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FAUXTON
Jun 2, 2005

spero che tu stia bene


Assad didn't make you run the wildcat with a hosed up hand, Tom :v:

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Godlessdonut
Sep 13, 2005


Making me agree with Tom Brady is a war crime.

Volkerball
Oct 15, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
It's a reference to the dumb curse of assad meme

Cat Mattress
Jul 14, 2012

by Cyrano4747

thatfatkid posted:

Who's picking a fight? I genuinely looked forward to his interpretation of the events in Syria much like many other posters do when they directly ask him for his take. :)

Well then you could have followed the thread and seen this post, which covers the subject of your original question.

Al-Saqr posted:

If Turkey was serious about fighting agianst assad I would suck erdogans dick and declare him the greatest middle eastern ruler since sliced bread. The problem is that he isnt serious because if he was he'd have done this sooner when it was sorely needed, and he wouldnt be cynically doing this only for his own calculations vis a vis the kurds, he's only interested in subduing the kurds, not actually helping the Syrians freedom when it was needed most.

thatfatkid
Feb 20, 2011

by Azathoth

I Love Annie May posted:

Lmao you're a loving racist hates arabs and you tell me that I'm a xenophobe?! gently caress off you piece of poo poo, how about you fix your poo poo in your own country instead of blaming all the world's problems on "Amerikkka"? Your government is behind Assad and Putin in number of Syrian people killed.

Please point out when i have ever slandered a race of people or endorsed the Australian government's policy of indefinitely detaining refugees.


Cat Mattress posted:

Well then you could have followed the thread and seen this post, which covers the subject of your original question.

That post doesn't cover the recent development of the YPG reinforcing Afrin with forces from Rojava.

Al-Saqr
Nov 11, 2007

One Day I Will Return To Your Side.
I'm willing to bet thatfatkid has a groyper avatar in some other forum.


anyways, some news:-

Sisi basically is going further pinochet style his dictatorship and arrests everyone, including major (lol) figures like Hamdeen Sabbahi. The Egyptian opposition forms a united front of 15 opposition parties to form a civil society movement. god help them. Unforunately I dont have specific news in eglish sites and this is the best link I've got:-

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/egypt-election-boycotters-overthrow-regime-52867532

Bohemian Nights
Jul 14, 2006

When I wake up,
I look into the mirror
I can see a clearer, vision
I should start living today
Clapping Larry
http://news.sol.org.tr/turkish-citizen-detained-criticising-afrin-offensive-bertolt-brechts-poem-174037

"Turkish citizen detained for criticising Afrin offensive with Bertolt Brecht's poem"

cool. cool cool cool. :l

Radio Prune
Feb 19, 2010
https://twitter.com/UNOSAT/status/960819838347333633

Speaking of which, dozens of people have been killed in East Ghouta today. Air strikes and shelling happen all day every day, but they've been particularly intense the last few days.

Radio Prune fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Feb 6, 2018

Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005

thatfatkid posted:

Please point out when i have ever slandered a race of people or endorsed the Australian government's policy of indefinitely detaining refugees.


That post doesn't cover the recent development of the YPG reinforcing Afrin with forces from Rojava.

Big words from pro-rape poster fat man.

Saladin Rising
Nov 12, 2016

When there is no real hope we must
mint our own. If the coin be
counterfeit it may still be passed.

Bohemian Nights posted:

http://news.sol.org.tr/turkish-citizen-detained-criticising-afrin-offensive-bertolt-brechts-poem-174037

"Turkish citizen detained for criticising Afrin offensive with Bertolt Brecht's poem"

cool. cool cool cool. :l
Now how about we have some pure-strain :irony: from 20 years ago:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2270642.stm

quote:

In 1994, Mr Erdogan became the mayor of Istanbul. Even his critics admit that he did a good job, making Istanbul cleaner and greener - although a decision to ban alcohol in city cafes did not please secularists.

He also won admiration from the many who felt he was not corrupt - unlike many other Turkish politicians. His background and commitment to Islamic values also appeal to most of the devout Muslim Turks who have been alienated by the state.

But his pro-Islamist sympathies earned him a conviction in 1998 for inciting religious hatred.

He had publicly read an Islamic poem including the lines: "The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers..." He was sentenced to 10 months in jail, but was freed after four. However, because of his criminal record, he was barred from standing in elections or holding political office.

Parliament last year changed the constitution to allow Mr Erdogan to stand for a parliamentary seat.
I can't even make a joke, Erdogan is literally doing the exact same thing today that the Turkish Government did to him 20 years ago.

Ardennes
May 12, 2002

Saladin Rising posted:

Now how about we have some pure-strain :irony: from 20 years ago:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2270642.stm

I can't even make a joke, Erdogan is literally doing the exact same thing today that the Turkish Government did to him 20 years ago.

Granted, Turkish politics has always been circular and pretty merciless in all honesty.

Rent-A-Cop
Oct 15, 2004

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

Zombiepop posted:

UD cancelled/post-ponded Margot Wallströms visit to Turkey. According to sources who talked with Sveriges Radio Ekot this is because of the turkish offensive. That is probably as much stance taking you get from Sweden, pointing and laughing really isnt something we do.
You guys were more fun when ol' Carl G was in charge.

Volkerball
Oct 15, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
I haven't watched this whole thing yet, but flipping through, it looks intriguing. It's a documentary on the Syrian metal scene throughout 2013 and 2014. Free on YouTube.

https://antidotezine.com/2018/02/06/syrian-metal-is-war/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Saladman
Jan 12, 2010

Volkerball posted:

I haven't watched this whole thing yet, but flipping through, it looks intriguing. It's a documentary on the Syrian metal scene throughout 2013 and 2014. Free on YouTube.

https://antidotezine.com/2018/02/06/syrian-metal-is-war/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Super interesting, thanks! I'm about halfway through now.

It's also kind of interesting how 100% of the music-related words use the English word, even ones which have Arabic or French words like "drums", "club", and "underground".

E: The film and cut quality is great too, even a fair number of good drone shots.

Saladman fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Feb 6, 2018

TildeATH
Oct 21, 2010

by Lowtax

El Disco posted:

Making me agree with Tom Brady is a war crime.

Never has eternal despair been so apt.

Dr Kool-AIDS
Mar 26, 2004

Assad absolutely has used sarin and chlorine gas in Syria, but man does FSA groups lying about the YPG using chlorine gas today not help rebel credibility when it comes to other attacks.

thatfatkid
Feb 20, 2011

by Azathoth

Bip Roberts posted:

Big words from pro-rape poster fat man.

What the gently caress are you on about?

Volkerball
Oct 15, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/960662224460222465?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E1

Well that was entirely predictable

Darkman Fanpage
Jul 4, 2012
Unbiased source Jerusalem Post.

https://twitter.com/awgaffney/status/960689613340925952

Volkerball
Oct 15, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Hillel Neuer is with UN watch. The link is irrelevant. I'm pretty sure BM/bellingcat are the ones who dug it up. He's tweeted a photo of it.

Edit: Either Bild found it and then added on some statements from BM, or BM found it and Bild ran the story.

Volkerball fucked around with this message at 08:03 on Feb 7, 2018

thatfatkid
Feb 20, 2011

by Azathoth

This Erdogan guy seems like a bit of a dick what with the ever growing Turkish police state and enabling takfiri militias in Syria.

Brown Moses
Feb 22, 2002

Volkerball posted:

Hillel Neuer is with UN watch. The link is irrelevant. I'm pretty sure BM/bellingcat are the ones who dug it up. He's tweeted a photo of it.

Edit: Either Bild found it and then added on some statements from BM, or BM found it and Bild ran the story.

We found it originally, then shared it with Bild after the company didn't respond to my emails asking for a comment. We collected a bunch of extra images of the rockets used from locals and published them here:
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2018/02/05/images-january-22nd-2018-chlorine-attack-douma-damascus/

Zudgemud
Mar 1, 2009
Grimey Drawer

Saladman posted:

E: The film and cut quality is great too, even a fair number of good drone shots.

One of the few drone shots from Syria without people dying I hope.

RandomPauI
Nov 24, 2006


Grimey Drawer
What's an electronic press board? Is it the same thing as the cardboard tube that was in English?

aphid_licker
Jan 7, 2009


RandomPauI posted:

What's an electronic press board? Is it the same thing as the cardboard tube that was in English?

According to the manufacturer data sheet it is a slightly fancy cellulose-based insulation sheet meant for use in electronics.

CherryCola
Apr 15, 2002

'ahtaj alshifa
https://twitter.com/gissisim/status/961200117440303104

Saladman
Jan 12, 2010

Zudgemud posted:

One of the few drone shots from Syria without people dying I hope.

It's mostly architectural drone shots, although there are some from in front of a tank and some of watching bombs drop. I think some of it might be stock footage slash stuff he found on YouTube, as otherwise I don't know how he'd have footage of directly above (like 1 meter) a tank gun firing.

RussiaWorks (Александр Пушин on YouTube) also has some great drone footage of Syria. Some of it is war porn, but others show more lively aspects of Syria, like central Damascus ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0-THsw4RLc ). I watched a short documentary a while back about nightlife in Aleppo back when it was still directly a war zone, and it was interesting to see how normal it looked. Can't remember at all what it was called. I never saw anything similar produced in any of the ISIS-controlled territories except those ones by John Cantlie, which were probably only about 80% staged and 20% real, and then the ones produced by RBSS which were OK at first but got progressively more garbage as time went on, I guess because all the real reporters there got executed by ISIS or fled. Also I don't speak Arabic which naturally cuts down my sources by a lot.

Volkerball
Oct 15, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Yeah a lot of the generic mood setting footage I recognized from other sources, but it's a free documentary so who cares.

Count Roland
Oct 6, 2013

aphid_licker posted:

According to the manufacturer data sheet it is a slightly fancy cellulose-based insulation sheet meant for use in electronics.

Could you post the data sheet? I don't see a part number to search for it.

aphid_licker
Jan 7, 2009


Count Roland posted:

Could you post the data sheet? I don't see a part number to search for it.

PSP 3040 appears to be the grade or quality or something and not a proprietary company brand name, I am getting hits from all kinds of manufacturers for it. Just google PSP 3040.

Saladman
Jan 12, 2010

Volkerball posted:

it's a free documentary

I sent him €30 and I hope I’m not now on some watchlist for funding Syrian devil worshippers.

The Iron Rose
May 12, 2012

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:

Saladman posted:

I sent him €30 and I hope I’m not now on some watchlist for funding Syrian devil worshippers.

smh if you don't get pulled aside by the tsa every time

Volkerball
Oct 15, 2009

by FactsAreUseless

Saladman posted:

I sent him €30 and I hope I’m not now on some watchlist for funding Syrian devil worshippers.

If you were planning on visiting Damascus any time soon I would reconsider.

BBC released a big documentary a few weeks ago about the current political state of Saudi Arabia. Somebody uploaded it onto YouTube if anyone is interested. There's not a very big selection of things like this that are recent enough to add in the context of the rise of MBS.

https://youtu.be/Vgil7Kv80_0

CherryCola
Apr 15, 2002

'ahtaj alshifa
https://twitter.com/i24news_en/status/961311194270306305

Oh poo poo! If bibi gets canned who is next in line?

Saladin Rising
Nov 12, 2016

When there is no real hope we must
mint our own. If the coin be
counterfeit it may still be passed.

The US indirectly let Turkey and the YPG/SDF know where we stand on Turkey's threats toward Manbij:
https://twitter.com/OIRSpox/status/961272837657915392

quote:

Great trip to Manbij today with @CJTFOIR commander, @IIICorps_CG, to see @Coalition members, leaders and partners. ‘Charlie Mike’ to defeat ISIS and keep ‘em gone. #defeatDaesh
Note that indirectly does not mean unintentionally. This visit and the tweet are a quiet but intentional message to Turkey that attacking Manbij means directly crossing the US.

Fallen Hamprince
Nov 12, 2016

https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/961367933355282432

https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/961370481923420165

:thunk:

Fallen Hamprince fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Feb 7, 2018

A Bag of Milk
Jul 3, 2007

I don't see any American dream; I see an American nightmare.
To what extent does to defense of Afrin rely on the reinforcement corridor allowed by the Syrian Government from northeastern Syria? That relationship seems pretty vital to SDF/YPG right now. Although who knows what the SAA was thinking here, or if this was even intentional or planned.

HorrificExistence
Jun 25, 2017

by Athanatos
I wonder if they'll even tell Trump about the attack. It seems like they probably know it's better to keep him unaware.

Saladin Rising
Nov 12, 2016

When there is no real hope we must
mint our own. If the coin be
counterfeit it may still be passed.

Oh hey just what this story needs, even more tension:
https://twitter.com/barbarastarrcnn/status/961377930248118279

quote:

JUST IN: Russian contractors may have been involved in pro-regime attack on US military advisers and their partner forces in Syria that led to US counterattack with aircraft and artillery in east of Euphrates. No US wounded.
No no, it's not just the regime possibly doing something stupid, we get to have Russia in this new clusterfuck too.

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HorrificExistence
Jun 25, 2017

by Athanatos

Saladin Rising posted:

Oh hey just what this story needs, even more tension:
https://twitter.com/barbarastarrcnn/status/961377930248118279

No no, it's not just the regime possibly doing something stupid, we get to have Russia in this new clusterfuck too.

https://twitter.com/TheArabIslamist/status/961423479399698432

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