Bibliografie und Bemerkungen

Vorwort

   1 Rainer Roth: Sklaverei als Menschenrecht – Über die bürgerlichen Revolutionen in England, den USA und Frankreich, DVS, Frankfurt am Main 2015. Siehe auch online: http://www.klartext-info.de/buecher/Menschenrecht_Sklaverei_umschlag_inhalt_einleitung.pdf.

   2 Wikipedia: »Nichtregierungsorganisationen«, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichtregierungsorganisation.

   3 Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), http://www.bpb.de/wissen/
3UD6BP,,0,NichtRegierungsorganisationen_(NGOs).html.

   4 Ebd.

   5 Marie Rövekamp: »Arbeit von NGOs – Nur bedingt transparent«, in: Tagesspiegel Online, 7. Juli 2015, http://www.tagesspiegel.de/themen/agenda/arbeit-von-ngos-nur-bedingt-­transparent/12020726.html.

   6 Robert Bruce Ware: »Russian Legislation Restricting NGOs«, in: In the
National Interest, 6. Dezember 2005, https://web.archive.org/web/
20051209004838/http://www.
inthenationalinterest.com/Articles/December%202005/December2005Ware.html.

   7 APA; AFP; Abdullah El Gamoudi: »Staatsanwalt: NGOs kooperieren mit Schleppern im Mittelmeer«, in: Die Presse, 23. April 2017, http://diepresse.com/home/ausland/aussenpolitik/5205654/Staatsanwalt_NGOs-­kooperieren-mit-Schleppern-im-Mittelmeer.

   8 APA; Red.: »Sizilianischer Staatsanwalt will NGO-Finanzierung prüfen«, in: Der Standard, 27. April 2017, http://derstandard.at/2000056673644/Laut-­Staatsanwalt-in-Italien-koennten-sich-NGO.

   9 Ebd.

10 Wikipedia: »Nichtregierungsorganisation« (Finanzierung)«, https://de.­wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichtregierungsorganisation#Finanzierung.

➊ Wie Helden entstehen

11 Hans Dollinger: Schwarzbuch der Weltgeschichte – 5000 Jahre der Mensch des Menschen Feind, Komet, Frechen 1999, S. 120.

12 Margarethe Wevers: Dissertation: Einhards Vita Karoli Magni in der mittelalterlichen Geschichtsschreibung und Heldensage, Marburg 1929, online: http://www.mgh-bibliothek.de/dokumente/b/b073817.pdf.

13 Ebd.

14 Ebd.

15 Alex Gibney, Eugene Jarecke: The Trials of Henry Kissinger, Doku 2002, online: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-trials-of-henry-kissinger-2002.

16 Ebd.

17 Tobias Matern: »Alles, nur keine Heilige«, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 8. März 2013, http://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/studie-kratzt-an-mythos-­mutter-teresa-alles-nur-keine-heilige-1.1618899.

18 Aroup Chatterjee: Mother Teresa – The Final Verdict, Meteor Books, 2002.

19 Susan Kwilecki, Loretta S. Wilson: »Was Mother Teresa Maximizing Her Utility? An Idiographic Application of Rational Choice Theory«, in: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 37, No. 2, Juni 1998, S. 205–221.

20 Colin Goldner: »Hinter dem Lächeln des Dalai Lama«, Vortrag an der Universität Wien, 18. Mai 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDuqayOx2Nw.

21 Ebd.

22 Fritz R. Glunk: »Enthüllung eines Denkmals«, in: Die Gazette, Nr. 15, Juli 1999, online: http://gazette.de/Archiv/Gazette-15-Juli1999/Leseproben1.html.

23 Heidrun Beißwenger: »Die Sexualität des Dalai Lama«, in: Das Adelinde-­Gespräch, 23. März 2010, online: https://www.adelinde.net/die-­sexualitat-des-dalai-lama/.

24 Revolutionär Sozialistische Organisation: »Kindesmissbrauch und Giftgas: Die wirkliche Welt des Dalai Lama«, online: http://www.sozialismus.net/kategorien/143-asien-pazifik/china/42-kindesmissbrauch-und-giftgas-die-­wirkliche-welt-des-dalai-lama.

25 Wikipedia: »Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi«, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi.

26 Rainer Roth: Sklaverei als Menschenrecht, Argument Verlag, Hamburg 2015, S. 519–521.

27 Wikipedia: »Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi«, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi.

28 Rainer Roth: Sklaverei …, a. a. O., S. 523.

29 Jan Roß: »Gandhis vergiftetes Erbe«, Zeit Online, 9. Oktober 2014, http://www.zeit.de/2014/40/arundhati-roy-indien-gandhi-kastensystem.

30 Wolfgang Dietrich: Variationen über die vielen Frieden, Band 1: Deutungen, Springer VS, 2008, S. 343.

31 Peter Conzen: Erik H. Erikson: Grundpositionen seines Werkes,
Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2010, online: https://books.google.de/books?id=
NnFtDAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&hl=de&pg=PT233#v=twopage&q&f=true.

➋ Geschichtsschreibung: Beispiel Thailand

32 Dieses Kapitel basiert zu Teilen auf dem Aufsatz »Thai Historiography From Ancient Times to the Modern Period« von Charnvit Kasetsiri, erschienen in Perceptions of the past in Southeast Asia, Singapur 1982.

33 Chit Phumisak: Chomna Sakdina Thai: »Das Antlitz des thailändischen Feudalismus«, Bangkok 1974, S. 57 f. Dieses Buch wurde in Thailand verboten und ist mittlerweile verschollen.

34 Die Darstellung von Tamnan und Phongsawadan ist angelehnt an Charnvit Kasetsiris Buch The Rise of Ayudhya: A History of Siam in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries, Kuala Lumpur, O. U. P. 1976.

35 N. A. Jayawickrama (Übers.): The Sheaf of garlands of the epochs of the conqueror, London 1968. Siehe auch The Epochs of the Conqueror, Jinakalamalipakaranam, Thera/Jayawickrama, 1968, online: https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Epochs-of-The-Conqueror-Jinakalamalipakaranam-Thera-­Jayawickrama-1968-/222651987864?hash=item33d717b798 (Seite zuletzt aufgerufen am 25.11.2017).

36 Aemon Chaloemrak: Prince Damrong Rajanubhap: His Writings and his Contribution to the National Library, Masterarbeit, Chulalongkom University, 1968, S. 12.

37 C. J. Reynolds: »The Case of K.S.R. Kulap: A challenge to Royal Historical Writing in late Nineteenth Century Thailand«, in: Journal of the Siam Society, LXI/2 (1973) S. 63; http://www.siamese-heritage.org/jsspdf/1971/JSS_061_2e_Reynolds_
CaseOfKSRKulap.pdf.

38 Reynolds (S. 64) bezieht sich auf M. E. Osborne und D. K. Wyatt: The Abridged Cambodian Chronicle, A Thai Version of Cambodian History, France-Asie,
22, II (1968); siehe auch Worldcat: http://www.worldcat.org/title/
abridgedcambodian-chronicle-a-thai-version-of-cambodian-history/oclc/20035230.

39 Suchart Sawasdisri: Chit Phumisak, Association of the Social Sciences, 1974, jetzt in Thailand verboten, Buch verschollen.

➌ Die Korrektur der Geschichtsschreibung

40 Jens Wernicke (Interview mit Daniele Ganser): »Vorsicht, Verschwörungstheorie!«, veröffentlicht bei Rubikon, online: https://www.rubikon.news/artikel/vorsicht-verschworungstheorie (10. September 2017).

41 Freeman: »Wer hat den 2. Weltkrieg wirklich gewonnen?«, veröffentlicht beim Nachrichtenportal Alles Schall und Rauch, online: https://alles-schallundrauch.blogspot.com/2016/04/wer-hat-den-ii-wk-wirklich-gewonnen.html (29. April 2016).

42 Jo Menschenfreund: »AA erklärt Bundestag Politik«, Blog: https://jomenschenfreund.blogspot.de/search/label/AA%20erkl%C3%A4rt%20Bundestag%20Politik (22.Februar 2015).

43 Jochen Mitschka: »Das Ukraine Narrativ«, online: https://www.academia.edu/28606903/Das_Ukraine-Narrativ.

44 Ivan Katchanovski: »The “Snipers’ Massacre” on the Maidan in Ukraine«, ­online: https://www.academia.edu/8776021/The_Snipers_Massacre_on_the_Maidan_in_Ukraine.

45 Ivan Katchanovski: »Maidan Massacre Bombshell«, Facebook, 2017, online: http://telegra.ph/Maidan-Massacre-Bombshell-11-16.

46 Humanistenteam: »GFK Group Umfrage auf der Krim«, 2015, online: http://www.humanistenteam.info/gfk-group-umfrage-auf-der-krim/.

➍ Sklavenhaltung als Menschenrecht

47 Frédéric Krumbein: Menschenrechtsdiskurse in China und den USA, Springer 2013.

48 Rainer Roth: »Sklaverei als Menschenrecht«, DVS Frankfurt 2015, online:
http://www.klartext-info.de/buecher/Menschenrecht_Sklaverei_umschlag_
inhalt_einleitung.pdf.

49 Spiegel 8/1998, S. 150.

50 US-Außenministerin: 500.000 tote Kinder waren den Preis wert – YouTube, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM0uvgHKZe8.

➎ Syrien: Die Menschenechtsindustrie im humanitären Krieg

51 Jean Bricmont: Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War, NYU Press, New York 2006.

52 Patrick Henningsen: »An Introduction: Smart Power & The Human Rights Industrial Complex«, veröffentlicht am 19. April 2016 bei 21st Century Wire, online:
http://21stcenturywire.com/2016/04/19/an-introduction-smart-power-the-human-rights-industrial-­complex/.

53 Amnesty International: Global Financial Report 2016, online: https://www.amnesty.org/en/2016-global-financial-report/.

54 Human Rights Watch, Inc.: Financial Statements, Year Ended June 30, 2016, online: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/financial-­statements-2016.pdf.

55 Vanessa Beeley: »White Helmets: Taxpayers Funds Used to Finance Terrorism in Syria?«, veröffentlicht am 25. Oktober 2017 bei 21st Century Wire, online: http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/10/25/white-helmets-taxpayers-funds-used-­finance-terrorism-syria/.

56 CCPR General Comment No. 12: Article 1 (Right to Self-determination), The Right to Self-determination of Peoples (1984), online: http://www.refworld.org/docid/453883f822.html.

57 UN (2005) 2005 World Summit Outcome, 60/1, 24 October, online: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/ods/A-RES-60-1-E.pdf; Gary J. Bass: Freedom’s Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention, Vintage Books, New York 2008.

58 Tim Anderson: The Dirty War on Syria, Global Research, Montreal 2016, Kapitel 7 und 8; im Deutschen erschienen unter dem Titel: Der schmutzige Krieg gegen Syrien – Washington, Regime Change und Widerstand, Liepsen, Marburg
2016.

59 Eileen P. Sullivan: »Liberalism and Imperialism: J. S. Mill’s Defense of the British Empire«, Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oktober – Dezember 1983), S. 601.

60 John Stuart Mill: Dissertations and Discussions: Political, Philosophical, and Historical, Vol 3, John W. Parker and Son, New York 1874, S. 252 f., online: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/readings/mill.html.

61 John Stuart Mill: »A Few Words on Non-intervention«, Fraser’s Magazine, nachgedruckt in Foreign Policy Perspectives, Libertarian Alliance, No. 8, London 1859, S. 2, online: http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/forep/forep008.pdf.

62 Richard M. Gamble: (2012) In Search of the City on a Hill: The Making and Unmaking of an American Myth, Bloomsbury Academic, London 2012.

63 William Rivers Pitt: »The Project for the New American Century«, Information Clearing House, 25. Februar 2003, online: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1665.htm.

64 Jimmy Carter: »The State of the Union Address Delivered Before a Joint Session of the Congress«, The American Presidency Project, 23. Januar 1980, online: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=33079.

65 Tony Karon: »Condi in Diplomatic Disneyland«, Time, 26. Juli 2006, online: http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1219325,00.html; Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya: »Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a ‘New Middle East’, Global Research, 18. November 2006, online: http://www.globalresearch.ca/plans-for-redrawing-the-middle-east-the-project-for-a-new-middle-east/3882.

66 Wesley Clark: A Time to Lead: for duty, honor and country, St. Martin’s Press, London 2007.

67 Jan Oberg: »NATO and the Destruction of Yugoslavia: Where It All Went Wrong and Lessons Were Never Learnt«, Global Research, 31. Oktober 2014, online: http://www.globalresearch.ca/nato-and-the-destruction-of-yugoslavia-­where-it-all-went-wrong-and-lessons-were-never-learnt/5411123.

68 Robin Philpot: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa: From Tragedy to Useful Imperial Fiction, Baraka Books, Montreal 2013.

69 CFR: Humanitarian Intervention: Crafting a Workable Doctrine – A Council Policy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington 2000.

70 Joseph Hoeffel: The Iraq Lie – How the White House Sold the War, Progressive Press, San Diego 2014.

71 Suzanne Nossel: »Smart Power: Reclaiming Liberal Internationalism«, Foreign Affairs, March – April 2004, online: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-­states/2004-03-01/smart-power.

72 Jim Garamone: »Joint Vision 2020 Emphasizes Full-spectrum Dominance«, US Department of Defence, 2. Juni 2000, online: http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=45289.

73 UN 2005 World Summit Outcome, 60/1, 24. Oktober 2005, online: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/ods/A-RES-60-1-E.pdf, S. 138 f.

74 UNSC (2006) Resolution 1674, 28. April 2006, zu finden unter: https://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/blog/document/security-council-­resolution-1674-2006-on-protection-of-civilians-in-armed-conflict/.

75 Edward C. Luck: »Sovereignty, Choice, and the Responsibility to Protect«, Global Responsibility to Protect 1 (2009), S. 10–21.

76 Marie-Eve Loiselle: »The Normative Status of the Responsibility to Protect After Libya«, Global Responsibility to Protect (3/2013), S. 317–341.

77 Graham Cronogue: »Responsibility to Protect: Syria, the Law, Politics and Future of Humanitarian Intervention Post-Libya«, Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies (1/2012), S. 124-159.

78 Amnesty International: »Libya: The Battle for Libya: Killings, Disappearances and Torture«, 13. September 2011, online: https://www.amnesty.org/en/
documents/MDE19/025/2011/en/, S. 8.

79 Daniel Kovalik: »Amnesty International and the Human Rights ­Industry«, Counterpunch, 8. November 2012, online: https://www.counterpunch.org/2012/11/08/amnesty-international-and-the-human-rights-industry/.

80 Corbett Daly: »Clinton on Qaddafi: „We came, we saw, he died“«, CBS News, 20. Oktober 2011, online: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clinton-on-qaddafi-we-came-we-saw-he-died/.

81 Patrick Cockburn: »Amnesty questions claim that Gaddafi ordered rape as weapon of war«, The Independent, 24. Juni 2011, online: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/amnesty-questions-claim-that-gaddafi-ordered-
rape-as-weapon-of-war-2302037.html; siehe auch: Maximilian Forte: Slouching Towards Sirte: NATO’s War on Libya and Africa, Baraka Books, Quebec 2012; siehe auch: Dave Edwards: »‘Limited But Persuasive’ Evidence – Syria, Sarin, Libya, Lies«, Media Lens, 13. Juni 2013, online: http://www.medialens.org/index.php/alerts/alert-archive/alerts-2013/735-limited-but-persuasive-evidence-syria-
sarin-libya-lies.html.

82 Alan J. Kuperman: »Obama’s Libya Debacle«, Foreign Affairs, 16. April 2015, online: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/libya/2015-02-16/obamas-libya-debacle.

83 Ebd.

84 Tim Dunne, Katharine Gelber: »Arguing Matters: The responsibility to protect and the Case of Libya«, Global Responsibility to Protect (6/2014), S. 326–349.

85 Chris Brown: »The Anti-Political theory of Responsibility to Protect«, Global Responsibility to Protect (4/2013), S. 423–442.

86 Tim Anderson: »Daraa 2011: Syria’s Islamist Insurrection in Disguise«, Global Research, 16. März 2016, online: http://www.globalresearch.ca/daraa-2011-syrias-islamist-insurrection-in-disguise/5460547.

87 Human Rights Commission: »Oral Update of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic«, 26. Juni 2012, online: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/CoISyria/OralUpdateJune2012.pdf, S. 20.

88 Tim Anderson: Der schmutzige Krieg gegen Syrien, Liepsen-Verlag, Marburg 2016, Kapitel 8.

89 BBC: »Syria war: Russia halts Aleppo bombing for humanitarian pause«, 18. Oktober 2016, online: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37689063; Xinhua: »News Analysis: Suspended Russian airstrikes encourage rebels to unleash major offensive in Aleppo«, 29. Oktober 2016, online: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/29/c_135788805.htm.

90 Merrit Kennedy: »After Rocky Pause, Airstrikes Resume On Syria‘s Aleppo«, NPR, 15. November 2016, online: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/15/502129917/after-rocky-pause-airstrikes-resume-on-syrias-aleppo.

91 Andrew V. Pestano: »Aleppo airstrikes resume after 3-week pause«, UPI, 15. November 2016, online: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/11/15/Aleppo-airstrikes-resume-after-3-week-pause/8561479211543/; Emma Graham-Harrison: »Aleppo airstrikes restart as Russia announces major Syria offensive«, The Guardian, 15. November 2016, online: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/15/aleppo-airstrikes-resume-as-russia-announces-major-syria-offensive.

92 Angela Dewan, Steve Visser, Kareem Khadder und Merieme Arif: »Syria: Aleppo pounded by ‚heaviest bombardment‘ since war began«, 21. November 2016, online: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/20/middleeast/syria-aleppo-airstrikes/index.html.

93 Gareth Porter: (2017) »A Flawed UN investigation on Syria«, Consortium News, 11. März 2017, online: https://consortiumnews.com/2017/03/11/a-flawed-un-
investigation-on-syria/.

94 Charlie Skelton: »The Syrian opposition: who’s doing the talking?«, The ­Guardian, 13. Juli 2012, online: https://www.theguardian.com/
commentisfree/2012/jul/12/syrian-opposition-doing-the-talking; Beau Christensen: ­»Propaganda spin cycle: ‘Syrian Observatory for Human Rights’ is funded by US and UK ­governments«, SOTT, 23. September 2016, online: https://www.sott.net/article/329117-Propaganda-spin-cycle-Syrian-Observatory-for-­Human-Rights-is-funded-by-US-and-UK-governments.

95 SOHR (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights), 2015, online: http://www.syriahr.com/en/.

96 Neil MacFarquar: »A Very Busy Man Behind the Syrian Civil War’s ­Casualty Count«, New York Times, 9. April 2013, online: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/
04/10/world/middleeast/the-man-behind-the-casualty-figures-in-syria.html.

97 MOA (Mon of Alabama): »Hearsay Extrapolated – Amnesty Claims Mass Executions In Syria, Provides Zero Proof«, 7. Februar 2017, online: http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/02/amnesty-report-hearsay.html.

98 Michael Scaturro: »Why Human Rights Groups Don’t Agree on What to Do About Syria«, The Atlantic, 5. September 2013, online: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/09/why-human-rights-groups-dont-agree-on-what-to-do-about-syria/279360/.

99 SNHR: »Syrian Network for Human Rights: Work Methodology«, online: http://sn4hr.org/public_html/wp-content/pdf/english/SNHR_Methodology_en.pdf.

100 Megan Price, Anita Gohdes, Patrick Ball: »Updated Statistical Analysis of Documentation of Killings in the Syrian Arab Republic Commissioned by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights«, August 2014, online: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/SY/HRDAGUpdatedReportAug2014.pdf.

101 HRDAG: »Human Rights Data Analysis Group: funding«, https://hrdag.org/.

102 Megan Price, Anita Gohdes, Patrick Ball: »Technical Memo for Amnesty International Report on Deaths in Detention«, Human Rights Data Analysis Group, 17. August 2016, online: https://hrdag.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/HRDAG-AI-memo-2.pdf.

103 Eliot Higgins: »Bellingcat has received money from the following: OSF, ­Meedan, NED [etc]«, Twitter, 6. Februar 2017, online: https://twitter.com/
EliotHiggins/status/828554441485869056.

104 Stephanie Strom: »Soros to Donate $100 Million to Rights Group«, New York Times, 6. September 2010, online: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/business/07gift.html.

105 HRW: »Human Rights Watch Annual Report 2016«, online: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/news_attachments/english_annual_report-2016.pdf.

106 HRW: »Human Rights Watch, Inc., Financial Statements, Year Ended June 30, 2016«, online: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/financial-statements-2016.pdf.

107 Tim Anderson: »How Credible Is Human Rights Watch on Cuba?«, Monthly Review Online, 16. Februar 2010, online: https://mronline.org/2010/02/16/how-credible-is-human-rights-watch-on-cuba/.

108 Keane Bhatt: »A Shared Culture of Conflict of Interest – Elite media don’t see Human Rights Watch’s closeness to power as a problem«, FAIR, 1. September 2014, online: http://fair.org/extra/a-shared-culture-of-conflict-of-interest/.

109 Tim Anderson: »How Credible Is Human Rights Watch on Cuba?«, Monthly Review Online, 16. Februar 2010, online: https://mronline.org/2010/02/16/how-credible-is-human-rights-watch-on-cuba/.

110 HRW: »A Decade Under Chávez: Political Intolerance and Lost Opportunities for Advancing Human Rights in Venezuela«, September 2008, online: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/venezuela0908web.pdf.

111 Rodolfo Acuña et al.: »More Than 100 Latin America Experts Question Human Rights Watch’s Venezuela Report«, Venezuela Analysis, 17. Dezember 2008, online: https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/4051.

112 Kenneth Roth: (2008) »HRW Response to Criticisms of our Venezuela Work«, Human Rights Watch, 29. Dezember 2008, online: https://www.hrw.org/news/2008/12/29/hrw-response-criticisms-our-venezuela-work.

113 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel et al.: »The Corruption of Human Rights Watch«, Consortium News, 13. Mai 2014, online: https://consortiumnews.com/2014/05/13/the-corruption-of-human-rights-watch/.

114 Ebd.

115 Kenneth Roth: »Letter to Nobel Laureates«, 3. Juni 2014, online: https://www.coolloud.org.tw/node/79465.

116 Keane Bhatt: »The Revolving Door at Human Rights Watch«, Counterpunch,
11. Juli 2014, online: http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/07/11/the-revolving-door-at-human-rights-watch/.

117 Rick Moran: »Human Rights Watch Labels U.S. a ‘Human Rights Abuser’ Because of Trump«, PJ Media, 14. Januar 2017, online: https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/01/14/human-rights-watch-labels-us-human-rights-abuser-­because-of-trump/.

118 HRW: »Open Letter to the Leaders of the Syrian Opposition, Human Rights Watch, Washington, 20 März 2012, online: http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/20/open-letter-leaders-syrian-opposition.

119 Frans van der Lugt: »Bij defaitisme is niemand gebaat«, 13. Januar 2012, online: https://mediawerkgroepsyrie.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/bij-defaitisme-is-­niemand-gebaat/.

120 Jeremy Salt: »Truth and Falsehood in Syria«, The Palestine Chronicle,
5. Oktober 2011, online: http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=17159.

121 Bahar Azizi, Pater Daniel Maes: »Sott.net Interview with Father Daniel in Syria: „There Never Was a Popular Uprising in Syria“«, SOTT, 24. Juni 2017, online: https://www.sott.net/article/354637-Sott-net-Interview-with-Father-­Daniel-in-Syria-There-Never-Was-a-Popular-Uprising-in-Syria.

122 Tim Anderson: »Daraa 2011: Syria’s Islamist Insurrection in Disguise«, Global Research, 16. März 2016, online: http://www.globalresearch.ca/daraa-2011-­syrias-islamist-insurrection-in-disguise/5460547.

123 Sharmine Narwani: »Syria: The hidden massacre«, RT, 7. Mai 2014, online: http://rt.com/op-edge/157412-syria-hidden-massacre-2011/.

124 Joshua Landis: »The Revolution Strikes Home: Yasir Qash`ur, my wife’s cousin, killed in Banyas«, Syria Comment, 11. April 2011, online: https://www.joshualandis.com/blog/the-revolution-strikes-home-yasir-qashur-my-wifes-cousin-­killed-in-banyas/.

125 Sharmine Narwani: »Syria: The hidden massacre«, RT, 7. Mai 2014, online: http://rt.com/op-edge/157412-syria-hidden-massacre-2011/.

126 Hala Jaber: »Syria caught in crossfire of extremists«, Sunday Times, 26. Juni 2011, online: http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/Middle_East/article657138.ece.

127 HRW (2012) »Open Letter to the Leaders of the Syrian Opposition«, ­Human Rights Watch, Washington, 20. März 2012, online: http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/20/open-letter-leaders-syrian-opposition.

128 Jeremy Shapiro: »The Qatar problem«, Foreign Policy, 28. August 2013, online: http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/08/28/the-qatar-problem/; Elizabeth Dickinson: »The Case Against Qatar«, Foreign Policy, 30. September 2014, online: http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/09/30/the-case-against-qatar/.

129 Ian Black: »Syrian regime document trove shows evidence of ‘industrial scale’ killing of detainees«, The Guardian, 21. Januar 2014, online: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/20/evidence-industrial-scale-killing-
syria-war-crimes.

130 Ebd.

131 HRW: »If the Dead Could Speak: Mass Deaths and Torture in Syria’s Detention Facilities«, Human Rights Watch, 16. Dezember 2015, online: https://www.hrw.org/report/2015/12/16/if-dead-could-speak/mass-deaths-and-torture-syrias-
detention-facilities, S. 2 f.

132 Ebd.

133 Ebd., S. 3

134 Ian Black: »Syrian regime document trove shows evidence of ‘industrial scale’ killing of detainees«, The Guardian, 21. Januar 2014, online: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/20/evidence-industrial-scale-killing-
syria-war-crimes.

135 Rick Sterling: »The Caesar Photo Fraud that Undermined Syrian Negotiations«, Counterpunch, 4. März 2016, online: https://www.counterpunch.org/2016/03/04/the-caesar-photo-fraud-that-undermined-syrian-negotiations/.

136 Yalla La Barra: »Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth’s Obsession with Bashar Al-Assad and Barrel Bombs«, Yalla La Barra, 28. August 2015, online: https://yallalabarra.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/human-rights-watchs-kenneth-roths-obsession-with-bashar-al-assad-and-barrel-bombs/.

137 MOA: »Human Rights Watch Accuses Syria of „Barrel Bomb“ Damage Created by U. S. Attacks«, 27. Februar 2015, online: http://www.moonofalabama.org/2015/02/human-rights-watch-accuses-syria-of-barrel-bomb-damage-
created-by-us-attacks.html.

138 Adam Johnson: »HRW tries to pass off IDF crimes as Assad “barrel bombs”, Twitter, 8. Mai 2015, online: https://twitter.com/adamjohnsonNYC/status/
596909627318640640; MOA: »Human Rights Watch Again Accuses Syria Of „Barrel Bomb“ Damage Done By Others«, 9. Mai 2015, online: http://www.
moonofalabama.org/2015/05/human-rights-watch-again-accuses-syria-of-
barrel-bomb-damage-done-by-others.html.

139 MOA: »HRW’s Kenneth Roth Continues Unfounded Accusations With Another False Picture«, 15. Mai 2015, online: http://www.moonofalabama.org/2015/05/hrws-kenneth-roth-continues-unfounded-accusations-with-another-false-picture.html.

140 Ken Roth: »For the planners«, Twitter, 9. August 2015, online: https://twitter.com/kenroth/status/630544175851769857.

141 NGO Monitor: »Breaking Its own Rules: Amnesty’s Researcher Bias and Govt Funding«, 4. Juni 2012, online: http://www.ngo-monitor.org/reports/breaking_its_own_rules_amnesty_s_gov_t_funding_and_researcher_bias/.

142 Marcello Ferrada de Noli: »White Helmets Video: Swedish Doctors for Human Rights Denounce Medical Malpractice and Misuse of Children for Propaganda Aims«, The Indicter, 6. März 2017, online: http://theindicter.com/white-helmets-video-swedish-doctors-for-human-rights-denounce-medical-malpractice-and-misuse-of-children-for-propaganda-aims/.

143 Uri Blau: »Documents Reveal How Israel Made Amnesty’s Local Branch a Front for the Foreign Ministry in the 70s«, Haaretz, 18. März 2017, online: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.777770.

144 Amnesty: »Global Financial Report 2016«, Amnesty International, online: https://www.amnesty.org/en/2016-global-financial-report/.

145 Source Watch: »Amnesty International: Discussion« (2014), online: http://www.
sourcewatch.org/index.php/Talk:Amnesty_International.

146 Jean Bricmont: Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War, NYU Press, New York 2006.

147 Ewan MacAskill, Julian Borger: »Iraq war was illegal and breached UN
charter, says Annan«, The Guardian, 16. September 2004, online: https://www.
theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/16/iraq.iraq.

148 Sunjeev Bery: »A Critic Gets it Wrong on Amnesty International and Libya«, Amnesty International USA, 2. November 2012, online: http://blog.amnestyusa.org/middle-east/a-critic-gets-it-wrong-on-amnesty-international-and-libya/.

149 Rick Sterling, Rick: »Eight Problems with Amnesty’s Report on Aleppo Syria«, Dissident Voice, 14. Mai 2015, online: http://dissidentvoice.org/2015/05/eight-problems-with-amnestys-report-on-aleppo-syria/.

150 HRI: »Suzanne Nossel Executive Director of Amnesty International USA«, Human Rights Investigations, 30. September 2012, online: https://
humanrightsinvestigations.org/2012/09/30/suzanne-nossel-executive-director-
of-amnesty-international-usa/.

151 Open Secrets: »Employer search: Amnesty International USA«, 12. Mai 2017, online: https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?priv=
Amnesty+International+USA.

152 Samuel Hendricks: »Your Aleppo appeal?«, persönlicher E-Mail-Austausch mit dem Autor, 21.–22. Dezember 2016.

153 Patrick Cockburn: »Amnesty questions claim that Gaddafi ordered rape as weapon of war«, The Independent, 23. Juni 2011, online: http://www.
independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/amnesty-questions-claim-that-gaddafi-ordered-rape-as-weapon-of-war-2302037.html; Alan J. Kuperman: »Obama’s Libya Debacle«, Foreign Affairs, 16. April 2015, online: https://www.
foreignaffairs.com/articles/libya/2015-02-16/obamas-libya-debacle.

154 Amnesty: »Syria: Fresh evidence of armed forces’ ongoing crimes against humanity«, 13. Juni 2012, online: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2012/06/syria-fresh-evidence-armed-forces-ongoing-crimes-against-humanity/.

155 Neil MacFarquar: »A Very Busy Man Behind the Syrian Civil War’s Casualty
Count«, New York Times, 9. April 2013, online: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/
04/10/world/middleeast/the-man-behind-the-casualty-figures-in-syria.html.

156 Salil Shetty: »Amnesty International chief – western govts hypocritical, inconsistent on Syria«, Worlds Apart, 21. September 2014, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unl-csIUmp8.

157 Tim Hayward: »How We Were Misled About Syria: Amnesty International«, Blog, 23. Januar 2017, online: https://timhayward.wordpress.com/2017/01/23/amnesty-internationals-war-crimes-in-syria/.

158 Francis Boyle: Interview mit Dennis Bernstein, Covert Action Quarterly, Ausgabe 73, Sommer 2002, S. 9–12, 27, online: http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/articles/article0004573.html.

159 John Stauber, Sheldon Rampton: (2002) »How PR Sold the War in the Persian Gulf«, Kapitel 10 in Toxic Sludge is Good for You, Common Courage Press, Monroe (Maine) 2002, Online-Auszug über den Ersten Golfkrieg unter: http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html; Tom Regan: »When contemplat­ing war, beware of babies in incubators«, Christian Science Monitor, 6. September 2002, online: https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0906/p25s02-cogn.html.

160 Ann Wright, Coleen Rowley: »Amnesty’s Shilling for US Wars«, Consortium News, 18. Juni 2012, online: https://consortiumnews.com/2012/06/18/amnestys-shilling-for-us-wars/.

161 Vienna Colucci: »We Get It«, Amnesty International, 19. Mai 2012, online: http://blog.amnestyusa.org/asia/we-get-it/.

162 Julian Teil: »Lies behind the “Humanitarian War” in Libya: There is no evidence! (Part 1), NATO Crimes In Libya«, YouTube, Interview mit ­Dr. Soliman Bouchuiguir, 15. Oktober 2011, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4evwAMIh4Y; Timand2037: »‘Humanitarian Intervention’ in Libya – the duplicitous game«, YouTube, 15. März 2012, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNbUnTelwJU; Alan J. Kuperman: »Obama’s Libya Debacle«, Foreign Affairs, 16. April 2015, online: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/libya/2015-02-16/obamas-libya-debacle.

163 Rick Sterling: »Amnesty International Stokes Syrian War«, Consortium News, 11. Februar 2017, online: https://consortiumnews.com/2017/02/11/amnesty-
international-stokes-syrian-war/.

164 Tim Anderson: The Dirty War on Syria, Global Research, Montreal 2016.

165 Amnesty: »Syria: Indiscriminate Attacks Terrorize and Displace Civil­ians«, 19. September 2012, online: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde24/078/2012/en/%20/.

166 Martin Chulov: »Up to 13,000 secretly hanged in Syrian jail, says Amnesty«, The Guardian, 7. Februar 2017, online: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/07/up-to-13000-secretly-hanged-in-syrian-jail-says-amnesty.

167 Amnesty: »Human Slaughterhouse: Mass Hangings and Extermination at Saydnaya Prison, Syria«, 7. Februar 2017, S. 7, online: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde24/5415/2017/en/.

168 Ebd.; Brandon Turbeville: »Amnesty International “Human Slaughterhouse” Report Lacks Evidence, Credibility, Reeks Of State Department Propaganda«, Activist Post, 8. Februar 2017, online: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/02/amnesty-international-human-slaughterhouse-report-lacks-
evidence-credibility-reeks-of-state-department-propaganda.html.

169 Press TV: »Russian Foreign Ministry rejects Amnesty ‘fake’ report of mass hangings in Syria«, 9. Februar 2017, online: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/02/09/509848/Russia-Syria-Maria-Zakharova-Amnesty-International-.

170 Sputnik: »Amnesty Report on Syrian Prison Deaths Questioned by Ex UK Ambassador to Syria«, 15. Februar 2017, online: https://sputniknews.com/
world/201702151050686212-amnesty-international-syria-report-not-
credible/.

171 MOA: »Hearsay Extrapolated – Amnesty Claims Mass Executions In Syria, Provides Zero Proof«, Moon of Alabama, 7. Februar 2017, online: http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/02/amnesty-report-hearsay.html.

172 The Syria Campaign: »2011 – 2017: Who’s Killing Civilians In Syria?«, online: http://whoiskillingciviliansinsyria.org/.

173 Hugh Naylor: »Islamic State has killed many Syrians, but Assad’s forces have killed more«, Washington Post, 5. September 2015, online: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/islamic-state-has-killed-many-syrians-but-assads-forces-have-killed-even-more/2015/09/05/b8150d0c-4d85-11e5-80c2-106ea7fb80d4_story.html?utm_term=.6b4bde8c4b47.

174 Cory Morningstar: »SYRIA: Avaaz, Purpose & the Art of Selling Hate for Empire«, Aletho News, 27. Januar 2015, online: https://alethonews.wordpress.com/2015/05/10/syria-avaaz-purpose-the-art-of-selling-hate-for-empire/.

175 Dominic Rushe, Raya Jalabi: »Facebook pressured to refuse access to Assad campaign in Syria election«, Guardian, 2. Juni 2014, online: http://www.
theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/02/facebook-bashar-al-assad-campaign-
syria-election.

176 Avaaz: »No excuses, no delays. Ceasefire Now!«, 7. August 2013, online: https://www.avaaz.org/en/syria_ceasefire_now_sam1/?bkNLCbb&v=27805.

177 Cheryl K. Chumley: »Islamic cleric decrees it OK for Syrian rebels to rape women«, Washington Times, 3. April 2013, online: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/3/islamic-cleric-decrees-it-ok-syrian-rebels-rape-wo/.

178 Al Jazeera: »Islamic State Group ‘Executes 700’ in Syria«, Chronicle,
18. August 2014, online: http://www.chronicle.co.zw/islamic-state-group-
executes-700-in-syria/.

179 Khaled al-Khatib: »Fleeing the frontline, Marea’s poorest seek refuge in orchards«, Syria Direct, 15. September 2015, online: http://syriadirect.org/news/fleeing-the-frontline-marea%E2%80%99s-poorest-seek-refuge-in-orchards/; Oliver Laughland: »US should use radar to warn civilians of Syrian barrel bombs, group demands«, Guardian, 28. Februar 2015, online: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/27/us-military-warn-civilians-incoming-syria-air-strikes.

180 The Syria Campaign: »Care about refugees? Listen to them«, 9. Oktober 2015, online: https://diary.thesyriacampaign.org/what-refugees-think/.

181 The Syria Campaign: »Listen To Refugees – First Survey of Syrian Refugees in Europe«, Tabelle mit Umfrageergebnissen (2015), online: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WYn4N7STdP2eW3EYdX86Gsb6lxE4VrcNvZ4aEczsFwI/edit#gid=833561282.

182 The Syria Campaign: »Care about refugees? Listen to them«, 9. Oktober 2015, online: https://diary.thesyriacampaign.org/what-refugees-think/.

183 The Syria Campaign: »Listen To Refugees – First Survey of Syrian Refugees in Europe«, Tabelle mit Umfrageergebnissen (2015), online: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WYn4N7STdP2eW3EYdX86Gsb6lxE4VrcNvZ4aEczsFwI/edit#gid=833561282.

184 The Syria Campaign: »Listen To Refugees – First Survey of Syrian Refugees in Europe«, Tabelle mit Umfrageergebnissen (2015), online: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WYn4N7STdP2eW3EYdX86Gsb6lxE4VrcNvZ4aEczsFwI/edit#gid=833561282; siehe auch Tim Anderson: »How “The Syrian Campaign” Faked Its “70% Fleeing Assad” Refugee Poll«, Global Research, 17. September 2016, online: http://www.globalresearch.ca/how-the-syrian-campaign-faked-its-70-fleeing-assad-refugee-poll/5546220.

185 Richard Fuchs: »Survey leaves no doubt: Syrians are fleeing Assad«,
Deutsche Welle, 11. Oktober 2015, online: http://www.dw.com/en/survey-
leaves-no-doubt-syrians-are-fleeing-assad/a-18775789.

186 The Syria Campaign: »Listen To Refugees – First Survey of Syrian Refugees in Europe«, Tabelle mit Umfrageergebnissen (2015), online: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WYn4N7STdP2eW3EYdX86Gsb6lxE4VrcNvZ4aEczsFwI/edit#gid=833561282; siehe auch Tim Anderson: »How “The Syrian Campaign” Faked Its “70% Fleeing Assad” Refugee Poll«, Global Research, 17. September 2016, online: http://www.globalresearch.ca/how-the-syrian-campaign-faked-its-70-fleeing-assad-refugee-poll/5546220.

187 Russia Today: »‘We don’t hide it’: White Helmets openly admit being funded by Western govts«, 19. Oktober 2016, online: https://www.rt.com/news/363363-
white-helmets-funded-west/.

188 Vanessa Beeley: »The REAL Syria Civil Defence, Saving Real Syrians, Not Oscar Winning White Helmets, Saving Al Qaeda«, Global Research, 2. April 2017, online: http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-real-syria-civil-defence-saving-real-syrians-not-oscar-winning-white-helmets-saving-al-qaeda/5583020.

189 Whitney Webb: »James le Mesurier: the former British mercenary who founded The White Helmets«, Mint Press News, 31. Juli 2017, online: https://www.mintpressnews.com/james-le-mesurier-british-ex-military-
mercenary-founded-white-helmets/230320/.

190 Vanessa Beeley: »Syria’s white helmets: war by way of deception – Part 1«, 21st Century Wire, 23. Oktober 2015, online: http://21stcenturywire.com/2015/10/23/syrias-white-helmets-war-by-way-of-deception-part-1/; Vanessa Beeley: »Who are Syria’s White Helmets? (terrorist linked)?«, 21st Century Wire, 21. Juni 2016, online: http://21stcenturywire.com/2016/06/21/who-are-the-syria-white-helmets/.

191 21st Century Wire: »Secret £1bn UK War Chest Used to Fund the White Helmets and Other ‘Initiatives’«, 13. März 2017, online: http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/03/13/secret-1bn-uk-war-chest-used-to-fund-the-white-helmets-and-other-initiatives/.

192 MayDay Rescue: »Mosab Obeidat«, 26. August 2015, online: http://www.
maydayrescue.org/content/mosab-obeidat.

193 Tony Cartalucci: »UN’s Syria “Aid” Appeal is Bid to Relieve Trapped Terrorists«, Land Destroyer, 17. Dezember 2013, online: http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/syria-uns-aid-appeal-is-bid-to-relieve.html.

194 Vanessa Beeley: »Syria’s white helmets: war by way of deception – Part 1«, 21st Century Wire, 23. Oktober 2015, online: http://21stcenturywire.com/2015/10/23/syrias-white-helmets-war-by-way-of-deception-part-1/.

195 Kenneth Roth: »Barrel Bombs, Not ISIS, Are the Greatest Threat to Syrians«, New York Times, 5. August 2015, online: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/opinion/barrel-bombs-not-isis-are-the-greatest-threat-to-syrians.html?_r=1.

196 Sputnik: »Soros-funded ‘White Helmets’ NGO caught faking ‘civilian casualties of Russian airstrikes’ in Syria«, 30. September 2015, online: http://www.
sott.net/article/302997-Soros-funded-White-Helmets-caught-faking-
Syria-casualties-report.

197 Clarity of Signal: »Massive White Helmets Photo Cache Proves Hollywood Gave Oscar to Terrorist Group«, 27. Februar 2017, online: https://clarityofsignal.
com/2017/02/27/massive-white-helmets-photo-cache-proves-hollywood-gave-
oscar-to-terrorist-group/; Syrian War Blog: ‚White Helmets Exposed as
Extremists: 65 Facebook profiles of Their Members‘, 14. November 2017,
online: http://syrianwar1.blogspot.com.au/2017/11/white-helmets-exposed-as-
extremists-65.html.

198 Marcello Ferrada de Noli: »White Helmets Video: Swedish Doctors for Human Rights Denounce Medical Malpractice and Misuse of Children for Propa­ganda Aims«, The Indicter, 6. März 2017, online: http://theindicter.com/white-helmets-
video-swedish-doctors-for-human-rights-denounce-medical-malpractice-and-
misuse-of-children-for-propaganda-aims/.

199 UNOCHA: »Arrived at the scene of the blast«, Twitter, 19. August 2015, online: https://twitter.com/UNOCHA/status/634114213112221696.

200 Christian Science Monitor (Redaktion): »Looking for Obama’s agenda in Syria«, 14. April 2013, online: https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2013/0414/Looking-for-Obama-s-agenda-in-Syria.

201 Vanessa Beeley: »‘Aleppo Media Centre’ Funded By French Foreign Office, EU and US«, 20. September 2016, online: http://21stcenturywire.com/2016/09/20/exclusive-aleppo-media-centre-funded-by-french-foreign-office-eu-and-us/.

202 Jorge Vino: »Leader of Al-Qaeda in Syria calls the White Helmets “the hidden soldiers of the revolution”«, 20. März 2017, YouTube, online: https://web.archive.org/web/20180224005049/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpuxgbyNlO8.

203 Vanessa Beeley: »Syria White Helmets Hand in Hand with al Qaeda«, YouTube, 22. Januar 2017, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBkn78q_t_Q.

204 Live Leak: »Syria – So-called “White Helmets” Facilitate an al-Nusra Execution«, 6. Mai 2015, online: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fd8_1430900709; Tom O’Connor: »Syria’s White Helmets, subject of Oscar-winning film, caught dumping dead soldiers, fire volunteer«, Newsweek, 22. Juni 2017, online: http://www.newsweek.com/oscar-win-white-helmets-syria-volunteer-dump-bodies-rebels-628407; Vanessa Beeley: »White Helmets: Severed Heads of Syrian Arab Army Soldiers Paraded as Trophies – Endorsed by Channel 4«, 21st Century Wire, 21. Juni 2017, online: http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/06/21/white-helmets-severed-heads-of-syrian-arab-army-soldiers-paraded-as-trophies-endorsed-by-channel-4/.

205 Ted Postol: »The Nerve Agent Attack that Did Not Occur«, 18. April 2017, ­Washington’s Blog, online: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2017/04/67102.html.

206 Scott Ritter: »Ex-Weapons Inspector: Trump’s Sarin Claims Built on ‘Lie’«, The American Conservative, 29. Juni 2017, http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/ex-weapons-inspector-trumps-sarin-claims-built-on-lie/.

➏ Deutsche NGOs

207 PRCenter: »UNICEF-Spendenskandal nur die Spitze des Eisbergs?«,
online: http://www.prcenter.de/UNICEF-Spendenskandal-nur-die-Spitze-des-Eisbergs-.10081.html.

208 Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung: »NGOs«, online: http://www.bpb.de/
wissen/3UD6BP,0,0,NichtRegierungsorganisationen_%28NGOs%29.html.

209 Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung: »Politische Stiftungen«, online:
https://www.bpb.de/gesellschaft/kultur/politische-bildung/193401/politische-
stiftungen?p=all.

210 Heinrich Böll Stiftung: »Auf dem Weg zu mehr Verantwortung?«, online: https://www.boell.de/sites/default/files/e-paper_aupo2014.pdf.

211 Jens Bernert: »Die Lügen der ›Weißhelme‹«, Rubikon, 14. November 2017, online: https://www.rubikon.news/artikel/die-lugen-der-weisshelme.

212 Swiss Propaganda Research: »Die Grenzen der Pressefreiheit 2017«, online: https://swprs.org/die-grenzen-der-pressefreiheit/.

213 http://domiholblog.tumblr.com/post/140151037204/die-vielen-paten-von-syrien.

214 Wiebke Hollersen: »Ein Herz für Hama«, Spiegel Online, 12. März 2012, online: http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-84339479.html.

215 Medico Online: »Medico Rundschreiben 02/2011: Bitterer Zucker«,
14. Mai 2011, online: https://issuu.com/medico_international/docs/medico-
rundschreiben-02-2011.

216 Tim Anderson: Der schmutzige Krieg gegen Syrien, Liepsen Verlag, Marburg 2016.

217 Sharmine Narwani: »Questioning the Syrian ‘Casualty List’«, 28. Februar 2012, online: https://mideastshuffle.com/2012/02/28/questioning-the-syrian-casualty-
list/.

218 Human Rights Watch: »Syria: Defectors Describe Orders to Shoot Unarmed Protesters«, 9. Juli 2011, online: https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/07/09/syria-
defectors-describe-orders-shoot-unarmed-protesters.

219 http://domiholblog.tumblr.com/post/140151037204/die-vielen-paten-von-syrien.

220 Jochen Mitschka: »Woher kommen die Waffen?«, Rubikon News,
13. September 2017, online: https://www.rubikon.news/artikel/woher-kommen-die-waffen.

221 Regine Beyss: »Die Syrer sind nicht alleine«, Main-Post, 3. April 2012, online: https://www.mainpost.de/ueberregional/meinung/leitartikel/Die-Syrer-sind-nicht-alleine;art9517,6712947.

222 Adopt a revolution: »Mitmachen«, online: https://www.adoptrevolution.org/kampagne-unterstutzen/.

223 Adopt a revolution: »Warum spenden?«, online: https://www.adoptrevolution.org/spenden/spendenformular/.

224 Adopt a revolution: Rück-und Ausblick 2016/17, online: https://www.
adoptrevolution.org/jahresbericht-2016/#einnahmen.

225 Ebd.

226 Alexander Schierholz: »Hilfsprojekte in Syrien – Leipziger Helfer stecken in der Krise«, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 22. Mai 2014, online: https://www.mz-
web.de/politik/hilfsprojekte-in-syrien-leipziger-helfer-stecken-in-der-krise-
3307924.

227 Adopt a revolution: »Debatte um den Aufruf Freiheit braucht Beistand – „Ja, wir unterstützen die Revolution!“«, online: https://www.adoptrevolution.org/debatte_aufruf/20/.

228 The Suffering Grasses: »Syrien im Fokus des aktuellen ­Zeitgeschehens«,
Facebook, 9. November 2013, online: https://www.facebook.com/events/
739495339400092/.

229 T. von der Osten-Sacken, H. Wettig: »Debatte – Dann gebt doch der Freien Syrischen Armee Waffen«, Welt Online, 22. Oktober 2014, https://www.welt.de/debatte/kommentare/article133540811/Dann-gebt-doch-der-Freien-Syrischen-Armee-Waffen.html.

230 Ines Kappert: »Krieg in Syrien – Flugverbotszone jetzt«, taz, 21. August 2015, online: http://www.taz.de/!5225357/.

231 Hannah Wettig: »Entgleiste Revolutionen«, Analyse & Kritik, 18. Februar 2014, online: https://www.akweb.de/ak_s/ak591/37.htm.

232 Rick Sterling: »The Caesar Photo Fraud that Undermined Syrian Negotiations«, 2016, Counterpunch, online: https://www.counterpunch.org/2016/03/04/the-caesar-photo-fraud-that-undermined-syrian-negotiations/.

233 Human Rights Watch: »Syria: Stories Behind Photos of Killed Detainees«,
16. Dezember 2015, https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/12/16/syria-stories-behind-
photos-killed-detainees.

234 France24: »The Interview, David M. Crane, Co-author of a report on Syrian prisoners«, 17. März 2014, http://www.france24.com/en/20140315-interview-
david-michael-crane-co-author-report-on-syrian-prisoners-torture-killing-
assad-regime.

235 Rick Sterling: »Eight Problems with Amnesty’s Report on Aleppo Syria«, Counterpunch, 14. Mai 2015, online: https://www.counterpunch.org/2015/05/14/eight-problems-with-amnestys-report-on-aleppo-syria/.

236 Tim Anderson: The Dirty War on Syria, Global Research Publishers, Montreal 2016.

237 Rick Sterling: »Eight Problems with Amnesty’s Report on Aleppo Syria«, Counterpunch, 14. Mai 2015, online: https://www.counterpunch.org/2015/05/14/eight-problems-with-amnestys-report-on-aleppo-syria/.

238 Jens Bernert: »Die Lügen der Weißhelme«, Rubikon News, 14. November 2017, online: https://www.rubikon.news/artikel/die-lugen-der-weisshelme.

239 Blauer Bote Magazin: »White Helmets ermordeten Kind, um Obama mit gefälschtem Propagandamaterial zu versorgen«, 25. März 2017, online: http://blauerbote.com/2017/03/25/white-helmets-ermordeten-kind-um-obama-mit-
gefaelschtem-propagandamaterial-zu-versorgen/.

240 The Oslo Times: Over 80 Parliamentarians worldwide show support to “WhiteHelmets” Nobel Peace Prize nomination in memory of Jo Cox, 17. September 2016, online: http://www.theoslotimes.com/article/over-80-parliamentarian-
worldwide-show-support-to-%27white-helmets%27-nobel-peace-prize-
nomination-in-memory-of-jo-cox.

241 Blauer Bote Magazin: »Abgeordneter Omid Nouripour feiert Al-Kaida-Angriff: „Berichte: Belagerung von #Aleppo durchbrochen. #pray4Syria“«, 6. August 2016, http://blauerbote.com/2016/08/06/abgeordneter-omid-nouripour-feiert-
al-kaida-angriff-berichte-belagerung-von-aleppo-durchbrochen-pray4syria/.

242 Rubikon News: »Die Lügen der „Weißhelme“«, 14. November 2017, https://www.rubikon.news/artikel/die-lugen-der-weisshelme.

243 Gudula Hörr (Interview mit Bente Scheller): »Giftgas und US-Bomben in Syrien – „Assad ist nicht nur Moskaus Marionette“«, n-tv, 7. April 2017, online: http://www.n-tv.de/politik/Assad-ist-nicht-nur-Moskaus-Marionette-
article19784872.html.

244 Tim Anderson: The Dirty War on Syria, Global Research Publishers, Montreal 2016.

245 Seymour M. Hersh: »The Red Line and the Rat Line«, London Review of Books 2014, online: https://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n08/seymour-m-hersh/the-red-line-and-the-rat-line.

246 Tim Anderson: The Dirty War on Syria, Global Research Publishers, Montreal 2016. Anderson stützt sich hierbei auf eine vom Hochkommissar für Menschenrechte in Auftrag gegebene Studie der Vereinten Nationen mit dem Titel »Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic«, online: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/IICISyria/Pages/IndependentInternationalCommission.aspx.

247 Rodrigo Campos: »Syrian government to blame for April sarin attack: U. N. ­report«, Reuters, 26. Oktober 2017, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-
mideast-crisis-syria-un/syrian-government-to-blame-for-april-sarin-
attack-u-n-report-idUSKBN1CV3GP.

248 António Guterres: Kopie des Berichts für den Sicherheitsrat vom 26. Oktober 2017, Moon of Alabama, http://www.moonofalabama.org/images5/OPCW-UN_JIM_7th_Report.pdf.

249 Moon of Alabama: UN on Khan Sheikhoun – Victims Hospitalized BEFORE Claimed Incident Happened, 29. Oktober 2017, online: http://www.
moonofalabama.org/2017/10/un-report-on-khan-sheikhoun-23-of-victims-
hospitalized-before-the-incident-happened.html.

250 Ebd.

251 Sputnik Deutschland: »Giftgas-Angriffe in Syrien: US-Professor ­findet Fehler im UN-Bericht«, 31. Oktober 2017, online: https://de.sputniknews.com/
politik/20171031318102684-syrien-giftgas-un-bericht-fehler/.

252 Baschar Dschaafari: »Die Maske fällt, die Wahrheit kommt ans Licht«, Rede bei der Konferenz des Schiller-Instituts in New York, 10. September 2016, online: http://www.schiller-institut.de/seiten/2016/dschaafari.html.

253 U. S. Passports & International Travel: »Syria Travel Warning«, 18. Oktober 2017, online: https://web.archive.org/web/20171026232900/https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/alertswarnings/syria-travel-warning.html.

254 Sputnik Deutschland: »›Kein Bombenabwurf aus dieser Distanz‹: ­Russland widerspricht UN zu Giftgasangriff «, 2. November 2017, online: https://de.sputniknews.com/politik/20171102318138149-giftgas-syrien-russland-findet-technische-fehler-im-un-bericht/.

255 Sputnik Deutschland: »OPCW-Sitzung zu Idlib: Russland zeigt Beweise für Giftgas-Inszenierung«, 20. April 2017, online: https://de.sputniknews.com/politik/20170420315423793-opcw-idlib-beweise-inszenierung/.

256 Die Rote Pille: »Frankreichs Ex-Außenminister Roland Dumas: Krieg gegen Syrien bereits zwei Jahre vor dem ›Arabischen Frühling‹ geplant«, 14.Oktober 2013, online: http://die-rote-pille.blogspot.de/2013/10/frankreichs-ex-
auenminister-roland.html.

257 Wesley Clark, Fora.tv, 3. Oktober 2007, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFixu8HDxOQ.

258 Tyler Durden: »In Shocking, Viral Interview, Qatar Confesses Secrets Behind Syrian War«, Zero Hedge, 29. Oktober 2017, online: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-28/shocking-viral-interview-qatar-confesses-secrets-behind-
syrian-war.

259 Hintergrund (Redaktion): Ein Jahr nach dem Militärputsch in Honduras, 29. Juni 2010, online: https://www.hintergrund.de/politik/welt/ein-jahr-nach-dem-militaerputsch-in-honduras/.

260 Hans-Georg und Peter Kleinert: »FDP-nahe Stiftung auf der Seite der Putschisten in Honduras: Die Naumann-Fraktion«, Neue Rheinische Zeitung, 1. Juli 20o9, online: http://www.nrhz.de/flyer/beitrag.php?id=13971.

261 Christian Lüth: »Mehr Täter als Opfer«, veröffentlicht am 28. Juni 2009 auf www.freiheit.org. Der ursprüngliche Artikel ist nicht mehr online aufzufinden, das hier angeführte Zitat wird aber auch an anderen Stellen aufgegriffen, beispielsweise hier: http://www.spiegel.de/forum/politik/staatsstreich-honduras-soll-die-uno-eingreifen-thread-7717-23.html.

262 André Scheer: »Putsch gelobt«, Junge Welt, 18. Mai 2010, online: https://www.jungewelt.de/loginFailed.php?ref=/artikel/144534.putsch-gelobt.html.

263 Harald Neuber: »Putsch-Verteidiger soll Entwicklungshilfe leiten«, amerika21, 20. September 2011, online: https://amerika21.de/nachrichten/2011/09/40304/naumann-bmz-honduras.

264 Friedensinitiative Bruchsal: »Der Putsch von Thailand und wie demokratisch ist die FDP?«, 18. Mai 2010, online: http://bruchsaler-friedensinitiative.de/artikel/2010/20100518b.html.

265 German Foreign Policy: »Deutschlands außenpolitischer Pluralismus«, 2. Dezember 2013, online: https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/6135/.

266 Ebd.

267 Jo Menschenfreund: »Wie die Gerichte und das Militär Thailand regieren«,
7. Juni 2012, online: https://jomenschenfreund.blogspot.de/2012/06/wie-die-
gerichte-und-das-militar.html.

268 Florian Warweg: »Argentinien: FDP-nahe Naumann-Stiftung unterstützt Petition zur Zerstörung von Che Guevara-Denkmal«, RT Deutsch, 1. September 2017, online: https://deutsch.rt.com/amerika/56592-fdp-nahe-naumann-stiftung-
unterstutzt-zerstorung-monument-che-guevara/.

269 Für die Freiheit: »Presenting projects in North Korea at the Delegation of the European Union«, 6. September 2017, online: http://korea.fnst.org/content/
presenting-projects-north-korea-delegation-european-union.

270 German Foreign Policy: »Erziehung zum Aufstand«, 7. November 2017, online: https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/7438/.

271 Der Spiegel: »Südafrika – Millionen für Inkatha«, 4. April 1994, online: http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13689100.html.

272 Focus Online: »Strategie 1: Die Löschtruppe«, online: www.focus.de/digital/internet/tid-7242/online-enzyklopaedie_aid_130683.html.

273 Wikipedia: »Primero Justicia«, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primero_Justicia.

274 Stefan Frank: »Nach dem Putsch ist vor dem Putsch«, Konkret-Verlage, Heft 8, 2004, online: https://web.archive.org/web/20040817225800/http://www.konkret-verlage.de/kvv/txt.php?text=nachdemputschistvordemputsch&jahr=2004&mon=08.

275 Paul Craig Roberts: »US and EU are Paying Ukrainian Rioters and Protesters«, Institute for Political Economy, 17. Februar 2014, online: https://www.
paulcraigroberts.org/2014/02/17/us-eu-paying-ukrainian-rioters-protesters-
paul-craig-roberts/.

276 Stefan Korinth: »Ukraine: Einigkeit und Kampf um Freiheit?«, Telepolis,
11. März 2015, online: https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Ukraine-
Einigkeit-und-Kampf-um-Freiheit-3370594.html?view=fussnoten.

277 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305181746/http://www.jostmeier.de/index.php?myelement=235941.

278 Wikipedia: »Ukrainische demokratische Allianz für Reformen«, https://de.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainische_demokratische_Allianz_f%C3%BCr_Reformen.

279 »Klitchko team«, online: https://web.archive.org/web/20180205174114/http://www.klichko.org:80/team/?lang=eng.

280 Die Propagandaschau: »Das Propagandanetzwerk hinter dem Putsch in der Ukraine«, 21. Juli 2014, online: https://propagandaschau.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/das-propagandanetzwerk-hinter-dem-putsch-in-der-ukraine/.

281 https://www.kyiv-dialogue.org/de/ueber-uns/kiewer-gespraeche.html.

282 https://www.kyiv-dialogue.org/de/ueber-uns/wer-wir-sind.html.

283 http://www.kyiv-dialogue.org/de/ueber-uns/steuerungsgruppe.html.

284 http://www.kas.de/ukraine/.

285 Jochen Mitschka: »Das Ukraine-Narrativ«, Academia, online: https://www.academia.edu/28606903/Das_Ukraine-Narrativ.

286 German Foreign Policy: »Chaos säen (II)«, 27. November 2017, online: https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/7459/.

287 RT Deutsch: »Adenauer Stiftung organisierte in Mexiko Konferenz zur ­Desta­bilisierung der kubanischen Regierung«, 11. Dezember 2014, online: https://deutsch.rt.com/7995/international/adenauer-stiftung-organisierte-in-
mexiko-konferenz-zum-sturz-der-kubanischen-regierung/.

288 Percy Alvarado: »Juventudes Democráticas, la KAS y un circo de mercenarios«, Contrainjerencia, 12. Februar 2014, http://www.contrainjerencia.com/?p=97144.

289 Christoph Marischka: »Gezielte Sanktionen, ein schleichender Putsch und die dubiose Rolle der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Côte d’Ivoire«, 2. April 2011, online: http://imi-online.de/download/Ausdruck2_2011_06marischka.pdf.

290 Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: »Die Lage ist ausweglos«, online: http://www.kas.de/westafrika/de/pages/9777/.

291 Martin Lutz, Uwe Müller: »Das Kartell der Staatsplünderer«, Welt, 10. Oktober 2014, online: https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article133107766/Das-Kartell-der-Staatspluenderer.html.

292 Lobbypedia: Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, https://lobbypedia.de/wiki/Hanns-
Seidel-Stiftung.

293 Lobbypedia: »Wir Eigentümerunternehmer«, https://lobbypedia.de/wiki/Wir_Eigent%C3%BCmerunternehmer.

294 Frank R. Pfetsch: Einführung in die Außenpolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Studienbücher zur Sozialwissenschaft (43), Westdeutscher Verlag, 1981, S. 91.

295 Volker Vinnai: Demokratieförderung in Afrika, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, LIT Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2007, S. 35.

296 German Foreign Policy: »Wirksamste Instrumente der deutschen Außenpolitik«, 4. März 2003, https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/498/.

297 Christian Forstner: »Ein Zeichen der Stärke«, Bayernkurier, 11. April 2017, online: https://www.bayernkurier.de/ausland/23827-ein-zeichen-der-staerke/.

298 Michael Starke: »Guttenberg on the wrong side of history I«, Club of Politics, 3. April 2013, online: http://clubofpolitics.de/politics/guttenberg-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-i/.

299 Susann Witt-Stahl, Denis Koval: »junge Welt: Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung unterstützt ukrainische Nazis«, Barth-Engelbart-Blog, 11. Juli 2016, http://www.barth-engelbart.de/?p=126817.

300 Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung: Pussy Riot, Proteste und ausländische Agenten – Heißer Herbst in Russland?, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_
4Szn7xtoko.

301 Moritz Gathmann: »Lady Suppenhuhn«, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 25. August 2012, online: http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/pussy-
riot-lady-suppenhuhn-11867761.html.

302 Ebd.

303 Grigory Entes: »Der Putin ist an allem schuld«, Telepolis, 13. August 2012, online: https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Der-Putin-ist-an-allem-schuld-3395258.html.

304 Google-Auswahl von Seiten, die die Verbindung zu Soros ausgemacht ha­ben wollen: https://www.google.de/search?q=Pussy-riot-connections+Soros&ie=
utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=epkpWpHjB8mksAfozIawAQ.

305 Susann Witt-Stahl, Denis Koval: »Potemkinsche Dörfer: Die Rosa-Luxemburg-
Stiftung unterstützt einen gewaltigen geschichtsrevisionistischen Schwindel«, Junge Welt, 12. Juli 2016, http://www.barth-engelbart.de/?p=126817.

306 Udo Pfeiffer: »Die ›Antideutschen‹ als neoliberale Erfüllungsgehilfen«, Wahrheitsecke, 22. November 2012, http://wahrheitscorner.blogspot.de/2012/11/die-
antideutschen-als-neoliberale.html.

307 Elke Schenk, Jörn Hagenloch: »Weltmacht«, BertelsmannKritik, 8. Februar 2009, http://www.bertelsmannkritik.de/weltmacht.htm.

308 Franco Algieri, Janis A. Emmanouilidis, Roman Maruhn: Europas Zukunft – Fünf EU-Senarien. CAP 2003, S. 13 f.

309 Arvato Bertelsmann: http://www.vaw-arvato.com.

310 Financial Times Deutschland vom 24. November 2007.

311 Jörn Hagenloch: »Blühende Rendite-Landschaften«, Freitag 02/2006.

312 taz: »Die Methode Bertelsmann«, http://www.taz.de/!5137745/.

313 Bertelsmann Stiftung: »Religionsmonitor 2017 – Muslime in Europa, Inte­griert, aber nicht akzeptiert?«, online: https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/unsere-projekte/religionsmonitor/projektthemen/religionsmonitor-2017-
muslime-in-europa/.

314 Susanne Klaiber: »Der Zahlenkrieg: Forscher kritisiert viel beachtete Integrationsstudie der Bertelsmann-Stiftung heftig«, The Huffington Post, 7. September 2017, online: http://www.huffingtonpost.de/2017/09/07/integration-bertelsmann-
kritik_n_17911364.html.

315 Laura Gaida: »Ergebnisse geschönt? Experte kritisiert Islam-Studie der
Bertelsmann-Stiftung«, Focus Online, 7. September 2017, http://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/studie-zu-muslimen-in-deutschland-ergebnisse-geschoent-experte-kritisiert-islam-studie-der-bertelsmann-stiftung_id_7566511.html.

316 Thomas Schuler: Bertelsmannrepublik Deutschland – Eine Stiftung macht Politik, Campus Verlag 2010.

317 Christian Hanelt: »Syrien im fünften Jahr des Bürgerkriegs«, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Januar 2016, online: https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/
publikationen/publikation/did/syrien-im-fuenften-jahr-des-buergerkriegs/.

➐ Tödliche Sanktionen und NGOs

318 YouTube: 500.000 tote irakische Kinder? ehem. US-Außenministerin: »Wir glauben, es ist den Preis wert.«, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
QVvi5Tp4XGA.

319 Dr. Justine Walker: »Humanitarian Impact of Syria-Related Unilateral Restrictive Measures«, Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Syrian Arab Republic, 16. Mai 2016, online: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3115191-Hum-Impact-of-Syria-Related-Res-Eco-Measures-26.html#document/p1.

320 Rania Khalek: »U. S. and EU Sanktions are punishing ordinary Syrians and crippling aid work, U. N. Report Reveals«, The Intercept, 28. September 2016, online: https://theintercept.com/2016/09/28/u-s-sanctions-are-punishing-
ordinary-syrians-and-crippling-aid-work-u-n-report-reveals/.

321 Marco Glowatzki: Orthopädie Praxis in Syrien, YouTube, 5. Dezember 2017, online: https://youtu.be/HE-CF0YlEk8.

➑ Syrien, Deutschland und der Angriffskrieg

322 Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya: »Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a “New Middle East”«, GlobalResearch, 18. November 2006, online: https://www.globalresearch.ca/plans-for-redrawing-the-middle-east-the-project-for-a-new-middle-east/3882.

323 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: »Special Briefing on the Travel to the Middle East and Europe of Secretary Condoleezza Rice« (Press Conference, U. S. State Department, Washington, D. C., 21. Juli 2006).

324 Michael A. Ledeen: The War Against the Terror Masters, St. Martin’s Griffin, 2003, S. 212 f.

325 Uwe Ness: »Zu Syrien und der Mär vom friedlichen Beginn der Proteste«, online: http://www.uweness.eu/maerchen-ueber-syrien.html.

326 Fox News: US intel knew about weapons going from Benghazi to Syria, 18. Mai 2015, online: http://video.foxnews.com/v/4242465982001/?#sp=show-clips.

327 YouTube: Ex-NATO-Oberbefehlshaber: »Wir werden 7 Länder angreifen«, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTTU6pF-iAE.

328 YouTube, Frankreichs Außenminister: »Der Krieg in Syrien seit langem in London geplant«, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANju4oaA4HM.

329 n-tv: »Einsatz vor der syrischen Küste – Deutsches Schiff hilft Rebellen«, https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Deutsches-Schiff-hilft-Rebellen-article7002301.html.

330 Tim Anderson: Der schmutzige Krieg gegen Syrien, Liepsen-Verlag, Marburg 2016, S. 76.

331 Christoph Reuter: »Das Rätsel des deutschen Spionage-Schiffs«, Spiegel Online, http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/deutscher-geheimdienst-bruestet-
sich-mit-rolle-in-syrien-a-850983.html.

332 Carsten Wieland: »Syrien 2013«, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung,
14. Februar 2013, online: http://www.bpb.de/apuz/155126/das-politisch-
ideologische-system-syriens-und-dessen-zerfall?p=all.

333 CNA (2012) »Syrian violence drives 50,000 Christians from homes«, Catholic News Agency, 27. März 2012, online: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/syrian-violence-drives-50000-christians-from-homes/.

334 Vincent Funaro: »‘They Accept Us as We Are;’ Christians Join Forces With Muslim Group Hezbollah to Fight ISIS in Lebanon«, Christian Post, 11. Mai 2015, online: https://www.christianpost.com/news/they-accept-us-as-we-are-christians-join-forces-with-muslim-group-hezbollah-to-fight-isis-in-
lebanon-138975/.

335 Murtaza Hussain: »NSA Document Says Saudi Prince Directly Ordered Coordinated Attack by Syrian Rebels on Damascus«, The Intercept, 24. Oktober 2017, online: https://theintercept.com/2017/10/24/syria-rebels-nsa-saudi-
prince-assad/.

336 Tyler Durden: »Bombshell NSA Memo: Saudi Arabia Ordered Attack on Damas­cus International Airport with US Knowledge«, Zero Hedge, 24. Oktober 2017, online: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-24/bombshell-nsa-memo-
saudi-arabia-ordered-attack-damascus-international-airport-us-kno.

337 Twitter-Mitteilung mit Video von @walid970721, 27. Oktober 2017, online: https://twitter.com/walid970721/status/923825448324345858; siehe auch auf
YouTube https://youtu.be/nOdwO4XCwHk.

338 Ben Norton: »Alternet, U.S. and Gulf Allies Supported Islamist Extremists in ­Syria, Qatar’s Ex-Prime Minister Admits, Bolstering Growing Evidence«,
Grayzone Project, 16. Juni 2017, online: https://www.alternet.org/grayzone-
project/us-and-gulf-allies-supported-islamist-extremists-syria-qatars-ex-
prime-minister.        

339 Nafeez Ahmed: »Pentagon report predicted West’s support for Islamist rebels would create ISIS«, Insurge Intelligence, 22. Mai 2015, online: https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/secret-pentagon-report-reveals-west-saw-isis-as-
strategic-asset-b99ad7a29092.

340 WikiLeaks: »Podesta E-Mails«, online: https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/
emailid/3774.

341 Tim Anderson: Der schmutzige Krieg gegen Syrien, Liepsen-Verlag, 2016, S. 221 f.

342 Mousab al-Hamadee, Roy Gutman: »1,000 Syrian rebels defect to Islamic State in sign it’s still strengthening«, McClatchy, 8. Juli 2014, online: http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/article2603226.html; siehe auch Jason Ditz: »1,000-Strong Syrian Rebel Brigade Defects to ISIS«, Anti-War.com, 8. Juli 2014, online: http://news.antiwar.com/2014/07/08/1000-strong-syrian-rebel-
brigade-defects-to-isis/.

343 Alex Newman: »“Moderate” Rebels Armed by Obama Join al-Qaeda, ISIS«, New American, 21. November 2014, online: http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/19583-moderate-rebels-armed-by-obama-join-al-qaeda-isis; siehe auch Liz Sly, Liz: »U.S.-backed Syria rebels routed by fighters linked to al-Qaeda«, Washington Post, 2. November 2014, online: https://web.archive.org/web/20141103065659/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-backed-
syria-rebels-routed-by-fighters-linked-to-al-qaeda/2014/11/02/7a8b1351-8fb7-4f7e-a477-66ec0a0aaf34_story.html.

344 Fahd al-Zayabi: »Syrian rebels increasingly joining ISIS: Coalition ambassador, Asharq al-Awsat, 25. Dezember 2014, online: https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/fahd-zayabi/news-middle-east/syrian-rebels-increasingly-joining-isis-
syrian-national-coalition-ambassador.

345 Redaktion: »Syrian rebels in the Golan defect to ISIS«, OSNet Daily, 18. Dezember 2014, online: http://osnetdaily.com/2014/12/syrian-rebels-golan-defect-isis/.

346 Leith Aboufadel: »The Last of the “Moderates” – Harakat Hazzm Disbands to Join Islamists«, Al-Masdar News, 2. März 2015, online: http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/last-moderates-harakat-hazzm-disbands-join-islamists/.

347 Umberto Bacchi: »Syria: al-Qaeda Nusra Front shows off huge cache of US weapons seized from moderate Harakat Hazzm rebels«, International Business Times, 4. März 2015, online: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/syria-al-qaeda-nusra-front-shows-off-us-weapons-seized-moderate-harakat-hazm-rebels-1490378.

348 Redaktion: »Assad loses battles as US, Israel, Turkey, Jordan, Qatar and UAE arm Al Qaeda’s Syrian branches«, DEBKAfile, 4. Mai 2015, online: https://www.debka.com/assad-loses-battles-as-us-israel-turkey-jordan-qatar-and-uae-arm-al-qaedas-syrian-branches/.

349 Tulsi Gabbard (Interview mit CNN-Reporter Jake Tapper, veröffentlicht von
NoWorldOrder.com auf YouTube): »Syrians tell me there are no moderate rebels«, 2. März 2016, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LRZlfInXNs.

350 Rania Abouzeid: »Syrian Opposition Groups Stop Pretending«, The New ­Yorker, 26. September 2013, online: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/syrian-opposition-groups-stop-pretending.

351 Ben Reynolds: »There are No Moderate Syrian Rebels«, 2014, Counterpunch, 3. Oktober 2014, online: https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/10/03/there-are-no-
moderate-syrian-rebels/.

352 Der Strafrechtsparagraf wurde inzwischen durch den Bundestag im Rahmen der »Harmonisierung mit EU-Recht« abgeschafft. Siehe Florian Rötzer: »§ 80 StGB ›Vorbereitung eines Angriffskriegs‹ ist seit 1. Januar 2017 gestrichen«, Telepolis, 7. Januar 2017, online: https://www.heise.de/tp/features/80-StGB-
Vorbereitung-eines-Angriffskriegs-ist-seit-1-Januar-2017-gestrichen-3590763.html.

353 Bundesministerium der Verteidigung: »Mandatsverlängerungen: Bundestag stimmt ab«, 13. Dezember 2017, online: https://www.bmvg.de/de/aktuelles/
abstimmung-ueber-mandate-im-bundestag-20410.

354 Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen: »Resolution 2249« (2015), online: http://www.un.org/depts/german/sr/sr_15/sr2249.pdf.

355 Al Jazeera: »Former DIA Director Michael Flynn: It was a decision to fund, arm ISIS«, online: https://youtu.be/y1oEoCRkLRI.

356 Seymour Hersh: Military to Military, London Review of Books 2016, online: https://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n01/seymour-m-hersh/military-to-military.

357 Ian Fisher: »In Rise of ISIS, No Single Missed Key but Many Strands of Blame«, New York Times, 18. November 2015, online: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/world/middleeast/in-rise-of-isis-no-single-missed-key-but-many-strands-of-blame.html.

358 Udo Hochschild: »Idee und Wirklichkeit der Gewaltenteilung in Deutschland – 6. Die nicht erfüllte Verfassung«, online: http://www.gewaltenteilung.de/#11.

359 Der Generalbundesanwalt: »Rechtliche Stellung des Generalbundesanwalts beim Bundesgerichtshof«, online: https://www.generalbundesanwalt.de/de/
stellung.php.

360 Karin Leukefeld: Flächenbrand, PapyRossa Verlag, Köln 2016. Das Buch ist inzwischen in der 3. Auflage (März 2017) erschienen. Die Seitenangaben beziehen sich auf die Ausgabe von 2016.

361 Karin Leukefeld: Flächenbrand (2016), S. 53.

362 Ebd., S. 130.

363 Matthias Schiermeyer: »Warum die Peschmerga deutsche Waffen benötigen«, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, 18. August 2016, https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.bundeswehr-hilfe-fuer-die-kurden-warum-die-peschmerga-deutsche-waffen-benoetigen.6785c337-b184-41f9-8c4f-9dc96b3c9d1a.html.

364 Matthias Gebauer, Christoph Sydow, Gerald Traufetter: »Kurdenmiliz kämpft
offenbar mit deutschen Waffen gegen Jesiden«, Spiegel Online, 6. März 2017,
online: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/irak-kurden-miliz-kaempft-
offenbar-mit-deutschen-waffen-gegen-jesiden-a-1137481.html.

365 Dilyana Gaytandzhieva: »350 diplomatic flights carry weapons for terrorists«, trud.bg, 2. Juli 2017, online: https://trud.bg/350-diplomatic-flights-carry-
weapons-for-terrorists/.

366 Tyler Durden: »Weapons Went From The CIA To ISIS In Less Than Two Months«, 2017, Zero Hedge, 15. Dezember 2017, online: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-15/weapons-went-cia-isis-less-two-months-new-study-reveals.

367 CAR-Motto: »Established in 2011, Conflict Armament Research generates unique evidence on weapon supplies into armed conflicts in order to inform and support effective weapon management and control.« Online: http://www.conflictarm.com/about-us/.

368 Conflict Armament Research: »Weapons of the Islamic State«, 2017, online: www.conflictarm.com/download-file/?report_id=2568&file_id=2574.

369 Conflict Armament Research: »Islamic State Weapons in Iraq and Syria«, 2014, online: http://conflictarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Dispatch_IS_Iraq_Syria_Weapons.pdf.

370 BBC: »The Report – Al Qaeda in Syria«, online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/
programmes/b06s0qy9.

371 Volkmar Kabisch, Amir Musawy: »IS nutzte Waffen aus der EU«, NDR , 14. Dezember 2017, online: http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/waffenexporte-133.html.

➒ Das Verbrechen von Dschabal al-Tharda

372 Klaas Voss: »Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during the Cold War«, 1964–1987, Cold War History, Vol. 16, No 1, 37–60, online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14682745.2015.1078312.

373 Gary Hart: »Intelligence Abuse Déjà Vu«, HuffPost, 21. Dezember 2005, online: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-hart/intelligence-abuse-deja-v_b_12686.html; Walter Dorn: »Plausible Deniability or How Leaders May Try to Conceal Their Roles«, ICC Prosecutor presentation, 18. Mai 2010, Walter Dorn, online: http://walterdorn.net/pdf/PlausibleDeniability_PPT_ICC-OTP_Presentation_Dorn_ReducedSize_18May2010_10June2011.pdf.

374 James Ron: »Territoriality and Plausible Deniability: Serbian Paramilitaries in the Bosnian War«, in Bruce B. Campbell, Arthur D. Brenner: Death Squads in Global Perspective: murder with deniability, Palgrave MacMillan, London 2002.

375 Marise Payne: Brief an den Autor vom 4. Mai 2017; Marise Payne war damals australische Verteidigungsministerin.

376 Russia Today: »Anyone but US! Biden blames allies for ISIS rise«, 3. Oktober 2014, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11l8nLZNPSY; Barbara Plett Usher: »Joe Biden apologised over IS remarks, but was he right?« BBC News, 7. Oktober 2014, online: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29528482; Noah Rothman: »Dempsey: I know of Arab allies who fund ISIS«, YouTube, 16. September 2014, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA39iVSo7XE.

377 Brad Hoff: »2012 Intelligence Agency document: West will facilitate rise of Islamic State in order to isolate the Syrian regime«, Levant Report, 19. Mai 2015, online: https://levantreport.com/2015/05/19/2012-defense-intelligence-agency-
document-west-will-facilitate-rise-of-islamic-state-in-order-to-isolate-the-
syrian-regime/.

378 Nihad Kanaan: Interview mit dem Autor auf dem Berg al-Tharda (Deir ez-Zor, Syrien), 23. Oktober 2017. Oberst Nihad Kanaan war am 17. September 2016 befehlshabender Offizier der Syrisch-Arabischen Armee am Posten Tharda 2.

379 Klaas Voß: »Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during the Cold War«, 1964–1987, Cold War History, Vol. 16, No 1, 37–60, online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14682745.2015.1078312; David Bogen, ­Michael Lynch: »Taking Account of the Hostile Native: Plausible Deniability and the Production of Conventional History in the Iran-Contra Hearings«, Social Problems, Vol. 36, No. 3, Juni 1989, S. 205.

380 Brad Hoff: »2012 Intelligence Agency document: West will facilitate rise of Islamic State in order to isolate the Syrian regime«, Levant Report, 19. Mai 2015, online: https://levantreport.com/2015/05/19/2012-defense-intelligence-agency-
document-west-will-facilitate-rise-of-islamic-state-in-order-to-isolate-the-
syrian-regime/.

381 Tim Anderson: The Dirty War on Syria, Global Research Publishers, Montreal 2016, Kapitel 12; deutsch: Der schmutzige Krieg gegen Syrien – Washington, Regime Change und Widerstand, Liepsen-Verlag, Marburg 2016.

382 David Johnston: »Vice Admiral David Johnston speaks about the investigation findings«, ABC TV, 30. November 2016, online: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-30/vice-admiral-david-johnston-speaks-about-syria-investigation/8077656; Marise Payne: Brief an den Autor vom 4. Mai 2017; Marise Payne war damals australische Verteidigungsministerin.

383 Nihad Kanaan: Interview mit dem Autor am Tharda-Gebirge, Deir ez-Zor, Syrien, 23. Oktober 2017; Oberst Nihad Kanaan war am 17. September 2016 befehlshabender Offizier der Syrisch-Arabischen Armee am Armeeposten Tharda 2.

384 Anne Barnard, Mark Mazzetti: »U.S. admits airstrike in Syria, meant to hit ISIS, killed Syrian troops«, New York Times, 17. September 2016, online: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/world/middleeast/us-airstrike-syrian-troops-isis-russia.html.

385 Richard Coe: »Memorandum for USAFCENT/CC«, Centcom, 2. November 2016, online: http://www.centcom.mil/Portals/6/media/REDACTED_FINAL_XSUM_Memorandum__29_Nov_16___CLEAR.pdf, S. 1.

386 Marise Payne: Brief an den Autor, 4. Mai 2017. Marise Payne war damals aus­tralische Verteidigungsministerin.

387 Military Shop: »When the “Shit Got Real” for Australia’s Wedgetail«, 1. Oktober 2014, online: https://www.militaryshop.com.au/blog/read/n/WHEN-THE-SHIT-GOT-REAL-FOR-AUSTRALIAS-WEDGETAIL.html.

388 RAAF: »E-7A Wedgetail«, Royal Australian Air Force, online: https://web.
archive.org/web/20140204011449/https://www.airforce.gov.au/Technology/Aircraft/B737-Wedgetail/?RAAF-yFLAkgbpvuhRf7dG5J3kHi1Q4caywtso.

389 Gareth Porter: »US strikes on Syrian troops: Report data contradicts ‘mistake’ claims«, Middle East Eye, 6. Dezember 2016, online: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-strike-syrian-troops-report-data-contradicts-mistake-claims-
1291258286.

390 Ebd.

391 James O’Neill: »Was Syrian air strike a ‘mistake’? And why does Australia loyally plead guilty?«, Independent Australia, 22. September 2016, online: https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/was-syrian-air-strike-a-mistake-and-why-does-australia-loyally-plead-guilty,9501; Nihad Kanaan: Interview mit dem Autor am Tharda-Gebirge, Deir ez-Zor, Syrien, 23. Oktober 2017; Oberst Nihad Kanaan war am 17. September 2016 befehlshabender Offizier der Syrisch-Arabischen Armee am Armeeposten Tharda 2.

392 Anne Barnard, Mark Mazzetti: »U. S. admits airstrike in Syria, meant to hit ISIS, killed Syrian troops«, New York Times, 17. September 2016, online: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/world/middleeast/us-airstrike-syrian-troops-
isis-russia.html.

393 Richard Coe: »Memorandum for USAFCENT/CC«, Centcom, 2. November 2016, online: http://www.centcom.mil/Portals/6/media/REDACTED_FINAL_XSUM_Memorandum__29_Nov_16___CLEAR.pdf, S. 1.

394 RT: »US-led coalition aircraft strike Syrian army positions, kill 62 soldiers – military«, Russia Today, 17. September 2016, online: https://www.rt.com/news/359678-us-strikes-syrian-army/.

395 Debra Killalea: »Syria air strikes mistake: At least 80 dead, Russia, US cast blame«, News Corp, 19. September 2016, online: http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/syria-air-strikes-mistake-at-least-80-dead-russia-us-cast-blame/news-story/9470b270a7b4fc3e260878475f8274b3.

396 MOA: »U. S. Allies ‘Volunteer’ to Share (Millimetric) Blame for Deir Ezzor Attack«, WorldInWar, 20. September 2016, online: http://www.worldinwar.eu/
u-s-allies-volunteer-to-share-millimetric-blame-for-deir-ezzor-attack/.

397 SFP: »A Syrian survivor soldier from Deir Ezzour attack: “The U.S.-coalition warplanes were finishing the wounded [Syrian soldiers] by machine gun”«, Syrian Free Press, 22. September 2016, online: https://syrianfreepress.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/deirezzour-saa-survivor/.

398 Nihad Kanaan: Interview mit dem Autor am Tharda-Gebirge, Deir ez-Zor, Syrien, 23. Oktober 2017; Oberst Nihad Kanaan war am 17. September 2016 befehlshabender Offizier der Syrisch-Arabischen Armee am Armeeposten Tharda 2.

399 William Watkinson: »US military admits it targeted and killed loyalist Syrian forces by ‘mistake’ in Deir ez-Zor«, International Business Times, 29. November 2016, online: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-military-admits-it-targeted-
killed-loyalist-syrian-forces-by-mistake-deir-ez-zor-1594076.

400 Richard Coe: »Memorandum for USAFCENT/CC«, Centcom, 2. November 2016, online: http://www.centcom.mil/Portals/6/media/REDACTED_FINAL_XSUM_Memorandum__29_Nov_16___CLEAR.pdf, S. 2.

401 FNA: »JASTA blowback? Syrian people to file lawsuit against US over Deir Ezzur massacre«, FARS News Agency, 5. Oktober 2016, online: https://www.sott.net/article/330331-JASTA-blowback-Syrian-people-to-file-lawsuit-against-US-over-Deir-Ezzur-massacre.

402 cronaldo753: »Video: ISIS militants cheer atop Syrian soldiers killed by US air strikes«, Al Masdar, 18. September 2016, online: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/video-isis-militants-cheer-atop-syrian-soldiers-killed-us-air-
strikes/.

403 Nihad Kanaan: Interview mit dem Autor am Tharda-Gebirge, Deir ez-Zor, Syrien, 23. Oktober 2017; Oberst Nihad Kanaan war am 17. September 2016 befehlshabender Offizier der Syrisch-Arabischen Armee am Armeeposten Tharda 2.

404 Matt Brown: »Syria breaks Islamic State siege on eastern city, opens a new phase in the war«, ABC News, 6. September 2017, online: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-06/syria-breaks-is-siege-deir-ezzor-opens-a-new-phase-in-the-war/8876668.

405 Richard Coe: »Memorandum for USAFCENT/CC«, Centcom, 2. November 2016, online: http://www.centcom.mil/Portals/6/media/REDACTED_FINAL_XSUM_Memorandum__29_Nov_16___CLEAR.pdf, S. 3.

406 Gareth Porter: »US strikes on Syrian troops: Report data contradicts ‘mistake’ claims«, Middle East Eye, 6. Dezember 2016, online: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-strike-syrian-troops-report-data-contradicts-mistake-claims-
1291258286.

407 Richard Coe: »Memorandum for USAFCENT/CC«, Centcom, 2. November 2016, online: http://www.centcom.mil/Portals/6/media/REDACTED_FINAL_XSUM_Memorandum__29_Nov_16___CLEAR.pdf, S. 3.

408 Tareq Haddad: »At least 30 dead in Deir ez-Zour after Isis launches biggest attack in Syria for months«, International Business Times, 14. Januar 2017, online: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/least-30-dead-deir-ez-zour-after-isis-launches-biggest-attack-syria-months-1601091.

409 Corey Dickstein: »Investigation: US, coalition airstrikes likely killed Syrian government forces«, Stars and Stripes, 29. November 2016, online: https://www.stripes.com/news/investigation-us-coalition-airstrikes-likely-killed-syrian-government-forces-1.441745.

410 David Johnston: »Vice Admiral David Johnston speaks about the investigation findings«, ABC TV, 30. November 2016, online: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-30/vice-admiral-david-johnston-speaks-about-syria-
investigation/8077656.

411 Richard Coe: »Memorandum for USAFCENT/CC«, Centcom, 2. November 2016, online: http://www.centcom.mil/Portals/6/media/REDACTED_FINAL_XSUM_Memorandum__29_Nov_16___CLEAR.pdf, S. 2.

412 William Watkinson: »US military admits it targeted and killed loyalist Syrian forces by ‘mistake’ in Deir ez-Zor«, International Business Times, 29. November 2016, online: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-military-admits-it-targeted-
killed-loyalist-syrian-forces-by-mistake-deir-ez-zor-1594076.

413 Richard Coe: »Memorandum for USAFCENT/CC«, Centcom, 2. November 2016, online: http://www.centcom.mil/Portals/6/media/REDACTED_FINAL_XSUM_Memorandum__29_Nov_16___CLEAR.pdf; Corey Dickstein: »Investigation: US, coalition airstrikes likely killed Syrian government forces«, Stars and Stripes, 29. November 2016, online: https://www.stripes.com/news/investigation-us-coalition-airstrikes-likely-killed-syrian-government-forces-1.441745.

414 RT: »US-led coalition aircraft strike Syrian army positions, kill 62 soldiers – military«, Russia Today, 17. September 2016, online: https://www.rt.com/news/359678-us-strikes-syrian-army/.

415 Debra Killalea: »Syria air strikes mistake: At least 80 dead, Russia, US cast blame«, News Corp, 19. September 2016, online: http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/syria-air-strikes-mistake-at-least-80-dead-russia-us-cast-blame/news-story/9470b270a7b4fc3e260878475f8274b3.

416 Anthony Billingsley: »Australian bombs won’t bring peace to Syria, so why do it?«, The Conversation, 30. August 2015, online: http://theconversation.com/australian-bombs-wont-bring-peace-to-syria-so-why-do-it-46674.

417 Marise Payne: Brief an den Autor vom 4. Mai 2017; Marise Payne war damals australische Verteidigungsministerin.

418 Hoshyar Zebari: »Annex to the letter dated 25 June 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary General«, United Nations Security Council, S/2014/440, online: http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/s_2014_440.pdf.

419 Ibrahim al-Usharqir al-Ja‘fari: »Annex to the letter dated 20 September 2014 from the permanent representative of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council«, United Nations Security Council, S/201/691, 20. September 2014, online: https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Iraq-Letter-Requesting-US-Help-09202014.pdf.

420 Hoshyar Zebari: »Annex to the letter dated 25 June 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary General«, United Nations Security Council, S/2014/440, online: http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/s_2014_440.pdf.

421 David Wroe: »Australian forces to expand Islamic State strikes after fears military members could be prosecuted«, Sydney Morning Herald, 1. September 2016, online: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australian-
forces-to-expand-islamic-state-strikes-after-fears-military-members-could-be-
prosecuted-20160831-gr605c.html.

422 Corey Dickstein: »Investigation: US, coalition airstrikes likely killed Syrian government forces«, Stars and Stripes, 29. November 2016, online: https://www.stripes.com/news/investigation-us-coalition-airstrikes-likely-killed-syrian-government-forces-1.441745.

423 Ebd.

424 Jared Malsin: »How a Mistaken U.S.-Led Air Attack Could End the Syria ­Cease-Fire«, Time, 18. September 2016, http://time.com/4498493/how-a-
mistaken-u-s-led-air-attack-could-end-the-syria-cease-fire/.

425 Ebd.

426 Hamza: Russia’s ambassador Vitaly Churkin exposes US actions in Syria, ­YouTube, 18. September 2016, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
i4LVLajdhek.

427 Tareq Haddad: »At least 30 dead in Deir ez-Zour after Isis launches biggest attack in Syria for months«, International Business Times, 14. Januar 2017, online: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/least-30-dead-deir-ez-zour-after-isis-­launches-biggest-attack-syria-months-1601091.

428 David Johnston: »Vice Admiral David Johnston speaks about the ­investigation findings«, ABC TV, 30. November 2016, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-
30/vice-admiral-david-johnston-speaks-about-syria-investigation/8077656.

429 Ebd.

430 Ebd.

431 Ebd.

432 Paul Toohey: »A war crime in Syria with Aussie jets? Unlikely«,
News Corp, 24. September 2016, online: http://www.news.com.au/
national/a-war-crime-in-syria-with-aussie-jets-unlikely/news-story/
cb53e264badc0cc9d99fe747f67ee49f.

433 David Macilwain: »Australia Clears Itself of Blame in Deir ez-Zor Bombing, Watches on as Palmyra Falls to ISIS«, Russian Insider, 12. Dezember 2016, online: http://russia-insider.com/en/aleppo-palmyra/ri18136.

434 James O’Neill: »Was Syrian air strike a ‘mistake’? and why does Australia ­loyally plead guilty?«, Independent Australia, 22. September 2016, online: https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/was-syrian-air-strike-a-mistake-and-why-does-australia-loyally-plead-guilty,9501.

435 Adam Lucente, Zouhir Al Shimale: »Free Syrian Army decimated by desertions«, Al Jazeera, 11. November 2015, online: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/free-syrian-army-decimated-desertions-151111064831800.html.

436 RT: »US-led coalition aircraft strike Syrian army positions, kill 62 soldiers«, Russia Today, 17. September 2016, online: https://www.rt.com/news/359678-us-strikes-syrian-army/.

437 Paraszczuk, Joanna: »Syria Analysis: Which Insurgents Captured Menagh Airbase – & Who Led Them?«, EA Worldview, 7. August 2013, online: http://eaworldview.com/2013/08/syria-feature-which-insurgents-captured-the-
menagh-airbase/; Mowaffaq Safadi: »Don’t rely on Syria’s ‘moderate’ fighting force. It doesn’t exist«, The Guardian, 16. Dezember 2015, online: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/16/dont-rely-syria-moderate-fighting-force-anti-isis.

438 RT: »Damascus denounces US-led coalition for adding ‘new bloody massacres’ to their ‘war crimes’ record«, Russian Television, 13. November 2017, online: https://www.rt.com/news/409657-damascus-us-led-coalition-massacres/.

439 MMM: »“Mistakes” behind 4 US attacks on Syrian Forces«, Monitor on Massacre Marketing, 19. Juni 2017, online: http://libyancivilwar.blogspot.com.au/2017/06/mistakes-behind-4-us-attacks-on-syrian.html.

440 Islam Times: »US Attacks on Syrian Forces in Al-Tanf a Blatant International Law Breach«, 11. Juni 2017, online: https://web.archive.org/web/20180219032406/http://islamtimes.org/en/doc/article/644956/.

441 Mohammed Al-Haj Ali, Maria Nelson: »US-led coalition destroys two bridges in IS-held Deir e-Zor, leaving civilians in the lurch«, 29. September 2016, online: https://syriadirect.org/news/us-led-coalition-destroys-two-bridges-in-is-held-deir-e-zor-leaving-civilians-in-the-lurch/; siehe auch: Manar al-Frieh, ­Manal: »US-led coalition continues targeting Syrian infrastructure by destroying al-Syasia bridge in Deir Ezzor«, Syrian Arab News Agency, 7. Oktober 2016, online: http://sana.sy/en/?p=89914.

442 FARS News Agency: »Syrian people to file lawsuit against US over Deir Ezzor massacre«, Signs of the Times, 5. Oktober 2016, online: https://www.sott.net/article/330331-JASTA-blowback-Syrian-people-to-file-lawsuit-against-US-over-Deir-Ezzur-massacre.

443 General Aktham: Interview mit dem Autor, 21. Oktober 2017, Deir ez-Zor.

444 FNA: »Iraqi Hezbollah: Unidentified Planes Supplying ISIL with Arms from Saudi Arabia«, Fars News Agency, 10. Januar 2015, online: http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13931020001065.

445 FNA: »Iraqi Army Downs 2 UK Planes Carrying Weapons for ISIL«, Fars News Agency, 23. Februar 2015, online: http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13931204001534.

446 FNA: »Iraq’s Popular Forces Release Photo of Downed US Chopper Carrying Arms for ISIL«, Fars News Agency, 28. Februar 2015, online: http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13931209001345.

447 Ebd.

448 Ebd.

449 Ebd.

450 Anne Barnard, Mark Mazzetti: »U.S. admits airstrike in Syria, meant to hit ISIS, killed Syrian troops«, New York Times, 17. September 2016, online: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/world/middleeast/us-airstrike-syrian-troops-
isis-russia.html.

451 William Watkinson: »US military admits it targeted and killed loyalist Syrian forces by ‘mistake’ in Deir ez-Zor«, International Business Times, 29. November 2016, online: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-military-admits-it-targeted-
killed-loyalist-syrian-forces-by-mistake-deir-ez-zor-1594076.

452 Tareq Haddad: »At least 30 dead in Deir ez-Zour after Isis launches biggest attack in Syria for months«, International Business Times, 14. Januar 2017, online: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/least-30-dead-deir-ez-zour-after-isis-­launches-biggest-attack-syria-months-1601091.

453 Putin in RT: »Putin: West responsible for Middle East instability and terrorism in Europe«, Russian Television, 12. Oktober 2016, online: https://www.rt.com/news/362554-putin-west-syria-war/.

454 FNA: »Syrian people to file lawsuit against US over Deir Ezzor massacre«, Fars News Agency, 5. Oktober 2016, https://www.sott.net/article/330331-JASTA-
blowback-Syrian-people-to-file-lawsuit-against-US-over-Deir-Ezzur-massacre.

455 Alex Christoforou: »Syrian MP: ‘Syrian intelligence intercepted audio recording between US and ISIS before airstrike on Deir ez-Zor’«, The Duran, 26. September 2016, online: http://theduran.com/syrian-mp-syrian-intelligence-
intercepted-audio-recording-between-us-isis-airstrike-deir-ez-zor/.

456 Mazen: »Al-Jaafari: US-led coalition aggression on Syria means moving from a proxy aggression into “personal aggression”«, SANA, 21. September 2016, online: http://sana.sy/en/?p=88633.

457 Nihad Kanaan: Interview mit dem Autor auf dem Berg al-Tharda (Deir ez-Zor, Syrien), 23. Oktober 2017. Oberst Nihad Kanaan war am 17. September 2016 befehlshabender Offizier der Syrisch-Arabischen Armee am Posten Tharda 2.

458 Ebd.

459 Ebd.

460 Ebd.

461 SFP: »A Syrian survivor soldier from Deir Ezzour attack: “The U. S.-coalition warplanes were finishing the wounded [Syrian soldiers] by machine gun”«, Syrian Free Press, 22. September 2016, online: https://syrianfreepress.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/deirezzour-saa-survivor/.

462 Al-Abeid, Abd al-Najem: Interview mit dem Autor, Stadtkrankenhaus von Deir ez-Zor, 21. Oktober 2017. Dr. al-Abeid war zu dieser Zeit Leiter des Gesundheitswesens von Deir ez-Zor und Chirurg am größten Krankenhaus der Stadt.

463 Press TV: »US Evacuates 22 DAESH commanders from Dayr al-Zawr: report«, 7. September 2017, online: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/09/07/534383/US-Syria-Daesh-Dayr-Zawr.

464 Press TV: »US airlifted DAESH cmdrs. In Syria to safety: witnesses«, 8. November 2017, online: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/11/08/541403/Syria-
Mayadin-Daesh-commanders-US-airlift.

465 UFilter: »US helicopters transfer DAESH members from eastern Syria«, Uden Filter, 26. August 2017, online: http://ufilter.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/us-
helicopters-transfer-daesh-members.html.

466 FNA: »Iraqi leader accuses US of providing intel to terrorists«, Fars News Agency, 26. November 2017, online: http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13960905001064.

467 TNA: »US directly supports IS terrorists in Syria – Russian Defence Ministry«, Tasnim News Agency, 14. November 2017, online: https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2017/11/14/1574055/us-directly-supports-daesh-terrorists-in-syria-
russian-defense-ministry.

468 Tom Kelly, Stewart Paterson: »The Great ISIS exodus: investigation reveals 250 fighters and 3,500 of their family members were driven out of Raqqa in coalition deal and are now ‘spreading across Syria and beyond’«, Daily Mail, 14. November 2017, online: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5078691/Hundreds-ISIS-fighters-smuggled-Raqqa.html.

469 General SR: Interview mit dem Autor, Deir ez-Zor, 22. Oktober 2017. Den Namen des syrischen Generals habe ich gekürzt.

470 James O’Neill: »Was Syrian air strike a ‘mistake’? and why does Australia loyally plead guilty?«, Independent Australia, 22. September 2016, online: https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/was-syrian-air-strike-a-
mistake-and-why-does-australia-loyally-plead-guilty,9501.

471 Patrick Begley: »Senate pressures Defence for answers on Saudi Arabian
military deals«, Sydney Morning Herald, 30. März 2017, online: http://www.
smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/senate-pressures-defence-for-
answers-on-saudi-arabian-military-deals-20170329-gv996s.html; siehe auch: Michael Brull »Christopher Pyne Spruiks Aussie Arms To Saudi Arabia As UN Warns Of Impending Yemen Famine«, New Matilda, 13. November 2017, online: https://newmatilda.com/2017/11/13/christopher-pyne-spruiks-aussie-arms-to-saudi-arabia-as-un-warns-of-impending-yemen-famine/.

➓ Der Propagandakrieg um Syrien

472 Syria Civil Defence: »The White Helmets«, online: http://syriacivildefense.org/.

473 Jens Bernert: »Syrienkrieg: Wissenschaftler und andere Experten klären auf«, Blauer Bote Magazin, 6. Oktober 2017, online: http://blauerbote.com/2017/10/06/syrienkrieg-wissenschaftler-und-andere-experten-klaeren-auf/.

474 Maria Jan: », Q&A: Syria’s White Helmets«, Al Jazeera, 21. August 2015, online: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/qa-syria-white-helmets-150819142324132.html.

475 Ebd.

476 Faith Karimi, Jomana Karadsheh: »CNN, Syria war: White Helmets group says aid center hit by barrel bomb«, CNN, 6. Oktober 2016, online: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/06/middleeast/syriawhite-helmets-center-destroyed/index.html.

477 Wikipedia: »Momenten-Magnituden-Skala«, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Momenten-Magnituden-Skala.

478 Wikipedia: »Richterskala, Einteilung der Skalenwerte«, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richterskala#Einteilung_der_Skalenwerte.

479 Vanessa Beeley: »Syria: Consign “Barrel Bombs” to the Propaganda
Graveyard«, 21st Century Wire, 17. Januar 2017, online: https://www.
globalresearch.ca/syria-consign-barrelbombs-to-the-propaganda-
graveyard/5569653.

480 Oslo Freedom Forum 2017: »Abdulrahman al-Mawwas | The White Helmets | 2017«, YouTube, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvE6kluIQiQ.

481 Xyntéo: »Lieutnant-general Sir Graeme Lamb; and James Le Mesurier, director of Mayday Rescue, Syria Civil Defence«, 26. Juni 2015, online: https://vimeo.com/132521006.

482 Syria Civil Defence: »Our Partners«, online: http://www.syriacivildefense.org/our-partners.

483 LZ: »Heiko Maas holt “Weißhelme” von Israel nach Deutschland, Carla Ortiz hatte sie in Aleppo aufgespürt«, Linke Zeitung, 25. Juli 2018, online: https://
linkezeitung.de/2018/07/25/heiko-maas-holt-weisshelme-von-israel-nach-deutschland-carla-ortiz-hatte-sie-in-aleppo-aufgespuert/.

484 Mark C. Toner: U. S. Department of State, Daily Press Briefing, 27. April 2016, online: https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2016/04/256667.htm.

485 Vanessa Beeley: »John Pilger Exposes White Helmets as “Propaganda Con­struct in Syria”«, 21st Century Wire, 26. Mai 2017, online: http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/05/26/john-pilger-exposes-white-helmets-as-uk-propaganda-
construct-in-syria/.

486 Peds Ansichten: »Die Inszenierungen der Weißhelme«, 25. November 2016, online: https://peds-ansichten.de/2016/11/die-inszenierungen-der-weisshelme/.

487 Blauer Bote: »Syrienkrieg: Wissenschaftler und andere Experten klären auf«,
6. Oktober 2017, online: http://blauerbote.com/2017/10/06/syrienkrieg-
wissenschaftler-und-andere-experten-klaeren-auf/.

488 Michael Jabara Carley: »Western Hypocrisy, and Why It Makes the World a Dangerous Place«, Strategic Culture Foundation, 16. Oktober 2016, online:
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2016/10/16/western-hypocrisy-why-
makes-world-dangerous-place.html.

489 Patrick Mayer: »Syrien: Nahost-Experte erklärt ob Frieden überhaupt möglich ist«, Interview mit dem Nahostexperten Prof. Dr. Günter Meyer von der Universität Mainz, veröffentlicht auf web.de am 27. Oktober 2016, online: https://web.de/magazine/politik/syrien-konflikt/syrien-nahost-experte-erklaert-frieden-ueberhaupt-moeglich-31983502.

490 Jan Oberg: »Was Sie über Aleppo hören, ist bestenfalls ein kleiner Teil der Wahrheit«, Telepolis, online: https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Was-Sie-ueber-Aleppo-hoeren-ist-bestenfallsein-kleiner-Teil-der-Wahrheit-3610881.html?seite=2.

491 The White Helmets: »Russia strike in Homs today. 33 civilians killed including 3 schildren an 1 @SyriaCivilDef volunteer, updated photo«, 30. September 2015, online: https://twitter.com/syriacivildef/status/649229566255439872.

492 Blauer Bote Magazin: »England: ARD traf den Mann, der sich ›Syrische Beobachtungsstelle für Menschenrechte‹ nennt«, 24. April 2016, online: http://blauerbote.com/2016/04/24/england-ard-traf-den-mann-der-sich-syrische-
beobachtungsstelle-fuer-menschenrechte-nennt/.

493 Hinter der Fichte: »Die Kleber-SWP-Lüge vom Luftangriff auf Flüchtlingslager«, 7. Mai 2016, online: http://hinter-der-fichte.blogspot.de/2016/05/am5.html.

494 YouTube: ShaamNetwork S. N. N., online: https://youtu.be/cGtapfJmuOE.

495 Blauer Bote Magazin: »Bild weist versehentlich nach: Angeblicher Luftangriff auf Flüchtlingslager in Syrien ist eine Fälschung«, 6. Mai 2016, online: http://
blauerbote.com/2016/05/06/bild-weist-versehentlich-nach-angeblicher-
luftangriff-auf-fluechtlingslager-in-syrien-ist-eine-faelschung/.

496 YouTube: »2016/5/5«, 5. Mai 2016, online: https://youtu.be/x8pxmPYVQfcc.

497 Blauer Bote Magazin: »Bild weist versehentlich nach: Angeblicher Luftangriff auf Flüchtlingslager in Syrien ist eine Fälschung«, 6. Mai 2016, online: http://
blauerbote.com/2016/05/06/bild-weist-versehentlich-nach-angeblicher-
luftangriff-auf-fluechtlingslager-in-syrien-ist-eine-faelschung/.

498 Bild Online: »Bomben auf Flüchtlingscamp in Syrien – UN verurteilen die „obszöne Attacke“«, 5. Mai 2016, online: https://www.bild.de/politik/2016/politik/
politik-eilmeldung-anschlag-45688658.bild.html.

499 The White Helmets: »During operations to save civilians in Kamounia camp, planes returned and bombed again: Evidence«, online: https://twitter.com/SyriaCivilDef/status/728346093772214272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw.

500 YouTube: »2016/5/5«, 5. Mai 2016, online: https://youtu.be/x8pxmPYVQfcc.

501 Ärzte ohne Grenzen: »Angriffe auf Krankenhäuser«, 29. April 2016, online: https://www.aerzte-ohne-grenzen.de/angriffe-krankenhaeuser-syrien-un-
resolution.

502 Propagandaschau: »ARD: Kriegspropaganda über einen angeblichen
Luftangriff Russlands auf eine Klinik in Syrien«, 22. Oktober 2015, online:
https://propagandaschau.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/ard-propaganda-ueber-
einen-angeblichen-luftangriff-russlands-auf-eine-klinik/.

503 YouTube: »RFS Media Office, The moment parachute rockets dropped from Russian aircrafts exploded in Has town in #Idlib_countryside«, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuMMByJb_1E.

504 Blauer Bote Magazin: »Kind für Propagandavideo ermordet«, 2017, online: http://blauerbote.com/2017/03/24/kind-fuer-propagandavideo-ermordet/.

505 YouTube: »Sehr wichtig! Zivilschutz Idlib/Sarmin: Drei Kinder und ihre Eltern Opfer von Giftgasen«, 16. März 2015, online: https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=N84aC1z0bjw (Achtung: schockierende Bilder!); siehe auch YouTube: »Zivilschutz Idlib/Sarmin: Versuch, Kinder zu retten, die durch Giftgase ­verletzt wurden«, 26. März 2015, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
tNt7T32L1AQ.

506 Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli: »White Helmets Movie: Updated Evidence From Swedish Doctors Confirm Fake ‘Lifesaving’ and Malpractices on Children«, The Indicter Magazine, Ausgabe März 2017, online: http://theindicter.com/white-helmets-movie-updated-evidence-from-swedish-doctors-confirm-fake-
lifesaving-and-malpractices-on-children/.

507 YouTube: »Zivilschutz Idlib/Sarmin: Versuch, Kinder zu retten, die durch
Giftgase ­verletzt wurden«, 26. März 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
tNt7T32L1AQ&feature=youtu.be&t=1m8s (Achtung: verstörende Bilder!).

508 RT Deutsch: »Wie die ARD vergeblich versuchte, RT Deutsch der Fake News zu überführen«, 11. April 2017, online: https://deutsch.rt.com/gesellschaft/49053-
ard-fakenews/.

509 Vanessa Beeley: »Das „Aleppo Media Centre“ wird vom französischen Außenministerium, der EU und den USA finanziert«, Propagandaschau, 22. September 2016, online: https://propagandaschau.wordpress.com/2016/09/22/vanessa-beeley-das-aleppo-media-centre-wird-vom-franzoesischen-
aussenministerium-der-eu-und-den-usa-finanziert/.

510 Newzzer Ro: »Omran Daqneesh saved after an airstrike in Qaterji nearAleppo in Syria«, 18. August 2016, YouTube online: https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=PiI-HQ0jDEg.

511 Patrick Mayer: »Syrien-Konflikt und die Chancen auf Frieden unter Baschar al-Assad: Nahost-Experte klärt auf«, Blog auf web.de, 5. November 2016, online: https://web.de/magazine/politik/syrienkonflikt/syrien-konflikt-chancen-frieden-baschar-al-assad-nahost-experte-klaert-31996720.

512 Vanessa Beeley: »Syria White Helmets Hand in Hand with Al Qaeda«, YouTube, 22. Januar 2017, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
OBkn78q_t_Q.

513 Blauer Bote: »MIT-Professor Postol bestätigt: Giftgasangriff in Syrien war Fake«, 19. April 2017, online: http://blauerbote.com/2017/04/19/mit-professor-
postol-bestaetigt-giftgasangriff-in-syrien-war-fake/; siehe auch: Blauer Bote: »Untersuchung des Chan-Schaichun-Giftgasangriffs in Syrien«, 9. April 2017, online: http://blauerbote.com/2017/04/09/untersuchung-des-chan-
schaichun-giftgasangriffs-in-syrien/; siehe auch: Günter Meyer: »Giftgasmassaker war Inszenierung der USA«, Rubikon, 26. Juni 2017, online: https://www.rubikon.news/artikel/giftgasmassaker-war-false-flag-operation.

514 The Guardian: »British doctor charged over double kidnap in Syria appears in court«, 17. Oktober 2012, online: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/oct/17/british-doctor-shajul-islam-court.

515 Robert Verkaik: »‘Russia airstrikes are killing women and children … but MISSING ISIS’: Struck off Brit NHS doctor accused of kidnapping Western hostages is treating bomb victims in Syria«, 28. Juli 2016, online: http://
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3711118/Russia-airstrikes-killing-women-
children-MISSING-ISIS-Struck-Brit-NHS-doctor-accused-kidnapping-
Western-hostages-treating-bomb-victims-Syria.html.

516 Thomas Pany: »Giftgasangriff auf Khan Scheichun: Der OPCW-Bericht löst die Rätsel nicht«, Telepolis, 29. Oktober 2017, online: https://www.heise.de/tp/
features/Giftgasangriff-auf-Khan-Scheichun-Der-OPCW-Bericht-loest-die-
Raetsel-nicht-3875667.html.

517 Thomas Pany: »Syrien: Das Herrschaftsmodell der Opposition«, Telepolis,
21. August 2016, online: https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Syrien-Das-
Herrschaftsmodell-der-Opposition-3301542.html.

518 U. S. Embassy in Syria [Anmerkung des Autors: Es gibt keine US-Botschaft in Syrien, trotzdem behauptet die US-Regierung, dass es eine gäbe]: »Security Message for U. S. Citizens: Travel Warning – Syria«, 2017, online: https://sy.usembassy.gov/security-message-u-s-citizens-travel-warning-syria/.

519 Blauer Bote Magazin: »Syrien: Ost-Aleppo wurde von Al Qaida beherrscht«,
18. März 2017, online: http://blauerbote.com/2017/03/18/syrien-ost-aleppo-wurde-von-al-qaida-beherrscht/.

520 White Helmets: »Das große Massaker in Urem vom 19. September 2016«, ­YouTube, 19. September 2016, online: https://youtu.be/S_DUCjGosZQ.

521 Dok: »Die Dummheit der NATO-Propagandisten von ‚Bellingcat‘ entlarvt die Wahrheit hinter dem Angriff auf einen syrischen Hilfkonvoi«, Propa­gandaschau, 27. September 2016, online: https://propagandaschau.wordpress.com/2016/09/27/die-dummheit-der-nato-propagandisten-von-bellingcat-
entlarvt-die-wahrheit-hinter-dem-angriff-auf-syrischen-hilfskonvoi/.

522 Michael Wrase: »Kampf um die Wasserquellen von Damaskus«, Badische Zeitung, 4. Januar 2017, online: http://www.badische-zeitung.de/ausland-1/kampf-um-die-wasserquellen-von-damaskus--132023629.html.

523 Fortsetzung URS1798: »Al-Kaida und Verbündete verhindern die Wasserversorgung von Millionen von Menschen in Damaskus«, 31. Dezember 2016, ­online: https://urs17982.wordpress.com/2016/12/31/al-kaida-und-verbuendete-
verhindern-die-wasserversorgung-von-millionen-von-menschen-in-damaskus/.

524 YouTube: »This ISIS Video Proves White Helmets Work for ISIS (NEVER BEFORE SEEN)«, 5. April 2017, online: https://youtu.be/eVQzkxqHVNY.

525 The Guardian: »British John Cantlie appears in new Isis Video«, 9. Februar 2015, online: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/09/british-
hostage-john-cantlie-isis-video-aleppo.

526 The LipTV: »„From Inside Aleppo“ John Cantlie’s Last ISIS Video?«, YouTube, 10. Februar 2015, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS9aB0_BskY.

527 Tim Anderson: »Leader of Al-Qaeda in Syria calls the White Helmets „the hidden soldiers of the revolution«, Twitter, 2017, online: https://twitter.com/timand2037/status/923234149976113152.

528 Blauer Bote Magazin: »Angela Merkel und Al-Qaida-Chef trauern um Weißhelme«, 20. August 2017, online: http://blauerbote.com/2017/08/20/angela-
merkel-und-al-qaida-chef-trauern-um-weisshelme/.

529 Dominic: »Spiegel #Syrien-Experte Christoph Sydow scheint mir ein Fan der Weißhelme zu sein. Hat er jemals ihre Facebook-Bilder gesehen?«, Twitter,
15. September 2017, online: https://twitter.com/domihol/status/
908767185950183429.

530 Dominic: »Here are #Syria’s #WhiteHelmets (honoured by @mayorsCAU) being honoured by Ahrar al-Sham a militia co-founded by a US hunted al-Qaeda leader«, Twitter, 24. September 2017, online: https://twitter.com/domihol/
status/911983741362372609.

531 Carmen Renieri: »#Bellincat & #SCD omitted 2 say that 1 of the pictured #WhiteHelmets is terrorist Dandel! His brother.. a headchopper!«,
Twitter, 2. Oktober 2017, online: https://twitter.com/RenieriArts/status/
914787317302341632.

532 Deutsche Welle: »Dead Berlin bomb suspect radicalized in Germany, brother says«, 14. Oktober 2016, online: http://www.dw.com/en/dead-berlin-bomb-suspect-radicalized-in-germany-brother-says/a-36049517.

533 Dominic: »#syrien-›Weisshelme‹-Hyperrealismus: DUTZENDE starker Männer mit Kameras … den Schwerverletzten trägt er allein«, Twitter, 18. August 2016, online: https://twitter.com/domihol/status/766365706929725442.

534 Dominic: »Die von #Merkel-#Deutschland mit 7 Millionen € pro Jahr
finanzierten #Syrien-Weisshelme bei der Arbeit: Geköpfte Soldaten zur
Schau stellen«, Twitter, 20. Juni 2017, online: https://twitter.com/domihol/
status/877307534767476736.

535 Blauer Bote Magazin: »Bundestagsabgeordnete Nouripour und Brantner (Grüne) forderten Friedensnobelpreis für Al Kaida«, 7. Oktober 2016, online: http://blauerbote.com/2016/10/07/bundestagsabgeordnete-nouripour-und-
brantner-gruene-forderten-friedensnobelpreis-fuer-al-kaida/.

536 Marc Drewello: »Twitter-Konto von Siebenjähriger aus Aleppo gelöscht«, Stern, 5. Dezember 2016, online: https://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/aleppo--­twitter-konto-vonsiebenjaehriger-bana-al-abed-geloescht-7224862.html.

537 Blauer Bote Magazin, Urteil zu Gerichtsverfahren gegen Marc Drewello
und Stern, 2017, online: http://blauerbote.com/2017/07/15/urteil-zu-
gerichtsverfahren-gegen-marc-drewello-und-stern/.

538 Jo Menschenfreund: »AA erklärt Bundestag Politik: zu 1. [bis 18.]«, 22. Februar 2015, online: https://jomenschenfreund.blogspot.de/search/label/AA%20erklärt%20Bundestag%20Politik.

539 Tim Hayward: »BANA: The Heartbreaking Story of Child Exploitation, Propaganda and Media Falsehood«, 21st Century Wire, 14. Juli 2017, online: http://
21stcenturywire.com/2017/07/14/bana-the-heartbreaking-story-of-child-
exploitation-propaganda-and-media-falsehood/.

540 Khaled Iskef: White Helmets side by side with alqaeda, YouTube, 14. Dezember 2017, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59l94Lnd3aU.

541 Tim Hayward: »BANA: The Heartbreaking Story of Child Exploitation, Propaganda and Media Falsehood«, 21st Century Wire, 14. Juli 2017, online: http://
21stcenturywire.com/2017/07/14/bana-the-heartbreaking-story-of-child-
exploitation-propaganda-and-media-falsehood/.

542 Vanessa Beeley: Omran with Journalist Khaled Iskef in Aleppo, YouTube, 7. Juni 2017, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyX2hh7hoIU.

543 Syriana Analysis: Omran Daqneesh’s Father Exposes the MSM!, YouTube:
6. Juni 2017, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rE0emXxJTo.

544 Der Fehlende Part: Omran Daqneesh – sein Foto ging um die #Welt – nun erzählt sein Vater vom Moment des Luftangriffs, YouTube, 6. Juni 2017, online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8N6tOFkG2w.

545 21st Century Wire: »Pentagon Paid $540mn to PR firm Bell Pottinger to Produce Fake Terrorist Videos«, 3. Oktober 2016, online: https://21stcenturywire.com/2016/10/03/pentagon-paid-540mn-to-pr-firm-bell-pottinger-to-produce-
fake-terrorist-videos/.

546 Malla Zimmerman: »ISIS’ army of 7-footers? Experts say video of Copt ­beheadings manipulated«, Fox News World, 21. Februar 2015, online: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/21/isis-army-7-footers-experts-say-video-copt-
beheadings-manipulated.html.

547 Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz: »Völkerstrafgesetzbuch«, online: http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/vstgb/__13.html.

548 Grundrechtekomitee: »Generalbundesanwalt bekennt hanebüchene Rechtsauffassung: „Angriffskrieg ist nicht strafbar“«, 7. Februar 2006, online: http://www.grundrechtekomitee.de/node/242.

⓫ Das Grundgesetz und Angriffskriege

549 Dietmar Hipp (Interview mit Professor Daniel-Erasmus Khan): »Eine Klage vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht hätte gute Chancen«, Spiegel Online,
3. Dezember 2015, online: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/
bundeswehr-einsatz-in-syrien-klagevor-dem-bvg-haette-gute-chacen-a-
1065895.html.

550 Nicolas Boeglin: »Resolution 2249 berechtigt nicht zur Bombardierung von Syrien«, Voltairenet, 6. Dezember 2015, online: http://www.voltairenet.org/article189558.html.

551 Vereinte Nationen, Sicherheitsrat: »Resolution 2249 (2015)«, 20. November 2015, online: http://www.un.org/depts/german/sr/sr_15/sr2249.pdf.

552 Centre d’actualités de l’ONU: »Le Conseil de sécurité adopte une résolution appelant à la lutte contre Daech«, ONU Info, 20. November 2015, online: http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=36125#.Wjq9nXkiFaR.

553 Philippe Lagrange: »Français tués en Syrie: «La légitime défense ne peut pas être invoquée»«, 2015, online: https://www.lopinion.fr/edition/international/francais-tues-en-syrie-legitime-defense-ne-peut-pas-etre-invoquee-53756.

554 Centre national de la recherche scientifique (Nationales Zentrum für wissenschaftliche Forschung).

555 François d’Alançon: »Les frappes françaises en Syrie sont-elles justifiées en droit international?«, 28. September 2015, La Croix, online : https://www.
la-croix.com/Actualite/Monde/Lesfrappes-francaises-en-Syrie-sont-elles-
justifiees-en-droit-international-2015-09-28-1362103.

556 Marie Bourreau: »Attentats du 13-Novembre«, Le Monde, 21. November 2015, online: http://www.lemonde.fr/attaques-a-paris/article/2015/11/21/le-conseil-de-securite-de-l-onu-appelle-tous-les-pays-a-se-joindre-a-la-lutte-contre-lei_4814636_4809495.html.

557 Dapo Akande, Marko Milanovic: »The Constructive Ambiguity of the ­Security Council’s ISIS Resolution«, Ejil: Talk!, 21. November 2015, online: https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-constructive-ambiguity-of-the-security-councils-isis-resolution/.

558 GOV.UK: »PM statement responding to FAC report on military operations in Syria, 2015«, 26. November 2015, online: https://www.gov.uk/government/
speeches/pm-statement-responding-to-fac-report-on-military-operations-in-syria.

559 Deutscher Bundestag: »Bundeswehreinsatz gegen IS-Terrororganisation soll verlängert werden«, 2016, online: https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/
textarchiv/2016/kw42-de-isis/475506.

560 Ebd.

561 David Cameron: »David Cameron’s Response to the Parliament’s Report on Syria«, Voltairenet, 26. November 2015, online: http://www.voltairenet.org/article189448.html.

562 France Diplomatie: »Syrie: Déclaration conjointe sur les actions militaires récentes de la Fédération de Russie (02.10.15)«, 2. Oktober 2015, online: https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/dossiers-pays/syrie/evenements/actualites-2015/
article/syrie-declaration-conjointe-sur-les-actions-militaires-recentes-de-la.

563 David Cameron: »David Cameron’s Response to the Parliament’s Report on Syria«, Voltairenet, 26. November 2015, online: http://www.voltairenet.org/article189448.html.

564 »Etat d’urgence en France: restons vigilants«, Amnesty International France, 19. November 2015.

565 Nesawissimaja Gaseta: »USA organisieren neuen Krieg gegen Assad«, Sputnik News, 27. Dezember 2017, online: https://de.sputniknews.com/zeitungen/20171227318867885-usa-kriegsvorbereitung-gegen-assad/.

566 Sputnik News: »USA bilden aus IS-Kämpfern „Neue syrische Armee“«,
16. Dezember 2017, online: https://de.sputniknews.com/politik/20171216318718975-is-terroristen-syrien-bildung-armee/.

567 Tim Anderson: »Al Nusra shoots USA missiles at #Russian planes (…)«,
Twitter, 28. Dezember 2017, online: https://twitter.com/timand2037/
status/946494626797518848.

568 Maya Dayoub, Mazen: »US helicopters secure movements of Daesh leaders inside Syria«, Sana, 28. Dezember 2017, online: https://sana.sy/en/?p=122733.

569 Suzan Fraser, Josh Ledermann: »Trump tells Turkey’s leader: US to stop arming Syrian Kurds«, Fox News, 25. November 2017, online: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/25/trump-tells-turkeys-leader-us-to-stop-arming-syrian-kurds.html.

570 Ece Toksabay, Tuvan Gumrukcu: »U. S. will take weapons from Kurds after Islamic State defeat: Turkey«, Reuters, 22. Juni 2017, online: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-usa/u-s-will-take-weapons-from-kurds-after-islamic-state-defeat-turkey-idUSKBN19D10J.

571 Anadolu Agency, Yeni Şafak: »Former SDF spokesman tells of US arming terror groups«, YeniSafak, 2. Dezember 2017, online: https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/former-sdf-spokesman-tells-of-us-arming-terror-groups-2869662.

572 Peter Korzun: »Russia’s President Declares Military Victory in Syria: Shift to Diplomacy«, Strategic Culture, 12. Dezember 2017, online: https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/12/12/russia-president-declares-military-victory-syriashift-diplomacy.html.

573 Reuters in Amman: »Rebel groups reject talks on Syrian conflict hosted by Russia«, The Guardian, 25. Dezember 2017, online: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/25/rebel-groups-reject-talks-on-syrian-conflict-hosted-by-russia.

574 TASS: »Russian military advisors work with all Syrian army units – Russian General Staff«, 27. Dezember 2017, online: http://tass.com/world/983232.

575 Ebd.

576 Sputnik News: »Unbekannte Hubschrauber in Afghanistan: Moskau will von Nato „vernünftige Antwort“«, 23. Dezember 2017, online: https://de.sputniknews.com/politik/20171223318821698-afghanistan-nato-hubschrauber/.

577 Daily Pakistan: »US supplying weapons to ISIS in Afghanistan, says Hamid Karzai«, 2017, online: https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/us-supplying-weapons-to-isis-in-afghanistan-says-hamid-karzai/.

578 Alalam News: »Senior MP: US helicpoters transfer tens of ISIS terrorists to Afghanistan«, 16. Juni 2017, online: http://en.alalam.ir/news/1983813/senior-mp-us-helicopters-transfer-tens-of-isis-terrorists-to-afghanistan.

579 Brecht Jonkers: »Russia: ISIS has over 10,000 troops in Afghanistan, more coming every day«, Almasdarnews, 23. Dezember 2017, online: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russia-isis-10000-troops-afghanistan-coming-every-day/.

580 Andrew Illingworth: »Russian tank forces, attack helicopters move towards Afghanistan through Tajikistan«, Almasdarnews, 20. Dezember 2017, online: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russian-tank-forces-attack-helicopters-move-towards-afghanistan-tajikistan/.

581 Wikipedia: »Contra-Krieg«, online: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra-Krieg.

⓬ Ausblick

582 Wikipedia: »Contra-Krieg Verurteilung der USA, 1986«, online: https://de.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra-Krieg#Verurteilung_der_USA. 
583      Kian Ramezanni: »Sie nannten es das „Paris des Nahen Ostens“: So cool war Beirut vor dem Bürgerkrieg«, Watson Schweiz, 11. Februar 2017, https://www.watson.ch/international/history/585484110-sie-nannten-es-paris-des-nahen-ostens-so-cool-war-beirut-vor-dem-buergerkrieg.