[Centraal] Crisis in Syrië en Irak. Turkse interventie #481

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Op vrijdag 13 maart 2020 20:03 schreef WammesWaggel het volgende:

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Meestal kunnen Turken zich niet zo bijster goed beheersen, zie ook het afmaken van de Russische ambassadeur, dus je vraagt je af of dat weleens misgaat en zo ja: doofpot ja of te nee.

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Op vrijdag 13 maart 2020 22:36 schreef HSG het volgende:

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Turken staan er bekend om niet betrouwbaar te zijn.

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esvanana twitterde op zaterdag 14-03-2020 om 15:54:16 Opmerkelijke uitlating van de Joint Operations Command in Irak, zeg maar de Iraakse legertop: snelle uitvoering gewenst van het parlementsbesluit dat buitenlandse troepen moeten vertrekken uit Irak. https://t.co/YWUhmXoAom reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 14 maart 2020 16:00 schreef Szura het volgende:

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esvanana twitterde op zaterdag 14-03-2020 om 15:54:16 Opmerkelijke uitlating van de Joint Operations Command in Irak, zeg maar de Iraakse legertop: snelle uitvoering gewenst van het parlementsbesluit dat buitenlandse troepen moeten vertrekken uit Irak. https://t.co/YWUhmXoAom reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 14 maart 2020 13:56 schreef polderturk het volgende:

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Integendeel.
Turken staan bekend als lief, vriendelijk, warm, gastvrij, hardwerkend, dapper.

Geen wonder dat Turkse mannen zo populair zijn bij de vrouwen

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Op zaterdag 14 maart 2020 17:56 schreef Bilge het volgende:

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En de Turkse vrouwen dan?

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Op zaterdag 14 maart 2020 13:56 schreef polderturk het volgende:

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Integendeel.
Turken staan bekend als lief, vriendelijk, warm, gastvrij, hardwerkend, dapper.

Geen wonder dat Turkse mannen zo populair zijn bij de vrouwen

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Op maandag 16 maart 2020 07:37 schreef Richestorags het volgende:
1e gezamenlijke patrol van Rusland en Turkije na een paar minuten alweer afgeblazen

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Op zaterdag 14 maart 2020 17:56 schreef Bilge het volgende:

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En de Turkse vrouwen dan?

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Op maandag 16 maart 2020 08:58 schreef Slayage het volgende:

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Vergelijkbaar met die Russisch Turkse patrols bij Kobani.

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Op maandag 16 maart 2020 09:44 schreef Richestorags het volgende:

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Hier was het vanwege roadblocks, Turkse tanks die werden bestormd en mensen die erop gingen zitten. Turkije moet oppassen dat ze niet in de clash komen met de rebellen en/of terroristen.

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Op maandag 16 maart 2020 09:47 schreef Slayage het volgende:

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Ahbhier zijn Turkse tanks ook bestormd. Die beelden had ik niet gezien.

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Charles_Lister twitterde op maandag 16-03-2020 om 19:02:27 Important @hrw investigation finds the #SAA & #Syria's Tiger Forces (specifically its “Yasser Suleiman Group") guilty of extrajudicially executing Ahmed al-Jaffal, an elderly man from Marat al-Numan.

He was shot dead, stuffed into a tire & set on fire.

https://t.co/nE5cmYYddt https://t.co/SBpXVgiovH reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 18 maart 2020 09:34 schreef Richestorags het volgende:
https://mobile.almasdarne(...)s&utm_content=varies

Nou Bashar en Putin, pak ze maar.

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Op woensdag 18 maart 2020 11:41 schreef Slayage het volgende:

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Legt veel zoden aan de dijk dit

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Op woensdag 18 maart 2020 14:05 schreef Richestorags het volgende:

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Klopt, legervoertuigen zoals tanks, jeeps en dergelijke zijn er niet op ontworpen om even 100 meter over een stuk akker te rijden

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ragipsoylu twitterde op donderdag 19-03-2020 om 20:34:59 NEW — Two Turkish soldiers died and another has been wounded in Idlib, Turkish Defense Ministry says.

The statement blames “radical groups”, not Assad, in Idlib for the attack.

A new level of escalation reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 18 maart 2020 14:05 schreef Richestorags het volgende:

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Klopt, legervoertuigen zoals tanks, jeeps en dergelijke zijn er niet op ontworpen om even 100 meter over een stuk akker te rijden

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Op vrijdag 20 maart 2020 11:16 schreef sp3c het volgende:

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tanks juist wel

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Op vrijdag 20 maart 2020 11:17 schreef Richestorags het volgende:

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Het was sarcastisch

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New OPCW whistleblower slams ‘abhorrent mistreatment’ of Douma investigators



A fourth OPCW whistleblower has emerged to defend the two veteran inspectors who challenged a cover-up of the chemical weapons probe in Douma, Syria. The new whistleblower lamented that other staffers have been “frightened into silence.”

The new OPCW whistleblower stood by the inspectors. “It is quite unbelievable that valid scientific concerns are being brazenly ignored in favour of a predetermined narrative,” they wrote. “The lack of transparency in an investigative process with such enormous ramifications is frightful.”

The official went on to suggest that fear of retaliation is preventing more OPCW officials from coming forward. “I am one of many who were stunned and frightened into silence by the reality how the organisation operates,” the official wrote. “The threat of personal harm is not an illusion, or else many others would have spoken out by now.” The official does not provide additional details.

Another OPCW veteran, who served in a senior role but no longer works at the organization, has also warned of severe threats to their security. In a letter published by The Grayzone, the former senior OPCW official expressed alarm about a cover-up of the Douma probe and of the intimidation of dissenting voices. The former official described their tenure at the OPCW as “the most stressful and unpleasant ones of my life,” and voiced concern that “they will not hesitate to do harm to me and my family.”

In their rebuttal letter to Arias, Inspector B complained that Arias’ public statements have left “so many obvious clues, that anyone within the Organisation (and among many delegations) would have no doubt as to [the whistleblower’s] identities. Such recklessness has created a serious safety concern.”

According to the inspectors, a delegation of US officials visited the OPCW to apply “unacceptable pressure” on the Douma team to place blame on the Syrian government for a chemical attack that might not have happened at all.

Both Henderson and Inspector B have called on Arias to allow for a transparent, scientific hearing where all of the suppressed evidence and studies can be heard. In their statement, the new OPCW whistleblower echoed the inspectors’ demand.

“The lack of transparency in an investigative process with such enormous ramifications is frightful,” the official wrote. “The allegations of the two gentlemen urgently need to be thoroughly investigated and the functionality of the organisation restored.”

Full text of statement on Douma scandal from new OPCW whistleblower
As an employee of the OPCW I was horrified and simultaneously unsurprised by recent events in the organisation. The mistreatment of two highly regarded and accomplished professionals can only be described as abhorrent. I fully support their endeavours, in that it is for the greater good and not for personal gain or in the name of any political agenda. They are in fact trying to protect the integrity of the organisation which has been hijacked and brought into shameful disrepute.

Unfortunately this is not a recent occurrence but a continuation of how the previous Director General and management group were operating. Working in the organisation has been an eye-opener and the cause of deep professional shame when I became aware of how a key element of the organisation was and clearly continues to be mismanaged. I am one of many who were stunned and frightened into silence by the reality how the organisation operates. The threat of personal harm is not an illusion, or else many others would have spoken out by now.

There is still no mechanism at the organisation to enable the calling out of irregular behaviour to protect the integrity of the organisation. It is quite unbelievable that valid scientific concerns are being brazenly ignored in favour of a predetermined narrative. The lack of transparency in an investigative process with such enormous ramifications is frightful. The allegations of the two gentlemen urgently need to be thoroughly investigated and the functionality of the organisation restored.