by Charles Cameron | Nov 25, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — when is a tweet not quite a fatwa? when it’s a tweet! ] . Ayatollah Khamenei's decree on Banning WMDs http://t.co/xsTIenb4rJ
#Iran #IranTalksOman pic.twitter.com/01VwBjjnoY — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) November 12, 2014...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 16, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — another quick one, this one concerned with “key religious and transportation hubs”– ie pilgrimage routes ] . Millions of Shiite pilgrims in the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala for the Ashura mourning rituals, 2012. **...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 12, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a deep look into IS / Daesh from Amsterdam ] . This video contains some of the most fine-grained analysis of IS / Daesh and the situation in Iraq / Syria that I have seen so far: Eye-witness report from the frontline by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 1, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron – ISIS video, early Dabiq reference, satirical response ] . . You may recall that almost exactly a year ago, Shiite truck drivers in Anbar province were stopped by ISIS patrols, questioned as to the exact form of Islamic prayer, and executed...
by zen | Aug 29, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] ISIS or the Islamic State “Caliphate” is the focus of a great deal of discussion and demands for action from the United States – and also inaction – from many quarters. What is to be done? That is...
