Daesh narrative one of feeding the beast
The late Australian photographer, Neil Davis, who was one of those who covered the Vietnam War and the only one who documented the fall of Saigon to the Vietcong in the spring of 1975, recalled a short tale when he was about to film the execution of a Vietcong rebel in a street in Saigon.
- by Mohamed Ahmed Yusf Al Obaidly ,
- Wednesday, 29th October, 2014
The late Australian photographer, Neil Davis, who was one of those who covered the Vietnam War and the only one who documented the fall of Saigon to the Vietcong in the spring of 1975, recalled a short tale when he was about to film the execution of a Vietcong rebel in a street in Saigon.
https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/daesh-narrative-one-of-feeding-the-beast-1.1405755
Mohamed Ahmed Yusf Al Obaidly
Consultant, Regional Affairs (former)
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Areas of Expertise
- Regional Affairs
- Public policy
- Geostrategic Affairs
Education
- Studied Economy & Political Sciences -Cairo University
Bio
With his veteran career in journalism, Al-Obaidly has an extensive, firsthand experience in regional and international affairs. He covered the first and second Gulf War, while also covering Palestinian and Sudanese affairs. In the last decade he started to focus on Political Islam movements.
Al-Obaidly is a regular commentator and columnist, frequently published in local Bahraini media and several others regionallly. He also worked as an editor in the Monthly Le Mobdediplomatique (Arabic Edition) from 2008 – 2010.
These backgrounds and expertise formed a solid base to move to the research and studies field.