Roger Waters Slams Syria's White Helmets: 'A Fake Organization Fronting for Terrorist

[dukkha]

Roger Waters denounced the White Helmets, a Syrian volunteer group and a 2017 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, during a concert last Friday in Barcelona, calling them a "fake organization" that prompted propaganda for “jihadists and terrorists.”

The former Pink Floyd frontman claimed that listening to “propaganda of the White Helmets and others we would be encouraged to encourage our governments to go and start dropping bombs on people in Syria,” in a video posted on YouTube by a group called Hands off Syria.



n the video, Waters begins by addressing the audience with a claim that someone wanted to come on stage and make a speech about last week's chemical gas attack in Douma.

“He is one voice, I personally think he is entirely wrong, I believe the organization that he purports to represent and who he supports, the White Helmets, are a fake organization that is creating propaganda for jihadists and terrorists, that’s what I believe," Waters said.

The White Helmets, also known as the Syrian Civil Defense, have saved over 80,000 lives since it began operations in 2012, according to aid organization reports. The NGO was established that year after a Syrian Air Force attack on Syrian civilians. Within two years it became a national center for civil defense activities. The group, nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, boasts 3,300 volunteers operating over 110 centers around Syria. A documentary about their work won the 2017 Academy Award for best documentary short.

The ex-Pink Floyd singer became a political personality, using his fame and status to fight Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians, and speaking on behalf of the BDS movement as well as Black Lives Matter.

Groups and individuals took to Twitter over the weekend to denounce Waters' claim that the White Helmets group is a "fake organization."
The Act for Israel account wrote that Waters is "pathetic" and "a conspiracy nutter, and apologist for the Assad regime."

However, others applauded Waters' harsh words against the rights group, including American far-leftist journalist Max Blumenthal, who wrote "Spanish crowd erupts in cheers as Roger Waters calls the White Helmets a 'fake organization'."
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...ront-1.6007488

[Controlled Opposition]

Roger Waters is right about the White Helmets. They are Al Qaeda.

[Micawber]

Oh my, someone thinks something.

Is there a story here?

[Controlled Opposition]

Oh my, someone thinks something.

Is there a story here?

Not worth a groan. Just a yawn.

[dukkha]

They are supposedly volunteers funded and aided by outside/foreign NGO's. I don't know

There's always a couple players among the 'rebels' ( nationalists and jihadi) and
EVERYONE in Syria labels everyone else a "terrorist"

[kudzu]

Roger Waters is right about the White Helmets. They are Al Qaeda.

The White Helmets, also known as the Syrian Civil Defense, have saved over 80,000 lives since it began operations in 2012, according to aid organization reports. The NGO was established that year after a Syrian Air Force attack on Syrian civilians. Within two years it became a national center for civil defense activities. The group, nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, boasts 3,300 volunteers operating over 110 centers around Syria. A documentary about their work won the 2017 Academy Award for best documentary short.

(and 156 of them have been killed rescuing people)

[moon]

The ' White Helmets ' are said to be responsible for several fake ' chemical attack ' videos and are charged with such bias towards assisting the opposition to the legitimate Syrian government that they can only be classified as an active part of that opposition.
They are NOT welcome in Syria and all of their claimed ' 110 centers ' in Syria are there illegally.

More ' White Helmet Productions ' movies are planned in the near future.

[Controlled Opposition]

The White Helmets, also known as the Syrian Civil Defense, have saved over 80,000 lives since it began operations in 2012, according to aid organization reports. The NGO was established that year after a Syrian Air Force attack on Syrian civilians. Within two years it became a national center for civil defense activities. The group, nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, boasts 3,300 volunteers operating over 110 centers around Syria. A documentary about their work won the 2017 Academy Award for best documentary short.

(and 156 of them have been killed rescuing people)

The Israelis have a bridge they would like to sell you. It is in New York City.

[cancel2 2022]

They are supposedly volunteers funded and aided by outside/foreign NGO's. I don't know

There's always a couple players among the 'rebels' ( nationalists and jihadi) and
EVERYONE in Syria labels everyone else a "terrorist"

Seriously mate, when a lunatic like Moontwat thanks you, you're really way off. It is quite simple why Assad is using nerve gas like Sarin. It's heavier than air and penetrate into basements, meaning that they can flush out the rebels without having to resort to sending in soldiers. Pretty obvious, when you think about it! Of course the fact that many children are sheltering there as well, matters little to him.

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[moon]

Seriously mate, when a lunatic like Moontwat thanks you, you're really way off. It is quite simple why Assad is using nerve gas like Sarin. It are heavier than air and penetrate into basements, meaning that they can flush out the rebels without having to resort to sending in soldiers. Pretty obvious, when you think about it! Of course the fact that many children are sheltering there as well, matters little to him.

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Highly emotive rhetoric- for an event that didn't happen. It deserves the Dersowitz Prize for Friction.

[Micawber]

This is about what Roger waters thinks about random shit, stop hijacking this thread.

[evince]

Roger Waters is right about the White Helmets. They are Al Qaeda.

link

[evince]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_...ian_Civil_War)


The White Helmets (Arabic: الخوذ البيضاء ,القبعات البيضاء‎ al-Ḫawdh al-bayḍāʾ / al-Qubaʿāt al-Bayḍāʾ), officially known as Syria Civil Defence (SCD; Arabic: الدفاع المدني السوري‎ ad-Difāʿ al-Madanī as-Sūrī), is a volunteer organisation that operates in parts of rebel-controlled Syria and in Turkey. The majority of their activity in Syria consists of urban search and rescue in response to bombing, medical evacuation, evacuation of civilians from danger areas, and essential service delivery. 159 White Helmets have been killed since the organisation's inception.
The organisation has been the target of a disinformation campaign by supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian and Russia-sponsored media organisations such as Russia Today (RT), with unproven claims of close ties with terrorist activities.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

[evince]

Controversies
According to investigative journalists and analysts, SCD became a target of a systematic information warfare campaign by the Russian government, the Syrian government, the Iranian government, and their supporters, who have accused the organisation of taking sides in the Syrian Civil War, carrying arms and supporting "terrorist" groups.[89][9][5][6][90][91][86] According to The Guardian's Olivia Solon, claims by contributors to the English language Russian RT television network and Sputnik news agency have also come under critical scrutiny.[7] According to the fact-checking organisation Snopes.com these accusations against the White Helmets are unfounded.[92] Likewise, multiple journalists have raised serious questions as to the credibility and government ties of individuals making accusations against SCD.[93][94] According to The New York Times's Linda Qiu, Assad's claim that the White Helmets are "Al-Qaeda members" was "without evidence".[95]
In November 2016, the Revolutionaries of Syria Media Office, a Syrian media organisation, published a video showing two White Helmet volunteers performing a staged rescue operation for the Mannequin Challenge meme. The organisation apologised for their volunteers' error of judgement and said it had not shared the recording on their official channels.[96][97]
In June 2017, a member of the White Helmets was suspended indefinitely after he was discovered to have assisted armed militants in the burial of mutilated corpses of soldiers belonging to pro-government forces.[98]
According to The Guardian, the involvement of Syrian Civil Defense volunteers in those isolated incidents has largely risen to political ends in order to discredit the entire organization[7], which confirms Snopes conclusion : "The accusations seem to be levied at the group based on political motivations"[92]. These misinformation campaigns have been denounced by the report "Killing the truth", established by the organization "The Syria Campaign", close to the Syrian Civil Defense, and quoted by the Spiegel,[99] highlighting the role of bloggers Vanessa Beeley[7][100][101] and Eva Bartlett[101] as main actors and vectors of these campaigns.[99]
The Democratic Union Party (PYD)-led Afrin Canton closed a White Helmets centre and banned the organization in the Syrian city of Afrin in December 2015. This situation ended after the successful Turkish occupation of the city during the Turkish military operation in Afrin in March 2018.[102][103]

[Micawber]

THe white helmets are usually imperial forces but underneath it could be Luke or Han Solo of the rebel alliance.