Fascist Formations in Ukraine (An example of narratives hiding critical facts in msm)

[newthinking]

This is about a story, "The Women Fighting on the Frontline in Ukraine", which was placed and then repeated in multiple publications, the most recent being the Guardian, which shows how the pressure to conform to a narrative can trump even critical facts. And how it turned out that the women (described as led by their "fierce nationalism&quot were members of white supremacist movements. An important part of the story about the Ukrainian civil war that is carefully avoided by the msm.

Fascist Formations in Ukraine
by PETER LEE

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/03/13/fascist-formations-in-ukraine/

The Guardian published an adulatory feature on “The Women Fighting on the Frontline in Ukraine”.

One of the women profiled was “Anaconda”, fighting in the Aidar Battalion bankrolled by Igor Kolomoisky:

Anaconda was given her nickname by a unit commander, in a joking reference to her stature and power. The baby-faced 19-year-old says that her mother is very worried about her and phones several times a day, sometimes even during combat. She says it is better to always answer, as her mother will not stop calling until she picks up.

“In the very beginning my mother kept saying that the war is not for girls,” Anaconda says. “But now she has to put up with my choice. My dad would have come to the front himself, but his health does not allow him to move. He is proud of me now.”

Anaconda was photographed in combat dress resolutely holding an assault rifle in front of a rather decrepit van.


The (original) caption read:

“Anaconda says she is being treated well by the men in her battalion, but is hoping that the war will end soon.”

Full story: http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/03/13/fascist-formations-in-ukraine/

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Behind the young lady above there is a clear hint: That insignia (the "X&quot belongs to SS Dirlewanger Brigade (Nazi Germany).


Wiki post here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS

The Number , 1488, above her right shoulder, is particularly noticable.
From the Anti-Defamation League Hate symbols database:

1488 is a combination of two popular white supremacist numeric symbols. The first symbol is 14, which is shorthand for the "14 Words" slogan: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children." The second is 88, which stands for "Heil Hitler" (H being the 8th letter of the alphabet). Together, the numbers form a general endorsement of white supremacy and its beliefs.

http://www.adl.org/combating-hate/hate-on-display/c/1488.html#.VPg57fmUd8E

[Android3.14]

1. That's unsettling

This stuff is so subtle sometimes.

[MisterP]

2. the Dirlewanger was the penal brigade: that was for those SS-men too awful for the SS

the architects of the slaughter of Warsaw were disgusted by a whole division of rapists and murderers