Friday, August 15, 2014

Syrian Kurds, Not U.S. Military, Rescued Trapped Yazidis In Iraq

Brandon Turbeville
Activist Post

In a perfect example of how world events can be misconstrued in mainstream media outlets for propaganda purposes, recent reports regarding trapped Yazidis on Mt. Sinjar have been used as cover for the justification of an American bombing campaign in Iraq.

This tragedy, which is very real, has been presented to the American public as the reason that the U.S. military is engaging in “targeted airstrikes” in Iraq, despite the fact that the area where the airstrikes initially took place was Erbil, a “hub” for major international oil companies which is not “in the vicinity” of Mt. Sinjar.

Although some airstrikes did eventually take place near Mt. Sinjar, the truth is that the trapped Yazidis were used as an excuse for the American military to act as protection for oil fields and international oil interests.

Now, after reports have trickled in suggesting that conditions on the ground on Mt. Sinjar are “better than expected” and that many Yazidis have actually been able to escape the mountain to safer areas, the “rescue mission” that was in the works while oil interests were being secured is now being called off.

Of course, the mainstream Western press is attempting to paint the improved conditions on Mt. Sinjar as a success of the American military, U.S. Marines, and other related personnel. However, the fact is that the U.S. military personnel only ever engaged in air relief drops and “reconnaissance.”

The real heroes for the Mt. Sinjar Yazidis are not NATO military personnel, but Syrian Kurds. This is because groups of Syrian Kurdish fighters, upon learning of the fate of the people trapped on Mt. Sinjar, organized and battled through IS forces, militarily digging out a safe corridor by which to remove them from the mountain and give them safe passage into Syria or some other area.


In other words, while humanitarian air drops were in the process of being bungled by the West, Syrian Kurds entered Iraq in order to battle IS militants and carve out an escape route into safer territory.

As the Associated Press reported on August 12, “For the past few days, fighters have been rescuing Yazidis from the mountain, transporting them into Syrian territory to give them first aid, food and water, and returning some to Iraq via a pontoon bridge.”

Ismail Rashu, a Yazidi who had escaped to Kurdish Syria, stated “The (Kurdish fighters) opened a path for us. If they had not, we would still be stranded on the mountain.”

According to the United Nations, about 50,000 Yazidis had fled to Mt. Sinjar. By Sunday, however, around 45,000 of them had been rescued by the Syrian Kurdish forces. While thousands are still stranded on the mountain, it appears that help is indeed on the way – just not in the form of the American military and the U.S. Marine Corp.

In fact, the United States and its fellow NATO members are now abandoning a plan to “rescue” the trapped Yazidis as the majority have already been evacuated from the Mountain. The remaining people appear to be well on their way to relative safety.

According to the AP report,
Syrian Kurdish officials said soon after Yazidis fled their villages, they began fighting to create a safe passage. They clashed with Islamic State fighters upon entering Iraq, losing at least 9 fighters, but by Aug. 7 had secured a safe valley passage, cramming Yazidis into jeeps, trucks and cars to bring them some 25 miles (40 kilometers) away. Some of the ill were even rushed to hospital. 
"We answered their cries for help. They were in danger and we opened a safe passage for them into safety," said military official Omar Ali. "We saw that we had to help them and protect them; they are Kurds and part of our nation."
While the vast majority of Americans who were casually paying attention to media reports regarding the trapped Yazidis will conclude that the victims were saved by the United States Marines and Western heroism, the fact is that the Syrian Kurdish forces, who are also locked in battle with Western-backed death squads in Syria, were the true heroes of this whole ordeal.

Without a doubt, it is important to remember that, if it were not for NATO and the United States, ISIS would never have been in Iraq to begin with and, thus, the Yazidis would never have suffered through this horrible affair.

Recently from Brandon Turbeville:
Brandon Turbeville is an author out of Florence, South Carolina. He has a Bachelor's Degree from Francis Marion University and is the author of six books, Codex Alimentarius -- The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real ConspiraciesFive Sense Solutions and Dispatches From a Dissident, volume 1 and volume 2, and The Road to Damascus: The Anglo-American Assault on Syria. Turbeville has published over 300 articles dealing on a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties. Brandon Turbeville's podcast Truth on The Tracks can be found every Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV.  He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com. 


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43 comments:

Michael Kasten said...

This is obviously being done for the sake of enhancing corporate profits at the expense of US workers. But what happens when the whole US is reduced to the status of Detroit...? Who will be left to buy the products...? Certainly not Mexicans at a dollar an hour, nor Asians making even less. This can't end well for US workers. But neither can it end well for the US corporations who are gutting the US labor force, thereby cutting off their 'consumers'... Question is, what's the motive? Can it be so short sighted as to be entirely focused on near term profits...? Okay, dumb question. Yes, of course it can...

Jineane B said...

There is no such thing as a non-violent protest when people are met with violence. Nature has a law......for every action their is an equal and opposite reaction, the police are the opposite reaction. It goes against the laws of nature for people to keep confronting violence with no protection. They are out there like helpless children chanting for justice that will never hear their cries. I guess more people have to die or get hurt amidst a so called peaceful protest for the general population to see that fire has to fought with fire.

Hypertiger said...

http://hypertiger.blogspot.ca/2013/06/what-basically-is-too-much-information.html

Whitey said...

According to this article, if you are not black you don't have to worry about it.

bilderbuster said...

Black "Yoofs" who make up 16% of the young population make up 52% of all juvenile violent crime arrests, including 58% for homicide, and 67% for robbery.
Who should the cops be targeting?
Elderly White women?
The Duke Lacrosse team?
I'm sure your anti White self would feel much better about that.

bilderbuster said...

If it wasn't for Black and Hispanic third world crime rates, the US would have lower crime rates than most of the industrialized nations even with our 2nd Amendment.
The same would be true of our educational system too.
They cost this country a huge percentage of our GDP yet produce nothing but negative effects on our standard of living and bring us down more every day to their third world chaos.

Heather Callaghan said...

I think it does, it's a lot of wattage. But, it's meant for when you want to spend time outside and keeps them off of you.

Akotee said...

You're lying that's not true. Just like poster told you people like you will use any excuse to "prove" Black people are inferior to you. You seem to overlook the fact the Police started it by shooting an unarmed teenager with his hands in the air. You're just a racist period. and you played the race card first racial profiling a whole group of people with your phony statistics comment directed to a whole race of people. Never mind that someone child is dead.

Akotee said...

You're a liar! Is Stormfront and faux news your favorite source of information.

Psychic Warrior said...

What happens when we find out that NRC dose standards are BS? And when will the US Weather Service ever give accurate readings of daily exposure as a form of bad weather? Also what happens when Fukushima rads meet things like Ebola and other lethal virus? Vaccines that would not be effective on latest mutation brings to mind ineffective high priced inoculations cooked by Big Pharma/Big Brother and their hidden agendas for the populace.

Joe said...

Of course they knew ahead of time. They didn't stop flying commercial for nothin.

InkedUpMarketing said...

As of yesterday the chief of the State Highway Patrol has joined the protests and from what I read the mood has shifted. The article I read said that military dress response has been scaled back and that respect is being felt on both sides...

Now I know that there is more to the militarization agenda, but I would like to see some research into this development of the protesting in Ferguson & would appreciate if you would write an article with your opinion from this perspective as well... If we are to build and desire for a better more peaceful world we have to be willing to see it when it starts to emerge. But shining a light on it will it be able to grow in the hearts of others. Please share and spread this so that we can all hope for this shift to be permanent & widespread. Thanks for your help!

unclezip said...

Holder and his ilk will not be happy until we have a major race war. It won't be as pretty as he imagines.

CAWS said...

They have been killing us slowly for years with fluoride in the water food & air, & mercury in vaccines and amalgams. Now they are ramping it up,
As of the mid 80s over 360 pharmaceuticals have been "enhanced" with fluorine to make them work longer, stronger, deeper, faster & cheaper [for drug companies not you]. Fluoroquinolone antibiotics [Cipro, Levaquin, Avelox, and Gemifloxin] are atomic bombs in the body. They are chemotherapy drugs because they alter the DNA of bacteria at the point of REPLICATION. This means your good bacteria have been GMOed & will never be ok again . The damage is permanent & devastating & similar to radiation poisoning.
By 2008 the FDA FINALLY black boxed them for tendon rupture & pain, permanent peripheral neuropathy and now in litigation for delayed retinal detachment. Unfortunately the doctors are not reading this info & patients don't receive it either. These drugs destroyed my career as an elite equestrian athlete. Now they are being given to babies for ear & sinus & UTI infections. FM/CFS/MCS is now surfacing in children. For an exclusive list of fluorinated drugs to avoid [took me two years to find this] go to www.slweb.org & click on FTRC link.

unclezip said...

Testing.....

Notgotany said...

This is a time in history that really makes a mockery of the concept of society and civic involvement. People are easily frightened by the thought of what might be done to them by the evil shadowy elite. The elite have only a few things going for them, money which in reality has no value at all unless you agree that it does, ownership of media outlets to spread their version of the truth which are useless if you turn them off. And finally the fact that a large portion of the populace is willing to be paid to rob,rape, pillage and kill the rest of society because they were told to. This last group is part of your society that is brain dead and may be dangerous if they are used against you.
Sitting back and letting the ghetto mentality and the underhanded actions of the music and media industries destroy our progress is part and parcel of our problem. People are divided, self respect and civil behavior have eroded and violence is taking its place in our streets and homes.
Since we see clearly that our so called leaders are a source of these problems why have we let it go on? Why do the gangs get to keep existing?? Why are the illegals allowed across the border? Why are people who want to be free targeted by the garbage in washington? Why are you still sitting on you ass with a keyboard and a plate of garbage, while you partake of your so called alternative info, which is so similar to the porn in the mainstream. It feeds on your love of fear and your lack of courage to commit to change.
If race riots do start so many will die on both sides that the so called elite will have an orgasm, is that what you want? Yes it is what you want because you are still sitting in your slave life doing nothing and hoping you never have to bother to be free.

bumpercrop said...

I belong to neither Democrat nor Republican party, but please email your local Representative, and ask them to sponsor this bill to stop the militarization of our police.

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) announced Thursday that he plans to file legislation aimed at stemming the militarization of local police -- something on full display this week in Ferguson, Missouri, where officers in riot gear have been showering largely peaceful protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets.

In a letter to his Democratic colleagues, Johnson asked for support for his bill, theStop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act. The measure would rein in a Defense Department program that provides Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, M16 assault rifles and other surplus military equipment to local law enforcement, free of charge.

"Our main streets should be a place for business, families, and relaxation, not tanks and M16s," Johnson says in his letter. "Our local police are quickly beginning to resemble paramilitary forces. This bill will end the free transfers of certain aggressive military equipment to local law enforcement and ensure that all equipment can be accounted for."

Johnson will file his legislation in September. His office said he has been working on it for months but decided to expedite it in light of this week's events in Ferguson. Protests began there Saturday after a police officer killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager who was walking down the street.

"Before another small town's police force gets a $700,000 gift from the Defense Department that it can't maintain or manage, it behooves us to rein in the Pentagon's 1033 program and revisit the merits of a militarized America," reads his letter to colleagues. "I hope we can work together on this important issue." Here is a copy of the bill:

http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/JohnsonBill.pdf

ST said...

"Let’s be honest – Ferguson, Missouri is under military occupation right now, and the entire world is watching in horror as militarized police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at unarmed protesters."

BS, unarmed protesters? The very same that tried to shoot down TV and Red Cross helicopters? When are you brainwashed white id10ts going to wake up, blacks are not like you - they are genetically different as if their being black wasn't enough, they have thicker skulls, they develop physically faster, but their brains stop growing around age 17, i.e. they have - AT BEST - an IQ of 85, with sub-saharan African's coming in at an IQ of 70. What you need to understand is they do not comprehend what you and I take for granted. Thus they - blacks - will play knock out games on pregnant women for fun as they have no comprehension of honor, or propriety.

Segregation is the only answer. Gee, maybe our 'dumb' forefathers new something after all.

brtanner said...

Paul, excuse me, but can you please stop talking about "Constitutional Rights?" Our rights ARE NOT granted by the "special piece of paper," but by the authority of our existence in the world. They are innate. They are NATURAL rights. Though certain rights are recognized by the Constitutional system (who have now totally reneged on their promises), in the "Bill of Rights," the Constitution says that the System only has the limited powers specifically arrogated to it. The criminal gang operating under the color of being "The United States" has no legitimate authority to invade peoples' lives in areas not recognized by their (now eclipsed) sacred document.

bilderbuster said...

You're the liar and making false accusations that you can't back up.
These figures come straight from the FBI: Uniform Crime Reports and anyone can google it and see for themselves.
Now you might start to explain yourself and your motives for defaming me and making untruthful accusations.

bilderbuster said...

Everything I posted is true and the subject of anyone's inferiority wasn't mentioned.
You are just like the controlled media referring to this 6'4", 290 lb, 18 year old adult Black male as a "teenager".
Those are the real statistics from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report and if you think statistics can be racist and you don't like it then take it up with the FBI, their boss Eric Holder at DOJ and his boss B.O. Obama.

PurpleStikyPunch said...

U.S. didn't "ignore" 9-11 warnings because the U.S. is responsible. False flag attack to justify war in pursuit of a fascist ideology. You either believe the laws of physics, or you believe politicians... can't have both.

PurpleStikyPunch said...

I have no idea what you're trying to explain!

Westcoastliberal said...

You DO have a point there, P.W.

Akotee said...

You're lying I went to the Website. You're using the same lies used to enslave black people. "They're" going to rape your women. In fact White men lead FBI statistics in forcible Rape. You're a racist, you didn't mention anything about the Police State which is the topic of the article and a threat to everyone not just Black people. If police beat to death or shot an unarmed White person people think it's wrong, not run to find some Statistics to vilify the White Race. Look at the picture in this link and tell me if you think the police were justified in taking the life of this man. Who happens to be the White son of former, White Sheriff. Are you going to look for statistics on the crimes of White people to justify this horrific, barbaric act against a human being?

http://bit.ly/1kHTnjm

EmreS said...

Numerology is bunk.

Сибирь said...

Russian foreign Ministry: Experts have revealed serious violations of the rights of racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S.
http://www.mid.ru/brp_4.nsf/newsline/4C5DC24943D83D4444257D3500403EFF

Arno Krause said...

Answer to the question what's the motive is easy. Destruction for the sake of destruction.

Occams said...

Wonder if they'll set up a roped-off "Free Speech Area", like that which was ignored at the Bundy's.

lol...... The government thinks EVERYONE is a sheep. Close, but when people are pissed off, they lose their sheep's clothing rather quickly.

Hypertiger said...

Economics is not an invention...it is a discovery.
Mathematics is not an invention...it is a discovery.
The worshipful masters of space and time rule the vulgar and profane slaves of space and time.
The masters of logic rule the slaves of reason.
At the core or the absolute capitalist hierarchical food powered make work enterprise or what you have been programed to call civilization.
Is the take more power than is given/exponential growth/compounding interest equation.
Just because you can not see all the numbers...does not mean they are not there.
Out of sight and out of mind is the religion of the blind.
The top or masters do all the buying and selling...the bottom or slaves follow along and speculate.

Hypertiger said...

From 1981 to now...yield rates have been dropping for 33 years.
Because the producers of yield have been imploded down towards absolute 0 to by the consumers of yield to power the explosion of the consumers of yield up towards absolute 1.
The producers of yield or fractional reserve of reality have been imploded down towards absolute 0 to power the explosion of the consumers of yield or created out of thin air fantasy up towards absolute 1.
2008 maximum potential inflation of the consumers of yield was reached and you all are on life support now.
Doomed...you just do not know it.

Alleged Comment said...

It should be obvious by now Demoncraps and liberals want to bring America down and force it to be saved by government.

When there are no jobs people start lining up for federal and state jobs. Two birds are killed with one stone. Come back to papa.

An American no longer independent of government is the greatest gift you can bestow on a power hungry and politically ambitious Demoncrap.

DAvid said...

Good answer, when you worship evil devoutly these works of suffering and destruction and deceit are your offerings

garyamusic . said...

The only giant sucking sound Clinton heard was..................well, you know the story.

abinico said...

You need a study to tell you radiation is bad - we are doomed by our own stupidity.

WhatWillYouDoWithoutFreedom said...

In the very near future Americans are going to be making the I phone under the same conditions that the Chinese are now and most likely worse. A flock of sheep is more aware than the average American. The wolf is not in sheep's clothing any more and they are still asleep. God's judgement is coming to America and rightfully so.

Relocalize said...

As automation and robotization replace workers, there is a population reduction agenda ongoing as well. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyvLaiYAYFQ

petulantes said...

We can hope they don't go from sheep to sheeple

rediron1 said...

Theres so many Staged Plays Sandy Hook, The Navy Yard Shooting,Batman n now Furgusson Mo. all actors or dead actors made up to make the playbring about the desired results

Ben said...

In fairness, you are granted your opinion. Perhaps delusions is the correct word. I would like to ask you to offer historically documented proof of Jesus Christ. I do not accept the Christian Bible as such documentation. If it was Romans who allegedly crucified him, where are their records of this?

Romans were renown for impeccable record keeping. I am sure they would have recorded a trail of a dissenter and his subsequent execution by crucification. The Jews, of which Christ is said to have been would have demand that as well. Show me proof beyond the Christian Bible of Jesus.

As of yet no one has offered this. Jesus was allegedly such a boisterous rebel, there surely were other records. At least one would think other records would exist. Again you're granted an opinion. I respect that. I simply choose to ask you for your proof.

rjbell4 said...

Yeah, this seems more like a alternative to citronella candles, etc. Typical "Mosquito Magnet"-like traps are designed for a longer term solution, and typically take weeks to be effective.

Lance Taylor said...

US was warned...about some unspecified attack, even the Egyptian had no idea what kind of attack was planned.So what if the US did little, we did nothing about the Russian warning about the perpetrators of the Marathon bombing either.
It is common knowledge that Obama supports the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood, he has advisers from this group, and media,NPR, has portrayed the "Brotherhood" as being a democratic just group, thanks for the common sense and the strength of the Egyptian Military for taking their country back from the cutthroat Brotherhood, who with the Arab Spring are bringing radical Islamist policy and driving out the tradtional Christian populations there by traditional Islamic violence.

dghealy said...

how do you know this guy is telling the truth?

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