This is a fascinating al-Jazeera news story about the new “U.S.-Friendly” Sunni alliance in Anbar, the now-dead sheikh supposed to have been in charge of the alliance, and the inevitable money and power game behind that show.
Part I riffs on Apocalypse Now in a very heavy-handed way, appropriately so.
Friday, and we’re still in Amman…
wow. very informative.
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“He smoked profusely and drank endless glasses of sweet tea.”
Must’ve been his heart.
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