1107 Guess we finally found out who the "mysterious snipers" were during Arab Spring & Ukraine Maidan

Guess we finally found out who the "mysterious snipers" were during Arab
Spring & Ukraine Maidan

Newsletter published on January 8, 2020

(1) Guess we finally found out who the "mysterious snipers" were during
Arab Spring & Ukraine Maidan
(2) Unknown snipers and Western backed "Regime Change" - Gearóid Ó Colmáin
(3) Unseen Snipers in the Syrian Conflict
(4) Iraqi Prime Minister was forced to resign after Trump threatened his
life: Report

(1) Guess we finally found out who the "mysterious snipers" were during
Arab Spring & Ukraine Maidan

http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/238669760/trump-had-marine-snipers-shoot-protesters-in-iraq

File: 6b0941d588dd67b5d08a1e349(...).png (75 KB, 607x612) 75 KB

TRUMP HAD MARINE SNIPERS SHOOT PROTESTERS IN IRAQ

Statements in the pic from Adel Abdul Mahdi's speech in parliament on
Sunday, the Iraqi Prime Minister. Trump threatened him to cancel an
infrastructure deal with China by threatening demonstrations, and when
he didn't relinquish, Marine snipers shot demonstrators to escalate the
rioting.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: ER2QqF04)  01/07/20(Tue)13:24:49

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/21/c_138410838.htm

Abdel-Mahdi the Iraqi PM visited China right before the demonstrations
started. Checks out.

  Anonymous (ID: xheycZWX)  01/07/20(Tue)13:26:35

No.238669977_>>238670605 >>238670895 >>238671146 >>238671695 >>238669760
(OP)

 > Marine snipers shot demonstrators to escalate the rioting.

Guess we finally found out who the "mysterious snipers" were during the
arab spring.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: ER2QqF04)  01/07/20(Tue)13:28:36 >>238670003

That's where your wrong - this proves Trump is an absolute deep state
criminal.

That you support it is typical, Americans are pure scum, the greatest
criminals of the world, pushing degeneracy on the rest of the world.

You scum pulled the same thing in Ukraine in 2014.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: ER2QqF04)  01/07/20(Tue)13:30:09
No.238670301_>>238670572 >>238671759 >>238675007 >>238675184 >>238670066

You seem to be too stupid (typical for an Amerishart to understand).
Trump had the deep state create fake demonstrations in Iraq (the major
protests where hundreds were shot) and had Marine/covert ops snipers
shoot protesters to destabilize the situation.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: F4FlsAKd)  01/07/20(Tue)13:31:31 No.238670440_ US
marines wouldn't do that.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: Tb0IsjIs)  01/07/20(Tue)13:31:49
No.238670468_>>238673481 >>238670209 he's saying America shot the
anti-iran protesters to escalate the riots. how the fuck are you
teaching english

 >>  Anonymous (ID: AfWDNpas)  01/07/20(Tue)13:33:03
No.238670605_>>238670895 >>238669977

Weird, same thing happened in Maidan

 >>  Anonymous (ID: jq0TTv2q)  01/07/20(Tue)13:36:57 No.238670987_
 >>238670845

Sheldon Adelson more like it.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: Uj8ex9ix)  01/07/20(Tue)13:37:46
No.238671068_>>238677378 >>238670464

 > Amerisharts - the dumbest people on the planet.

If we're so dumb, then how come we own your entire country and everyone
in it? Just try to do something that the US or Americans don't like. You
won't be allowed to do it, because we own you.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: a9ba+xBv)  01/07/20(Tue)13:37:55 No.238671082_
 >>238669760 (OP)

If this ever gets in msm it's over for trump. Shills need to memory hole
this yesterday. This sounds so much worse than Benghazi.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: IMlJkxEc)  01/07/20(Tue)13:38:33
No.238671146_>>238671286 >>238671518 >>238672627 >>238669977

doesn't necessarily mean the marines got the orders from Trump. Could be
rogue general or something giving out orders. Been lots of that going on
lately.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: mdHNOePu)  01/07/20(Tue)13:38:59
No.238671191_>>238671726 >>238671825 >>238679038 >>238670008

holy shit...

it sounds like zog is really going for it this time

how viral is this? my computer freezes and shuts down every time i try
to go to twitter.com, it just started this week

i think they're really going for it now

 >>  Anonymous (ID: Uj8ex9ix)  01/07/20(Tue)13:39:13
No.238671206_>>238671336 File: gayleafs.jpg (77 KB, 1280x720) 77 KB
 >>238670936

It'll be easy since all your soldiers are too busy making out and
fucking each other in the ass.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: Uby7RVJl)  01/07/20(Tue)13:39:13
No.238671208_>>238671466 >>238669850

Figured most of the major protest movements (Hong Kong, French Yellow
Vests, etc.) Was Trump and glow in the dark faggot Pompeo's doing, so
that's not surprising

 >>  Anonymous (ID: ER2QqF04)  01/07/20(Tue)13:42:06
No.238671466_>>238675007 >>238678007 >>238671208

Yes, exactly, notice numerous other protests have been initiated during
Trump's presidency. No doubt it's the American deep state at work.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: ER2QqF04)  01/07/20(Tue)13:42:33
No.238671518_>>238675007 >>238671146

Abdel Mahdi says Trump called him and threatened him with demonstrations.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: 3NRrZVd0)  01/07/20(Tue)13:42:35
No.238671522_>>238671956 >>238671309

If you don't believe it, that means you're a traitor!!! Lets roll!!! For
Israel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 >>  Anonymous (ID: 0H8T4fKR)  01/07/20(Tue)13:42:40
No.238671530_>>238671624 >>238671629 >>238669760 (OP)

So?

 >>  Anonymous (ID: ER2QqF04)  01/07/20(Tue)13:43:01
No.238671557_>>238671692 >>238675007 >>238676491 >>238676519 >>238671449

The source is Abdul Adel Mahdi, the Iraqi Prime Minister.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: jq0TTv2q)  01/07/20(Tue)13:43:51
No.238671624_>>238671932 >>238671530 So we're currently evacuating our
soldiers from the entire country.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: ER2QqF04)  01/07/20(Tue)13:43:55
No.238671629_>>238675007 >>238671530

So it proves Trump is deep state, he's doing the same thing the Obama
regime did in Ukraine in 2014, and the CIA has also fomented the Hong
Kong protests during Trump's presidency.

Pay attention. Trump's admin is creating fake protests around the world
for geopolitical gains for the ZOG American Empire.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: ER2QqF04)  01/07/20(Tue)13:48:55
No.238672122_>>238675007 >>238671958

That's not what this is about fool, nobody died in the embassy incident.
This is regarding the protests in Iraq from October to December. The
demonstrations follow the Iraqi PM's visit to China for an
infrastructure deal, he claims Trump called him after and threatened
with demonstrations (which happened) and that American covert ops
snipers gunned down demonstrators to make the protests worse and force
Adel Abdul Mahdi to step down as PM.

 >>  Anonymous (ID: HcM/fuk3) NZ 01/07/20(Tue)13:49:40
No.238672196_>>238672371 File: sorry migapedes but zion (...).jpg (71
KB, 640x398) 71 KB >>238671877

 > Imagine believing in the zionist lie known as democracy

 >>  Anonymous (ID: ER2QqF04)  01/07/20(Tue)13:49:44
No.238672203_>>238675007 >>238677121 >>238677403 File: 1520178960320.jpg
(154 KB, 960x540) 154 KB >>238672113

The source is Abdul Adel Mahdi's speech in Iraqi Parliament yesterday,
shit for brains.

(2) Unknown snipers and Western backed "Regime Change" - Gearóid Ó Colmáin

https://www.globalresearch.ca/unknown-snipers-and-western-backed-regime-change/27904

Unknown snipers and Western backed "Regime Change"

A Historical Review and Analysis

By Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Global Research, March 07, 2014

Global Research 28 November 2011

In-depth Report: ARAB PROTEST MOVEMENT, NATO'S WAR ON LIBYA, SYRIA,
UKRAINE REPORT

Article originally published in November 2011, of particular relevance
to what is happening in Ukraine

Unknown snipers played a pivotal role throughout the  so-called  « Arab
Spring Revolutions »  yet, in spite of reports of their presence in the
mainstream media, surprisingly little attention has been paid to  to
their purpose and role.

The Russian investigative journalist Nikolay Starikov has written a book
which discusses the role of unknown snipers in the destabilization of
countries targeted for regime change by the United States and its
allies. The following article attempts to elucidate some historical
examples of this technique with a view to providing a background within
which to understand the current cover war on the people of Syria by
death squads in the service of Western intelligence.[1]

Romania 1989.

In Susanne Brandstätter's documentary 'Checkmate: Strategy of a
Revolution' aired on Arte television station some years ago,  Western
intelligence officials revealed how  death squads were used to
destabilize Romania and turn its people against the head of state
Nicolai Ceaucescu.

Brandstätter's film is a must see for anyone interested in how Western
intelligence agencies, human rights groups and the corporate press
collude in the systematic destruction of countries whose leadership
conflicts with the interests of big capital and empire.

Former secret agent with the French secret service, the DGSE (La
Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure) Dominique Fonvielle, spoke
candidly about the role of Western intelligence operatives in
destabilizing the Romanian population.

"how do you organize a revolution? I believe the first step is to locate
oppositional forces in a given country. It is sufficient to have a
highly developed intelligence service in order to determine which people
are credible enough to have influence at their hands to destabilize the
people to the disadvantage of the ruling regime"[2]

This open and rare admission of Western sponsorship of terrorism was
justified on the grounds of the "greater good" brought to Romania by
free-market capitalism. It was necessary, according to the strategists
of Romania's "revolution", for some people to die.

Today, Romania remains one of the poorest countries in Europe. A report
on Euractiv reads:

"Most Romanians associate the last two decades with a continuous process
of impoverishment and deteriorating living standards, according to
Romania's Life Quality Research Institute, quoted by the Financiarul
daily." [3]

The western intelligence officials interviewed in the documentary also
revealed how the Western press played a central role in disinformation.
For example, the victims of Western-backed snipers were photographed by
presented to the world as evidence of a crazed dictator who was "killing
his own people".

To this day, there is a Museum in the back streets of Timisoara Romania
which promotes the myth of the "Romanian Revolution".  The Arte
documentary was one of the rare occasions when the mainstream press
revealed some of  the dark secrets of Western liberal democracy. The
documentary caused a scandal when it was aired in France, with the
prestigious Le Monde Diplomatique discussing the moral dilemma of the
West's support of terror in its desire to spread 'democracy'.

Since the destruction of Libya and the ongoing cover war on Syria, Le
Monde Diplomatique has stood safely on the side of political correction,
condemning Bachar Al Assad for the crimes of the DGSE and the CIA. In
its current edition, the front page article reads Ou est la gauche?
Where is the left ? Certainly not in the pages of Le Monde Diplomatique !

Russia 1993

During Boris Yeltsin's counter-revolution in Russia in 1993, when the
Russian parliament was bombed resulting in the deaths of thousands of
people, Yeltsin's counter-revolutionaries made extensive use of snipers.
  According to many eye witness reports, snipers were seen shooting
civilians from the building opposite the US embassy in Moscow.  The
snipers were attributed to the Soviet government by the international
media.[4]

Venezuela 2002

In 2002, the CIA attempted to overthrow Hugo Chavez, president of
Venezuela, in a military coup. On the 11th of April 2002, an opposition
March towards the presidential palace was organized by the US backed
Venezuelan opposition. Snipers hidden in buildings near the palace
opened fire on protestors killing 18. The Venezuelan and international
media claimed that Chavez was "killing his own people" thereby
justifying the military coup presented as a humanitarian intervention.
It was subsequently proved that the coup had been organized by the CIA
but the identity of the snipers was never established.

Thailand April 2010

On April 12th 2010, Christian Science Monitor published a detailed
report of the riots in Thailand between "red-shirt" activists and the
Thai government. The article headline read: 'Thailand's red shirt
protests darken with unknown snipers, parade of coffins'.

Like their counterparts in Tunisia, Thailand's red shirts were calling
for the resignation of the Thai prime minister. While a heavy-handed
response by the Thai security forces to the protestors was indicated in
the report, the government's version of events was also reported:

"Mr. Abhisit has used solemn televised addresses to tell his story. He
has blamed rogue gunmen, or "terrorists," for the intense violence (at
least 21 people died and 800 were injured) and emphasized the need for a
full investigation into the killings of both soldiers and protesters.
State television has broadcast repeated images of soldiers coming under
fire from bullets and explosives."

The CSM report went on to quote Thai military officials and unnamed
Western diplomats:

"military observers say Thai troops stumbled into a trap set by agents
provocateurs with military expertise. By pinning down soldiers after
dark and sparking chaotic battles with unarmed protesters, the unknown
gunmen ensured heavy casualties on both sides.

Some were caught on camera and seen by reporters, including this one.
Snipers targeted military ground commanders, indicating a degree of
advance planning and knowledge of Army movements, say Western diplomats
briefed by Thai officials. While leaders of the demonstrations have
disowned the use of firearms and say their struggle is nonviolent, it is
unclear whether radicals in the movement knew of the trap.

"You can't claim to be a peaceful political movement and have an arsenal
of weapons out the back if needed. You can't have it both ways," says a
Western diplomat in regular contact with protest leaders [5]

The CSM article also explores the possibility that the snipers could be
rogue elements in the Thai military, agents provocateurs used to justify
a crack down on democratic opposition. Thailand's ruling elite is
currently coming under pressure from a group called the Red Shirts.[6]

Kyrgystan June 2010

Ethnic violence broke out in the Central Asian republic of  Kirgystan in
June 2010. It was widely reported that unknown snipers opened fire on
members of the Uzbek minority in Kyrgystan. Eurasia.net reports:

"In many Uzbek mahallas, inhabitants offer convincing testimony of
gunmen targeting their neighborhoods from vantage points. Men barricaded
into the Arygali Niyazov neighborhood, for example, testified to seeing
gunmen on the upper floors of a nearby medical institute hostel with a
view over the district's narrow streets. They said that during the
height of the violence these gunmen were covering attackers and looters,
assaulting their area with sniper fire. Men in other Uzbek neighborhoods
tell similar stories

. « Among the rumours and unconfirmed reports circulating in Kyrgyzstan
after the 2010 violence were claims that water supplies to Uzbek areas
were about to be  poisoned. Such rumours had also been spread against
the Ceaucescu regime in Romania during the CIA- backed coup in 1989.
Eurasia.net goes on to claim that:

"Many people are convinced that they've seen foreign mercenaries acting
as snipers. These alleged foreign combatants are distinguished by their
appearance – inhabitants report seeing black snipers and tall, blonde,
female snipers from the Baltic states. The idea that English snipers
have been roaming the streets of Osh shooting at Uzbeks is also popular.
There've been no independent corroborations of such sightings by foreign
journalists or representatives of international organizations." [7]

None of these reports have been independently investigated or
corroborated. It is therefore impossible to draw any hard conclusions
from these stories.

Ethnic violence against Uzbek citizens in Kyrgyzstan occurred pari pasu
with a popular revolt against the US-backed regime, which many analysts
have attributed to the machinations of Moscow.

The Bakiyev régime came to power in a CIA-backed people-power coup known
to the world as the Tulip Revolution in 2005.

Located to the West of China and bordering Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan hosts
one of America's biggest and most important military bases in Central
Asia, the Manas Air Base, which is vital for the NATO occupation of
neighbouring Afghanistan.

Despite initial worries, US/Kyrgyz relations have remained good under
the regime of President Roza Otunbayeva. This is not surprising as
Otunbayeva had previously participated in the US-created Tulip
Revolution in 2004, taking power as foreign minister.

To date no proper investigation has been conducted into the origins of
the ethnic violence that spread throughout  the south of Kyryzstan in
2010, nor have the marauding gangs of unknown snipers been identified
and apprehended.

Given the geostrategic and geopolitical importance of Kyrgyzstan to both
the United States and Russia, and the formers track-record of using
death squads to divide and weaken countries so as to maintain US
domination, US involvement in the dissemination of terrorism in
Kyrgyzstan cannot be ruled out. One effective way of maintaining a grip
on Central Asian countries would be to exacerbate ethnic tensions.

In August

h 2008, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported that a US arms cache
had been found in a house in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, which was being
rented by two American citizens. The US embassy claimed the arms were
being used for "anti-terrorism" exercises. However, this was not
confirmed by Kyrgyz authorities. [8]

Covert US military support to terrorist groups in the former Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia proved to be an effective strategy in creating
the conditions for "humanitarian" bombing in 1999. An effective means of
  keeping the government in Bishkek firmly on America's side would be to
insist on a US and European presence in the country to help "protect"
the Uzbek minority.

Military intervention similar to that in the former Yugoslavia by the
Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe  has already been
advocated by the New York Times, whose misleading article on the riots
on June 24th 2010 has the headline "Kyrgyzstan asks European Security
Body for Police Teams". The article is misleading as the headline
contradicts the actual report which cites a Kyrgyz official stating:

"A government spokesman said officials had discussed an outside police
presence with the O.S.C.E., but said he could not confirm that a request
for a deployment had been made."

There is no evidence in the article of any request by the Kyrgyz
government for military intervention. In fact, the article presents much
evidence to the contrary. However, before the reader has a chance to
read the explanation of the Kyrgyz government, the New York Times'
writer presents the now all too horribly familiar narrative of oppressed
peoples begging the West to come and bomb or occupy their country:

"Ethnic Uzbeks in the south have clamored for international
intervention. Many Uzbeks said they were attacked in their neighborhoods
not only by civilian mobs, but also by the Kyrgyz military and police
officers"[9]

Only towards the end of the article do we find out that the Kyrgyz
authorities blamed the US-backed dictator for fomenting ethnic violence
in the country, through the use of Islamic jihadists in Uzbekistan. This
policy of using ethnic tension to create an environment of fear in order
to prop up an extremely unpopular dictatorship, the policy of using
Islamic Jihadism as a political tool to create what former US National
Security Advisor Zbigniew Bzrezinski called " an arc of crisis", ties in
well with the history of US involvement in Central Asia from the
creation of Al Qaida in Afghanistan in 1978 to the present day.

Again, the question persists, who were the "unknown snipers" terrorizing
the Uzbek population, where did their weapons come from and who would
benefit from ethnic conflict in Central Asia's geopolitical hotspot?

Tunisia January 2011

On January 1

h 2011, CNN reported that "armed gangs" were fighting Tunisian security
forces. [10] Many of the murders committed throughout the Tunisian
uprising were by "unknown snipers". There were also videos posted on the
internet showing Swedish nationals detained by Tunisian security forces.
The men were clearly armed with sniper rifles. Russia Today aired the
dramatic pictures.[11]

In spite of articles by professor Michel Chossudovsky, William Engdahl
and  others showing how the uprisings in North Africa were following the
patterns of US backed people-power coups rather than genuinely popular
revolutions, left wing parties and organizations continued to believe
the version of events presented to them by Al Jazeera and the mainstream
press. Had the left taken a left from old Lenin's book they would have
transposed his comments on the February/March revolution in Russia thus:

"The  whole course of events in the January/February Revolution clearly
shows that the British, French and American embassies, with their agents
and "connections",… directly organized a plot.. in conjunction with a
section of the generals and army and Tunisian garrison officers, with
the express object of deposing Ben Ali"

What the left did not understand is that sometimes it is necessary for
imperialism to overthrow some of its clients. A suitable successor to
Ben Ali could always be found among the feudalists of the Muslim
Brotherhood who now look likely to take power.

In their revolutionary sloganeering and arrogant insistence that the
events in Tunisia and Egypt were "spontaneous and popular uprisings"
they committed what Lenin identified as the most dangerous sins in a
revolution, namely, the substitution of the abstract for the concrete.
In other words, left wing groups were simply fooled by the
sophistication of the Western backed "Arab Spring" events.

That is why the violence of the demonstrators and in particular the
widespread use of snipers possibly linked to Western intelligence was
the great unthought of the Tunisian uprising. The same techniques would
be used in Libya a few weeks later, forcing the left to back track and
modifiy its initial enthusiasm for the CIA's "Arab Spring".

When we are talking about the" left" here, we are referring to genuine
left wing parties, that is to say, parties who supported the Great
People's Socialist Libyan Arab Jamahirya in their long and brave fight
against Western imperialism, not the infantile petty bourgeois dupes who
supported NATO's Benghazi terrorists.  The blatant idiocy of such a
stance should be crystal clear to anyone who understands global politics
and class struggle.

Egypt 2011

On October 20th 2011, the Telegraph newspaper published an article
entitled, "Our brother died for a better Egypt". According to the
Telegraph, Mina Daniel, an anti-government activist in Cairo, had been
'shot from an unknown sniper, wounding him fatally in the chest"

Inexplicably, the article is no longer available on the Telegraph's
website for online perusal. But a google search for 'Egypt, unknown
sniper, Telegraph' clearly shows the above quoted explanation for Mina
Daniel's death. So, who could these "unknown snipers" be?

On February

Al Jazeera reported that Egyptian journalist Ahmad Mahmoud was shot by
snipers as he attempted to cover classes between Egyptian security
forces and protestors. Referring to statements made by Mahmoud's wife
Enas Abdel-Alim, the Al Jazeera article insinuates that Mahmoud may have
been killed by Egyptian security forces:

"Abdel-Alim said several eyewitnesses told her a uniformed police
captain with Egypt's notorious Central Security forces yelled at her
husband to stop filming.

Before Mahmoud even had a chance to react, she said, a sniper shot him."
[12]

While the Al Jazeera article advances the theory that the snipers were
agents of the Mubarak regime, their role in the uprising still remains a
mystery. Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based television stations owned by the
Emir Hamid Bin Khalifa Al Thani, played a key role in provoking protests
in Tunisia and Egypt before launching a campaign of unmitigated pro-NATO
war propaganda and lies during the destruction of Libya.

The Qatari channel been a central participant in the current covert war
waged by NATO agencies and their clients against the Republic of Syria.
Al Jazeera's incessant disinformation against Libya and Syria resulted
in the resignation of several prominent journalists such as Beirut
station chief Ghassan Bin Jeddo[13]  and senior Al Jazeera executive
Wadah Khanfar who was forced to resign after a wikileaks cable revealed
he was a co-operating with the Central Intelligence Agency.[14]

Many people were killed during the US-backed colour revolution in Egypt.
Although, the killings have been attributed to former US semi-client
Hosni Mubarak, the involvement of Western intelligence cannot be ruled
out. However, it should be pointed out that the role of unknown snipers
in mass demonstrations remains complex and multi-faceted and therefore
one should not jump to conclusions. For example, after the Bloody Sunday
massacre(Domhnach na Fola) in Derry, Ireland 1972, where peaceful
demonstrators were shot dead by the British army, British officials
claimed that they had come under fire from snipers. But the 30 year long
Bloody Sunday  inquiry subsequently proved this to be false.  But the
question persists once more,  who were the snipers in Egypt and whose
purposes did they serve?

Libya  2011

During the destabilization of Libya, a video was aired by Al Jazeera
purporting to show peaceful "pro-democracy" demonstrators being fired
upon by "Gaddafi's forces". The video was edited to convince the viewer
that anti-Gaddafi demonstrators were being murdered by the security
forces. However, the unedited version of the video is available on
utube. It clearly shows pro-Gaddafi demonstrators with Green flags being
fired upon by unknown snipers. The attribution of NATO-linked crimes to
the security forces of the Libyan Jamahirya was a constant feature of
the brutal media war waged against the Libyan people. [15]

Syria 2011

The people of Syria have been beset by death squads and snipers since
the outbreak of violence there in March. Hundreds of Syrian soldiers and
security personnel have been murdered, tortured and mutilated by
Salafist and Muslim Brotherhood militants. Yet the international media
corporations continue to spread the pathetic lie that the deaths are the
result Bachar Al Assad's dictatorship.

When I visited Syria in April of this year, I personally encountered
merchants and citizens in Hama who told me they had seen armed
terrorists roaming the streets of that once peaceful city, terrorizing
the neighbourhood. I recall speaking to a fruit seller in the city of
Hama who  spoke about the horror he had witnessed that day. As he
described the scenes of violence to me, my attention was arrested by a
newspaper headline in English from the Washington Post  shown on Syrian
television: "CIA backs Syrian opposition". The Central Intelligence
Agency provides training and funding for groups who do the bidding of US
imperialist interests. The history of the CIA shows that backing
opposition forces means providing them with arms and finance, actions
illegal under international law.

A few days later, while at a hostel in the ancient, cultured city of
Aleppo, I spoke to a Syrian business man and his family. The business
man ran many hotels in the city and was pro-Assad. He told me that he
used to watch Al Jazeera television but now had doubts about their
honesty. As we conversed, the Al Jazeera television in the background
showed scenes of Syrian soldiers beating and torturing protestors. " Now
if that is true, it is simply unacceptable" he said. It is sometimes
impossible to verify whether the images shown on television are true or
not. Many of the crimes attributed to the Syrian army have been
committed by the armed gangs, such as the dumping of mutilated bodies
into the river in Hama, presented to the world as more proof of the
crimes of the Assad regime.

There is a minority of innocent opponents of the Assad regime who
believe everything they see and hear on Al Jazeera and the other
pro-Western satellite stations. These people simply do not understand
the intricacies of international politics.

But the facts on the ground show that most people in Syria support the
government. Syrians have access to all internet websites and
international TV channels. They can watch BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, read the
New York Times online or Le Monde before tuning into their own state
media. In this respect, many Syrians are more informed about
international politics than the average European or American. Most
Europeans and American believe their own media. Few are capable of
reading the Syrian press in original Arabic or watching Syrian
television. The Western powers are the masters of discourse, who own the
means of communication. The Arab Spring has been the most horrifying
example of the wanton abuse of this power.

Disinformation is effective in sowing the seeds of doubt among those who
are seduced by Western propaganda. Syrian state media has disproved
hundreds of Al Jazeera lies since the beginning of this conflict.  Yet
the western media has refused to even report the Syrian government's
position lest fair coverage of the other side of this story encourage a
modicum of critical thought in the public mind.

Conclusion.

The use of mercenaries, death squads and snipers by Western intelligence
agencies is well documented.  No rational government attempting to stay
in power would resort to unknown snipers to intimidate its opponents.
Shooting at innocent protestors would be counterproductive in the face
of unmitigated pressure from Western governments determined to install a
client regime in Damascus. Shooting of unarmed protestors is only
acceptable in dictatorships that enjoy the unconditional support of
Western governments such as Bahrain, Honduras or Colombia.

A government which is so massively supported by the population of Syria
would not sabotage its own survival by setting snipers against the
protests of a small minority.

The opposition to the Syrian regime is, in fact, miniscule. Tear gas,
mass arrests and other non lethal methods would be perfectly sufficient
for a government wishing to control unarmed demonstrators.

Snipers are used to create terror, fear and anti-regime propaganda. They
are an integral feature of Western sponsored regime change.

If one were to make a serious criticism of the Syrian government over
the past few months, it is that they have failed to implement effective
anti-terrorism measures in the country.

The Syrian people want troops on the streets and the roofs of public
buildings. In the weeks and months ahead, the Syrian armed forces will
probably rely more and more on their Russian military specialists to
strengthen the country's defenses as the Western crusade begun in Libya
in March spreads to the Levant.

There is no conclusive proof that the snipers murdering men, women and
children in Syria are the agents of Western imperialism. But there is
overwhelming proof that Western imperialism is attempting to destroy the
Syrian state. As in Libya, they have never once mentioned the
possibility of negotiations between the so-called opposition and the
Syrian government. The West wants regime change and is determined to
repeat the slaughter in Libya to achieve this geopolitical objective.

It now looks likely that the cradle of civilization and science will be
overrun by semi-literate barbarians as the terminal decline of the West
plays itself out in the deserts of the East.

Notes

[1] http://nstarikov.ru/en/
[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l8qjX4SzBY&feature=related
[3]
http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/romania-says-poverty-reduction-impossible-target-news-468172
[4] http://www.truthinmedia.org/Bulletins/tim98-3-10.html
[5]
.http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0412/Thailand-s-red-shirt-protests-darken-with-unknown-snipers-parade-of-coffins

[6]
http://www.activistpost.com/2010/12/thailand-stage-set-for-another-color.html

[7]  http://www.eurasianet.org/taxonomy/term/2813?page=6
[8] http://kommersant.com/p1008364/r_500/U.S.-Kyrgyzstan_relations/
[9] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/world/asia/25kyrgyz.html
[10]
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-16/world/tunisia.protests_1_troops-battle-unity-government-tunisia?_s=PM:WORLD

[11] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIFxqXPQEQU&feature=related
[12]
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/anger-in-egypt/2011/02/201126201341479784.html

[13] http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4060180,00.html
[14] http://intelligencenews.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/01-828/
[15] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQtM-59jDAo&feature=player_embedded#!

The original source of this article is Global Research Copyright ©
Gearóid Ó Colmáin, Global Research, 2014

(3) Unseen Snipers in the Syrian Conflict

http://acloserlookonsyria.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Talk:Unseen_Snipers_in_the_Syrian_Conflict

Talk:Unseen Snipers in the Syrian Conflict

Unseen snipers, presumed to be "regime," have had an immense impact on
events in almost every violence-plagued Syrian city over the last 31
months. From the first alleged snipers to open fire on protesters (and
police and soldiers) in Deraa to the daily downing of citizens in
Aleppo's "crossing of death" Karaj al-Hajez, these murky killers have
helped manifest the opposition's narrative of a randomly brutal
government that must be overthrown. The select incidents and patterns
we're able to look at will be discussed here. --Caustic Logic (talk)
10:04, 18 October 2013 (UTC) and --Caustic Logic (talk) 11:41, 18
November 2013 (UTC)

Killing Protesters in Deraa

Forthcoming. See: Talk:Events of March 2011

In March and April 2011, repeatedly peaceful protesters, police
guardiung them, and also soldiers, were gunned down by alleged-regime
snipers. These people hated soldiers, police, and those who would remain
peaceful at a time like this. Those who urged fighting to bring down the
government, even though protest-lobbying to get foreign bombing was
supposed to work, took the upper hand from this and militarizations
began just after - or just before - those snipers worked their magic.
--Caustic Logic (talk) 14:12, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Provocateur Sniper Precedents

Syria 2011, Ukraine 2014... In that crucial context: (moved from
Talk:Events of March 2011) --Caustic Logic (talk) 14:12, 19 October 2013
(UTC)

I compiled some kind of list here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sniper#Unknown_mystery_snipers.3F --
Petri Krohn (talk) 22:00, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes you did and I forgot. Good add here. The Bosnia unity conference
disrupted by "Serb snipers" needs to be added here and there. No links
handy ATM, but you know the story, I presume. --Caustic Logic (talk)

11:14, 12 April 2013 (UTC) Nikolai Starikov translated on this video:
SNIPERS IN CAIRO MAKE HISTORY – maestroclub, Mar 7, 2011

Some more info here: -- Petri Krohn (talk) 02:51, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Unknown snipers and Western backed "Regime Change" – Gearóid Ó Colmáin,
Global Research, November 28, 2011 Washington sanctioning Democracy and
hailing Nazism – March 20, 2014 HERE!

Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare See: The '93 WTC attacks:
Al Qaeda/CIA Operatives & The F.B.I. @ 17m 15s -- Petri Krohn (talk)
22:03, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

This too is interesting: -- Petri Krohn (talk) 22:06, 7 June 2013 (UTC)
[...]

(4) Iraqi Prime Minister was forced to resign after Trump threatened his
life: Report

https://southfront.org/iraqi-prime-minister-was-forced-to-resign-after-trump-threatened-his-life/

07.01.2020

On January 5th, the Iraqi parliament voted on a resolution to expel US
troops from the country. In attendance was, caretaker Prime Minister
Adel Abdul-Mahdi, who, according to reports provided insight into why
specifically Iraq was in this situation, and predominantly spoke about
threats that came his way from US President Donald Trump and the US
policy towards the country.

The following is the summary of reports regarding Abdul-Mehdi’s comments
during the January 5 vote of the Iraqi Parliament. These reports have
been nor officially confirmed nor denied by the Prime Minister office.

Abdul-Mehdi adressed the US hostile actions against the country. For
example, the politician reportedly said that the US refused to complete
the infrastructure and electricity grid projects unless it is promised
50% of oil revenues. The Prime Minister refused to make the concession.

@Ahmedzehzeeh222

Then, when the Prime Minister visited China and reached an important
agreement to undertake construction of the projects instead of the US,
President Donald Trump allegedly called him, telling him to rescind the
agreement with China, otherwise there would be massive demonstrations
against him, that would force him out of his seat.

HINT: A 50-person Iraqi delegation visited China in 2019 and that
protests began on October 1st, observed a religious holiday, and then
ramped up once again on October 25th. The flames of the protests were
further fanned by mainstream media outlets.

TØM CLT @TomtheBasedCat

Yes a 50-person delegation visited China in 2019 and then the protests
started on October 1st until the Arbaeen dates, then picked up again on
Oct 25th. I'm skeptical about the 3rd party but the timing itself was
interesting. The flames were fanned by Gulf media and Al-Hurra.
https://twitter.com/iraqi_agi/status/1214392143005003777 …

Ahmed @iraqi_agi

IMPORTANT ABOUT THE PROTEST IN IRAQ: Trump called the Iraqi PM and asked
him to cancel the agreement Iraq was trying to make with China to
improve the Iraqi infrastructure (roads, electrity,water) , Iraqi PM
refused, so Trump threatened him with massive demonstrations

2:00 PM - Jan 7, 2020

Then, when massive demonstrations materialized against Adel Abdul-Mahdi,
Trump once again allegedly called him. The US President allegedly
threatened to position US marine snipers "atop the highest buildings,"
who will target and kill protesters and security forces alike in an
attempt to pressure the Prime Minister.

Instead of complying, Adel Abdul-Mahdi refused and handed in his
resignation and the US still attempt to pressure him in cancelling the
supposed deal with China.

Later on, when the Iraqi Minister of Defense publicly said that a third
side was targeting both protesters and security forces alike,
Abdul-Mahdi allegedly received a new call from Trump who threatened to
kill both him and the Minister of Defense if they kept talking about
this "third side".

Furthermore, the Iraqi Pirme Minister revealed that Iranian General
Qassem Soleimani was invited to Iraq to take part in reconciliation
negotiations with Saudi Arabia when he was assassinated by the US.


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