We don’t hide it: White Helmets openly admit being funded by Western govts

Written on October 21st, 2016 in politics Comments Off

… with a video, 11.51 min – Published on RT, Oct 20, 2016.

A chief liaison officer of the White Helmets has acknowledged to RT that his organization, which claims to be “non-governmental” and “neutral,” receives funding and equipment from several western states, including the US, the UK and Germany.

“We do not hide it, we admit [that] there is funding from the USA, from the UK, from Germany, from Netherlands,” Abdulrahman Al Mawwas, the chief liaison officer of the White Helmets, told RT after a meeting with top French officials including President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Wednesday … //

… The White Helmets are known for spreading a large number of mostly politicized images aimed at decrying the actions of the Syrian government forces.

Meanwhile, the group is called “Syrian first responders, who risk their lives to save others in war-torn Aleppo” and dubbed “heroes” by the Western MSM and made candidates for the Nobel peace prize. A petition in support them receiving the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize gained more than 300,000 signatures, although they did not eventually win it.

Some high-ranking western politicians, including British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, have openly expressed their support for the group. “I’m proud to say we’re giving them I think £32 million [US$39.78 million] funding as part of a wider £65 million package for non-humanitarian aid,” Johnson had said.

In the meantime, videos spread online have hinted that the group might have connections to some terrorist organizations such as Al Nusra. One video demonstrated what seemed to be White Helmets taking part in an execution of a civilian.

The group’s leader, Raed Al-Saleh, was denied entry into the US in April 2016 but was allowed back in September. US State Department spokesman Mark Toner struggled to explain Al-Saleh’s travel ban and eventually admitted that he is “suspected of having ties … with the extremist groups.”

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Statism as Battered Woman Syndrome, on The Jewish Libertarian, by Rafi Farber, October 13, 2016: politically correctly stated as Battered Person Syndrome BPS;

Indonesian woman flogged for standing too close to boyfriend (PHOTOS), on RT, Oct 19, 2016;

Europeans must get ready for jihadis fleeing Mosul, says EU security expert, on The Guardian, by Chris Johnston, Oct 18, 2016;

Is the Bolivarian Revolution a Populist Failure? Part II – Steve Ellner, on Venezuelanalysis, by STEVE ELLNER and LUCAS KOERNER, Oct 17, 2016; (Part 1);

Economic sanctions, or the white-collar war, on Voltairenet.org, by Thierry Meyssan, Oct 17, 2016;

Les sanctions économiques, ou la guerre en col blanc, dans Voltairenet.org, par Thierry Meyssan, le 14 oct 2016;

Switzerland: Resistance against the dismantling of direct democracy is announced, on Current Concerns, by Dr iur Marianne Wüthrich, Oct 10, 2016: to the National Council’s decision dated 21 September 2016; related book in german: Das EG-Trugbild. Dokumente und Analyse eines Machtkampfes, Willy Futterknecht, Autor, 1. Januar 1992, auf amazon.de;

On Organ Donation, Organ Sales, and Hypocrisy, on The Jewish Libertarian, by Rafi Farber, June 22, 2015);

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