By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 January 2026
Khomeini Orchestrated the 1979 Hostage Crisis Because Iranian-American Relations Were Going Too Well
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Tag Archives: Shi’a militias
Israel’s War With its Enemies Has Only Ever Been About the October 7 Massacre
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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 18 June 2024
The West Needs a Strategy to Counter Iran’s “Ring of Fire”
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The First Speech of Abu Hamza al-Muhajir as Al-Qaeda in Iraq Emir
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 5 April 2021
Ahmad al-Khalayleh (Abu Musab al-Zarqawi), the infamous founder of the Islamic State movement, known at the time as Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and formerly part of the Mujahideen Shura Council (MSC), was killed on 7 June 2006. Zarqawi’s successor was officially announced five days later, in a written statement released on 12 June, as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, an Egyptian with a long history in and around Al-Qaeda. The next day, 13 June 2006, Abu Hamza gave his first speech as AQI emir, entitled, “The Gathering Will Be Defeated and They Will Turn Their Backs [in Retreat]”, drawn from an ayat of the Qur’an (54:45). The statement and the speech are translated below.
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