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Chemical weapons, George the 2nd and pork pies

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Jim Maher

AS liberation battles gather pace in Aleppo and Mosul propagandists continue to muddy the waters. While the resistance to fundamentalist Islam in Iraq is hailed a fight for freedom by western media outlets, many of those mastheads pour scorn on … Continue reading →

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Disown the fundamentalists, Archbishop pleads with West

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Jim Maher

ALEPPO’S Catholic Archbishop is urging the west to drop its support for jihadi fighters and to, instead, back Syrians battling to free their second city. Monsignor Jean-Clement Jeanbart has called on France and other western nations to turn their backs … Continue reading →

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Propaganda and the ABC of war

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Jim Maher

By road, it is 626km from Mosul, Iraq, to Aleppo in Syria – the same distance, give or take a quick detour to pick up a kebab, as Sydney to Grafton in northern New South Wales. Makes you wonder why … Continue reading →

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