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UMass Amherst Political Science, Int'l Rel & 中文 Minors. JD Univ. Hawaii. Liberal. Still have my Kennedy/Johnson button. Jin Jiyan Azadî

Aug 15, 2022, 8 tweets

1. I see all the reports saying today is the 6th anniversary of the liberation of Manbij. I looked at my timeline and can't confirm that is so. I closely covered the battle and it ended when Daesh took hostages and travelled north into Jarabulus.

2. The SDF did not attack lest the hostages be harmed. Here is the Aug. 19, 2016 @BBC report on the #Daesh convoy:

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6. If you ever wondered why I'm certain that Erdogan and the Turkish MIT are #Deash, here are some of my reports starting just few days later when all the #Daesh who went to Jarabulus suddenly became extras in Erdogan's celebration of the 500th year anniversary

7. of the Battle of Dabiq that that forms the ideological foundation for the ISIS/Daesh ideology. If the IC doesn't know this all happened, shame on them. And if they do, and our leaders haven't taken action to deal with Erdogan, shame on them all for that.

8. Here's a link to the BBC report. bbc.com/news/world-mid…

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