Radio War Nerd EP67—Crimean War

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With Crimea and New Cold War hysteria in the news, the War Nerd goes back 150 years to the Crimean War—the British-French-Ottoman invasion of Russia's Black Sea naval garrison meant to punish Tsarist Russia . . . Many familiar elements for us today, starting with the hysterical Russophobia campaign in the western media . . . Also: Serbia's extradition war with France...Bahrain executes 3 Shia...Islamic State's hold on Mosul slipping finally...Syrian war fronts—Israel rocket attacks & battle over Damascus water supply...Russians making powerful friends in war-torn Libya...

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