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Unstoppable Mindset
Episode 417 – Unstoppable Resilience in the Face of Political Oppression with Noura Ghazi

Unstoppable Mindset

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2026 62:41


Courage is not loud. Sometimes it is a 13-year-old girl standing in a courtroom, promising to defend dignity no matter the cost.  Noura Ghazi's life was shaped by detention, disappearance, and resistance long before she became a human rights lawyer. Growing up in Damascus with a father repeatedly imprisoned for political opposition, she chose early to confront injustice through law rather than violence. From defending political prisoners during the Syrian revolution to marrying her husband inside a prison and later founding No Photo Zone, Noura has built a life rooted in resilience, civil rights advocacy, and unwavering belief in human dignity.  Now living in France as a political refugee, she continues her work supporting families of detainees, survivors of torture, and the disappeared. Her story is not simply about survival. It is about choosing mindset over fear, purpose over despair, and love even in the shadow of loss. This conversation invites reflection on what it means to remain Unstoppable when freedom, justice, and even safety are uncertain.  Highlights:  00:07:06 – A defining childhood moment reveals how a confrontation in a Syrian courtroom shaped Noura's lifelong commitment to defending political prisoners.  00:12:51 – The unpredictable nature of Syria's exceptional courts exposes how justice without standards creates generational instability and fear.  00:17:32 – The emotional aftermath of her father's release illustrates how imprisonment reshapes entire families, not just the person detained.  00:23:47 – Noura's pursuit of human rights education demonstrates how intentional learning becomes an act of resistance in restrictive systems.  00:32:10 – The early days of the Syrian revolution clarify how violence escalates when peaceful protest is met with force.  00:37:27 – Her marriage inside a prison and the global advocacy campaign that followed reflect how personal love can fuel public courage.  00:50:59 – A candid reflection on PTSD reveals how trauma can coexist with purpose and even deepen empathy for others.  About the Guest:   Noura Ghazi's life has been shaped by a single, unwavering mission: to defend dignity, freedom, and justice in the face of dictatorship. Born in Damascus into a family deeply rooted in political resistance, she witnessed firsthand the cost of speaking out when her father was detained, tortured, and disappeared multiple times. That lived experience became her calling. Since 2004, she has defended political prisoners before Syria's Supreme Security State Court, and when the Syrian revolution began in 2011, she fully committed herself to supporting detainees and the families of the disappeared. Even after her husband, activist Bassel Khartabil Safadi, was detained, disappeared, and ultimately executed, she continued her advocacy with extraordinary resolve.  Forced into exile in 2018 after repeated threats and arrest warrants, Noura founded NoPhotoZone to provide legal aid, psychological support, and international advocacy for victims of detention, torture, enforced disappearance, and displacement across Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey. Her mission is not only to seek justice for the imprisoned and the missing, but to restore agency and hope to families living in uncertainty and trauma. Recognized globally for her courage and leadership, Noura remains committed to amplifying the voices of the silenced and ensuring that even in the darkest systems, human rights and human dignity are never forgotten.  https://nouraghazi.org/   https://nophotozone.org/   Book – Waiting by Noura Ghazi - https://www.lulu.com/shop/noura-ghazi-safadi/waiting/paperback/product-1jz2kz2j.html?page=1&pageSize=4   About the Host:  Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.  Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.  https://michaelhingson.com   https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/   https://twitter.com/mhingson   https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson   https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/  Thanks for listening!  Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.  Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!  Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.  Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you are enjoying the show, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Michael Hingson  00:09 Well, welcome everyone to another episode of unstoppable mindset. Today, we get to chat with Nora Ghazi, who lives in, I believe, France right now. She was born in Syria. She'll tell us about that, and she has had an interesting life, and I would say, a life that has had lots of challenges and some treachery along the way. But we'll get to all of that, and I will leave it to her to describe most of that, but I just want to tell you all we really appreciate you being here and hope you enjoy the episode. So Nora, how are you? Noura Ghazi  00:49 Thank you, Michael, for having me in this great broadcast, doing well. Michael Hingson  00:57 Well, there you go. Well, why don't we start? I love to start this way. Why don't you tell us kind of about the early Nora, growing up and so on, where you grew up, what anything you want to talk about, regarding being a younger person and all of that and and however we want to proceed, we'll go from there. Noura Ghazi  01:17 Okay, so since I was a child, my childhood wasn't like normal, like all the kids at my age, because my father was like a leader in opposition party against the previous Syrian regime. Michael Hingson  01:34 So you were born in Syria? Noura Ghazi  01:37 Yes, I work in Damascus. I'm from Damascus, but I have some like multiple origin that I'm proud of. But yes, I'm from Damascus. So since I was five years old, my father was disappeared and because he was wanted with other, like fellows at his party and other, let's say aliens, parties of opposition against the previous regime. So he disappeared for six years, then he was detained and transferred to what was named the supreme security state court. So it was during my adultness, let's say so since I was a child like I had at that time, only one sister, which is one year younger than me, we were moving a lot. We had no place to live. So my mother used to take us each few days to stay at some, someone place, let's say so it caused to us like changing schools all, all the time, which means changing friends. So it was very weird. And at that age, okay, I I knew the words of like cause, the words of leader or dictatorship. I used to say these words, but without knowing what does it mean. Then, when my father detained, it was his ninth detention. Actually, my mother was pregnant with my brother, so my brother was born while my father was in prison. And while he was in prison, the last time he disappeared for one year, three months, he was in like a kind of isolation in security facility. Then he was referred to this court. So in one of the sessions of the trials, I had a fight with the officer who, like who was leading the patrol that bring my father and other prisoners of conscience. So at the end of this fight, I promised my father and the officer that, okay, I will grow up and become a human rights lawyer and defend political prisoners, which I did at the end. Michael Hingson  04:05 So what? What was the officer doing? He was taking people to the court. Noura Ghazi  04:12 Yes, because Okay, so there is many kind of prisons now. They became like, more familiar to like public opinion because of, like 15 years of violence in Syria. So there was, like the the central civil prison in Damascus, which we call ADRA prison, and we have said, NIA jail, military prison. So those two prisons, they were like, holding detainees in them. So they they used to bring detainees to the court in busses, like a kind of military busses, with patrol of like civil police and military police. So the officer was like. Heading the patrol that was bringing my fathers from other prison. Michael Hingson  05:05 So you, so you, what was the fight about with the officer and your father and so on? What? How? Well, yeah, what was the fight? Noura Ghazi  05:16 It's very good question, although at that time, it was a very like scary situation, but now I laughed a lot about it. Okay, so they used to to catch all the prisoners in one chain with the handcuffs. So we used to come to hug and kiss my father before entering the court. So I was doing what I used to do during the trials, or just upon the trials, and then one of the policemen, like pushed me away. So I got nervous, and my father got nervous. So the officer provoked me. He was like a kind of insulting that my father is a detainee, and he is like he's coming to this court. So I, like I replied that I'm proud of my father and his friends what they are doing. So he somehow, he threats me to detain me like my father, and at that time, I was very angry, and I curse the father Assad just in on the like in the door, at the door of the court, and there was people and and Like all the the policemen, like they were just pointing their weapon to me, and there was some moments of silence. Then they took all the detainees into the court. So at this moment, while I'm entering the court behind them, I said, I will grow up and become a human rights lawyer to defend political prisoners. Michael Hingson  07:02 What did the officers say to that? Noura Ghazi  07:06 Because they used to look to us as because we are. We were against father Assad and the dictatorship, so they used to see us, even if we are kids, as enemies. Michael Hingson  07:22 Yeah, so the officer but, but he didn't detain you. I was Noura Ghazi  07:27 only 13 years, yeah, okay, they used to to arrest the kids, but they didn't. Michael Hingson  07:37 So did the officer react to your comment? You're going to grow up to become a civil rights lawyer? Noura Ghazi  07:43 He was shocked, was he? But I don't know if he knew that I become a human yes, there at the end, yeah. Michael Hingson  07:54 And meanwhile, what did your father do or say? Noura Ghazi  07:58 He was shocked also, but he was very proud, and until now, he like every time, because I'm also like, very close to to his friends who I used to visit in prison. Then I become a human rights lawyer, and I was the youngest lawyer in Syria. I was only 22 years old when I started to practice law. So during the the revolution in Syria, which started in 2011 some of his friends were detained, and I was their lawyer also. So I'm very close to them. So until now, they remember this story and laugh about it, because no one could curse or say anything not good about father Assad or or the family, even in secret. So it's still, like, very funny, and I'm still like, stuck somehow in, like, in this career and the kind of activism I'm doing, because just I got angry of the officer 30 years ago. So at this, at that moment, I've decided what I will be in the future. I'm just doing it well. Michael Hingson  09:20 From everything I've read, it sounds like you do a good job. Noura Ghazi  09:25 I cannot say it's a job, because usually you you do a job, you get paid for your job, you go at a certain time and come back at a certain time. You do certain tasks. But for me, it's like a continuing fight, non violent fight, of course, for dignity, for freedom, for justice, right, for reveal the truth of those who were disappeared and got missing. So yes, until now, I'm doing this, so I don't have that. Are the luxury to to be paid all the time, or to be to have weekends or to work until like certain hour at night. I cannot say I'm enjoying it, but this is the reason why I'm still alive, because I have a motive to help and support other people who are victims to dictatorship and violence. Michael Hingson  10:25 So your father went into court and what happened? Noura Ghazi  10:31 He was sentenced. At the end, he was sentenced to three years in prison. And it's a funny story, another funny story, actually, because, like the other latines at that at that trial, like it was only my father and other two prisoners who sent who were sentenced to three years in prison, while other people, the minimum was seven years in Prison, until 15 years in prison. So my mother and us, we felt like we are embarrassed and shy because, okay, our father will will be released like in few months, but other prisoners will stay much longer. So it's something very embarrassing to our friends who whom their fathers got sentenced to like more. Michael Hingson  11:30 Did you ever find out why it was only three years? Noura Ghazi  11:33 We don't know because it's an exceptional court, so it's up to the judge and the judge at that time, like it's it's very similar to what is happening now and what happened after 2011 so it's a kind of continuing reality in in Syria since like 63 which was the first time my father was detained. It was in 63 just after the what they called the eighth March revolution. So my father was only 11 years old when he was detained the first time because he participated in a protest. So it's up to the judge. It's not like a real court with like the the fair trial standards. So it's it's only once you know, the judge said the sentences for each one. So two prisoners got confused. They couldn't differentiate like Which sentence to whom, so they asked like again, so he forgot, so he said them again in different way. So it's something like, very spontaneously, yeah, very just moody, not any standard. Michael Hingson  12:51 Well, so Did your father then serve the three years and was released. Or what happened? Noura Ghazi  12:58 He was released on the day that he should be released, he disappeared for few days. We didn't know what happened. Then he was released. Finally he came. We used to live with my my grandma, so I was the one who opened the door, and I saw just my father. So we we knew later that okay, he was moved again to a security facility because he refused to sign a paper that say that he will not practice any oppositional action against the authority. So he refused, yeah, yeah. Michael Hingson  13:43 Well, I mean, I'm sure there's, there's a continuing story, what happened to him after that. So he came home, Noura Ghazi  13:53 he came out to my grandma. It was a big surprise, like full of joy, but full of tears as well. Michael Hingson  14:01 And you're you were 16 now, right? Noura Ghazi  14:04 I was when he was raised. I was 15, yeah, okay, yeah. And my sister was 14. My brother was two years and a half, so for him, okay, the father is this person that we visit behind bars every Monday, not this one who stay with us. So for him, it was weird. For my brother, he was very like little kid to understand. Then my father went to to see his parents as well. Then we came back to our apartment that we couldn't live more than few months because my father was detained. So at this night, everything was very, very, very new, like because before the three years he he was disappeared for six years, so there was. Nine years. We don't live with my father, so my brother used to sleep just next to my mom, actually my sister and me, but okay, we were like a teenager, so it's okay. So my brother couldn't sleep. Because why he keep, he kept asking why my father is sleeping with us while he's not with his friend at that place. And he was traumatized for many days. But usually when, like a political prisoner released, usually, like, we have a kind of two, three weeks of people visiting the family to say, Okay, it's it's good. We're happy for you that he was released. So the first two, three weeks were full of people and like, social events, etc. Then the, the real problem started. So my father studied law, but he was fired from university for security reasons at the the last year of his study, and as he was sentenced so he couldn't work, my mother used to work, and so like suddenly he started to feel that okay, He's not able to work. He's not able to fulfill the needs of his family. He's not able to spend on the family. The problems between him and my mother started. We couldn't as like my sister and me as teenagers. We couldn't really accept him. We couldn't see that. He's the same person that we used to visit in prison. He was very friendly. We used to talk about everything in life, including the very personal things that usually daughters don't speak with fathers about it. But then he became a father, which we we we weren't used to it, and he was shocked also. So I can say that this, this situation, at least on emotional and psychological level, for me, it lasted for 15 years. I couldn't accept him very well, even my my sister and and the brother and it happens to all like prisoners, political prisoners, especially who spent long time in prison. Michael Hingson  17:32 So now is your father and well, are your father and your mother still alive? Or are they around? Noura Ghazi  17:41 They are still alive. They are still in Damascus, Michael Hingson  17:44 and they're still in Damascus. Yes, how is I guess I'll just ask it now, how is Syria different today than it was in the Assad regime, Noura Ghazi  17:56 like most of Syrians, and now we should differentiate about what Syrians will talk. We're talking so like those Syrians, like the majority of Syrians, and I'm meaning here, I'm sorry, I shouldn't be very direct. Now, the Arab Sunni Syrians, most of them, they are very happy. They are calling what happened in in last eight December, that it's the deliberation of Syria, but for other minorities, like religious or ethnic minorities, of course, it's almost the same. For me, I feel that okay, we have the same dictatorship now, the same corruption, the same of like lack of freedom of expression. But the the added that we have now is that we have Islamist who control Syria. We have extremists who control Syria. They intervene even in personal freedoms. They they are like, like, they are committing crimes against minorities, like it started last March, against alawed. It started last July, against Druze. Now it is starting against Kurdish, and unfortunately, the international community turning like an attorney, like, okay. They are okay with with it, because they want, like their own interest, their own benefits. They have another crisis in the world to take care and to think about, not Syria. So the most important for the international community is to have a stable situation in Syria, to be like, like, no kind of like, no fight zone in the Middle East, and they don't care about Syrian people. And this is very frustrating for those who. Who have the same beliefs that I have. Michael Hingson  20:04 So in a lot of ways, you're saying it hasn't, hasn't really changed, and only the, only the faces and names have changed, but not the actions or the results Noura Ghazi  20:16 the faces and names, and most important, the sects, has changed. So it was very obvious for me that most of Syrians, they don't mind to be controlled by dictator. They only mind what is the sect of this dictator? Michael Hingson  20:35 Unfortunately. Well, yeah. Well, let's go back to you. So your father was released, and you had already made your decision about what you wanted to be, what how does school work over there? Did you go to a, what we would call a high school? Or how does all that work? Noura Ghazi  20:58 Yeah, high school, I was among the like the student who got the highest score in Damascus. I was the fourth one on Damascus when I finished. We call it back like Baccalaureate in Syria, which came from French. And I studied law, and I was also very, like, really hard, hard study person. So I was graduated in four years. Actually, nobody in Syria used to finish studying law in Damascus University only in four years. Like some people stayed more than 10 years because it it was very difficult, and it's different than like law college or law school or university of law, depending on the country, than other countries, because we only like study law. Theoretically, we don't have any practice because we were 1000s of students, it was the like the maximum university that include students. And I registered immediately in the Bar Association in Damascus, and I started because we have, like, a kind, it's, it's similar to stage for two years, like under the supervision of another lawyer who was my uncle at the first and then we we have to choose a topic in certain domain of flow, to write a kind of book which is like, it's similar to thesis, to apply it, to approve it, and then to have the kind of interactive examination, then we have the the final graduated. So all of them to be like a practice lawyer. It's around six years, a little bit more. So my specialist was in criminal law, and my thesis, what about what we call the the impossible crime. It was complicated topic. I have to say that in Syria at that time, I'm talking about end of of 90s, beginning of 2000 so we don't have any kind of study related to human rights. We weren't allowed even to spell this word like human rights. So then in 2005 and 2006 I started to study human rights under international laws related to human rights in Jordan. So I became like a kind of certified human rights defenders and the trainer also, Michael Hingson  23:47 okay, and so you said you started practice and you finished school when you started practice, when you were 22 Yes, okay, I'm curious what, what were things like after September 11, of course, you know, we had the terrorist attacks and so on. Did any of that affect anything over in Syria, where you lived, Noura Ghazi  24:15 of course, like, we stayed talking, watching the news for like four months, like until now we remember, like September 11. But you know, I now when I remember, it was a shock, usually for the Arab world, or Arab people like America is against the Arab world. So everything happened against it was like, this was like, let's say 2030, years ago. Everything that caused any harm to America, they celebrate it. So that. At that time, I was 19 years old, and okay, it's the first time we we hear that a person who was terrorist do like is doing this kind in in us, which is like a miracle for us. But then I started to to think, okay, they it's not an army. They are. There are civilians. Those civilians could be against the the policies of the US government. They could be like, This is not a kind of fight for freedom or for rights or for any like, really, like, fair cause. This is a terrorist action against civilians. And then we started, I'm very lucky because I'm from very educated family. So we started to think about, like, okay, bin Laden. And like, which we have a president from Qaeda now in Syria, like, you can imagine how I feel now. Like, I Okay, all the world is against al Qaeda, and they celebrated that the President in Syria is from al Qaeda. So it's, it's very it's, it's, really, it's not logical at all. But the funniest thing that happened, because, like, the name of Usama bin Laden, was keeping on every like, every one tongue. So I have my my oldest uncle. His name is Usama, and he lives in Germany for 40, more than 40 years, actually. So my brother was a child, and he started to cry, and he came to my mother and asked her, I'm afraid, is my uncle the same Usama? So we were laughing all, and we said, No, it's another Usama. This is the Usama. This is Osama bin Laden, who is like from is like a terrorist group, etc. But like this unfortunate incident started to bring to my mind some like the concept of non violence, the concept of that, okay, no civilian in any place in the world should be harmed for any reason, Because we never been told this in Syria and mostly in most of of countries like the word fight is very linked to armed fights, which I totally disagree with. Michael Hingson  27:56 Well, the when people ask me about September 11 and and so on. One of the things that I say is this wasn't a religious war. This wasn't a religious attack. This was terrorist. This was, I put it in terms of of Americans. These were thugs who decided they wanted to have their way with people. But this is not the way the Muslim the Islamic religion is there is peaceful and peace loving as as anyone, and we really need to understand that. And I realize that there are a lot of people in this country who don't really understand all about that, and they don't understand that. In reality, there's a lot of peace loving people in the Middle East, but hopefully we'll be able to educate people over time, and that's one of the reasons I tell the story that I do, because I do believe that what happened is 19 people attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and so on, and they don't represent the the typical viewpoint of most people, religious wise in the Middle East. And I can understand why a lot of people think that the United States doesn't like Arabs, and I'm not sure that that's totally true, but I can appreciate what you're saying. Noura Ghazi  29:28 Yeah, I'm talking about specific communities actually, who they are, like totally against Israel, and they believe that you us is supporting Israel. So that's that's why they have their like this like attitude towards us and or like that US is trying to invest all the resources in the in the Middle East, etc. But what you were mentioning. Is really very important, because those 19 persons, they like kind of they, they cause the very bad reputation for for Muslims, for Middle Eastern because for for for other people from other countries, other culture or other religion, they will not understand that, okay, that, as you said, they don't represent Muslims. And in all religions, we have the extremist and we have those peaceful persons who keep their their religion as a kind of direct connection with God. They respect everyone, and normally in in in Syria, most of of the population like this, but now having a terrorist as a President, I'm not able to believe how there is a lot of Syrians that support him. Mm, hmm. Because when Al Qaeda started in Syria at the beginning, under the name of japet Al Nusra, then, which with July, who is now Ahmad Al shara, was the leader, and he's the leader of the country now most of Syrians, especially the the the Sunni Syrians, were against this, like terrorist groups, because the most harm they cause is for for Sunnis in Syria, because all other minorities, they will think about every Sunni that they, He or she, like, believe and behave like those, which is totally not true. Michael Hingson  31:47 Yeah, I hear you. Well, so September 11 happened, and then eventually you started doing criminal law. And if we go forward to what 2011 with the Syrian revolution? Yeah, and so what was, what was that revolution about? Noura Ghazi  32:10 It was okay. It started as a reaction against detaining kids from school. Okay, of course, this like the Syrian people, including me, we were very affected and inspired about what was happening in Egypt and Tunisia. But okay, so the security arrested and tortured those kids in their south of Syria. So people came out in demonstration to ask for their freedom and the security attack those protesters with, like, with weapons, so couple of persons died. So then it was, it started to be like a kind of revolution, let's say, yeah, the the problem for me, for lot of people like me, that the the previous Syrian regime was very violent against protesters and the previous president, Bashar Assad, he refused to listen to to to those people, he started to, like dissipated from the reality. So this like, much violence that was against us, like, I remember during some protest, there was not like, small weapon toward us. There was a tank that bombing us as protesters, peaceful, non violent, non armed protesters. So this violence led to another violence, like a kind of reaction by those who defected from the army, etc. And here, my father used to say, when the opposition started to to carry weapon in a country that, like the majority of it, is from certain religion, this could lead to a kind of Jihadist methodology. And this is what happened. So for for people like us, which we are very little comparing of like, the other beliefs of other people like we were, we started to be against the Syrian regime, then against the jihadist groups, then against that, like a kind of international, certain International, or, let's say original intervention, like Iran and Russia. So we were fighting everywhere, and no one. No one wanted us because those like educated, secular, non violent people, they. Form a kind of danger for every one of those parties. But what happened with me is that I met my late husband during a revolution at the very early of 2011 and having the relationship with me was my own revolution. So I was living on parallel like two revolution, a personal one and the public one. And then, like he was detained just two weeks before our our wedding. He was disappeared, actually, for nine months, then he was moved to the same prison that my father was in, to the central prison in Damascus that we got married in prison by coincidence. I don't know if coincidence is the right word in this situation, but my late husband was a very well known programmer and activist. So we were he was kind of, let's say, famous, and I was a lawyer and lawyer that defend human rights defenders and political prisoners. And the husband was detained, so I used to visit him in prison and visit other prisoners that I was their lawyers. And because my like, we have this personal aspect that okay, the couple that got married in prison and that, okay, I'm activist as a lawyer, and my late husband was a well known programmer. So we created a very huge campaign, a global campaign. So we invested this campaign to like, to shed the light about detention, torture, disappearance, exceptional courts, then, like also summary execution in Syria. So then, after almost three years of visiting him regularly, he disappeared again in 2015 and in 2017 I knew that he was sentenced to death, and I knew the exact date of his execution, just in 2018 which was two days ago. It was October 5. So this is what happened then. I had to leave Syria in 2018 so I left to Lebanon. Michael Hingson  37:27 So you left Syria and went to Lebanon? Noura Ghazi  37:33 Yes, the The plan was to stay only six months in Lebanon because I was wanted and I was threatened like I lived a terrible life, really, like lot of Syrians who were activists also, but the plan was that I will stay in Lebanon for six months, then I will leave to to UK because I had A scholarship to get a master in international law. But only two months after I left to Lebanon, I decided to stay in Lebanon to establish the organization that I'm I'm leading until now, which was a project between my late husband and me. Its name is no photo zone, so it was a very big decision, but I'm not regrets. Michael Hingson  38:23 You, you practice criminal law, you practiced human rights, you visited your your fiance, as it were, and then, well, then your husband in prison and so on. Wasn't all of that pretty risky for you? Noura Ghazi  38:42 Yes, very risky. I, I lived in under like, different kind of risk. Like, okay, I have the risk that, okay, I'm, I'm doing my activism against the previous regime publicly because I also, I was co founder of the First Family or victim Association in Syria families for freedom. So we, we were, like, doing a kind of advocacy in Europe, and I used to come back to Syria, so I was under this risk, but also I was under the risk of the like, going to prison, because the way to prison and the prison itself were under bombing. It was in like a point that separate the opposition militias and the regime militias. So they were bombing each other and bombing the prison and bombing the way to prison. So for three years, and specifically for like, in, let's say, 2014 specifically, I was among, like, I was almost the only lawyer that visited the prison, and I, I didn't mind this. I faced death more than 100 time, only on the way to prison, two times the person next to me in the like transportation. It's a kind of small bus. He died and fell down on me, but I had a strong belief that I will not die, Michael Hingson  40:21 and then what? Why do you think that they never detained you or or put you in prison? Do you have any thoughts? Noura Ghazi  40:29 I had many arrests weren't against me, but each time there was something that solve it somehow. So the first couple of Earths weren't actually when, when my late husband was detained, he he made a kind of deal with them that, okay, he will give all the information, everything about his activism in return. They, they canceled the arrest warrant against me. Then literally, until now, I don't know how it was solved. Like I, I had to sleep in garden with my cats for many nights. I i spent couple of months that I cannot go to any like to family, be house or to friend house, because I will cause problem for them, my my parents, my brother and sister, and even, like my sister, ex, until like just three months before the fall of the Syrian regime, they were under like, investigation By the security, lot of harassment against them so, but I don't know, like, I'm, I'm survive for a reason that I don't really realize how, Michael Hingson  41:52 wow, it, it's, it certainly is pretty amazing. Did you ever write a book or anything about all of this, Noura Ghazi  42:02 I used to write, always the only book like, let's say, literature or emotional book. It was about love in prison. Its name is waiting. And I wrote this book in English and basil. My late husband translated it. Sorry. I wrote it in Arabic, and Basset translated it into English in prison. So it was a process of smuggling the poems in Arabic and smuggling the them in English, again out of the prison. And we published the book online just after basil disappearance in 2015 then we created the the hard copies, and I did the signature in in Beirut in, like, early 2018 but like, it's, it's online, and it's a very, like light book, let's say very romantic. It's about love in prison. I'm really keen to write again, like maybe a kind of self narrative or about the stories that I lived and i i I heard during my my journey. Unfortunately, like to write needs like this a little stable situation, but I did write many like legal or human rights book or like guides or studies, etc. Michael Hingson  43:34 Now is waiting still available online? Noura Ghazi  43:37 Yes, it's still available online. Michael Hingson  43:40 Okay? It would be great if you could, if you have a picture of the book cover, if you could send that to me, because I'd like to put that in the notes. I would appreciate it if you would, okay, for sure. But anyway, so the the company you founded, what is it called Noura Ghazi  44:02 it's a non government, a non profit organization. Its name is no photo zone. Michael Hingson  44:07 And how did you come up with that name? Noura Ghazi  44:12 It was Vasil who come up with this name, because our main focus is on prisoners of conscious and disappeared. So for him, it was that okay, those places that they put disappeared in them. They are they. There is no cameras to show the others what is happening. So we should be the the like in the place of cameras to tell the world what is happening. So that's why no photos on me, like, means that prisons or like unofficial detention centers, because they're it's an all photo zone, right? Michael Hingson  44:54 And no photo zone is is still operating today. Noura Ghazi  44:58 It's still operating. We are extending our work, although, like we have lots of financial challenges because of, like, funds issues, but for us, the main issue, we provide legal services to victims of torture, detention, disappearance and their families. So we operate in Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. We are a French woman led organization, but we have registration in Turkey and Syria, and like in seven years now, almost seven years, we could provide our services to more than 3000 families who most of them are women, and they are responsible about kids who they don't have fathers. So we defend political prisoners. We search the disappeared. We provide the legal services related to personal and civil status. We provided the services related to identification documents, because it's a very big issue in Syria. Beside we provide rehabilitation, like full rehabilitation programs for survivors of detention or torture, and also advocacy. Of course, it's a very important part of our our work, even with the lack of fund, we've decided in the team, because most of the team, or all the team, they they were themselves victims of detention, or family members of victims, even the non Syrian because we have many non Syrian member in the team. So for us, it's a cause. It's not like a work that we're doing and getting paid. So we're, we're suffering this this year with the fund issues, because there is a lot of change related to the world and Syrian issues, which affected the fund policies. So hopefully we'll be, we'll be fine next year, hopefully, and we're trying to survive with our beneficiaries this year, Michael Hingson  47:02 yeah, well, you, you started receiving, and I assume no photo zone started receiving awards, and eventually you moved out of Lebanon. Tell me more about all of that. Noura Ghazi  47:16 During my journey, I I got many international recognition or a word, including two by Amnesty International. But after almost two years, like just after covid, like the start of covid, I was thinking that I should have another residence permit in another country because, like, it became very difficult for Syrians to get a residence in Lebanon. So I I moved to Turkey, and I was between Lebanon and Turkey. Then I got a call from the French Embassy in Turkey telling me that there is a new kind of a word, which is Marianne award, or Marianne program, that initiated by the French president. And they it's for human rights defenders across the world, and they will give this award for 15 human rights defender from 15 country. And I was listening, I thought they want me to nominate someone. Then they told me that the French government are honored to choose you as a Syrian human rights defender. So it was a program for six months, so I moved to Paris with my cat and dog. Then they extended the program and to become nine months. And at the almost at the end of the program, the both of Lebanese and Turkish authorities refused to renew my residence permit, so I had to stay in France to apply for asylum and a political refugee currently. Michael Hingson  49:10 And so you're in France. Are you still in Paris? Noura Ghazi  49:13 I'm still yes in Paris. I learned French very fast, like in four months. Okay, I'm not perfect, but I learned French. Michael Hingson  49:25 So what did your dog and cat think about all that? Sorry, what did your dog and cat think about moving to France? Noura Ghazi  49:33 They are French, actually, originally, they are friends. Michael Hingson  49:36 Oh, there you go. Noura Ghazi  49:38 My, my poor dog had like he he was English educated, so we used to communicate in English. Then when I was still in Lebanon, I thought, okay, a lot of Syrians are coming to my place, and they don't speak English, so I have to teach him Arabic. Then we moved to Turkish. So I had to teach him Turkish. Then we came to. France. So now my dog understand more than four languages, Michael Hingson  50:06 good for him, and and, of course, your cat is really the boss of the whole thing, right? Noura Ghazi  50:12 Of course, she is like, the center of the universe, Michael Hingson  50:16 yeah, yeah, just ask her. She'll tell you. And she's Noura Ghazi  50:20 very white, so she is 14 years. Oh, it's old, yes. Michael Hingson  50:29 Well, I have a cat we rescued in 2015 we think she was five then. So we think that my cat is 15 going on 16. So, and she moves around and does very well. Noura Ghazi  50:46 Yeah, my cat as well. Michael Hingson  50:49 Yeah. Well, that's the way it should be. So with all the things that you've been dealing with and all the stress, have you had? Noura Ghazi  50:59 PTSD, yes, I started, of course, like it's the minimum, actually, I have PTSD and the TSD, and I started to feel, or let's say, I could know that the what is happening with me is PTSD two years ago. I before, like, couple of months before, I started to feel like something unusual in my body, in my mind. At the beginning, we thought there is a problem in the brain. Then the psychologist and psychiatrist said that it's a huge level of PTSD, which is like the minimum, and like, we should start the journey of of treatment, which is like the behavior treatment and medical treatment as well. Like, some people could stay 10 years. Some people need to go to hospital. It's not the best thing, but sometimes I feel I'm grateful that I'm having PTSD because I'm able to deal with people who are in the same situation. I could feel them, understand them, so I could help them more, because I understand and as a human rights defender and like victim of lot of kind of violations, so I'm very aware about the like, let's call it the first aid, the psychological first aid support. And this is helpful somehow. Okay, I'm suffering, but this suffering is useful for others Michael Hingson  52:47 well and clearly, you are at a point where you can talk about it, which says a lot, because you're able to deal with it well enough to be able to talk about it, which I think is probably pretty important, don't you think? Noura Ghazi  53:03 Yeah, actually, the last at the first time I talked about it very publicly in a conference in Stockholm, it was last October, and then I thought it's important to talk about it. And I'm also thinking to do something more about PTSD, especially the PTSD related to to prisons, torture, etc, this kind of violations, because sharing experience is very important. So I'm still thinking about a kind of certain way to to like, to spread my experience with PTSD, especially that I have lot of changes in in my life recently, because I got married again, and even the the good incident that people who have PTSD, even if they have, like good incident, but it cause a kind of escalation with PTSD, Michael Hingson  54:00 yeah, but you got married again, so you have somebody you can talk with. Noura Ghazi  54:06 Yes, I got married five months ago. The most important that I could fall in love again. So I met my husband in in Paris. He's a Lebanese artist who live in Paris. And yeah, I have, I have a family now, like we have now three cats and a dog and us as couple. But it's very new for me, like this kind of marriage, that a marriage which I live with a partner, because the marriage I used to is that visit the husband in prison. I'm getting used to it. Michael Hingson  54:43 And just as always, the cat runs everything, right? Yes, of course, of course. So tell me about the freedom prize in Normandy. Noura Ghazi  54:55 Oh, it was like one of the best thing I had in my life. I. Was nominated for the freedom prize, which is launched by usually they are like young people who who nominate the the nominees for this prize, but it's launched by the government of Normandy region in France and the International Institute for Human Rights and peace. So among hundreds of files and, like many kind of round of, like short listing, there was me, a Belarusian activist who is detained, and a Palestinian photographer. So like, just knowing that I was nominated among more than 700 person was a privilege for me. The winner was the Palestinian photographer, but it was the first time they invite the other nominee to the celebration, which was on the same date of like liberating Normandy region during the Second World War. So I chose, I thought for my for couple of days about what I will wear, because I need to deliver a message. So I, I I came up with an idea about a white dress with 101 names in blue. Those names are for disappeared and detainees in Syria. So like there was, there was seven persons who worked on this dress, and I had the chance to wear it and to deliver my message and to give a speech in a very important day that even like those fighters during the Second World War who are still alive, they they came from us. They came from lot of countries. I had the privilege to see them directly, to touch them, to tell them thank you, and to deliver my message in front of an audience of 4500 persons. And it's like I love this dress, and like this event was one of the best thing I had in my life. Michael Hingson  57:21 Do you have a picture of you in the dress? Yes, I would think you do. Well, if you want, we'd love to put that in the show notes as well, especially because you're honoring all those people with the names and so on. Kind of cool. Well, okay, so, so Syria, you're, you're saying, in a lot of ways, hasn't, hasn't really changed a whole lot. It's, it's still a lot of dictatorship oriented kinds of things, and they discriminate against certain sex and and so on. And that's extremely unfortunate, because I don't think that that's the impression that people have over here, Noura Ghazi  58:02 exactly I had a chance to visit Syria, a kind of exceptional visit by the French government, because, as political refugees were not allowed to visit our country of origin. And of course, like after eight years, like out of Syria after six years without seeing my family. Of course, I was very happy, but I was very traumatized, and I I came back to Paris in in July 21 and since that time, I feel I'm not the same person before going to Syria. I'm full of frustration. I feel that, okay, I just wasted 14 years of my life for nothing. But hopefully I'm I'm trying to get better because okay, I know, like much of human rights violations mean that my kind of work and activism is more needed, yeah, Michael Hingson  59:03 so you'll so you'll continue to speak out and and fight for freedom. Noura Ghazi  59:10 Yes, I continue, and I will continue fighting for freedom, for dignity, for justice, for civil rights, and also raising awareness about PTSD and how we could invest even our pain for the sake of helping others. Michael Hingson  59:29 Well, I want to tell you that it's been an honor to have you on the podcast, and I am so glad we we got a chance to talk and to do this because having met you previously, in our introductory conversation, it was very clear that there was a story that needed to be told, and I hope that a lot of people will take an interest, and that it will will allow what you do to continue to grow, if people would like to reach out to you. And and help or learn more. How do they do that? Noura Ghazi  1:00:05 We you have the the link of my website that people could connect me, because it includes my my email, my personal email, and I always reply. So I'm happy to to talk with the to contact with people, and it also include all the all my social media, Michael Hingson  1:00:23 right? What? What's the website for? No photo zone. Noura Ghazi  1:00:27 It's no photo zone.org. No photo zone.org. Michael Hingson  1:00:30 I thought it was, but I just wanted you to say it. I wanted you to say it. Noura Ghazi  1:00:35 It's included in my website. Michael Hingson  1:00:37 Yeah, I've got it all and and it will all be in the show notes, but I just thought I would get you to say no photo zone.org Well, I want to thank you for being here. This has been a wonderful time to have a chance to talk, and I appreciate you taking the time to, I hope, educate lots of people. So thank you very much for doing that, and I want to thank all of you for listening and watching. We'd love you to give us a five star rating. Give us a review. We really appreciate ratings and reviews. So wherever you're watching or listening to this podcast, please give us a five star rating. Please review the podcast for us. We value that, and I know that Nora will will appreciate that as well. Also, if you if you know any guests, and Nora you as well, if you know anyone who you think ought to be a guest on the podcast, we would really appreciate it. If you would let us know you can reach me. At Michael M, I, C, H, A, E, L, H, I at accessibe, A, C, C, E, S, S, i, b, e.com, love to hear from you. Love to hear your thoughts about the podcast. So Nora, very much my I want to thank you again. This has been great. Thank you very much for being here. Noura Ghazi  1:01:56 Thank you Michael, and thank you for those who are listening, and we're still in touch.

World Alternative Media
EXPOSED: SYRIA HAS COLLAPSED! - Israel Bombs Damascus! - Sharia Law Declared! - Assad In Russia

World Alternative Media

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 30:00


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World Alternative Media
BREAKING: WESTERN COUP IN SYRIA! - Assad To Step Down? - Israeli Backed Rebels Take Damascus!

World Alternative Media

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 35:01


GET HEIRLOOM SEEDS & NON GMO SURVIVAL FOOD HERE: https://heavensharvest.com/ USE Code WAM to save 5%! Get local, healthy, pasture raised meat delivered to your door here: https://wildpastures.com/promos/save-20-for-life/bonus15?oid=6&affid=321 USE THE LINK & get 20% off for life and $15 off your first box! GET TICKETS TO ANARCHAPULCO HERE: https://anarchapulco.com/ Save money by using code WAM GET YOUR WAV WATCH HERE: https://buy.wavwatch.com/WAM Use Code WAM to save $100 and purchase amazing healing frequency technology! BUY GOLD HERE: https://firstnationalbullion.com/schedule-consult/ GET YOUR APRICOT SEEDS at the life-saving Richardson Nutritional Center HERE: https://rncstore.com/r?id=bg8qc1 Josh Sigurdson reports on the western coup underway in Syria as Assad faces stepping down as leader due to Israeli, US and Turkish backed rebels taking over the country and managing to seize Homs and Damascus. Bashar Al Assad has long been an enemy of the west for his refusal to not be part of the international Rothschild backed banking system. Syria was once one of the richest, safest and prosperous countries in the Middle East before the US and Israel armed and funded ISIS and committed false flag attacks in the region to shift closer to an eventual war with Iran to kick off World War 3. Russian and Iranian military are under attack in Syria by these Israeli backed HTS who were previously "Al Nusra." This is the leadup to and the excuse for the Great Reset which was planned long ago. A technocratic world order. Iran, one of Russia's top allies is a main target and with this, we will see a world war combining conflict between Russian & Ukraine with Israel, Iran, China, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Taiwan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia and many others. This is a staged power shift from the west to the east and Assad is standing in the way. Do not fall for the propaganda. Stay tuned for more from WAM! GET YOUR FREEDOM KELLY KETTLE KIT HERE: https://patriotprepared.com/shop/freedom-kettle/ Use Code WAM and enjoy many solutions for the outdoors in the face of the impending reset! HELP SUPPORT US AS WE DOCUMENT HISTORY HERE: https://gogetfunding.com/help-wam-cover-history/ PayPal: ancientwonderstelevision@gmail.com FIND OUR CoinTree page here: https://cointr.ee/joshsigurdson JOIN US on SubscribeStar here: https://www.subscribestar.com/world-alternative-media For subscriber only content! Pledge here! Just a dollar a month can help us alive! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2652072&ty=h&u=2652072 BITCOIN ADDRESS: 18d1WEnYYhBRgZVbeyLr6UfiJhrQygcgNU World Alternative Media 2024

RT DEUTSCH – Erfahre Mehr
Russischer Kriegsreporter: Von Israel getöteter Nasrallah setzte sich für Rettung von Christen ein

RT DEUTSCH – Erfahre Mehr

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 5:15


Die von Hassan Nasrallah angeführte schiitische Hisbollah kämpfte in Syrien gegen die Terrormiliz von Jabhat Al-Nusra und befreite das älteste christliche Frauenkloster, erinnert der russische Militärkorrespondent Semjon Pegow. Der israelische Premier Benjamin Netanjahu hofierte zur gleichen Zeit den Kirchenschändern von Al-Nusra in Israel. Von Semjon Pegow https://rtde.org/meinung/220882-russischer-kriegsreporter-von-israel-getoeteter/ 

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Congressional Dish
CD238: Losing Afghanistan

Congressional Dish

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 97:18


The war in Afghanistan is over. In this episode, we document how and why the Biden administration finally admitted defeat in our 20 year attempt to create a new government in Afghanistan and we take a hard look at the lessons we need to learn. Afghanistan is a country in a far away land, but there are disturbing similarities between the Afghanistan government that just collapsed and our own. We'd be wise not to ignore them. Executive Producer: Rachel Passer Executive Producer: Anonymous  Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Background Sources Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD236: January 6: The Capitol Riot CD218: Minerals are the New Oil CD210: The Afghanistan War CD124: The Costs of For-Profit War How We Got Here Craig Whitlock. The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War. Simon and Schuster, 2021. Patrick Tucker. August 18, 2021. “Trump's Pledge to Exit Afghanistan Was a Ruse, His Final SecDef Says.” Defense One. Eugene Kiely and Robert Farley. August 17, 2021. “Timeline of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan.” FactCheck.org. Eric Schmitt and Jennifer Steinhauer. July 30, 2021. “Afghan Visa Applicants Arrive in U.S. After Years of Waiting.” The New York Times. Craig Whitlock, Leslie Shapiro and Armand Emamdjomeh. December 9, 2019. “The Afghanistan Papers: A secret history of the war.” The Washington Post. Mark Landler and James Risen. July 25, 2017. “Trump Finds Reason for the U.S. to Remain in Afghanistan: Minerals.” The New York Times. John F. Harris. October 15, 2001. “Bush Rejects Taliban Offer On Bin Laden ” Washington Post. The Evacuation: Those Left Behind William Mauldin. September 2, 2021. “Afghanistan Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Staff Left Behind.” Wall Street Journal. Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Annie Karni. August 29, 2021. “Series of U.S. Actions Left Afghan Allies Frantic, Stranded and Eager to Get Out.” The York Times. Sami Sadat. August 25, 2021. “I Commanded Afghan Troops This Year. We Were Betrayed.” The New York Times. Marjorie Censer. August 18, 2021. “US contractors rush to get former employees out of Afghanistan.” Defense News. Siobhan Hughes. August 18, 2021. “Afghanistan Veterans in Congress Trying to Prevent ‘a Death Warrant' for Helping America.” Wall Street Journal. Alex Sanz and Tammy Webber. August 18, 2021. “US friends try to rescue brother in arms in Afghanistan.” AP News. Seth Moulton. June 04, 2021. "Moulton, Bipartisan Honoring Our Promises Working Group to White House: Evacuate our Afghan Partners.” Contractors in Afghanistan Matt Taibbi. August 18, 2021. “We Failed Afghanistan, Not the Other Way Around.” TK News by Matt Taibbi on Substack. Jack Detsch. August 16, 2021. “Departure of Private Contractors Was a Turning Point in Afghan Military's Collapse.” Foreign Policy. Matt Stoller. July 15, 2021. “‘A Real S*** Show': Soldiers Angrily Speak Out about Being Blocked from Repairing Equipment by Contractors.” BIG by Matt Stoller. Lynzy Billing. May 12, 2021. “The U.S. Is Leaving Afghanistan? Tell That to the Contractors.” New York Magazine. Oren Liebermann. March 29, 2021. “Pentagon could open itself to costly litigation from contractors if US pulls out of Afghanistan this year.” CNN. Lucas Kunce and Elle Ekman. September 15, 2019. “Comment Submitted by Major Lucas Kunce and Captain Elle Ekman.” [Regulations.gov(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulations.gov). Aaron Mehta. Oct 25, 2016. “30 Years: William Perry — Reshaping the Industry.” Defense News. Jared Serbu. August 22, 2016. “DoD now awarding more than half its contract spending without competitive bids.” Federal News Network. 41 U.S. Code § 3307 - Preference for commercial products and commercial services. Money: Lost and Gained David Moore. August 23, 2021. “Lawmakers Benefit From Booming Defense Stocks.” Sludge. Lee Fang. August 20, 2021. “Congressman Seeking to Relaunch Afghan War Made Millions in Defense Contracting.” The Intercept. Anna Massoglia and Julia Forrest. August 20, 2021. “Defense contractors spent big in Afghanistan before the U.S. left and the Taliban took control.” OpenSecrets.org. Stephen Losey. April 16, 2021. “The Bill for the Afghanistan War Is $2.26 Trillion, and Still Rising.” Military.com. Eli Clifton. February 16, 2021. “Weapons Biz Bankrolls Experts Pushing to Keep U.S. Troops in Afghanistan.” Daily Beast. Open Secrets. 2021. Defense: Lobbying, 2021. Open Secrets. 2021. Defense: Money to Congress. Laws S.1790 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 Sponsor: Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) Status: Became Public Law No: 116-92 on December 20, 2019 H.R. 3237: Emergency Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 Sponsor: Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) Status: Signed into law, 2021 May 20 House Vote Breakdown Congressional Budget Office Score Law Outline TITLE IV: BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF THE AFGHAN SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM Sec. 401: Amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to expand eligibility to include Afghans who worked not only for the US Government for more than 1 year but also our allies as an off-base interpreter or if they performed "activities for United States military stationed at International Security Assistance Force (or any successor name for such Force). Increases the number of Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) to Afghan partners by 8,000, for a total of 34,500 allocated since December 19, 2014. Sec. 402: Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security and Secretary of state to jointly waive for 1 year (maximum 2 years with an extension) the requirement that Afghan partners eligible for SIVs get a medical exam before they can receive their visa. The Secretary of Homeland Security has to create a process to make sure Afghan SIV holders get a medical exam within 30 days of entry into the United States. Sec. 403: Allows the surviving spouse or child or employee of the United States Government abroad to be eligible for immigration into the United States if the employee worked for our government for at least 15 years or was killed in the line of duty. It also expands entry permissions for Afghan SIV applicants in addition to those who have already been approved. This is retroactive to June 30, 2021. Policies for Visa Processing: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Policy Manual, Chapter 9: Certain Afghan Nationals U.S Department of State -- Bureau of Consular Affairs. “Special Immigrant Visas for Afghans - Who Were Employed by/on Behalf of the U.S. Government.” Audio Sources Gen. Mark Milley: "There was nothing that I or anyone else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days." August 18, 2021 General Mark Milley: The time frame of rapid collapse that was widely estimated and ranged from weeks to months, and even years following our departure, there was nothing that I or anyone else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days. Central Command submitted a variety of plans that were briefed and approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of Defense and the President. These plans were coordinated, synchronized and rehearsed to deal with these various scenarios. One of those contingencies is what we are executing right now. As I said before, there's plenty of time to do AARs(After Action Reviews) and key lessons learned and to delve into these questions with great detail. But right now is not that time. Right now, we have to focus on this mission, because we have soldiers at risk. And we also have American citizens and Afghans who supported us for 20 years also at risk. This is personal and we're going to get them out. President Biden on Afghanistan Withdrawal Transcript July 8, 2021 Sound Clips 01:30 President Biden: When I announced our drawdown in April, I said we would be out by September, and we're on track to meet that target. Our military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on August 31. The drawdown is proceeding in a secure and orderly way, prioritizing the safety of our troops as they depart 3:40 President Biden: Together with our NATO allies and partners, we have trained and equipped nearly 300,000 current serving members of the military, the Afghan national security force, and many beyond that are no longer serving. Add to that hundreds of thousands more Afghan national defense and security forces trained over the last two decades. 04:04 President Biden: We provided our Afghan partners with all the tools, let me emphasize, all the tools -- training, equipment -- of any modern military. We provided advanced weaponry, and we're going to continue to provide funding and equipment and we'll ensure they have the capacity to maintain their Air Force. 5:54 President Biden: We're also going to continue to make sure that we take on Afghan nationals who worked side by side with US forces, including interpreters and translators. Since we're no longer going to have military there after this, we're not going to need them and they'll have no jobs. We're [sic] also going to be vital to our efforts. they've been very vital, and so their families are not exposed to danger as well. We've already dramatically accelerated the procedure time for Special Immigrant Visas to bring them to the United States. Since I was inaugurated on January 20, we've already approved 2,500 Special Immigrant Visas to come to the United States. Up to now, fewer than half have exercised the right to do that. Half have gotten on aircraft and come commercial flights and come and other half believe they want to stay, at least thus far. We're working closely with Congress to change the authorization legislation so that we can streamline the process of approving those visas. And those who have stood up for the operation to physically relocate 1000s of Afghans and their families before the US military mission concludes so that, if they choose, they can wait safely outside of Afghanistan, while their US visas are being processed. 8:13 President Biden: For those who have argued that we should stay just six more months, or just one more year, I asked them to consider the lessons of recent history. In 2011, the NATO allies and partners agreed that we would end our combat mission in 2014. In 2014, some argued one more year. So we kept fighting. We kept taking casualties. In 2015, the same, and on and on. Nearly 20 years of experience has shown us that the current security situation only confirms that just one more year of fighting in Afghanistan is not a solution, but a recipe for being there indefinitely. It's up to the Afghans to make the decision about the future of their country. Others are more direct. Their argument is that we should stay with the Afghans and Afghanistan indefinitely. In doing so they point to the fact that we we have not taken losses in this last year. So they claim that the cost of just maintaining the status quo is minimal. 9:19 President Biden: But that ignores the reality, and the facts that already presented on the ground in Afghanistan when I took office. The Taliban is at its strongest militarily since 2001. The number of US forces in Afghanistan had been reduced to a bare minimum. And the United States and the last administration made an agreement that they have to with the Taliban remove all our forces by May 1 of this year. That's what I inherited. That agreement was the reason the Taliban had ceased major attacks against US forces. 9:55 President Biden: If in April, I had instead announced that the United States was going to go back on that agreement, made by the last administration, the United States and allied forces will remain in Afghanistan for the foreseeable future, the Taliban would have again begun to target our forces. The status quo was not an option. Staying would have meant US troops taking casualties, American men and women back in the middle of a civil war, and we would run the risk of having to send more troops back in Afghanistan to defend our remaining troops. Once that agreement with the Taliban had been made, staying with a bare minimum force was no longer possible. 10:34 President Biden: So let me ask those who want us to stay: how many more? How many 1000s more Americans' daughters and sons are you willing to risk? How long would you have them stay? Already we have members of our military whose parents fought in Afghanistan 20 years ago. Would you send their children and their grandchildren as well? Would you send your own son or daughter? After 20 years, a trillion dollars spent training and equipping hundreds of 1000s of Afghan National Security and Defence Forces. 2,448 Americans killed, 20,722 more wounded, and untold 1000s coming home with unseen trauma to their mental health. I will not send another generation of Americans to war in Afghanistan with no reasonable expectation of achieving a different outcome. 11:51 President Biden: Today the terrorist threat has metastasized beyond Afghanistan. So, we are repositioning our resources and adapting our counterterrorism posture to meet the threats where they are now: significantly higher in South Asia, the Middle East and Africa. 12:07 President Biden: But make no mistake, our military and intelligence leaders are confident they have the capabilities to protect the homeland and our interests from any resurgent terrorist challenge emerging or emanating from Afghanistan. We're developing a counterterrorism over-the-horizon capability that will allow us to keep our eyes firmly fixed at any direct threat to the United States in the region and act quickly and decisively if needed. 12:38 President Biden: We also need to focus on shoring up America's core strengths to meet the strategic competition competition with China and other nations that is really going to determine our future. 14:58 Reporter: Is the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan now inevitable? President Biden: No. It is not. Because you have the Afghan troops, 300,000. Well equipped, as well equipped as any army in the world, and an air force against something like 75,000 Taliban. It is not inevitable. 15:45 President Biden: Do I trust the Taliban? No, but I trust the capacity of the Afghan military who is better trained, better equipped, and more competent in terms of conducting war. 18:07 Reporter: Your own intelligence community has assessed that the Afghan government will likely collapse President Biden: That is not true 18:53 President Biden: And I want to make clear what I made clear to Ghani, that we are not going to walk away and not sustain their ability to maintain that force. We are. We're going to also work to make sure we help them in terms of everything from food necessities and other things in the region. But there is not a conclusion that in fact, they cannot defeat the Taliban. I believe the only way there's going to be -- this is now Joe Biden, not the intelligence community -- the only way there's only going to be peace and secure in Afghanistan, is that they work out a modus vivendi with the Taliban, and they make a judgement as to how they can make peace. And the likelihood there's going to be one unified government in Afghanistan, controlling the whole country is highly unlikely. 21:30 Reporter: Mr. President, how serious was the corruption among the Afghanistan government to this mission failing there? President Biden: First of all, the mission hasn't failed yet. 22:00 President Biden: There were going to be negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan national security forces, and the Afghan government that didn't come to fruition. So the question now is where do they go from here? The jury is still out, but the likelihood there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely. 23:20 Reporter: Mr. President, "speed is safety," as you just said in your remarks. Are you satisfied with the timeline of relocating Afghan nationals? Is it happening quickly enough to your satisfaction if it may not happen until next month at the end? President Biden: It has already happened, there have already been people, about 1000 people have gotten on aircraft and come to the United States already on commercial aircraft. So as I said, there's over 2500 people, that as from January to now, have have gotten those visas and only half decided that they wanted to leave. The point is that I think the whole process has to be speeded up -- period -- in terms of being able to get these visas. Reporter: Why can't the US evacuate these Afghan translators to the United States to await their visa processing as some immigrants of the southern border have been allowed to? President Biden: Because the law doesn't allow that to happen. And that's why we're asking the Congress to consider changing the law. President Biden Remarks on Afghanistan Strategy Transcript April 14, 2021 Sound Clips 00:38 President Biden: I'm speaking to you today from the Roosevelt -- the Treaty room in the White House -- the same spot where in October of 2001, President George W. Bush informed our nation that the United States military had begun strikes on terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. It was just weeks, just weeks after the terrorist attack on our nation that killed 2,977 innocent souls, that turned Lower Manhattan into a disaster area, destroyed parts of the Pentagon and made hallowed ground in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and sparked an American promise that we would never forget. We went to Afghanistan in 2001, to root out al Qaeda to prevent future terrorist attacks against the United States planned from Afghanistan. Our objective was clear, the cause was just, our NATO allies and partners rallied beside us. And I supported that military action along with the overwhelming majority of the members of Congress. More than seven years later, in 2008 weeks before we swore the oath of office -- President Obama and I were about to swear -- President Obama asked me to travel to Afghanistan and report back on the state of the war in Afghanistan. I flew to Afghanistan to the Kunar Valley, a rugged, mountainous region on the border of Pakistan. What I saw on that trip reinforced my conviction that only the Afghans have the right and responsibility to lead their country. And that more and endless American military force could not create or sustain a durable Afghan Government. I believed that our presence in Afghanistan should be focused on the reason we went in the first place: to ensure Afghanistan would not be used as a base from which to attack our homeland again. We did that, we accomplished that objective. I said, along with others, we would follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell if need be. That's exactly what we did. And we got him. It took us close to 10 years to put President Obama's commitment into form. And that's exactly what happened Osama bin Laden was gone. That was 10 years ago. Think about that. We delivered justice to Bin Laden a decade ago. And we've stayed in Afghanistan for a decade since. Since then, our reasons for remaining in Afghanistan have become increasingly unclear, even as the terrorist threat that we went to fight evolved. Over the past 20 years, the threat has become more dispersed, metastasizing around the globe. Al Shabaab in Somalia, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, on Al Nusra in Syria, ISIS attempting to create a caliphate in Syria and Iraq and establishing affiliates in multiple countries in Africa and Asia. With the terror threat now in many places, keeping 1000s of troops grounded and concentrated in just one country at a cost of billions each year makes little sense to me and our leaders. We cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan, hoping to create ideal conditions for the withdraw and expecting a different result. I'm now the fourth United States President to preside over American troop presence in Afghanistan: two Republicans, two Democrats. I will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth. After consulting closely with our allies and partners, with our military leaders and intelligence personnel, with our diplomats and our development experts, with the Congress and the Vice President, as well as with Mr. Ghani and many others around the world. I concluded that it's time to end America's longest war. It's time for American troops to come home. 5:01 President Biden: When I came to office, I inherited a diplomatic agreement, duly negotiated between the government of the United States and the Taliban, that all US forces would be out of Afghanistan by May 1 2021, just three months after my inauguration. That's what we inherited. That commitment is perhaps not what I would have negotiated myself, but it was an agreement made by the United States government. And that means something. So in keeping with that agreement, and with our national interest, the United States will begin our final withdrawal beginning on May 1 of this year. 8:11 President Biden: You all know that less than 1% of Americans serve in our Armed Forces. The remaining 99%, we owe them. We owe them. They've never backed down from a single mission that we've asked of them. I've witnessed their bravery firsthand during my visits to Afghanistan. They've never wavered in their resolve. They paid a tremendous price on our behalf and they have the thanks of a grateful nation. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) High-Risk List Center for Strategic and International Studies Transcript March 10, 2021 Speaker: John Sopko - Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction Sound Clips 7:40 John Sopko: But right now, that state is under threat. In the wake of the February 2020 withdrawal agreement, all is not well. Compromise appears in short supply on either side. Taliban attacks have actually increased since the agreement was signed. Assassination of prominent officials, activists, journalists, aid workers and others have also increased, including an unsuccessful attack on one of the female members of the peace negotiating team. And the Taliban offensive on Kandahar city last October, as peace negotiations were ongoing, may well have succeeded, were it not for U.S. air support. Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban have achieved little for Afghanistan so far, and only time will tell as to whether the new Biden administration initiative will bear fruit. And the Afghan people's fears for its own government survival are exacerbated by the knowledge of how dependent their country is on foreign military and financial support. 12:56 John Sopko: Another equally serious threat to Afghanistan's stability has also largely been ignored as we focus on the boots on the ground in Afghanistan. And that is the provision of last year's U.S.-Taliban agreement that stipulates that in addition to the departure of U.S. and coalition troops, or non-diplomatic civilian personnel: private security contractors, trainers, advisors, and supporting service personnel also must leave the country by May 1. Should this come to passSIGAR and many others believe this may be more devastating to the effectiveness of the Afghan security forces than the withdrawal of our remaining troops. Why is that? Because the Afghan government relies heavily on these foreign contractors and trainers to function. In the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 there are over 18,000 Defense Department contractors in Afghanistan, including 6000 Americans, and 7,000 3rd country nationals, 40% of whom are responsible for logistics, maintenance, or training tasks. Now, it is well known that the Afghan security forces need these contractors to maintain their equipment, manage supply chains, and train their military and police to operate the advanced equipment that we have purchased for them. For example, as of December, the Afghan National Army was completing just under 20% of its own maintenance work orders, well below the goal of 80% that was set and the 51% that they did in 2018. So that's actually going down. The Afghan National Police were just as bad if not worse, undertaking only 12% of their own maintenance work against a target of 35% and less than the 16% that we reported in our 2019 high risk list. Additionally, and more troubling. The Department of Defense does train, advise and assist command air, or commonly called TAC air recently reported that since late 2019, they have reduced their personnel in Afghanistan by 94%, and that the military drawdown now requires near total use of contract support to maintain the Afghan Air fleet. They assess that quote “further drawdown in the associated closure basis will effectively end all in country aviation training contracts in Afghanistan.” Again, why is this significant? Why do we view this as a high risk? Namely because contractors currently provide 100% of the maintenance for the Afghan Air Force, UAE 60 helicopters and CE 130 cargo aircraft and a significant portion of Afghans Light Combat Support aircraft. TAC air this January gave a bleak assessment, namely, that no Afghan airframe can be sustained as combat effective for more than a few months in the absence of contractor support. 17:51 John Sopko: Continued funding for U.S. reconstruction programs aimed at promoting economic development, rule of law, respect for human rights, good governance and security for the Afghan people may be more significant, because it may be the primary lever left for the US and other donors to influence that country. It appears that even the Taliban understand Afghanistan's dire need for foreign assistance. Because, as one of the few commitments that the US had to make last year was, “to seek economic cooperation for reconstruction, with the new post settlement, Afghan Islamic government.” Now how much the donor community wishes to stay involved will of course depend on what that government looks like and how it behaves. Numerous officials, including then Secretary of State Pompeo and Ambassador Halley, have stated that the US will be able to advance its human rights goals, including the rights of women and girls with the Taliban by leveraging or conditioning this much needed financial assistance. But unfortunately, as SIGAR has long reported, even when conditionality involved only dealing with the Afghan government, donors do not have a stellar record of successfully utilizing that conditionality to influence Afghan behavior. 27:19 John Sopko: Today our report suggests the donor community should realize the Afghan government is focused on a single goal, its survival. Afghanistan is more dependent on international support than ever before. It may not be an overstatement that if foreign assistance is withdrawn and peace negotiations fail, Taliban forces could be at the gates of Kabul in short order. Hearing: A PATHWAY FOR PEACE IN AFGHANISTAN: EXAMINING THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AFGHANISTAN STUDY GROUP House Committee on Oversight and Reform: Subcommittee on National Security February 19, 2021 Testimony was heard from the following Afghanistan Study Group officials: Kelly A. Ayotte, Co-Chair; News Corp Board of Directors since April 2017 BAE Systems Board of Directors since June 2017 Blackstone Board of Directors Boston Properties Board of Directors Caterpillar Board of Directors Board of Advisors at Cirtronics General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. (Retired), Co-Chair Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Obama and Trump presidencies. Lockheed Martin Board of Directors since February 2020 Nancy Lindborg, Co-Chair President and CEO of the David Lucile Packard Foundation Former President and CEO of the US Institute for Peace Former Assistant Administrator for the bureau for democracy conflict and humanitarian assistance at USAID During the mid-Obama years. Sound Clips 3:13 Rep. Stephen Lynch (MA): I'd also like to take a moment to thank the nonpartisan US Institute of Peace for the support and expertise they provided to the study group during the course of its work. 3:23 Rep. Stephen Lynch (MA): In the fiscal year 2020 omnibus bill Congress led by Senator Graham Senator Patrick Leahy and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee of state foreign ops and related programs. They tasked the independent and bipartisan Afghanistan study group to quote, consider the implications of a peace settlement or the failure to reach a settlement on US policy, resources and commitments in Afghanistan. After nearly nine months of review and consultation with current and former US and Afghan government officials, allies and partners and other key stakeholders, the Afghanistan study group issued its final report earlier this month. 15:12 Kelly Ayotte: We recommend that US troops remain beyond may 1. We believe a precipitous withdrawal of US and international troops in May, would be catastrophic for Afghanistan, leading to civil war, and allow the reconstitution of terror groups which threaten the United States within an 18 to 36 month period. 15:41 Kelly Ayotte: Let me be clear, although we recommend that our troops remain beyond may 1, we propose a new approach toward Afghanistan, which aligns our policies, practices and messaging across the United States government to support the Afghan peace process, rather than prosecute a war. Our troops would remain not to fight a forever war, but to guarantee the conditions for a successful peace process and to protect our national security interests to ensure that Afghanistan does not become a haven again, for terrorists who threaten the United States of America. 37:15 General Joseph F. Dunford: Do we need to increase forces if the Taliban don't accept an extension past the first of May, and if they then would re initiate attacks against US forces? and Chairman, we heard exactly what you heard. In the fall. What we were told by commanders on the ground in the department of fence was that 4500 US forces, in addition to the NATO forces that are there was the minimum level to address both the mission as well as protection of our forces in the context of the conditions that existed in the fall in as you've highlighted, those conditions have only gotten worse since the fall so in in our judgment 2500 would not be adequate. Should the Taliban re initiate attacks against the United States Hearing: Examining the Trump Administration's Afghanistan Strategy House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on National Security January 28, 2020 Witness: John Sopko - Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) Sound Clips 48:54 John Sopko: We've almost created a system that forces people in the government to give happy talk success stories because they're over there on very short rotations. They want to show success. The whole system is almost geared to give you, and it goes up the chain of command, all the way to the President sometimes. He gets bad information from people out in the field because somebody on a nine month rotation, he has to show success, and that goes up. 54:24 John Sopko: Maybe incentivize honesty. And one of the proposals I gave at that time,be cause I was asked by the staff to come up with proposals, is put the same requirement on the government that we impose on publicly traded corporations. Publicly traded corporations have to tell the truth. Otherwise the SEC will indict the people involved. They have to report when there's a significant event. So put that onus, call it The Truth in Government Act if you want, that you in the administration are duty bound by statute to alert Congress to significant events that could directly negatively impact a program or process. So incentivize honesty. 1:10:25 John Sopko: Over 70% of the Afghan budget comes from the United States and the donors. If that money ended, I have said before and I will stand by it, then the Afghan government will probably collapse. Wartime Contracting Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs September 21, 2011 Witnesses: Charles Tiefer: Commissioner on the Commission on Wartime Contracting Clark Kent Ervin: Commissioner on the Commission on Wartime Contracting Sound Clips 1:11:30 Charles Tiefer: Our private security in Afghanistan appears to be a major source of payoffs to the Taliban. Our report has the first official statement that it's the second-largest source of money for the Taliban. Sen. Carl Levin: After drugs. Charles Tiefer: After drugs, that's right. 1:25:18 Clark Kent Ervin: It's critical that the government have a choice, and that means that there needs to be at least a small and expandable, organic capacity on the part of these three agencies to perform missions themselves, so the next time there's a contingency, the government has a choice between going with contractors and going in-house and the determination can be made whether it's more effective to do it either way, whether it's cheaper to do it either way. As we said at the inception, right now the government doesn't have an option. Contractors are the default option because they're the only option. President George W. Bush announces U.S. Military Strikes on Afghanistan October 7, 2001 President George W. Bush: Good afternoon. On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against Al-Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. These carefully targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a terrorist base of operations and to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime. More than two weeks ago, I gave Taliban leaders a series of clear and specific demands: close terrorist training camps, hand over leaders of the Al-Qaeda network, and return all foreign nationals including American citizens unjustly detained in your country. None of these demands were met and now the Taliban will pay a price by destroying camps and disrupting communications. We will make it more difficult for the terror network to train new recruits and coordinate their evil plans. ** International Campaign Against Terrorism Senate Foreign Relations Committee October 25, 2001 Witness: Colin Powell: Secretary of State Sound Clip 27:00 Colin Powell: Our work in Afghanistan though, is not just of a military nature. We recognize that when the Al Qaeda organization has been destroyed in Afghanistan, and as we continue to try to destroy it in all the nations in which it exists around the world, and when the Taliban regime has gone to its final reward, we need to put in place a new government in Afghanistan, one that represents all the people of Afghanistan and one that is not dominated by any single powerful neighbor, but instead is dominated by the will of the people of Afghanistan. Executive Producer Recommendations Elect Stephanie Gallardo 2022 Krystal Kyle and Friends. August 21, 2021. “Episode 35 Audio with Matthew Hoh.” Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)

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Cause and Effect with Max Blumenthal

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Four years ago, when Donald Trump was elected President, many of you were shocked. Many wondered, “Where did we go wrong?” Today, I interview author and journalist Max Blumenthal about his book Management of Savagery. Max painstakingly details the foreign policy decisions made during the cold war in the 1970s, and maps the ripple effects of these decisions that has lead us to this path of regime change wars, empire, Islamophobia and bloodstained episodes of blowback.Excerpt from Management of SavageryIsrael’s ISIS ConnectionWhile Washington’s Gulf-funded think tank experts spun out public relations for the allies of Al Qaeda, ISIS found defenders in Israel. At the Likud Party-linked Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, its director Efraim Inbar promoted the IslamicState in Syria as a boon to Israel’s strategic deterrence. In an op-ed entitled “The Destruction of Islamic State Is a Strategic Mistake,” Inbar argued, “The West should seek the further weakening of Islamic State, but not its destruction.”Instead, he insisted, it should exploit ISIS as a “useful tool” in the fight against Israel’s true enemy, Iran and its proxy, Hezbollah, which operates on Israeli frontiers from southern Lebanon. “A weak IS is, counterintuitively, preferable to a destroyed IS,” Inbar concluded. Inbar went on to argue for prolonging the conflict in Syria for as long as possible on the grounds that extended sectarian bloodshed would produce “positive change.”As bracing as it might have been, Inbar’s argument provided a perfect distillation of the Israeli government’s position on the Syrian civil war. “In Syria, if the choice is between Iran and the Islamic State, I choose the Islamic State,” Israel’s former defense minister, Moshe Ya’alon, bluntly stated in 2016. Eager to see an Iranian ally weakened from within and without, the Israeli army occasionally bombed in support of the rebels operating around the southern city of Quneitra and attacked Damascus several times.The end goal of the Israelis was to establish a buffer zone between itself and Hezbollah, with Sunni Islamists, including Al Qaeda affiliates, acting as its proxies. A rebel commander revealed to the US news outlet Al-Monitor,“The battle to capture Quneitra on Sept. 27 [2014] was preceded by coordination and communications between Abu Dardaa, a leader of Jabhat al-Nusra [Al Qaeda], and the Israeli army to pave the way for the attack.” Benjamin Netanyahu greeting injured Rebel FighterThe Israeli military-intelligence apparatus even funded its own unit of the Free Syrian Army, the Golan Knights. “Israel stood by our side in a heroic way,” Moatasem al-Golani, a spokesman for the Golan Knights, told the Wall Street Journal,“We wouldn’t have survived without Israel’s assistance.” In 2016, Israel established a liaison unit to support the efforts of the rebels in southern Syria, according to journalist Nour Samaha, “facilitating cross-border travel for residents into Israel, regular deliveries of food, clothing, construction equipment and educational materials, airstrikes on pro-government positions and the establishment of an Israeli-backed opposition faction in rebel-held southern Syria.”When journalist Bryan Bender visited top Israeli military officials in the occupied Golan Heights, he heard unapologetic arguments for supporting Al Qaeda and ISIS against the Syrian government, Iran and Hezbollah. “If I can be frank, the radical axis headed by Iran is more risky than the global jihad one,” said Army Brigadier General Ram Yavne, the head of the IDF’s Strategic Division. “It is much more knowledgeable, stronger, with a bigger arsenal.” When Bender asked another Israeli official if the United States should allow ISIS to maintain its caliphate in eastern Syria, he replied, “Why not?”While Israeli military honchos took satisfaction from the bloodshed of Syria’s civil war, ISIS commanders tiptoed around the Israeli military. During a public forum in Israel, the ever-candid former minister of defense, Ya’alon, revealed that an ISIS cell operating alongside the rebels in southern Syria had accidentally launched a mortar into Israeli-controlled territory. “On most occasions, firing comes from regions under the control of the regime,” Ya’alon commented. “But once the firing came from ISIS positions—and it immediately apologized.”Pushed by Israeli media to clarify his statement about ISIS formally apologizing to Israel—an open admission of an Israeli backchannel to the jihadists—Ya’alon refused further comment.In Washington, meanwhile, top officials in the Obama administration, including Hillary Clinton, kept their complaints about the channels of state support to ISIS and other jihadist rebel factions confined to private discussions. There was a lot to lose in venting their frustrations in public, including the massive donations their own political operations received from the very same sources.When Hillary Clinton left the State Department in late 2013, she immediately joined the board of the Clinton Foundation. The New York-based nonprofit touted its charitable good works around the world, from making AIDS medication more affordable to “working toward a world where more girls and women can achieve full participation in all aspects of life.” At the same time, the Clinton Foundation raked in between $10 and $25 million from the government of Saudi Arabia, and as much as $5 million from a front group called “Friends of Saudi Arabia.” Tens of millions more flowed into the Clinton foundation coffers from Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.All along, Clinton knew that the major donors to her family’s vehicle for charity and influence peddling—a key platform for her forthcoming presidential campaign—were propping up ISIS and Al Qaeda in Syria. In a 2014 email to her longtime political confidant John Podesta, Clinton singled out Qatar and Saudi Arabia as the principal benefactors of the Islamic State. “While this military/para-military operation is moving forward,” she wrote, citing Western and US intelligence sources, “we need to use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence assets to bring pressure on the governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are providing clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIL and other radical Sunni groups in the region.”Vice President Joseph Biden was even more explicit. Discussing the challenges facing America in Syria, he stated, “Our biggest problem is our allies.” Singling out Turkey and Saudi Arabia, Biden complained at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in October 2014, “They were so determined to take down Assad and essentially have a proxy Sunni–Shia war; what did they do? They poured hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against Assad. Except that the people who were being supplied were Al-Nusra and Al Qaeda and the extremist elements of jihadis coming from other parts of the world.”Biden’s candid comments were immediately labeled as a “gaffe” by the Washington Post’s Adam Taylor, who grumbled about the “worrying habit of lumping al-Qaeda’s al-Nusra Front in with Islamic State.” For daring to give credence to what was already widely known, Biden was forced to embark on the equivalent of an international apology tour the same month, issuing “a formal clarification” to Turkey’s Erdoğan and thanking Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister for his country’s supposed cooperation in the fight against ISIS. After Biden’s pathetic retreat, scarcely anyone in Washington, whether in government, the world of think tank experts, or in the press corps, dared to openly confront America’s core Middle Eastern allies for their backing of Al Qaeda and ISIS.Besides Saudi Arabia and Qatar, there was ample evidence that Turkey was taking a lead role in fueling Islamist militancy in Syria’s north. A leaked 2015 report from the Turkish Gendarmerie General Command found that lorries filled with heavy weapons had been sent by the Turkish intelligence services to resupply al-Nusra. “The trucks were carrying weapons and supplies to the al-Qaeda terror organization,” the report read. The government of Turkish president Erdoğan promptly banned all media coverage of the scandal and placed the soldiers who carried out the searches on trial for espionage.A twenty-nine-year-old Lebanese American named Serena Shim had been reporting on these developments on the Turkish border for Press TV, the Iranian government’s English language channel. She was among the first correspondents to cover the transfer of arms from the Incirlik US air base in Turkey to insurgents in Syria. Her sister, Fatmeh, told local media in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan, that Shim “caught [Turkish intelligence] bringing ISIS high-ranked members into Syria from Turkey into camps, which are supposed to be Syrian refugee camps.” Shim began to fear for her life, complaining that Turkish intelligence considered her a spy. “I’m hoping that nothing is going to happen, that it’s going to blow over,” she told Press TV, the Iranian network, on October 18.Turkey-backed FSA capture the city of Afrin in Syria.One day later, Shim died in a car accident. The story of her death was buried, with no acknowledgement from Reporters Without Borders or the Committee to Protect Journalists. American media scarcely covered it at all. Press TV said the car that she died in and its driver had disappeared. Her family never accepted the official version of events and has pressed in vain for an investigation….If you enjoyed this excerpt:Max Blumenthal is the host of the show Moderate Rebels and also the editor of The Gray Zone. Get full access to Historic.ly at historicly.substack.com/subscribe

Strange Stories UK
Strange Stories UK The Abdul Deghayes story, extremism and death in Brighton.

Strange Stories UK

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2019 67:28


The Deghayes family moved to the Brighton area in the late 1980s, a young family with children wanting to make a new start away from the dictatorship of Gaddafi in Libya. The family did not find it easy to integrate. There were problems with the family for many reasons. There were five sons and three felt the need to fight for Al-Nusra against the Syrian army, in a country that they did not live but felt that Muslims were being oppressed.Meanwhile in Brighton the other two sons became small time gangsters, one being killed in a drug dispute in 2019, the other being imprisoned for drug offences. The father was also imprisoned for domestic violence. The Social Services and the police were criticised for their role in the recent family history.

TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles
Terrorstate: Proof Zionist Israel Supports 'Good Neighbor' Terrorism - TruNews 11 30 19

TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2019 61:31


Today on TruNews we host a panel discussion detailing the extensive connection between the political state of Israel and the terrorists in the Middle East who have killed and displaced millions. The team details how zionist officials and bloodthirsty western neocons have allied for almost a century to deploy brutal mercenaries, such as Al Qaeda, Al-Nusra, and ISIS, for the ultimate goal of creating a global Greater Israel. Edward Szall, Miram Susli "Syrian Girl",

TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles
Terrorstate: Proof Zionist Israel Supports 'Good Neighbor' Terrorism - TruNews 11 30 19

TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2019 61:31


Today on TruNews we host a panel discussion detailing the extensive connection between the political state of Israel and the terrorists in the Middle East who have killed and displaced millions. The team details how zionist officials and bloodthirsty western neocons have allied for almost a century to deploy brutal mercenaries, such as Al Qaeda, Al-Nusra, and ISIS, for the ultimate goal of creating a global Greater Israel. Edward Szall, Miram Susli "Syrian Girl",

Horny Report
Horny Report 184

Horny Report

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 125:25


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Israel News Talk Radio
Erdogan’s Jihadist allies commit war crimes in Syria, while US withdraws forces. - Beyond the Matrix

Israel News Talk Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2019 43:22


Rod Reuven Dovid Bryant and Jerry Gordon bring back Dilliman Abdulkader, a Kurdish policy expert. He is director of external relations at Allegiance Strategies, a Washington, DC -based public affairs consulting firm. He is involved in advocacy for Congressional passage of tough sanctions bi- partisan legislation just as a cease fire “pause” of 120 hours comes to close in northern Syria. The “pause” was concluded with Turkish President Erdogan during a session in Ankara with Vice President Pence and Secretary of State Pompeo. The pause has been interrupted with continued fighting between Turkish -supported jihadist Syrian National Army (SNA) militias and elements of the Kurdish YPG-led Syrian Democratic Force. Moreover, there is increasingly evidence of war crimes perpetrated by the jihadist SNA and use of chemical weapons such as white phosphorous. President Trump ordered the redeployment of 1,000 US forces in Syria to bases in Iraq, while abandoning and even bombing former bases in Syria. Abdulkader thinks sanctions in proposed bi- partisan legislation co-sponsored by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) are tougher than those lifted by President Trump in the “pause “agreement with Erdogan. A bi-partisan US House resolution condemning the President’s withdrawal from Syria passed resoundingly by a vote of 354 to 60. A House version of the Senate sanctions bill has been scheduled for a vote. Adoption of the Senate version is dependent on a call by Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) who wrote a Washington Post op ed critical of President Trump’s withdrawal from Syria. Abdulkader said Erdogan’s Turkish Armed Forces unleased a jihadist terror war using former Al Qaeda, Al Nusra and ISIS fighters to ethnically cleanse Kurds from their ancestral homeland in northeastern Syria. He noted Friday preaching in Turkish Mosques of the Quranic Mohammedan Army verses promoting jihad against Kurds, Jews, Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities. Abdulkader noted that Pakistan and Hamas support Erdogan’s terror war against the Syrian Kurds. The irony is Turkey is a NATO partner committing this jihadist terror war in Syria. The Turkish-backed jihadists have committed documented war crimes against Kurdish civilians. They have videoed the execution and beheading of prisoners, that in one example included the brutal murder of a 35-year-old woman Kurdish politician. Many children have been maimed by random Turkish artillery bombardments. Abdulkader noted that upwards of 300,000 people have been internally displaced during the fighting in a massive humanitarian crisis. The only realistic option for many fleeing the conflict is Iraqi Kurdistan, which is united in support of Syrian Kurds. The Turkish attack on October 9th followed a phone call on October 6th with President Trump who acceded to Erdogan’s demands for withdrawal of US special operators. Abdulkader believes that President Trump may have been “duped” during that call. Erdogan already had a security arrangement acceptable to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Force with joint US patrols, and removal of border barriers. Abdulkader thinks it would be in Israel’s long-term interest to support Kurdish interests in northeastern Syria. He suggests Israel reduce exports to Turkey akin to EU arms embargoes. He contends that US presence on the ground, while symbolic, is necessary to preserve the gains of Kurds and other religious minorities to stabilize the area. The alternative facing the US is the resurgence of ISIS that cost 11,000 Syrian Kurdish lives to defeat the Caliphate. Meanwhile, Russia has gained ground in the region, as evidenced by meetings with Saudi Arabia and the UAE concerned over US withdrawal from the region. The US appears to have no strategy in Syria, let alone the Middle East. Beyond the Matrix 23OCT2019 - PODCAST

Israel News Talk Radio
Erdogan unleashes jihad terror war against Syrian Kurds - Beyond the Matrix

Israel News Talk Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 44:21


Rod Reuven Dovid Bryant and Jerry Gordon bring back Dilliman Abdulkader, a Kurdish policy expert. He is director of external relations at Allegiance Strategies, a Washington, DC -based public affairs consulting firm. Abdulkader’s family fled from Kirkuk, Iraq during the Gulf War and spent seven years as a child in the Al-Hol refugee camp in northeastern Syria now filled with 70,000 ISIS fighters and families. Abdulkader said Erdogan’s Turkish Armed Forces unleased a jihadist terror war using former Al Qaeda, Al Nusra and ISIS fighters to ethnically cleanse Kurds from their ancestral homeland in northeastern Syria. He noted Friday preaching in Turkish Mosques of the Quranic Mohammedan Army verses promoting jihad against Kurds, Jews, Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities. Abdulkader noted that Pakistan and Hamas support Erdogan’s terror war against the Syrian Kurds. The irony is Turkey is a NATO partner committing this jihadist terror war in Syria. The Turkish attack on October 9th followed a phone call on October 6th with President Trump who acceded to Erdogan’s demands for withdrawal of US special operators at the border. Abdulkader believes that President Trump was “duped” during that call. Erdogan already had a security arrangement acceptable to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Force with joint US patrols, and removal of border barriers. The Turkish-backed jihadists have committed documented war crimes against Kurdish civilians. They have videoed the execution and beheading of prisoners, that in one example included a 35-year-old woman Kurdish politician. Many children have been maimed by random Turkish artillery bombardments. Abdulkader noted that upwards of 200,000 people have been internally displaced during the first week creating a massive humanitarian crisis. The only realistic option for many fleeing the conflict is Iraqi Kurdistan, which is united in support of Syrian Kurds. Abdulkader revealed Turkish Armed Forces, a NATO partner bombarding within 100 meters from a US special operator camp located in Kobani. The Turkish forces also bombed ISIS prison camps guarded by Kurdish forces, freeing detained fighters. Further, there are indications that Iran may be poised to takeover oil resources in eastern Syria. Abdulkader noted that without air support and heavy weapons, the SDF has adopted tactics including use of tunnels to stymie the advance of Turkish and jihadist troops to less than 3 to 5 kilometers. Their original goal for the “safe zone” was 30 kilometers. The main position lost was Manbij, a largely Arab town, which was handed over to Assad forces. It now flies a Russian flag. He noted the last-minute deal with Assad that SDF commander, General Mazloum Kobani said he who would rather have the ‘leverage’ of Syrian Forces on the border. This could signal the end of the tacit agreement with the Russians and Assad about autonomy and defense of the Kurdish homeland. As a result, Assad now controls 65% of Syria. Abdulkader thinks President Trump’s proposed sanctions are not as tough as those in proposed bi- partisan legislation co-sponsored by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Chris Van Holen (D-MD). The President has dispatched Vice President Pence and team to Ankara seeking a possible withdrawal and cease fire. Abdulkader thinks it would be in Israel’s long-term interest to support Kurdish interests in northeastern Syria. He suggests Israel reduce exports to Turkey akin to EU arms embargoes. He contends that the US presence on the ground while symbolic is necessary to preserve the gains of Kurds and other religious minorities to stabilize the area. The alternative facing the US is the resurgence of ISIS that cost 11,000 Syrian Kurdish lives to defeat the Caliphate. Meanwhile, Russia has gained ground in the region, as evidenced by meetings with Saudi Arabia and the UAE concerned over US withdrawal from the region. Beyond the Matrix 16OCT2019 - PODCAST

Forging Ploughshares
Film Review - Of Fathers and Sons

Forging Ploughshares

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2018 16:43


Paul Axton and David Rosado review the film Of Fathers and Sons: For more than two years Talal Derki lives with the family of Abu Osama, an Al-Nusra fighter in a small village in northern Syria, focusing his camera mainly on the children. From a young age, the boys are trained to follow in their father’s footsteps and become soldiers of God. The horrors of war and the intimacy of family life are never far from one another. At the nearby battlefront Abu Osama fights against the enemy, while at home he cuddles with the boys and dreams of the caliphate. If you enjoyed this podcast, please consider donating to support our work. Music: Bensound

Quiggin Report
Quiggin Report #4 - TERRORIST IDENTIFIED: The Muslim Brotherhood

Quiggin Report

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2018 37:34


You may have heard of Al Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram, Abu Sayaf Group, Al Nusra, The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), The Muslim Association of Britain, The League of Muslims in Belgium, The Islamic Society in Denmark. Islamic Society of Germany, Hizb ut Tahir, The Muslim Assoc of Canada. What is the common link between all these groups? They all were founded or run by individuals who were originally from the Muslim Brotherhood. The Massacre of 21 Copts on a beach in Libya. The 1993 World Trade Center Attack. The terrorist attack on Nice in France which killed 86 people. The bombings in Bali. What is the common link between these attacks? All the attacks trace their roots back to the Muslim Brotherhood or groups which were formed by Muslim Brotherhood former members.

Horny Report
Horny Report 120

Horny Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2018 118:34


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Novelista de la CIA http://www.antena3.com/noticias/cultura/por-londres-con-la-espia-autora-de-toda-la-verdad_201802275a956b970cf2052ee3bf8bcc.html Castor denunciado https://www.vozpopuli.com/economia-y-finanzas/empresas/Querella-Florentino-Perez-ministros-Castor_0_1112889108.html Niños esclavos vietnamitas cultivadores de chancla http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-42978371 Hitler te llama a misa http://www.dw.com/en/german-village-votes-to-keep-hitler-bell/a-42751795 Duque de Alba retira su oferta https://www.elplural.com/politica/2018/02/24/quienes-son-los-duenos-del-elitista-colegio-de-las-hijas-del-rey Mutante folla-rapes http://www.antena3.com/especiales/esto-no-es-noticia/japones-acaba-hospitalizado-masturbarse-estomago-rape_201802235a906e620cf2052ee3b23536.html Hipster Takbir http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-43189811 Impuestos de Bibi al Santo Sepulcro https://m.20minutos.es/noticia/3272186/0/iglesias-cristianas-santo-sepulcro-jerusalen-protesta-impuesto/ TiMo-bile Barcelona https://www.vozpopuli.com/economia-y-finanzas/empresas/Dormir-Mobile-World-Congress-hotel-hostal-precio-alojamiento_0_1112889766.html Jóvenes sinvergüenzas por no vivir en sus mansiones http://www.elmundo.es/economia/vivienda/2018/02/19/5a8a91b4e2704e08108b4628.html Rody pacifista https://es.vietnamplus.vn/presidente-de-filipinas-prohibe-la-participacion-de-tropas-en-guerras-lideradas-por-eeuu/84685.vnp Pagpag http://www.latercera.com/tendencias/noticia/pagpag-la-comida-reciclada-la-basura-se-vende-filipinas-250-pesos-chilenos/81605/ 'Entrenadores sexuales' rusos https://mundo.sputniknews.com/sociedad/201802261076582844-pattaya-cursillos-sexo-detencion/ Pobrecitas nepalies https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/02/22/planeta_futuro/1519302838_298387.html Duterte es una "amenaza" a la democracia http://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2018/02/23/5a900edf46163f93298b4696.html Bankia se rie de ti https://elpais.com/economia/2018/02/27/actualidad/1519715570_349137.html Marca “Engaña” http://www.elmundo.es/espana/2018/02/22/5a8eae67468aeb89198b4618.html Poligonera exposed https://www.elespanol.com/cultura/patrimonio/20180226/desmienten-cristina-cifuentes-estacion-metro-gran-via/287971527_0.html Candidato mejicano busca likes https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2018/02/25/el-insolito-regalo-de-un-candidato-mexicano-para-conseguir-likes-en-facebook/ La troska tira al monte https://www.elespanol.com/espana/politica/20180220/anna-gabriel-refugiarse-cuba-asesores-tercer-mundo/286222360_0.html Quejas niponas http://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-japon-presenta-queja-formal-corea-sur-mencionar-mujeres-confort-onu-20180227080232.html Satelite chivato https://expansion.mx/mundo/2018/02/27/japon-lanza-un-satelite-para-espiar-a-corea-del-norte Tamiflu nipon https://www.diariouno.com.ar/salud/japon-autorizo-un-medicamento-que-mata-al-virus-la-gripe-24-horas-20180224-n1562566.html Empresas Emperador https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/263994-empresa-china-emperador Xi forever https://tn.com.ar/internacional/xi-jinping-va-por-la-reeleccion-indefinida-en-china_853498 Destituciones modernizadoras https://spanish.almanar.com.lb/180413 Ruina lactea http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/economia/la-millonaria-industria-lactea-en-india-tiene-un-gran-problema-sus-vacas PlayBoy Babani http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-43120975?ocid=socialflow_twitter Funerales con strippers https://www.20minutos.es/gonzoo/noticia/por-que-contratan-strippers-funerales-china-3272140/0/#xtor=AD-15&xts=467263 Shakira paga y descansa http://informalia.eleconomista.es/noticias/noticias/8966798/02/18/Shakira-paga-20-millones-de-euros-para-reconciliarse-con-Hacienda.html Pep democrata https://www.elespanol.com/deportes/futbol/20180226/periodista-guardiola-concilia-trabajar-emiratos-hablar-libertad/287972185_0.html Trudeau Bambalamke https://www.infobae.com/america/mundo/2018/02/23/justin-trudeau-y-su-polemico-viaje-a-la-india-nadie-se-viste-asi-ni-siquiera-en-bollywood/ Castracion de turcos http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/22/c_136991800.htm Carmina Hindu http://www.t13.cl/noticia/mundo/tendencias/bbc/espectaculos/la-conmocion-que-desato-en-india-la-repentina-muerte-de-sridevi-kapoor-una-de-las-actrices-mas-famosas-de-bollywood Aliens-hackers https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/263980-hackeo-extraterrestre-peligro-humanidad Kurdos takbir http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/600-kurdish-hawks-fighters-to-join-afrin-operation/1073593 Legisladora MeToo https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3267957/0/legisladora-california-cristina-garcia-acusada-acoso-sexual/fomentaba-juego-botella/#xtor=AD-15&xts=467263 Todo es harram https://www.vozpopuli.com/actualidad/internacional/Egipto-condenada-despertar-instintos-sexuales_0_1112890250.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Tupe Naranja http://zeta.com.pa/insolito/trump-bromea-sobre-su-calvicie Faraonismo Ukro https://www.ukrinform.es/rubric-economy/2411022-ukroboronprom-listo-para-unirse-al-proyecto-hyperloop.html Raulito coge costumbres Qataries https://m.20minutos.es/deportes/noticia/raul-regala-audi-a-su-hijo-3273795/0/ Los comunistas son feos http://www.elmundo.es/papel/historias/2018/02/24/5a9039eae2704ef85a8b4689.html ONgetas pro-salafas lloran http://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20180227/441128426730/cruz-roja-dice-que-es-imposible-repartir-ayuda-en-5-horas-de-tregua-en-guta.html Niños tragabolas http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-43170220?ocid=socialflow_twitter El Rafita http://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2018/02/23/5a8ffd42e2704e26178b464b.html Tagarrush Light http://www.lne.es/gijon/2018/02/22/tres-penetraciones-suponen-abuso-sexual/2242824.html Injerencia rusa https://www.elboletin.com/noticia/159915/cuentos-que-cuentan/el-gobierno-incapaz-de-identificar-una-sola-injerencia-extranjera-en-cataluna.html Huachicolismo llega a España https://www.elespanol.com/espana/20180228/detienen-empresa-cepsa-linea-acusado-combustible-narcos/288222395_0.html Ministro francés de las felaciones y de abuso de poder http://informalia.eleconomista.es/informalia/actualidad/noticias/8967245/02/18/Gerald-Darmanin-el-ministro-frances-de-las-felaciones-y-el-abuso-de-poder.html CobraGold https://www.elconfidencial.com/multimedia/album/mundo/2018-02-23/beber-sangre-cobra-ejercicios-militares-extremos_1525488/#1 Presidente no ejecutivo http://www.eleconomista.es/empresas-finanzas/noticias/8963838/02/18/Victor-Grifols-cobra-un-48-mas-de-la-farmaceutica-que-cuando-era-el-jefe.html Sudan del Sur es una maravilla https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/263894-onu-ninos-obligados-ver-violaciones-sudan-sur El ejercito te arrasa el poblado y te roba el ganado https://www.telesurtv.net/news/mueren-treinta-seis-personas-ataque-contra-pastores-sudan-sur-20180223-0007.html ONGetas contra Paul http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20180226/441103994656/el-presidente-de-camerun-gasto-137-millones-de-euros-en-viajes-al-exterior.html A la carcel por insultar al Presidente Magufuli https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-politics/tanzania-opposition-mp-jailed-for-five-months-for-insulting-president-idUSKCN1GA1H5 Acoso cervantino https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2018-02-24/anciano-venta-ines-quijote-cervantes-acoso-inmobiliario_1525367/ Estadista quiere que todo el mundo pueda ver la Champions https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2018/02/24/articulo/1519482169_732937.html Infidelidad reptil https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/02/26/gente/1519663923_045856.html Juanito Profundo pasa la gorra https://www.eldia.com/nota/2018-2-20-4-17-48-en-bancarrota-johnny-depp-sale-de-gira-con-su-superbanda-para-llegar-a-fin-de-mes-espectaculos Bibi no quiere rabinos negros https://www.voanews.com/a/ethiopian-jews-threaten-mass-hunger-strike-over-israel-move/4274130.html Fulani style http://guardian.ng/news/troops-nab-10-herdsmen-for-destroying-farmland/ Si te equivocas de religión con tu novia te queman el pueblo http://guardian.ng/news/residents-killed-houses-burnt-in-fresh-kaduna-religious-crisis/ Satanica manchuriana https://laverdadnoticias.com/crimen/Mujer-estrangula-hasta-la-muerte-a-su-hija-en-rito-satanico--20180227-0006.html Onurrrush en Sudan del Sur https://laverdadnoticias.com/crimen/Cascos-azules-de-Ghana-acusados-de-abusos-sexuales-en-Sudan-del-Sur-20180226-0074.html Invasión de cebúes https://www.thecable.ng/ortom-one-million-cows-invaded-benue-despite-ongoing-army-operation Poniéndose de Jenkem http://www.pulse.ng/gist/metro/drug-addict-leaves-destruction-in-his-wake-id8040679.html Presidente 2035 http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/mundo/article202313884.html Las giras de BlacKha https://www.premiumtimesng.com/foreign/west-africa-foreign/259998-boko-haram-executed-60-suicide-attacks-cameroon-2017-un.html Y encima hambre http://www.vertigopolitico.com/articulo/51886/Amenaza-hambruna-a-millones-de-personas-en-Sudan-del-Sur El juez fotografo https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/02/23/mundo_global/1519340946_701514.html?id_externo_rsoc=TW_CM Otro que se monta un zoo https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/02/26/mexico/1519660301_247745.html Autodefensa en Tijuana https://www.lanetanoticias.com/220932/ciudadanos-de-tijuana-optan-por-la-via-de-linchamiento-para-combatir-la-inseguridad Universidad mas grande de Mexico http://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2018/02/24/1222482 Amazon mejicano https://www.lanetanoticias.com/218421/llevelo-llevelo-venden-dinero-falso-por-internet-con-entrega-a-domicilio Pri- market http://elpuntero.com.mx/n/71824 Tatoos con tinta de muerto https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/02/09/tendenciosas/1518197187_745338.html Joe Khalifa Erdogan https://mundo.sputniknews.com/orientemedio/201802271076614094-lider-turco-discurso-nina/ Abu Ivanka endeuda el pais http://expert.ru/2018/02/21/minfin/ Bases por el Indico http://www.voltairenet.org/article199891.html Trappers Carolina https://m.20minutos.es/gonzoo/noticia/carolina-del-norte-prohibir-pantalones-caidos-3274012/0/ Carceles privadas http://www.diariomardeajo.com.ar/noticias/2018/02/15/las-cifras-del-sistema-de-prisiones-de-estados-unidos/ Salafos fake news en Indonesia http://jakartaglobe.id/politics/police-arrest-four-members-muslim-cyber-army/ Darwinismo animal en la India by Stromver https://www.debate.com.mx/sexyeinsolito/elefante-mata-pisotea-agricultor-india-granjero-muerte-20180227-0110.html https://sipse.com/mundo/india-oso-salvaje-campus-universidad-ataque-heridos-personas-ninia-286836.html https://www.debate.com.mx/sexyeinsolito/VIDEO.-Suicida-salta-a-la-jaula-de-los-leones-y-casi-muere-20180221-0324.html Rasputina coreana https://elcomercio.pe/mundo/asia/corea-sur-fiscalia-pide-30-anos-carcel-ex-presidenta-park-geun-hye-corrupcion-noticia-500534 Otra Satánica manchuriana http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/internacional/noticias/8169062/02/17/Condenada-a-seis-anos-de-prision-una-mujer-coreana-por-practicar-un-exorcismo-mortal-en-Alemania.html Actualizacion de los boko secuestros https://mundo.sputniknews.com/seguridad/201802281076626988-africa-seguridad-radicales-violencia/ Mujeres soldado saudíes https://www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/2018-02-27/arabia-saudi-mujeres-ejercito_1527887/ Cabaret saud http://www.publico.es/sociedad/arabia-saudi-mujeres-podran-espectaculos-delante-hombres-arabia-saudi.html Zapatillera saudi http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5444219/Saudi-woman-attacks-chef-restaurant.html Lapidación llega a Honduras http://www.elheraldo.hn/sucesos/1155436-466/matan-a-pedradas-a-mujer-en-colonia-las-brisas-de-la-capital Estadisticas febrero Honduras http://www.elheraldo.hn/sucesos/1156240-466/dos-masacres-por-semana-se-registraron-en-el-mes-de-febrero-en Oxigenando el ambiente http://www.2001.com.ve/en-el-mundo/182711/destituyen-a-los-tres-altos-cargos-de-la-cupula-policial-en-guatemala.html Jimmy tragando sapos http://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/politica/jimmy-morales-e-ivan-velasquez-momento-incomodo-en-misa-exequial-del-arzobispo-julio-vian Oxigenando el ambiente tambien en Brasil http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/sustituyen-al-jefe-de-la-policia-de-brasil Policía de Río http://www.notimerica.com/sociedad/noticia-cada-cinco-denunciados-crimen-organizado-rio-janeiro-brasil-policia-20180227113810.html Cepo boliviano https://www.eldeber.com.bo/bolivia/Imponen-una-hora-de-cepo-a-alcalde-acusado-de-realizar-mala-gestion-20180226-8083.html Cae Provenzano https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2018/02/26/capturaron-en-la-selva-colombiana-a-uno-de-los-capos-narcos-mas-buscados-en-brasil-los-paseos-en-caballo-de-su-novia-lo-delataron/ El que trinco a Escobar http://www.eldesconcierto.cl/2018/02/23/son-todos-narcos-ex-policia-que-hizo-caer-a-pablo-escobar-fue-detenido-por-lavado-de-dinero-y-enriquecimiento-ilicito/ Patillas de Hacha impoluto http://www.notimerica.com/politica/noticia-carlos-menem-todos-gobiernos-mio-hubo-corrupcion-20180227110912.html El club de la lucha en Boca https://www.lanetanoticias.com/220143/el-club-de-la-pelea-jovenes-se-citan-en-facebook-para-agarrarse-a-golpes Ruina Nieto no sabe no como es la bandera mejicana http://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-tv/noticia/izan-bandera-mexicana-al-reves-pleno-acto-oficial-enrique-pena-nieto/80634/ Se te cuela el balon y descubres cadaver https://www.debate.com.mx/policiacas/Pequenos-buscan-balon-y-encuentran-un-cadaver-en-Culiacan-20180226-0377.html Vara de ratán http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/christians-flogged-indonesia-playing-game-considered-anti-islamic-1664114 Comité de apoyo a Anna Gabriel https://okdiario.com/espana/cataluna/2018/02/24/ridiculo-separatista-ginebra-montan-concentracion-apoyo-gabriel-profuga-da-planton-1873736 Culona manos-rotas https://www.digitalsevilla.com/2018/02/20/junta-susana-diaz-no-sabe-se-gastado-2-324-millones/#.Wo608RiCnuK.twitter Vete a drogarte a Indonesia http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/22/british-man-facing-death-penalty-after-smuggling-drugs-into-indonesia-7333765/ Pánico a los suegros en Vietnam https://www.elperiodico.com/es/internacional/20180226/el-negocio-de-bodas-falsas-vietnam-invitados-novios-de-alquiler-6651080 TrinComisario Honorifico http://www.elmundo.es/espana/2018/02/25/5a91adcf468aeb2a5a8b45c2.html Exámenes en Ghana http://prensa-latina.cu/index.php?o=rn&id=154895&SEO=fracaso-masivo-en-examenes-causa-protesta-en-ghana Usain Pichichi http://caracol.com.co/radio/2018/02/26/deportes/1519682143_756351.html Al Sisi crowfunding https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180227-al-sisi-calls-on-egyptians-to-donate-to-viva-egypt-fund/ Boicot a la BBC https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-politics/egypt-calls-for-bbc-boycott-amid-dispute-over-critical-report-idUSKCN1GB2BR Egipto yonki https://stepfeed.com/ten-percent-of-egypt-s-population-is-addicted-to-drugs-8667 Arias Trinkete https://www.infolibre.es/noticias/politica/2018/02/23/canete_suma_sueldo_eurocomisario_una_pension_pagada_con_fondos_publicos_gestionada_por_una_sicav_luxemburgo_75718_1012.html Cuentacuentos nuclear http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2134563/japan-pay-travel-costs-nuclear-attack-storytellers Diplomacia Trudeau https://www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/2018-02-23/justin-trudeau-canada-polemica-india-condenado-asesinato_1526282/ Castarrush https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tamil-nadu-attackers-target-dalit-family-kill-minor-son-assault-mother-and-daughter-1178426-2018-02-27 Curanderos indios http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20180225/441063720333/los-curanderos-de-la-india-sanidad-sin-formacion-para-los-mas-pobres.html Donald Jr por la India https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/02/22/universo_trump/1519255857_135080.html La boda del pelado http://www.montevideo.com.uy/Tiempo-libre/India-ella-lo-planto-en-el-altar-porque-se-estaba-quedando-pelado-y-el-se-consiguio-otra-esposa-ese-mismo-dia-uc676112 Blasfemia paki https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/02/24/fia-officials-forced-me-to-have-sex-with-main-blasphemy-accused-claims-injured-suspect/ Sobrecostes de Faraón Gallardon http://www.eldiario.es/madrid/M-30-Gallardon-contructoras-sobrecostes_0_740526715.html Comedia familiar ukra https://www.ukrinform.es/rubric-society/2411410-pelicula-ucraniana-sobre-la-ocupacion-de-crimea-esta-disponible-en-linea-video.html El videojuego de Hezbollah https://spanish.almanar.com.lb/179984 Warren se forra con Trump https://www.lanacion.com.ar/2112563-warren-buffett-revelo-que-su-empresa-gano-us29000-millones-gracias-a-la-reforma-tributaria-de-trump De estiércol a gourmet https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/02/16/eps/1518796744_332751.html Ojos metanfetaminados http://www.abc.es/sociedad/abci-joven-arranca-ojos-manos-tras-sufrir-alucinaciones-tomar-metanfetamina-201802231144_noticia.html#ns_campaign=rrss&ns_mchannel=abc-es&ns_source=tw&ns_linkname=cm-general&ns_fee=0&__twitter_impression=true Agua cancerigena de Coca Cola https://www.digitalsevilla.com/2018/02/26/historico-fracaso-coca-cola-al-intentar-vender-agua-cancerigena/ Barrio salafo http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5433297/14-ISIS-fighters-recruited-west-London-streets.html Reptiles sacando organos a cadáveres http://www.publico.es/sociedad/misterioso-caso-cadaver-joven-vasco-le-robaron-corazon.html Timo Airbus http://www.publico.es/politica/a400m-engano-consentido-gran-proyecto-aviacion-militar-europea.html Barbie checa https://mundo.sputniknews.com/sociedad/201802281076628363-cirugia-plastica-muneca-checa/ Dublín ensangrentada https://www.eldiario.es/theguardian/muertos-caminan-Dublin-enfrentamiento-capital_0_741926545.html Sexo por pan para las refugiadas sirias http://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2018/02/27/5a957e35468aeb08598b4673.html La mafia italiana asesina a un periodista eslovaco https://www.cuatro.com/noticias/internacional/Eslovaquia-Jan-Kuciak-periodista-investigacion_2_2522655159.html Te venden al narco por 50 dólares http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-43203788?ocid=socialflow_twitter Amistad nipo-manchuriana https://www.elperiodico.com/es/internacional/20180227/video-matanza-esclavas-sexuales-coreanas-tropas-japonesas-tangchong-segunda-guerra-mundial-6653374?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cm&__twitter_impression=true BOko news http://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/boko-haram-secuestra-ninas-nigerianas-185358 http://www.abc.es/internacional/abci-ejercito-nigeriano-rescata-76-mas-90-ninas-desaparecidas-tras-ataque-boko-haram-201802220022_noticia.html http://www.semana.com/mundo/articulo/un-desastre-nacional-el-secuestro-de-mas-de-100-ninas-en-nigeria-del-que-acusan-al-grupo-extremista-boko-haram/558423 http://dailypost.ng/2018/02/27/boko-haram-troops-kill-35-terrorists-rescued-797-hostages/ http://saharareporters.com/2018/02/27/nigerian-troops-rescue-15-women-recover-armoured-personnel-carrier-boko-haram Mogadiscio Helmets https://www.eldiario.es/politica/Ejercito-Uganda-confirma-soldados-Mogadiscio_0_744725662.html El banquero de Gaddaffi http://ewn.co.za/2018/02/26/man-known-as-gaddafi-s-banker-shot-in-jhb?utm_campaign=recommendation&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=newsroom Muerte misericordiosa http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/Untold-story-mercy-killing-disabled-children/688342-4320562-7p6gsdz/index.html Dando la tabarra a los Ngoni http://www.maravipost.com/malawi-senior-ngoni-chiefs-detained-wearing-animal-skins-ivory-bangles/ Iberdrola, en la lista negra https://www.yoibextigo.lamarea.com/informe/noticias/blog/iberdrola-lista-negra-bei/ Reptil suicidado https://www.elespanol.com/corazon/casas-reales/20180227/muere-principe-carlos-hohenzollern-precipitarse-vigesimo-primer/288222141_0.html Excedente de espias https://www.vozpopuli.com/actualidad/quinientos-espanoles-apuntado-CNI-espia_0_1111090403.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Roban 20.000 euros en artilugios eróticos https://elpais.com/ccaa/2018/02/23/catalunya/1519409778_141128.html?id_externo_rsoc=TW_CM Gran Lider Josef https://www.elespanol.com/mundo/asia/20180227/kim-jong-un-josef-pasaporte-brasileno-corea-norte/288222229_0.html Followers criminales http://www.antena3.com/noticias/sociedad/fallece-un-joven-al-intentar-escalar-por-la-fachada-del-edifico-donde-vivia_201802235a9058e50cf2586cf8337eed.html?__twitter_impression=true Robots camareros http://www.lavoz.com.ar/tecnologia/china-usa-robots-para-atender-los-restaurantes-de-varias-autopistas Moderados secuestra niños https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/graphic-18-fsa-fighters-kidnap-9-year-old-boy-demand-1-million-ransom-video/ Periodista tagarrusher? http://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-acusado-delitos-sexuales-director-diario-independiente-marroqui-ajbar-yum-20180226194324.html Bertin se nos casa https://www.libertaddigital.com/chic/corazon/2018-02-25/bertin-osborne-y-fabiola-martinez-quieren-casarse-otra-vez-y-renovar-sus-votos-1276614413/ Jubilarse a los 40 http://www.sueldospublicos.com/texto-diario/mostrar/1014290/cobra-casi-130000-euros-brutos-sueldo-publico-pero-web-departamento-esta-actualizar-desde-septiembre?platform=hootsuite Con nocturnidad y alevosía https://www.digitalsevilla.com/2018/02/22/spiriman-desvela-la-junta-desmantela-madrugada-hospital/ Mafia Pillareja http://www.publico.es/politica/villarejo-inda-cerdan-intentaron-tercer-chantaje-casa-real-romance-juan-carlos-marta-gaya.html La mansión de Moragas http://www.publico.es/politica/nueva-casa-moragas-nueva-york-11-dormitorios-y-pista-squash.html ESPECIAL ZURRA-SARDINAS MORTALES by KOKI https://okdiario.com/curiosidades/2018/02/23/masturbacion-muerte-1826356 https://www.elespanol.com/ciencia/salud/20180209/muerte-masturbacion-causa-defuncion-alemanes-ano/283472648_0.html https://elpais.com/diario/1994/02/11/internacional/760921205_850215.html https://eldiariony.com/2013/10/10/tres-muertes-de-famosos-por-presunta-asfixia-autoerotica/ http://consejos-sexo.atresmedia.com/te-contamos-que-es-y-como-hacer-un-carrete-filipino/ http://www.europafm.com/programas/ponte-a-prueba/audios-podcast/muere-masturbarse-veces-seguidas_201409105629dbdc6584a80e0890c476.html http://www.elchiguirebipolar.net/25-10-2017/joven-muere-luego-de-interrumpir-masturbacion-por-apagon/ https://www.telecinco.es/informativos/Masturbacion-masturbacion_Hospital-Masturbacion_Nueva_York_0_2195550360.html http://www.12minutos.com/57fa5b13c15b3/muere-joven-tras-masturbarse-50-veces-en-una-misma-noche.html https://www.vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/internan-joven-por-masturbarse-32-veces-con-juego-erotico-de-batman http://www.concierto.cl/2016/10/rodamiento-no-basta-perdio-pene-masturbarse-botella/ https://www.wattpad.com/21223628-masturbarse-no-es-pecado-un-enfoque-cristiano Tragaperras Laser http://www.caranddriver.es/coches/planeta-motor/velolaser-asi-son-los-diminutos-radares-de-la-dgt-que-ya-nos-vigilan Noches pinchonas http://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2018/02/27/5a93da7c268e3e0c418b462e.html Propaganda Animalista https://revistajaraysedal.es/guardia-civil-desmonta-noticia-pacma/ 4g Lunar https://futurism.com/moon-mobile-ultra-compact-network/ Londonrrush https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/rapes-in-london-soar-by-20-amid-warning-of-a-rise-in-sex-attacks-in-the-capital-a3774171.html Malaria en Madrid https://elpais.com/ccaa/2018/02/28/madrid/1519841847_156481.html Huelga en Amazon https://www.elespanol.com/economia/empresas/20180228/huelga-amazon-san-fernando-adios-convenio-logistico/288471814_0.html Fukuvertidos aumentan https://this.kiji.is/340825547233838177 Abuelo Violador https://www.infobae.com/america/mundo/2018/02/28/cayo-en-francia-el-abuelo-violador-que-ataco-a-40-mujeres-por-la-espalda/ El eje del mal retorna https://www.infobae.com/america/mundo/2018/02/27/un-informe-de-la-onu-denuncia-que-corea-del-norte-envio-a-siria-material-para-producir-armas-quimicas/ Reinsercion Indonesia http://www.lavanguardia.com/internacional/20180228/441150271473/un-centenar-de-yihadistas-en-indonesia-pide-perdon-a-victimas-de-atentados.html Modi Moderado https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/fight-is-against-terrorism-and-misguiding-mindset-not-any-religion-pm-modi/story-K6R2TSJq0CTWRudvhxaAQO.html Popeye quiere matar izquierdistas http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/mundo/america-latina/colombia-es/article202787124.html#navlink=Lead Terapia de Choque Salmancito http://www.arabnews.com/node/1256691/saudi-arabia Escotada Capitula http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5447651/Theresa-ditches-red-line-migrants.html Elecciones en Italia http://es.euronews.com/2018/02/27/la-inmigracion-caldea-la-campana-electoral-italiana Abusado Abucheado http://es.euronews.com/2018/02/24/emmanuel-macron-abucheado-en-el-salon-de-la-agricultura Agro Pensiones http://www.agroinformacion.com/las-protestas-las-pensiones-llega-al-mundo-rural-donde-la-media-41-mas-baja/ Plaga Conejil http://www.agroinformacion.com/continua-malestar-los-danos-producidos-los-conejos-piden-se-declare-plaga-agricola/ Expropiaciones revanchistas http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2018/02/south-africa-parliament-votes-to-confiscate-land-owned-by-white-farmers.html Ligoteo Maño https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3276110/0/ayuntamiento-zaragoza-aconseja-insinuar-escote-tanga-ligar/ Brote Tuberculoso https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3275931/0/detectado-un-brote-de-tuberculosis-pulmonar-en-osona-con-tres-personas-afectadas/ Visita Reptil a tierras Usurpadoras https://www.timesofisrael.com/prince-william-to-visit-israel-this-summer-in-first-official-royal-visit/ Equiparacion Salarial https://gaceta.es/espana/afecta-derechos-agentes-incognitas-preacuerdo-equiparacion-salarial-20180301-0650/ Escotada paga a Alnusra. https://gaceta.es/europa/dinero-publico-britanico-financiar-asociaciones-islamicas-radicales-20180301-0650/ Muere Trevijano http://www.abc.es/espana/abci-muere-antonio-garcia-trevijano-hombre-sabia-demasiado-201803010210_noticia.html Francia Franquista http://www.abc.es/internacional/abci-francia-rechaza-retirarle-franco-legion-honor-201803011332_noticia.html

Fred English Channel » FRED English Podcast
Talal Derki – Of Fathers and Sons #IDFA2017

Fred English Channel » FRED English Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2017


An insightful look at the family of an Al-Nusra fighter in a small village in northern Syria. The post Talal Derki – Of Fathers and Sons #IDFA2017 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

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Fred Polish Channel » FRED Polish Podcast
Talal Derki – Of Fathers and Sons #IDFA2017

Fred Polish Channel » FRED Polish Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2017


An insightful look at the family of an Al-Nusra fighter in a small village in northern Syria. The post Talal Derki – Of Fathers and Sons #IDFA2017 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

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Fred Industry Channel » FRED Industry Podcast
Talal Derki – Of Fathers and Sons #IDFA2017

Fred Industry Channel » FRED Industry Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2017


An insightful look at the family of an Al-Nusra fighter in a small village in northern Syria. The post Talal Derki – Of Fathers and Sons #IDFA2017 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

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Fred Portuguese Channel » FRED Portuguese Podcast
Talal Derki – Of Fathers and Sons #IDFA2017

Fred Portuguese Channel » FRED Portuguese Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2017


An insightful look at the family of an Al-Nusra fighter in a small village in northern Syria. The post Talal Derki – Of Fathers and Sons #IDFA2017 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

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Fred Romanian Channel » FRED Romanian Podcast
Talal Derki – Of Fathers and Sons #IDFA2017

Fred Romanian Channel » FRED Romanian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2017


An insightful look at the family of an Al-Nusra fighter in a small village in northern Syria. The post Talal Derki – Of Fathers and Sons #IDFA2017 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

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Fred Slovenian Channel » FRED Slovenian Podcast
Talal Derki – Of Fathers and Sons #IDFA2017

Fred Slovenian Channel » FRED Slovenian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2017


An insightful look at the family of an Al-Nusra fighter in a small village in northern Syria. The post Talal Derki – Of Fathers and Sons #IDFA2017 appeared first on Fred Film Radio.

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De Wereld | BNR
Terreur

De Wereld | BNR

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2017 2:32


Sterker nog: Iran veroordeelde de aanslag, en wees in bedekte termen naar Saoedi-Arabië, als inspirator van al het terroristische kwaad. Wie heeft er nou gelijk? Het hangt ervan af waar je woont. Dat Iran, sponsor van zijn eigen Republikeinse Gardes, Hezbollah en Hamas, een gigantische bedreiging is voor Israël, de Syrische oppositie, Jordanië en de minderheden in Irak is een feit. Dus daar heeft Trump een punt. Maar als je de lijst terroristische aanslagen in Europa sinds 9/11 bekijkt, vind je zelfs met een loep geen band met Iran. Vrijwel alle daders hadden een radicaal-Soennitische achtergrond. Al Qaeda, IS, Al Nusra het zijn allemaal organisaties met wortels in Saoedi-Arabië, geïnspireerd en vaak gefinancierd door het Saoedische wahabisme. Iran is een sjiitisch bolwerk, en daarmee de aartsvijand van datzelfde Al Qaeda, IS, Al Nusra, maar ook bijvoorbeeld van de Taliban. Europese jihadisten als Salman Abedi uit Manchester hebben allemaal hetzelfde profiel: teruggekeerde Syriëgangers, geradicaliseerde sympathisanten van het wahabisme, en af en toe een door IS of Al Qaeda geronselde strijder. Als Iran raketten test met als opschrift 'Israël moet van de kaart geveegd', en er staan tienduizenden Hezbollah-raketlanceerders op Israëlische doelen gericht, dan vormt het hoog ontwikkelde, intelligente Iran vanzelfsprekend de grootste bedreiging. Maar voor landen buiten de directe regio is het echt Saoedi-Arabië dat de grootste sponsor van het terrorisme is. De inspiratiebron van elke gek die in Londen, Nice, Parijs of Brussel met een auto een menigte neermaait, of machinegeweren leegschiet, of zichzelf opblaast op een concert, en dan juichend een martelaar wordt genoemd, is de haatzaaierij uit Riyad niet uit Teheran. Hetzelfde Riyad waar dealmaker Donald Trump een order noteerde voor de levering van 110 miljard dollar aan wapens.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bernard Hammelburg | BNR

Sterker nog: Iran veroordeelde de aanslag, en wees in bedekte termen naar Saoedi-Arabië, als inspirator van al het terroristische kwaad. Wie heeft er nou gelijk? Het hangt ervan af waar je woont. Dat Iran, sponsor van zijn eigen Republikeinse Gardes, Hezbollah en Hamas, een gigantische bedreiging is voor Israël, de Syrische oppositie, Jordanië en de minderheden in Irak is een feit. Dus daar heeft Trump een punt. Maar als je de lijst terroristische aanslagen in Europa sinds 9/11 bekijkt, vind je zelfs met een loep geen band met Iran. Vrijwel alle daders hadden een radicaal-Soennitische achtergrond. Al Qaeda, IS, Al Nusra het zijn allemaal organisaties met wortels in Saoedi-Arabië, geïnspireerd en vaak gefinancierd door het Saoedische wahabisme. Iran is een sjiitisch bolwerk, en daarmee de aartsvijand van datzelfde Al Qaeda, IS, Al Nusra, maar ook bijvoorbeeld van de Taliban. Europese jihadisten als Salman Abedi uit Manchester hebben allemaal hetzelfde profiel: teruggekeerde Syriëgangers, geradicaliseerde sympathisanten van het wahabisme, en af en toe een door IS of Al Qaeda geronselde strijder. Als Iran raketten test met als opschrift 'Israël moet van de kaart geveegd', en er staan tienduizenden Hezbollah-raketlanceerders op Israëlische doelen gericht, dan vormt het hoog ontwikkelde, intelligente Iran vanzelfsprekend de grootste bedreiging. Maar voor landen buiten de directe regio is het echt Saoedi-Arabië dat de grootste sponsor van het terrorisme is. De inspiratiebron van elke gek die in Londen, Nice, Parijs of Brussel met een auto een menigte neermaait, of machinegeweren leegschiet, of zichzelf opblaast op een concert, en dan juichend een martelaar wordt genoemd, is de haatzaaierij uit Riyad niet uit Teheran. Hetzelfde Riyad waar dealmaker Donald Trump een order noteerde voor de levering van 110 miljard dollar aan wapens. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Around The Empire
Episode 2: Reporting From Syria Feat. Rania Khalek

Around The Empire

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2016 53:59


On this episode, Dan and Joanne interview independent journalist Rania Khalek about her recent trip to Syria. Rania is one of the few journalists to have done reporting from actually inside Syria and reports what she witnessed observing and talking to Syrians. Part of the discussion also focuses on a US-backed effort through traditional and social media to ignore the role Al Qaeda/Al Nusra is playing in the civil war. Rania explains the "moderate rebels" are, in truth, Al Nusra and those groups ideologically aligned with Al Nusra. If the moderate rebels prevailed, a sectarian bloodbath would shortly commence targeting Alawites, Christians, Shiites, and any other minority not conforming to their Sunni jihadist worldview. Follow Rania on Twitter at @RaniaKhalek

Loud & Clear
Why Does Media Cover Up War Crimes of ‘Rebels’ in Aleppo?

Loud & Clear

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2016 51:26


Al-Nusra and other Islamist forces attacked government held areas of the city for days, with scores of civilians killed. Yet the mainstream media was almost completely silent. Is the Syrian government gearing up for a major offensive to retake the country's largest city? The resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock continues as repression intensifies. Today marks the the anniversary of North and South Dakota becoming states in 1889, but how was the land stolen from Native people in the first place? Steve Russell, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Texas trial court judge and associate professor emeritus of Criminal Justice at Indiana University-Bloomington, joins Becker to talk about the history of Native struggle in the Dakotas.Less than one week until election day, the campaign has taken yet another twist as the FBI reopens an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s e-mails. Meanwhile, the Clinton camp continues to drum up anti-Russia sentiment to cover up their scandals. Becker is joined by Dinea Evans, a national delegate to the Democratic National Convention for Bernie Sanders, and Walter Smolarek, producer of Loud & Clear.

Esteri
Esteri di ven 28/10

Esteri

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2016 27:12


1-La guerra infinita. I ribelli lanciano la loro più grande offensiva per rompere l'assedio di Aleppo. Difficilmente ci riusciranno.2-I pirati al potere. Potrebbe succedere domani in Islanda. Il partito anti-sistema ha un programma ambizioso, ma niente radicalismo (Paul Fontaine, The Reykjavik Grapevine).3-I tanti NO all'Europa. Dalla Brexit al CETA. Bruxelles sempre più lontana dai cittadini (Alfredo Somoza)...4-Scozia. L'indipendenza arriva da lontano. La Brexit sta facendo riemergere gli antichi legami con l'Europa. L'intervista allo storico scozzese Tom Devine. Prima parte (Tom Devine, storico scozzese).5-Neri con le pistole. I 50 anni delle pantere nere. Quinta puntata (Marcello Lorrai)

Esteri
Esteri di ven 28/10

Esteri

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2016 27:12


1-La guerra infinita. I ribelli lanciano la loro più grande offensiva per rompere l'assedio di Aleppo. Difficilmente ci riusciranno.2-I pirati al potere. Potrebbe succedere domani in Islanda. Il partito anti-sistema ha un programma ambizioso, ma niente radicalismo (Paul Fontaine, The Reykjavik Grapevine).3-I tanti NO all'Europa. Dalla Brexit al CETA. Bruxelles sempre più lontana dai cittadini (Alfredo Somoza)...4-Scozia. L'indipendenza arriva da lontano. La Brexit sta facendo riemergere gli antichi legami con l'Europa. L'intervista allo storico scozzese Tom Devine. Prima parte (Tom Devine, storico scozzese).5-Neri con le pistole. I 50 anni delle pantere nere. Quinta puntata (Marcello Lorrai)

Syrian Civil War Podcast

A deeper look at Turkish Syrian relations as well as a look at Manbij, Aleppo, the NSyA, and the split between AQ and Al Nusra eck out our website at www.SyrianCivilWarPodcast.com Thanks to Notembug and Dan and Deryn Cullen for our music and transitions.

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Esteri
Esteri di ven 29/04

Esteri

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2016 29:41


1-Ad Aleppo non si può più nemmeno pregare. Per evitare altre stragi di civili sono state chiuse le moschee. Anche di venerdì (Haid Haid, cittadino siriano di Aleppo, @HaidHaid22).2-Ucraina, il sottile confine tra nazionalismo e patriottismo...La campagna dei gruppi dell'estrema destra non è ancora finita. Tra tre giorni saranno due anni dalla strage di Odessa (Nicolai Petro, Rhode Island University).3-“Fermiamo il commercio d'avorio”. È l'appello dei leader africani riuniti in Kenya. In un secolo l'Africa ha perso il 90% dei suoi elefanti, ormai a rischio estinzione (Raffaele Masto, @RAFFAELEMASTO).4-La fine delle rivoluzione bolivariana potrebbe essere imminente. Entro fine anno il referendum revocatorio sul successore di Chavez, Nicolas Maduro (Alfredo Somoza, @alfredosomoza).5-Festival dei Diritti Umani. Quarta puntata: nonostante i soprusi c'è sempre chi lotta per un futuro migliore (Danilo De Biasio, @danilodebiasio, @FDUmilano).6-Diario cubano: una fabbrica di sigari e le contraddizioni di un sistema produttivo ancora legato al socialismo (Marcello Lorrai)

Esteri
Esteri di ven 29/04

Esteri

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2016 29:41


1-Ad Aleppo non si può più nemmeno pregare. Per evitare altre stragi di civili sono state chiuse le moschee. Anche di venerdì (Haid Haid, cittadino siriano di Aleppo, @HaidHaid22).2-Ucraina, il sottile confine tra nazionalismo e patriottismo...La campagna dei gruppi dell'estrema destra non è ancora finita. Tra tre giorni saranno due anni dalla strage di Odessa (Nicolai Petro, Rhode Island University).3-“Fermiamo il commercio d'avorio”. È l'appello dei leader africani riuniti in Kenya. In un secolo l'Africa ha perso il 90% dei suoi elefanti, ormai a rischio estinzione (Raffaele Masto, @RAFFAELEMASTO).4-La fine delle rivoluzione bolivariana potrebbe essere imminente. Entro fine anno il referendum revocatorio sul successore di Chavez, Nicolas Maduro (Alfredo Somoza, @alfredosomoza).5-Festival dei Diritti Umani. Quarta puntata: nonostante i soprusi c'è sempre chi lotta per un futuro migliore (Danilo De Biasio, @danilodebiasio, @FDUmilano).6-Diario cubano: una fabbrica di sigari e le contraddizioni di un sistema produttivo ancora legato al socialismo (Marcello Lorrai)

JihadPod
XXX. al-Qaeda’s Franchising Strategy with Barak Mendelsohn

JihadPod

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2016 74:42


Barak Mendelsohn comes on the show to discuss his new book, The al-Qaeda Franchise: The Expansion of al-Qaeda and Its Consequences. Some of the topics covered include: How organizations expand Why AQ decided to branch out and the strategy behind that decision AQ’s choices on where to expand Case studies on AQ’s different branches. Links The al-Qaeda Franchise: The Expansion of al-Qaeda and Its Consequences: Barak Mendelsohn Amazon.com Barak Mendelsohn (@BarakMendelsohn) | Twitter Barak Mendelsohn | Haverford College Barak Mendelsohn | Foreign Policy Research Institute Thanks to Haakon Jahr, TankThoughts, and Raihan Kadir for supporting the show! If you’d like to support the podcast please check out the show’s Patreon page! The podcast is produced by Karl Morand. If you have feedback you can email podcast@jihadology.net, or find us on Twitter: @JihadPod. You can subscribe to the show in iTunes, Stitcher, or with our RSS feed.

The Report
Al Qaeda in Syria

The Report

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2015 28:01


Peter Oborne investigates claims that Britain and the West embarked on an unspoken alliance of convenience with militant jihadi groups in an attempt to bring down the Assad regime. He hears how equipment supplied by the West to so called Syrian moderates has ended up in the hands of jihadis, and that Western sponsored rebels have fought alongside Al Qaeda. But what does this really tell us about the conflict in Syria? This edition of The Report also examines the astonishing attempt to re brand Al Nusra, Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, as an organisation with which we can do business. Producer: Joe Kent.

JihadPod
XVII. The Khurasan Group: Myth and Reality with Thomas Joscelyn

JihadPod

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2015 28:03


Thomas Joscelyn comes on the show to talk about the so-called “Khurasan group.” Some of the topics covered include: Why the group came into being and when its members arrived in Syria Who are the key players and what are their backgrounds What they’ve been up to in Syria and how they relate to Jabhat al-Nusra What this group of individuals can tell us about al-Qaeda’s strategy Links: Thomas Joscelyn (@thomasjoscelyn) | Twitter The Long War Journal | A Project of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Thomas Joscelyn | Foundation for Defense of Democracies If you’re a fan of the show please consider supporting it on Patreon!! Your support helps cover the costs associated with producing the show. The podcast is produced by Karl Morand. If you have feedback you can email podcast@jihadology.net, or find us on Twitter: @JihadPod.

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JihadPod
V. Syria Status Update with Charles Lister

JihadPod

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2015 64:36


Charles Lister comes on the show to discuss a wide range of topics related to the current situation in Syria: The background and evolution of Jaysh al-Fatah What Jaysh al-Fatah has meant to rebel and Jabhat al-Nusra victories in Syria The recent formation of a Jaysh al-Fatah branch in the south and what the southern front in the war currently looks like How the regime, Iran, and Hizballah have reacted to the changing military dynamics on the ground The recent fighting between the Kurds and the Islamic State in northern al-Raqqah governorate Links: Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) on Twitter Aaron Y. Zelin (@azelin) on Twitter Charles’ forthcoming book “The Syrian Jihad: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Evolution of an Insurgency,” which comes out on September 24 The show is produced by Karl Morand. If you have any feedback you can email podcast@jihadology.net or find us on Twitter: @JihadPod

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Gli speciali di Radio Popolare
Siria, la guerra dimenticata. Di Emanuele Valenti

Gli speciali di Radio Popolare

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2014 67:14


La crisi siriana è cominciata quasi quattro anni fa. La rivolta popolare si è trasformata. La Siria di oggi è il centro della jihad globale, basta citare l'ISIS, lo Stato Islamico. Ma alcuni elementi, anche se i media se ne sono dimenticati, sono sempre gli stessi, a partire dalla repressione del regime di Assad. In questo speciale diamo voce ai siriani e a chi ha avuto a che fare direttamente con i siriani. Per ricordare un conflitto pericolosissimo che coinvolge tutto il Medio Oriente.

Gli speciali di Radio Popolare
Siria, la guerra dimenticata. Di Emanuele Valenti

Gli speciali di Radio Popolare

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2014 67:14


La crisi siriana è cominciata quasi quattro anni fa. La rivolta popolare si è trasformata. La Siria di oggi è il centro della jihad globale, basta citare l'ISIS, lo Stato Islamico. Ma alcuni elementi, anche se i media se ne sono dimenticati, sono sempre gli stessi, a partire dalla repressione del regime di Assad. In questo speciale diamo voce ai siriani e a chi ha avuto a che fare direttamente con i siriani. Per ricordare un conflitto pericolosissimo che coinvolge tutto il Medio Oriente.

Deeply Talks
Jabhat al Nusra Leader Speaks Out

Deeply Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2013 2:05


December 19-2013 (2:06)

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Jabhat al Nusra Leader Speaks Out

News Deeply

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2013 2:05


December 19-2013 (2:06)

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Syria The Truth's Podcast
Obama Overtly supports Al-Qaeda, Provides Terrorists with Chemical Weapons’: Michel Chossudovsky

Syria The Truth's Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2013 4:07


By Prof Michel Chossudovsky published on Global Research, June 25, 2013 In the midst of pre-Geneva II talks on Syria Professor Michel Chossudovsky, Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization and Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa tells the Voice of Russia about the controversial role the Obama administration plays in the Syrian conflict and the possibility that the US Head of State not only cooperates with Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations but also supplies them with chemical weapons. In one of your recent articles you suggested that the chemical weapons accusations in Syria are fabricated. You said that “in a bitter irony, the evidence amply confirms that the chemical weapons are being used not by Syrian government forces but by the US supported Al Qaeda rebels.” Can you elaborate on this issue? If we look at various media reports, including CNN but it is also acknowledged in Israeli media, the rebels namely Al-Nusra are in possession of chemical weapons but moreover it is acknowledged that western forces are actually training Al-Nusra rebels in Jordan and Turkey and this is confirmed by a December 9 CNN report. We had subsequently the report of the United Nations independent mission which confirms that rebel forces are in possession of sarin nerve gas and the United Nations human rights investigators actually made a statement to that effect and refuted the accusations that government forces were in possession of chemical weapons. In fact what they said is that the rebels were in possession of chemical weapons. Then we also had a Turkish police report, which essentially confirmed these previous reports, the fact that the Al-Nusra terrorists who are supported by the Western military alliance, they were arrested with sarin gas in their possession. Regarding the issue of chemical weapons in Syria you have also said that “Obama has not only “Crossed the Red Line”, he is supporting Al Qaeda. He is a Liar and a Terrorist.” Other than the provision of chemical weapons to Syrian opposition, is there any other evidence to support the claim that Obama might be supporting Al-Qaeda? I think that we are beyond the issue as to whether Obama is supporting Al-Qaeda. John Kerry is directly in contacts with commanders, which are in link with Al-Qaeda rebels. We’ve got a fairly large documentation to the effect that weapons and money are being channeled to the rebels and that these rebels actually are on the US state department list of terrorist organizations. So, what I am saying essentially is that these Al-Qaeda affiliated organizations are not longer supported covertly by the CIA, they are supported overtly by the US president and the Secretary of State who is in touch with commanders of that terrorist force, in particular the main intermediary is a General Idriss who is with the Free Syrian Army and who is in constant contact with the rebels. But what I think we should understand is that Obama administration and its allies are harboring a terrorist organization which is on the state department list and that means that president Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry could under the US law be held responsible: And I quote the document of the state department “knowingly providing or attempting or conspiring to provide material support or resources to or engaging in transactions with Al-Nusra front” so that essentially what I am contending is that Obama is in violation of the Patriot Act, he is in violation of US anti-terrorist legislation and in fact the US government is in blatant violation of its own counter-terrorism legislation while waging a so-called war on terrorism. You can’t wage a war on terrorism and then provide support to the terrorists.

Matthew Weaver's posts
Negotiations should take place with Jabhat al-Nusra to avoid Iraq disaster, argues Noman Benotman of the Quilliam Foundation

Matthew Weaver's posts

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2013 16:23


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Deeply Talks
Robert Ford on Jabhat al Nusra

Deeply Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2012 2:12


December 14-2-12 (2:12)

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Robert Ford on Jabhat al Nusra

News Deeply

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2012 2:12


December 14-2-12 (2:12)

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