Apophenia Digest #5 – 21 November 2016

The good old days when only one part of the propaganda spectrum used to reach us, unwashed masses, are gone. Now the public in the West has access to news reports coming from countries it is not supposed to sympathize with – including news reports on Middle East conflicts; and Western Mainstream Media do not like this. Not one bit. … Continue reading

Apophenia Digest #3 – 3 October 2016

Good day everyone: if hot shot jurists around the world have taught us anything – I refer to those celebrity jurists who make the rounds on chat shows and sign autographs on the lawns of various NATO-supported International Tribunals – is that there’s genocide and GENOCIDE. Meet Amal Clooney, who is determined to Take ISIS To Trial Over Human Trafficking … Continue reading

Apophenia Digest #2 – 20 September 2016

Welcome to Apophenia Digest: in this episode we take a look at the latest on Western hypocrisy, propaganda and selective humanitarianism. See below for episode references and related links: Michael Doran, William McCants, and Clint Watts: The Good and Bad of Ahrar al-Sham: An al Qaeda–Linked Group Worth Befriending There are No Moderate Syrian Rebels Syrian rebel eats heart, threatens … Continue reading

Apophenia Audio Podcast #2: I.S.I.S. Unveiled

Timeline of atrocities committed by “rebels” and minimised or ignored by Western MSM: The Aqrab massacre (December 2012): video. The Deir ez-Zor massacre (April 2013): video. The Khan al-Assal massacre (July 2013). The massacre in the Lattakia Province (August 2013). The Adra massacre (December 2013). The Ma’an massacre (February 2014). Patrick Henningsen: 21st Century Wire Patrick Henningsen discuss ISIL on … Continue reading

Dr. Declan Hayes: Hand in Glove

The document below is, to my knowledge, the most in-depth investigation into the many contradictions and falsehoods surrounding the not-so-transparent organisation called Hand in Hand for Syria. Dr. Hayes has carried out a painstakingly thorough study on several dubious aspects related to this opaque so-called charity, raising a number of pertinent questions over its legitimacy. The original document is available … Continue reading

Susan Dirgham: how the BBC breaches its own code of accuracy, impartiality, fairness, conflicts of interest and accountability to promote a political agenda

What you see below is a letter of complaint sent to the BBC by National Coordinator of “Australians for Mussalaha (Reconciliation) in Syria” Ms Susan Susan Dirgham in relation to the many omissions and distortions the BBC has worked into two of its reports on Syria, Saving Syria’s Children and Homs: Journey into Hell. The YouTube versions of these two … Continue reading

Apophenia Digest #1 – 26 June 2014

Remember when the Obama administration was urging the Egyptian government to restrain the security forces against peaceful protesters® and their fundamental freedom of protest, association and assembly? Well, that was January 2011, when former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was beginning to look an inadequate leader, failing to meet the Egyptian people’s aspirations, yearning for democracy and all that beautiful human … Continue reading