Thomas Gibbons-Neff

hasbeen

[Thomas Gibbons-Neff @Tmgneff]

@Steve52944029 @Cappyarmy 👍

[Thomas Gibbons-Neff @Tmgneff]

@Steve52944029 @Cappyarmy Also on that if you read the U.S. Laws of War there is a section written around COIN doctrine and why it might be necessary to live among the civilian population. What is happening in the gulf currently and your has been OIF deployment are wildly different.

[Thomas Gibbons-Neff @Tmgneff]

@Steve52944029 @Cappyarmy I wrote that story. And fwiw in Helmand province we got the SAT phone once a month if we were lucky because we didn’t live in jazzed up FOBs. You probably mained the pistol and used it to snipe on blood gulch.

[Thomas Gibbons-Neff @Tmgneff]

@Cappyarmy The last time I tweeted was in 2023 but here I’ll just say: you have no idea what you’re talking about. You can’t just give any legal thing a new name like “distributed operations” and suddenly it’s OK. I guess you would argue Hamas is doing distributed operations?

[Anastasiia Lapatina @lapatina_]

Some people fail to realize that we are not a PR agency, and our only job is to uncover the truth.

It's especially ridiculous that those alleged supporters of Ukraine seem to not care about soldiers who risk their lives on a daily basis, their stories, fears, and opinions.

"Freedom of the press is the cornerstone of democracy and a healthy society. Suppressing “unpleasant” stories and calling for the journalists’ silence isn’t what Ukraine stands for."

[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

Brilliant new report from @AANAfgh @assemmayar1 on the Iranian-Afghan dispute over the Helmand River. It covers the history, ecology and legal, technical and political aspects of the dispute. It's comprehensive but also readable. Highly recommended.
https://t.co/bei26NV58H

[Thomas Gibbons-Neff @Tmgneff]

Cricket Gives a Nation Bowed by Violence a Reason to Stand Tall. from @MujMash https://t.co/CN1BfmZpqR

[Jim Moriarty @hostageflight]

My son, Jimmy.

[Kate Clark @KateClark66]

I may not be interested in cricket, but the Afghan game persuaded me to write a history of #Afghan cricket in 2017. Reposting in honour of a historic win against my country.
(And wishing the women cricketers were also still on the field.)
@s_vrma @AANafgh
https://t.co/a904Sc11ad

[Ali M Latifi 🇦🇫 @alibomaye]

For decades, this park was dirty and unkempt, with the smell of hashish often wafting in the air (in the back, addicts would shoot up). Over the last year, it has finally been fixed and improved. Unfortunately, families can’t comfortably (legally) enjoy the greenery together

[Ashley Jackson @a_a_jackson]

There has been growing attention to aid diversion in Afghanistan in recent months. This is my attempt to make sense of exactly what is going on.

Quick thread 🧵

[lynsey addario @lynseyaddario]

great piece on Ukraine's snipers by @dguttenfelder @Tmgneff https://t.co/ryty5NAeq6

[Thomas Gibbons-Neff @Tmgneff]

@RealDonnieBBall It’s not a window.

[David Guttenfelder @dguttenfelder]

Four Seconds to Impact:
On the Front Line With Ukraine’s Snipers.

@Tmgneff @dguttenfelder

https://t.co/wtCOyzAvlb

[Shaheryar Mirza @mirza9]

There’s an American company selling Pakistani Servis Cheetah high tops advertised as “The Taliban’s favorite shoe” for $99.

[Matthew Luxmoore @mjluxmoore]

Members of Russia's electoral commission in occupied Donetsk region were wounded in an artillery attack this week. Russia is holding a vote on the shrinking patch of Ukrainian ground it holds - just as Kyiv's counter-offensive pushes south https://t.co/dQrYyhcSwf

[Airwars @airwars]

A year ago, Russia was first accused of using the cheap Iranian Shahed drone in Ukraine.

We have documented every attack since.

Read our new immersive investigation in partnership with @derspiegel

https://t.co/O4hFO66WEH

[Yalda Hakim @SkyYaldaHakim]

The @WFP says it has cut rations to another two million Afghans this month, due to a further sharp drop in funding. "A world that was willing to spend billions on the NATO military operation there and now not willing to feed the children they left behind" @NRC_Egeland @NRC_Norway

[Alex Hiniker @alexhiniker]

Hiniker said she and others who track the impacts of cluster munitions are “baffled by the fact that the US is sending totally outdated weapons that the majority of the world has banned because they disproportionately kill civilians."

#Ukraine #Syria