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Isis thwarted
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 26/12/2019
» Until the 20th century, jihadists had no bones to pick with the US. Their ire was directed at the UK and France who coveted their lands, and the Jews trying to carve out their own. They got good press when T.E. Lawrence led the Arabs against the enemy Ottoman Turks. The silent film The Sheik romanticised them. The Riffs were favoured in their uprising against Spain. They didn't participate in the North African campaign in World War II.
Slo-mo action
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 14/10/2016
» The vast majority of people have not heard of Botswana, much less find it on a map. Try southern Africa. It doesn't have oil or valuable natural resources. Still, it isn't a basket case. Trade -- agriculture, cattle -- keeps its economy in the black.