Do Not Give the Nobel Peace Prize 2016 to the Syrian White Helmets

On 29 April, 2016, Syria Solidarity Movement member Vanesa Beeley placed the following petition on Change.org.  On or about 27 September, Change.org removed the petition, citing “violation of community standards”. What community standards? Judge for yourself.

Do Not Give the Nobel Peace Price 2016 to the Syrian White Helmets

To do so would prolong the suffering of the Syrian people and reward the White Helmets for being US and UK Government funded and trained agents of “regime change” in Syria.

The White Helmets have received over $40 million in funding from the US Government [USAID] and the UK Foreign Office despite their claims of being “fiercely independent and accepts no money from governments, corporations or anyone directly involved in the Syrian conflict”

The UK and US governments are involved in the illegal war against Syria and are intent upon “regime change” in Syria, therefore they are “directly involved in the conflict”.

The White Helmets claim to be “unarmed and neutral” while embedded in areas occupied solely by Al Nusra [Al Qaeda] and ISIS.

They are armed.

They have been photographed and filmed supporting Al Nusra/Al Qaeda who are foreign mercenaries massacring the Syrian people.

The White Helmets foment sectarianism in Syria, calling for the “burning of Kafarya and Foua”, Shia villages in the Idlib area besieged for 5 years by US NATO backed terrorist mercenaries, Ahrar al Sham and Al Nusra.

The White Helmets have…

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