Amir Taha (@5000Emir) header
Amir Taha (@5000Emir) profile picture

Amir Taha

@5000Emir

Historian. University of Amsterdam. Focus : 1980s Baathist Iraq. Interests: Neo-liberalization, state formation, mobilization and cultural representations

Joined August 2020
  • Tweets435
  • Following1.8K
  • Followers582
83Media
Photo by Amir Taha (@5000Emir)Photo by Amir Taha (@5000Emir)Photo by Amir Taha (@5000Emir)Photo by Amir Taha (@5000Emir)Photo by Amir Taha (@5000Emir)Photo by Amir Taha (@5000Emir)Photo by Amir Taha (@5000Emir)Photo by Amir Taha (@5000Emir)
For my article on the Mahdi Army I analyzed over 65 sadri songs, listened to all of Muqtada's 2003-2006 speeches, dissected and did interviews. In this thread I'll share a few of my insights and my favorite Sadri songs. #Iraq Link article : tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Image from Amir Taha (@5000Emir)
3
10
5
55
🧵 Video thread — rare videos from the 1991 Iraqi Shia uprising and its aftermath. Listed in the comment section 👇👇👇
Image from أَبُو عِرْفَانِ پارسی (@A_E_P_1979)
hashed (@hashedelesood) profile picturehashed
@hashedelesoodJan 25
Leaked Footage of Gaza Flattened By Israel: Oh Nevermind, it's 1991 Karbala [Shia City] flattened by Sunnis of Iraq under Saddam Hussein's Regime Bulldozing every standing building and every residence.
2
23
5
88
25,056
I dont get how Iraq is pulled into the Iran conducted Sunni genocide discourse -at this crucial- moment, some outsiders might not know, but for the average Iraqi it is rememberd that it was ISIS that killed 40.000 Iraqis and not Iran.
Abu Aisha (@al_Samancii) profile pictureAbu Aisha
@al_Samancii24 Jun 2025
This is what Shia/Iranian militias did to the Grand al-Nuri Masjid in Mosul, Iraq in 2017, Built by Nur al-Din Zangi, Teacher of Salahuddin in 568AH, So don't tell me you love Salahuddin while supporting those who spit on and curse his legacy. So no, I dont stand with Iran.
Image from Abu Aisha (@al_Samancii)
Image from Abu Aisha (@al_Samancii)
6
423
This was a week ago, june 5. Likely related.
Image from Amir Taha (@5000Emir)
This quoted post is unavailable.
Try viewing anyway · View on X
3
521
Does he know why the Abbasids rose to power in Baghdad?
Bro Hajji (@BroHajji) profile pictureBro Hajji
@BroHajji6 Jun 2025
The Umayyads have returned to Damascus, and soon, إن شاء الله, the Abbasids will return to Baghdad.
1
5
378
Actually, yes they did promote and go out of their way to instill and manufacture the idea of a "sunni led Iraq". Did wonders for Islamic unity or a plural Iraq.
Image from Amir Taha (@5000Emir)
Ibrahim Abdul-Rauf (@LongshotIbrahim) profile pictureIbrahim Abdul-Rauf@LongshotIbrahim15 Apr 2025
Replying to @LongshotIbrahim
This itself was a silly idea, since Brits weren't going out of the way to promote Sunnis over Shias; it just so happened that their premier vassal, who had fought with them since 1916, happened to be Sunnis, but so were a lot of their opponents (esp. Turks/Kurds in north).
1
4
13
1,863
Amir Taha retweeted
SLUG (@generalslug) profile picture
SLUG@generalslug10 Mar 2025
me trying to remember that one lenin quote
Acyn (@Acyn) profile pictureAcyn
@Acyn10 Mar 2025
Trump on recent plane crashes: They have times when things happen a little bit more often than normal and then it goes back and then you go many years without having a problem
49
3,651
25
49,804
1,664,837
hi! i’m a character in an ethnographic anecdote. i unwittingly support the argument
5
14
252
9,268
Amir Taha retweeted
Amir Taha (@5000Emir) profile picture
Amir Taha@5000Emir7 Oct 2024
And yes ive read all the reports about supposed "Shia militias" persecuting palestinians, most of it is alleged and assumed. There is no hard evidence that tanzim Badr or Jaysh al Mahdi purposfully sought out Palestinians to kill them.
2
13
807
Image from Smug Doomposting Publishing House (@Smug_editing)
Financial Times (@FT) profile pictureFinancial Times
@FT9 Nov 2024
The re-election of Donald Trump is a decisive rejection of liberalism, writes Francis Fukuyama: on.ft.com/3YJffkn
Francis Fukuyama: what Trump unleashed means for America

Francis Fukuyama: what Trump unleashed means for America

The Republican president-elect is inaugurating a new era in US politics and perhaps for the world as a whole

ft.com
49
2,823
79
24,978
1,217,404
I mentioned at the beginning of this episode that its been six years to the day that I launched the show. Can't believe it's been six years of screaming into a microphone. Thanks to all the guests, patrons, and listeners--and my many haters too!
The East is a Podcast (@east_podcast) profile pictureThe East is a Podcast@east_podcast9 Nov 2024
🎧 NEW EPISODE 🎧 James Connolly: Requiem for a working class hero w/ Conor McCabe @CMacCaba is a research fellow with Queen’s Business School, Queens University Belfast and editor of The Lost & Early Writings James Connolly (2024), published by @iskrabooks
4
15
2
87
5,437
Amir Taha retweeted
Iraq Now (@irq_now) profile picture
Iraq Now@irq_now23 Oct 2024
Over 100 Lebanese students in Iraq have enrolled in the Iraqi school system to continue their education without losing a year. So far, Iraq has welcomed more than 16,000 Lebanese citizens seeking safety following Israeli aggression. #lebanon
Image from Iraq Now (@irq_now)
3
1
8
605
Amir Taha retweeted
Amir Taha (@5000Emir) profile picture
Amir Taha@5000Emir6 Mar 2022
Found the selected works of Kim il Sung (1971, Pyongyang) at the public archive of Diwaniya in Iraq. No idea how it got there and it felt out of place next to mainly Iraqi newspapers and government publications. I suspect that N.korea donated it to them in the 1970s.
Image from Amir Taha (@5000Emir)
Image from Amir Taha (@5000Emir)
Image from Amir Taha (@5000Emir)
Image from Amir Taha (@5000Emir)
2
2
11
IR/PolSci scholars studying Iraq used "Iran-backed militia" for years, with little qualification or nuance, not realizing this term comes from security establishments and in the long run normalized a discourse that justifies strikes (and other) on Iraqi and Lebanese citizens
This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
11
1
43
3,666
If anyone is interested I have detailed 3000 word article on the plight of palestinians during the US occupation of Iraq, which covers also "Shia militias". But ive been unable to find a platform to publish it on. If you know any spot interested in publishing this let me know !
Amir Taha (@5000Emir) profile pictureAmir Taha@5000Emir7 Oct 2024
Nowhere did Muqtada get angry about this, stop lying and fanning sectarian divisions. Interesting how you do not mention that the US was occupying Iraq at the time. That was structurally the most significant factor that explains violence at the time.
5
386
Nowhere did Muqtada get angry about this, stop lying and fanning sectarian divisions. Interesting how you do not mention that the US was occupying Iraq at the time. That was structurally the most significant factor that explains violence at the time.
This quoted post is unavailable.
Try viewing anyway · View on X
3
5
1
41
3,293
And yes ive read all the reports about supposed "Shia militias" persecuting palestinians, most of it is alleged and assumed. There is no hard evidence that tanzim Badr or Jaysh al Mahdi purposfully sought out Palestinians to kill them.
2
13
807
Saddam during the Iran-Iraq war named the Tawaklna division after the in God we trust motto written on the US dollar, in honor of the intelligence the CIA provided him during the war.
Image from Amir Taha (@5000Emir)
4
272
Amir Taha retweeted
Neil Renic (@NC_Renic) profile picture
Neil Renic@NC_Renic15 Sep 2024
This guy would have 3 million followers today
Image from Neil Renic (@NC_Renic)
71
3,210
206
31,518
1,082,077
I mean it is strange that the representative of the original perpetrator of this atrocity got to attend in the first place...
🇧🇷🇫🇷🇵🇸🇯🇵 Thoton裁判やるよ (@AkimotoThn) profile picture🇧🇷🇫🇷🇵🇸🇯🇵 Thoton裁判やるよ@AkimotoThn7 Aug 2024
BREAKING: U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel boycotts Nagasaki peace ceremony after mayor disinvites Israel asahi.com/articles/ASS8711XR…
米国大使が長崎の平和式典を欠席へ イスラエル招待されず英も欠席：朝日新聞

米国大使が長崎の平和式典を欠席へ　イスラエル招待されず英も欠席：朝日新聞

　長崎市で9日に開かれる平和祈念式典に、エマニュエル駐日米大使が出席を見合わせることが7日、明らかになった。パレスチナ自治区ガザへの攻撃を続けるイスラエルの駐日大使を長崎市が招待しなかったことから、英…

asahi.com
1
2
333
Amir Taha retweeted
Amir Taha (@5000Emir) profile picture
Amir Taha@5000Emir26 Nov 2023
The claim that Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (Badr) and by proxy Iran and "the Shia" signed the Iraq Liberation act to receive support through it from the US, is false. Those who say otherwise have no expertise or are purposefully lying for ignorant followers
Image from Amir Taha (@5000Emir)
1
6
22
3,184
Load more