Russia, China veto UN Security Council resolution on Syria

[katsung47]

Syrian Christians worry about life after Bashar Assad

They fear civil war and revenge attacks if President Bashar Assad falls, an anxiety fed by the sectarian violence seen in Egypt and Iraq.
Ignatius IV, patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church, described Syria as an oasis of religious tolerance where Christians can worship freely, build sanctuaries and run schools, activities that are restricted by varying degrees in a number of Middle Eastern countries.

Christian clerics are frequently shown on television taking part in joint prayer services with their Muslim counterparts. The defense minister is a Christian, as are other senior members of the government and security forces.

"Wherever you go, you find Christians and Muslims," said the patriarch, who has a photograph of himself with Assad displayed on his office wall. "There is no distinction."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-syria-christians-20120307,0,4403703.story

 

[katsung47]

12 April 2012 09:12

Syrian people urge Army not to withdraw under Annan deal

Syrians in Homs have urged the Army not to withdraw from the western city as has been required by a peace plan proposed by the special UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan.

According to Press TV, the residents’ opposition to the pullout comes as the international community is pressuring Damascus to implement Annan’s six-point plan.

Under the proposed plan, the Syrian Army must first withdraw its troops from populated areas.

Damascus has criticized Annan for not requiring the same commitment from the armed terrorist groups, who are fighting the government, warning that they would enter cities as soon as the Army gets out.

http://english.irib.ir/news/political/item/90448-syrian-people-urge-army-not-to-withdraw-under-annan-deal

 

[katsung47]

Patriarch al-Rahi: Syria is Closest to Democracy in Arab World, Needs the Reforms Announced by President al-Assad
Mar 04, 2012

He regretted the violence and destruction taking place in Syria, saying that there are destructive plans in world politics and that the people don't want the extremists who are receiving financial, military and political support from certain countries.

"How can the Arab Spring be a spring when people are killed every day? They talk about Iraq and democracy while a million Christians out of one and a half million were forced to leave Iraq… where is democracy in Iraq?" he asked, saying that this so-called spring is closer to a winter of war, destruction and killing.

"What good is democracy if it wants to kill people and throw away stability?" Patriarch al-Rahi wondered.

http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2012/03/04/404155.htm

 

[katsung47]

SYRIA: US-NATO Supported "Opposition" Commits Extensive War Crimes
by Devon DB
Global Research, March 20, 2012

Finally, it should be noted that there are many similarities between the Syrian rebels and the Libyan rebels. The Libyan rebels launched a media propaganda war against Gaddafi, must like how Al Jazeera has lied about the ongoing events in Syria. In addition to this, much like the Syrian rebels, the Libyan rebels also committed war crimes.

While there are those who may be pushing for intervention into Syria, they may want to rethink it the situation in light of this new information. The situation may end up much worse as the Libyan rebels were linked to Al Qaeda and the NTC is now going to enact Sharia law. We should not want the same fate for the people of Syria.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=29867

 

[katsung47]

Quite different from what US government told us.

Syria: anti-government groups committed Houla massacre

http://www.reuters.com/Reuters – 1 hr 6 mins ago

• BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria said on Thursday a preliminary investigation showed that anti-government armed groups committed a massacre last week in Houla, in which 108 people were killed, with the aim of encouraging foreign military intervention against the Syrian government.

• Brigadier General Qassem Jamal Suleiman, head of the investigation committee formed by the government, said the victims were families "who refused to oppose the government and were at odds with the armed groups".

• He said many of the victims were relatives of a member of the Syrian parliament.
(Reporting by Mariam Karouny; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

http://news.yahoo.com/syria-anti-government-groups-committed-houla-massacre-161038724.html

 

[katsung47]

Syria - The West`s Greatest Fear

By Dan Glazebrook
May 05, 2012http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2012/1096/op8.htm

The strategy was simple, clear, tried and tested. It had been used successfully not only against Libya, but also Kosovo (in 1999), and was rapidly underway in Syria. It was to run as follows: train proxies to launch armed provocations; label the state's response to these provocations as genocide; intimidate the UN Security Council into agreeing that "something must be done"; incinerate the army and any other resistance with fragmentation bombs and Hellfire missiles; and finally install a weak, compliant government to sign off new contracts and alliances drawn up in London, Paris and Washington, whilst the country tore itself apart.

Result: the heart torn out of the "axis of resistance" between Iran, Syria and Hizbullah, leaving Iran isolated and the West with a free hand to attack Iran without fear of regional repercussions.

http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=630445

 

[Voyageur]

Note sure if you caught this also Katsung47 on SotT:

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/248230-The-Syrian-opposition-who-s-doing-the-talking-

Charlie Skelton
The Guardian
Thu, 12 Jul 2012 02:10 CDT

 

[Yozilla]

Oho, is Obama up to something (maybe dropping out of Syria)?

_http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/01/28/286036/us-aware-of-syria-intervention-limitations/

Waiting for Ben to wake up...

 

[bngenoh]

Oho, is Obama up to something (maybe dropping out of Syria)?

_http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/01/28/286036/us-aware-of-syria-intervention-limitations/

Waiting for Ben to wake up...

Apparently know that the "elections" are over, the mayhem can be ratcheted up a notch:

Israeli fighter jets have struck a convoy on the Syria-Lebanon border suspected of carrying sophisticated Russian-made surface-to-air missiles, Al Arabiya correspondent Ziad Halabi reported from Jerusalem on Wednesday.

Halabi said “security indications” pointed to a convoy carrying surface-to-air missiles being smuggled into Syria via the Lebanese border. The Lebanese army had reported a heavy presence of Israeli jets over its territory throughout the night.

“There was definitely a hit in the border area,” one security source said. A Western diplomat in the region who asked about the strike said “something has happened,” without elaborating.

Syrian television confirmed the Israeli raids but said they targeted a research center in Damascus province at dawn on Wednesday.

[...]

Israeli sources said on Tuesday that Syria’s advanced conventional weapons would represent as much of a threat to Israel as its chemical arms should they fall into the hands of Syrian rebel forces or Hezbollah guerrillas based in Lebanon.

Israel has sent its national security adviser, Yaakov Amidror, to Russia and its military intelligence chief Major-General Aviv Kochavi to the United States for consultations, Israeli media said.

In Jerusalem, the Israeli military declined any comment.

“We do not comment on reports of this kind,” an Israeli Defense Force spokeswoman said.

Vice Premier Silvan Shalom, on Israel Radio, was asked if there was unusual activity on the northern front.

“The entire world has said more than once that it takes developments in Syria very seriously, developments which can be in negative directions. And therefore the world, led by President Obama who has said this more than once, is taking all possibilities into account and of course any development which is a development in a negative direction would be something that needs stopping and prevention.”

Steps and stages indeed, "preventative" warfare.....

 

[Yozilla]

Sometimes i wonder if whole world is turning antisemitic:

_http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/morsi-aide-holocaust-a-us-hoax/

_http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/world/middleeast/israel-angry-over-argentina-iran-accord-on-1994-bombing-inquiry.html

..and an interesting illustration also from uglytruth (sorry for article of same contence as in my previous post in this thread) :

_http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/obama-says-struggling-over-whether-to-intervene-in-syria/

 

[Yozilla]

What an incident :O - if true off course?

_http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/02/22/290230/uk-respect-mp-i-dont-recognize-israel/

&

I guess Ben wanted to give this medal to Romny (only IF...)

_http://www.sott.net/article/258703-Israel-first-Barack-Obama-to-receive-Israels-presidential-medal-of-distinction

Just one big BRAVO for Obi One - cannot be

Yozilla D'monster