1 MARCH

  BLAIR CONSOLES GENERAL MUSHARRAF’S OVER UNFAIR STIGMATIZATION OF MILITARY REGIMES [ 5 October 2001 ] On this day in 2001, British prime minister Tony Blair, who had just flown half way round the world to consult with Pakistan’s military dictator over how to deal with the Taliban, found himself having to console General Musharraf,…

R.A.F. BIPLANES STRAFE AND BOMB DERVISH SETTLEMENTS AND SHEEP [ 21 January 1920 ] On the morning of 21 January 1920, five open cockpit R.A.F. biplane bombers attacked the Dervish settlements of Jid Ali and Medishi in the remote interior of British Somaliland. CHURCHILL – ‘THE MAJORITY OF THE (BOLSHEVIK) LEADERS ARE JEWS.’ [ 21…

SIX THOUSAND GIVEN A FEW HOURS WARNING OF COMPULSORY DEMOLITION [ 16 June 1936 ] On this day in 1936, six thousand residents of Jaffa’s old city awoke to found leaflets, dropped by British aircraft, informing them that their homes would be blown up and that they had until 9 pm to vacate them permanently….

THE KIRUARA MASSACRE 23 November 1952 – In the marketplace of the Kenyan village of Kiruara, a young man claimed to have a vision of the end of British colonial rule and his preaching attracted a crowd of several hundred locals.  Several white police officers then arrived leading a unit of black policemen and loyalist…

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