Growing reports of massive death tolls are coming out of eastern Syria, where earlier this month, the Shueitat tribe rebelled against ISIS rule, ousting them from several villages and burning an ISIS headquarters to the ground.
Over the weekend, it was reported that some 700 tribesmen had been slain by ISIS in a crackdown over the previous week. Today, the reports suggest 200 more were killed, putting the overall toll at 900.
The massacre is an aberration for ISIS, which has mostly tried to befriend tribal leaders in securing its rule over land that virtually none of their fighters are from.
The falling out with the tribe began when ISIS apparently reneged on a deal with them, arresting several tribesmen on unknown charges. The tribe struck back quickly, and the situation escalated.
The ISIS massacres seem aimed at being an example to warn other tribes against rebelling, though it of course risks fueling further unrest by other tribes if they try to follow it up with more centralization of power. Ultimately, the ISIS caliphate depends on keeping these tribes more or less on board.
Haroun al-Rashid would not be impressed with such a Caliphate.
Hitlerism/fascism can be created by any vulture capitalism system, this one produced, financed and supported by Saudis/UAE/England/USG.
Starting to approach the halfway point of Israel's Gaza massacre, now.
In this age of shoddy reporting – or even non-existent reporting, we need to carefully tread with reporting coming from areas where reporters are not present – even if they're there one needs to consider the report and the agenda being pushed. But that aside, as with the "reporting" coming out of Ukraine which has to be checked from all directions, where is the information in the above article coming from? In the linked report from the AP (flags should go up automatically there), the reporter says a "Turkey-based activist" told him but wouldn't name him "…for fear that family members in Syria might be harmed." Makes it very difficult to validate the tale being told – from a single source. Sounds just like what the USG has been pushing as "proof" of dastardly deeds done by demons and demigods who oppose US global hegemony.
Point is it has become very difficult to ascertain the truth or lies of what we're being told. And as has been true for awhile, reactions are usually swift when a little caution and time spent to examine the "truth" being told should be used.
Don't trust and do verify should be the mantra for today's news reporting. Personally, I'm going to need at least 3 cross-referenced confirmations anymore before I'll believe what I'm reading/hearing.
Well, that is in Syria, and as you know anybody can kill Syrians, in any number of creative ways — and humanitarians in the West just think it fine. ISIS is great — well funded, equipped with hundreds of shiny new Toyotas before they came into Iraq. They got it from Jordan of course. Saudi money, US arms, telecom, directions. No problem. Now, some cosmetic "strikes", just to force Kurds to fall down on their knees in gratitude. This will blow up in our face, like ALL necon adventures, only this one will come with the stock market crash and some other economic unpleasantness, as adults in the world had had it enough. From the circus in Ukraine, across Middle East, and Pacific, necons are in a hurry to make up for losses. As I said, adults world over will find a way to put a damper on necon mess. Problem is, we just cannot get rid of them. They will be back….