Journalist || Syrian/British || Fluent in English, French, Arabic & German.
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My statement outside the Old Bailey on the #Assange extradition hearing.
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Good calling Pompeo out. Some more points:
-Saddam's Iraq was secular & Ba'athist, hence no link to AQ
-Sunni & Shia aren't mortal enemies. This is such a simplistic view of the Middle East. We're not just primitives fighting over religion.
-Iran helped crush AQ in Syria
Al Qaeda is Sunni Muslim. Iran is Shia.
This is the exact same playbook that the Bush administration used to get us into the Iraq War (another Shia nation), and Pompeo thinks we're too stupid to notice. Imagine being arrogant enough to recycle that lie. reuters.com/article/usa-iranโฆ
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Also worth pointing out Iraq's Popular Mobiization Forces (PMU), supported by Iran, has Christians, Sunnis, Yazidis, people of all backgrounds in it. I've seen with my own eyes and experienced the religious & ethnic harmony in Syria. Yes, we all get along it exists and it's real.
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We all know who really supports Al Qaeda:)
I talked about an eye opening interview where Mehdi Hassan @mehdirhasan gets ex-Mossad chief Halevy to admit that israel not only supported Al Qaeda fighters in order to destabilise Syria, but also because they view them as more "humane" than Hezbollah.
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WATCH: Trump Regime to Starve Yemen with New Sanctions
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They killed people like they were ants. In a split second, lives snuffed out and families destroyed. How is this fair?
During 2005, US and coalition forces killed an average of 1-2 Iraqi civilians every single day. We know this thanks to Chelsea Manning @xychelsea @wikileaks and @iraqbodycount. This is why Julian Assange is in prison.
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During 2005, US and coalition forces killed an average of 1-2 Iraqi civilians every single day. We know this thanks to Chelsea Manning @xychelsea @wikileaks and @iraqbodycount. This is why Julian Assange is in prison.
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Keep in mind this is just 1-2 civilians in EOF incidents. The real, total figure of civilian casualties is undoubtedly much higher.
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"US Marines fired 30 rounds at a vehicle that broke a โno penetration lineโ while approaching their post. The vehicle contained a family of a father, mother and four daughters. The mother was killed, while the father and 3 of the kids sustained injuries."
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I so hope @Snowden that you and Assange get pardoned. You both are heros and will be known in history for the personal sacrifices you all made.
Look at how overwhelming public support is for an Assange pardonโin EVERY poll like thisโand think about what it says about any President who refuses to shut down THE most dangerous legal case in the journalism because he's afraid of criticism from the worst people in government.
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Trump's designation of Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) & Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) comes into effect today. I can't overstate how devastating these sanctions are for an already famished country, destroyed by US & KSA.
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