Dr Iain Overton
@iainoverton.bsky.social
⚔ Investigative journalist and reporting on war - Action on Armed Violence
📗 History of suicide bomber: The Price of Paradise
📘 Global gun harm: Gun Baby Gun
☞ PhD for war-reporting
☞ Write for Byline Times / Declassified / The Guardian
📗 History of suicide bomber: The Price of Paradise
📘 Global gun harm: Gun Baby Gun
☞ PhD for war-reporting
☞ Write for Byline Times / Declassified / The Guardian
Did Britain's focus on discrediting lawyers and fixers accused of pursuing false claims in Iraq ultimately obscure credible evidence of civilian harm, leaving many Iraqi victims of British military action without investigation, recognition or justice?
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Ghosts of war - Iraq: the cases that never counted - AOAV
Did Britain's focus on discrediting lawyers and fixers accused of pursuing false claims in Iraq ultimately obscured credible evidence of civilian harm, leaving many Iraqi victims of British military a...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Did Britain's focus on discrediting lawyers and fixers accused of pursuing false claims in Iraq ultimately obscure credible evidence of civilian harm, leaving many Iraqi victims of British military action without investigation, recognition or justice?
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aoav.org.uk/2026/ghosts-...
Might over law: how the US strike on Venezuela erodes global norms
My thoughts for @aoav.bsky.social
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My thoughts for @aoav.bsky.social
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Might over law: how the US strike on Venezuela erodes global norms - AOAV
The US attack on Venezuela marks another decisive breach of the international rules-based order, signalling a world in which power increasingly overrides law and civilians bear the cost.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Might over law: how the US strike on Venezuela erodes global norms
My thoughts for @aoav.bsky.social
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My thoughts for @aoav.bsky.social
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I can't help but feel that - to some degree - Brexit is behind this. We have put all of our eggs in the Anglo-sphere basket and are terrified of criticising anything Trump does for fear of alienating our one supporter. And so we side with despotism and bullying.
January 5, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I can't help but feel that - to some degree - Brexit is behind this. We have put all of our eggs in the Anglo-sphere basket and are terrified of criticising anything Trump does for fear of alienating our one supporter. And so we side with despotism and bullying.
Ghosts of War – Iraq: the killings of Mohammed Midel and Kfaya Majid, and the wounding of Saad Quasim
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Ghosts of War – Iraq: the killings of Mohammed Midel and Kfaya Majid, and the wounding of Saad Quasim - AOAV
Drawing on Iraqi police affidavits, court records, death certificates and eyewitness testimony, this report documents the killing of Mohammed Midel and his wife Kfaya Majid by British forces during a ...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Ghosts of War – Iraq: the killings of Mohammed Midel and Kfaya Majid, and the wounding of Saad Quasim
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Ageing: the condition of becoming less serious about all you were once far too serious about and more serious about all that you once undervalued.
January 1, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Ageing: the condition of becoming less serious about all you were once far too serious about and more serious about all that you once undervalued.
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In 2025 and 2024 Israel’s air force and army chiefs were given special immunity by Keir Starmer’s government to visit Britain, to protect them from possible prosecution for war crimes.
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Israeli air force chief given special immunity to visit Britain
Exclusive: Israeli air force commander Tomer Bar received a “special mission” certificate for his secret trip to the UK, protecting him from arrest for war crimes.
www.declassifieduk.org
January 1, 2026 at 9:10 AM
In 2025 and 2024 Israel’s air force and army chiefs were given special immunity by Keir Starmer’s government to visit Britain, to protect them from possible prosecution for war crimes.
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www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-air-...
Because 14 years of Tory rule ruined their prospects?
December 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Because 14 years of Tory rule ruined their prospects?
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They knew what they were voting for.
I suppose this will be Starmer's fault too.
I suppose this will be Starmer's fault too.
December 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
They knew what they were voting for.
I suppose this will be Starmer's fault too.
I suppose this will be Starmer's fault too.
Brexit’s dividends
December 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Brexit’s dividends
"Fragile is the flesh of defenceless populations, tried by so many wars, ongoing or concluded, leaving behind rubble and open wounds”
The pope on the nose.
Merry Christmas x
The pope on the nose.
Merry Christmas x
December 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"Fragile is the flesh of defenceless populations, tried by so many wars, ongoing or concluded, leaving behind rubble and open wounds”
The pope on the nose.
Merry Christmas x
The pope on the nose.
Merry Christmas x
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[Opinion] Jenkins will use Yorke to shield himself from the media, and as an extremely useful link to one of the UK's "Newspapers of record." It would not surprise me at all if The Times, and The Sunday Times, were rewarded with preferential treatment, and enhanced access to breaking news.
December 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
[Opinion] Jenkins will use Yorke to shield himself from the media, and as an extremely useful link to one of the UK's "Newspapers of record." It would not surprise me at all if The Times, and The Sunday Times, were rewarded with preferential treatment, and enhanced access to breaking news.
Why, as legal and reputational pressure mounts, has the Royal Navy chief opted for a media hand rather than a military aide? Sir Gwyn Jenkins appoints Harry Yorke of The Sunday Times as scrutiny of Afghanistan killings intensifies.
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Why has Sir Gwyn Jenkins appointed The Sunday Times’ Harry Yorke just as scrutiny over Afghanistan killings intensifies? - AOAV
The Royal Navy says its appointment of The Sunday Times journalist Harry Yorke as Naval Assistant under a new “ZigZag” entry scheme reflects a drive to import civilian expertise, but the decision has ...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Why, as legal and reputational pressure mounts, has the Royal Navy chief opted for a media hand rather than a military aide? Sir Gwyn Jenkins appoints Harry Yorke of The Sunday Times as scrutiny of Afghanistan killings intensifies.
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MoD blocks data on arrests for British troops paying for sex overseas, citing cost limits
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MoD blocks data on arrests for British troops paying for sex overseas, citing cost limits
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MoD blocks data on arrests for British troops paying for sex overseas, citing cost limits - AOAV
The Ministry of Defence says it cannot readily disclose how many UK troops have been arrested or prosecuted for paying for sex overseas, citing excessive costs to retrieve the data despite a formal ba...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
New from @aoav.bsky.social
MoD blocks data on arrests for British troops paying for sex overseas, citing cost limits
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MoD blocks data on arrests for British troops paying for sex overseas, citing cost limits
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My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre - subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/81/h...
"The decline and hollowing-out of popular luxury fashion is a parable of late capitalism."
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"The decline and hollowing-out of popular luxury fashion is a parable of late capitalism."
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How Luxury Lost Its Lustre – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
The decline and hollowing-out of popular luxury fashion is a parable of late capitalism. Iain Overton reports
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December 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre - subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/81/h...
"The decline and hollowing-out of popular luxury fashion is a parable of late capitalism."
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***Breaking***
The British government insists revealing the exact number of the spy flights it flew over Gaza would endanger national security
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The British government insists revealing the exact number of the spy flights it flew over Gaza would endanger national security
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The British government insists revealing the exact number of the spy flights it flew over Gaza would endanger national security - AOAV
The British government admits the RAF flew unarmed surveillance missions over Gaza until October 2025 but insists that disclosing even the number of flights would endanger national security, despite a...
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December 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
***Breaking***
The British government insists revealing the exact number of the spy flights it flew over Gaza would endanger national security
New from @aoav.bsky.social
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The British government insists revealing the exact number of the spy flights it flew over Gaza would endanger national security
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The Pentagon will not publicly release—or show to all lawmakers—a “top secret, full, unedited video” of a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat. Footage from the attack, on September 2nd, reportedly shows two survivors clinging to the vessel before a second strike kills them—a war crime.
December 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The Pentagon will not publicly release—or show to all lawmakers—a “top secret, full, unedited video” of a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat. Footage from the attack, on September 2nd, reportedly shows two survivors clinging to the vessel before a second strike kills them—a war crime.
My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre - subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/81/h...
"The decline and hollowing-out of popular luxury fashion is a parable of late capitalism."
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"The decline and hollowing-out of popular luxury fashion is a parable of late capitalism."
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How Luxury Lost Its Lustre – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
The decline and hollowing-out of popular luxury fashion is a parable of late capitalism. Iain Overton reports
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December 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre - subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/81/h...
"The decline and hollowing-out of popular luxury fashion is a parable of late capitalism."
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Where has Santa been more than Nigel Farage?
His house in Clacton.
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His house in Clacton.
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Former Prince Andrew is butt of the year’s best Christmas cracker joke
Two Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor gags make top 10 of public vote, along with jokes about Oasis and Nigel Farage
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December 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Where has Santa been more than Nigel Farage?
His house in Clacton.
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His house in Clacton.
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📽️ 🛩️ MAJOR NEW FILM COMING TODAY AT 4PM UK TIME
Will this documentary put Keir Starmer behind bars❓
Watch the Trailer below 👇
Watch the full film here after 4pm
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Will this documentary put Keir Starmer behind bars❓
Watch the Trailer below 👇
Watch the full film here after 4pm
👉 youtu.be/0fk3t28TiAc
December 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
📽️ 🛩️ MAJOR NEW FILM COMING TODAY AT 4PM UK TIME
Will this documentary put Keir Starmer behind bars❓
Watch the Trailer below 👇
Watch the full film here after 4pm
👉 youtu.be/0fk3t28TiAc
Will this documentary put Keir Starmer behind bars❓
Watch the Trailer below 👇
Watch the full film here after 4pm
👉 youtu.be/0fk3t28TiAc
It’s interesting how articles like this are written as if the UK has had no role to play whatsoever in heightened tensions with Russia. Sure, Russia is behaving like an asshat. But that people might profit from framing the UK as under threat is absent from this.
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How long Britain could really fight for if war broke out tomorrow
In the event of a war, one expert suggests the British Army could be incapable of fighting effectively on land within weeks, once committed - though 'much depends on the form of the conflict'.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It’s interesting how articles like this are written as if the UK has had no role to play whatsoever in heightened tensions with Russia. Sure, Russia is behaving like an asshat. But that people might profit from framing the UK as under threat is absent from this.
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"Secretary of State Marco Rubio (gave) an order halting the State Department’s official use of Calibri, reversing a 2023 Biden-era directive that Mr. Rubio called a “wasteful” sop to diversity."
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At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
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December 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio (gave) an order halting the State Department’s official use of Calibri, reversing a 2023 Biden-era directive that Mr. Rubio called a “wasteful” sop to diversity."
*replaces it with Comic Sans*
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🔴The UK’s Shrinking Army Is Conducting Secretive Deployments in 51 Countries
The MoD sent 612 reservists abroad last year to 51 countries – including states with no declared UK mission @iainoverton.bsky.social reports
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The MoD sent 612 reservists abroad last year to 51 countries – including states with no declared UK mission @iainoverton.bsky.social reports
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The UK's Shrinking Army Is Conducting Secretive Deployments in 51 Countries
The MoD sent 612 reservists abroad last year to 51 countries - including states with no declared UK mission
bylinetimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🔴The UK’s Shrinking Army Is Conducting Secretive Deployments in 51 Countries
The MoD sent 612 reservists abroad last year to 51 countries – including states with no declared UK mission @iainoverton.bsky.social reports
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
The MoD sent 612 reservists abroad last year to 51 countries – including states with no declared UK mission @iainoverton.bsky.social reports
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‘The system has failed’: Giles Duley’s mission to reframe disability in war news.un.org/en/story/202...
‘The system has failed’: Giles Duley’s mission to reframe disability in war
Talking to journalists earlier this week on his final day as the first UN Global Advocate for Persons with Disabilities in Conflict and Peacebuilding Situations, Giles Duley said he felt he had failed...
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December 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
‘The system has failed’: Giles Duley’s mission to reframe disability in war news.un.org/en/story/202...
British troops in Kenya face damning accusations of sexual abuse, killings and environmental harm
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British troops in Kenya face damning accusations of sexual abuse, killings and environmental harm - AOAV
A landmark Kenyan parliamentary inquiry has issued the most damning assessment yet of Britain’s military presence in the country, detailing decades of alleged sexual violence, killings, environmental ...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
British troops in Kenya face damning accusations of sexual abuse, killings and environmental harm
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How firearms turned a Caribbean crime wave into a public health emergency
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How firearms turned a Caribbean crime wave into a public health emergency - AOAV
A new regional study shows that firearms trafficking has transformed Caribbean gun violence from a policing challenge into a full-blown public health crisis, draining fragile health systems and reshap...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
How firearms turned a Caribbean crime wave into a public health emergency
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