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General Command of the People’s Defense Units (YPG) regarding Hasakah developments – August 18, 2016
For the Media and Public Opinion:
On August 18, 2016, Syrian regime warplanes struck civilian areas and Asayish Security Forces’ headquarters in Hasakah city. Simultaneously, regime forces randomly targeted the city with artillery and heavy gunfire – killing and injuring tens of civilians. This has led to a great fear among Hasakah residents, forcing them to leave their homes and flee the city.
Previously, there were heavier clashes between Asayish and regime forces inside Hasakah – yet warplanes were never utilized by regime forces.
At a time the People’s Defense Units (YPG) and the Democratic Syria Forces (SDF) have achieved yet another success in the fight against Daesh (ISIS) terrorists, using warplanes and heavy weaponry to target residential neighborhoods interprets into an attempt to undermine the good results of Manbij offensive, and backing Daesh. This, too, means the regime sees Daesh’s losses as its own – to accomplish its sordid plans, the regime hopes for the remaining of Daesh. By implementing such actions, the regime is committing a suicide.
Deceiving the public opinion, Syrian regime claims “there is a ceasefire in Hasakah”. To this moment, regime forces are severely shelling all neighborhoods in Hasakah, applying all types of weapons.
As the People’s Defense Units, in face of these brutal attacks on our people, we shall not remain silent. To protect the people, we will strongly stand against the assaults, and respond to those killing our people.

https://www.facebook.com/RojavaDefenseUnits/photos/a.887805084623220.1073741828.865172300219832/1075147002555693/?type=3

that's some pretty unforgiving rhetoric. doesn't look like it's the first time there's been isolated fighting between them, though, and previous occurrences didn't lead to a general breakdown in the ceasefire. hopefully this is similar
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fwiw:

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the asayish are a police force aren't they
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Assad's war
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ilmdge posted:


im the one magazine in the top left saying "SEX"

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Dont Mess With Sucess
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c_man posted:

im the one magazine in the top left saying "SEX"

communists are starting to learn from evangelical christianity

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Mike Nelson here.
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I believe that the dirty kid should form a justice league with Malala and some of the Kony kids.
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Dont Mess With Sucess
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So am i not allowed to like moon of alabama then or what
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Im sure that Syrian forces have hurt a little boy at some point so getting deep into trutherism on whether it's a staged photo seems pointless and probably counterproductive.

it's better to emphasize the obvious propaganda purposes the kid is being exploited for, how "dusty boy sitting" instantly exploded as the biggest syrian story in months, much bigger news than the beheaded kid or all the equally sad photos of kids hurt by rebels out there.

they show a photo of another hurt kid but only to compare bloodstains lmao
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"Jpg." - Hank Hill
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c_man posted:

im the one magazine in the top left saying "SEX"



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already posted in the funny pics thread!!!!!!!!!

hows this for funny though?????

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"Jpg." - Hank Hill
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stop posting the frontpage
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MarxUltor posted:

Reminder:




That's what I expected when I read the thread title tbh

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MarxUltor posted:

Reminder:




What is this a reminder of?

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hell has come now. hell has come.
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xipe posted:

MarxUltor posted:

Reminder:


What is this a reminder of?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Ismail_Abbas

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xipe posted:

MarxUltor posted:

Reminder:


What is this a reminder of?

Hank got it. It's a reminder of the irony of shit like the NPR headline "Can one photo end a war???"

The media spraying pictures of a dirty kid in an ambulance across your face as signs of an unspeakable horror committed by a regime that america must bomb and fuck and destroy seem to have a really flexible standard on what level of hurt kids represents evil incarnate.

I'm not trying to minimize the horror the syrian kid had to have been through. But fuck every one of the ghouls flogging it to get attention that don't say a word when that partial kid was the only survivor america left out of his whole family. That's what we leave in our wake, america has no standing to criticize anyone.

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also the rhizzone was the first media outlet to pioneer putting a dead kid on the frontpage and these other sites are stealing our thunder
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Mike Nelson here.
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xipe posted:

MarxUltor posted:

Reminder:


What is this a reminder of?

Assad Loyalists Disarmed by Rebels

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Thanks.

Also the photographer who took the dirty ambulance kid photo takes selfies with the blokes who beheaded the Palestinian boy
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Mike Nelson here.
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I'm reading Patrick Cockburn's book about ISIS and Jeez Louise, Iraq is such a corrupt place, it's ridiculous. When the Iraqi Army counter-attacked on Tikrit their national air support included one helicopter. And a politician told Cockburn that the Iraqi Army technically had bought 140 helicopters but most of them probably didn't actually exist.

The reason everyone was surprised when Mosul fell was that their garrison had 60,000 troops. It turned out that 2/3rds of those were on permanent leave through scams organized by their officers. Most of the rest (including the officers) just bugged out when they realized they would get no backup. The number of ISIS fighters was estimated at 1,600.
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xipe posted:

Thanks.

Also the photographer who took the dirty ambulance kid photo takes selfies with the blokes who beheaded the Palestinian boy


confirmed

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"a 19-year old Palestinian who was later beheaded" uhhh wasnt that kid 12 or 13

"the story of the daily massacres of the Assad and Russian forces on civilians everyday" haha where do we start. first things first. "everyday" is redundant,
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Mike Nelson here.
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Erdogan seems to be pissed off at the US for basically shrugging when his coup happened. Turkey announced that Assad staying on (for now) can be part of the 'transition', which is a reversal and another nod towards Russia (Erdogan also fully apologized for shooting down their jet).
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Someone was telling me that there was a scare over the past few days where some anti-government Kurds backed with American special forces moved against an Assad-held area, which Assad then had to clear out, and there was a lot of danger involved in that rival jets were hitting the same areas at different times and there were Americans involved. Which is very stupid and I hope they de-escalate.
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i just got that Cockburn book too because i figure since all u hear about in the news these days is ISIS i should know more specifics but i'm also reading Revolution in the Highlands about the CPC in Jinggangshan which is more interesting to me so will prob hold my attention first
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The dirty war on Syria by Tim Anderson looks good too
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getfiscal posted:

there were Americans involved. Which is very stupid


Catchphrase

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trouble in paradise

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this is almost as bad as the viagra rape squad crap for libya in '11
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/aug/18/saydnaya-prison-syria-assad-amnesty-reconstruction
just shamelessly fabricated wholesale, disgusting
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chickeon posted:

this is almost as bad as the viagra rape squad crap for libya in '11
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/aug/18/saydnaya-prison-syria-assad-amnesty-reconstruction
just shamelessly fabricated wholesale, disgusting


"Samer al-Ahmed remembers the size of the small hatch near the bottom of his cell door because he was regularly forced to squeeze his head through it. The prison guards would then straighten it out, so his throat was pressed against the edge of the hatch, and jump on his head with all their weight, until blood started flowing across the floor."
lmfao ridiculous

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Mike Nelson here.
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Samer al-Ahmed remembers that he would be fed a sandwich, and what appeared to be tasty ham between the two pieces of bread was in fact a giant pack of dynamite with a large sizzling wick, which he would swallow whole, which would then explode, causing his entire body to puff up wide and his eyes to bug out of his head.
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I can't believe those Syrian arab dictators could be so evil to build up 40 years of free health service just so they could bomb it at times convenient to Ngo and media narratives.

The plucky rebels of al Qaeda have helpfully turned random buildings into 'hospitals' for their fighters (and storing their weapons/shouting from) with fake doctors and without telling anyone except the white helmets, these guys are heroes as long as you don't do any independent investigation whatsoever
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UNUSUALY COOL
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