Tag Archives: war

What hand will The Donald play on Syria?

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Jim Maher

WHAT does the election of billionaire property developer and reality tv star, Donald Trump, mean for terrorised Syrians? Some pro-Syrian commentators have hailed Trump’s rise to the top job in Washington as a breakthrough but that city’s leading newspaper counsels caution, … Continue reading →

Posted in Article, syria news, syrian civil war | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Chemical weapons, George the 2nd and pork pies

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Jim Maher

AS liberation battles gather pace in Aleppo and Mosul propagandists continue to muddy the waters. While the resistance to fundamentalist Islam in Iraq is hailed a fight for freedom by western media outlets, many of those mastheads pour scorn on … Continue reading →

Posted in Article, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Disown the fundamentalists, Archbishop pleads with West

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Jim Maher

ALEPPO’S Catholic Archbishop is urging the west to drop its support for jihadi fighters and to, instead, back Syrians battling to free their second city. Monsignor Jean-Clement Jeanbart has called on France and other western nations to turn their backs … Continue reading →

Posted in Article, syria news, syrian civil war, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Propaganda and the ABC of war

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Jim Maher

By road, it is 626km from Mosul, Iraq, to Aleppo in Syria – the same distance, give or take a quick detour to pick up a kebab, as Sydney to Grafton in northern New South Wales. Makes you wonder why … Continue reading →

Posted in Article, syria news, syrian civil war | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment