The terrorist takeover of Syria – there’s more than meets the eye

To start with, the 2011 Syrian “revolution” was STAGED.

To understand the latest round of murders of innocent civilians, we need to start with the basics. One of the key steps in this story is the Syrian so-called revolution of 2011.

Linked below is one of the very rare commentaries that tells the TRUTH about the Syrian “revolution.” It was NOT a revolution, it was an invasion. By essentially foreign terrorists and orchestrated by the CIA.

You need to understand that the most bald-faced, shameful and dangerous lies told by Western “journalists” in the msm relate to geopolitics and foreign policy.

Assad was one of the gentlest men ever to preside over a Middle Eastern country. He was one of the few who resisted the Israel-induced Arab Spring regime change operations, which were falsely sold to unsuspecting news consumers as genuine grassroots revolutions, but which were all backed and instigated by Western intelligence agencies for the benefit of Israel’s Greater Israel project, also known as the Oded Yinon Plan (https://themillenniumreport.com/2015/12/greater-israel-the-zionist-plan-for-the-middle-east/). This project included the lie-based Iraq war. The US is the facilitator for all wars waged for Israel’s sake.

Sound diabolical? It is.

War in Syria: Staged Uprising NOT a Revolution

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Sarah Abed in Syria Related Articles, Uncategorized // https://sarahabed.com/2017/02/08/war-in-syria-staged-uprising-not-a-revolution/

“A revolution is usually done by the people, not by importing foreigners to rebel against the people” – President Dr. Bashar Al Assad

Here’s a list of some of the terrorist groups in Syria and their origins. Yet some still refer to this carefully calculated and executed invasion as a revolution or civil uprising. Over 300,000 FOREIGN mercenaries invaded Syria to wage war.

Fatah Al Sham belongs to Qatar. Ahrar Al-Sham belongs to Saudi Arabia. Faylaq Al-Sham belongs to Turkey. Suqur Al-Sham belongs to Jordan. Ajnad Al-Sham belongs to Qatar. Ansar Al-Sham belongs to Turkey. Thuwar Al-Sham belongs to Saudi Arabia.

Steven Sahioune provides us with a detailed account of what took place in the early stages of this imposed war and invasion in his article: The Day Before Daraa: How the war broke out in Syria. “Deraa was teeming with activity and foreign visitors to Syria well before the staged uprising began its opening act. The Omari Mosque was the scene of backstage preparations, costume changes and rehearsals. The Libyan terrorists, fresh from the battlefield of the US-NATO regime-change attack on Libya, were in Deraa well ahead of the March 2011 uprising violence. The participation of local Muslim Brotherhood followers, who would assist the foreign Libyan mercenaries/terrorists, was an essential part of the CIA plan, which was well scripted and directed from Jordan. Enlisting the aid and cooperation of local followers of Salafism allowed the Libyans to move in Deraa without attracting any suspicion. The local men were the ‘front’ for the operation.

The CIA agents running the Deraa operation from their office in Jordan had already provided the weapons and cash needed to fuel the flames of revolution in Syria. With enough money and weapons, you can start a revolution anywhere in the world.

In reality, the uprising in Deraa in March 2011 was not fueled by graffiti written by teenagers, and there were no disgruntled parents demanding their children to be freed. This was part of the Hollywood style script written by skilled CIA agents, who had been given a mission: to destroy Syria for the purpose of regime change. Deraa was only Act 1: Scene 1. The fact that those so-called teenage graffiti artists and their parents have never been found, never named, and never pictured is the first clue that their identity is cloaked in darkness. In any uprising, there needs to be grassroots support. Usually, there is a situation which arises, and protesters take to the streets. The staged uprising in Deraa had some locals in the street who were unaware of their participation in a CIA-Hollywood production. They were the unpaid extras in the scene about to be shot. These unaware extras had grievances, perhaps lasting a generation or more, and perhaps rooted in Wahabism, which is a political ideology exported globally by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Royal family and their paid officials”. Read Steven’s article to learn more about the details of this staged uprising.

In an interview I did with Yasmine from Damascus she described her first hand account with the Daraa demonstration below.

The First Demonstration

Yasmine says, “Al Jazeera, Orient News and Al Arabiya showed a snapshot of a demonstration that happened in Al Hamidia for an entire day, showing the same scene the entire day and claiming that the secret service was using force against demonstrators. I called Al Jazeera to ask them to show more of the demonstration, if it was really as big as they described it, but no one answered. [Al Jazeera has at times cooperated with the pro-Israeli West]

I went out for a jog and ran into my aunt, who coincidentally happened to be in Al Hamidia when the demonstration happened. I asked her if it was big, but she said it wasn’t. She said the demonstrators gathered for a few minutes and then left – no one said anything to them, people watched for awhile and then everything went back to normal.

So from day one we knew it was not a real revolution. Afterwards we started hearing all kinds of frustrating news. For instance, one of my friends told me about an incident involving her cousin’s 13-year-old son. He came home one day with 200 dollars in his pocket, way too much for his age. So my friend’s cousin asked him where he got it – his son told him that someone gave him the money in exchange for writing negative things about Assad on a wall. [Essentially all negative stories about Assad – which also appear in prominent print sources – are fake. Assad was popular because he worked on behalf of his people.]

There was something strange about the demonstrations that started happening in Dara’a. News about the demonstrations started popping up on Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya before they even happened. It almost seemed like the rebels were getting their orders from the TV networks.

There were actually many pro-Assad demonstrations in 2011, but no one ever heard about them. Al Jazeera even claimed that some people were forced to go to the pro-Assad demonstrations, but in truth, I sometimes had to take time off work and lose pay to be part of them.”

SIDEBAR: 10 Years ago: When Syria’s heroic army (SAA) was able to fight. (by SANA, Syria’s News Agency)

Updated- Army breaks siege imposed by terrorists on Nubbul and al-Zahra, restores security to village, cuts off terrorists’ supply route in Aleppo 3 February، 2016 Provinces, SANA – Continued army operations in Aleppo resulted in cutting off a supply route for terrorists in the northern countryside, while army units in other areas targeted more positions, destroying their equipment and killing many of them. Aleppo Army breaks siege imposed by terrorists on Nubbul and al-Zahra Sources on the ground told SANA’s correspondent on Wednesday that Army and Armed Forces units operating in Aleppo’s northern countryside, in cooperation with groups of popular committees, broke the siege imposed on Nubbul and al-Zahra towns by terrorist organizations. ِِArmy units advanced towards Dweir al-Zeitoun,Tal Jbeen and Hardanteen towns to which security and stability were restored on Tuesday. Scores of terrorists were killed, most of them from Jabhat al-Nusra during the operations, some others fled away leaving arms and ammunition, while some of them turned themselves along with their arms to the army and the popular groups. Army units completely cut off supply routes coming from the Turkish territories to terrorists fortified in Mayer town in a new advance leading to more victory. Earlier, army units, in cooperation with popular defense groups, restored security and stability to al-Uwainat village in the eastern countryside of the province inflicting heavy losses on the ISIS terrorists who were positioned in it, a military source told SANA. The source said that engineering units dismantled explosive devices and landmines left behind by them terrorists, most of whom were either killed while the rest fled to nearby areas. Earlier still in the day, a source on the ground told SANA that army units, in cooperation with the backup forces, destroyed vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns belonging to Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in the surroundings of Maarasta al-Khan village and near Byanoun poultry facility in the northern countryside of Aleppo. Other army units, in cooperation with the popular committees in Nubbul and al-Zahraa towns, completely cut off the terrorists’ supply route between the towns of Mayer town and Maarasta al-Khan. Meanwhile, the terrorist organizations acknowledged on their social media pages the death of a terrorist group’s leader named Omar Qteish and his assistant Abu Hamza al-Halabi, in addition to a leader within “Jaish al-Cham” terror group who is nicknamed Abu Saleh al-Deiri, in addition to acknowledging the death of a military leaders in “Nour Eddin al-Zenki movement” group named Qutaiba Ibrahim Hijazi and Omar Mohammad Jaalouk, and a leader in Jabhat al-Nusra Ibrahim Salloum, along with terrorists Ahmad Atro, Mohammad Hamdo al-Hayyek, and Mohammad Haitham Qanti. Syrian Air Force launched sorties against terrorist organizations in the northern and eastern countryside of Aleppo, killing at least 74 terrorists and destroying 11 of their vehicles. At least 9 terrorists from the so-called “Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union” were killed in intensive army operations against their dens in Kafr Zita town, 35 km to the north of Hama city. A source on the ground confirmed to SANA that a terrorist leader nicknamed “Abu Omar al-Nasif” was identified among the dead. Meanwhile, army units destroyed a position for terrorists, killing 6 of them, in al-Latamneh town, while another position and a monitoring point for the terrorists were destroyed in Maarakba village, where two terrorists were killed and 7 others were injured. Army operations against positions and gatherings of Jaish al-Fateh terrorists in al-Mansoura village in al-Ghab Plain left 6 terrorists dead and their weapons and ammunition destroyed. 10 civilians injured by terrorist attacks 10 civilians were injured in terrorist rocket attacks at different neighborhoods in Aleppo city according to a source in the governorate. Homs The army killed a number of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists and destroyed their positions in Kisin, Um Sharshouh, Tabeiseh and al-Rastan towns in Homs countryside. The army also destroyed gatherings for ISIS terrorists in a series of military operations against their positions in Shaer and al-Bayarat in Homs eaterern countryside. Daraa The army air Force destroyed three command centers and a number of vehicles with all terrorists onboard in Ataman village in Daraa countryside. Syrian Arab Army units destroyed a bulldozer, hideouts, and concentrations of terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra and other terror groups at the western side of al-Ghariyat village bridge and at the outskirts of Oum Walad village in the eastern countryside of Daraa province. A military source told SANA that other army units carried out special operations targeting terrorists’ concentrations and movements in Sheikh Hussein hill and Khalif hills in the eastern countryside, killing and injuring members of two terrorist groups in the process. Based on accurate information, an army unit eliminated a concentration of terrorists in al-Yadouda town 5 km northwest of Daraa city. 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A story of victory for Syria’s Arab Army

There have been many accounts of Syrians in Syria telling the West that what took place in Syria was not a revolution. One of these accounts is from Majd, he states, ”I am Syrian… living in Syria in the middle of everything. We have seen horrors. It was never a revolution nor a civil war. The terrorists are sent by your government. (USA). They are al Qaeda, Jabhat al Nusra Wahhabi Salafists Talibans etc and the extremist jihadists sent by the West, the Saudis, Qatar and Turkey. Your Obama and whoever is behind him or above him are supporting al Qaeda and leading a proxy war on my country”. [And now Joulani is one of these sinister actors. It is noteworthy that his HTS terror group was soon recognized by Western governments even though they considered him a terrorist]

Syriana Analysis [I trust this source, headed by the immigrant to Syria Armenian Kevork Almassian] explains on the sixth anniversary of the war in Syria why it was not a Revolution. “The narrative of the corporate mainstream media is that the vast majority of Syrians resorted to peaceful protests against the “dictator Assad regime”.

In this video, I will prove with evidence that, what you were being told is a lie.”–Syriana Analysis

The ultimate beneficiary of the biggest European media are American financial institutions. Don't you know that?

In the war of propaganda, it is very difficult to defeat the United States, because the United States controls all the world's media and many European media.

USAID… pic.twitter.com/uPSDJ1RC1H

— Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) February 8, 2025

Eva Bartlett [another trusted source. Independent Canadian reporter who went to live in war zones to be able to bring back the truth]: My October 2015 article, “Deconstructing the NATO Narrative on Syria”. Excerpts: “…it is known that from the beginning, in Dara’a and throughout Syria, armed protesters were firing upon, and butchering, security forces and civilians.

Tim Anderson’s “Syria: how the violence began, in Daraa” pointed out that [Assad’s]police were killed by snipers in the March 17/18 protests; the Syrian army was only brought to Dara’a following the murder of the policemen. Additionally, a storage of protesters’ weapons was found in Dara’a’s al-Omari mosque.

Prem Shankar Jha’s, “Who Fired The First Shot?” described the slaughter of 20 Syrian soldiers outside Dara’a a month later, “by cutting their throats, and cutting off the head of one of the soldiers.” A very “moderate”-rebel practice.

In “Syria: The Hidden Massacre” Sharmine Narwani [trusted alt journalist that I am familiar with] investigated the early massacres of Syrian soldiers, noting that many of the murders occurred even after the Syrian government had abolished the state security courts, lifted the state of emergency, granted general amnesties, and recognized the right to peaceful protest.

The April 10, 2011 murder of Banyas farmer Nidal Janoud was one of the first horrific murders of Syrian civilians by so-called “unarmed protesters.” Face gashed open, mutilated and bleeding, Janoud was paraded by an armed mob, who then hacked him to death.

Father Frans Van der Ludt — the Dutch priest living in Syria for nearly 5 decades prior to his April 7, 2014 assassination by militants occupying the old city of Homs—wrote (repeatedly) of the “armed demonstrators” he saw in early protests, “who began to shoot at the police first.”

May 2011 video footage of later-resigned Al Jazeera journalist Ali Hashem shows fighters entering Syria from Lebanon, carrying guns and RPGs (Hashem stated he’d likewise seen fighters entering in April). Al Jazeera refused to air the May footage, telling Hashem to ‘forget there are armed men.’ [See: Sharmine Narwani’s “Surprise Video Changes Syria “Timeline””] Unarmed protesters?

[su_note note_color=”#fcf0df” text_color=”#0c0a0a” radius=”6″]It is imperative that we listen to these voices and understand that the war in Syria was not a revolution, organic uprising, part of the Arab Spring, or a civil war. Unless we understand this important point we will not be able to understand everything that has happened since March 2011.[/su_note]

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Here is a recent report:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/syria-update-christians-among-over-1000-massacred-amid-worst-atrocities-since-assads-ousting/ar-AA1ALKiM?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Syria update: Christians among over 1,000 massacred amid worst atrocities since Assad’s ousting [It looks as if this author is trying to suggest that there were Christians murdered by the Assad government?? IF SO, THAT IS A LIE. Bashar al-Assad was the most dedicated and successful unifier in the Middle East, but because he managed to resist the Israel-induced overthrow attempt in 2011, the combined West conspired to smear him with their blackest brush, claiming falsely that he was a “brutal dictator” – in the same way and with the same malice and cynicism as western elites claim that Putin is a “brutal dictator.” The lies were concocted for Israel, for the sake of its Greater Israel dream – as described by Oded Yinon]

The violence, centered in Syria’s coastal regions, has primarily targeted Alawites, Christians and other minority communities, GB News reported, explaining that tensions escalated after an ambush on a security patrol near Latakia by gunmen loyal to Assad. This triggered a severe response from forces linked to Syria’s Islamist-led interim government.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 745 of the dead were civilians, many of whom were killed in shootings. Hundreds of others were members of security forces or militants.

Witnesses and local monitors cited in media described the unfolding events as “sectarian massacres.”

Rami Abdulrahman, director of the SOHR [Syrian Observatory of Human Rights], said the violence aims to expel Alawite families from their homes, with many residences looted and burned in the cities of Jableh and Baniyas. The Alawites were closely associated with Assad’s regime. [MSM’s use of the word “regime” instead of government is an intentional smear. This is an imperialist Establishment viewpoint].

Videos and reports from the region depict harrowing scenes of mass graves, bound bodies and devastated villages. In one instance, 69 Alawite civilians were reportedly executed during a security sweep.

Thousands of Alawites and Christians have fled their homes, with hundreds seeking refuge at the Russian military base in Hmeimim in Latakia.

The Christian community had already dwindled during Syria’s decade-long civil war. Christians are seen by Islamist factions as politically and ideologically aligned with the former regime and as obstacles to the establishment of an Islamist-led government. While reports suggest Christians have also been targeted in the violence, it is unclear how many Christians have been killed.

Patriarchs from the Greek Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox and Melkite Greek Catholic Churches issued a joint statement condemning the violence.

“Homes have been violated, their sanctity disregarded, and properties looted — scenes that starkly reflect the immense suffering endured by the Syrian people,” the joint statement reads. “The Christian Churches while strongly condemning any act that threatens civil peace, denounce and condemn the massacres targeting innocent civilians, and call for an immediate end to these horrific acts, which stand in stark opposition to all human and moral values.” [The knowledgeable Orthodox and other Christians of Syria stand in stark contrast to the brainwashed US Evengelicals, many of whom are “Christian” Zionists (https://donhank.substack.com/p/christian-zioinism), who – often unwittingly – support the Israeli atrocities against the Palestinians]

“The Churches also call for the swift creation of conditions conducive to achieving national reconciliation among the Syrian people,” the added. “They urge efforts to establish an environment that facilitates the transition to a state that respects all its citizens and lays the foundation for a society based on equal citizenship and genuine partnership, free from the logic of vengeance and exclusion.”

Martin Parsons, CEO of The Lindisfarne Centre for the Study of Christian Persecution, told Premier Christian News that while the coastal region is the “Assad heartland” with a heavy presence of Alawites, Christians lived there too.

“There was fighting between government fighters and this insurgency, which is led by a former Brigadier in Assad’s forces and large numbers of Alawites and Christians fled,” Parson stated. “We also know that there were targeted attacks on civilians.”

“The Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Damascus said on Saturday in a sermon that some of those killed included Christians but that’s the most detail that we’ve actually got at the moment,” he added. “We need to be very cautious because all we know is that there appear to have been some Christians killed. We don’t know why they were killed. Were they caught up in it? Were they killed because they were Assad loyalists, or was it a question of them being targeted because of their religion, or both? We just don’t know at the moment.”

The Druze spiritual leader, Sheikh Hikmat al-Hajri, warned that sectarian violence would engulf all of Syria if not addressed.

Rights groups, including the Syrian Network for Human Rights, have documented mass executions, looted properties and systematic killings.

The interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former leader of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and also known as Joulani, has condemned the violence and called for accountability. [it is appropriate NOT to trust this man, whose regime was founded by a brutal invasion]

In a televised address, he urged restraint from security forces, saying there was a need to uphold moral values even in the face of conflict. Sharaa has reportedly established a committee to investigate the killings, pledging to punish those responsible for harming civilians or violating human rights. [He is pretending to have joined the civilized world, but he is far from civilized]

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned “radical Islamist terrorists” and expressed solidarity with Syria’s religious and ethnic minorities. He urged the interim government to protect minorities and civilians.

Meanwhile, Israel has blamed Syria’s new rulers for the massacres, accusing them of perpetrating barbaric acts against civilians. [As if Israelis were harmless pussyats!]

The roots of the current crisis lie in Syria’s fragile transition following Assad’s downfall. [Actually, the roots lie in the fact that the head of a terrorist organization (Hay’at Tahrir Assham) took over Syria and overthrew Assad]

Sharaa’s interim government, while promising inclusivity, has struggled to assert control over various armed factions. Hardline jihadist groups and irregular militias operate with limited oversight, undermining efforts to centralize security and prevent violence.

Many fear that the interim government’s inability [or is it unwillingness?] to protect minorities will lead to further sectarian bloodshed.

Meanwhile, Russia, which maintains a military presence in Syria, has reportedly provided refuge to displaced civilians but has refrained from intervening directly in the conflict.

Our thanks to AN

https://healthimpactnews.com/2025/israeli-media-reveals-that-hamas-is-actually-funded-by-israel-and-of-course-israel-is-funded-by-the-u-s/

See also (related):

https://healthimpactnews.com/2025/has-israels-goal-always-been-to-occupy-gaza-through-ethnic-cleansing-and-not-to-defeat-hamas/

https://healthimpactnews.com/2025/trump-bypasses-congress-with-executive-order-to-send-3-billion-in-bombs-and-weapons-to-israel-to-expand-war-in-west-bank/

Remember too what Rodney Atkinson revealed (http://freenations.net/hamas-created-by-israel-and-recognised-by-council-of-europe/):

Atkinson: Hamas reminds us that Hamas was created by Israel and recognised by the Council of Europe. Even Netanyahu himself supported the hatred and bolstering of Hamas to thwart the creation of a Palestinian State ruled by Hamas ‘terrorists’. Please read the full article and its shocking revelations. Note what he says about UK MP Starmer’s support for Israel (Starmer’s family is Jewish); and, in case anyone hadn’t realised it, Zelensky too is another ‘Nazi Jew’. [Yes, the Zelensky regime celebrates the birthday of Jew killer and Nazi sympathizer Stepan Bandera every Jan 1]

AN

Air strike update for March 12, 2025

Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]

https://rg.ru/2025/03/12/obshchestvennoe-v-kieve-i-harkove-progremeli-vzryvy-obiavlena-trevoga.html

12.03.2025 03:30

Explosions thundered in Kyiv and Kharkov, air defense repels drone attack (Kiev is lying, as usual]

Alena Koroleva

On Wednesday night, explosions thundered in the capital of Ukraine. This was reported by the local TV channel “Obshchestvennoye”.

“The sounds of explosions are heard in Kyiv,” says a message published in the Telegram channel “Obshchestvennoye” at 01.53 Moscow time.

According to the authors, the city was attacked by drones. Air defense forces are trying to repel it.

At 01.55, the TV channel reported explosions in Kharkov.

According to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, air raid sirens are sounding in Kyiv and ten regions, including Kharkov.

Earlier, three series of explosions were reported in Dnipro (formerly Dnipropetrovsk). The head of the Dnipropetrovsk region administration, Serhiy Lysak, reported several fires “at infrastructure facilities”.

[su_note note_color=”#fcf0df” text_color=”#0c0a0a” radius=”6″]According to Russian military correspondents, on the evening of March 11, the Russian Armed Forces struck targets in Ukraine. In the port of Odessa, a ship carrying foreign military aid was hit. And in Sumy, a fire broke out in warehouses.[/su_note]

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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]

https://www.gazeta.ru/army/news/2025/03/12/25292390.shtml

March 12, 2025, 14:13

Russian troops struck targets at 152 sites

Ministry of Defense: Russian Armed Forces hit a transport vessel carrying ammunition for the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Pavel Khrushchev

The operational-tactical aviation forces, attack drones, as well as missile troops and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces struck military targets at 152 sites. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.

The targets were elements of the airfield infrastructure, a transport vessel with ammunition, production workshops, warehouses and launch pads for UAVs, as well as concentrations of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and foreign mercenaries.

As part of repelling threats, air defense systems destroyed three JDAM guided bombs and a rocket from the American HIMARS MLRS. In addition, 91 aircraft-type drones used by the enemy for reconnaissance and attacks were shot down in 24 hours.

The Ministry of Defense also reported that Russian servicemen of the “Southern” group of troops liberated the settlement of Novomarkovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).

The Defense Ministry’s report also reported that units of the “East” group of troops liberated the village of Dneproenergiya in the DPR.

Earlier, the expert said that the ceasefire in Ukraine would “nullify” Russia’s victories.

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“This administration is not going to tolerate individuals having the privilege of studying in our country and then siding with pro-terrorist organizations,” Leavitt [Trump administration] told reporters.

Columbia student protester’s arrest prompts federal court showdown

https://www.reuters.com/legal/palestinian-columbia-student-protestors-challenge-arrest-turns-us-federal-court-2025-03-11/

Here is how the US lies (taught to do so by Israel):

“siding with terrorist organizations” is weasel words designed to make really dumb people think that if you oppose genocide, you are supporting terror.

Of course, if you took a poll in the US, you’d find that only a tiny percentage of us (sickos) warm up to genocide.

But if students gather together and protest genocide against Palestinians, our mentally ill officials try to make the case that this makes these people terror supporters.

If this warped argument were applied across the board, all the universities in America would have to close their doors, because only a handful of students would think it is fine and dandy to massacre innocent people.

The officials who try to make this absurd case are only doing this for political purposes: to please the criminal enterprise called Israel.

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Rightwing Clayton Morris said Trump’s economic policies are “genius.” Economists think high tariffs on imports are a STUPID idea.

The president’s back-and-forth tariff moves against major trading partners have kept markets on edge, and prompted companies to warn they may have to raise prices, which could boost inflation and dent economic growth. The White House fired another salvo on Tuesday, when Trump said he would double the planned tariff on all steel and aluminium imports from Canada to 50%.

Businesses sound alarm as Trump tariff chaos hits the economy

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The Economist:

Tariffs will harm America, not induce a manufacturing rebirth

Donald Trump’s pursuit of tariffs will make the world poorer—and America, too

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/01/21/tariffs-will-harm-america-not-induce-a-manufacturing-rebirth

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60 universities charged with anti-Semitism. Why? Because there are students on these campuses who object to genocide. Say what?

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/10/us/department-of-education-warning-universities-title-vi-antisemitism/index.html

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Eric Arnow’s substack: https://ericarnow.substack.com/

Our thanks to Eric Arnow for this personal email to me:

Dear Don,

A country based on

-Slavery

-Genocide

-Ruthless expansionism

-Manifest Destiny and sense of manifold superiority

-brutal suppression of all opposition

-militarism/endless war

The 1930’s produced the Business Plot to stage a ‘color revolution’ against FDR. And people like Prescott Bush, the Dulles brothers, Henry Ford and other CEO’s from Standard Oil, GM, IBM, trading with Germany even during WWII.

The only way this will change is for a total ‘dynastic change’ in the leadership and in the consciousness of the people. But it’s all deeply ingrained in US DNA. So what you are proposing will be difficult, unless either imposed from the outside in loss of a major war. [Yes, the grassroots culture and elite “leadership” will never accept reason and logic in (geo)politics. It all boils down to slogans (jingoism)] Or internal collapse and revolution, which discredits the whole project, the whole mindset.

Nazism is a psychological phenomenon, only manifesting as political.

Eric

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Nothing but more stalling. No change! Military aid should have been stopped in return for Kiev’s compliance with the ceasefire, which it probably won’t honour.

AN

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Watch for this warning to be fulfilled:

Al-Houthi Naval Blockade on the Occupying Entity Resumes in Four Days if Gaza Aid Doesn’t Enter – YouTube

[su_note note_color=”#fcf0df” text_color=”#0c0a0a” radius=”6″]The federal officials in Washington who are involved in foreign policy making will NEVER change their minds under political and media influence. ONLY external force can change US foreign policy.[/su_note]

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https://thegrayzone.com/2025/03/10/usaid-ukraine-vp-vance-russia-propagandist/

Grayzone UK

USAID funded Ukraine group that smeared VP Vance as pro-Russia ‘propagandist’

Wyatt Reed·March 10, 2025

[Editor’s Note: As a matter of fact,  these activities simply show the true face of the US ruling class, pursuing its interests without too much fear of mass exposure.]

US Pres. Donald Trump has lambasted USAID for absurd foreign expenditures. But Trump has omitted perhaps the most scandalous operation: in Ukraine, the US-funded groups which defamed the US Vice President, members of Congress, and US journalists as “foreign propagandists,” while training Ukrainians in “PSYOP” tactics.

The US government funded a Ukrainian military intelligence firm which smeared US Vice President JD Vance, US Counterterrorism Director Joe Kent, and Rep. Thomas Massie as “foreign propagandists of the Russian Federation.”

To this day, the online blacklist published by the USAID-funded Ukrainian group, known as Molfar, lists Vance, Massie, and Kent as “foreign propagandists” aligned with the Russian government, and demands their “removal from public positions, the introduction of sanctions, and investigations into personal involvement in crimes.”

“These individuals pose a threat to the national security of countries that do not support the terrorist policy of the Russian Federation,” Molfar states.

Molfar’s website condemns Vance for having “compared Ukrainian democracy to Afghanistan” and stating that he “remains opposed to continuing to finance this war.” Perhaps worst of all, in the eyes of the Ukrainian information warriors, was his stance on Ukraine’s NATO aspirations: “He declared that Ukraine should not join NATO, because it would supposedly mean “inviting the American nation to go to war.””

In 2022, a representative of Molfar was quoted in CNN accusing President Trump of “absolutely pro-Kremlin” behaviour because “Trump said that Crimea is Russian, because people speak Russian.”

[su_note note_color=”#fcf0df” text_color=”#0c0a0a” radius=”6″]Molfar, a Ukrainian term for a sorcerer or wizard, describes itself as an open-source intelligence agency which “collects lists of Ukrainian enemies to bring war criminals to justice.” Its website previously named both USAID and the US Civil Research and Development Fund (CRDF) as “partners.” The legality of US agencies sponsoring foreign groups to smear Americans and meddle in American politics is questionable at best.[/su_note]

A report bearing USAID’s logo, which was published one year after Russia’s invasion by Ukraine’s National Coordination Cybersecurity Center (NCSCC), noted that Molfar had helped train thousands of government employees on smear tactics, and were providing instruction on cyberwarfare – including PSYOP techniques – to public workers with the direct assistance of the US government.

“The NCSCC, with the support of the U.S. Civil Research and Development Fund (CRDF Global) and the U.S. Department of State, held the 3-day online training “OSINT – intelligence using open sources,” the report stated.

“Together with leading practical researchers of the Ukrainian company Molfar,” over 2,000 public workers “did practical assignments on the following topics: open-source searches, contact search, using Telegram bots, PSYOP and their use as a method of information warfare, image analysis, and human intelligence (HUMINT) or social engineering.”

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(Sorry, lost the link and the end of this article – from alkhanadeq, but i think this part is worth reading)

Thursday, January 16, 2025, 05:10 [translation from Arabic]

The Al-Aqsa Flood: The Epic Divine Victory for Palestine and the Resistance Axis

The Victory of the Al-Aqsa Flood and the Resistance Axis

After more than 15 consecutive months of barbaric Israeli-American aggression, the Palestinian resistance, along with the Resistance Axis, won the Battle of the Al-Aqsa Flood, when a ceasefire agreement was announced on January 15, 2025.

This victory, after 467 days of steadfastness and resistance by the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, will establish the principle that only popular resistance is capable of imposing conditions on the temporary entity and its supporters, not so-called international resolutions, international organizations, or the international community. All of these have been unable, in the space of a year and a few months, to compel Israel to submit and stop committing crimes of destruction and murder against civilians in the Gaza Strip.

This is what Hamas expressed in its statement, when it said that the ceasefire agreement is the fruit of “the legendary steadfastness of our great Palestinian people and our valiant resistance in the Gaza Strip, over more than 15 months.” It affirmed that the agreement to stop the aggression on Gaza is “an achievement for our people, our resistance, our nation, and the free people of the world. It is a turning point in the conflict with the enemy, on the path to achieving our people’s goals of liberation and return.”

Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas’s deputy leader, described the Battle of the Flood of Al-Aqsa as “a significant turning point in the history of the Palestinian people,” emphasizing that the resistance will not stop after this battle. He emphasized that the Israeli occupation entity was unable to recover its prisoners except through a deal with the resistance that included a cessation of war and aggression and an honorable prisoner exchange, adding that “the steadfastness of our people thwarted the declared and undeclared goals of the aggression.”

The Deputy Chairman of Hamas then paid special tribute to all factions, movements, and countries of the Axis of Resistance, praising the role of the Al-Quds Brigades and the fighters of Islamic Jihad. He specifically mentioned Hezbollah and the Islamic Group in Lebanon, noting “the great sacrifices they have made in supporting the Palestinian cause, led by His Eminence Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and his brothers in the leadership, as well as the brothers in the Islamic Group and the Lebanese people. They have performed well and turned the lives of the occupation into hell and displacement.” He then thanked the Ansar Allah movement in Yemen for its role in changing the war equation by launching missiles and drones at the occupation. He recalled the support provided by the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iraqi resistance in aiding the Palestinian resistance.

The Importance of Support Fronts in Supporting the Palestinian Resistance During the Al-Aqsa Flood

There is no doubt that the Battle of the Al-Aqsa Flood demonstrated in action, not just slogans, who supports the Palestinian resistance and stands by it, but who stands with it only in slogans. This battle also demonstrated the importance of support fronts outside the immediate battlefield. Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Syria (under President Bashar al-Assad) played crucial roles in supporting the Palestinian resistance, directly or indirectly, through military, financial, political, and media means.

These are the most prominent forms of support on the fronts:

1) Lebanon:

Lebanon has emerged as a crucial front in the broader conflict with Israel due to the presence of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hezbollah), which supported the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip through:

Military coordination: Hezbollah provides direct and indirect support by threatening to open a northern front against Israel, with the aim of exhausting Israeli military resources and creating a multi-front conflict.

It is well known that Hezbollah regularly cooperates with Palestinian resistance factions on the information level, providing them with accurate intelligence on the Israeli occupation army, its movements, and the size of its forces. This is extremely useful in preparing for defensive and offensive operations.

Logistical support and training: For years, Hezbollah has served as a conduit for weapons and training for Palestinian factions. His extensive military experience made him a valuable ally for the resistance in Gaza, both in terms of tactical and operational knowledge.

Psychological Pressure: Hezbollah’s presence served as a constant reminder of the potential escalation into a wider war. This psychological aspect strained Israeli military decision-making and forced the redeployment of forces that could have been focused on Gaza.

2) Yemen:

The Yemeni armed forces, supported by the Ansar Allah movement, played a significant role in supporting the Palestinian resistance and exerting intense pressure on Israel, the United States, and all countries cooperating with them through:

Missile and drone attacks: Yemen imposed a naval blockade on the temporary entity, affecting all ships heading to and from occupied Palestine via the Red Sea. The blockade was able to be imposed for an extended period, which both exhausted the entity and exposed the inability and failure of the United States and other countries supporting the entity to take any action to prevent this blockade.

Media and Popular Support: Media institutions and the Yemeni people played a major role in supporting the Palestinian resistance and people through media activities and million-strong popular demonstrations that continued weekly despite all military challenges (Israeli, American, and British airstrikes) and natural challenges (rainy weather or high temperatures).

Political Support: The speeches of the leader of the Ansar Allah movement, Sayyid Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, played a fundamental role in providing political support to the Palestinian resistance, and indeed to all fronts within the resistance axis. This support was emphasized by emphasizing their positions, reviewing the course of the confrontation on a weekly basis, clarifying the facts, and announcing escalation steps to halt the US-Israeli aggression and lift the siege on the Gaza Strip.

3) Iraq:

The Iraqi resistance factions, the Popular Mobilization Forces, the Iraqi government, and the religious authority played an extremely important role in supporting the Palestinian people and resistance through:

Solidarity and Ideological Mobilization: All Iraqi parties expressed their support for the Palestinian resistance in its struggle against the Israeli occupation.

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Stop calling it a war, dammit!

When you can show us ISRAELI cities razed to rubble; when you can show how PALESTINE bombed Israel with US planes and 2,000 lb bombs, THEN we can call it a war.

Until then, CALL IT A GENOCIDE!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/gaza-before-the-israel-hamas-war-incredible-drone-footage/vi-AA1ACIdT?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=69980314cc634d96be268fdb7ca72f83&ei=37

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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]

https://tsargrad.tv/dzen/v-kurskoj-oblasti-katastrofa-dlja-vsu-no-v-sumskoj-oblasti-eshhjo-interesnee_1184191

In Kursk Oblast – a disaster for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. But in Sumy Oblast – even more interesting

A disaster has befallen the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kursk Oblast. The enemy grouping has been routed. But in Sumy Oblast it is even more interesting. Tsargrad military observer Vlad Shlepchenko spoke about a turning point that may come in the near future. After it, the enemy will not recover.

After Operation Potok, as a result of which Russian troops managed to enter the enemy’s rear and liberate several settlements, the pace of clearing the occupied territories of Kursk Oblast has increased significantly. In particular, the city of Sudzha was almost completely liberated. As reported earlier, the remnants of the militants are rapidly retreating. Tsargrad military observer Vlad Shlepchenko assessed the situation and concluded that the situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kursk Oblast is as deplorable as ever:

The enemy grouping in Kursk has been routed. A catastrophe has occurred, in fact. Their brigades have lost their combat capability and are now retreating.

However, the situation is even more interesting in the Sumy region of Ukraine, which borders Russia. The expert emphasized that a large amount of military equipment is based there, which the militants will not be able to transport quickly if the infantry flees. Therefore, the Russian Armed Forces have a good chance of destroying it, and along with it, the [foreign] specialists who ensure the functioning of the machines:

In the Sumy region, there were forces that supported the Kursk bridgehead. They are not so numerous in terms of infantry, tanks – everything that stands on the front line. But they have a large percentage of high-precision and long-range systems. That is, they had “Himars”, and long-range artillery, and MLRS, and air defense systems, “Buks”, S-300. And now this entire group – it has lost its infantry shield. Accordingly, if the offensive in Sumy Oblast develops, we can not only defeat the enemy in the first-line brigades – we can inflict severe losses on him in valuable and difficult-to-replace equipment, systems, specialists who service them, rear units, and so on.

Shlepchenko specified that in the best-case scenario for us, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will suffer significant losses, and this moment can become so critical that the enemy will finally break down:

The entire “machine” that stands behind the front line and ensures the combat capability of the troops on the front line – it is all under attack there now. And this can be a real catastrophe, not just a local one. This can be one of the turning points of the SMO. That is, the enemy will suffer losses from which he will not be able to recover.

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Air strike update for March 12, 2025

https://www.1tv.ru/news/2025-03-12/503830-za_noch_sily_pvo_sbili_21_ukrainskiy_bespilotnik

March 12, 2025, 08:08

Air defense forces shot down 21 Ukrainian drones overnight

Russian air defense systems destroyed 21 Ukrainian drones on the night of March 12. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.

In particular, 12 UAVs were destroyed over the Bryansk region, two over the Kursk region, and five over the Black Sea. One drone was also intercepted over the territories of the Kaluga region and the Republic of Crimea.

Yesterday, on the night of March 11, Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 337 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory. In particular, 91 drones were destroyed over the territory of the Moscow region, and 126 UAVs over the Kursk region, the Russian Defense Ministry noted.

Russia’s special military operation began on February 24, 2022. President Vladimir Putin stated that the reason was the uncontrolled expansion of NATO to the east and the prospect of Ukraine joining the bloc, which grossly violated Russian-Western agreements.

A few days before the start of the SMO, the head of the Kyiv nationalist regime, Vladimir Zelensky, announced his intention to return Ukraine’s nuclear status, at the same time Western curators began to massively instill Russophobia in Ukrainian society. Putin stated that all this had become a direct threat to Russia’s sovereignty and that Moscow was left with no other choice but to defend itself by military means.

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Translation

https://ria.ru/20250312/udar-2004577274.html

17:17 12.03.2025 (updated: 17:18 12.03.2025)

Russian Armed Forces strike Ukrainian mercenaries in Krivoy Rog, Rogov reported

SIMFEROPOL, March 12 – RIA Novosti. Russian troops launched a missile strike on the Druzhba Hotel in the city of Krivoy Rog in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast of Ukraine, ** where French mercenaries and Ukrainian Armed Forces officers were located,** Vladimir Rogov, Chairman of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation Commission on Sovereignty Issues and Co-Chairman of the Coordination Council for the Integration of New Regions, told RIA Novosti.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Ukrainian TV channel Novosti.LIVE reported that an explosion had thundered in Krivoy Rog amid an air raid alarm.

“Our troops launched a missile strike on the Druzhba Hotel in Krivoy Rog, where French mercenaries and Ukrainian Armed Forces officers were staying, preparing to be deployed to the Kursk oblast,” Rogov said.

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Translation

https://lenta.ru/news/2025/03/12/vs-rossii-udarili-po-gruzovomu-sudnu-v-odesse-ono-moglo-perevozit-voennuyu-pomosch-ukraine/

10:42, 12 March 2025

Russia hit a cargo ship in Odessa. It could have been carrying military aid to Ukraine

The moment a missile hit a bulk carrier in the port of Odessa was captured on video

Varvara Koshechkina (editor of the operational information department)

Russian military launched a missile attack on a cargo ship in the port of Odessa. The video of the incident, published by the Telegram channel “War Correspondents of the Russian Spring”, was taken from Ukrainian sources.

According to reports, the air raid siren sounded at about 20:00 local time, followed by a powerful explosion. Witnesses were able to record the moment the missile hit: first, a bright flash is visible on the footage, then a loud explosion is heard. As a result of the missile strike, the ship caught fire.

In addition to the port, the strike hit an oil depot in Odessa. More than a day after the attack, the fire broke out again. Explosions were also recorded at an infrastructure facility in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast.

The bulk carrier could have been carrying military aid to Ukraine

The attack on the port of Odessa occurred on the evening of March 11. According to the head of the public council under the regional military administration, Serhiy Bratchuk, the missile strike hit the bulk carrier MJ Pinar at 20:17. According to preliminary information, four crew members did not survive, and another sailor was injured. Emergency services are working at the scene, assessing the damage and clarifying the details of the victims.

Ukrainian media reported that the ship, flying the flag of Barbados, was supposed to be transporting a batch of wheat to Algeria. However, the Telegram channel “War Correspondents of the Russian Spring” claims that Ukraine transports military and other aid on such ships.

Among those injured, incompatible with life, are three citizens of Syria and one Ukrainian. In addition, an employee of the port company was injured, reports the specialized publication on the maritime industry and shipping Maritime Executive. According to it, the ship’s operator is a Greek company.

At the time of the attack, MJ Pinar was in the dock of the Odessa port and was loading 30,000 tons of wheat. At least one missile hit the sea dam, which led to significant damage to the pier, grain terminal and other infrastructure. As a result of the hit, a fire broke out on board the ship. In total, there were 12 crew members on board.

The publication noted that on the day of the attack, the port was also visited by a delegation of the UN World Food Program. Representatives of the organization inspected the terminals and discussed issues of exporting Ukrainian food, especially to African countries.

Odessa is regularly subjected to attacks

Odesa’s infrastructure has repeatedly become the target of attacks. Thus, on March 11, after a series of explosions, a fuel tank caught fire, fire crews were sent to the scene, but they were not able to extinguish the fire immediately.

Earlier, the head of the Odessa Regional Military Administration (OVA) Oleg Kiper reported on strikes on industrial facilities and a gas station. Then the fire was caused by fallen debris.

Before that, energy facilities in the region were attacked. In early March, the Ukrainian holding DTEK reported that the strike on the energy system was already the fourth in the last two weeks. Restoration work will begin as soon as rescuers give the appropriate permission.

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