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** Haphazard US crackdown on websites included Iranian dissidents ([link removed])
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By Matthew Petti on Jun 26, 2021 07:00 am
Last week's DOJ dragnet included Shiite religious websites, even ones at odds with Tehran's regime.
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** The Afghan army we tried, but failed to build ([link removed])
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By John Allen Gay on Jun 25, 2021 03:36 am
U.S. officials think Kabul could fall to the Taliban within six months, a sad indictment of our multibillion effort to build security there.
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** It’s difficult to get the Pentagon to acknowledge civilian casualties ([link removed])
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By Kristine Beckerle on Jun 25, 2021 03:00 am
A recent DOD report shows how incomplete accounting leaves victims with no recourse to redress.
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** Saudi bodyguards have been training in the U.S. since Obama. Why? ([link removed])
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By Annelle Sheline on Jun 24, 2021 10:26 am
Revelations that Khashoggi's killers were trained by a private security contractor in the States have raised some uncomfortable questions.
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** Symposium: Time to bring all U.S. troops home from the Middle East ([link removed])
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By Responsible Statecraft on Jun 24, 2021 08:10 am
Scholars weigh in on Eugene Gholz's new paper, which argues that the countries in the region can keep their own powers and rivalries in check.
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** China’s ‘wolf warrior’ diplomacy is anything but effective ([link removed])
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By Daniel Larison on Jun 23, 2021 03:48 am
Each time they lash out aggressively or pick fights they do the hawks’ bidding, making it easier to stoke resistance and anti-Beijing sentiment.
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