New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING - from Al Qaida fighter and leader to President of Syria. The life and times - and massive challenges ahead - of Ahmed al-Sharaa. alastaircampbell.org/2025/02/120-... - ThreadSky

alastaircampbell2.bsky.social • 76 days ago

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING - from Al Qaida fighter and leader to President of Syria. The life and times - and massive challenges ahead - of Ahmed al-Sharaa. https://alastaircampbell.org/2025/02/120-the-new-president-of-syria-trump-palestine-and-having-a-10-million-bounty-on-your-head-ahmed-al-sharaa/

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lawy.bsky.social•76 days ago

I only hope the women of Syria won't end up with Taliban 2, the Return...

donegan.bsky.social•76 days ago

Did you ever find those WMDs in Iraq, cunt?

annharries.bsky.social•76 days ago

Excellent interview. Thank you both. We need to judge all leaders by the same standard. Dayan, Begin, even Mandela to a lesser degree, were involved in killing for their beliefs. Yes, we now judge them as great leaders. I would be interested to know from Rory how AS sounded in Arabic because…1

annharries.bsky.social•76 days ago

2. From the 1speech I heard before they dubbed it he has a very quiet but charismatic voice. I hope he’s the real deal, but so far he is 1m times better than Assad. Funny how we view Brits, who went to fight against Franco as heroes, but a 19-year-old who fightscagainst oppression is a terrorist.

pedritoss.bsky.social•76 days ago

Listening now

jamieleftpeg.bsky.social•76 days ago

This is utterly appalling and you should be ashamed of yourself

annharries.bsky.social•76 days ago

Why? Do you have the same problem with the fact that Menachem Begin or Moshe Dayan with terrorists before they became Prime Ministers? Or is it just Muslims that are problematic?

jamieleftpeg.bsky.social•76 days ago

Well, yes, they did get elected.

Jolani is Al Qaeda. The Al Qaeda that did 9/11 Al Qaeda. And has no mandate beyond the Kalashnikov.

And he's currently overseeing sectarian slaughter in Syria.

bellabanana.bsky.social•76 days ago

Listening!

benniem.bsky.social•76 days ago

Listening now!

sjgodfrey.bsky.social•76 days ago

Great access, so important to have diverse point of views. Wish you had been able to do some short interviews with other Syrians while you were there. Looking forward to the ‘upcoming’ 10 part series inside Al Qaida!

jamieleftpeg.bsky.social•76 days ago

Why 9/11, 7/7 and the Madrid bombings weren't actually that bad ... by Iraq Has WMD Campbell

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