There needs to be a thorough investigation of the murder of 29-year-old Irish journalist Lyra McKee. She was gunned down in Derry, Northern Ireland during a protest & police immediately blamed the attack on dissident Republicans. McKee was going to be speaking in a few weeks at a public World Press Freedom Day event about the murder of journalist Marie Colvin in Syria & the dangers of reporting violent conflicts. The Assad regime had directly ordered Colvin’s assassination. Assad propagandist Eva Bartlett spoke as an honored guest at an event in Derry about a year ago because Assad has strong support among a current of Republicans. There may be no connection between those who murdered McKee & Assad supporters in Derry but it is absolutely a link that must be investigated.
(Photo of Lyra McKee from Jess Lowe Photography/Agence France-Presse–Getty Images)
Before posting articles from Mint Press, it would be wise to vet the information. It has questionable funding sources which appear to be associated with the Iranian government, is rabidly Assadist, including leading the campaign to deny Syrian chemical weapons attacks on civilians, & it is anti-Semitic under the guise of anti-Zionism in the same way all Assadists are. It has a veneer of being progressive but that is the schtick of many fascist currents. It’s how so many get sucked into their vortex.
“Yesterday a pepper gas shell exploded near my home and plumes of smoke started eminating from it, and few people put a wet cloth to douse it but by then my 3-years old daughter started coughing violently the cough was so severe that she vomited and was literally gasping for breath. Fearing for her life I picked her in my arms and took her away from home to a safer place where she could breathe in fresh air.
“While I was running, the pictures of the victims of chemical attack in Syria swam in front of my eyes. I was always emotional regarding the war victims but yesterday I could feel the pain, sufferings and helplessness of the Syrian parents in real.”
“‘Talaq’ is not a valid term for Kashmiri rejection of india as we were never ‘married’ to india (yuck!), no one took our consent, it has always been a relationship of subjugation executed by cunningness and brute force.”
