[Marxism] New book on Syria

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Homes

https://virl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1419987107 


"Homes tells the story of Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, a young boy whose family moved 
from Iraq to Syria just before the start of the Syrian civil war. It recounts 
what it was like living in Syria during this time -- the normal things like 
video games, sleepovers, and family jarringly juxtaposed with car bombings, 
massacres, and the constant threat of what could happen next. In 2014 the 
family finally found safety in immigrating to Edmonton, Canada, and the book 
also recounts both the gratefulness and the loneliness of the family's 
immigration experience."--
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Re: [Marxism] new book on Syria

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On 5/8/15 10:26 AM, Andrew Pollack via Marxism wrote:


looks very good
http://isreview.org/issue/96/explaining-syrian-civil-war


Reese Erlich on East Ghouta:

Those are the facts. Now the interpretation. It’s been my experience 
that if something doesn’t make sense politically, it doesn’t make sense 
militarily. In this case, why would the Syrian army attack its own 
village? If it was seeking to discredit the rebels, why kill and injure 
so many of its own soldiers and civilians? On the other hand, the 
rebels—particularly extremists of al-Nusra and the Islamic State—would 
gain a lot from the use of chemical weapons. They would both kill the 
enemy, which included pro-Assad civilians, and discredit the Assad 
regime by blaming it for the attack.


One high UN official admitted that the Syrian government was not 
responsible for Khan Al Asal. Carla del Ponte told a Swiss TV 
interviewer, referring to the Asal incident, “This was use on the part 
of the opposition, the rebels, not by the government authorities.” Del 
Ponte was a member of the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria 
and a former war-crimes prosecutor for the International Criminal 
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. After her initial statement, she and 
other members of the commission of inquiry stopped commenting.


Then, in late May, Turkish newspapers reported that suspected members of 
al-Nusra were arrested carrying two kilograms of Sarin with plans to 
attack the US Air Force base at Adana, Turkey. By the time the case came 
to trial, however, the Turkish government did not prosecute the men for 
possessing Sarin. There’s no public record on why prosecutors didn’t 
pursue the chemical-weapons issue.


full: http://whowhatwhy.org/2014/12/01/really-used-chemical-weapons-syria/

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[Marxism] new book on Syria

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looks very good
http://isreview.org/issue/96/explaining-syrian-civil-war
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Re: [Marxism] new book on Syria

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yikes
will forward to reviewer

On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Louis Proyect l...@panix.com wrote:

 On 5/8/15 10:26 AM, Andrew Pollack via Marxism wrote:


 looks very good
 http://isreview.org/issue/96/explaining-syrian-civil-war


 Reese Erlich on East Ghouta:

 Those are the facts. Now the interpretation. It’s been my experience that
 if something doesn’t make sense politically, it doesn’t make sense
 militarily. In this case, why would the Syrian army attack its own village?
 If it was seeking to discredit the rebels, why kill and injure so many of
 its own soldiers and civilians? On the other hand, the rebels—particularly
 extremists of al-Nusra and the Islamic State—would gain a lot from the use
 of chemical weapons. They would both kill the enemy, which included
 pro-Assad civilians, and discredit the Assad regime by blaming it for the
 attack.

 One high UN official admitted that the Syrian government was not
 responsible for Khan Al Asal. Carla del Ponte told a Swiss TV interviewer,
 referring to the Asal incident, “This was use on the part of the
 opposition, the rebels, not by the government authorities.” Del Ponte was a
 member of the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria and a former
 war-crimes prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the
 former Yugoslavia. After her initial statement, she and other members of
 the commission of inquiry stopped commenting.

 Then, in late May, Turkish newspapers reported that suspected members of
 al-Nusra were arrested carrying two kilograms of Sarin with plans to attack
 the US Air Force base at Adana, Turkey. By the time the case came to trial,
 however, the Turkish government did not prosecute the men for possessing
 Sarin. There’s no public record on why prosecutors didn’t pursue the
 chemical-weapons issue.

 full: http://whowhatwhy.org/2014/12/01/really-used-chemical-weapons-syria/


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