Syria – Bare bones background leading up to what occurred recently in the North Eastern part
Back in 2011-
The US, Israel & other allies began, in earnest, to destabilize Syria with an eye to balkanization along the lines of what they had done in Iraq.
So called ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) which later rebranded into ISIS(Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) came via Northern Iraq and entered into North Eastern Syria. Often times in marketing the same product is rebranded to create a different perception in the mind of the targeted audience.. Hence the name change from ISIL to ISIS once the western backed terror group entered Syria
The common denominator in those two areas were the PKK affiliated Kurds. Not all Kurds are PKK. But many are. These irregulars crossed freely back and forth between those two regions for some time now. Always benefiting from the long present, well established American bases in place in Iraq. The move from Iraq to Syria was easy enough to make as the they could be and were supplied with their weapons of death and destruction
Erbil is often mentioned, but, there is a lesser known American base in Duhok as well as others
Erbil airbase (Iraq) – Used by US forces for air operations, particularly in northern Iraq and Syria, where troops advise Kurdish and Iraqi forces.
Let’s read about the other bases? Established long ago.. Enabling the US to attack Turkey. Iraq. Iran. And to shift fighters in and out of the area
U.S. to open three huge US military bases in Iraqi Kurdistan region 31.5.2007
Sulaimaniyah, Erbil, Duhok, Kurdistan region (Iraq)
Although it is expected that today responsibility for security will be handed over to the Kurdistan authorities, exclusive military sources have told Hawlati that the US forces intend to open three huge US military bases in the Erbil, Duhok, and Sulaimaniyah areas. Meanwhile, senior peshmerga forces’ officials expressed their pleasure at such a move.
The three bases will be located in Qaradagh (south of Sulaimaniyah), Zakho area (north of Duhok), while the third one will be based near Erbil.There is also a possibility that the Incirlik base in Turkey, opened in 1992, will be transferred to the Kurdistan Region, (tells you the goal for the region- Southern Turkey annexed) which is heralded as an important achievement by Kurdistan regional government military officials who said they would welcome such requests from the coalition forces.
Have we forgotten the mass of Toyota trucks, brand spanking new, that ISIS had at their ready? Seriously, how does anyone think Toyota would have supplied that many vehicles to a terror group unless that had some sort of official okay?
US officials want to know how ISIS got all those Toyota Trucks
Toyota officials based in Japan, claimed they didn’t know? That’s not credible. NOT AT ALL!
The US and allies peppered the ISIS/ISIL irregulars with other fighters. They brought in, for example, Georgian fighters to fight alongside their Kurdish proxies. Many were trained by the US in the regular Georgian army. Much more information at my censored site on this topic, but the link included below should suffice
U.S. training helped mold Islamic State’s top military commander
According to Batirashvili’s ex-comrades in the Georgian military, Batirashvili was tapped immediately upon his enlistment to join Georgia’s U.S.-trained special forces.
“We trained him well, and we had lots of help from America,” said a former Georgian defense official who asked to not be identified because of the sensitivity of Batirashvili’s role in the Islamic State. “In fact, the only reason he didn’t go to Iraq to fight alongside America was that we needed his skills here in Georgia.” Even before Georgia and Russia came to blows in 2008, Batirashvili had earned a reputation for fighting Russians. While a part of Georgia, the Pankisi Valley’s northern end abuts Chechnya, where separatists fought a brutal war for independence from Russia in the 1990s. Batirashvili’s mother was Chechen, and his father has told local journalists that young Batirashvili had seen a handful of military operations as a rebel in Chechnya before joining Georgia’s military in 2006 at age 20.
They, the US and company, also funneled in their allies among the Uighur population, the ones they’ve assembled to target China. There are others, but, this should give anyone reading a basic idea of how this all started out
Kurds and ISIS
Please do understand that the Kurds and ISIS are equivalent to opposite sides of the same coin- Both groups propped up mainly by the US and Israel. Can you imagine that there would be any real or substantive conflict between them? I’m sure there’s some fighting over stolen goods, arms, smuggling, drugs sales. The kind of thing criminal organizations battle over- but higher up, there is coordination. Because both these groups have the same overseer.
Turkeys role
The disinfo or fog of war about Turkey’s role in all this has been thick and plentiful- It creates a smoke screen that helps obfuscate some of the realities were going to talk about.
- The biggest tell that
Turkey was not on board with the Usrael backed plot was the fact they would not go along with a NATO no fly zone on their southern border(Syria’s north)opting instead to partner with Russia for overflights. And routine patrols.
The US floated the idea of a no fly zone October 2011- Had the piece below at my former site- Council on Foreign relations
There are two reasons put forward for why a NFZ is needed in Syria. First, some opposition members contend that it will protect civilians. Senator Joe Lieberman, who already supported a Syrian NFZ six months ago, more recently endorsed “
safe zones inside Syria, particularly along the Turkish and Jordanian borders,” which would be enforced through a NFZ
Jordan went along Turkey didn’t
People conveniently forget this history.. to push an agenda
Turkey had it’s own reasons for entering Syria- and it did. Supporting the FSA. The empowerment of the Kurdish PKK by the US and Israel was the main impetus for Turkey to enter
I’m hoping this is enough background for readers to have a better understanding as we talk about the latest in N/E Syria.
Damascus was attempting unification
There are claims that Damascus was moving on the Kurds in N/E Syria. So the Kurds responded by releasing the ISIS fighters they allegedly held in some prison camp. Supposedly there was fighting. Probably was. But remember ISIS and Kurds have the same master, so, what ever fighting was short lived.
There were people suggesting this was Turkish disinfo about Kurds releasing ISIS. Ah,NO! The Kurds would make a public show of releasing their ISIS brethren for a number of reasons. Listed below…
1- Draw the US further in to “fight ISIS”- Though they’ve never left- But most don’t realize this
2- Draw Israel in.
Notice the propagandistic, emotionally manipulative headline?
‘October 7 moment for Kurds’: Israel must assist Syria’s Kurds amid attacks, analysts tell ‘Post
Over the last decade, the SDF worked with the US and defeated ISIS in Syria. However, now the SDF is facing major setbacks, and Kurds fear they may be massacred.
3- Apply pressure on Damascus- the dupe in charge foolishly thinks he’s going to rebuild Syria
4- Message Turkey, we aren’t laying down arms
- Contrary to what Ocalan had claimed.. less than a year ago– and that was never going to happen, but, it was nice public relations, right?
- Turkey’s Erdogan says lay down your arms and disband
5- Draw more Kurdish fighters into Syria on the pretext of humanitarianism and fighting ISIS
Meanwhile, public mobilization has intensified across the Region where hundreds of residents, activists, and Syrian Kurds recently held demonstrations in Al-Sulaymaniyah and Erbil, including protests outside the United Nations mission and the US consulate, calling for international intervention to halt military operations in northern Syria and to facilitate humanitarian access.
In plain and clear language- The Kurds of N/E Syria almost certainly released their ISIS prisoners in hopes of increasing pressure on Damascus and Turkey. Knowing that US and Israel would chomp at the bit. Considering how venomous Israel is towards Turkey- A Turkey that has been impeding their desired Israel 2.0 aka Greater Kurdistan for at least a decade now.
Pretty sure there is more than enough information here for you guys and gals to understand where I’m coming from.
Lastly there seems to have been some assassinations on Kurdish leadership hiding out in Iraq-
Iranian Kurd opposition party in Iraq accuses Iran of attack on HQ
Considering what the PKK affiliated Iranian Kurds did in Iran during this most recent uprising in Iran- I’m not surprised that Iran would undertake such action
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as was done after ww2-
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