Ben Norton on Twitter
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This Dutch public broadcaster is admitting the Netherlands has been giving millions of euros to extremist Salafi-jihadist groups in Syria that the government recognizes as terrorists, including ex al-Qaeda ally Ahrar al-ShamMaterial support for terrorism https://t.co/WS2sxEAtYZ— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) October 10, 2020

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  • Praksis [any]
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    4 years ago

    cant wait for this to turn into a shouting match over how we should send israel more aid money, somehow

  • QuickEveryonePanic [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    This is all extremely vague and I don't really know what to make of this, other than that I don't think our government should be meddling in Syrian affairs with their money at all. That being said it's worth noting that VVD, CDA and Christenunie are right wing Liberal/Christian parties, so I inherently distrust this entire narrative tbh

      • Melon [she/her,they/them]
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        4 years ago

        All active rebel groups in Syria (that aren't Turkish proxies) have some amount of Salafist influence. It was probably enticing to support a "peace" project within Syria that wasn't aligned with the Syrian government, but that's pretty much impossible. Even the celebrated White Helmets have a history of being a bit too friendly with terror orgs.