#Siege

Every week when I see the armed paramilitary groups and the amped up stormtrooper police here I have unbidden memories of the Troubles. It’s giving me nightmares. I don’t think
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The American Revolution Timeline Thread v.21763-1787*Links/citations/further readings in the comments of each tweet. February 10, 1763The French and Indian war (Seven Years' war) ends with the signing of the Treaty
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A7'50, dans cette émission, Cyril Dion fait l'éloge des "bombes" et des "attentats" ("sans faire de victimes, ah ah ah) pour instaurer un rapport de force et changer les règles
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The Vic is one of the places Ben and Callum have made some history! Here's a long ass thread, proving that someday, it should be THEIR place:#EastEnders #Ballum "Ben Mitchell."
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Breaking the Byzantine SystemThe arc-of-history narrative cites two disasters in particular that both reflected and precipitated Byzantine decline: the Battle of Manzikert and the 4th Crusade.The systems approach unambiguously fingers
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The new HH book AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 WORDS is OUT NOW!https://www.amazon.co.uk/Around-World-80-Words-Language/dp/1783964006The book tells the stories behind 80 different words and phrases whose origins lie on the world map—so
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THREAD: You may have seen the claim that #AOC has somehow sold out her progressive principles on Palestine in order to pander to the Israel lobby. This is a quick
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MDZS/The Untamed Cultural Annotation Thread 4: Did you know the Stygian Tiger Seal is based off the real "tiger tallies" used to mobilize armies in ancient China? before photos were
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Okay. If you’ll take a close and detailed look on the video with audio, and if you have a general idea on how a Standoff works or basically gunfights then
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Story of Last Ottoman guardian of Al-Aqsa [Thread][This is the spirit Palestine need] Palestine, remained under the Ottoman rule for four centuries until the British took control. After heavy fighting
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I just want to rant a lil' about Palestinian poetry and because honestly for all the insanity there have been moments of lucid reflection in this conflict. I'm specifically talking
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cr: siege and storm by leigh bardugo honestly i just can't wait to meet nikolai rachel just told me that s&s is the worst book in the trilogy... who else
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[Thread] En cette période morose, pour tenter de vous mettre un petit de baume au cœur, je vais vous raconter ma plus belle histoire de chemin de fer Nous
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On 6 January, violent insurrectionists attacked our democracy. They descended upon our Capitol intent on stopping Congress from recognizing the results of the 2020 election. They erected gallows and maniacally
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Gen. de Gaulle,Edinburgh, 23rd June 1942: "I do not think a Frenchman could come to Scotland at any time without being sensible of a special emotion. Scarcely can he set
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FINALLY!! - THE REAL REASON BEHIND BERGDAHL'S RELEASE!(BERGDAHL WAS RELEASED IN EXCHANGE FOR 5 TALIBAN GENERALS IN ORDER TO COVER UP THE OBAMA/HILLARY STINGER MISSILE SALES TO LIBYA.)BENGHAZI AND THE
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