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A-100 gecs @pinstripebungle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
soundcloud.com/qanonanonymo... I went on QAA recently to talk about what's going on structurally in the State Department with migrant panic rhetoric, the Office of Remigration, and long-term efforts to reshape the organization forever.
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Great Replacement Theory at the State Department feat. Josef Burton (E390)
The “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory claims that powerful elites are deliberately replacing white populations through immigration. Under the second Trump administration, people who speak its lang
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 14/09/2026
On Sept. 13, an MSF bus carrying 10 humanitarian staff in #Gaza City was damaged by an Israeli airstrike on a targeted vehicle just two metres away. One MSF staff member was injured in the strike.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Listening to UK talk radio this week, once again struck by the inchoate grievance of even mainstream right-wing Caller after caller who cannot name a single real problem, yet are overwhelmed by panic that the country has been taken from them and they are losing somehow
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Aden Murphy @adenmurphy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It’s slightly maddening to see people take a generationally charismatic politician in the most media-concentrated city in North America and say “anyone could replicate this!”. It’s like pointing to Taylor Swift and saying “See? It’s easy: you just have to write good songs!”
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The new Canada West Foundation report on the costs of separation begins with a ritual recitation of grievances by none other than Ted Morton, in case you wondered whether the business community has figured out the role it unwittingly played (and plays) in advancing the separatist cause. 🧵
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This isn't the first time the USA has placed 50% tariffs on Canada. In 1890, the USA's Tariff Act was touted as a way to build up American industry, but the true goal was forcing the annexation of Canada. It backfired and made Canada stronger. This is the story. 📸 LoC 🧵1/10
Political cartoon criticizing the Republican platform for favoring untaxed whiskey (jug labeled "Untaxed Whiskey 20¢ Gal.") while presenting war‑taxed common cloth with an 89% tariff, highlighting perceived hypocrisy.
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Timothy Huyer @tim4hire.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Congratulations, Ezra Levant. You have relegated the CPC to the political wilderness for years to come and undone groundwork that had been laid by Stephen Harper. 1/ www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Opinion: Stephen Harper wouldn’t win today’s CPC leadership
Former Stephen Harper adviser Dan Robertson argues that the Conservative Party of Canada has been radicalized by pandemic-era anger, conspiracy rhetoric, and social media algorithms, leaving it so far...
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Folks are understandably taking @mattyglesias.bsky.social to task for the 'HR training' focus, but I am struck by the inability here to recognize an educational failure. It is *your* (/our) job to explain to those voters that the collapse of democracy *will* have a greater impact on their lives.
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
So much this. One can be opposed to what Israel is doing without being anti-semitic. We can quibble over whether Israel has engaged in genocide (I think it has). I don't think we can quibble over repeated war crimes at scale and with much repetition. 1/2
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Radio Rwanda
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Spicy Big Dad @spicybigdad.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
SJÄMSÅRA
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Brittany Page @brittanyepage.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
There really is a tweet for everything
Newsmax tweet from June 24th, 2025: "A government agency spending $300 million in taxpayer dollars to produce sterilized flies sounds like a dream scenario for a DOGE team looking to cut waste, fraud, and abuse" with a link reading: "Lawmakers Seek Sterilized Fly Facility to Repel Invasive Screwworm."
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
2013 Southern Alberta floods 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire 2024 Jasper wildfire When Alberta needed help, Canadian troops, pilots, doctors, nurses and crews came from across the country. Canadians helping Canadians. Vote Against Alberta Separation 📸 Department of Defence
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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Jen Gerson: "The momentum here right now is on the side of people who treat the idea of the Republic of Alberta as a kind of religious movement. It's a millenarian movement ... heavily influenced by the kind of nihilism that infects a lot of the broader MAGA movement."
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This is why I spent the last decade beating my head off my desk, trying to convince people that there is no way to please unpleasable right wing reactionaries. They don’t want to fix anything, they *don’t want to be happy*. They want to be very angry at people they hate and wish harm upon.
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Mihai Cirstea @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This graph shows two things, 1) obviously that the cameras reduced speeding, but 2) that the improvement kept getting better over time. Speeders tend to get one or two tickets and then learn and change their behaviour. This isn't a cash grab, it's an extremely useful intervention.
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Richard Warnica @rwarnica.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I went home recently to write about Alberta’s separatists. What I found was a movement wildly, dangerously disconnected from reality. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Richard Warnica: I went home to the heartland of Alberta independence. Even after covering Donald Trump for 10 years, I was still terrified by what I found
Independence movement eerily reminiscent of Trump's America.
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Sorry Buddy @3cityyimby.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Good thread weaving a few things together. I think people really don't get how low the baseline is. Let's say you want to get something to Arviat. I've picked Arviat as easy mode. It's the southernmost community in Nunavut so closest to existing infrastructure. It's also on the mainland, easy mode.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This is more than enough justification to hold a public inquiry.
March 5, 2026 X post by David Parker in which he says; "Nothing is more laughable to me than the idea that Canadians think we are going to wait for them to tell us whether independence is 'legal' or now. We have American backing us, you fools."
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
This is a deeply, *deeply* shameless -- and shameful -- op-ed. Allow me to explain why. #cdnpoli 🧵 🧵 🧵 www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Canada should back away from carbon capture and storage and focus on infrastructure like pipelines
The time might come to build CCUS, but right now we need to focus on economic and national sovereignty
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:
A graph from Our World In Data showing a precipitous drop in child mortality starting in the late 1800s going from an average of 48% to global rate of 27% in 1950 to the 2020 infant mortality rate of 4%, with some countries having a rate as low as 0.3%
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
More on Alberta’s boundary mess… CBC News election unit analysed the maps: the main report would have produced a 7-seat margin of victory for UCP. The minority report by UCP appointees? A 23-seat win, with many seats narrowly flipped in Calgary. W/analysis by me: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ANALYSIS | There's no road map for where Alberta's riding boundary controversy is headed next | CBC Accessibility
An MLA-led group now gets to revise electoral ridings, as the U.S-style gerrymandering accusations keep flying.
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The horrific killing by Israel of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil is a clear war crime. Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings globally in 2025 & 2024. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Israeli killing of Lebanese journalist draws international condemnation
Lebanese PM calls attack that killed Amal Khalil a ‘war crime’, with rescuers attempting to free her also targeted
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Jack Farrell @jack-farrell.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Alberta premier rejects Opposition claims UCP interfering on electoral boundaries Commissioner Susan Samson says “something or someone” sure did, but she doesn’t expect to ever learn the truth. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
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Alberta premier rejects Opposition claims UCP interfering on electoral boundaries
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is rejecting Opposition accusations that her United Conservatives are pulling the strings behind the scenes to rejig election ridings in their favour.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Five alarm fire for democracy in Canada. Not just Alberta. The whole country. Not hyperbole. When we take away effective representation, we no longer have a real claim to being a liberal democracy. If Alberta gets away with this, other provinces will follow.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16/04/2026
They are literally making it up as they go along. When they don't like the outcome, the Smith government rigs the process. It's a worrisome pattern for those who care about procedural fairness and institutional forebearance. You know, real conservatives.
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Matthew Black @matthewblack.ca · 16/04/2026
The UCP govt is rejecting the electoral map proposed 3 weeks ago. A govt motion that could come as soon as this morning outlines the new process which will be overseen by a UCP-led committee, will not allow for public input, and grow the number of MLAs from 87 to 91 #ableg #abpoli
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Alberta to scrap new electoral map, launch expedited redraw with more MLAs
A government motion calls for a redrawn map from the one presented three weeks ago; the number of MLAs would rise to 91.
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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 13/04/2026
I would like more people to care about whether things are actually true, even — especially — when it concerns arguments for your side
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 10/04/2026
American aid has dried up. Europe's aid is being held up by a Putin stooge. Canada has the power to finance Ukraine's self-defense: so let's do it. www.thestar.com/opinion/star... (Posting again because the link didn't unfurl properly the first time.)
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Justin Ling: Canada can rescue Ukraine with seized Russian cash. What are we waiting for?
It would be an easier job than you might think. In fact, what really baffles the experts is why Canada hasn’t acted already.
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
SCOOP: Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery curtailed Elections Alberta's power to penalize when Sam Mraiche was under investigation. www.theglobeandmail.com/appview/cana... w @tomcardoso.bsky.social
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Alberta Justice Minister curtailed election regulator when Sam Mraiche was under investigation
Mickey Amery’s legislation shortened watchdog’s window of time to pursue sanctions for alleged political finance violations
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Chris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Why do our second-tier cities underperform? Why do we have fewer trams in the UK? I try my best to give an answer to these two interconnected questions. chriscurtismk.substack.com/p/to-grow-th...
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To grow the economy we need more trams, and fewer kebabs
Britain’s second-tier cities are being held back by a simple problem, too many people still cannot get across them quickly enough to reach the jobs, customers and opportunities that drive growth.
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Taken Sept 21, this image shows the full extent of the destruction of Beit Hanoun, a former city of 50,000 people that the IDF has methodically demolished. The two clusters of remaining buildings in this 3.25-sq-mile area circled. Everything else has been razed by earthmovers and demo charges.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Throughout the next month, I am going to explore some of the name origins for communities in each province and territory. Today, it is Alberta. Here are the name origins for 10 Alberta communities! 🧵 1/12
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In Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I want you to know it seems bad now but there’s a very good chance you’ll look back at this as the good times—soon
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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“If we're relying on the RCMP to save us from foreign interference during a provincial referendum, it’s not gonna happen. And I would say the same for CSIS and for any kind of regulatory body, frankly,” said security expert Patrick Lennox. Story by #ableg @iciemmanuel.bsky.social
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Alberta ‘excessively vulnerable’ to foreign interference, experts warn | CBC News
Alberta is not ready to deal with the threat of online disinformation coming from foreign actors in a possible referendum campaign on separation this fall, according to national security experts.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 03/03/2026
Pluralism asks a lot more of our leaders than populism does. It asks them to do the hard work: to negotiate, to build consensus and buy-in, to explain trade-offs honestly, and to accept blame when decisions are unpopular if necessary. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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Governing by Referendum
Populism trumps good policymaking
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Michael Janz @michaeljanz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
If Alberta Separatists want to be taken seriously, they need to form their own party and run candidates for MLA. newrepublic.com/article/2069...
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The MAGA Plot to Take Down Canada
A growing movement of MAGA-pilled Albertan separatists would happily break up the country to be closer to Trump.
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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The mass murder of civilians in Gaza, the brazen attacks on hospitals and schools, without any accountability has created a new kind of warfare that should terrify and enrage all of us. Every child lost is someone’s whole world. Every life lost matters www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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At least 148 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says
Iran has blamed the US and Israel for the strike; the US is looking into reports of the incident, while the IDF says it is
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 01/03/2026
If you spend time in the bad place, you’re hearing this claim a lot: Alberta sends $23B more to Ottawa than it gets back. If we separated, we’d erase the $9B deficit and have a $14B surplus. It sounds simple. It’s wrong. Here's why. 🧵
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Maclean's approached me about writing a personal essay on Alberta Secession and my opposition to it. It was published today. macleans.ca/politics/i-d...
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I Don’t Recognize Alberta Anymore - Macleans.ca
My province has always fought with Ottawa. What’s new is a premier who gives legitimacy to separation.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
When I step into Alberta classrooms and see immigrant and refugee children excited to learn, and teachers inspired to teach, I see my mother’s mischievous grin and feel her fierce curiosity. May Albertans never lose the compassion and common sense that makes public education a public good.
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Julie Hotard Ph.D., writer, effects of disinfo on social systems @upine.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Exactly. @driftglass has written a lot about this. He calls it Magical Ruralism. driftglass.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
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The Triumphant Return of Magic Ruralism (tm)
The title of this post is a little misleading because Magic Ruralism never really went away.  In case you are unfamiliar, here's my de...
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 13/02/2026
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail. It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children. Vought is a mass murderer.
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Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Conservatives spent over a decade feeding the insatiable appetite in Alberta for anger and alienation towards Ottawa. Now, like Jason Kenney, they need to step up and slay the beast they helped create before it does even more damage. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/11/o...
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Conservatives built the Alberta separatist movement. Now they have to break it
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney spent years whipping voters into a frenzy against Ottawa. Now, at least, he's doing something to put out the fire he helped start. Will any of his Conservative coll...
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Testudo Aubrei @ritterteufeltod.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The history of the Christian right is, I would argue, a history of the secularization of the religious right itself. The replacement of theology by politics as their ultimate concern. Now politics is their theology.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Joe Fortes saved over 100 people from drowning along the coastal waters of Vancouver. He taught hundreds more how to swim, on his way to being declared Vancouver's Citizen of the Century. This is the story of a man who loved to swim. 🧵 1/8
Joe Fortes stands barefoot on a sandy beach, facing the camera. He wears a sleeveless, knee-length one-piece swimsuit. The shoreline runs along the left edge of the image with small waves at the sand. Behind him, people are scattered along the beach, and buildings and trees are visible in the distance. The photograph is sepia-toned, with the background slightly out of focus and the subject centered in the frame.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Wowsers look at what happened to posts on Twitter/X about London crime after monetisation of posts was introduced… economist.com/britain/2026...
X Posts about London Crime - large growth in number of likes after monetisation introduced
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
One of my core beliefs about villainy - real evildoers among us - is that it almost never looks as comically wicked as we would expect; it's a kind of reasonable-looking guy standing in front of a podium saying very soberly how he had no choice but to do the evil things.
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This is an important, credible, and damning article about the IDF in Gaza by Andy Milburn, a retired US Marine Raider colonel with combat experience from Fallujah and Mosul who maintained close contact with IDF officers during the war (while keeping a low public profile). Read the whole thing.
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Gaza and the Conduct of Urban War: Civilian Harm, Risk, and Responsibility
Urban warfare is often invoked as an alibi: dense terrain, an embedded enemy, human shields, imperfect intelligence. These conditions are real but they do
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