Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Introduction to the Syrian Proxy War

 I call it the proxy war, as it could hardly be called a civil war. The war would have ended within a year if Western funding and material support had not been provided. On top of that, a large percentage of the rebel forces were not even Syrian natives. 

Many lies were propagated by Western governments and their media outlets. These ranged from "moderate opposition" being a viable fighting force all the way to the Syrian army being allied to ISIS. I will go over a long list of deliberate lies told about this war by the complicit western media. 

The idea of "moderate opposition" was one of the biggest lies of the Syrian war. The two most formidable fighting forces in Syria had decidedly become extremist in nature. The two most powerful groups at one time were Jabhat al-Nusra and ISIS. That is not to say there were no "moderate" Free Syrian Army groups, just that they were in fact not moderate.

The FSA was allied to ISIS until late 2013 to early 2014. They took part in several joint offensives together in 2013. These included the capture of Minnagh airbase in Aleppo, to the 2013 Latakia offensive. There were instances of cooperation at later dates. Two FSA groups in Hama that were supplied TOW missiles by the CIA were allied to ISIS affiliate Jund al-Aqsa until 2019. One FSA group fought alongside ISIS in the town of Zabadani in the Qalamoun mountains during the Syrian army's 2015 offensive. The FSA and ISIS even openly engaged in trade in Northern Aleppo province until around 2016. 

The cooperation with AQ was far worse. Almost all FSA groups, and indeed all that received TOW missiles from the CIA, fought alongside AQ in many joint offensives. The paper I wrote on the subject of their cooperation from 2014-2016 alone is over 100 pages long. 

The lie of the "White Helmets," a so called humanitarian organization. When people rightfully called out members of this organization for being friendly with extremists, western media called this a conspiracy theory. I alone found the Facebook profiles of hundreds of White Helmet members. All of them had mutual friends with extremist fighters, and 65 of them posted jihadist material to their own personal pages. 

Stories would frequently be fabricated in Western media about the Syrian war. It was often hard to tell how much of a story had been made up, but it was always evident that at least parts of it were. I remember one story I read about an "Iraqi Hezbollah leader" giving a speech in the southern Aleppo town of al-Eis on a certain date. There was one problem, on that date al-Eis had been retaken by rebel forces a week or so before. The author did not know this, nor did most others in the West. This proved to me that the entire story was a complete fabrication. The unscrupulous author had made a complete work of fiction to push war propaganda.

One of the most repeated lies by Western outlets was the fictional tale that the Syrian army did not fight ISIS, or worse, were allied to them. Anyone watching the war would have known that this was blatantly not true. The Syrian army began fighting the modern iteration of ISIS in 2013 and continued until their defeat at Yarmouk camp in 2018. However, small pockets of ISIS remain in the Homs desert and the Syrian army occasionally fights these. Nomadic insurgencies are difficult to root out, so this may continue indefinitely. 

Most Americans are unaware that the US military currently occupies one third of Syria in the East. This is done ostensibly to "fight ISIS." The real reason is to occupy the oil fields and prevent passage between the Iraqi and Syrian borders. The USA controls 80% of Syrian oil reserves. This is continued to punish Syria in addition to sanctions. 








Tuesday, March 26, 2024

2017

March 2017 Hama Offensive. March 21.  The US/CIA backed Free Syrian Army launch an offensive alongside Hayat Tahrir al-Sham/rebranded al-Qaeda in Northern Hama against the Syrian Government.

FSA Free Idlib Army D-30 artillery.

FSA Jaish al-Nasr BM-21.
 HTS/AQ tanks advancing.

March 22nd. The FSA and HTS/AQ capture the town of Khattab together.

Jaish al-Izza firing a Gvozdika at Khattab.

 Jaish al-Nasr advancing toward Khattab.

Free Idlib Army launching rockets at Khattab.

HTS/AQ inside Khattab after it was captured.

March 25th. HTS/Al-Qaeda and FSA attack Qomhana town. The attack on Qomhana was unsuccessful. With rebels unable to take this vital town their advancements began to be rolled back by the Syrian Army.

HTS/AQ shelling with a D-30 122mm.

FSA Jaish al-Nasr using a CIA supplied TOW missile to target a T-55 tank in Qomhana.

FSA Free Idlib Army firing a ZPU 14.5mm at Qomhana.


April 14. HTS/Al-Qaeda and FSA Jaish al-Izza capture a T-62M tank near Helfaya. This tank was featured in media of both groups, a clear indication that they work together on this front.


April 25th. The rebel offensive in Hama has been utterly defeated, with all areas taken recaptured by the Syrian Army. On top of this, the Syrian army captured Helfaya and and Taybat al-Imam, which were previously under rebel control. The small town of Masasnah was also captured by the Syrian Army. Moderates and HTS/al-Qaeda attempted to retake this small town, but were unsuccessful.

HTS/AQ attempt to advance on Masasnah.

FSA Jaish al-Nasr supporting HTS with US/CIA supplied TOW missiles.

FSA Jaish al-Izza shelling Masasnah.



This article was finally published in 2024. Further photos of the offensive are difficult to locate. Most of the documented history of the war seems to have been wiped from the internet. I am publishing this for that reason. 







Friday, March 22, 2024

The Nakba in 1948 and Today

 The Nakba was (is?) the depopulation campaign that led to the creation of Israel as a Jewish majority state through ethnic cleansing. The main portion of this campaign began in late 1947-1948. However, Palestinians were being driven out before this date as well. This data is not disputed by historians, but Israelis today and seemingly Americans as well attempt to whitewash these crimes.

By the end of 1948, 750,000 Palestinians would be displaced from what is now Israel and never allowed to return. Instances of massacres and terror campaigns would force the Palestinians from their homes. In April of 1948, for example, Israelis began poisoning well water in Palestinian areas with biological agents. This caused outbreaks of Typhus. 

The end location for these displaced Palestinians was the Gaza strip and West bank. Many also fled to Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Many of these people believed they would someday be able to return. This was not the case.

The Nakba continues today (March 2024) in apartheid policies in the West Bank and genocidal displacement in the Gaza strip. As Israel forces Palestinians in the Gaza strip further south into Rafah, it has become clear they will never be allowed to return north. There is nothing to go back to, as infrastructure has been deliberately destroyed by the IDF in gross violation of international law. Universities, hospitals and residential areas have all been razed. 

Now, the Israelis are puzzling over their final solution for Rafah. Over a million Palestinians are trapped there as Netanyahu is about to give the green light for a military assault on the enclave. Israeli suggestions for the Rafah final solution include deportation into Egypt, deportation through the so called "humanitarian seaport" the USA is helping to construct, or flat out concentration camps within the Gaza strip. 

On March 21st, 2024, video evidence came out of  IDF quadcopter drones being used to execute Palestinian civilians. One incident occurred in Khan Yunis, with a quadcopter targeting 4 Palestinian men who were clearly unarmed. The initial hit murdered two of the four men. The surviving two men stumble and crawl away and are individually hit by the drone again, murdering them each. The other incident shows a social media post by an IDF soldier. 5 Palestinians walking with a horse drawn cart are targeted, killing them all instantly. The soldier remarks "too bad about the horse." 

Israel currently holds over 100 Palestinian children in its prisons without charge, but demands its hostages be released from the Gaza strip. The Israeli public is so racist and tone deaf that they do not see how this doesn't add up in outsiders' minds. Long before October 7th 2023, it was Israeli policy to arrest Palestinian children and hold them indefinitely without charge in an apartheid court system.

Israeli soldiers have committed at least a dozen individual war crimes, each one itself dozens of times over since the invasion of the Gaza strip. These crimes range from looting, to razing, to murdering civilian captives by running them over with tanks. Western media refuses to report on these crimes and is actively trying to stop this information from being spread. The Zionist lobby in the USA (as of March 2024) is actively behind the push to ban TikTok. TikTok has been instrumental at exposing crimes in Gaza and media double standards. It has become so bad for the Israelis that banning the app is their go to action, as they have realized counter propaganda is not gaining traction on the platform. In fact, Israeli talking points are actively ridiculed. 

If TikTok is banned for this reason it will likely not stop there. One senator has already alluded to taking the same action against Twitter. The media in the USA is already not free, especially when it comes to foreign issues. Most of the US population is blissfully unaware of just how bad this is. Social media was the way to break this cycle, at least for individuals who cared enough to look into the data. If social media is stifled and the same status quo that legacy cable news media has is applied, we will truly be in the dark. 

Israel can not win, and it will not win. It will either suffer a military defeat, or even worse, a propaganda defeat. Both, however, seem possible. With the outside world outraged by what Israel has done, it will become more and more of a pariah state. The tide will shift in the USA and Israel will be left to fend for itself. Maybe not tomorrow or maybe not even in 50 years, but someday the colonial project of Israel will fail. Media is beginning to turn away, nations are turning away. All it takes is the USA to wake up and leave behind the racist baggage that is Israel and there might be peace in the middle east. 






Friday, February 9, 2024

Documenting Israel's War Crimes in Gaza

   The IDF has committed innumerable war crimes since October 7th, 2023. This article will provide photographic proof of this and cite exact Geneva convention violations.



The IDF has, to date, destroyed 16 cemeteries in the Gaza strip. This is a violation of Rule 113 of the Geneva Convention. CNN reported this first. 





The use of white phosphorous on population centers is a violation  of Protocol III of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. The use of white phosphorus is not in itself prohibited, but when used on populated areas it is considered a war crime. D528 signifies white phosphorus shells. 




The torture or mistreatment of POWs is a violation of Article 13 of the Geneva Convention. 



The IDF plans (as of Feb 9th, 2024) to deport Gazans, presumably to Egypt. This would be a violation of Geneva Convention article 49.


The IDF has destroyed schools and displaced children, giving them no way to be further educated for the future. They have also destroyed universities of no military importance, such as al-Israa university. This is a violation of Geneva convention Article 50.


Deliberately destroying mosques and religious sites with no military value is a violation of Geneva Convention Article 75.



The IDF has destroyed huge swaths of civilian infrastructure, violating Geneva Convention Article 57. Entire neighborhoods have been razed. 



Aid has been blocked in Israel destined to Gaza, this is a violation of the Geneva Convention Article 62.



Food has been deliberately destroyed by the IDF meant for Gazans. This is a violation of the Geneva Convention Article 54. Here an IDF soldier lights aid on fire. 



Gazan captives (including children) have been forced to recite slogans by the IDF in violation of Geneva Convention Article 27.



Gazan POWs or captives have been humiliated by the IDF, in violation of Geneva Convention Article 14.



Reprisals have been conducted on infrastructure in "honor" of KIA IDF soldiers. This is a violation of Geneva Convention Article 33. This IDF soldier states the destruction in the background of 20 houses is for 20 dead IDF soldiers. 



IDF soldiers stormed a hospital in the West Bank in civilian clothing, in violation of Geneva Convention Article 43. They also summarily executed three Palestinians in hospital beds in violation of Geneva Convention article 3. 



Looting is a violation of Geneva Convention Article 33. Here an IDF soldier posts looted watches to social media. 



---Supplemental images of ongoing war crimes in Gaza.---


The intent to permanently displace Gazans with the destruction of civilian infrastructure, from an IDF soldier on Facebook. 



The corpse of a Palestinian intentionally crushed by an IDF bulldozer.



Destroying water pipes in the Gaza strip.


An ad meant for Israeli consumption filmed by IDF among dead Palestinians.


IDF shoot sheep in the Gaza strip for fun.


IDF smile as Gaza burns.


More razing whole neighborhoods.


Forced displacement with no right to ever return.


Gazan captives forced to sing.


Captives bound and displayed with a flag.


"The Nakba is nothing."


Al-Azhar university. The IDF state "death to arabs."

Blowing up civilian infrastructure with mines.

More destruction of civilian infrastructure.


Shooting at Gaza for fun.


Wearing cloths of displaced Palestinians. 



Middle finger to a captive.

Captives, including an elderly man.

Running over a corpse on purpose.

The flour massacre. 100 Palestinians murdered when IDF opened fire near an aid convoy.


More depravity.

Destruction of a mosque for fun. 


A zip tied Palestinian was crushed with a tank alive.

Palestinian children stripped.


Selfie in the ruins they created.

Cosplaying in a hospital they destroyed.

Destroying a Koran in a damaged mosque.

Abductees.

Desecration of a Mosque. 


Burning a neighborhood.


Abductees outside of a UN facility.

Civilians targeted by the IDF. "Too bad about the horse."







2 men who initially survive stumble away, only to be hit again.






A D9 IDF bulldozer destroys graves in Gaza.



An IDF tank fires on a UN building in Gaza for no reason.



Destroying a shop in Gaza for fun.

Use Palestinians as shields.

Al-Shifa hospital burned.

UN facilities used as IDF bases.


Destroying roads in the West Bank.