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The Syrian White Helmets are ready to help Ukraine
Source: WaPo
The Syrian Civil Defense force, known as the White Helmets, has been working to rescue, evacuate and give emergency care to civilians under attack since 2014. The all-volunteer force says it has saved more than 100,000 civilian lives and that at least 252 of its members have been killed in the process. Now, the White Helmets are turning their attention to Putins latest victims.
Meanwhile, Ukrainians can learn from the White Helmets experience. Saleh recommends, for example, that the Ukrainians organize their civil defense forces inside each city by separating them into small teams of four or five people, dispersed geographically with small, quick vehicles that can easily speed to an attack site. Dont establish any large or permanent headquarters, he warned, because they, too, will become targets for Russian bombs.
Short-range walkie-talkies are best for communications, he said, rather than cellular or Internet communications, which can be tracked by the Russians and might not work in an attack zone anyway. Also, some team members should be deployed to monitor the skies for planes, because thats often a better early warning system than radars or sirens.
Understanding the Russian militarys cruel tactics can also save lives, Saleh said. For example, the Russian air force is notorious for what are called double tap strikes. Russian planes attack civilians, wait for first responders to arrive and then attack the first responders.
When I heard the rumor P* was gonna recruit Assad's people to do his 'urban warfare' s**t, my first reaction was "Really? That may not go as planned..."
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The Syrian White Helmets are ready to help Ukraine (Original Post)
TygrBright
Mar 2022
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. .
Karadeniz
(22,283 posts)2. All the best to them! Kurds next? Refugees in Turkey? Guess Putin's united more than Europe!
doc03
(35,148 posts)3. Doesn't a white helmet make a very good target unless they are in a blizzard. nt