Friday's Weekly Space: Genocide & Co.. Levant vs the World

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@MENAUncensoredAug 8, 2025

The Spaces examined alleged deployment and conduct of private military contractors (PMCs) framed as “Crusaders” operating with and for Israeli objectives in Gaza and the region, linking them to past Iraq/Afghanistan-era firms (Blackwater/Academi, DynCorp, UG Solutions) and Western political, media and finance figures. Host Leila detailed Lebanon’s Army Day plan: a sequenced roadmap requiring an Israeli cessation of attacks and full withdrawal, release of Lebanese detainees, and nationwide Lebanese Army deployment before any dialogue-based disarmament of all non-state armed groups (including Hezbollah), stressing no army–resistance rift. Speakers alleged two new mercenary divisions arrived in northern Palestine, and discussed Syria’s Druze in Suwayda, blaming HTS/Jolani and external designs to partition Syria. Regional updates covered Yemen’s continued strikes and Iraq-linked resistance activity via Syria/Golan. They criticized censorship on X, U.S. State Department signaling around Gaza aid operations, and U.S. sanctions on elements of the PA/PLO, calling them theatrical and a “gift” to the resistance. A large segment mapped Africa–Red Sea geopolitics (UAE/Qatar footprints, Socotra/Dahlak bases, Sahel corridors) and projected risks toward Egypt and Jordan. Q&A touched on escalation scenarios, aid routing to Palestinians, and careful language around Zionism vs Judaism.

Mina Uncensored Space — Comprehensive Notes and Analysis (Aug 1)

Participants and Roles

  • Leila (host; referred to by others as Sister Leila/Leda/Lela): Leads the session, frames agenda, offers regional analysis on Lebanon, Syria, Gaza/West Bank, and Africa.
  • NY (co-host; referred to by others as Brother NY): Presents an investigative thread on private military contractors (PMCs) and their alleged role in Gaza and the broader region.
  • Victory (guest speaker): Raises points on U.S./Israeli political optics, nuclear escalation fears, and aid channels.

Core Topic: PMCs (“Crusaders”) and Gaza — Allegations and Evidence Presented

NY’s thread overview (as presented and attributed by NY)

  • Framing: Positions the current use of PMCs in Gaza and the region as a continuation of pre- and post-9/11 strategies advanced by Netanyahu and aligned U.S. actors. Emphasizes a pattern of privatized violence under ideological covers ("Crusader" rhetoric) but driven by profit and geopolitics.
  • Terminology: Uses the hashtag/theme “PMC Crusader Crimes” and repeatedly references “Gaza Holocaust Foundation” (term used by speakers for an entity they allege is fronting humanitarian aid while enabling/covering lethal operations).

Alleged PMC ecosystem and ideological markers

  • Named companies and figures:
    • UG Solutions: Cited as a PMC used by the “Gaza Holocaust Foundation.”
    • Blackwater → Academi/Constellis: Referenced for historical abuses (e.g., Nisour Square, Baghdad), later rebrands, and alleged impunity/pardons.
    • DynCorp: Cited for historic crimes including trafficking allegations in Bosnia and Afghanistan; links drawn to Cerberus (private equity) and Steve Feinberg (noted as a senior U.S. defense official at one point in the discussion context), demonstrating supposed public-private revolving doors.
    • KKR (linked by NY to Petraeus) and Blackstone: Named as part of a pattern where ex-military/intelligence figures move into private equity, with investment overlaps into security/PMC domains.
    • Tucker Carlson: NY urges caution, pairing recent critical coverage of Israel with past proximity to PMCs (DynCorp in Iraq, 2004) and family ties to U.S. intelligence narratives as context, not as a personal attack.
    • Peter Haig: Cited by NY as a speaker at a Zionist youth conference allegedly conflating Americanism and Zionism; also mentioned in relation to PMC imagery and iconography (e.g., “Rho Chi”-like or “Chi Rho”-style Christian symbols) used by PMC personnel.
    • Johnny Moore: Characterized by NY as a PR/propaganda operative and influential evangelical figure associated with the “Gaza Holocaust Foundation,” whose public statements (e.g., disputing the authenticity of videos showing killings at aid sites) are challenged by NY.
    • Steve Witkoff: Cited as appearing at the aid site PR visit; presented by speakers as part of crisis-management cover for the criticized operation.

Eyewitness and media references (per NY)

  • Testimony compiled by “Sister Enas” and others alleged that PMC personnel bragged in a Jerusalem restaurant about crimes in Gaza, showing images among themselves.
  • NY ties present-day incidents with historical patterns (e.g., Blackwater shootings of civilians; PMC impunity; role of U.S. institutions in minimizing accountability).

Impunity and political cover concerns

  • Past pardons: NY highlights the 2020 U.S. presidential pardons of Blackwater personnel convicted in the Nisour Square killings, positing a precedent for future pardons for PMCs engaged in Gaza.
  • Anticipated legal risk: NY suggests PMCs might face trials but fears political shields; poses the question whether a future U.S. administration would again pardon such actors.

Aid-site killings and messaging (NY’s claims)

  • Pattern described: Since the “Gaza Holocaust Foundation” arrived, NY alleges a daily pattern of Palestinian civilian killings at/near aid distribution points, with fewer drone strikes but similar daily death counts (~100/day) maintained via ground fire at unarmed civilians seeking aid.
  • Information operations: NY claims coordinated PR efforts by Moore, Witkoff, and U.S. officials to sanitize the image of the aid site and dispute graphic evidence.

Broader point

  • NY’s thesis: PMCs across two decades display recurring crimes against civilians, child trafficking linkages, and are funded through familiar private equity/government networks, with ideological veneers (Christian “Crusader” motifs) exploited to mobilize mercenaries and blur lines between faith and militarized profiteering.

Information Operations and Censorship on X (Twitter)

  • Both Leila and NY report pervasive platform friction:
    • Shadowbanning: Posts and Spaces not appearing to followers, search queries failing to surface content, and link-opening errors.
    • Bot prevalence: NY claims ~75% bot activity, especially in pro-Israel reply brigades and harassment networks.
    • Access throttling: Older investigative articles (“Genocide on Autopilot,” “Palestine Squid Games”) seemingly suppressed in search.

Lebanon: Army Day Speech, Disarmament Sequencing, and Southern Front Dynamics

Host’s summary (Leila) of Lebanon’s President’s Army Day speech

  • Media misreads rebutted: Leila refutes claims that the President demanded immediate disarmament of the resistance and that Hezbollah “rejected,” portraying those narratives as misinformation.
  • Sequenced plan (as described by Leila):
    1. Cessation of all Israeli aggression/assassinations and violations of Lebanese sovereignty by land, sea, and air.
    2. Total Israeli withdrawal from all Lebanese territories and release of Lebanese detainees/hostages (including minors) held since the escalation.
    3. Lebanese Army (LAF) redeployment across all territories (noting LAF personnel were previously targeted and constrained).
    4. Disarmament via dialogue of all armed factions outside state forces (including Hezbollah, Lebanese Forces, Kataeb/Phalange, etc.). Leila stresses this is not Hezbollah-only; it is universal and not immediate.
  • Political alignment: Leila asserts no clash between the Army, the President, and the resistance; key leaders (e.g., Nabih Berri, Amal/Hezbollah figures) show no antagonism toward the current Army Commander or the President.

Southern Lebanon developments

  • Israeli positions: Leila shares photojournalist footage (Courtney Bono credited by her) of five Israeli military posts in south Lebanon being expanded into fortified bases.
  • Mercenary influx claim: Leila says two divisions of foreign mercenaries were brought to northern Palestine, possibly to support operations in southern Syria or fortify the new bases in south Lebanon. She contends Israel is substituting mercenaries for its own ground troops, citing Israeli military losses.

Syria: Druze, al-Julani, and Attempts to Restructure the State

Syrian FM remarks and backlash (as conveyed by Leila)

  • “Shibani” (identified by Leila as Syria’s foreign minister) is quoted as denying intentions to “wipe out” the Druze in Sweida while blaming “regime remnants,” Druze “pro-Israelis,” and certain Arab tribes for violence.
  • Leila’s rebuttal: Points to videos allegedly posted by al-Julani’s forces (calling themselves “General Security Forces”) showing field executions, home burnings, looting, and hostage-taking of women and children in southern Syria—arguing the evidence contradicts official denials.

Strategic framing

  • Long-term agenda (Leila’s analysis): Al-Julani is presented as a proxy facilitating a partition-and-privatization agenda favorable to U.S./Israel/UAE/France—dividing Syria into sectarian enclaves, parcelling assets (oil fields, ports) and preventing national recovery.
  • Druze position: Historically anti-occupation in the Golan, the Syrian Druze (Leila stresses) were pushed toward isolation and vilification; alleged Israeli strategy seeks to corral them into dependency by blocking Arab/Islamic support and enabling attacks on them, later facilitating cross-border Druze fighters from inside Israel to “assist,” creating coercive dependency.

Gaza and West Bank: Endgame and Shift of Focus

  • West Bank annexation push: Leila amplifies a widely shared view that Gaza’s devastation distracts from a strategic objective in the West Bank (including recent moves to legally annex parts of it). She notes growing resonance of this framing in Arab audiences through Arabic-language media.

Yemen and Iraq: Ongoing Roles

  • Yemen: Claimed to sustain daily disruptions to life/economy inside Israel via missile launches that force long civilian shelter periods, despite reduced drone strikes.
  • Iraq: Leila stresses Iraqi resistance activities were under-acknowledged due to operational secrecy; mentions drone operations targeting the Jordan Valley and the strategic importance of the (liberated) Golan as a launch area—prompting Israeli efforts to re-tighten control.

False Flags, Escalation Risk, and PMC Casualties

  • NY warns: An eventual PMC casualty could be exploited as casus belli by the U.S./Israel to justify expanded deployment/escalation. He cites historical precedent of false-flag narratives and covert operations.

PA/PLO Sanctions and Political Optics

  • NY: Surprised by U.S. sanctions on PA/PLO figures after nearly two years of war; views it as backfiring, validating resistance arguments that collaboration brings betrayal and that a two-state solution is illusory.
  • Leila: Interprets sanctions as theater and selective punishment of minor figures to compel compliance; suggests a staged strategic “chess” progression targeting larger states later (Jordan/Egypt) after conditioning moves.

Egypt and Jordan: Muslim Brotherhood as a Tool, Border Politics

  • Leila’s analysis: Predicts exploitation of the Muslim Brotherhood to destabilize Egypt (e.g., a recent MB protest in Tel Aviv cited as optics), constructing a pretext that “security threats” necessitate more direct control; Sinai is a current buffer, but the ultimate objective would be deeper influence/control.
  • NY: Warns that while MENA eyes are fixed on the Levant, U.S./Israeli operations in Africa are accelerating and encircling Egypt strategically.

Africa Front: Sahel, Horn, and Maritime Chokepoints

  • Strategic map (Leila):
    • North Africa (Med littoral): Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt.
    • Sahel band beneath (e.g., Mauritania to Sudan), then Central Africa (including Nigeria), and South Africa.
    • Red Sea/Horn: Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea; down to Ethiopia and Somalia (fragmentation into Somalia/Somaliland/Puntland cited), with Emirati/Qatari roles and U.S./Israeli alignment described.
  • Maritime nodes: Bab al-Mandab, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, Dahlak Islands named as critical for trade routes and espionage/military basing (Leila claims a first Yemeni strike hit an Israeli facility near Eritrea/Djibouti on Oct 27, 2023; says it was underreported).
  • Great-power competition: Russia/US/EU contest Africa’s rare earths/energy; Israel seeks leverage via alliances, investments, and security proxies.
  • Ethiopia/Sudan: Leila alleges Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed’s alignment with U.S./Israeli interests and points to Sudan’s past role as a mercenary source during the Yemen war.

U.S./Russia Nuclear Signaling and Risks (Victory’s points)

  • Victory references: Medvedev–Trump rhetorical escalation; claims Trump announced dispatch of two U.S. nuclear submarines amid “Samson option” fears. Presents a scenario where heightened nuclear posturing could be used to deter outcomes unfavorable to Israel in forthcoming UN processes. Notes Russia’s “dead hand” (perimeter) concept as a catastrophic escalation risk if nuclear use occurs.

Aid Channels and UNRWA

  • Victory encourages UNRWA donations; NY counters that while UNRWA is vital, current conditions (alleged U.S.-administered “aid-site” operations and PMC presence) block effective delivery to Palestinians, implying now is not the best time for that channel to reach people on the ground.

Faith, Identity, and Language Discipline

  • Panel cautions against conflating Zionism with Judaism or weaponizing sect labels. Leila and NY stress precision of language: call out crimes and perpetrators without tarring entire faiths; resist attempts to reframe the conflict as interfaith rather than colonial/strategic.
  • NY: Emphasizes using “terrorist/criminal” based on actions, regardless of self-professed religion; highlights propaganda’s use of “Christian crusader” imagery to broaden the conflict’s optics.

Key Takeaways

  • PMCs and privatized violence: Speakers allege a robust, ideologically branded PMC presence in/around Gaza operating under humanitarian cover, with ties to U.S./Israeli policy circles and private equity. They predict legal risks will be blunted by political protection and warn of a potential future pardon cycle.
  • Lebanon: According to Leila, the President’s Army Day speech outlines a strict sequence prioritizing cessation of Israeli aggression and withdrawal before any dialogue-based, universal disarmament—not a unilateral demand aimed at Hezbollah. She rejects narratives of imminent Army–Hezbollah confrontation and flags Israeli base expansions and inbound mercenaries.
  • Syria (Druze): The panel argues a systematic attempt to vilify, isolate, and coerce the Druze toward dependency on Israel, with al-Julani’s forces implicated in atrocities. They frame the objective as partition and asset capture.
  • West Bank endgame: The speakers assert that Gaza’s devastation masks a strategic annexation thrust in the West Bank and urge focus there.
  • Wider theaters: Yemen and Iraqi resistance continue to impose costs; Africa (Sahel/Horn/Red Sea) is a major, underobserved front where U.S./Israeli/Gulf strategies intersect.
  • Escalation risk: Speakers describe a volatile information and military environment prone to false-flag incidents and nuclear signaling.
  • Censorship: They report extensive suppression on X (Twitter), including bot swarms and discoverability throttling.

Outstanding Questions and Monitoring Points

  • Independent verification: Many claims (e.g., PMC conduct at Gaza aid sites, specific mercenary deployments, base strikes in Red Sea islands) warrant third-party confirmation and OSINT tracking.
  • Lebanon sequencing and guarantees: Will external mediators accept the proposed order—cessation/withdrawal first, then internal dialogue on arms for all factions? What enforcement mechanisms exist?
  • Syria south: Will international actors protect Druze civilians and deter partitioning dynamics? Can on-the-ground video evidence be preserved and authenticated at scale?
  • West Bank: Track legal moves (annexation, settlement accelerants) and on-the-ground demographic/land-use changes.
  • Africa: Watch Red Sea chokepoints, Socotra, and Sahel transitions; map private equity/military base/port concession links to conflict dynamics.
  • Aid delivery: Under what conditions can UNRWA and other neutral channels regain secure, direct access to civilians without politicized intermediaries?