Why Shamima Begum Should Be Allowed to Return to the UK
Fair trial, rehabilitation, & restorative justice could minimize Shamima Begum’s risk of joining different extremist group and of carrying out future attack
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Author: Scott Lucas
Iran Daily: Tehran Warns Saudi and UAE, Presses Pakistan Over Bombing of Revolutionary Guards
Iran warns Saudi Arabia and UAE of “retaliatory measures” and presses Pakistan for action over bombing that killed 27 Revolutionary Guards and wounded 13
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TrumpWatch, Day 757: National Emergency — Trump Lies About “Invasion”, Acknowledges Influence of Hard Right Commentators
Declaring national emergency when there is no national emergency, Donald Trump lies about a migrant “invasion” of the US and praises hard-right commentators
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Syria Daily: US General Challenges Trump & Turkey — Arm Kurdish-Led Forces
Challenging both Donald Trump and Turkey, commander of US forces in the Middle East says that Washington should continue arming Kurdish-led forces in Syria
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EA on BBC and Monocle 24: Explaining Trump’s Whipped-Up “National Emergency”
Scott Lucas on the legal and political significance of Donald Trump’s “national emergency”, and the uncertainty in a US system already damaged by him
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EA on Monocle 24: The US Summit for Iran Regime Change — How Did It Go?
Scott Lucas on a Trump Administration summit in Poland that tried — but failed — to whip up a “coalition of the willing” for regime change in Iran
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