Tag Archives: Saddam Husayn

Khomeini Orchestrated the 1979 Hostage Crisis Because Iranian-American Relations Were Going Too Well

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 January 2026

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How the Palestinians Enabled the Islamic Revolution in Iran

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 19 January 2026

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Trump and Venezuela: Is This “Regime Change”?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 6 January 2026

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A Microcosm of Why There’s No Israeli-Palestinian Peace

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 November 2025

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Islamic State Sets its Sights on Libya as a Launchpad for Terrorism Against Europe

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 25 October 2025

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The Islamic State’s Attack Reports and Ideological Focus in Al-Naba From June to October 2025

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 21 October 2025

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Dealing with the Conspiracy Theory that Islamic State “Never” Attacks Israel

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 May 2025

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What Iran’s Leaks Really Tell Us About Syrian “Interim” President Ahmad al-Shara’s Past with the Islamic State

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 May 2025

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A Note on the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Dependence on Iran

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 May 2025

Muhammad al-Sudani has been Iraq’s Prime Minister since October 2022. He was installed at Iran’s behest after a year-long political logjam following the 2021 Iraqi elections. The political fronts for Iran’s terrorist-militias lost those elections, but Tehran picked the Prime Minister anyway.

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Islamic State Profiles its “Hidden Figures”

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 11 January 2025

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