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The big issue: Sparing country [redacted]
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 14/12/2014
» In 2002, in the wake of the 9/11 terrorism and US military pushback, the CIA opened a secret facility in central Thailand. The agency brought two high-level al-Qaeda operatives, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, to the site and launched a new programme of "enhanced interrogation" techniques on them including physical assault and waterboarding, distressing many US officials.
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French police kill terrorist, end siege
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/03/2012
» French police shot dead Thursday a self-declared Al-Qaeda militant wanted for a series of killings of soldiers and Jews, ending a tense 32-hour siege in the south of France.
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Is it time for the United States to dump Saudi Arabia?
News, Published on 05/02/2016
» After the recent execution of Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia, the Middle East once again risks devolving into sectarian chaos. A mob torched the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, prompting Saudi Arabia and a number of its Sunni allies to break diplomatic relations with Iran.
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Reunification of Syria under Assad
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 04/01/2017
» So far the end-game in Syria has played out in an entirely predictable way. All of Aleppo is back in the Syrian government's hands, that decisive victory for President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian backers has been followed by a ceasefire, and the Russians are now organising a peace conference in Astana, Kazakhstan for later this month.
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US wants armed marshals on Thailand flights
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/03/2013
» Israel's airline El Al has armed marshals on each flight. Now US govt wants the same after recent threats to US airlines.
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Prayers won't help
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/09/2021
» Re: "Govt denies jab purchase graft", (BP, Sept 1).
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VDOs search for " al Qaeda "
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False jab promises
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/09/2021
» Re:. "Asean's vaccination tally", (BP, Sept 1).
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'Racist' headline irks
News, Postbag, Published on 03/05/2021
» Re: "Thais tested for 'Indian strain'", (BP, May 1).
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Jeff Immelt on the Humbling of GE
Business, Published on 22/02/2021
» In the summer of 2001, weeks before Jeff Immelt became CEO of General Electric, he was playing golf with friends at a country club near Chicago when a club member asked him what he did.
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A month of history
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 21/09/2020
» Planned at Thammasat University's Tha Prachan campus, the anti-government rally under the title, "Sept 19: Return Power To Civilians" was set on the same date as the 2006 coup d'état.
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