A Fallacious Tale of Hypocrisy, Semantics and Propaganda

A Fallacious Tale of Hypocrisy,
Semantics and Propaganda
By: Umar Abdullah
Date: October 4, 2017

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) found the international coalition forces, led by the US, Under the TRUMP administration, killed 260 civilians, including 70 children and 34 women when a school and market was bombed in Mosul in March of this year, 2017. In this same month, reports of civilian deaths from US air strikes across Syria and Iraq soared to an all-time high, according to AIRWARS, a British monitoring group, which found there were 1,472 casualties linked to US air strikes in March.

The deadliest mass shooting in US history:  A 72-minute killing spree that left 59 dead and over five hundred injured in Las Vegas in what can only be described as an unlawful, Horrific and evil, systematic use of violence and intimidation, against the American people was an act of Terrorism. This was an attempt to create terror and fear. We are seeing from this tragic episode the photos of those killed and stories of their lives told, but where were the photos of those high soaring numbers of dead women and children uncovered in Syria and Iraq?

The author and perpetrator of this dastardly act; Stephen Paddock a multimillionaire who had recently wired $100,000 to the Philippines, where his girlfriend Marilou Danley and her family lived, was found dead with an arsenal of weapons, enough to fill 10 large suitcases, with more than ten rifles, 23 guns, including a Kalashnikov and AR-15 assault rifles, a vast and a stockpile of military grade .223 calibre ammunition.  Another arms cache including 19 weapons, several pounds of a commercially available explosive, and thousands of rounds of ammunition was found at his home in Mesquite, 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. They found traces of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which can be used to make homemade bombs, in his car.

Despite all this Donald Trump calls this an “act of pure evil” - how can anyone be more fallacious than that? A mere couple days ago when a Somali refugee; Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, armed with a knife and a flag, ran down four pedestrians and struck and injured four others, everyone was quick to call it a terrorist attack.

Reports are now claiming, The Islamic State terror group claimed Paddock converted to Islam a few months ago, reports say, they said the attack, was carried out by a “soldier” of the caliphate and was done “in response to calls to target coalition countries.” In another statement released hours later, ISIS referred to Paddock as Abu Abd al-Barr al-Amriki and said he answered a call to arms by its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Well I guess we all know where this baseless propaganda is going to lead us. Yes! right back to where we started, meaning, if Stephen Paddock is a white American Christian, his crime will be labeled as an "act of pure evil" But if is name now becomes, Abu Abd al-Barr al-Amriki, his crime will be labeled as an "act of terrorism".

Umar Abdullah
Head of Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front)
Tel: +18687870765 or +18683656253
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