Like it never even happened: Tikrit and the unwriting of modern history | Theoptimisticconservative's Blog

Posted by: theoptimisticconservative | March 6, 2015

Like it never even happened: Tikrit and the unwriting of modern history

Burn, baby, burn. Oil field sabotage by ISIS near Tikrit, Mar 2015. (Image via Twitter)

Burn, baby, burn. Oil field sabotage by ISIS near Tikrit, Mar 2015. (Image via Twitter)

New post up at Liberty Unyielding. Enjoy!

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Posted in General military, Great power geopolitics, History, Political commentary, Strategy, US Foreign policy, War | Tags: Baghdad, Balad, Baquba, battle for Tikrit, Battle of Jalawla, Battle of Samarra, Caliph Umar, Diyala Province, Euphrates corridor, Geopolitics, Hadi Al-Amari, International security, Iran, Iran-Iraq War 1980-88, Iraq, ISIS jihadist group, Islamic conquest of Persia, Islamism, Jalawla, Kataib Hezbollah, Khanaqin, Middle East, Military, Mohammed, Muqdadiyah, Nader Shah, National defense, Plain of Zahab, Qassem Soleimani, Qods Force, Rashidun Caliphate, Samarra, SCIRI, Strategy, Terrorism, The West, Tigris corridor, Tikrit, Topal Osman Pasha, Treaty of Zahab

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