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The ongoing genocide against the Kurds: history must not be repeated

above photo: in case of 12-year-old Fatma Elarslan, killed with 9 other Kurdish youths by Turkish ‘Peace Police’ in Şırnak. …report below..

By SCF via Open Democracy

Turkey’s military operations are part of an extermination policy against the Kurdish populations.

Veysi Dag 17 July 2020

While the world is busy with COVID-19, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s regime is actively engaged with its pan-Islamic and nationalistic ambitions in eliminating the most “disloyal” segments of the Kurdish population.

The Turkish military has launched military operations called “Claw-Tiger” and “Claw Eagle” in June 2020 against the Kurdish militant forces in Northern Iraq, following its military operation, named “Operation Peace Spring” in October 2019 and “Operation Olive Branch” against the Kurds in Northern Syria in January 2018 as well as uninterrupted crackdown against the Kurds Turkey.

”PKK Terrorists” celebrating International Women Workers Day.. 8th March, before their city was wiped off the map

Using drone strikes, the Turkish air force has recently killed at least two Kurdish refugee women in the Maxmur Refugee Camp, left a number of civilian casualties in Kuna-Massi, a tourist resort, killed five civilians in Sheladize and a number of Yezidi activists in the Sinjar region of Iraq.

Moreover, the Turkish drone strike killed three civilian women in Kobane, and the Turkish military killed hundreds of civilians and displaced hundreds of thousand of civilians in Afrin in Northern Syria.

These Turkish military operations are part of an extermination policy against the Kurdish population which includes the purging of Kurdish politicians, journalists and activists in Turkey.

Channeldraw: My home in Cizre. Destroyed by the turkish force!

Unprecedented destruction′ of Kurdish city of Cizre (Diyarbakir) capital of Kurdish Turkey

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Testing Will Begin In Africa For Biometric ID, with ‘Vaccine Records’ and ‘Payment Systems’

Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com,

Don’t just trust my word. Look into these issues for yourself., and better yet, find your own information.

Testing will soon begin in poverty-stricken parts of Africa for a biometric ID which will also be your payment system and vaccine record.

The biometric digital identity platform that “evolves just as you evolve” is backed by none other than the Bill Gates-backed GAVI vaccine alliance, Mastercard, and the AI-powered “identity authentication” company, Trust Stamp.

The GAVI Alliance, which is largely funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates and Rockefeller Foundations, as well as allied governments and the vaccine industry, is principally concerned with improving “the health of markets for vaccines and other immunization products,” rather than the health of individuals.

According to its own website Mastercard’s GAVI partnership is directly linked to its “World Beyond Cash” effort, which mainly bolsters its business model that has long depended on a reduction in the use of physical cash.

Reducing the use of cash is needed (by them!). Cash is impossible to track, but if you use centralized digital currency, the ruling class has complete control over what you can spend.

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How agonizing Tear Gas assaults by police can disrupt your Periods

Can tear gas mess with your period By Alexandria Herr from Grist, shared with thanks

If you found yourself googling “Can tear gas mess with your period” in the last few months, it turns out you aren’t alone.

Tear Gas is on the list of banned war weapons yet it is used against innocent civilians. Though it has devastating health effects, the male dominated research industry has never investigated its effects on women’s menstrual cycle.

Several people who were exposed to the tear gas during the recent protests in response to police brutality have come forward online to say they experienced painful disruptions to their menstrual cycle. These anecdotes have prompted concern over the chemical’s impact on reproductive health.

Mallory (who did not want to include her last name due to the personal nature of her experience) was tear gassed by the police in late May as part of a crowd of protestors in Columbus, Ohio. Four days later, she says she got her period — two weeks earlier than expected, and heavier and more painful than she had experienced in a long time.

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“I was bleeding through my pants even with a tampon,” she said. “It was pretty overwhelming.”

Ultimately, Mallory says she had two periods in the length of her typical menstrual cycle — the early one, and then one at the usual time. But it wasn’t until she started seeing people connecting the dots between tear gas and menstrual irregularities online that she realized her recent exposure to tear gas might have something to do with it.

Protesters report adverse effects from tear gas exposure …

I’m a mess…I just started my period AGAIN. That’s the third time since repeatedly heavily exposure to teargas in the uprisings.Others are saying regardless of IUDs or taking T, they’re having multiple periods too. @ColumbusGov tell the people what’s happening to our bodies.

She talked to her gynecologist, who didn’t have answers as to whether there was a connection. But Mallory kept thinking about it. “It’s not normal for everyday civilians to be exposed to multiple rounds of tear gas,” she said.

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