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Mass funerals as Terrorist Turkey shells towns and refugees before new Rojava invasion.

“The world community must fulfill its political and moral duty”

ANF QAMISHLO Thursday, Jul 7 2022, 14:03 via thefreeonline

Apparently, the possibility of a large-scale Turkish attack in northern and eastern Syria is getting closer. After the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, the Kongreya Star women’s movement now calls on the global public, reminding them that the defense forces of North and East Syria saved the world from “Islamic State (ISIS)”.

4 victims of Turkish terror were buried in massive funerals in Kobane, Rojava, AANES, Syria.

Rîhan Temo warned at a press conference of the Kongreya Star coordination in Qamishlo about the next attack and Turkey’s ambitions to occupy a large part of the self-governing areas.

**Tel Rifaat town in the SDF defended enclave the Shehba Canton**, where 170 thousand trapped refugees from Turkey’s genocide in Afrin await an announced new Turkish invadasion, and dozens of Turkish paid jihadi militias of the SNA gather on the border to loot, kill, destroy and rape again. Turkey has the okay from NATO to carry out this new crime against humanity, in exchange for lifting its veto on Finland and Sweden joining the military siege of Russia.

“Turkey acts in dependence on the US”

Temo criticized the United States in particular, saying: “Turkey’s foreign and domestic policy preparations depend to a large extent on the United States. The Turkish state wants to attack the region, especially with a view to the presidential elections next year, in order to expel the populations of the region, destroy stability, change the demographic structure and mobilize ISIS cells again.”

“There is a threat of genocide”

Temo went on to criticize the international “guarantor powers” of the ceasefire, first and foremost Russia and the US: “They act as if they have no responsibility, they only make political and diplomatic statements and protect Turkey. All states know that the Northern and Eastern Syrian forces are protecting their territories from terror and have not posed a threat to Turkey’s security for a single day. The people of Northern and Eastern Syria are facing genocide.”

The coordination of the women’s movement Kongra Star in Qamishlo calls on the international community to act in the face of Turkish threats of attack, stating that the airspace over the region must be closed immediately.

(Meaning that Russia should close the airspace to the Turkish Air Force based at NATO ‘s Incirlic base. Airpower granted by Russia was key to the genocidal Turkish takeover of Afrin in 2018).

“Stop the Ottoman Threat”

Rîhan Temo stated that the already occupied areas are safe havens for ISIS. Kongra Star’s representative appealed to international powers to stop the “Ottoman threat from AKP”. Temo pointed out the responsibility of the international community and called for the closure of airspace: “World citizens must fulfill their political and moral duty and protect those who saved the world from ISIS.”

Thousands of people joined a demonstration in Tel Rifaat town of the Shehba Canton on Sunday 10th Nov 2019 in protest at the Turkish state’s invasion and genocidal practices in northern Syria. 40% of the population of Efrin (Afrin) now survive in a semi no-man’s land, defended by the multi-ethnic SDF of AANES, after expulsion by the Turkish invasion, plantation and Turkification of their homes and properties

Four martyrs buried in Kobanê and Manbij

Ferman Kobanê and Şervan Kobanê fell at Deir ez-Zor and Ain Issa.

ANF EDITORIAL Friday, 8 Jul. 2022, 09:49manbij-36623

YPJ soldier with freed girl after the epic battle to free Manbij from ISIS… Illustrating the inspiring change from medieval Sharia law to democracy and anarcha-feminism.

Two mass funerals took place in Manbij and Kobanê. SDF fighters Ferman Kobanê (Şêx Mihemed Şêxo) and Şervan Kobanê (Şervan Mistefa) were buried in Kobanê. Ferman Kobanê fell in a Turkish attack on the village of al-Hoshan (Hoşan), near Ain Issa, while Şervan Kobanê fell near Deir ez-Zor.

The two martyrs were buried in the Şehîd Dicle cemetery in Kobanê.

Fighter Faysal Şewax and an unidentified fighter from Suwar Idlib were buried in Manbij.

“Everyone must be prepared to defend our land”

Both ceremonies were attended by countless people. In Kobanê, Arif Bali, co-chair of the environment department of the Euphrates region administration, called for resistance: “Everyone must be ready to apply the principle of revolutionary people’s war, to organize against threats and attacks by the Turkish occupation and to support our military defense forces.

Macîda Hasûn, from the coordination of the Kongra Star women’s movement in the Euphrates region, expressed her condolences to the relatives of the fallen, saying “Just as the martyrs of the Kobanê resistance promised to liberate Kobanê and fulfilled their promise, we will fulfill ours to the martyrs”.

We’re “losing the fight against monkeypox”…apparently.. (three possible deaths already among 8,000,000,000 humans!)

by Kit Knightly at off-guardian.org via thefreeonline

According to the New York Times the US is currently “losing the fight with Monkeypox”. That’s probably news to you.

After all, given the fact the US has around 700 cases of Monkeypox (around 0.0002% of the population), that the entire world only 8000 “cases” (about 0.0001%), and that there have been just 3 reported deaths…well, you’d be forgiven for not realising there was a fight at all, let alone that we were losing.

It’s really more of a kerfuffle. At worst. Perhaps a fracas.

That is – of course – assuming there is any monkeypox “outbreak” at all, something we should never take on faith, especially in the post-Covid world.

Nevertheless, the NYT is sure…

There probably will be many more infections before the outbreak can be controlled, if at this point it can be controlled at all.

The US isn’t the only place getting a fresh batch of monkeypox fear porn this week.

Monkeypox Scam – a criminal Power Grab. World Council for Health

Five days ago it was reported that Australia had recorded its first “case”, with the under-stated headline…

KILLER VIRUS SUDDENLY SPREADS IN AUSTRALIA

…clearly this went too far, even for the mainstream media, who quietly reworded the title a few hours later.

Not to be outdone, two days later New Zealand announced their first monkeypox case was isolating at home.

And just 15 minutes ago, at the time of writing, The Guardian published a news story headlined:

Efforts to curb UK monkeypox outbreak inadequate, warn experts

So, what is the cause of mankind’s imminent loss to the monkeypox peril? Well they really couldn’t be clearer about that – we’re not testing enough.

The NYT goes on about this at length:

the response in the United States has been sluggish and timid, reminiscent of the early days of the Covid pandemic, experts say, raising troubling questions about the nation’s preparedness for pandemic threats.

Russia vetoes UN Aid and Access permission to Idlib, forcing Turkey to negotiate.

Concerns over UN aid delivery amid fears Syria crossing may close

Idlib is run by an ‘Ex Al Qaeda’ HTS jihadis, financed and partly occupied by Turkey, and helped by UN Aid and various ‘dealings’. Separately Turkey’s dictator Erdogan is declaring daily he will invade Northern Syria again with a huge ongoing military buildup.

Russia needs to avoid a direct clash with imperialist Turkey, and may be seeking ways to contain Erdogan in exchange for allowing aid and ‘trade’ via the key Bab Al-Hawa border crossing to continue, agencies speculate. Starvation diplomacy vs. military confrontation.

The crossing links Idlib directly to the Turkish province of Hatay, formerly Arabic, annexed by a rigged referendum in 1939 and Turkified over 80 years.

Turkish military convoy enters Idlib

Lack of agreement regarding humanitarian aid deliveries is likely to affect more than four million citizens in Idlib, northwest Syria.

Syria as a whole is already blockaded by draconian US sanctions. Also Kurdish NE Syria, controlled by the AANES Rojava revolutionaries who defeated ISIS, is blockaded by Turkey, Damascus and Iraq and threatened again imminently by a Turkish invasion.

Residents of Syria’s rebel-held northwest may lose access to critical aid within weeks if the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) does not extend the authorisation for cross-border deliveries, which expires on Sunday, officials said.

The Idlib statelet was created by the deportation there of thousands of defeated militants from all over Syria when the Damascus regime finally won the disastrous war.

Ninety-seven percent of the population in Idlib and across northwestern Syria live in extreme poverty, earning less than $2 a day — Almost 97 percent of the population in Idlib and across northwestern Syria live in extreme poverty, earning less than $2 a day and relying on humanitarian aid to survive [Al Jazeera]

The last aid deliveries from Turkey to Syrians in the rebel-held northwest took place on Friday, after the UNSC failed to extend humanitarian aid for another year by way of a Russian veto.

see also: Large Turkish military convoy enters northwestern Syria A large Turkish military convoy entered Syria on Saturday through the Bab Al-Hawa border crossing in northwestern Syria heading towards Jabal al-Zawiya with technical and armored vehicles, tanks, and bulldozers. video

“Russia pushed us to tents, to hunger, thirst, and heat. And now they want to deny us the food aid basket that barely sustains us for half of the month,” said Zahra Alrahmoon, a resident of the Ahl al-Tah camp in Idlib province for internally displaced Syrians……

Without an agreement, the aid deliveries stopped two days before Sunday’s expiration of the UNSC’s current one-year mandate for deliveries through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing from Turkey to northwest Idlib.

The decision is likely to affect more than four million citizens, according to Mazen Allouche, the crossing’s media office manager.

“It’s a prelude to a complete and uncontrollable famine,” said Allouche from his office.

Bab Al-Hawa border crossing

Refugees will nearly immediately suffer the consequences of this vote.

Russia, a close ally of Syria’s government, has repeatedly called for stepped-up humanitarian aid deliveries to the northwest from within Syria, across conflict lines.

Prison Officer Supporter of #Bolsonaro murders a leader of #Lula’s Workers party – Eng/ Esp

A police officer shot Marcelo Arruda, who was a member of the Workers’ Party (PT) of Brazil, when the victim was celebrating his 50th birthday. The officer was shouting slogans in favor of President Jair Bolsonaro. Marcelo drew a gun and shot him dead before dying.

Marcelo Arruda, who was also armed, shot back, killing Guaranho, according to a PT statement, witnesses and video.

Marcelo. moments before his death at his party on the theme of the Workers Party

A local official from Brazil’s “leftist” opposition Workers’ Party (PT) was shot dead on Saturday by a federal prison guard shouting support for right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, according to a state civil police report and a witness.

The murder occurred in the southern city of Foz do Iguazú, in the western region of Paraná, at the hands of federal prison agent Jorge José da Rocha Guaranho, who first showed up at the scene and then returned armed and began shooting at the PT leader, whose party was being celebrated on the theme of the PT and Lula.

Pâmela Suellen Silva, Marcelo Arruda’s partner

Earlier, at a campaign rally, a man was arrested after throwing a homemade explosive into the crowd waiting for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Due to the threat, the candidate for the Presidency of Brazil used a bulletproof vest for the first time in an open act.

The death of the two men augurs badly ahead of an October election that many expect to become highly fraught in politically polarized Brazil. Leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is the PT’s presidential candidate and currently leads Bolsonaro in polls.

Bolsonaro, who has long railed against Lula and his leftist allies, has floated the idea of not accepting any election loss, citing unfounded claims of election fraud and problems with Brazil’s widely respected electronic voting system.

President Bolsonaro ‘jokes at a rally ” We’re going to shoot dead Workers Party supporters” –Bolsonaro avisa em comício: “Vamos fuzilar petistas”

According to a state civil police report and a witness who spoke with Reuters, Guaranho appeared at the party, uninvited, pointing a gun while also shouting insults at those present and words in support of Bolsonaro.

Will This “New Ninja Virus” Finally “Heal the Economy”? – Tessa Fights Robots

It’s just two weeks!

by Tessa Lena 9 hr ago from tessa.substack via thefreeonline

Before I get to the story, I want to thank Organic Consumers Association for the very kind and flattering words about my work……… — very heartwarming and impressive. So that’s that. Thank you, and I love you.

So last night, I was peacefully working on a philosophical article, and then I had the misfortune of reading the news. 😜

I mean of course we are being set up for yet another “two weeks to flatten the curve,” and of course they just barely let us breathe a bit for the summer—only to come down on us like a hammer later—but still. The terror campaign is in the air, and I hereby register my total contempt.

By the way, under the old normal, I would just ignore the lamentably irresponsible journos and their abysmally sensationalist coverage—but there is more to this than irresponsible journalism! Our psyches are still recovering from 2020. Remember 2020?

Well, it’s 2022. And we are happy to introduce the upgraded, shiny, invisible, “undetectable by PCR” but obviously very scary variant—in addition to moneypox, Marburg, the probably more dangerous-than-ever flu, the formidable giant African snail, the new tick-borne disease, and so on.

And just wait until we start agitating around the house cats and the potentially dangerous human parasites they harbor (I am half-joking, but this might be coming, too, since the parasite is real). I mean the world is a dangerous place!

Rojava’s AANES gets key Russian and Damascus Military Aid against Erdogan’s new Invasion Buildup – by Sarah Glynn

weekly news review: – Yazidi Genocide recognised with Turkish complicity // AANES declares Emergency for “Justified security concerns” about Turkey’s new Invasion Operation

by Sarah Glynn 09/07/2022 at medyanews.net via thefreeonline

“Justified security concerns” about Turkey – a weekly news review

Anyone who cares about peace, democracy and human rights must worry about Turkey and the threat that the Turkish government poses to prospects of peace in the Middle East and beyond.

“Erdogan has promised a new invasion and cannot easily back down from his self appointed role as emperor of an expanding Turkey. Russia did give way and gave him Fly Permission to destroy and genocide Afrin in 2018, signing a new pipeline deal the same day. This time round Russia is acting tough in defending Syria and acting its role as ceasefire guarantor , but it can ill afford to antagonize Turkey who control entry to the Black Sea, etc. “

While Turkey’s NATO allies obediently echo Turkey’s rhetoric about Turkey’s “justified security concerns”, despite the absence of any justification, Turkey daily attacks the security of citizens in Syria, in Iraq, and within its own borders, and attempts to extend this insecurity to other parts of Europe.

As British lawyers denounced Turkish complicity in Yazidi genocide, in a detailed report launched at the House of Lords, Turkey continued their assault on the border areas of northern Syria and Iraq, killing and wounding civilians and forcing the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria to declare a state of emergency and build closer defensive links with Damascus and Iran.

And as Turkish planes terrorised villagers still trying to survive and eke out a living in the lands around Manbij and Tal Rifaat, Kurdish dissidents in Sweden and other parts of Europe faced new hostility as a result of Turkish extortion.

Turkish complicity in Yazidi genocide

The United Nations’ Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was written in the aftermath of the Second World War in the hope of making ‘never again’ a reality.

It is now nearly eight years since ISIS began their main attack against the Yazidis in August 2014, when over 5,000 men and older women were killed and over 6,000 women and children were enslaved.

This Yazidi Womens Brigade joined the SDF as they closed in on the ISIS HQ in Raqqa in 2018.”We can not remain impassive in the face of the genocide committed by Erdogan and his fascist state against the Kurdish people….

The report published this week was compiled by the Yazidi Justice Committee, which was formed by British human-rights lawyers in 2020 to look at evidence against states associated with the genocide with the object of holding them accountable in an international court.

For the international statesmen and women lining up to appease their NATO ally, Turkey, it should be essential reading.

There have been a few trials of individual ISIS members, but, as Helena Kennedy QC and Professor David Alton explain in the foreword, “An ocean of impunity exists in relation to the Yazidi genocide. As ISIS is a fictional state, it is deemed in law to be ‘a non-state actor’ and, therefore, cannot be prosecuted for genocide under current international law… However, there is legal responsibility under the Genocide Convention if a State knowingly fails to prevent genocide, fails to punish perpetrators, or is complicit in genocidal action.”

The report pulls together over 200 pages of evidence and makes the case for taking three states to the International Court of Justice: Syria, Iraq and Turkey.

While all three are shown to have failed to “take all measures reasonably available to them to prevent genocide” and also to “legislate for the prosecution of… known perpetrators of the genocide in their territory”, the case against Turkey is even more serious.

The report concludes, on the basis of the evidence, that “Turkey, prima facie, was also complicit in the commission of genocide (which is ongoing) by allowing fighters to cross its borders to join ISIS and allowing this group to smuggle oil and other significant resources to fund and fuel its operations and commit prohibited acts against the Yazidis…”

The report also argues that Turkey’s contribution to the Yazidi genocide is far from over.

It calls on Turkey to “comply with its obligations under international human rights law, and to immediately cease the unlawful targeting of, and indiscriminate attacks against, civilians and civilian objects, and persons hors de combat, in northern Iraq and northern Syria.”

And also to “immediately cease all forceful operations against the Sinjar Resistance Units (‘YBS’) – which are ostensibly characterised as ‘counter-terrorism’ operations… absent strong and cogent evidence indicating an immediate and present risk of armed attack against Turkey or its nationals (which to date has been wholly without basis)”.

This is a report that demands action, but it has not been a good week to get attention in British politics and media for anything outside the soap-opera of Boris Johnson’s resignation.

Political action in the UK could depend on Johnson’s replacement as leader of the Conservative Party and consequently, Prime Minister.

Aerial photo – a camp in Al-Shehba enclave where 170 thousand refugees from Turkey’s genocide in Afrin await a promised new invasion.. Why Why Why? The 2nd biggest NATO army starts artillery and deploys with its jihadi mercenaries to invade and ‘Turkify’ 5 big refugee camps of families it already expelled from Afrin. Families who survive constant blockades, drone and Artillery attacks..

Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, who has been described as a front runner, is hardly likely to try and hold Turkey to account. In October 2019 he shocked both NATO and the EU by defending the Turkish invasion following Trump’s withdrawal of US troops – and was accused of prioritising a post-Brexit trade deal with Turkey.