Tom A. Peter
@TomAPeter
Tom is a journalist currently covering Syria. He was formerly based in Afghanistan. Tweets are a mix of news from both places. Views are his own.
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Apparently all poor children need to break the cycle of poverty is access to a rich white person’s extreme hobby. Who knew? popularmechanics.com/adventure/outd…
The West’s anti-globalization drive comes “too late to do much to save the working-class jobs that were lost, but early enough to risk damaging the ability of rich nations to sell advanced goods and services to the rapidly expanding global middle class.” nyti.ms/2pzgLFN
Great scoop by @lrozen: George Nader, the businessman helping with the Mueller probe, worked with ex-Iraqi PM Maliki on brokering the corrupt $4.2 billion Russia arms deal in 2012. al-monitor.com/pulse/original…
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The dealmaker: Mueller witness helped broker $4.2 billion Iraq-Russia arms deal
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s latest interest, Lebanese-American businessman George Nader, has a long history of mysterious dealings in the Middle East despite a low profile in Washington.
Excited to finally see the release of @CarmenGentile ’s memoir about getting injured in Afghanistan and his recovery. I was lucky enough to read some early versions. It’s well worth your time! Check it out! amazon.com/Blindsided-Tal…
It's election season in the Middle East. My column on why, 7 years after the Arab Spring, hardly anyone cares. 🇪🇬🇱🇧🇮🇶. wsj.com/articles/elect… via @WSJ
Remittances to Syria top $1.5 billion, exceeding the total value of salaries and wages inside Syria. via @observesyria syrianobserver.com/EN/News/33909
Risking their lives messages like these are being shared from regime held areas in Syria showing support for people in #Ghouta and praising the people for standing up to Assad, Russia and Iran.
“More bombing. More fighting. More death. More destruction. More maiming of women and children. More hunger. More misery. More, in other words, of the same.” -UN’s Mark Lowcock on the situation in East Ghouta 5 days into the cease fire. washingtonpost.com/world/national…
In Syria's rebel-held Eastern Ghouta enclave, the bombs have stopped falling from the sky but the dead are still being raised from the rubble. #Eastern_Ghouta france24.com/en/20180228-sy…
“The Russians know they cannot coerce everyone. Their goal is that others will weaken each other, and Russia will become more influential in shaping [Syria] afterwards.” -Emile Hokayem, International Institute for Strategic Studies wsj.com/articles/in-sy…
Good policies only bring about change when they are accurately and fully implemented. Great work by these court observers harnessing data and doing the work to hold the powerful accountable. Let em know we’re watching!
More than 70 volunteers were trained to monitor Cook County’s Central Bond Court & record the bail decisions that judges made. Check out our report & see why the court rule that was supposed to #EndMoneyBail isn’t having its intended impact: chicagoappleseed.org/courtwatchingr…
US border agents routinely hold families, including INFANTS, in freezing cells when it takes them into custody at or near the border. hrw.org/news/2018/02/2… #ImmigrantsAreUs
Holding immigrants and asylum seekers in detention facilities indefinitely results in inequitable & inconsistent outcomes. Here’s a profile of people affected by the issue that I wrote a few years back. politico.com/magazine/story…
The Supreme Court has ruled that immigrants, even those with permanent legal status and asylees, do not have the right to bond hearings — effectively meaning they can be held indefinitely.
WSJ via SWJ - In Syria, a Russian Ex-Commando Dies in the Shadows smallwarsjournal.com/blog/in-syria-…
NYT: North Korea allegedly sells chemical weapons to Syria, allowing Syria to maintain chemical weapons and providing North Korea with cash for its nuclear & missile programs. nytimes.com/2018/02/27/wor…
Neo-Nazis and anti-immigrant groups are having a banner year in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s guide to hate in America. nyer.cm/GABljF1
The UN commissioned experts - at great time and expense - to advise on how to deliver aid more ethically, safely and effectively. And then they ignored said advice. I'M SHOCKED. (Kidding! I'd have been more shocked if they'd actually followed the advice)
EXCLUSIVE: A veteran official advised the @UN to set up an independent watchdog on its humanitarian operations in #Syria. You'll Never Believe What Happened Next. irinnews.org/feature/2018/0…
Whether you’re interested in fiction about Iraq or not, I think you’ll find that Frankenstein in Baghdad, by @saadawi_a , is a profound, unsettling, and often deeply funny novel that will stay with you.
Ahmed Saadawi’s Frankenstein in Baghdad is a modern take on a classic set in present day Baghdad. Check out this review in @GuardianBooks and be sure to join Saadawi at the 2018 #DubaiLitFest in March where he'll be speaking about the novel. ow.ly/6tt230itBR4
Yemen's cholera epidemic likely to intensify in coming months: WHO reut.rs/2FzzhVC #rainyseason #Yemen #cholera
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