BBC News has a wonderful article explaining what life is like now for the remaining citizens of Mosul in Iraq. BBC interviewed survivors of the Islamic State's assault and takeover of Mosul. The outstanding features now are: control of women, persecution of minorities, intimidation, punishment, and torture, disruption of daily life (fuel is in short supply, pollution widespread, construction halted and many schools closed), indoctrination and surveillance, military tactics and strategy (digging tunnels, building barricades, planting mines and bombs, and filling the city with snipers).
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Gaffe of the year, so far
Is this the biggest gaffe so far in 2014? Announcing that 2014 in the chinese New Year is the year of the horse, BBC had this graphic with this subtitle.
Or, do they know something the rest of us don't know?
Or, do they know something the rest of us don't know?
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