Beirut Residents Return to the Devastated Suburbs
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Good morning Craig, thank you for your courageous reporting.
does it feel safer under a ceasefire? Do people think it will hold?
This is the sort of reporting we *should* be seeing on television news, but aren’t. Huge respect for the work you are doing in Beirut at such a historic moment.
Unmistakably random, reckless & murderous destruction.
Israel could not get its F-35 fighter jets airborne without parts exported from Britain.
The UK government is continuing to issue export licences despite accepting Israel could be using F-35 jets in breach of international humanitarian law.
https://www.reuters.com/world/palestinian-ngo-ask-uk-court-block-f-35-parts-israel-over-gaza-war-2024-11-18/
Keir Starmer was unequivocal at PMQs yesterday that his government will continue enabling genocide for as long as Israel wants.
https://x.com/SaulStaniforth/status/1861751154503213239
Unfortunately, Jules, I think it’s worse than random. There seems some evidence that Israel specifically targets medical personnel, to ensure that more wounded people will die for lack of medical attention.
These entire buildings reduced to rubble, these peaceful people walking around their homes, vehicles cruising through the streets with flags held from the windows…
Excellent reporting from Craig Murray, wearing once again his trademark red tie. This second episode is almost as captivating as “Displaced”, which has now passed the 500 viewers threshold on YouTube.
What a contrast with the architectural marvels of Baalbek that Mr. Murray bravely visited under the threat of menacing drones! We’d love to see how southern Lebanon is recovering, now the assault is over, at least temporarily.
How kind of the Zionist company Google, owner of Youtube, to allow the anti-Zionist message to spread so widely and with such a powerful effect against Zionist power. How wonderfully freedom-lovy the west and Zionist internet monopolies are!
500 viewers (or 5,000) is the same as “none” as far as politicians are concerned.
But if it looked like getting a million views, youtube would take it down
Hezbollah; they won and then they surrendered.
We’ll have to see how things pan out, but I doubt if Hizbullah think they have surrendered. The people in the video seem to think they’re winning or have won, as Israel has been forced to stop the bombing (by the poor situation on the ground)..
It may well be just like dominoes stacking. As soon as one has tipped over, the others follow.
I have this funny feeling Hamas may also agree to a ‘ceasefire’ in the near future, preferably in the days around Trump II’s inauguration.
Poor Genocide-Joe no longer has his say. It used to be called a lame duck, but in this instance it’s a lame duke…
Meanwhile, Genius-Elon has recently raised his fortune by just a few dozen billion dollars. Follow the money!
How lucky are we, on this blog, to have our gracious host Craig, always ready to soothe our ills with his everlasting optimism!
No doubt they have their reasons but I don’t know why they did this.
The Zionists are bombing Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza right now.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/11/28/live-fragile-truce-holds-in-lebanon-north-gaza-absolutely-terrifying
I have just read some scribble by a Jewish supposed critic of Israel in the USA who keeps referring to himself as an “expert on genocide” and who also refers to “the Gazans”. I wonder whether the creep also refers to the “Auschwitzians” and the “Treblinkans”?
With “opponents” like this learned professor, the genocidalists hardly need any friends.
Referring to “the Gazans” is a lie, the same way that implying that “occupiers” and their “settlements” only exist on the West Bank is a lie. It is Zionist propaganda.
Railing against the word selection of some unnamed professor while fiercely supporting the Genocide-Cheney Democrats.
Mass slaughter of women and children, no red line.
What do you think the professor would make of it? Be honest.
Gazans means the Palestinians of Gaza, as opposed to those of the West Bank. A useful expression in my view. What alternative do you propose?
‘Palestinians’ will do. The genocidal gang don’t differentiate and intend to kill them all anyway. Gaza, Israel, West Bank it’s all Palestine.
Hezbollah is being led into false hope, because the war hasn’t finished – it’s just being delayed until Trump takes office. This war started long before 07.10.24. Turkey stated clearly that it had informed the Israel government that an attack was going to happen, hence the front and back doors were left wide open and Hamas walked right into the trap.
The terms and condition of the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel is one-sided, and it’s on these terms Israel will start the war all over again, make no mistake. If Hezbollah and Hamas believe that displacing the citizens of Israel is a success, then I’m afraid losing 44,000 Palestinians is a complete failure and is only playing into the West’s hands.
Little England caused all this, by giving away a country that didn’t belong to them, and everyday Scotland is being eroded by the Scottish government and the same morons who claim to be Indy supporters who vote for the Unionist SNP. Democracy is about people first and it’s the people who make laws; but somehow in Scotland we are to believe, by the very people who claim to want to take Scotland back, that democracy starts at Westminster. NAW, it doesn’t, and never did.
I don’t know how many times I told this true story and I’ll tell it again. In 2014 I came up from England to attend a meeting of Nicola Sturgeon Grand Tour at the corn in Edinburgh and it was at this meeting Sturgeon was asked a simple question from a kid about 15yrs old. He had his school uniform on, he asked when will we have another referendum? Sturgeon’s reply was, we had a referendum and we lost, now wasn’t the time for another referendum and it wouldn’t be fair on the other side. After the meeting we travel back to England, and both my wife and I were talking about what she had said and we kept coming back to: surely you’d want to keep the momentum going until you had achieved your goal. The SNP had just won 56 MPs in 2015 and here was a perfect reason to obtain from the UKG some sort of democracy to be returned to the Scottish parliament through this Smith commission. The SNP didn’t even fight for Scotland or our people, but instead accepted what was on offer. At the same time, people had erected an Indy movement outside the Scottish parliament and were going to stay there until Scotland achieved Independence; when the SNP Government took these people to court to have them removed, all my fears about Sturgeon became apparent and I knew then Scotland’s journey had ended. We donated to Michael Keating’s case regarding the Section 30 process and the SNP’s treacherous behavior towards the case – and how they completely ruined it from succeeding – and then the SNP’s complete idiocy of taking Scotland’s constitutional question to the British Supreme court.
Scotland might not be at war with England but a war is being waged on who owns Scotland, and I’m afraid we are losing simply because the messages the SNP are saying aren’t getting through to the wider public. And the idea that The National is the paper for Independence? Don’t make me laugh. Sturgeon said herself – and when I heard it, I was appalled, after spending 33yrs being a SNP member and supporter – that she was British, and would always be British – even when Scotland becomes Independent. Here is a woman who’s spent the last ten years destroying the SNP and the Indy movement, and in 2026 she’ll be elected again and will be returned back as leader of the SNP. ‘Why?’ you might add. Because we are all asleep and the differences between the middle east and Scotland isn’t a war of bullets and guns, but it’s a war we have been fighting since our creation: our right to exist as a people and a nation. After 300 years plus of British doctrine, it hasn’t eroded the Scottish identity or the Scottish nation and her people’s belief in her. To allow all that to fail now is stupid, we need to waken up and smell the roses. The SNP is bad and The Rag is a con, and the idea Westminster holds all the card is rubbish. All we need to do is just end the Treaty of the Union and say “There’s the back door – goodbye” and see what they do. It’s doing nothing that is allowing the Unionist to achieve their goals; its’ time for us to achieve ours.
While people go out and buy this Unionist newspaper and vote for the SNP, nothing will change. Nicola Sturgeon has been rubbing our faces into the dirt and still is. For me now, the fight isn’t Independence, because it’s farther away now than it was in 2014. The priority is to rid ourselves of the SNP – and only when we have achieved this, will we see change. But don’t be fooled by the music – listen to the words. We don’t want another Sturgeon leading us into a cul-de-sac again. Hamas and Hezbollah, along with the whole middle east, need to waken up and smell the coffee. There’s a bigger game being played, and it’s always the same players with the rulebook. It’s time for the rulebook to be chucked out before it’s too late.
Ooh-aah Hezbollah isn’t stupid or ignorant, they have their reasons.
Do you mean Egypt…. I’ve not heard of Turkey having warned Israel that Hamas were planning an attack.
Notified my MP and will tell others.
The cease-fire has already been violated by Israel, shooting at civilians trying to return to their homes. I don’t have much hope for it.
That was to be expected. More telling about the future is gonna be Hezbollah response. Resume fighting or temporarily accept inferiority?
They certainly can no longer rely on Iran to help them out. So sad.
Now he has full credentials, I guess Craig will rush and report best he can on these new developments. That’s why he’s our best man in the ME.
I don’t go along with your presumption that Israel is winning.
Winning? Where did you see that? This is not a game of Monopoly. What seems obvious is that Netanyahu is playing the Trump card. We’ll see what happens…
I said the presumption behind what you say. You should re-think if that’s not the case.
Dear Craig, please could you place your videos on Rumble (https://rumble.com)?
Rumble is free speech platform. Google’s Youtube is quite the opposite. I cannot reliably view the embedded Youtube videos as it tends to block me. It really is best to use a platform that does its best to spread and promote your content, rather than the opposite.
Free Palestine.
Brian, I add my plea to yours. Rumble markets itself as ‘the free speech alternative to Youtube’ and so far it is.
According to the agreement the Lebanese government must stop entry of arms to Hezbollah [a]
UNSCR 1701 also calls for full implementation of its predecessor UNSC resolutions, including “disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon” and dismantle all existing unauthorised facilities involved in the production of arms and related materiel, and prevent the establishment of such facilities in the future.[b below] and confiscate all unauthorised arms inconsistent with these commitments. [c below]
Monitor and enforce against any unauthorised entry of arms and related materiel into and throughout Lebanon, including through all border crossings, and against the unauthorised production of arms and materiel within Lebanon.
b. Starting with the Southern Litani Area, dismantle all existing unauthorised facilities involved in the production of arms and related materiel, and prevent the establishment of such facilities in the future.
c. Starting with the Southern Litani Area, dismantle all infrastructure and military positions, and confiscate all unauthorised arms inconsistent with these commitments.
9. Upon the commencement of the cessation of hostilities according to paragraph one, and without prejudice to Unifil and its mandate and responsibilities in UNSCR 1701 and its predecessor resolutions, Israel and Lebanon resolve, in co-ordination with Unifil, to reformulate and enhance the tripartite mechanism (hereinafter: “the Mechanism”). The reformulated and enhanced Mechanism, hosted by Unifil, chaired by the US, and including France, will monitor, verify, and assist in ensuring enforcement of these commitments.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/full-text-ceasefire-agreement-lebanon-and-israel
Most importantly the US will chair the ‘Mechanism’ and Israel will have an input.
Will Hezbollah allow themselves to be disarmed and all their facilities be raided, confiscated and moved North of the Litani? As the US/Israel insist, the question answers itself.
The idea that the Lebanese army have the will and the means to stop the Israeli army from invading Lebanon up to the Litani river (a rich water source coveted by Israel) is ridiculous for instance the Lebanese have been offered the equivalent of crop dusters or Sopwith camels and its army with the equivalent rifles, which when fired a flag with bang written on it pops out the barrel, this is necessary according to the Israelis in order for them to be ineffective against its state of the art tanks and F35’s. The Israelis maybe evil but they are not stupid.
So sad and so brave. It is not just a crime against humanity but also against the environment. What is going to happen to all that rubble? How much of it can be re-used? It is going to take years to clear everything, rebuild, get the electricity working, water supply. Who is going to pay for it and who is going to profit from it?
Meanwhile the terrorist state is retreating into its stolen country to lick its wounds – until next time!
It looks like the avid Zionist Starmer – has granted immunity to a number of vile Zionists who are aiding and abetting in genocide.
“Israel’s top soldier, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, visited Britain earlier this week, the UK government has confirmed. The UK government has since granted “special mission” immunity to at least seven Israeli officials who have been accused of serious violations of international law.”
The Zionists have their claws deep into the English parliament.
https://www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-army-chief-visited-britain-this-week-uk-confirms/
Deep into the UK media system too. Not a breath in any mainstream outlet about these visits from genocidal war criminals.
And, the UK military has been training Israeli forces in the UK, for years and very recently.
The UK is 110% complicit in the Israeli genocide.
Meanwhile:
“The Lebanese army says Israeli forces have violated the new ceasefire agreement “several times” since Wednesday.”
and,
“The Israeli army says they neutralised the area where medium-range rockets of Hezbollah were stored. It did not say whoever was there was attempting to launch them.
But this is in line with what the Israeli army and government have been saying even from before the ceasefire agreement took effect, which is that Israel would enforce the ceasefire with fire. And that it would not allow Hezbollah to roam free in southern Lebanon and wouldn’t allow the group to rearm. That is the interpretation of the agreement Israel is going with.” Aljazeera live updates.
This is a typical/standard Israeli ceasefire: we’ll keep killing, you’ll stop defending yourselves.
No surprises here.
Stevie Boy.
” Israel would enforce the ceasefire with fire. And that it would not allow Hezbollah to roam free in southern Lebanon and wouldn’t allow the group to rearm. ”
There’s only one way they can ‘enforce’ anything and that’s from the air because they can’t enforce anything against Hezbollah on the ground. The lack of impetus on the ground is possibly one of the reasons they have tolerated the 60 day Pause – it’s not really a Ceasefire.
My reading and opinion of Iran’s position is that they could be waiting to see what Trump is up to. Same with Putin and Russia.
Putin described Trump as “intelligent”. That’s laying it on a bit thick – but let’s see what happens?
The MSM might believe it, as it lowers down the rate of absolute lying they have to do when it’s full on. And after all – Do they know it’s Xmas time at all?
I’m Glad to have Shaken Craig’s hand and Shared a wee Drink.. The man is a true hero of our times ..I miss his Festival at Doune..Stay stay safe Bro..
I’m also happy to have Shaken the Hand of Norman .F… And This Clip Shows Many thins Morgan Zionist .. Israeli Evil..and Hero Norman –
47 mins – “You Need a PSYCHIATRIST!” Norman Finkelstein vs Fleur Hassan | Israel Showdown –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sowl3uFfDzc
Reporting on how people in Lebanon and Gaza have been dealing with mental health issues would be interesting. Just the drones alone must be taking a toll, even if it weren’t for the deaths, injuries, destruction, and displacement. There was a good piece at the Al Jazeera site about people in Gaza keeping pet birds. I dreamt of Netanyahu last night. I wonder how many people subject to Israeli terror have dreamt of him. The guy looks and sounds much younger than 75.
You should see the painting in his attic.
At the very least he must have had facelifts surely.
In other news, a “surprise offensive” by Tahrir al-Sham is ongoing in Aleppo, and Assad has rushed to Moscow.
These reports are amazing (also stellar video production). Imagine if western msm actually reported like this; reported from with a human touch, reported with compassion with the victims, with facts. Getting people to really understand the immense destruction going on.
What strikes me is the resilience that Palestinians or in this case, Lebanese, represent.
Tellingly, when these groups show off just this steadfast resilience, resistance, they are framed as religious fanatics by the west, that they somehow seek death and destruction being brought upon themselves but when the same west report on Ukrainians they are hailed for their sacrifice, resistance against Russia!?
And speaking on Ukraine what if Russia bombed whole civilian areas, apartments just because some Ukrainian general or Ukrainian top politician live there?! It would be unheard of, still, this is the exact type of terrorism that Israel carries out in Lebanon, Gaza without anyone in the west as much as flinch!
Lowkey is wonderful here!
https://x.com/search?q=lowkey&src=typed_query
Why is it so necessary to try to prove a negative to Israel – that there are no military headquarters or weapons etc. here, so please don’t bomb us?
Mossad is headquartered, and the Israeli high command, is definitely in Tel Aviv. Does that make Tel Aviv a legitimate target for random bombing, by Israel’s own logic?
Because those who aren’t Jewish supremacists don’t have the famous “right to defend themselves”, and because those who say otherwise are the heirs of some religio-political German leader who died nearly 100 years ago and who, like him, are racist madmen hell-bent on murdering all the Jews? That is the rabid position of all western governments and not just Melanie Phillips. Those who believe otherwise might like to find a single example of a government minister in any NATO state ever saying
a) that the Palestinians have a right to defend themselves or
b) that ethnic supremacist dictatorship is just as bad when it’s Jewish as when it privileges any other ethnic group.
Just a single example – to define the challenge clearly, let’s say since NATO was founded in 1949. Said by a government minister when in office, in any NATO state. A single instance of them saying either a) or b).
Right now there is talk about Israeli formally annexing the West Bank, or part of the West Bank. And no mainstream western media mentions whether the ~3 million Arabs living there, who outnumber Jews by more than 4 to 1, may or may not be given the vote. They’re too busy calling the terrorist state “the only democracy in the Middle East”.
Sharing via the links on Facebook gets an immediate removal on fake grounds of ‘Spam’…
So shared from the Youtube link. We’ll see what happens to that.
Never seen social media so heavily & one-sided censored as now.
“Social media” was an arm of the state’s intelligence services and military, and of the big business interests with which they work, from the very beginning.
I don’t want to shock sensitive readers, but Tor was created by the US military and the Electronic Frontier Foundation is funded by the big California-based Hitler called “Google” which has also long worked with the US military, the CIA, and the NSA.
Think “bait and switch” and “low ball” and behaviourism.
As for “VPNs”, like yeah, right. Ditto an operating system on a flash drive. The flash drive was invented by Dov Moran.
To some this is all obvious, about as obvious as it could possibly be, but if someone needs a “writer” on it to help them question their wrong assumptions before they realise what’s happened to the world and rip off the wearable “freedom tech” they got from the NHS, they might try Yasha Levine, whose “Surveillance Valley” (published 2018) is fine.
Oz have just enacted mandatory age verification for 16 year olds. This means that ‘everyone’ will need to verify their age. How is this going to work ? You’re going to have to provide big brother with more personal data to use social media. VPNs won’t make any difference. Oz today, UK tomorrow ?
“Never seen social media so heavily & one-sided censored as now.”
FWIW, Germany, Norway, and new NATO members Sweden and Finland seem to be preparing their populations for war:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/would-you-survive-72-hours-germany-and-the-nordic-countries-prepare-citizens-for-possible-war
“Islamist militants in Syria have launched their offensive right after the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect … Türkiye, Syria and Russia will work together against the al-Qaeda-affiliated militants. … “external forces” are interested in escalating the conflict in Syria. He named the US, Israel and “certain European countries.” ”
https://www.rt.com/news/608370-syria-militant-offensive-bagci/
The ‘secret’ war against Russia continues, and the UK is involved yet again.
Not only did Tahrir al-Sham launch an offensive in Syria simultaneously with the ceasefire in Lebanon, but they seized a lot of territory fast (in Aleppo) and Assad was so concerned he flew to Moscow.
I’m not sure Russia has the ability to fight the US-backed headchopping nutters in Syria on the scale that it did in 2015, when it defeated Daesh there to the relief of most of the population. Otherwise it might have helped the Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh last year, who were displaced en masse by Azerbaijani forces backed by Turkey and Israel. (Note that Israeli-armed Azerbaijan is mostly Shia Muslim, as is Iran, which is pro the Armenians, even if Iran didn’t give the Armenians much military support, any more than Russia did. This isn’t about religion.)
Eh?
While these so called rebels have made some inroads. Don’t fall into the trap overestimating them. Remember what happened with Hamas, after the first few days of IDF disarray?
Moving through territory in a raid isn’t the same as holding it. Plus these the rebel groups are not as numerous as they used to be.
Furthermore the Russian role was always quite limited in scale, it was actually Hezbollah & Iranian supported militas who did most of the grunt work supporting the SAA.
Those parties will be freed up too, and have no interest in seeing Erdoğan’s little games succeeding.
Nato states now supporting both Salafist Jihadis and Neo-Nazis, supplying arms, training, etc.
What could go wrong?
Thanks for that great video, it shows that the rabid occupying Zionists can’t destroy Lebanese positivity, resolve to rebuild and love for each other, all they can do is kill and destroy with arms we send them.
Starmer has caused so much grief, has broken so many laws, here and abroad, he should be prosecuted. Every day he searches for another issue to proffer overlaying real facts and news, whether its odious Greg Wallace or his transport monisters historic misdemeanours.
The truth behind his DPP actions will come out as much as he is trying to cover it up, whether its giving refuge to murderous Rwandans or turning a blind eye to rape threats and longterm lawbreaking at Harrods. What a Zionist scoundrel we elected!
The entire ‘centrist’ political and media class already knew very well what Starmer was — a shameless liar and unflinching servant of Blackrock, US imperialism and Israel. That’s why they did everything they could to get him into Downing Street. There is no individual who represents Britain’s elite better than Keir Starmer.
This is a comment about Louise Haigh not Sir Genocide Starmer.
But.
Nobody in any country’s elite has the kind of experience that Haigh had with the local filth. Anything that might go in that direction is sorted out in no more than about five minutes. Some cop will be told look mate, you’re getting ideas above your bribe grade, and because of who tells him the guy will understand right away. And it won’t happen again. Because if you mess with someone in the elite you can be in f*cking big trouble. The elite don’t see the police the same way that most of the population do.
Haigh may have had some tiny kickbacks from some contracts, but she is not in the elite by any stretch of the imagination.
I didn’t vote for the c*nt !
Sign the petition and make him, at least, publicly defend his hypocrisy and corruption.
As reported yesterday, the “ceasefire” was directly broken by Israel by firing on Hezbollah targets, and today I read in Haaretz how Israel kidnapped 2 Lebanese citizens.
As one suspected, the “ceasefire” was just a means for Israel to get the other side to, in effect, capitulate, whereas Israel could keep the war ongoing with less resistance; plus, since Israel control the narrative, they could claim whatever lie they want about alleged ceasefire violations from Lebanon and the western media will unquestionably believe and report it accordingly.
How could Lebanon sign on to a ceasefire deal that did not deal with the, inevitable, violations of the ceasefire? It is not the first time Israel have breached a ceasefire, they do it regularly. At the very least there should of course have been a third party that was set up to register any breach to the deal.
Good deal Amos Hochstein and his Israel got, really great.
“As reported yesterday, the “ceasefire” was directly broken by Israel by firing on Hezbollah targets, and today I read in Haaretz how Israel kidnapped 2 Lebanese citizens.”
Jack.
The ceasefire is a sham – the Zionists can attack and kidnap who they wish – and simply claim that they are fending-off terrorists, because Hezbollah is a proscribed organisation – of course one man’s terrorist – is another man’s freedom fighter.
29th — My attempt to share to Facebook was instantly blocked.
Residents return ! Ha, not quite …
“The Israeli military has warned Lebanese citizens not to return to 60 villages in the south of the country,
… The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) published a map showing a swathe of territory several miles deep, which it said residents must not return to. Anyone who did, it said, would be putting themselves in danger.” From the BBC, so you know it’s all true. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxv1727g5lo
Occupation – next come the ‘settlers’.
On settling Southern Lebanon:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-settler-group-advertises-new-properties-southern-lebanon
I think this is a Hebrew-language site on the same theme:
https://uritsafon.com/
^ That name relates to this song:
https://www.hebrewsongs.com/?song=uritzafon
“Awake, O north wind”
More info: https://jewishcurrents.org/inside-the-movement-to-settle-southern-lebanon-uri-tzafon-israel
See the name “Northern Galilee”. Cf. the use of “Judea and Samaria” for the West Bank.
Over 400 US/Turkey backed terrorists – in Syria killed by Russian and Syrian forces in and around Aleppo and Idlib in Syria today. The Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS) terrorist group – formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra – and a collection of allied militias, suffered from a devastating blow today.
Yes, a lot of Freedom Lovers holed up in Idlib and no doubt they will be released to ‘Fight for Freedom’ by their CIA and Israeli handlers as and when needed.
You won’t miss them – they’ll be the ones with machine guns and rockets on the back of brand new shiny Black Chevrolet Pick Up Trucks.
Perhaps the White Helmets will re-appear too.
They are well known and won an award for something – I can’t remember what for though.
They’ve pushed out their enclave in Idlib to occupy 400 sq km of Syria right up to the edge of Aleppo. Along the way they captured 31 tanks, 20 BMP armoured personnel carriers and a dozen 122mm artillery pieces.
Yeah they’ve taken a right kicking…
as ever, with the lovers of freedom and human rights. staunch.
Just not going into denial about what’s really happening. Latest reports have the rebels occupying half of Aleppo, last time they occupied the city it took combined Syrian and Russian forces four years and 31,000 lives (21,500 civilians) to kick them out.
It’s one of those conflicts where you wish both sides could lose.
PM: “It’s one of those conflicts where you wish both sides could lose”
‘You’? Speak for yourself only. You said the same about the Palestinians. I would only want “both sides to lose” if I hated everyone on both sides. Perhaps someone hating all Arabs and Jews would hold that opinion, but not me.
“Just not going into denial about what’s really happening”
Pears Morgaine
Why not? You appear to deny everything else – of course your propaganda sources are right on the matter – whilst others against are wrong.
What’s really happening is that the West’s proxy terrorists are trying to open up a new front in Syria – they attacked Iran’s embassy in Aleppo recently – in which the Iranian authorities have said that they will retaliate.
I suppose the plan is to further stretch Russian resources – and to slow down the inevitable crushing of the Neo-Nazi dictatorship – in the failed state of Ukraine.
Yes the rebels are in the centre of Aleppo. Are you still claiming they’ve suffered a ‘devastating blow’? doesn’t look like it from where I’m sitting but then if you insist on clinging to the ‘Ukrainian neo-Nazi dictatorship’ comfort blanket then possibly you do.
“doesn’t look like it from where I’m sitting ”
Pears Morgaine
Oh we know exactly where you are sitting – denial is the only real propaganda tool the West has left – its been wheeled out continuously with regards to Ukraine Israel/Gaza and now Syria.
Pears Morgaine
I don’t say they took an absolute kicking (you’ve invented that) I said that behind the Rebel ‘Freedom Fighters’ stands their fellow Freedom Fighters in Arms – the US and Israel. They may be pushed back and Erdoğan as ever is playing a shifty game here.
Any injuries though, The White Helmets will be ready for action to free their fellow Freedom Fighters who last time were treated in Israel Hospitals.
I keep telling everyone (no matter who’s side you are on) that War is a dirty business.
Oh and I forgot – just because Russia is busy thinking about Zelensky and his freedom lovers plans it doesn’t mean they won’t back up Assad.
I’ll repeat it – just in case you don’t understand – war is a dirty business.
Despite the rules (like Fight Club) in actuality – there are no rules. The US and Israel think that only their rules should be adhered to solely, and cry foul when they are not obeyed.
Devastating blow – absolute kicking. Two phrases of similar meaning I think.
Yes Russian and Syrian aircraft are bombing Aleppo; no doubt adding to the civilian casualties in the process.
Waiting for the ‘Russian don’t bomb civilians’ denial.
another expression of concern about civilian casualties.
yet strangely no opinion on what the west is enabling in Gaza.
only been 14 months now of the worst depravities you’ve ever seen, yet no comment about it. at all.
Pears Morgaine
Next you’ll be wheeling out that old chestnut of Assad barrel bombing civilians as in Douma – which has been debunked on countless occasions – also OPCW staff were removed from office for exposing that lie.
https://thegrayzone.com/?s=douma
Pears Morgaine.
I should’ve added that – the major terrorist attack on Aleppo – was coordinated between Turkish, Ukrainian and French intelligence – with Israeli support and American approval. The planning was at least two months ago.
The Western backed proxy terrorists attacking Syria – have once again distinguished themselves.
“I have just watched a most gruesome footage of the so called Erdogan-backed “freedom fighters,” beheading a Syrian soldier they captured. A POW in western military terms.
I thought those days of ISIS evilness were over, but here we are again as history repeats itself while we are again being told that these are the good “liberators.”
The footage shows a Syrian soldier surrounded by ‘rebels.’
He pleads with them & pleads to their Islamic faith.
They pull his hand away from his neck & one guy with a huge jaggered knife proceeds to slice his throat. When it gets stuck, he pounds the knife into the neck a few times, then proceeds to continue with the slaughter to the cries of “Allahahu Akbar.”
Whoever in the western world is supporting these NATO-Israeli backed extremists should really think again.”
Pears Morgaine
You copy your hero closely. Perhaps you should have your own Youtube following.
I’ll repeat – I’ve never said anything about a good kicking or a devastating blow. You’ll be telling me about Burnt Babies next – no doubt. While the cats away – the mice will play. Now the CIA has let them out of their traps.
The MSM are moaning at the minute that the Evil Russians have killed some ‘rebels’ and that’s not fair. They have also spoken about the Inheritors of The blessed White Helmet who may have to pick up the pieces. No idea what they are called these days, but I sense an acronym coming on that the US have handed out to the media.
As far as Hezbollah is concerned here they have a dodgy agreement with the US and the French vis ; Lebanon but no such agreement versus the Idlib ‘Rebels’ so we await developments. As usual we will assess the situation.
Zelensky seems to be getting the Dear John treatment from the loyal (in the past) MSM – but they are always a fickle bunch who always react rather than anticipate their response based on reality.
Patreon is good if you want to make money from Youtube I hear.
Good Luck.
No it was RoS who said the rebels (or whatever you want to call them) had suffered a “devastating blow”. They currently seem to be in control of Aleppo, including the airport, does that sound like a ‘devastating blow’ to you?
There is some footage of Syrian troops surrendering to the Islamists. If true I don’t hold out much hope for them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqPtFc6N-K8
I wouldn’t like to predict what will happen next. Except that more blood will be spilt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UUFecNzLV4
Biden – MUST be standing in the dock at the Hague next to Netanyahu, Starmer, Scholz and many other countries leaders and generals – for aiding and abetting in genocide.
There’s too many Western war criminals still at large – such as Blair and Bush.
“President Joe Biden of the United States is moving forward with a $680 million arms sale to Israel, amid growing concerns about American weapons being used against civilians in the Gaza Strip.”
“Growing concerns”, indeed. Where’s this soft-washing stuff coming from?
Regarding these arms sales, Bernie Sanders and a few others have tried to introduce a JRD (Joint Resolutions of Disapproval) to block them, but unfortunately with the new Congress, it cannot pass. And considering Trump’s various Cabinet picks, an educated guess would presume that things can even get worse past January.
Wilshire.
Sanders failed miserably to call for a ceasefire – and he only later called for a “Humanitarian Pause” (not a ceasefire) after Blinken called for it first -which say a lot knowing Blinken’s reputation as a monster.
And the zombie hord in Westminster has just approved ‘assisted dying’. This means the state will now be able to murder the old, the sick, the disabled rather than wasting money treating them. Genocide of the Untermenschen is now UK policy.
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Hysteric
‘a decent guy’ if you dismiss his genocide and the entirety of his career..
Following Craig’s courageous reporting in the streets of Beirut, and giving him time to prepare for an expedition down south, his esteemed follower Laith has just posted a short video showing the sad aftermath of bombings in Tyre. While he doesn’t have the technical mastery of Craig, and couldn’t apparently manage to record statements from the city’s inhabitants, it is still quite worth watching. Why such devastation in a formerly thriving town?
https://youtu.be/za0BjLRFMhk?si=rIZs1kKfIZIuUbR-
Hezbollah’s new leader appears to be going along with the cease fire even when the Israelis are not, they are ‘enforcing’ the cease fire by shelling and intimidating returning Lebanese civilians, worse still the Commander of the Lebanese army General Aoun is the choice of the US for next Lebanese President. Plus a new front has been opened by the HTS in Aleppo, dark day’s indeed and not a better win for Lebanon than 2006 as Hezbollah’s new leader claims. Nasralla may not have agreed with this, here is what he said on 13 Feb 2024.
“Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has said that his armed group’s cross-border shelling into Israel would only end when Israel’s “aggression” on the Gaza Strip stops, saying diplomatic efforts so far to bring a halt to hostilities along Lebanon’s border seemed to only benefit Israel”.
With a ceasefire in place, UNIFIL’s neutrality is under scrutiny again. Long-accused in Lebanon of protecting Israeli interests, ignoring repeated violations, and intercepting resistance efforts, this new phase casts serious doubts on its role as a genuine peacekeeping force.
https://thecradle.co/articles/unifil-keeping-the-peace-or-enabling-an-occupation
All i can say is thank you… You are one of the few who reminds us that there is goodness on this earth. Thank you..
Craig Telling us Why Israel bomb at 4am…Because the Children are asleep – Indoors in their beds at home.-
https://x.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1860262845763457467