Articles by Ibrahim al-Marashi

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My Plagiarised Work Was Used to Justify the War on Iraq
Ibrahim al-Marashi | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service, 27 Mar 2023

21 Mar 2023 – Imagine it is February 5, 2003. The US secretary of state is speaking in front of the United Nations, holding your work in his hands, as he calls for a war on another sovereign nation. How would you feel? Well, it happened to me, and I felt shocked.

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Trump’s Strike on Syria: A Convenient Distraction
Ibrahim Al-Marashi – Al Jazeera, 10 Apr 2017

It’s not the first time a US president launches missile strikes that do not amount to much but boost ratings.

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Iraq, Sykes-Picot and Mr Five Percent
Ibrahim Al-Marashi – Al Jazeera, 16 May 2016

16 May 2016 – May 16 marks the 100-year anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Treaty, a secret agreement between Britain and France during World War I to carve up the domains of the Ottoman Empire upon its defeat. Mr Five Percent, the nickname of the oil broker Calouste Gulbenkian, certainly deserves attention a century later. Gulbenkian served as a midwife of sorts to not only Iraq, but also to the birth of the world’s major oil corporations.

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