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Osama bin Laden shook the world on 9/11. Today it is clear how his wider plans failed | Jason Burke
By Jason BurkeThe al-Qaida leader envisaged an economically battered US withdrawing from the Middle East – and a global Muslim uprising. Then the tide turned
#September112001 #OsamabinLaden #Worldnews #USnews #AlQaida #Afghanistan #Iraq #TheGuardian #JasonBurke
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‘Shameful’: UK, Australia and Canada criticise Israel over Gaza aid convoy killings decision
By Jason BurkeJoint statement issued after IDF said it will not pursue criminal investigations into April 2024 strike that killed seven humanitarian workers
#Gaza #Israel #UKnews #IsraelGazawar #Foreignpolicy #Australianews #Canada #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Worldnews #TheGuardian #JasonBurke
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Israel admits its soldiers fired at car in which Hind Rajab was killed
By Jason BurkeMilitary orders criminal investigation into the death of the five-year-old and six family members in Gaza in 2024
#Gaza #Israel #IsraelGazawar #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Palestine #Worldnews #TheGuardian #JasonBurke
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Concerns grow over increased global ties with Taliban in Afghanistan
By Jason BurkeCampaigners fear deeper diplomatic contacts are undermining demands for improvements in human rights
#Taliban #Afghanistan #India #Russia #Europe #Worldnews #Women #SouthandcentralAsia #Iran #UnitedNations #TheGuardian #JasonBurke
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An interesting piece on Iran by the Guardian's #JasonBurke, drawing parallels between the end of the Shah regime in 1979 and today's situation.
It makes me think about societal tectonic shifts and how we experience them in our lifetime, if we hang around for long enough.
I was a teenager in 1979, well read, politically very active. When Ayatolla Khomeini returned to Iran, I wrote a lengthy piece for our student newspaper, explaining how the European Left must celebrate the coalition of forces that manifested itself in the Iranian revolution. The actual result of course was a regime of internal repression and external threat. Five decades later, history is breaking up again.
Shortly after, I spent three months in Israel, in a Kibbutz. There had been no Intifada yet. So many opportunities were open then that have since closed.
History moves slowly, but fast enough to overtake us in a single lifetime.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/15/regime-change-iran-1979-pointers-shah-exile