Where is the outcry from the White House and Pentagon? No place to bomb for revenge? Perhaps Ankara, the capital of Erdogan and his support for Sunni rebels in Idlib province? No, Trump just congratulated him for his power grab to install himself in an autocratic state as “leader” until 2029.
Perhaps an airfield of the Emir of Qatar, a Sheikh sitting on his throne in Dubai, UAE or the King of Saudi Arabia, busy bombing the Huthi rebels in Yemen.
○ Erdogan Has A Legitimacy Problem | DW |
○ Germany sells arms to UAE despite Yemen conflict | DW |
I dropped my camera to save the children after deadly bomb attack on civilians
Photographer and activist Abd Alkader Habak was there working and was briefly knocked out by the blast. When he came to, he began trying to help the wounded.
“The scene was horrible — especially seeing children wailing and dying in front of you,” Habak told CNN. “So I decided along with my colleagues that we’d put our cameras aside and start rescuing injured people.”
The first child he checked on was dead.
He ran towards another. Someone shouted at him to stay away — the child was already dead, they said.
But he wasn’t. Habak could see the boy was barely breathing. He picked him up and began to run towards safety. His camera was still on, recording the chaos.
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Syria photographer takes action instead of pictures (Photo: Abd Alkader Habak)How Syrians came together to rescue evacuee massacre survivors | Al Araby |
I had written the following diary just hours before the deadly blast hit a bus convoy with Shia refugees, waiting for the final go ahead towards freedom in Aleppo.
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Either meh (aided by reports that made it far more complicated than it is) or too contentious for coverage here. b did a good job covering it, IMHO.
Although I don’t think it helps to link this attack with Erdo winning his power grab referendum. (Yes, everything is related in some way but should be more directly so in diaries.) But his power grab after the failed or fake coup likely facilitated his win on the referendum.
Too soon to tell if Trump’s call to Erdo means anything other than a courtesy (Trump is into that sort of thing and more so as president because it’s one of the few things that he can comprehend about the job). Erdo called and congratulated Trump on his win and Trump may have been reciprocating.
This is not the only attack that has taken place against people involved in that convoluted population exchange involving besieged villages. I believe people from a Sunni village were targeted previously. It’s all disgusting. The victims all bleed red human blood.
I have a huge problem with seeing human suffering exploited to try to score political points. This post skates right up to the edge of that.
If I could give a hundred “0”s I would! You earned it with this post illustrating total deprivation as a human being.
Reminds me of Rabbi Yousef on goyim.
Pls don’t ever post any comment in my diary again. You dropped your mask!
Your lack of knowledge on this issue is apprehensible.
Even the British pro-western, anti-Assad propaganda press concurred the December sabotage attempts were led by Sunni jihadists:
○ Aleppo battle: Rebels burn Syria evacuation buses | BBC News |
○ Horror aftermath from ‘rebel attacks’ on buses travelling to evacuate Shia villagers as part of Aleppo deal | Mirror |
From the earliest stages of the conflict which led to a sectarian/civil war in Syria fueled by foreign intervention!
○ Hillary Clinton remains silent on twin-car bombs targeting the civilian population of Damascus
Dripping hypocrisy by European leaders …
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