- BBC and Guardian join US media in fawning hagiographies of AlQaeda/ISIS fighter Archived Message
Posted by margo
on June 9, 2019, 6:32 am
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Didn't AlQaeda fighters devastate America in 2001 and ISIS fighters attack various UK and European cities? Mainstream media mourns death of CIA-backed Syrian AlQaeda/ISIS ally Caitlin Johnstone extract caitlinjohnstone.com -- ON Wednesday the alternative media outlet Southfront published an article titled “New Video Throws Light On Jaysh Al-Izza High-Tolerance To Al-Qaeda Ideology” about newly discovered footage showing the leader of a “rebel” faction in Syria cozying up with a militant who was wearing a badge of the official flag of ISIS. “The video shows Jaysh al-Izza General Commander Major Jamil al-Saleh congratulating a group of his fighters ...” Southfront reports. “One of the fighters greeted by Saleh was wearing a batch of the Islamic Black Standard with the Seal of Muhammad. This is a well-known symbol of al-Qaeda and the official flag of ISIS.” Today, mass media outlets are mourning the death of a well-known Jaysh al-Izza fighter named Abdel-Basset al-Sarout with grief-stricken beatifications not seen since the death of war criminal John McCain. An Associated Press report which has been published by major news outlets like The New York Times, The Guardian, PBS and Bloomberg commemorates Sarout as a “Syrian soccer goalkeeper” who “won international titles representing his country”, as “the singer of the revolution”, and as “an icon among Syria’s opposition”. [...] Other mainstream outlets like BBC, The Daily Beast and Al Jazeera have contributed their own fawning hagiographies of the late Jaysh al-Izza commander...../full article continues LINK https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2019/06/09/msm-mourns-death-of-cia-backed-syrian-al-qaedaisis-ally/?page_number_0=2 |
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