Re: #41 - Main news thread - conflicts, terrorism, crisis from around the globe

[Zambeezi]

#Iraqi protesters set #PMF office on fire in #Nasriyah, southern #Iraq. pic.twitter.com/6Sb2hbbZdh

— Barzan Sadiq (@BarzanSadiq) January 5, 2020

we now return you to our regularly scheduled program.

[KneelB4Zod!]

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
@RevDrBarber
·
Jan 3
Please don’t just blame Trump for where we are now. Name all those who have lied for him, upheld him, covered for him, put false religion around him, & enabled him. If we end up in war, there must not be selective amnesia. Anyone who didn’t speak up bears the blame.

[Böhse Tante]

Y.N.M.S
@ynms79797979
·
Jan 4
Thousands of Marines head to the Middle East on USS Bataan-Al-Arabia-----fresh meat arrives.

3 members of my wife's family are shipping over to the region. Of course, the family praises their patriotism yet voices concern for their safety. These fools signed up to fight govcorp's wars abroad and despite the family's awareness that we have no real interest in the region or right to be there, they still throw around the old tired platitudes that lead to the destructions of lives - of both the soldiers and the civilians in the ME. One of these family members is just out of high school. And of course if they are killed or maimed no dissenting voice criticizing their decision or the government's policy will be allowed in the family - because he is a war hero.

America has a war culture. It crosses the political spectrum. Thankfully war culture is dying out in Europe. Sadly I don't foresee it dying out in America because unlike Europe, America is probably not going to see the kind of domestic destruction wrought by an event like WW2. America is shielded by its oceans, so can sit back in comfort while destroying lives across the globes.

USA had never a war on it's own soil, except by own people. How many civilians have you lost in wars, except they were abroad?

But US-Americans are the most fearful people - why? Perhaps because of some kind of propaganda? Think of all the Hollywood movies, full of zombies, horror or apocalypse. With fear and paranoia you can not think clear, such a people is easy to manipulate.

Humans are easy to manipulate, period. There’s nothing unique about America in that regard.

I tend to disagree. Western citizens, and US especially, are literally brainwashed. As David Icke said:

"What the human race is suffering from is mass hypnosis. We are being hypnotized by people like this - news readers, politicians, teachers, lecturers. We are in a country and in a world that is being run by unbelievably sick people."

For decades US citizens being learned that they have free media. But, on the other hand, uniformity of informations, if it comes to war, propaganda against other countries or individuals, is beyond belief. This so-called "free media" are closely tied with government institutions and corrupt businesses hiden behind the ostensible govrnment.

On other hand, it is not so easy to dupe people im my country. Because we know how propaganda works, how it looks like. And we can still put 1 and 1 together. If US government lied about Afghanistan and Iraq and Libya and Syria then it's highly likely it lies about Iran, too...

But one should also not underestimate the subliminal messages in movies or even the usual crime series. Think of all those threat scenarios in movies like Independence Day or all those horror movies, natural disaster movies and the like. And in the crime series or CSI very specific enemy images are supported, all Arabs or Russians are villains, Germans cannot be trusted etc.

I think that all of this together should not be underestimated, it forms the ground on which propaganda in the news can really flourish.

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[KneelB4Zod!]

Imam of Peace / Pray for Peace...
@Imamofpeace
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13m
#BREAKING: “The international coalition has officially announced the suspension of its operations against ISIS in Iraq.”

التحالف الدولي يعلن رسميا تعليق عملياته ضد تنظيم داعش في العراق #العربية_عاجل https://t.co/a1vIGVFnOW

— العربية عاجل (@AlArabiya_Brk) January 5, 2020

[boris]

LIVE Iraqi Parliament

[Zambeezi]

Note: Even if Iraqi Parliament passes motion to ‘expel’ US troops from the country, the Kurdistan Region Parliament can reject abiding by the decision.

— Baxtiyar Goran (@BaxtiyarGoran) January 5, 2020

[KneelB4Zod!]

Pakistan:

@ejmalrai 500m away from us embassy in khi.pakistanis do not show up in these numbers except ashura@s_m_marandi @TomtheBasedCat pic.twitter.com/HCEfbqjfzI

— hasan abbas (@unseen_light) January 5, 2020

[The_Real_Mr_Anderson]

RT (@RT_com) Tweeted:
#Iraq PM says US notified Iraqi military about the planned air strike minutes before it was carried out

MORE: https://t.co/SkNS8Kx326 https://t.co/KpoiC1C5Df https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1213824122226192390?s=20

[The_Real_Mr_Anderson]

Note: Even if Iraqi Parliament passes motion to ‘expel’ US troops from the country, the Kurdistan Region Parliament can reject abiding by the decision.

— Baxtiyar Goran (@BaxtiyarGoran) January 5, 2020

That would potentially result in civil war

[KneelB4Zod!]

Brasco_Aad
@Brasco_Aad
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1m
Iraqi PM Adil Abdul-Mahdi: 'Trump called me and asked me if I could mediate between him and Iran and then moments later he ordered the air strike on hadj Soleimani.''

[Böhse Tante]

It's official.
Iraqi PM, Adil Abdel Mahdi asks the withdrawal of all US forces from Iraq and suspend deals.

— Y.N.M.S (@ynms79797979) 5. Januar 2020

[The_Real_Mr_Anderson]

Another thought by removing all Foreign Troops would that also include the Iranians ?

[The Original Mind]

Imam of Peace / Pray for Peace... (@Imamofpeace) Tweeted:
Happening now:

- Chaos inside the Iraqi Parliament. Chants of: “No, No to America.” “America go out, go out, Baghdad will be free.”

- Unelected #PMU members are inside the chamber.

- Kurdish MPs have abandoned the session.

https://t.co/h0RwPwgqZR https://twitter.com/Imamofpeace/status/1213813521210695681?s=20

The presence of PMUs invalidates any vote cast.

[The_Real_Mr_Anderson]

Imam of Peace / Pray for Peace... (@Imamofpeace) Tweeted:
Happening now:

- Chaos inside the Iraqi Parliament. Chants of: “No, No to America.” “America go out, go out, Baghdad will be free.”

- Unelected #PMU members are inside the chamber.

- Kurdish MPs have abandoned the session.

https://t.co/h0RwPwgqZR https://twitter.com/Imamofpeace/status/1213813521210695681?s=20

The presence of PMUs invalidates any vote cast.

Supposedly they were forcing votes

[KneelB4Zod!]

US State Department explanation about intelligence that led to the strikes against #QassemSoleimani has just been torpedoed by Iraqi PM. He says #Soleimani was in #Baghdad with the letter from Iran that was meant for Saudi Arabia. https://t.co/NF92ZiavpA

— Aldin (@aldin_ww) January 5, 2020

[Zambeezi]

whitehouse replica in Erbil

[Böhse Tante]

Urgent
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un: We stand with Iran in the face of American arrogance and domination of the region, and any aggression against Iran will not stand idly by.

— Y.N.M.S (@ynms79797979) 5. Januar 2020

[KneelB4Zod!]

Russian Market
@russian_market
·
1m
NASRALLAH CALLS FOR AN END TO US MILITARY PRESENCE IN REGION

[boris]

[The Original Mind]

Y.N.M.S
@ynms79797979
·
Jan 4
Thousands of Marines head to the Middle East on USS Bataan-Al-Arabia-----fresh meat arrives.

3 members of my wife's family are shipping over to the region. Of course, the family praises their patriotism yet voices concern for their safety. These fools signed up to fight govcorp's wars abroad and despite the family's awareness that we have no real interest in the region or right to be there, they still throw around the old tired platitudes that lead to the destructions of lives - of both the soldiers and the civilians in the ME. One of these family members is just out of high school. And of course if they are killed or maimed no dissenting voice criticizing their decision or the government's policy will be allowed in the family - because he is a war hero.

America has a war culture. It crosses the political spectrum. Thankfully war culture is dying out in Europe. Sadly I don't foresee it dying out in America because unlike Europe, America is probably not going to see the kind of domestic destruction wrought by an event like WW2. America is shielded by its oceans, so can sit back in comfort while destroying lives across the globes.

USA had never a war on it's own soil, except by own people. How many civilians have you lost in wars, except they were abroad?

But US-Americans are the most fearful people - why? Perhaps because of some kind of propaganda? Think of all the Hollywood movies, full of zombies, horror or apocalypse. With fear and paranoia you can not think clear, such a people is easy to manipulate.

Humans are easy to manipulate, period. There’s nothing unique about America in that regard.

I tend to disagree. Western citizens, and US especially, are literally brainwashed. As David Icke said:

"What the human race is suffering from is mass hypnosis. We are being hypnotized by people like this - news readers, politicians, teachers, lecturers. We are in a country and in a world that is being run by unbelievably sick people."

For decades US citizens being learned that they have free media. But, on the other hand, uniformity of informations, if it comes to war, propaganda against other countries or individuals, is beyond belief. This so-called "free media" are closely tied with government institutions and corrupt businesses hiden behind the ostensible govrnment.

On other hand, it is not so easy to dupe people im my country. Because we know how propaganda works, how it looks like. And we can still put 1 and 1 together. If US government lied about Afghanistan and Iraq and Libya and Syria then it's highly likely it lies about Iran, too...

Except it’s an illusion that people in the West think that way. Polls routinely show that the American public distrusts the media even more than they distrust Congress, for instance.

But that aside, that wasn’t my point. My point was just that humans are basically the same and are subject to the same forces of manipulation. There’s nothing unique about Americans in that sense.

Now I do happen to agree that Americans are subject to a far more organized govcorp manipulation program than, say, people in your country. It’s a multi billion dollar enterprise here and political and economic fate can be tied to how a person is presented in the media. Wars start or end based on it. Hell, is Brits remember when The Sun said they won the election for Blair. 

But it’s crucial to remember that whether American or Israeli or French or Iranian, were all human and therefore are subject to the same weaknesses and pressures.

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Y.N.M.S
@ynms79797979
·
Jan 5
Urgently
Warplanes target large gatherings of the militants in Zaitan, southwest of Aleppo

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Y.N.M.S
@ynms79797979
·
Jan 5
Muqtada Sadr, who reestablished the army of the Mahdi, told parliament: Close the American Embassy. Let the cooperation with the US be described as a crime. ”

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Danny Makki
@Dannymakkisyria
·
25s
Nasrallah: "Just retribution is the end of the U.S military presence in our region"

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Y.N.M.S
@ynms79797979
·
Jan 5
Urgent - now
The Iraqi parliament’s decision to remove the American forces from Iraq was approved.

[The_Real_Mr_Anderson]

Nasrallah calls for targeting every American officer and soldier in the region #

العربية عاجل (@AlArabiya_Brk) Tweeted:
نصرالله يدعو إلى استهداف كل ضابط وجندي أميركي في المنطقة #العربية_عاجل https://t.co/a1vIGVFnOW https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Brk/status/1213827454885912578?s=20

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Y.N.M.S
@ynms79797979
·
34s
Urgent - now
# Muqtada_ Sadr invites all the Iraqi resistance factions to meet.

[Zambeezi]

#BREAKING: Hezbollah’s Nasrallah:
Trump & the fools with him don't realize what they've done, but time will show them.

— ELINT News (@ELINTNews) January 5, 2020

#BREAKING: Hezbollah leader Nasrallah: US military bases, US military ships, every American officer, soldier in our countries and regions. US military is the one who killed Soleimani and Muhandis, and they will pay the price. This is the equation.

— ELINT News (@ELINTNews) January 5, 2020

[KneelB4Zod!]

Jenan Moussa
@jenanmoussa
·
2m
#BREAKING: Iraq's parliament approves draft bill to expel American soldiers from the country.

@akhbar

[KneelB4Zod!]

Ali
@CoolHuh_
·
4m
Trump, with his "de-escalation", has unleashed a belt of fire from Lebanon, passing Syria and Iraq, up to Iran.

[KneelB4Zod!]

#Iran's Parliament Speaker Larijani likens #Soleimani assassination to 1953 coup#SoleimaniAssassination
pic.twitter.com/eqV41cFLgh

— nonouzi (@Gerrrty) January 5, 2020