March 02, 2017 "Information
Clearing House"
- "Antimedia"
- In order to
determine the truth when it comes to the
mainstream media’s coverage of American-led
offensives in the Middle East, be sure to scroll
down to the bottom of any article. This is where
the most important information can be found. As
can be seen in a BBC report on
the U.S.-backed offensive to retake the Iraqi
city of Mosul from the Islamic State, the last
line of the article reads:
“The UN said in late January that almost
half of all the casualties in
Mosul were civilians. At least 1,096 have been
killed and 694 injured across Nineveh province
since the start of October.” [emphasis
added]
Compared with a separate BBC report on
the Russian-backed offensive to retake the
Syrian city of Aleppo, the media’s coverage of
these two military operations can hardly be
viewed as balanced. In that report, the idea
that Russia is constantly killing civilians is
laid out in almost every paragraph.
A
spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) reportedly told Russian
state-owned news site RT that
the situation in Mosul is “incredibly
desperate.”
In
Mosul, 650,000 civilians are reportedly at
risk, and as the U.N. has indicated, half of
those being killed in the U.S.-backed operation
are civilians. The notion that American bombs
are safer and more precise than Russia’s has no
evidentiary basis, nor does any suggestion that
the troops the U.S. military is fighting
alongside are less violent than Russian or
Syrian authorities. In fact, the troops fighting
alongside the U.S. in Iraq are more
or less aligned with
those attempting
to liberate parts of Syria from
terrorist groups, anyway. This demonstrates
America’s completely bipolar approach to the
Middle East given the U.S. has consistently opposed
advances made by these troops in Syria.
In a
press briefing, the Pentagon’s Baghdad-based
spokesperson, Colonel John Dorrian, admitted that
American troops on the front lines have come
under fire in Iraq. The Trump administration,
with full knowledge of this, is nonetheless reportedly considering
a “long-term commitment” to Iraq.
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According to a report compiled
by a think tank founded by alleged war criminal
Tony Blair, at least 65,000 fighters “share
key parts of the ideology of ISIS, with 15 of
its rivals ready to take its place if it is
defeated.”
No matter what the U.S. does in
Syria and Iraq regarding combating terror
groups, there will always be another group just
as deadly and willing to replace its
predecessor. The U.S. has clearly used this
dynamic their advantage as these terror groups
consistently give the American military a cause
to intervene, which can provide a smokescreen
for the real motives behind the war.
Currently, it is possible that the push to move
ISIS out of Mosul is actually an attempt
to drive ISIS back into Syria so
they can put added pressure on the Syrian
regime.
That’s something worth looking
forward to.
