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Louis Proyect says: "Actually, there have been very few murders of civil society activists by Islamists in Syria". I am not sure how many, but there have been some. On 9 December 2013, four activists in Douma - Razan Zeitouneh, Wael Hamada, Samira Khalil and Nazem Hamadi - were abducted by armed men and disappeared. In the absence of any information about them since then, we can assume they were murdered. According to Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila al-Shami, "Most people blame Zahran Alloush's Jaysh al-Islam, Douma's strongest militia, for the abduction". (Burning Country, Pluto Press, 2016, page x) In the case of Raed Fares and Hamoud Juneid, I would be inclined to suspect Turkish military intelligence, which has been accused of killing opponents of the Sochi deal. But I admit I have no evidence to confirm this suspicion. Louis says: "...Syria would have been better off if Islamists had taken power in 2013 or so and rapidly closed economic and political ranks with Turkey". Replacing one oppressive regime by another was not the aim of the revolution. The "Kurdish leadership" rightly rejected this false choice. Chris Slee ________________________________ From: Marxism <[email protected]> on behalf of Louis Proyect via Marxism <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 27 November 2018 1:14:59 PM To: Chris Slee Subject: Re: [Marxism] Raed Fares, leader of Kafranbel killed by HTS gunmen in Idlib ******************** 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 11/26/18 6:24 PM, Chris Slee via Marxism wrote: > > This suggests to me that Raed Fares and Hamoud Juneid may have been murdered by the Turkish state or a group under its control. Actually, there have been very few murders of civil society activists by Islamists in Syria. Of course, there is Daesh but it has nothing to do with the struggle against Assad. Frankly, for all of the junk put out by Norton, Blumenthal and Khalek, Syria would have been better off if Islamists had taken power in 2013 or so and rapidly closed economic and political ranks with Turkey. Of course, if the idiotic Kurdish leadership had continued its filthy non-aggression pact with Assad, there might have been consequences. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/chris_w_slee%40hotmail.com </[email protected]></[email protected]> _________________________________________________________ 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
