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Palestinians, Provocation, and the 1978 “Black Friday” Disaster in Iran

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 19 August 2026

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This entry was posted in Iran, Islamic Militancy and tagged Abbas Amir-Entezam, active measures, Ali Hossein, Amal movement, Andrew Scott Cooper, Ardavan M. Khoshnood, Arvin Khoshnood, Cinema Rex fire, Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi, Communism, Cyrus Kadivar, Darioush Bayandor, disinformation, Empress Farah Pahlavi, Gary Sick, Gholam Ali Oveisi, Gholam Ali Oveissi, Gholam Reza Afkhami, Homa Nateq, Hushang Nahavandi, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Jafar Sharif-Emami, Jaleh Square, Lebanon, Libya, Manouchehr Ganji, MEK, Michel Foucault, Mojahedeen-e-Khalq, Mojahedin-e-Khalq, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, Musa al-Sadr, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinians, Parviz Sabeti, PFLP, PLO, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, propaganda, Ray Takeyh, Ruhollah Khomeini, SAVAK, Sazman Cherikhaye Fedayeen-e-Khalq, Shah, Simin Daneshvar, South Yemen, Soviet Union, Syria, William H. Sullivan, Yahya Nouri, Yasser Arafat on August 19, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

American Travellers in British Palestine in 1936

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 11 May 2026

Below is the reproduction of an article from British Mandate Palestine in 1936.

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This entry was posted in Israel and tagged Antisemitism, Arab Revolt, Arabs, British Mandate Palestine, Israel, Jews, Syria, The Jerusalem Post, The Palestine Post, Zionism on May 11, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Film Review: ‘Cover-Up’ (2025)

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 8 May 2026

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This entry was posted in Film Review, History and tagged Abu Ghraib scandal, activism, al-Qaeda, Antonio Taguba, Ari Ben-Menashe, Arthur Schlesinger, Augusto Pinochet, Barack Obama, Bob Kerrey, Camille Lo Sapio, Central Intelligence Agency, chemical weapons of mass destruction, Chile, Church Committee, CIA, Citizenfour, COINTELPRO, Cold War, Communism, conspiracy theories, Cover-Up, Cuba, Defense Department, democracy, disinformation, Edward Korry, Edward Snowden, Ernest Medina, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, forgeries, George W. Bush, Ghouta Massacre, Ha My Massacre, Henry Kissinger, Hue Massacre, Hugh Thompson Jr., ideology, Indochina, insurgency, Intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence, Iran, Iraq War, ISI, James Angleton, James Jesus Angleton, James R. Schlesinger, John F. Kennedy, KGB, Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Laura Poitras, Lawrence X. Cusack, LBJ, Lyndon Johnson, Marilyn papers, Mark Obenhaus, media, Michael Terry, MKULTRA, My Khe Massacre, My Lai Massacre, National Security Agency, Netflix, NSA, Operation CHAOS, Operation ORCHARD, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Paul Meadlo, Pentagon, Phong Nhi Massacre, poison gas, press, propaganda, Richard Nixon, Rockefeller Commission, Russia, Salvador Allende, Seymour Hersh, South Korea, Soviet Union, Sy Hersh, Syria, terrorism, Thanh Phong Massacre, The Dark Side of Camelot, Ukraine, Usama bin Laden, Vietcong, Vietnam War, war crimes, Watergate scandal, William Calley, William Colby, WMD on May 8, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

The Islamic State View of Al-Qaeda’s Alliance with the Tuaregs in Mali

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 May 2026

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This entry was posted in African Jihadism, Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Afghanistan, Africa Corps, Ahmad al-Shara, Al-Furqan Media Foundation, al-Naba, Al-Naba 545, al-Qaeda, Azawad Liberation Front, Bible, deen, democracy, FLA, France, Front de libération de l’Azawad, global jihad, GRU, Hadith, ideology, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamism, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen, Jama’a Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, jihadism, JNIM, Libya, Mali, military intelligence, nationalism, patriotism, Qur’an, Russia, secularism, separatism, Syria, Taliban, Tuaregs, Wagner Group on May 4, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Course-Correcting Britain’s Middle East Strategy

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 2 April 2026

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This entry was posted in British Politics, Foreign Policy and tagged Armilla Patrol, Bahrain, ballistic missiles, Britain, Carrier Strike Group, Cyprus, diplomacy, Donald Trump, Ed Miliband, Europe, F-35s, foreign policy, GCC, Gulf Cooperation Council, Gulf States, Hezbollah, Hizballah, HMS Dragon, HMS Lancaster, HMS Middleton, Iran, Iran War, IRGC, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Labour Party, LNG, Masoud Pezeshkian, Middle East, NATO, oil, Oman, Operation HIGHMAST, Qatar, RAF Akrotiri, Royal Navy, Saudi Arabia, Sir Keir Starmer, Strait of Hormuz, Strategic Defence Review, strategy, Syria, Turkey, Typhoons, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States on April 2, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Fourth Speech of Islamic State Spokesman Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 23 March 2026

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This entry was posted in Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari Speeches, Jihadi Output and tagged Abu Hafs al-Hashimi, Abu Hudhayfa al-Ansari, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Africa, Ahmad al-Shara, Al-Abbas ibn Ubada, al-adhnab, Al-Hol, al-hukm, Al-Jannah, al-Manara al-Bayda, al-Qaeda, al-wala wal-bara, Alawis, Antisemitism, Arab conquests, Australia, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Bondi Hanukkah Massacre, Christians, Commander of the Faithful, Crusaders, deen, Europe, foreign fighters, Gaza, ghuraba, golden calf, Hadith, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, hijra, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, infidels, inghimasi, inghimasiyyun, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Israelites, jahiliyya, Jews, jihad, jihadism, khawarij, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Kurds, Kutub al-Sittah, malhama, Mali, Millat Ibrahim, muraghamah, Musa ibn Nusayr, muwahideen, Niger, Nigeria, Nusayris, Operation Deterring Aggression, Paradise, PKK, Puntland, Qur’an, Rafida, ribat, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahl ibn Sa’d al-Sa’idi, Sayf al-Adel, Sayf al-Adl, SDF, sectarianism, secularism, shirk, Somalia, Sunan al-Nasa’i, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Tariq Ibn Ziyad, tawaghit, Tawhid, terrorism, Turkey, United States, Uqba ibn Nafi, White Minaret on March 23, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

“Damned Lies and Statistics”, Al-Qaeda Edition

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 February 2026

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy and tagged 9/11, 9/11 Commission Report, Africa, al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda in Iraq, al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, al-Shabaab, al-Shabab, AQAP, AQIM, Australia, Bondi Hanukkah Massacre, caliphate, Global War on Terror, Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen, ideology, Intelligence, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Khaled Shaykh Muhammad, Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting, Osama bin Laden, September 11, September 11 attacks, Somalia, strategy, Syria, Taliban, terrorism, United Nations, United States, Usama bin Laden, Yemen on February 9, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

Trump and Venezuela: Is This “Regime Change”?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 6 January 2026

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This entry was posted in Foreign Policy and tagged Ansar Allah, Bay of Piglets, Canada, Cartel de Los Soles, Cartel of the Suns, cartels, Central Intelligence Agency, Chavismo, Chavistas, China, CIA, cocaine, Cold War, colonialism, Communism, corruption, cryptocurrency, Cuba, Cubazuela, Delcy Rodríguez, despotism, DGI, DI, Dirección de Inteligencia, Dirección General de Inteligencia, Donald Trump, drug wars, drugs, Edmundo González, espionage, FARC, fentanyl, Foreign Terrorist Organisations, Fox News, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, Greenland, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Honduras, Houthis, Hugo Chavez, Intelligence, invasion of Iraq, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, J.D. Vance, Jack Keane, John Bolton, Juan Orlando Hernández, Kim Jong-il, Manuel Noriega, María Corina Machado, Marco Rubio, Marxism, narco-terrorism, narcotics, NATO, Nicolas Maduro, Nicolas Maduro Moros, Nobel Peace Prize, oil, Operation ABSOLUTE RESOLVE, Operation GIDEON, Panama, Proconsul, propaganda, public diplomacy, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Russia, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, SEBIN, secret police, Sinaloa Cartel, socialism, Specially Designated Global Terrorist, spies, Syria, TdA, terrorism, Tren de Aragua, Venezuela, Victor Manuel Rocha, Vladimir Putin, War on Terror, weapons of mass destructions, WMD, Xi Jinping, Yemen on January 6, 2026 by KyleWOrton.

The Islamic State’s Al-Naba Editorial on the Bondi Hanukkah Massacre

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 December 2025

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This entry was posted in Jihadi Output, Naba and tagged Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Ahmad al-Shara, al-Naba, al-Qaeda, Amaq News Agency, Amn al-Kharji, Antisemitism, Australia, Belgium, Bondi Beach, Bondi Hanukkah Massacre, Christianity, Christians, Crusaders, Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, Edgar Torres-Tovar, Gaza War, global terrorism, HAMAS, ideology, Intelligence, Internet, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Jews, jihadism, munafiqun, mushrikun, Muslims, nationalism, Naveed Akram, Palestine, Palmyra, populism, Sajid Akram, Sydney, Syria, Tadmur, terrorism, United States, William Howard, William Nathaniel Howard on December 28, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Can Syria’s Future Escape Ahmad al-Shara’s Past?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 13 November 2025

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This entry was posted in Syria and tagged Abdul Jashari, Abdulaziz Hudaberdi, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Qatada al-Albani, Afghanistan, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad al-Sharaa, al-Qaeda, Alawi massacres, Alawis, Alawites, Alija Izetbegović, Antisemitism, Bashar al-Asad, Bosnia, Brad Cooper, Caesar Act, Caesar sanctions, CENTCOM, China, David Petraus, Donald Trump, Druze, foreign fighters, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hezbollah, Hizballah, HTS, ideology, Iran, Iranian Revolution, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Jewish State, Jihadi-Salafism, jihadism, jihadists, Kevin Lambert, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Kurds, Lebanon, media, Palestinians, PKK, propaganda, public relations, Rabbi Yosef Hamra, Raed Fares, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, repression, Salafi-jihadism, Sanctions, sectarianism, SNA, SOCOM, Specially Designated Global Terrorist, Syria, Syrian National Army, Taliban, terrorism, Thomas Barrack, TIP, torture, Turkey, Turkistan Islamic Party, United Nations, United States Central Command, Uyghurs, Xhemati Alban, Xinjiang, Zahid on November 13, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

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