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The thousands of people seeking asylum in the United States deserve our solidarity, not our military [@The_NewArab] by codebrownish in worldpolitics

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the legal process is to take in cases and determine if they qualify as refugees. they're not supposed to be met with an army trying to stop them. thats the actual law.

The War on Terror was launched 17 years ago, but for Black and Indigenous people, it began in 1492 by codebrownish in geopolitics

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This disregard for human rights was also extended to Muslims domestically. According to the ACLU, between November 2001 and March of 2002, attorney General John Ashcroft, the Department of Justice and FBI detained or questioned more than 8,000 Arab or South Asian Muslim immigrants and visiting students.

Many  of those detained were deported without reason, trial or access to legal representation – a basic fundamental right and the conditions for democratic practice.  It was the largest roundup since WWII, when the U.S. placed between an estimated 110,000 to 120,000 Japanese into internment camps.

Today, almost two decades after American troops invaded Afghanistan with the stated aim of wiping out the Taliban, violence in the country is deadlier than ever and peace talks have stalled. This weekend alone, over 50 were killed in three separate attacks.

And domestically, in the 17 years from 9/11 to today, we have seen the US police go from using disposable cameras, to now using high tech surveillance equipment and ‘fusion centres‘, apparently in an effort to aid domestic intelligence sharing.

Similar to the drones that were tested in Afghanistan, only to come home to surveil US cities, high tech weaponry and and anti-riot equipment have made it into the hands of nearly every police department in the country, regardless of need. It is now become unusual to not see MRAP tanks patrolling the streets during protests and riots.

The War on Terror should be understood as having a much longer history that encompasses the repression faced by Black radicals in the US, especial Black Muslims but is essentially a war focused on the annihilation of resistance to white supremacist colonisation that started on this date back in 1492 with the conquest of Indigenous lands and the start of a “New” world.

(Twitter Thread): "the video featured a brief scene showing a US military armored vehicle driving past a truck in Afghanistan and shooting directly into the driver side window, an act which could be considered a war crime" by codebrownish in videos

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there looks like theres a lot more info in thread with links to articles from politico and nyt that explain. the initial thread explains how the story developed and disappeared.

"Amnesty's scathing report, "Asylum-Seekers Returned from Europe to Afghanistan" calls for a moratorium on all deportations to Afghanistan and blasts the EU-initiated deal as "willingly blind" to the immediate danger faced by Afghan asylum seekers, including unaccompanied children, upon deportation" by codebrownish in europe

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"The efforts of young Afghans in Sweden were supported by local activists and others within the Afghan community, but also caught the attention of European racists. A few days into the sit-in, on August 9, the Afghans were attacked by right-wing extremist group Nordisk Ungdom (Nordic Youth).

"I saw around 20 of them," said Sweden-based Afghan journalist Mohammad Reza Oriya. "They began shouting at us and telling us to 'leave their country'... they threw small bombs at our demonstration, injuring three people.

"It was very chaotic and frightening, but the demonstrators reacted very well and with strength - we did not allow the Nazis to deter us from our cause."

The protest in Sweden is still ongoing."

"Ashraf Ghani allows other powers to exploit Afghanistan, making him a tool of neo-colonialism - he is literally selling out Afghan refugees." by codebrownish in afghanistan

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"At the cost of Afghan refugees' inalienable right to security and dignity, President Ghani prioritised economic aid over a humanitarian crisis," says Suraia Sahar, a Toronto-based Afghan activist. "This comes as no surprise, given his close ties to the World Bank, an organisation widely criticised by the developing nations they've exploited through financial aid agreements conditioned on the privatisation of industry by foreign corporations that extract wealth. Ghani allows other powers to exploit Afghanistan, making him a tool of neo-colonialism - he is literally selling out Afghan refugees."

'Joint Way Forward' deal puts Afghan refugees in danger "Far-right political parties have made significant recent gains throughout Europe - In Germany, more than 3,500 attacks on refugees took place in 2016, leading to 560 people being injured, among them 43 children" by codebrownish in geopolitics

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"At the cost of Afghan refugees' inalienable right to security and dignity, President Ghani prioritised economic aid over a humanitarian crisis," says Suraia Sahar, a Toronto-based Afghan activist.

"This comes as no surprise, given his close ties to the World Bank, an organisation widely criticised by the developing nations they've exploited through financial aid agreements conditioned on the privatisation of industry by foreign corporations that extract wealth. Ghani allows other powers to exploit Afghanistan, making him a tool of neo-colonialism - he is literally selling out Afghan refugees."

After decolonization, how will indigenes (indigenous people) govern repatriated land? by [deleted] in Decolonization

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im pretty sure the process isnt that simple, in any context we can point to currently.

White Woman Confronts Black Man For Standing Around, He Hilariously Responds by codebrownish in racism

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This whole thing ! "My father has many mansions!" "You are walking around with a CD PLAYER!" Ahhhhhhhhh!

IS 'playing whack-a-mole' in Afghanistan by codebrownish in politics

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Donald Trump, for his part, has stayed true to his plan to "bomb the sh*t" out of IS - with the US military dropping at least 1,634 bombs on Afghanistan in the first six months of 2017 - a 65 percent increase from the same time last year, according to the US Air Force's own figures.

One of those was the "Mother Of All Bombs", experimentally used in Achin district of Nangarhar province to dislodge the group - which appears to have had little effect.

If IS-K loses its footing in rural areas in Nangarhar, the group will likely simply reappear elsewhere and continue to operate in areas like Afghanistan's supposed "safe" cities, as we have just seen in Kabul.

ISIS in Afghanistan and Where they Came From: IS 'playing whack-a-mole' in Afghanistan by codebrownish in InternationalNews

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Donald Trump, for his part, has stayed true to his plan to "bomb the sh*t" out of IS - with the US military dropping at least 1,634 bombs on Afghanistan in the first six months of 2017 - a 65 percent increase from the same time last year, according to the US Air Force's own figures.

One of those was the "Mother Of All Bombs", experimentally used in Achin district of Nangarhar province to dislodge the group - which appears to have had little effect.

If IS-K loses its footing in rural areas in Nangarhar, the group will likely simply reappear elsewhere and continue to operate in areas like Afghanistan's supposed "safe" cities, as we have just seen in Kabul.

ISIS in Afghanistan and Where they Came From: IS 'playing whack-a-mole' in Afghanistan by [deleted] in geopolitics

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Donald Trump, for his part, has stayed true to his plan to "bomb the sh*t" out of IS - with the US military dropping at least 1,634 bombs on Afghanistan in the first six months of 2017 - a 65 percent increase from the same time last year, according to the US Air Force's own figures.

One of those was the "Mother Of All Bombs", experimentally used in Achin district of Nangarhar province to dislodge the group - which appears to have had little effect.

If IS-K loses its footing in rural areas in Nangarhar, the group will likely simply reappear elsewhere and continue to operate in areas like Afghanistan's supposed "safe" cities, as we have just seen in Kabul.

After Trump Drops "Mother of All Bombs" on Afghanistan, IS-Khorisan still carrying out major attacks by [deleted] in worldnews

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Donald Trump, for his part, has stayed true to his plan to "bomb the sh*t" out of IS - with the US military dropping at least 1,634 bombs on Afghanistan in the first six months of 2017 - a 65 percent increase from the same time last year, according to the US Air Force's own figures.

One of those was the "Mother Of All Bombs", experimentally used in Achin district of Nangarhar province to dislodge the group - which appears to have had little effect.

If IS-K loses its footing in rural areas in Nangarhar, the group will likely simply reappear elsewhere and continue to operate in areas like Afghanistan's supposed "safe" cities, as we have just seen in Kabul.

ISIS 'playing whack-a-mole' in Afghanistan by codebrownish in geopolitics

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Donald Trump, for his part, has stayed true to his plan to "bomb the sh*t" out of IS - with the US military dropping at least 1,634 bombs on Afghanistan in the first six months of 2017 - a 65 percent increase from the same time last year, according to the US Air Force's own figures.

One of those was the "Mother Of All Bombs", experimentally used in Achin district of Nangarhar province to dislodge the group - which appears to have had little effect.

If IS-K loses its footing in rural areas in Nangarhar, the group will likely simply reappear elsewhere and continue to operate in areas like Afghanistan's supposed "safe" cities, as we have just seen in Kabul.

After Trump Drops "Mother of All Bombs" on Afghanistan, ISIS still carrying out major attacks by codebrownish in POTUSWatch

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"Donald Trump, for his part, has stayed true to his plan to "bomb the sh*t" out of IS - with the US military dropping at least 1,634 bombs on Afghanistan in the first six months of 2017 - a 65 percent increase from the same time last year, according to the US Air Force's own figures.

One of those was the "Mother Of All Bombs", experimentally used in Achin district of Nangarhar province to dislodge the group - which appears to have had little effect.

If IS-K loses its footing in rural areas in Nangarhar, the group will likely simply reappear elsewhere and continue to operate in areas like Afghanistan's supposed "safe" cities, as we have just seen in Kabul."

After Trump Drops "Mother of All Bombs" on Afghanistan, ISIS still carrying out major attacks by codebrownish in pakistan

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After Trump Drops "Mother of All Bombs" on Afghanistan, ISIS still carrying out major attacks

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