******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ********************
#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.
#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.
#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern.
*****************************************************************
On 11/29/18 7:06 AM, RKOB via Marxism wrote:
It might be of interest for comrades that the official HTS website shows
a video about a rally in Idlib City in commemoration of Raed Fares.
https://ebaa.news/visuals/report-vid/2018/11/22849/
This confirms my suspicion that HTS was not behind this assasination.
(Of course it is no final proof.)
More to the point, there have been continuous protests against HTS in
Idlib that have not led to massacres.
"Notably, many activists mentioned that HTS does not attack or disperse
demonstrations. The group usually does not even suppress the protests
against it, especially in areas where it has limited influence. HTS does
not usually attack such demonstrations due to concerns about the
consequences of such actions which could lead to direct confrontations
with local communities. The group is smart enough to know that any
struggle with local communities is a lost battle. Such fights cannot be
won by military means."
https://www.adoptrevolution.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017_11_10_HTS_Studie-eng.pdf
Meanwhile, here's the HRW on the pure as the driven snow YPG:
Human Rights Watch also investigated the violent incidents in Amuda
(Amûdê) on June 27, 2013, when YPG forces used excessive force against
anti-PYD demonstrators, shooting and killing three men. PYD security
forces killed two more men that night in unclear circumstances, and a
third the next day. On the night of June 27, YPG forces arbitrarily
detained around 50 members or supporters of the Yekiti Party in Amuda,
and beat them at a YPG base. The YPG and local authorities should
conduct a truly independent investigation into the incident and hold
accountable those who arbitrarily held, beat, or used excessive force
against detainees and protestors.
https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/06/19/under-kurdish-rule/abuses-pyd-run-enclaves-syria
_________________________________________________________
Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm
Set your options at:
https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
