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BBC is directly controlled by MI6. Lies upon lies by these despicable criminal bastards.

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What is amazing - all Assad interviews, in perfect English, are eloquent, persuasive and intelligent -- far superior to all the lying Western propaganda.

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I love the truth that I receive from UK Column News! It’s often very worrying and confounding but at least I know I’m not alone in this world and millions more share the same knowledge and views.

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...watch this Boris!...a footnote i read many years ago in Yogananda's brilliant commentary on the Bhagavad Gita remained with me... recently i did a little looking as that note kept recurring in my consciousness...i immediately discovered this video which emphatically verified the said note ...this is a treat, watch closely...remember the Indians in the old westerns...'white man speak with forked tongue'....https://www.osmosis.org/learn/Development_of_the_tongue ....try this link if theres a problem with the link above ...https://youtu.be/NzLySYOBjRY ...

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...their tongues delivers their lies...'forked tongue' means speaking lies...the posterior part of the tongue as it joins to the anterior part does so in a manner that provides the forked impression...i hope this clarifies it somewhat...i ought to have been clearer...(edit) ...here:s a snippet that presents my point concerning the v-shape...'The oral and pharyngeal part of the tongue eventually fuses, forming a V-shaped junction known as the sulcus terminalis. '

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Thank you for an interesting video. However, I don't understand the connection with my comment.

Thanks anyhow.

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Another globalist shill blaming Jews

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Another antisemitic idiot -- grow up, you an embarrassment to humans

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Jul 15, 2023Liked by vanessa beeley

So right now the usa is stealing oil and no one is saying anything about it. Russia 🇷🇺 will protect Syrias president and its resources

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Jul 16, 2023Liked by vanessa beeley

A huge amount of hard work VB &, brilliantly done, thankyou. And I think exposing the tactics of the "wrong doers" is very effective in causing them to change their behaviours too. Thankyou 100 times again.

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Jul 16, 2023Liked by vanessa beeley

Sterling stuff, vanessa - thanks! ;-)

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Wondered what that recent UNSC spat was about. Great article, thanks.

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Jul 16, 2023Liked by vanessa beeley

This is a far better discussion of Captagon and Syria than the BBC trash:

https://www.meforum.org/64442/syria-and-captagon-an-assessment

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I agree that Al-Tamimi is a great analyst and provides invaluable insights but very much from a US perspective which I disagree with. For example "The U.S. should continue and intensify efforts with partners in the region – especially Jordan – and elsewhere to interdict captagon shipments and smuggling." Why should the US be involved at all in regional affairs? It shouldn't.

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Dear Vanessa, with love from the US I give you my thanks!

I so badly desire a freer world, where people can freely pursue their God given rights and where liars are few and far between.

Thanks so much for fighting the good fight.

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That is a bit better, but it's underlaying argument that "the regime is behind this vast network, let us find how" then use people's perceptions of reality as proof still is a bad model. Half of the towns down south the regime still can't enter. The Russians made a deal with them that they could keep their arms if they don't attack. And the Yarmuk basin is still heavy ISIS and the regime has no control of it. So while I believe the underlying argument that the best way to counter the illicit drug deal is to create a better economy, that doesn't mean the regime is behind any of this. It's just a bit low on the priority list. Going after the many leaders down south who at one time were staunch anti-government and whose livelihoods the town people depend on and ALSO happen to deal with illicit drugs is not an option at the moment.

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Jul 16, 2023·edited Jul 16, 2023Author

1. Who told you the government can't enter towns down South? It is not true. 2. Have you read the report? Tamimi comes to same conclusion. The interesting thing for me is that they highlight the US Kurdish Contras role. You may not be aware but I live in Syria, 4 years now so my knowledge of actual situation on the ground is not bad. For example you make the claim that the Government can't go after factions in the South. What do you base that claim on? I would argue that the Government has made considerable efforts to reintegrate these groups and is continuing to do so. I reported on these efforts back in 2021 onwards.

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Jul 17, 2023·edited Jul 17, 2023

While some cities are going good, others aren't. Yes the government has been trying to re-integrate the peoples of the south, it has not been easy going. The Saudi-Syrian reproachment helped to ease a lot of pressure. Just as the stoppage of Jordanian/American support to many groups in the south made them re-align. But there are still many issues. Tafas is one of the latest. If a country can easily enter a town, it shouldn't need to put tanks on the outskirts and have to negotiate cease-fires with the city.

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/politics/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%82-%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%B7%D9%81%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9

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Saudi media is not a reliable source. I find it odd that you are telling me what is happening on the ground using Al Arabiya as a source instead of asking me what I have seen from on the ground.

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I just happened to pull that up as it was easy. There is much reporting on Tafas by many sources which all indicates the same thing. The regime is after some men in Tafas that killed police and the locals don't want to give them up. I can list them all if you want but that would be useless. I mean you posted a EU-report on Syria after all. Do you know the history of Shabbab as Sunnah (backed by the west) - Ahmad al 'Awdah group - 8th Brigade, V Corps - Group formally known as 8th Brigade but since Ahmad al 'Awdah has been thrown out and the Russians no longer pay them because they made them mad so they have no name - from Busrah Ash Sham? Every town has a mafia-like group whose history like that is constantly morphing. My point is that when someone says the regime 'controls' the south, therefore they can make money off massive transfer of Captagon, they have no idea what they are talking about. The entire political dynamics of southern Syria is not something easily understood...which is why I hate when the west tries to interfere.

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...clarification of Democracy Now and whom they represent! had listened a few times and that was my conclusion...their butter wouldn't melt in their mouths 'air' of presentation is decptive ...i even doubted my interpretation...so thanks for this Vanessa!...their's however is a 'virtually soulless' presentation which is a reliable indicator ...what's the story with the Wilson Center?...much the same is it?...i always pass over...one or two pictures of Woodrow gave me the creeps!....then again if he were about today perhaps if he saw me he'd no doubt feel impelled to return the compliment!...

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When I hear about a ‘War on ___ Fill in the Blanks’ I instinctively ask myself ‘Which Agency profits?’ The article on Captagon begins with an Islamic leader of 9/11?? Bingo! The US must save Syria from its self by illegal invasion, occupation and theft of its resources

Poverty, drugs, cancer, democracy...endless list and the problems invariably worsen. At least we’re saving democracy’s last bastion, Ukraine.

Hat tip to you, Vanessa.

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I am not saying any of those reports are perfect. Tamimi's is totally pro US soft power intervention. What this report does is expose elements that others have not touched on. 🤷‍♀️ That's why it's excellent for me, because I can extract what I need to build a case.

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