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Writer, podcaster and former diplomat.
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And they still own 15% of the Rossing uranium mine in Namibia which they've had since the 70s. (China has about 68% and Namibia only 3%) - tho TBH Wikipedia says the Namibian govmt claims no uranium has gone to Iran.
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Learn something every day
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I agree.
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Gosh
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They obviously didn’t have the capability but evidence of intention is pretty hard to come by.
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Watch what the Shah says here: www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uiUQO7...
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Reports suggest they hit the entrance and infrastructure around it.
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It is very very funny that one of the few genuine ways we have diverged from EU law since Brexit is VAT on private schools.
Karmic punishment for Telegraph readers.
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A reminder of how Israel’s neighbours might be feeling about Iran. bsky.app/profile/wart...
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I think the issue is that Iran’s air defence is seriously degraded, to the point of being nonexistent. (Worth noting that the UK doesn’t really have air defence, so…)
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It won’t have formal permission but many Arab countries aren’t unhappy to see Iran get bloodied. I’m not sure the Israelis have cared about things like permission for years, if ever.
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Yes it’s Israel. And I still don’t want Iran to have nukes.
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I don’t necessarily disagree about the legal analysis. Although legal arguments have been made in both directions.
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You don't seem to be engaging with the substance. The argument you make that Israel devoted less intel to Gaza is a strange way to defend civilian casualties. And if the objective - stated in terms by various ministers including the PM - is to depopulate Gaza, then the fighting can be a war crime.
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We know that civilians have been killed as they collect food aid. If that is "highly targeted", what is the target and why?
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