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A bunch of Americans are on a Syrian regime-sponsored propaganda tour of Damascus. They include the usual suspects—Max Blumenthal, Rania Khalek, Anya Parampil, Ajamu Baraka. The photos are posted by a woman named Yasemin. Can someone help identify the rest?pic.twitter.com/m8O8XOXhPS
These people are literally trampling over graves. Look at this photo that Rania Khalek has posted, inviting people to admire the view. Saydnaya of course is the site of Assad's most notorious prison where at least 13,000 civilians were executed during the uprising.pic.twitter.com/HOet2z5Lwx
If you want to understand why this is so hideous, read this @amnesty report on Saydnaya. https://saydnaya.amnesty.org/en/saydnaya.html …
This Orwellian inversion of reality is so crude that it'd be comical if the subject weren't so tragic. Here Blumenthal stands before a poster of Al Kuwa Al Jaafaria—an Iranian-backed sectarian militia—& claims it shows Syrian soldiers who died fighting "foreign backed extremists"pic.twitter.com/zZjhpdAtNK
Here Blumenthal dogwhistles Islamophobia to play up the regime's Islamists vs. Christian trope but seems unaware that years before Jaish al-Islam was formed, the building he is pointing to was used by regime snipers to kill over 30 peaceful protesters.pic.twitter.com/Js4FhnMy6T
Some more members of the vulture tour identified. They are Paul Larudee, Rick Sterling, and Judith Bello. Larudee had siphoned money to Dennis Kucinich in 2017 to attend a pro-Assad gathering in the UK. Rick Sterling is member of the shady "Syria Solidarity Movement".pic.twitter.com/VSrPa4NCBW
Here is a report on Larudee paying Dennis Kucinich money to speak at a pro-regime event in the UK, which the latter had to return during his failed bid for Governor of Ohiohttps://www.cleveland.com/open/2018/04/amended_ethics_filing_shows_de.html …
Here @N_Waters89 has geolocated @RaniaKhalek’s position, who has kept the Saydnaya slaughterhouse, where tens of thousands were murdered, just out of her “breathtaking view”https://twitter.com/n_waters89/status/1170794324541530113?s=21 …
Also note that the regime's approach to courting useful idiots is syncretic. Before the "anti-imperialist" solidarity mission, the regime hosted a far-right, identitarian, euro-fascist delegation.https://twitter.com/karimbitar/status/1167813889939185665 …
The central figure in this vulture tour is Yasemin Zahra (@LaborOrganizer), who works for @mceanea and @uslaboragainstwar. It's hard to tell from her chirpy, tone deaf tweets from the site of a mass crime whether she's inordinately stupid or profoundly evil.pic.twitter.com/aBCu2M1l1I
All but two of the participants in the main group photo identified.pic.twitter.com/r4wNQUWKv5
Hey @VersoBooks: How do you feel about your boy getting his jollies at the site of a mass crime in Damascus? Are you proud to be the publishers of the 21st century Lord Haw Haw? #UnmanagedSavagerypic.twitter.com/hwEHzookoF
These ghouls on a regime junket are taking tourist selfies in places like Saydnaya and Jobar where tens of thousands were besieged, bombed, tortured, and executed.pic.twitter.com/fCSkBuV2HK
The bearded man in Picture 4 is Ray McGovern. He's a former CIA officer turned activist. He's a commentator for RT, Sputnik, and Consortium News.
The grinning guy behind Yasemin in Picture 4 is named Rick Sterling. He's with an outfit called the Syria Solidarity Movement. He's an RT guest.http://youtu.be/5_5XloMsJ-w
I hate to admit it but the awful Syria Solidarity Movement sprang from a combined initiative by @EvaKBartlett and the Irish (hence my shame) Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire who is with @NobelWomen. We at @Syria_Irl would have been much happier if they had picked another name!!!
This makes me physically ill... they’re whitewashing the mass murder of over half a million Syrian civilians... EVER single person who attended and enabled this trip has blood on their hands...
how utterly utterly shameless.
How refreshing. They bring us some truth and factual content from the ground with propaganda-free reporting. So too does the excellent @VanessaBeeley. Not a very clever sausage, are you my mate?
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