Kurds

”The Time Of The Kurds” (Documentary Film)

2021-02-042021-02-04 White Nettle

The Kurds are one of the world’s largest peoples without a state, making up sizable minorities in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey […]

The Kurds, Terrorism and Kurdistan

2021-01-182021-01-18 White Nettle

There are many the so-called “stateless nations” or better to say “stateless cultures” or “stateless ethnolinguistic groups” in the world […]

The Engineered Destruction and Political Fragmentation of Iraq

2021-01-062021-01-06 White Nettle

It was only once the ISIS had captured Mosul and was firmly entrenched inside Iraq, that the US and its allies initiated two months later its “counter-terrorism” operation, allegedly against the ISIS […]

From Cyprus to Syria: Turkey’s Continued Invasions

2020-10-182020-10-18 White Nettle

On January 20, the Turkish military began an invasion of the Kurdish-controlled Afrin region in northern Syria. Turkey’s government has declared that its operation aims “to preserve Syria’s territorial integrity,” remove “terrorist elements,” and protect civilians […]

Why the U.S. Must Be Prosecuted for Its War Crimes Against Iraq

2020-05-172020-05-17 White Nettle

The reason why the U.S. Government must be prosecuted for its war-crimes against Iraq is that they are so horrific and there are so many of them, and international law crumbles until they become prosecuted and severely punished for what they did […]

While Remembering and Commemorating the Armenian Genocide, Let’s Not Forget the Greeks and Assyrians

2020-05-022020-05-02 White Nettle

By the end of 1922, about three million Christians had been killed in the decade-long religious cleansing that operated essentially under two Turkish governments […]

Turkish Position at the “Southern Wing” of the NATO and Turkey’s Relations with the EU

2020-01-082020-01-08 White Nettle

Today, Turkey is drawing an international attention because of its disputes with both the US’ and the EU’s administrations over several political and economic issues to such a degree that even Turkey’s membership to the NATO became questioned […]

Syria: Should Turkey Trust the U.S. Gangsters?

2019-10-282019-10-28 White Nettle

Last week, the Turkish Armed Forces entered Afrin in Syria’s Aleppo. According to the Syria-based Kurdish Hawar News Agency, Turkey also intends to deploy troops near the Raju area and place its armored vehicles there […]

Kurdish Intentions to Join SAA: Secret Deal against the U.S.?

2019-10-192019-10-19 White Nettle

According to Inside Syria Media Center military sources in Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), SDF-Kurds will join the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) as “Northern Syria Protection units” after the establishment of the federal system in Syria […]

Are We Headed for a Turkish-American Breakup?

2019-10-122019-10-12 White Nettle

One key barometer of sentiments toward the United States among Erdogan supporters, and no doubt many members of Erdogan’s clique, has been Ibrahim Karagul, the rabidly anti-American editor-in-chief of the daily Yeni Safak, a government mouthpiece […]

The Russian War Crimes in Syria in 2016-2019: Exclusive Photo Evidence from the Cabinet of Boris Johnson & Theresa May

2019-10-092019-10-09 White Nettle

Exclusive photos of the Russian war crimes in Syria and the Middle East by “Free Media Group” volunteers, 2016-2018 with a proper illustrations of the Russia’s militant imperialism. The authenticity of photos and their descriptions are certified by the UK Cabinet of Boris Johnson & Theresa May […]

The Destruction of Mosul: U.S. Crimes against Humanity in the Name of “Counterterrorism”

2019-10-052019-10-05 White Nettle

Presented in a panel discussion of a side event at the 36th UN Human Rights Council in Geneva: “The Destruction of Mosul” […]

A State for the Kurds?

2019-05-222019-05-22 White Nettle

Like the destruction of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I, the destruction of Iraq that resulted from the 2003 U.S. invasion opened up a Pandora’s Box of potential territorial changes. Not the least of these was the possible creation of the state of Kurdistan […]

The Kurds Under Erdogan’s Tyrannical Governance

2018-06-162018-06-16 White Nettle

There are 15 million Kurds, representing nearly 18 percent of the Turkish population. Like their Turkish counterparts they are largely Sunnis, but their cultural distinction trumps their religious beliefs. They are fighting to preserve their ethnic identity, fearing that otherwise their culture and language would fade away and die […]

A Liberal Democracy, a Market Capitalist Economy and the Permanent Wars

2018-06-012018-06-01 White Nettle

My hypothesis is that a market economy requires a permanent state of war. Behind the crocodile tears for the human disasters and ‘white man burden,’ people and nature are of value in themselves and war does a good job at consuming both very quickly […]

America’s War Аgainst the People of Korea: The Historical Record of US War Crimes

2018-06-012018-06-01 White Nettle

Washington’s objective is to impose the terms of Korea’s reunification. The NeoCons “Project for a New American Century” (PNAC) published in 2000 had intimated that in “post unification scenario”, the number of US troops (currently at 37,000) should be increased and that US military presence could be extended to North Korea. In a reunified Korea, the military mandate of the US garrison would be to implement so-called “stability operations in North Korea” […]