Tag: Fallujah

IS to cast long shadow over Iraqi civilians

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Violence and deep division will continue to imperil Iraqi civilians long after Islamic State (IS) is driven out from the territory it captured, according to a lengthy dispatch from the devastated Iraqi city of Fallujah. After The Caliphate, published on BuzzFeed, quotes a senior official in Fallujah, Taleb al-Hosnawi, warning that . . . Read More

New urgency for an old idea: Nineveh

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New urgency for an old idea: Nineveh
An ancient Nineveh gate, east of Mosul.James Gordon / Flickr / Creative Commons   The militant Islamist rampage across Iraq has intensified calls for a Christian “safe zone,” even as it has made the task of achieving it more difficult. The jihadists, who call their movement the “Islamic State,” have . . . Read More