Hasina's ouster has left both political as well as security vacuums, giving more space to religious radicals.
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Michael Kugelman,
NPR,
21 Dec. 2024
Obama ended up funding and arming the Syrian opposition so feebly it was slaughtered and – when its extremists joined up with radicals from Iraq’s long-running insurgency against the US occupation – metastasized into ISIS.
And when a couple of grenades are thrown into their space – because insurgents happen to be in the house next door – the action ratchets up and begins to spin out of control for the soldiers.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2025
Troops unknowingly entered an apartment building next to insurgents, and al-Qaeda forces hurled a grenade through a sniper hole, injuring one of the SEALs, Elliott Miller (Cosmo Jarvis).
The attack was the third in less than two months that French authorities attributed to Islamic extremists, and prompted the government to raise its security alert to the maximum level.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
Performances that allow children in the audience have come under fire from far-right extremists and lawmakers across the country, with over a dozen bills introduced across 8 states in 2023.
Under Section 3 of the Constitution's 14th Amendment, insurrectionists are banned from holding federal office.
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Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
The numbers indicate an uptick in disapproval for the move after a Reuters/Ipsos poll from last month found that 58 percent of Americans were not in favor of the president pardoning the insurrectionists.
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