Part
2 - From Video to Twitter Hoaxes
In the
propaganda war on Syria, there are convincing lies, and then there
are the blindingly clear hoaxes. In the latter realm, the Bana
al-Abed Twitter persona takes first prize. The child is being abused
by her own family who have seemingly forced her to pretend she can
speak English (she cannot).
We were
meant to believe that sophisticated and nuanced tweets, often calling
for Western intervention, are coming from an English-illiterate
seven-year-old girl or her mother — whose husband was a militant in
Aleppo.
In a
detailed article, Barbara McKenzie looks at the campaign which uses
the brand Bana for war propaganda. An excerpt includes: “Bana, the
little girl supposedly tweeting from Aleppo, but actually the front
for an account run from London, was selected to be the empathetic
face of the campaign for a no-fly zone in Syria. Her account was
tailored to create the impression of perpetual bombing, perpetual war
crimes, on the part of Russia and the Syrian government.”
Bana not
only tweeted with impossible frequency from eastern Aleppo, defying
any internet lapses those of us who have gone to Aleppo have
experienced. Whatever the actual explanation for her alleged
preciousness and high-tech abilities, the child was clearly
exploited, and continues to be.
Her twitter
account continues its advocacy for Western intervention in Syria. Not
at all suspicious.
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