Toolkit case: Debunking lies peddled by alleged kingpin Pieter Friedrich
Pieter Friedrich, is currently the most widely discussed name in India as security agencies are trying to uncover his role in the anti-India information warfare after the emergence of his name in the ‘toolkit’ shared by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
The revelations made by the Delhi Police have highlighted his role as an alleged kingpin in waging the disinformation warfare for one and a half decade on directions of Pakistan's ISI.
Despite the Delhi Police making attempts to get a hold of him, he continues to peddle propaganda and attack India through his propaganda channels. He is making back-to-back appearances on leading media outlets as well as posting several tweets to defend himself.
Soon after the press conference by Delhi Police, Pieter alleged that the main reason behind ‘targetting’ him was his anti-RSS stand. In one of the tweets shared by him on February 16, he stated – “I’ve been targeted because I have emerged as one of North America’s most relentless voices against the rising fascism of the Modi regime and, particularly, the RSS.”
It is to be noted that the domains of RSS and Hindutva are very novel for him and the diversion in theme of campaigns of this ‘expert’ has taken place just a few years ago as the main target of his campaigns, since 2007, was Mahatma Gandhi. Breaking Gandhiji’s statues, delivering hate speeches against him, and publicly abusing him were the major facets of his ‘activism’. The Pieter-Bhinder duo, at numerous instances, even went to the extent of calling the Father of the Nation a ‘racist’, ‘pedophile’, and ‘child rapist’!
The ‘masala’ of RSS/BJP was added to the propaganda content produced by Peiter very recently. Prior to that, there was hardly any mention of the Hindu nationalist organisations in India in his productions. Zee News went through his content produced/published prior to 2014 elections and found that all his productions between 2007-2014 focussed around three broad categories: Khalistan, Kashmir, and Gandhi.
A quick look at the themes and the timeline reveals that he has been working on attacking the India state regardless of the regime in power and suddenly diverted to attacking Hindutva and RSS as it conveniently suited the Khalistani narrative.
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Similarly, Pieter, being a former pastor himself, has hardly visited any religious site other than Church and later as a Khalistan sponsored expert in Gurdwaras. However, given his anti-Hindu bias cultivated by the ISI sponsored, he was never seen visiting a Hindu temple.
Despite the Delhi Police making attempts to get a hold of him, he continues to peddle propaganda and attack India through his propaganda channels. He is making back-to-back appearances on leading media outlets as well as posting several tweets to defend himself.
zeenews.india.com