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NYT’s Apologia for Syrian Rebel War Crimes?

By Michael McGehee · NYTX ·  May 21, 2013

On May 15, 2013 The New York Times published “Islamist Rebels Execute Pro-Government Fighters in Raqqa” under their “Watching Syria’s War” section. The page shows a grisly video of three blindfolded men being executed by apparent members of Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, an al Qaeda-linked group from Iraq now operating in Syria.

The first peculiar thing on the NYT page is that the foreign group and its link to al-Qaeda is not mentioned beyond the statement that, “A video posted online on Tuesday claims to show rebels from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria executing three government army officers in retaliation for recent mass killings in Baniyas and Homs said to have been committed by government forces.”

Then there is the claim that the group was “executing three government army officers,” or “Pro-Government fighters.”

The first question that emerges comes from their own admission: “We do not know the identity of the three men executed in this video.”

Then how does the “paper of record” know they were “government army officers”?

Two of the men are dressed in civilian clothing and the third man dressed in what looks to be camouflage.

What about the “judgment” the man reads before they are executed?

The NYT page doesn’t provide any translation, though it is readily available online, as with these two slightly different translations here and here. Selections from the “judgement,” reviewed below, suggest a different possible reason for their execution.

The men are never identified as soldiers, or government officers of any kind. The only reference to them is their religious sect: Nusayri/Alawite. And when the judgment is read the rebels do not attribute the crimes they are seeking revenge for to three blindfolded men, but to the Syrian government in general.

The man reading the judgement says in the first link above: “As a response from us to these crimes . . . We intend to get closer to Allah with these Nusayri (Alawite) villains…”

And in the second version: “our answer to their crimes committed, and in revenge to the Free women of Banyas and Homs . . . [is] to get closer to God Almighty, with those coward Alawites.”

Rather than looking like an execution of “fighters,” the judgment gives the impression that the men are being executed for their religious beliefs; that three Alawite men were rounded up and killed as some kind of religious offering.

Readers of The New York Times should be asking  how the Times can claim the men executed were “Pro-Government Fighters,” or “government army officers,” when they themselves admit that they “do not know the identity of the three men executed in this video,” and when the “judgment” read aloud identifies the three men in civilian clothing simply by their religious sect.

Readers should also ask why, regardless of whether the men were military officers or civilians, they did not bother to mention the execution was a blatant war crime. Because considering the baseless claims and particular omissions it looks like the NYT is playing apologia for the rebels.

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May 21, 2013 - Posted by | Deception, Mainstream Media, Warmongering, War Crimes | ,

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  1. Who would bother reading that filthy rag anyway?

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  2. OBAMA IS A PURE PUPPET OF THE BRITISH NEWSPAPER THE ECONOMIST ?
    “THE ECONOMIST APPEALS TO OBAMA FOR ELIMINATION OF ASSAD
    Apparently distressed over the British Parliament’s decision not to participate in a limited, or otherwise, attack on Syria for alleged use on Aug. 21 of sarin gas by the Bashar al-Assad regime against the rebels and Syrian civilians, the Economist’s latest, Aug. 31 issue, in its editorial, “Hit him hard,” has appealed to President Obama to rain down missiles for a week on the dictator’s command-and-control centers, including his palaces.
    “From the Pentagon to Britain’s parliament, plenty of realpolitikers argue that doing nothing is the only prudent course,” the editorial said, and then pointed out that “doing nothing carries risks even bigger.” Needling Obama’s huge ego and his unstable state of mind, the editorial went on to egg Obama on to launch into yet another war by saying Assad had “after all stepped across Mr. Obama’s ‘red line’ several times by using these weapons on a smaller scale—and found that Mr. Obama and his allies blinked.” “An American threat, especially over WMD, must count for something; it is hard to see how Mr. Obama can eat his words without the superpower losing credibility with the likes of Iran and North Korea.”
    In conclusion, going through the motions of the usual British feigned “fair play,” “playing cricket,” and all that, the Economist said, “before the missiles are fired, Mr. Obama must give Mr. Assad one last chance; a clear ultimatum to hand over his chemical weapons entirely within a very short period. The time for inspections is over. If Mr. Assad gives in, then both he and his opponents will be deprived of such poisons—a victory for Mr. Obama.”
    What if Assad refuses that proposal? The editorial said, “he should be shown as little mercy as he has shown to the people he claims to govern. If an American missile then hits Mr. Assad himself, so be it. He and his henchmen have only themselves to blame.” ” http://larouchepac.com/node/27974
    ” In the end JACOB [ROTHSCHILD] decided to rename the Rothschild Investment Trust to RIT Ltd., but put management of its assets into the newly created J. Rothschild & Co. (stake in THE ECONOMIST newspaper, among other things)” https://wikispooks.com/ISGP/organisations/introduction/PEHI_Jacob_de_Rothschild_bio.htm
    EVELYN DE ROTHSCHILD has been chairman of the newspaper THE ECONOMIST (1972–1989)
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Robert_de_Rothschild
    ” LYNN FORESTER DE ROTHSCHILD: Wife of Sir EVELYN DE ROTHSCHILD and runs E.L. Rothschild, LLC with him. Director of THE ECONOMIST since 2002 ”
    http://wikispooks.com/ISGP/intro.htm

    United Kingdom Government Denounced for Crimes Against Disabled People to International Criminal Court in The Hague


    WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ? OBAMA OR THE ECONOMIST ?

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  3. WARMONGERING KERRY IS CONNECTED WITH VERNON JORDAN AND CONSEQUENTLY WITH EVELYN DE ROTHSCHILD.
    ” In the 2004 presidential campaign, [VERNON] JORDAN led debate preparation and negotiation efforts on behalf of John Kerry, the Democratic nominee for President.[10] That year he was elected president of the Economic Club of Washington.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Jordan_Jr.
    ” LYNN [the wife of EVELYN DE ROTHSCHILD] is the CEO of ELR Holdings and became a director of The Economist in 2002. She launched FirstMark Communications in the late 1990s and got EVELYN DE ROTHSCHILD, Henry Kissinger, VERNON JORDAN (senior managing director LAZARD; close Clinton friend and advisor; friend of EVELYN DE ROTHSCHILD; permanent Bilderberg visitor), Michael J. Price (former managing director LAZARD), Nathan Myhrvold (former CEO Microsoft; PPI Task Force member), and others as its initial directors.”
    ” In late August 2004, Clinton and his wife Hillary, EVELYN DE ROTHSCHILD, LYNN DE ROTHSCHILD, VERNON JORDAN, and Prince Andrew were all hanging out at the Vineyard at their very own “Anyone but Bush” party. Rothschild and Jordan were jointly celebrating their birthdays that day. Together with his wife he attended the 32nd Williamsburg Conference in Delhi in 2004. ” https://wikispooks.com/ISGP/organisations/introduction/PEHI_Evelyn_de_Rothschild_bio.htm
    KERRY IS CONNECTED ALSO WITH CAMERON, A FRIEND OF LORD JACOB ROTHSCHILD.
    ” SECRETARY OF STATE KERRY’S FIRST TRIP ABROAD STARTS WITH THE BRITS ”
    ” British imperialist Cecil Rhodes, whose will expresses his intention for “the ultimate recovery of the United States of America as an integral part of the British Empire,” would be highly satisfied that Kerry’s first stop is Britain. British Ambassador to the U.S. Sir Peter Westmacott told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell today, “We are very pleased that [Kerry] is beginning this first tour in London, and that feels to us kind of right… and there’s an awful lot of things for [Kerry and British PM David Cameron] to talk about… [F]ront and center on the agenda are bound to be what are we going to do about Syria ” http://larouchepac.com/node/25613
    ” ” David Cameron also stayed on the Rothschild estate during a summer holiday, two years ago. ”
    ” What we do know is that in the space of a week Peter Mandelson and George Osborne and his family arrived on Corfu at the invitation – or at least with the blessing – of their then mutual friend, the financier Nat Rothschild…………After all, two of the world’s most powerful figures, the controversial Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska and the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, would also be within the Rothschild orbit that week. ”
    ” The festivities began on the night of August 15, when Lord [JACOB] ROTHSCHILD, Nat’s father, threw a 50th birthday party for his close friend Maya Schoenburg, the former wife of Mercedes-Benz heir Mick Flick.
    Among the 40 diners at the bash were Tory Shadow Chancellor Osborne and his writer wife, Frances. No surprise there. Osborne and Nat Rothschild have known each other since childhood, and were members of the notorious Bullingdon drinking club while at Oxford together. ”
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1079538/Plotting-poison-billionaires-playground.html
    “KERRY SUPPORTS GENOCIDIAL REFORMS IN GREECE” http://larouchepac.com/node/25990
    ” GREEK GOV’T SEEKS MILITARY CAMP TO SERVE AS PRISON FOR STATE DEBTORS” http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2013/04/18/greek-govt-seeks-military-camp-to-serve-as-prison-for-state-debtors/

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