Simon Speakman Cordall
@sscordall.bsky.social
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Senior Producer at AJE Digital. Gentleman explorer and noted raconteur. Currently banned in Israel. Bylines in: lots of stuff.
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Thinking you'll achieve peace by rewarding invasions is like thinking you'll cure alcoholism with vodka.
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Israel has just sent an evacuation warning for an area in Beirut’s southern suburbs after two rockets were fired from south Lebanon this morning (one intercepted & landed on Lebanese territory).
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Not every day at the office is like this
#Lebanon
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Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
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"The total number of bodies recovered, found in 55 graves, has now climbed to 39, after the attorney general said on Sunday... authorities had recovered the corpses of 28 others in the north of Kufra, a huge southeastern district of the country."
#Libya
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Bodies of 11 more migrants found in southeast Libya, security official says
Libyan security authorities have recovered at least 11 more bodies of migrants a mass grave in the southeast of the country, a security official told Reuters on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
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#Libya
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Far-right obsession w obstructing refugee journeys undermines security.

A Libyan militia member wanted by the ICC for trafficking, war crimes & crimes against humanity released by Italy, apparently to lubricate anti-migrant cooperation.

Meloni under investigation.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
‘I saw him kill people:’ Libya and Italy’s shadowy migrant deals
Italy is accused of releasing Libyan officials wanted on international warrants in return for limiting migrant flows.
www.aljazeera.com
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Wondering how the US media is complicit in genocide? Here you go!
libyaliberty.bsky.social
By that logic, why can’t Israelis? Somehow that would be bigotry but this isn’t.
Screenshot of headline for WSJ Opinion: if Indians and Pakistanis can relocate, why can’t Gazans? 
By Sadanand Dhume
Feb 12, 2025
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@lewisgoodall.com Firstly, congratulations on this morning's black polar neck decision. I made the same (excellent) choice. However, I just listened to the podcast, "pens and printing presses"?
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Reassuring to know which side the UK government is on.

Clue: it's not the side that cares about human rights or transparency.
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"The state of emergency in the entire country “will be extended from Thursday to Dec. 31, 2025,” said the Journal of the Republic of #Tunisia, an official biweekly gazette."
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Tunisia extends state of emergency till year-end
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Euphemism is one thing, but describing Smotrich, who makes no secret about supporting genocide, as an 'advocate' who 'helps' Gazans 'leave to depart' is another level of genocidal white-washing. nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...