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couldn’t find the old thread, if it was even still active, but feel there definitely should be one now more than ever. 

starting this off with news that Nariman Tamimi, mother of teenage activist Ahed Tamimi — who has been held in isreali detention since December for slapping a heavily armed soldier during a protest, has also been arrested and convicted of incitement for posting a video of her daughter’s confrontation on facebook

https://theintercept.com/2018/03/22/israel-jails-palestinian-mother-facebook-live-video-daughter-slapping-soldier/

 

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On 3/22/2018 at 4:42 PM, unpaid comintern said:

couldn’t find the old thread, if it was even still active, but feel there definitely should be one now more than ever. 

A likely story! I find it far more probable you hate penguins, and as such decided to smother the thread I made in it's infancy!

Anywho, I haven't given an update on the Afrin situation in awhile. Two weeks ago Turkey's forces did in fact drive the Kurds out of Afrin. I haven't been able to find any new news since then, so I'm assuming their attack has stopped for now. 

And yes, this did have a negative effect on the battle against ISIS. The most reliable ground forces that the US was supporting in the attempt to finish off ISIS were the Kurds. However the advance has stalled because of  the large amounts of Kurdish soldiers that pulled out to try and defend Afrin.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/world/middleeast/syrian-kurds-isis-american-offensive.html

Stealing this one from the U.S. politics thread.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna859966?__twitter_impression=true

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On 3/31/2018 at 5:14 AM, A True Kaniggit said:

A likely story! I find it far more probable you hate penguins, and as such decided to smother the thread I made in it's infancy

lol sorry! i tried!

land day protests in gaza see over a thousand unarmed protestors injured, including more than 400 shot, and at least 16 killed by isreali troops (mostly by sniper fire)

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/farmer-killed-israel-latest-gaza-strip-west-bank-hamas-protests-mass-sit-ins-benjamin-netanyahu-a8281116.html

also, fun little game, see how long it takes to find a headline on this that doesn’t frame it as “clashes” or “confrontations” 

eta: huh, thought I posted this a couple days ago... anyway, the photos and videos coming out are horrifying

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