What a fucked up world.
Posted by: Mattose | Aug 18, 2016 1:26:53 PM |
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Fascinating. When I saw the original photo, the soot across the right
eye looked like it had been painted on as the lines were just too
straight.
It should be remembered that the "photojournalists" of the
"rebellion" got their training and equipment from the CIA. I do think
that instead of the a Noble Peace, they should get an Oscar for Best
Fake Reporting.
Posted by: Michael | Aug 18, 2016 1:35:05 PM |
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But think of all the effort they put into these photos, b. The
casting alone is impressive. Military-age men without (or with neatly
trimmed) beards. Soros demanded they stop publishing any White Helmet
photos with guys that have long, scraggly head-chopper beards, and
suddenly you didn't see
any. And I mean zero. That was around the
time the U.S. told the FSA to trim their head-chopper beards because
the long ones scared Americans. No TOW-2As unless they shaved. The MSM
started publishing photos with groups of head-choppers - all either
clean-shaven or with equally-neatly trimmed beards. It was just weird. I
don't think al Nusra liked that too much, so it sort of disappeared.
The White Helmets have dutifully kept publicly-released photos of
themselves restricted to rescuers clean-shaven or with short-trimmed
beards. It makes them look less head-chopper-ish and - I guess - Nobel
Prize worthy.
As an aside, I love how the kid in the impossibly-clean orange/white
'ambulance' is sitting next to a well-labeled First Aid kit. Because you
want to be sure your medical supplies are labeled in English - the
national language of Syria. It's also important to have a First Aid kit
in an ambulance because you never know when you'll have a medical emergency, and where would you get any medical supplies
then?
Posted by: PavewayIV | Aug 18, 2016 1:47:13 PM |
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As a scenic in Hollywood I work on many productions after the
chippers (carpenters) do their thing. I am usually on set when they do
the shoot for minor touch ups so I see a lot of this type of thing for
tv and movie productions, where it may be appropriate. This is a piss
poor production job if I have ever seen one.
Posted by:
ruben | Aug 18, 2016 1:50:46 PM |
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And how come Soros isn't funding any White Helmets in
Yemen, that racist pig!
Posted by: PavewayIV | Aug 18, 2016 2:00:25 PM |
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The boy is also quite fat. He is evidently not suffering from the shortages East Aleppo is supposed to be suffering from.
Posted by: Laguerre | Aug 18, 2016 2:06:39 PM |
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Another pr stunt pulled by the usual suspects.. Funny how the msm
always come out in force to tell us how we should all be crying to
"rebel held" (aka Al-Qaeda bases) Aleppo but never say a word when their
lovely rebels rain gas canisters filled with explosives on Western
Aleppo.
This is a classic "babies in incubators" moment.
I don't think the Syrian government must stop the offensive..
Sri-Lanka did it very effectively untl total vistory. The rats in the
Eastern part of Aleppo have been given many chance to lay down their
weapons but they choose to fight for their caliphate.. Why should anyone
care????
Posted by: Zico | Aug 18, 2016 2:12:52 PM |
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Crikey, mate! I have been out of range of WiFi for almost 2 weeks.
When I left home on Aug05 all of the pro-Assad Syrian bullspit dorks
were saying SAA/Hizzbolah/Kurds were kicking jihadi ass in Aleppo: 1070
was under control, Ramouse was under control, Hikmah School was OK,
liveuamap showed the jihadis surrounded and no way out. I get back
online yesterday expecting to see Aleppo thriving once more under the
gentle, democratic protection of Assad and the SAA.
But look at the map now!! A flood of green w/ wee patches of red
about to be swamped. WTF happened to Putin and his air strikes that was
putting al-Q on the run? WTF happened to the valiant SAA? WTF
happened?
Only goes to show: you cannot believe a word these Syrian
bloggers/tweeters print on either side. The people who are predicting
don’t know squat about what the situation will look like in 24 hours –
probably don’t know squat about what it looks like in real time. They
are as bad or worse than Higgins.
b, to his eternal credit, had the cojones to say on Aug07,
essentially, “I fucked that prediction up.” Lesson learned: nobody can
make a valid prediction based on bullspit. Don’t even try. Even if
you’re right now and then, it’s just dumb luck. Put your chips on black
and spin the wheel, you’re odds are better.
But speaking of bullspit predictions, here’s mine, based on politics
not piss-poor or faked “battleground intel”: If the jihadis can hold out
in Aleppo until Jan20|17, Clinton will rescue them. Putin will either
tuck-tail or fight WWIII. His choice. By mid-2017 Assad will either be
dead or in exile in some Shia country and Israel will occupy Golan.
Posted by:
Denis | Aug 18, 2016 2:18:40 PM |
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denis@9- haw haw haw..thanks for the piss poor prediction. You're always good for a laugh, if a bit long winded.
Posted by: hejiminy cricket | Aug 18, 2016 2:24:47 PM |
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Denis@9 -
"...and Israel will occupy Golan." Whaaaat? That's
just crazy talk. Could they even do such a thing? The U.N. would never
allow it! And I'll bet Syria wouldn't be the least bit happy about that,
either.
Posted by: PavewayIV | Aug 18, 2016 2:30:46 PM |
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thanks b for continuing to shine a light on this bullshite..
Posted by: james | Aug 18, 2016 2:32:31 PM |
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@3 Pavewayiv -
As an aside, I love how the kid in the
impossibly-clean orange/white 'ambulance' is sitting next to a
well-labeled First Aid kit. Because you want to be sure your medical
supplies are labeled in English - the national language of Syria. It's
also important to have a First Aid kit in an ambulance because you never
know when you'll have a medical emergency, and where would you get any
medical supplies then?
'impossibly-clean' just sums this whole charade up - does this look
like an ambulance that has seen daily bloody casualties - no, not in the
slightest - and that's before you look at the 'detail'.
The only strategy the USISUKNATO, and the rest, now has is total BS
news, because the Syrian/Russian/Iran/Iraq/Lebanon and 'maybe' Turkey
are covering what is happening on the ground.
The bombing base in Iran is a good move - it is out of earshot from
the immediate arena - and the US cannot predict the trajectories!
Regards Fred
Posted by: fredjc | Aug 18, 2016 2:41:05 PM |
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I have learned a simple rule: if it comes from a western connected
organization, immediately doubt it. The odds are your doubt will be
right 99% of the time.
Lying and deception are at the core of the west: it must win while everyone else must loose.
No more cease fires in Syria.
Posted by: AriusArmenian | Aug 18, 2016 2:43:05 PM |
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@denis 9. Very frightening prediction. Hillary Clinton is ready for a
world/humanity ending nuclear war with Russia to protect Al Queda in
Aleppo. So when the nukes fall on New York City, Chicago, London, Paris,
Berlin, we can all say with a sigh of relief "at least all the children
in Aleppo are safe tonight. Protected by the family friendly first
woman president of the United States."
`
Posted by: Erelis | Aug 18, 2016 2:50:37 PM |
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Thanks b for shining the light on these despicable roaches.
Who provided the free ketch-up of a certain brand?
This prop will not fly in the Internet age. The "bloodied" kid
sitting on the orange seat, with both hands poised on legs is unmoved;
not a twitch and obviously not experiencing any pain or trauma
whatsoever. Looks more like my kids rag-doll. Can we spell Staged?
Posted by: likklemore | Aug 18, 2016 2:58:42 PM |
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When Al Qaeda filmed themselves beheading a 12-year old boy they
pretty much lost any chance at winning the PR war. But I'm glad you're
revealing the U.S. (via White Helmet) lies.
Posted by: rcentros | Aug 18, 2016 3:01:43 PM |
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Obviously the little boy is not in pain. Every little child, in a
stressful situation like this, away from the parents would start crying.
And how do they explain, if a child has got head injuries that NOBODY
is attending to the wound not to mention staying with a small child and
comforting it???
They rather put him on the chair and make him look so mall and lonely
and take photos. That is of course the natural thing to do when you
have injured children rescued in a war zone. My argument being that it
can not be that this boy has been injured and definitely this scene has
been staged. Same as the scene with the little dead boy on the Turkish
beach (the refugee welcome argument) if you remember.
I feel very sorry for this little boy though. His father is most
probably al Qaeda and guilty of putting his son through this. These
children go through stressful and terrible times, they are being abused
for fake photo shoots and their parents that are not interested in
using humanitarian corridors to get out of a war zone if only for the
sake of their children. What kind of human beings are they?
Posted by: Demeter | Aug 18, 2016 3:01:52 PM |
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@15 Erelis - Very frightening indeed - more frightening is the range
of candidates on offer - where is the candidate running under the 'sack
all bankers' and 'stop all bankers wars' mandate?
Posted by: fredjc | Aug 18, 2016 3:02:35 PM |
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b, thanks as always for the exposure of those lies.
@all Remember this?
BBC fake Syrian victims
Methinks the sponsors of that terror are really desperate for some
safe corridor for their "ambulances" to get their "assets"
(NATO/Israel/GCC military commanders) out of the siege.
Posted by: ProPeace | Aug 18, 2016 3:11:52 PM |
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Just went to look here
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/08/18/boy-ambulance-offers-glimpse-profound-horrors-syria
to see if anyone caught onto the item's obvious propaganda and said as
much in the comments--No, and since I'm now banned from there until
2153, I can't post the proper corrective and link to b's great article
as I've done in the past. You'd think the use of English inside the
ambulance would've caught someone's eye, or other clues as pointed out
by b and PaveWayIV. The great irony is the website's trying to raise
funds by emphasizing "lies of omission" for which it's quite guilty of
itself, particularly when exiling truth tellers like myself and at least
a dozen others over the last month. Anyway, thanks to b for again
unmasking the garbage.
Posted by: karlof1 | Aug 18, 2016 3:14:01 PM |
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This is really revolting to see that child being (ab)used for NATO propaganda.
Don't those people ("White Helmet" et al scum) have any human conscious?
Or at least some instinct for self-preservation - are they that
stupid to believe they won't be held accountable when the dust finally
settles? What are they counting on?
Posted by: ProPeace | Aug 18, 2016 3:16:10 PM |
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From 0:53 to 0:56 the injured man is directed to the ambulance in English, "This way, this way, this way..."
Also of note is how localized the "rubble" they are handing people
over is, a small patch of several meters squared. After that, the path
to the ambulance, and the area around the ambulance, is completely
clear. Those evil Syrians must have used a very smart barrel bomb this
time to contain the damage to such a small localized area.
On a more serious note, as usual, there is nothing to identify this
video as being filmed in Aleppo Syria, or even outdoors, and not in some
movie studio in Qatar.
Posted by: name | Aug 18, 2016 4:01:31 PM |
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Watched the Vid. Watched the kid rub his head like he's tired - look
at the 'blood' and try to wipe it off his hand. Words just flew out of
my mouth.."ever seen a 5 year old see himself bleeding? They bawl and
wail, and scream, and it's all you can do to convince them that they
aren't going to die, while trying to calm them down, so they hold still,
so you can stop the bleeding and pop a band-aid on the poor thing."
Good spotting B.
Off topic, but per your "discussion" with Col. Lang, I went to one of
Soros' Schools back in the early days - and the experience and my
observations left me with very little doubt that it and he are a CIA op.
Posted by: skuppers | Aug 18, 2016 4:02:33 PM |
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Of course, the entire concept of the "White Hats" is ridiculous
propaganda based on the unconscious identification of the viewer with
old Hollywood Westerns where the "good guys" wear white hats.
In a real zero-sum conflict international proxy war, as Syria is, the
idea that handsome able-bodied men would not be taking up arms for
their side, but would specialize, not in Emergency Medicine per say, a
recognized discipline, but merely in extracting bodies from rubble
before cameras is risible.
It is lamentable that there were no White Hats around when the three
buildings of the World trade Center were demolished after being hit by
two planes. First responders were uniformly shocked that there was not a
single whole body in the rubble to be extracted!
Posted by: name | Aug 18, 2016 4:13:24 PM |
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it's the John Bonet Ramsey of Unkie Shmuel's headchopper brigade!
children as props & performers in adult fantasies, games and
schemes. they need to throw in some wounded puppies &
maternal-lactose deprived mewling kittens too. for the intended
audience.
and i don't recall the NYT & co being at all concerned by
incendiary devices in Fallujah et al. every word is a lie, a distortion,
if only by omission.
Posted by: jason | Aug 18, 2016 4:15:24 PM |
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hejiminy cricket | Aug 18, 2016 2:24:47 PM | 10
“You're always good for a laugh, if a bit long winded.”
Ha! You should hear the long winded ones that come out the other end. Practice, practice, practice . . .
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PavewayIV | Aug 18, 2016 2:30:46 PM | 11
“That's just crazy talk. Could they even do such a thing? The U.N. would
never allow it! And I'll bet Syria wouldn't be the least bit happy
about that, either.”
My take is that you’re being facetious, which you do very well. When
was the last time GoY (Govt. of Yisrael) cared about what the UN
thought? Well . . . OK, when GoY pitches a bitch about Hamas, then they
care.
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Erelis | Aug 18, 2016 2:50:37 PM | 15
That was perfectly said. I won’t follow-up because b (properly) likes to keep comments on US election politics separate.
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ProPeace | Aug 18, 2016 3:16:10 PM | 22
“This is really revolting to see that child being (ab)used for NATO propaganda.”
Speaking of exploiting kids for political purposes, you might agree
with this piece on Dissident Voice about Khizr Khan exploiting the
tragic death of his son:
http://dissidentvoice.org/2016/08/khizr-khan-really-needs-to-chill-and-contemplate-who-is-responsible-for-his-sons-death-it-aint-trump/
Posted by:
Denis | Aug 18, 2016 4:16:05 PM |
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This is the latest heart tugging news story, out of Aleppo?
The child was rescued from rubble. So it is claimed?
Except we aren't shown him being removed from the rubble?
Though, the person who took this footage claims he filmed him being removed from the rubble.
'I filmed the Syrian boy pulled from the rubble - his wasn't a rare case'
Can anyone point me towards the footage that shows the removal from rubble occurring?
Of any of the children that were positioned in the ambulance?
etc
http://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/little-boy-rescued-from-rubble.html
Posted by: brian | Aug 18, 2016 4:17:12 PM |
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most of the White helmets pics look like photo ops
Posted by: brian | Aug 18, 2016 4:21:49 PM |
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August 5 - Save Our Children on Russian-Syrian Proposal to establish
'humanitarian corridors' out of Aleppo - the original page is scrubbed
so here's a link to the cache -
http://tinyurl.com/z9k67wf (NOTE: the cached link was way long so shortened it using tinyurl)
"If Russia is serious about averting a humanitarian disaster in
Aleppo it should strongly support the UN's call for an immediate weekly
48-hour humanitarian pause to ensure safe, unimpeded and immediate
humanitarian access – both for aid to get into Aleppo and for civilians
to leave voluntarily."
August 18 - RT: Russia ready to support weekly 48-hour humanitarian ceasefires in Aleppo – Defense Ministry -
" The Russian Ministry of Defense has backed a proposal from the UN
Syria envoy to organize 48-hour weekly ceasefires to supply humanitarian
relief to Aleppo citizens. The first truce could be organized as early
as next week."
"The proposal – which was originally voiced last week by the UN Syria
envoy Staffan de Mistura, who called for 48-hour ceasefires instead of
the three hours proposed by the Russian side – has been welcomed in
Moscow."
Looks like the NGOs succeeded in getting their 48-hour ceasefires with a little nudging from the helmets...
Posted by:
h | Aug 18, 2016 4:24:51 PM |
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The mass media at least in the US is uncritically fully taking up the
video and images. The clip looks to be very effective as it has been
posted with little or no scrutiny on both liberal and neocon sites (have
no TV so no idea how it is playing there). Yah, compelling images on
the surface but when doing an analysis (which is not allowed), you do
have to wonder why there is so much blood on the child's face but none
on the his clothes from what I can tell. Why so many hurt children in
pictures/videos do not cry. These are not complex, distorting semantic
questions, but questions that come out of simple experiences, and which
never get answered.
Posted by: Erelis | Aug 18, 2016 4:39:36 PM |
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Does anyone else find it strange that the kids don't look around at
the ambulance? It's as though they've been in an ambulance before or
they have been there for a while
(which doesn't make sense if they've been rescued after an attack).
The little boy focuses on the camera. His lack of interest in the
ambulance makes it seem as though he's in shock, but then he touches his
hair and tries to wipe off the blood in a way that is very fidgety
(he's bored?).
We only see the little girl in the ambulance briefly but it seems
strange that she doesn't show interest in the big commotion at the
entrance as another child is swiftly carried over. Wouldn't she be
hoping that her parents/siblings may arrive? And would a young girl be
wearing that dress in the evening? (I don't know the local customs.)
Others have pointed out the boys lack of a pain reaction and lack of
distress but actually we see three different children (i>(I believe
there are two different boys shown) that have just
(supposedly) been through a frightening experience and
(supposedly) injured and NONE OF THEM are crying or appear distressed.
And why are all these men huddled around the ambulance filming? Why aren't they helping to look for survivors?
Posted by:
Jackrabbit | Aug 18, 2016 5:39:30 PM |
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Generally when the media goes into a hypocritical frenzy about Syria it means the jihadis are getting pumped !!!
There have been a fair few Hezbollah funerals in Lebanon over the
past few weeks, which generally means something massive is happening,
and results will show sooner or later.
Also in regards to white helmets, im not too sure if anyone has seen
this video and if it has been posted before my apologies, but its very
good at exposing them.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s8_cPE30z-I
Enjoy
Posted by: Deebo | Aug 18, 2016 5:39:59 PM |
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b,
You can maybe add this to your famous 'last of' list for Syria,
(though it may actually be true), but the rest of the article ticks all
the hart string pulling techniques:
USA Toady via Antiwar.com:
Last female OB-GYN in eastern Aleppo tells why she keeps working
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/08/17/last-female-ob-gyn-aleppo-syria/88888912/
...Dr. Farida is the only female OB-GYN left in rebel-held Aleppo.
She has no intention of quitting. “I love my work, and I love my
patients. And I love little babies.”
regs,
et Al
Posted by: et Al | Aug 18, 2016 5:46:09 PM |
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In the Guardian's story the photographer is named as Mustafa
al-Sarout, who has provided more details to the reporter in Beirut
(Karem Shaheen). He is apparently working for the Aleppo Media Centre.
The Guardian reported on 3 May that
Contractors hired by the Foreign Office but overseen
by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) produce videos, photos, military
reports, radio broadcasts, print products and social media posts branded
with the logos of fighting groups, and effectively run a press office
for opposition fighters.
It's likely that the Aleppo Media Centre is one of the products of these contractors.
Posted by: pmr9 | Aug 18, 2016 5:47:28 PM |
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The ground around the Ambulance seems remarkably level and free of debris (one might even say 'clean').
Posted by:
Jackrabbit | Aug 18, 2016 6:02:02 PM |
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Have any of these White Helmet victims ever been filmed arriving at and being treated in a hospital?
Posted by: Yonatan | Aug 18, 2016 6:14:49 PM |
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White Helmets do their job. But the media has a lot of images too
choose, including quite shaggy jihadists cheerfully beheading a juvenile
victim with a kitchen knife. You have to save ammo, plus, a simple
shot of mercy is soon boring. And victims in the 'regime Aleppo" have
their images too. Do not tell me that the main reason to prefer White
Helmets' images is that they are most cute of them all.
Posted by: Piotr Berman | Aug 18, 2016 6:31:43 PM |
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Niall @18 The White Helmets were created by the British MI6/Military
as a propaganda organisation. Some of them are terrorists. Here is a
video of them mixing with the ISIS and FSA buddies. There are other
videos of them celebrating ISIS victories and bragging about dumping the
bodies of non-takfiris in the trash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiwkhPlG5DU
Posted by: Yonatan | Aug 18, 2016 6:41:16 PM |
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I've always assumed that the White Helmets were jihadis who swapped
their AK's for a plastic hat as and when required. There was a piece in
the Guardian a few days ago from a guy in Aleppo who seemed to be a
legit educated revolutionary of the type that were active at the start.
Interestingly, he'd only arrived just before the SAA closed the Castello
road and crucially didn't own a white hat.
As for the boy, I feel that it's a mistake to cry fake. Injuries like
that and worse are constantly happening on both sides and as such the
image is representative regardless of provenance. As such, the wiser
course of action is to give it the benefit of the doubt. People will
believe it's true regardless and it's best to keep one's powder dry than
enrage them by stating otherwise.
Posted by: Mr Toad | Aug 18, 2016 6:56:19 PM |
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et Al @ 35:
I read that USA Today story on "Dr Farida" you linked to and after I read this:
"... Once a patient was hit in the neck by broken glass during an
airstrike, she recalls. “So every woman who comes to the hospital knows
there’s a danger to her life. So they just give birth and go home, as
they know our hospital is always being targeted by the Assad
regime.”..."
I couldn't read much further, I was starting to laugh too hard. The
entire article is a terrible cut-n-paste mish-mash. So Dr Farida just
pops the babies and sends the kiddies home with their mothers, with
broken glass still sticking out of their necks or their legs still
missing?
Posted by: Jen | Aug 18, 2016 6:58:37 PM |
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About the authenticity of the top photo, which was reproduced in The
Guardian etc. Indeed, even after a small kitchen cut the blood gets
splattered. If the head was bleeding, the shirt would be dirty.
Additionally, the place where the victims are aided is always a mess,
especially in a war zone, blood get splattered, packages of dressing
material are hastily torn, there is a lot of dust from explosions (this
is why their exposed skin is white, but the ambulance should be a bit
dusty too, etc.
Posted by: Piotr Berman | Aug 18, 2016 7:01:04 PM |
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The organization itself lobbies for it on its website. Has anyone else ever done such?
Probably Eli Wiesel.
Posted by: MRW | Aug 18, 2016 7:12:31 PM |
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This is VERY good reporting. Thank you SO much for helping us know how to fight against this horrific drive to war with Syria.
Posted by: American Antiwar Activist | Aug 18, 2016 7:37:19 PM |
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@48, good question. I put my oar in and left a link to here. "Under approval"
Posted by: ruralito | Aug 18, 2016 8:06:01 PM |
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My question. If this is in Syria why is the stuff in the ambulance written if freaking english
Posted by: Jennifer Franchina | Aug 18, 2016 8:13:36 PM |
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b, so was the
thalassemia thing an MSM lie, or not? It seems against self-interest for Western elite media to claim so.
Posted by: Jonathan | Aug 18, 2016 8:15:08 PM |
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This kid (in the top photo), Aleppo boy -is, if I'm not mistaken, is the child of one of the Zinki child be headers (the short
fat one)
Posted by: hejiminy cricket | Aug 18, 2016 8:50:08 PM |
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@hejiminy cricket
This twitter feed (
https://twitter.com/LinaArabii) shows pictures of Mahmoud Rslan posing with people asserted to be the Zinki beheaders. Think the identification is correct?
You can see the same picture right there on Rslan's FB page.
Posted by: catb | Aug 18, 2016 8:55:16 PM |
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@53- whatever the case the photographer of Aleppo boy, Mahmoud
Raslan, looks like an insane baby killer with a flair for makeup
artistry.
Posted by: hejiminy cricket | Aug 18, 2016 8:57:28 PM |
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catb@54- I think the photo I linked to was taken just before/during the Aleppo boy photo shoot.
Posted by: hejiminy cricket | Aug 18, 2016 8:59:39 PM |
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Anything associated with the UK is presumed guilty until proven innocent. That country is even more diabolical than the USA.
Posted by: telescope | Aug 18, 2016 9:00:39 PM |
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