Azzam, Abu Malik al-Tamimi, Abu Malik al-Tamimi al-Najdi, Abu Mubashir, Abu Omar al-Khorasani, Abu Umar al-Khorasani, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Anas al-Nashwan, Arab conquests, Banu Qaynuqa tribe, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, caliphate, Christianity, Donald Trump, Hafiz Saeed Khan, Haji Rabbani, ideology, Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, ISIS, ISKP, Islamic State, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Jews, Libya, mujahideen, Pakistan, Prophet Muhammad, sectarianism, Soviet Union, Taliban, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, terrorism, TTP, Zia ul-Haq on March 17, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Russia’s Hope Dies With Alexey Navalny

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 20 February 2024

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This entry was posted in Russia and tagged Alexander Mishkin, Alexander Petrov, Alexei Navalny, Alexey Navalny, Amnesty International, Anatoliy Chepiga, Andrei Karlov, Anti-Corruption Foundation, assassination, autocracy, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Assad, Benigno Aquino, Beslan school siege, Charlie Rowley, CIA, Cold War, Communism, corruption, Crimea, Dawn Sturgess, democracy, Dmitri Medvedev, Donald Trump, Donbas, Dozhd, FBK, FSB, Georgia, Gospels, Grigory Yavlinsky, GRU, Harry Potter, honour, Igor Girkin, Igor Strelkov, Illegals, Institute of Forensic Science, Intelligence, Iran, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Jews, jihadism, Kirovles case, Konstantin Kudryavtsev, liberalism, Little Green Men, Luna Lovegood, Maksym Kuzminov, Maxim Ustinov, Mikhail Kasyanov, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Mikhail Zygar, NAROD, National Russian Liberation Movement, nationalism, Nikita Isaev, Nikolai Patrushev, Novichok, Oleg Navalny, opposition, Orthodox Christianity, PARNAS, People’s Alliance, People’s Freedom Party, political protests, Progress Party, Ramzan Kadyrov, repression, Republican Party of Russia, Rick and Morty, Rick Sanchez, RT, Ruslan Boshirov, Ruslan Magomedragimov, Russia, Russia of the Future, Russia Today, Russian liberals, Russian March, Second Chechen War, September 11, Sergey Skripal, Shamil Basayev, Soviet Union, Spetsnaz, Syria, Timur Kuashev, tragedy, Ukraine, ultra-nationalism, Valery Boyarinev, Vasili Mitrokhin, Viktor Yanukovych, Viktor Zolotov, Vladimir Putin, Voldemort, War on Terror, Yabloko Party, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Yulia Navalnaya, Yulia Skripal on February 20, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

The Strikes in Yemen Avoid the Real Issue: Iran

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 January 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Yemen and tagged America, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Britain, CENTCOM, Donald Trump, HAMAS, Harakat Hizballah al-Nujaba, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Hodeida, Houthis, Hudayda, Huthis, Iran, Iraq, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, jihadism, Joe Biden, misinformation, NATO, Operation DECISIVE STORM, Operation PROSPERITY GUARDIAN, Rishi Sunak, Saudi Arabia, Shi'a militias, Stockholm Agreement, Syria, totalitarianism, United Arab Emirates, United Nations, Yemen on January 12, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

The CIA: In Theory and In Practice

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 31 December 2023

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This entry was posted in History and tagged 9/11, Abd al-Rahman al-Qaduli, Abdurrahman al-Qaduli, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Abu Maysara al-Iraqi, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Muhammad al-Furqan, Abu Muharib al-Muhaji, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Adolf Hitler, Adolf Tolkachev, Afghanistan, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad Chalabi, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Ahmad Shah Masud, Ahmed Chalabi, al-Qaeda, Albania, Aldrich Ames, Anatoliy Golitsyn, Augusto Pinochet, Australia, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Bay of Pigs, Bill Browder, Bosnian jihad, Cambridge spies, Camp Chapman bombing, Canada, Central Intelligence Agency, Charles Dolan, Cheka, Chile, China, Christopher Steele, Church Committee, CIA, Cold War, Communism, counter-intelligence, Cuba, Cuban missile crisis, dangle, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, defectors, Dmitri Polyakov, Donald Maclean, Donald Trump, double agent, Dr. Wael al-Rawi, Duncan Chaplin Lee, Edward Lee Howard, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fidel Castro, FISA, FISC, Five Eyes, Florentino Aspillaga Lombard, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Frank Church, Fusion GPS, George Blake, George Tenet, Glenn Simpson, GRU, Guatemala, Guy Burgess, Haqqani Network, Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, HUMINT, Igor Danchenko, Illegals, Intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence, invasion of Iraq, IRA, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraqi National Congress, IRGC, Irish Republican Army, ISI, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Israel, J. Edgar Hoover, Jacobo Arbenz, Jalal Talabani, James Jesus Angleton, Jihadi John, Jordan, Josip Broz Tito, KDP, KGB, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Kim Philby, Korean War, Kurdistan Democratic Party, Magnificent Five, Marshal Tito, Masud Barzani, MI5, MI6, Mikhail Gorbachev, Mohammed Emwazi, MOSSAD, Natalia Veselnitskaya, National Security Agency, NATO, Nawaf al-Hazmi, North Korea, Northern Alliance, NSA, nuclear weapons, Office of Strategic Services, Oleg Deripaska, Oleg Gordievsky, Oleg Penkovsky, Olga Galkina, Omar Bradley, Operation REDCAP, Operation ZAPATA, Osama bin Laden, OSS, Pakistan, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Pete Bagley, Philip Agee, Pike Commission, Prague Spring, Provisional Irish Republican Army, PUK, Pyotr Deriabin, Pyotr Popov, Rolando Cubela Secades, Ronald Pelton, Russia, Saddam Hussein, Salvador Allende, Secret Intelligence Service, Security Service, Shah, Sharif Ali bin Zeid, SIGINT, SIS, Soviet Union, spies, Steele Dossier, Syria, Taha Falaha, Taha Subhi Falaha, Tal’at Fu’ad Qasim, Taliban, Tennent Bagley, terrorism, Turkey, ULTRA secret, Usama bin Laden, Vasili Mitrokhin, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Vitaly Yurchenko, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Wael al-Ta’i, Wafiq Samaraii, weapons of mass destruction, Wild Bill Donovan, William Colby, William Donovan, William F. Buckley, Winston Churchill, WMD, Yugoslavia, Yuri Nosenko on December 31, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

The Cold War Roots of the Media Fiasco Over Israel

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 19 October 2023

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel, Soviet Union and the Cold War and tagged academia, African National Congress, Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, Al-Ahli Hospital, al-Jazeera, ANC, Antisemitism, atrocities, Barrack Obama, Black Lives Matter, CIA, Cinema Rex fire, Donald Trump, Edward Said, Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry, HAMAS, IDF, IRA, Iran Deal, Iranian Revolution, IRGC, Irish Republican Army, Islamic Resistance Movement, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israeli Defence Force, Jews, journalists, Kfar Aza kibbutz, KGB, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Lebanon, Mahmoud Abbas, Mahmud Abbas, Margot Haddad, Marxism, media, moral clarity, mostafeen, Munich Olympics, national liberation movements, Orientalism, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinians, PIJ, PKK, PLO, pogrom, propaganda, Ruhollah Khomeini, SAVAK, Shah, Sinn Fein, Soviet Union, terrorism, war crimes, ZAKA, Zionism on October 19, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Jihadist “Forever Wars” Don’t End Because Western Troops Are Withdrawn

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 March 2023

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This entry was posted in History and tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, al-Shabab, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Bashar al-Assad, Bilal al-Sudani, China, Donald Trump, Global War on Terror, GWOT, Hashd al-Shabi, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi Security Forces, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Joe Biden, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Matt Gaetz, military intervention, NATO, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, PKK, realism, Republicans, Russia, scandal, SDF, Shi’a militias, Somalia, Suhayl Salim Abd al-Rahman, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Taliban, Turkey, Usama bin Laden, War Powers Act, Yemen on March 28, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

The Prevent Review: What Went Wrong in British Counter-Extremism Policy

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 March 2023

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This entry was posted in British Domestic Terrorism, Islamic Militancy and tagged Aafia Siddiqui, Abdullah Azzam, Abu Ala al-Mawdudi, Ahmadis, Ahmadiyya, Ahmed Hassan, Al-Hurraya, Al-Manaar, al-Qaeda, Albigensians, anarchism, ANTIFA, apostasy, As-Shifa mosque, Asad Fazil, Asad Shah, Behavioural Insights Team, blasphemy, Brexit, Britain, CAGE, Cageprisoners, Cathars, Channel, civil society organisations, Communism, conservatism, CONTEST, counter-extremism, counter-terrorism, David Duke, deceptive compliance, deradicalisation, Donald Trump, eco-terrorism, extreme Left, extreme Right-wing, far-Left, far-Right, Fishmongers’ Hall attack, foreign fighters, free speech, HAMAS, hate crimes, heresy, Hezbollah, Hizballah, ideology, IHRC, Imam Online, incels, Independent Review of Prevent, India, Inter-Services Intelligence, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Irfan Chishti, IRGC, ISI, ISIS, Islamic Human Rights Commission, Islamic Resistance Movement, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Islamophobia, Ismail Haniyeh, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Jalal Uddin, Jews, jihadism, Joe Rogan, Karimia Institute, Kashmir, Khalistan, Khalistanis, Khatme Nubuwwat movement, Ku Klux Klan, liberalism, London Bridge attack, MCB, Me and You Education, MEND, mental health, Musharraf Hussein, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim Council of Britain, Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre, Muslim Engagement and Development, Muzaffar Shah Qadri, narwhal tusk, Nazism, NIIP, non-violent extremism, Nottingham Islam Information Point, online radicalisation, optimism bias, Pakistan, Palestinians, politicisation, PREVENT, Prophet Muhammad, radicalisation, rehabilitation, RICU, safeguarding, Sayyid Qutb, sectarianism, Shakeel Begg, Shaker Aamer, shari’a, Sikh, Sudesh Amman, Taliban, terrorism, The Beatles, United Kingdom, Usman Khan, violent extremism, vulnerability, white supremacism, William Shawcross, YouTube, Yvonne Ridley on March 16, 2023 by KyleWOrton.

Christianity, the West, and Russia’s War on Ukraine

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 20 November 2022

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This entry was posted in Russia and tagged abortion, Aleksandr Dugin, autocracy, Azov Regiment, Bible, Bolsheviks, charity, China, Chinese Communist Party, Christianity, Communism, concentration camps, cults, Devil, divorce, Dmitri Medvedev, Donald Trump, Fifth Project, genocide, GULAG, GUR, Holy See, holy war, Hungary, ideology, Islam, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews, jihad, Joe Biden, Joseph Stalin, just war, Kyrylo Budanov, liberals, Main Directorate of Intelligence, Mikhail Vasiliev, Mitrokhin Archive, Muslims, NATO, NKVD, Novichok, Oleksiy Arestovych, Orthodox Christianity, Patriarch Kirill, philosophy, Poland, post-liberals, progressives, propaganda, Protestantism, Ramzan Kadyrov, Reform Baptists, religion, Roman Catholic Church, Russia, Russiagate, Russian Orthodox Church, Salisbury, Satan, secret police, sexual revolution, Soviet Union, Tucker Carlson, Ukraine, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Uniates, Uyghurs, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Visegrád Group, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Solovyov, Volodymyr Zelensky, war crimes, weapons of mass destruction, WMD, woke, wokeness, Zionists on November 20, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

One Year On: The Ongoing Consequences of Abandoning Afghanistan

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 15 August 2022

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This entry was posted in Afghanistan and tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Ashraf Ghani, Ayman al-Zawahiri, CENTCOM, Central Command, Doha deal, Donald Trump, Forever Wars, Frank McKenzie, Hamid Karzai International Airport, Haqqani Network, Inter-Services Intelligence, Iran, ISI, ISIS, ISKP, Islamic State, Islamic State Khorasan Province, jihadism, Joe Biden, Kabul International Airport, Mark Frerichs, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Paul Overby, refugees, Special Immigrant Visas, Taliban, terrorism, Usama bin Laden on August 15, 2022 by KyleWOrton.

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