Tag: Syria
UK ‘Faces Terror Threats on Three Fronts’ Though Lessons Have Been Learned, Policing Expert Says
23 May 2020|Sputnik UK|Mohamed Elmaazi
23 people were killed and 139 injured, more than half of them children, following a bombing attack at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on 22 May 2017. Britain has continued to experience politically motivated violence since then though newer policies have helped reduce their risk, according to Dr David Lowe.
British father pled “not guilty” to terrorism charges for supporting his son, an anti-Daesh YPG volunteer
14 February 2020|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi
The British state is now wielding terrorism charges against family members of YPG volunteers even though it is not a banned organisation. Activists say this reflects a wider policy of “use and abuse” of terrorism legislation designed to clamp down on social activism and solidarity work which would otherwise be perfectly legal.
Don’t forget that the US has been supporting groups like Al Qaeda in Syria since 2011
28 may 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi
Despite claims that the US needed to “do more” in Syria, or that former President Barack Obama “failed to intervene”, there is extensive evidence that Western, and other powers, have been arming and assisting all manner of reactionary militant groups in the country since the conflict began in 2011. All in complete violation of international law.
Leaked US documents reveal a warped vision of regime change in Syria
28 September 2018|The Canary|Mohamed Elmaazi
Featured image via US military intelligence video
Leaked US documents have revealed Washington’s vision of regime change in Syria. And it’s not pretty. Planners never thought democratic opponents to Syria’s Bashar al-Assad stood a chance, according to a 2011 US military intelligence assessment. The US Marine Corps’ (USMC) Intelligence Department and private intelligence firm Stratfor jointly produced this August 2011 assessment. Journalist Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed discovered this document among a trove of leaked emails published by WikiLeaks.
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