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First, he must persuade Tehran to treat Iraq as an independent nation-state, not a glacis for the Islamic Republic in its campaign to "export revolution." Revival of the 1977 trade accord could help end the current chaos and enable Tehran and Baghdad to secure income from tariffs and taxation. Setting mutually accepted rules on charities could also help both curb money laundering and tax evasion through fake religious charities linked to crime syndicates and security services. The big enchilada in al-Hakim's imaginary mediation would be the reopening of Shatt al-Arab, the border waterway clos...

A A With Donald Trump out of the White House, wannabe do-gooders have thrown their hats, or turbans, into the ring as mediators between Tehran and Washington. First, French President Emmanuel Macron said he was ready to seize the opportunity of Joe Biden’s victory to build a bridge with Iran. Then it was the turn of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to don the mantle of honest broker. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has also made musings about mediation. Last week, Qatar’s Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani traveled to Tehran to offer mediation. The ...

Indigenous-made films, new fellows, and the grand opening of the film festival all give a gracious nod to Indigenous inclusion at Sundance 2021

>> i understand. but did goldstein understand at the time -- obviously, he knows the rules of engagement. you know, why did he pull the trigger, if he knew what he was doing was illegal? >> so you imply that he knew what he was doing was illegal or what he did was illegal. >> i'm asking you, was he aware. >> right. he was aware of the rules of engagement. he exercised his discretion as a ground commander in afghanistan. controlling essentially the bottom third of marja during combat operations, highly kinetic combat operations. >> i understand. >> he affected an ambush that killed someone. >> ...

Leader who was working and helping these american forces, did major goldstein at the time know he was not authorized to kill him. that this was against the rules of engagement? >> super important to understand this. the bomb maker was captured with bomb-making material. he was brought back to the combat outpost. he was identified by a local tribal leader as being a taliban member and an individual who was conducting operations in marja. there are no detention facilities in marja during the war. matt was able to keep him for 24 hours at his outpost and then he was released. he could have gone a...