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    ProYPG commenter.......
    People saying that YPG "backstabbed the revolution" when killing 60+ rebels. What they dont say is the rebels attacked them with 500 ppl.

    BUT WAIT this is what YPG did a few months ago instead of attacking IS which is the US was supporting them.....and these were Arab towns not Kurdish......

    Ayn Daqna, Tal Rifaat & few other Arab villages were occupied by YPG Kurdish militia supported by RuAF few moths ago

    Syria Not #IslamicState-barbarism, but in Kurdish #Afrin town when #YPG militia shows killed #FSA fighters

    SYRIA: #SDF spokesman condemns #YPG’s parading of rebel bodies in Afrin..REMEMBER only 20% of SDF is in fact Arabic.....80% Kurdish fighters...

    Appears US has lost control over their Kurdish proxy.......

    Reference Russian info war spin hard at work......
    2016-04-28 Russia's @RT_com misrepresents @HadiAlabdallah's footage as an attack by JaN on #Aleppo #Syria:

    Some idiots called the @TheYoungTurks suggesting #US bombed Al-Quds Hospital in #Aleppo.
    THIS narrative is the same that the Russian MoD released yesterday...nice that they are at least following the Russian "narrative"......
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    Seymour Hersh is incredibly ignorant given the idea he´s an "investigative journalist".
    http://www.alternet.org/world/exclus...sama-bin-laden

    Under the rubric of potentially "bought" US politicians......

    Seems like @SenRichardBlack is blocking folks for being critical of his #Syria trip & unabashed support for #Assad.

    Wonder who paid for the trip and what hotel he stayed in???
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    After the massive outcry concerning the precise air strike in the middle of the night on a MSF hospital in Aleppo appears that maybe both Assad AF and RuAF were in fact involved......


    Russia and #Syria accusing each other of bombing Al-Quds Hospital in #Aleppo. Kind of.

    BUT WAIT...the Russian MoD yesterday claimed it was the US.......maybe the Russians and Assad should at least get their stories correct.

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    Shaggy's, It wasn't me....

    ...certainly the most popular song for Keystone Cops in Moscow these days...

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    Regime statements.....from yesterday....

    Al #Watan: "Now is time to launch the battle for complete liberation of #Aleppo". "Liberation" sounds better than annihilation


    A symbolic step: the 350th #TOW fired since Sept 30, 2015 is from Suqur Al-Jebal vs YPG tank
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYIL8cwNC14

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    Under the rubric of .......Really????

    YPG of Afrin has no idea of showing off dead FSA fighters that what it did will inflame the area,Ayn Daqnah and Tal Rifaat are arab towns

    They knew exactly what they were doing.......

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    US Urges Russia to Help Stop Strikes in Syria; Russia Blames ‘International Coalition’
    http://www.interpretermag.com/april-29-2016/#13618

    BUT WAIT.......the "other reality"....

    The Obama administration is now 'giving full cover to the Russians' in Syria — and the results are 'catastrophic'
    http://read.bi/1TAggTp

    First batches of hacked emails from ANNA News now rolling in.
    https://twitter.com/WowihaY/status/726037849103949824

    Germany: Attack on Syrian hospital can 'be traced back' to Assad
    http://read.bi/1TAfllU

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    Why do Obama and Kerry believe they can trust Putin...are they that and I hate this word....stupid...?????

    REMEMBER 2014 Obama stated..."we will judge Putin on his actions not his words"......AND yet they fall for his words over and over and over....WHY is that???

    Russia and US announced today a silence regime (meaning a ceasefire) in three areas..........BUT NOW Assad launches a ground offensive in two of the three "silence regime areas".....SO did Putin "play" Obama and Kerry again and again and again...they seem to never learn.......OR is Putin so "weak" that he cannot control Assad......??

    Second "silence regime" area was #Latakia, right?! ;-/
    NEVER trust #Assad and #Putin! ...

    While #Russia promises a "regime of silence" east of #Damascus #Assad and his allies proudly announce new battles.
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    Aleppo #FSA expelled #IS from Qasajik & killed 15
    http://wikimapia.org/#lang=de&lat=36...49138&z=15&m=b

    Eyewitnesses from #Aleppo say airstrike campaign now the heaviest since war started

    Aleppo city now "desaster area" bc Regime & #Russia'n airstrikes without break

    20+ dead after airstrikes on several neighborhoods of #Aleppo today
    Body Count for this week ~200 residents

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    If this is correct and I am assuming it is confirmed as the source is solid...THEN we can pack in the US FP and literally go home...this is just how bad Obama has retrenched.....absolutely no leverage and that is the first time in over 70 years......

    "The Americans asked for Aleppo to be included, but the Russians refused." - Security source tells @AFP #Syria

    REMEMBER when Assad had his interview and he stated he would recapture the entire country...and he was not chastised by the Russians...WHY ...they both want the same end state and the Obama WH cannot see there nose if they tried.

    Footage coming out of #Aleppo right now is undoubtedly one of the most horrifying things I have ever seen. Without a doubt,

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    Damascus : Opposition have broken the Regime grip on #Al_Marj opening the road and allowing reinforcements to arrive

    After seizure of #Khirbet_Naqus (#Ghab) by #TIP, Jaish Al-Tahrir holding frontline near Regime-held #Hakoura.

    Footage from yesterday clashes between 1st regiment & #ISIS on Baraghideh front, N. #Aleppo.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdhAsMHavME

    Far from attention, village of #Kabana (NE #Latakia) & gate to #Ghab resisting since months despite endless shelling

    Clashes continue in Eastern Ghouta between Jaysh al Islam on one side and Faylaq al Rahman and Jabhat al Nusra on the other side

    Unless quickly solved, the clashes could move to the north where both Jaysh al Islam and Jabhat al Nusra have presence

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    FSA First Coastal Division shelling pro-Regime forces in N. #Latakia with Grad rockets, T-55 & 122 mm cannon.

    After Tel Battal, Rebels recaptured Qasajek (قصاجك) from #ISIS in N. #Aleppo. Located ~6 km East of Dudiyan. http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36....349396&z=13&m

    1 battalion joins "New Syrian army" group in Tanf area, #Damascus province #Syria

    Aleppo Bustan al-Qasr Medical Centre has been rendered completely out of service after being repeatedly bombed by Assad today

    Friday prayers cancelled in #Aleppo today in fear of being targeted by Russia/Assad airstrikes

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    Great 'doctrine & tactics' on the part of Russian Airspace Force (VKS): since 'Jihadists rats' wouldn't leave when one is bombing them, how about demolishing all the hospitals before attacking the area?

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    Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
    Why do Obama and Kerry believe they can trust Putin...are they that and I hate this word....stupid...?????

    REMEMBER 2014 Obama stated..."we will judge Putin on his actions not his words"......AND yet they fall for his words over and over and over....WHY is that???

    Russia and US announced today a silence regime (meaning a ceasefire) in three areas..........BUT NOW Assad launches a ground offensive in two of the three "silence regime areas".....SO did Putin "play" Obama and Kerry again and again and again...they seem to never learn.......OR is Putin so "weak" that he cannot control Assad......??

    Second "silence regime" area was #Latakia, right?! ;-/
    NEVER trust #Assad and #Putin! ...

    While #Russia promises a "regime of silence" east of #Damascus #Assad and his allies proudly announce new battles.
    Russian "regime of silence" plan allows Syrian regime to concentrate on one battlefront at a time @GeorgeRussell https://twitter.com/SyriaInstitute/s...78859725144065

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    Charles Lister ‎@Charles_Lister
    Oh.

    @CENTCOM changes #ISIS foreign fighter assessment - down to 500/month, not 200:
    http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKCN0XP33K

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    Idlib: #Assad airstrikes destroyed an empty school in #Khan_Assubul village, burned face & hands of a little girl.

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    #Assad jets strike al-Ghantu while people stream out of the mosques.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pqiIHaRX8M

    Footage
    Yellow smoke after #Assad air strike on Al-Ghantu.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuvQJMWJlM0
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    Charles Lister ‏@Charles_Lister
    Opposition HNC chief Riyadh Hijab accuses #Assad regime of "appalling massacres" & says impossible to talk peace.

    Charles Lister ‏@Charles_Lister
    Wonder when U.S. et al, will step up & accept that talking isn’t stopping #Assad [& #Russia, #Iran] from war crimes.

    Seymour Hersh is nuts. He says Obama gave jihadis visas to #Syria & H. Clinton sent Libyan Sarin to #Syria's rebels!
    http://www.strategic-culture.org/new...an-rebels.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrowBat View Post
    Great 'doctrine & tactics' on the part of Russian Airspace Force (VKS): since 'Jihadists rats' wouldn't leave when one is bombing them, how about demolishing all the hospitals before attacking the area?
    Russia on MH17
    1. It was an Ukr jet
    2. It was an Ukr Buk

    Russia on Aleppo
    1. It was Nusra
    2. It was the West

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    Kyle W. Orton ‏@KyleWOrton
    For the last time: al-Qaeda is not the dominant force in #Aleppo City; Fatah Halab is, an operations room deliberately excluding al-Qaeda.

    BREAKING THIS MORNING: Fire broke out in water station in BabNeirab in #Aleppo after bombardment by warplanes!

    The US & Russia are running out of vague terms to say "truce" without actually saying it (cessation of hostilities & now regime of silence)

    FROM this morning.......
    More than 50(!!!) #Assad air strikes so far today.
    Dozens of deaths all across the country.


    Fida Nazmi, from #Assad's hometown, infamous commander of the Iran-run sectarian #NDF, mysteriously killed.

    Kyle W. Orton ‏@KyleWOrton
    The fallen Saddam regime (Jaysh al-Naqshbandi) rekindled the Iraqi insurgency, was then usurped and destroyed by IS.
    http://ow.ly/4nfJ0kshbandi later.....
    This is an interesting comment......will post something on the Naqshbandi later.

    In case you were wondering, Marat al-Numan is still (for 48th consecutive day) protesting against al-Qaeda.
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    CrowBat......what do you think of this....??

    https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/15208.html

    Iran steers regime media and security since revolution erupted in 2011: document

    (Zaman Al Wasl)- A leaked document obtained Zaman al-Wasl reveals the dominance of Iran over Syrian regime's security and media outlets.

    The document that issued by the General Intelligence Directorate shows the details of security and intelligence operations of regime apparatus and the directing work to confront the revolutionary movement and foil the Syrian revolution.

    The document released on 18 April-one month following the revolution in Daraa- indicates the involvement of Iranian intelligence with the regime apparatus in all security policies and the use of advanced tactics to infiltrate the revolution as well as making a counter media propaganda via special teams to delude local and international public opinion.

    The document- a meeting proceeding between Iranian and Syrian officials and security leaderships- reveals that the two parties formed a work group named the Syrian Iranian Technical Committee. The committee held previous meetings which confirm its involvement in political and security decision making since day one.

    Zuhair Hamad and Buthaina Sha’baan

    Through analyzing the proceeding content, Colonel Zuhair Hamad might be a member of the Syrian work group since he is vice-chairman of State Security. The possibility of his being a member in the committee is enhanced by his accompanying to Iranian officers in addition to being part of the work group formed following outbreak of the revolution. He was an active actor in the group in Daraa. Zuhair has extensive experience in managing regime operations in media field and supervising media censorship and tracking down media personnel. He founded and sponsored an electronic newspaper.

    He was in charge of the 255 security branch subordinate to State Security before he was promoted to a colonel and given the post of vice-chairman of State Security which was chaired by Ali Mamluk. Zuhair later on took Management of National Security as a successor to Rustum Ghazali.

    General Ghassan Khalil succeeded Hamad in post of the 255 security branch. Ghassan also is involved in oppressing and tracking down of journalists. He supervised a working group to infiltrate social media websites and the arrest of many media activists and their wives during the revolution.
    Also, Buthaina Sha’baan is likely one of the committee as she is Assad’s advisor for media affairs. She was mentioned as the professor in the committee meeting proceeding. She is known to have been involved in security cases like the former Lebanese minister and Assad’s advisor Michiel Samaha who was sentenced to 13 years of prison in explosives transport case on charges of executing terrorist operations targeting prominent figures in Lebanon.

    Regarding the Iranians in the committee, the meeting proceeding points at two figures with al-Haj Hussein and al-Haj Muhsen names. Iranians are known to use such titles for intelligence officers and revolutionary guards’ personnel.

    Iranian Demands

    The proceeding which was presented to Colonel Ali Mamluk and it proposes: forming a management for psychological war, a committee to manage public opinion with security, political, media, and cultural participation, working to instill skepticism in pro-revolution public opinion, finding real justifications for the work of security apparatus.

    The proceeding says the Iranians in the committee proposed giving assistance in piracy and hack operations for websites and pages described as “hostile” meaning activists websites and pages. They also proposed training a specialized staff by Iranian experts.

    The Iranians in the committee also proposed that Iran invites different groups from all apparatuses to train them. In addition, they advised Bashar al-Assad to form Riot Police unit to “facilitate maneuver” and prevent people from gathering in big numbers.

    Psychological war

    The committee meeting proceeding recounts an Iranian official saying Iran will send two groups to surveille and infiltrate Facebook, two groups for camera as well as send an Iranian expert named Dr. Ameeri whose mission is to train and monitor the psychological war.

    The Iranian official adds that individuals who will come to work from Iran should not be known and their work should be confidential. The official means that the Iranian experts who will be involved in security operations and monitoring operations as well as psychological war management and supervising installation of security cameras.

    The official in response to a question from the Syrian side regarding media work, said the Iranians will form media groups to spread regime propaganda. It is obvious that security apparatuses responded to that by forming the Electronic Army from a body of students, employees, and different members of institutions.

    The bogey of Al-Jazeera Channel

    Syrian Iranian committee was obviously upset with Al-Jazeera TV Channel support of the Syrian revolution against Assad regime. The proceeding talks about committee members assigning a space to investigate the process of coverage the channel follows to cover the revolution and the photographing techniques. The committee accuses the channel of magnifying the protests. The channel displays four vehicles or tanks and videotapes them from the front and the side and lengthen the photo so that it appears to the audience there are a big number of vehicles and that’s what the channel does in its coverage of protests.

    Conceal in agents outside Syria

    The Iranian team in the security working group demands concealing in agents in countries like England, Lebanon and Iraq to conduct pro-regime TV presentations and to spread the propaganda that Syria is targeted because the objective is to break down the pro-resistance country.

    The document leaked to Zaman al-Wasl makes it clear the Syrian regime followed the plans proposed by the Iranian officials since the outbreak of the events. Hence, it explains the Iranian hegemony on security decision making process and planning oppressing operations and complete involvement of Iran in Syria. Iran went far as to send Basij forces and recruit personnel in Shia militias to fight in Syria beside the Syrian regime.

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