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West scrambles to evacuate White Helmets from Syria amid assassination threats |
2018-07-16 |
[PRESSTV] Western countries have reportedly been scrambling to evacuate "volunteer" White Helmets from Syria, who have been accused of cooperating with Takfiri![]() forces of Evil and staging false flag gas attacks. CBS News broadcasting service reported on Saturday that White Helmets members are in danger of liquidation and in need of rescue as the Syrian army intensifies its counter-terrorism operation in the country's southern part. The report said the issue of the White helmets' withdrawal from Syria had been raised with US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... in multiple conversations with allied countries on the sidelines of the July 11-12 NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... summit in Brussels. The Netherlands, Britannia, La Belle France, Canada and Germany have been trying to find a way to get an estimated 1,000 White Helmets volunteers and their family members out of Syria, the report added. British Prime Minister Theresa May brought up the issue during her meeting with Trump in the UK, and that the topic may also be discussed at Trump's upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin ![]() The White Helmets was founded in ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... in 2013 by former British MI5 officer James Le Mesurier. Since its establishment, the group has received at least $55 million from the British Foreign Office, $23 million or more from the US Office of Transition Initiatives and untold millions from Qatar ![]() US officials and Western diplomats say the evacuation has not been formalized on the agenda of the July 16 Trump-Putin meeting due to uncertainty about the Russians' help in the process, The CBS News said. "We are not there yet at all in terms of firming up the necessity to have a discussion with Putin," a Western diplomat said. "If we run out of options, and the only option left is the Russians, then it is worth pursuing." A US government official stressed that efforts to evacuate the White Helmets from Syria is in line with the Trump administration's plans for a withdrawal from the Arab country. "This effort says we are in the evacuation phase. It is an admission that the regime is going to regain control of the country and the White Helmets can't remain," he said. "Or else the regime will take repercussions on them." Back in March, Trump ordered the State Department to suspend $200 million in recovery funds for Syria, including aid to the White Helmets, amid a review of the future of the US role in the war-torn country. |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 CBS News broadcasting service reported on Saturday that White Helmets members are in danger of liquidation and in need of rescue Maybe CBS and CNN should rescue them. Might be a good video special. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2018-07-16 11:50 |
#3 Can't we just photoshop some pix of the White Helmets being evacuated? Seems cheaper. |
Posted by: SteveS 2018-07-16 11:34 |
#2 meant |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-07-16 10:38 |
#1 They're coming home? Hide your wallets children... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-07-16 10:38 |