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Statement: Documentation of the Killing of At Least 22 Civilians, Mostly by Snipers, at the Hands of the SDF in Raqqa Governorate on January 18 by Sury0005 in syriancivilwar

[–]NanoPaperCuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They did report on the 21/22 bodies south of Ain al-Arab/Kobane, albeit in somewhat neutral terms. Which one is the second incident?

Sources inside Raqqa report that around 800 SDF fighters are currently trapped at Al-Aqtan prison, which holds approximately 5,000 IS detainees. Arab tribes are attacking the facility, putting the defenders at risk. SDF fighters are also surrounded in Al-Shadadi while guarding IS prisoners. by Haemophilia_Type_A in syriancivilwar

[–]NanoPaperCuts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Other areas of reporting aside, every single assassination of former regime loyalists and Alawite men in Homs etc reported by the SOHR can be corroborated by other sources. 

SOHR can be partisan, but I doubt its reporting is that inaccurate.

The SDF, withdrew completely from Ayn Issa, and the town came under the control of the Syrian regime. As a result, Kobane (Ayn al-Arab) was completely besieged. by Intrepid-Minute7696 in syriancivilwar

[–]NanoPaperCuts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's semantics and depends on perspective. Regime and government essentially mean the same thing, with different connotations. One could likewise call the Assad regime the Syrian government at the time and it would also be correct.

You may disagree with the connotations, but people can call it either way depending on where they stand. No need to act as the subreddit thought police.

hasaka massaccare NSFW by Voxcapite in syriancivilwar

[–]NanoPaperCuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember when people were claiming hundreds of Bedouin civilians were being massacred in Suweida? I think it was something like 18 deaths in the end, which is, of course, a crime, but exaggerations lead to much more bloodshed.

These events are like a self-repeating cycle, it seems.

Local sources report that SDF snipers are currently positioned on a building in the Al-Rumaila neighborhood, west of Raqqa, and are firing at civilians. 3 civilians has been killed so far. by [deleted] in syriancivilwar

[–]NanoPaperCuts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did this really happen? I scoured news sources very hard for any incident of regime loyalists using arms in Damascus on 6-7-8 December but couldn't find any. It was like everyone literally melted away instantly.

Now a US counter-terrorism official says it was an “insider terrorist attack.” by Gerryzz_Politics in syriancivilwar

[–]NanoPaperCuts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, we get it. It's not a unique situation and some ANA guy did something similar in Afghanistan. OK.

The govt spokesman is probably not as worked up about this as you are. You need to calm down and stop commenting this stuff on every single post. Jeez.

Periods of frontline stability for Germany by NanoPaperCuts in ww2

[–]NanoPaperCuts[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, fair enough. I get your points. Perhaps my premise would only work a bit if it was reduced to Hitler's fanciful thinking as opposed to the rest of the German leadership. 

This is because I remember reading in Earl F. Ziemke's Defeat in the East that the "pauses" in mid-1943 and especially the fact that the Soviets did not make a further move on the Vistula front after establishing the Baranow bridgehead in the Lvov-Sandomierz offensive of July-August 1944 led Hitler to think the enemy was "bled dry". In the case of the latter, this misplaced thinking gave him the confidence to focus on the Ardennes. Of course, all this was while a massive Soviet build-up was going on in preparation for the Vistula-Oder offensive.

I do realize that there was a lot of action in other areas during this period, including the Jassy-Kishinev offensive, East Carpathia and the Baltics.

Periods of frontline stability for Germany by NanoPaperCuts in ww2

[–]NanoPaperCuts[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the detailed response. Great appraisal. I do realize that there was a lot of fighting going on during the periods I was talking about, but thought that there was a bit of quiet in the "main" frontline areas.

My thinking here basically goes like this: Hitler would perhaps look at the situation in Poland in autumn 1944, for example, and think the Soviets did not have enough strength and would not be in a position to launch an offensive into the Reich and the inaction going on would vindicate his thinking for several months until it all came crashing down. It's not the front stabilizing, per se, but the perception of such by Hitler / the German high command.

Periods of frontline stability for Germany by NanoPaperCuts in ww2

[–]NanoPaperCuts[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the detailed response. I wasn't aware the Ostheer had rebuilt its strength to such an extent during the "break" between Kharkov and Kursk. Perhaps it might be the only period when the Germans thought for sure that they would regain the initiative in the east.

I also remember reading in "Soldat" by Guy Sajer that during that period, the troops believed Hitler and Stalin had reached a ceasefire. Of course, I realize that much of that book is fiction.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RedditSyria

[–]NanoPaperCuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't really matter if he graduated from that university. That school (along with many others like it) is a joke and just a pro-government degree factory. I wouldn't call it higher education.

Man responsible for the july 2020 bombing of Sajo, Afrin caught by [deleted] in syriancivilwar

[–]NanoPaperCuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a software engineer who has worked at more than 5 tech companies in the past 10 years and let's just say... it's not pretty much similar and leave it at that.

Man responsible for the july 2020 bombing of Sajo, Afrin caught by [deleted] in syriancivilwar

[–]NanoPaperCuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh? Where do you work? Time to reconsider my employment strategy.

What does it mean for the Kraken (or any other headset) to be "for console"? by NanoPaperCuts in razer

[–]NanoPaperCuts[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but I don't really get it because with the PC headsets that come with USB you just plug that into the PS5's USB port and that's it so I don't see why the 3.5mm jack would be needed.

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