| western view |
| Syrian
troops attack despite Arab peace plan
BEIRUT (AP) Syrian troops stormed a central town and a northwestern region in search of regime opponents on Saturday, activists said, a day after the government agreed in principle to allow the Arab League to send observers to oversee a peace plan proposed by the 22-member bloc. At least 15 people were killed, activists said. The attacks on the town of Shezar in the central province of Hama and on the restive Jabal al-Zawiya region near the Turkish border came as pressure mounted on Damascus to end its eight-month crackdown on anti-government protesters. The unrest has killed more than 3,500 people since mid-March, according to U.N. estimates. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and another activist group called the Local Coordination Committees said land and cellular telephone lines as well as electricity were cut in the Jabal al-Zawiya region in the northwestern province of Idlib, where army defectors have been active for months. At least 15 people were killed, around half of them in Idlib province, the LCC said. The observatory had a higher toll of 16 dead and said they included two civilians and two army defectors killed in a clash with troops in Qusair near the border with Lebanon, as well as four members of the air force intelligence whose car was ambushed in Hama by gunmen believed to be army defectors. Syria agreed in principle Friday to allow dozens of Arab observers into the country to oversee an Arab League peace plan that calls on the government to stop attacking demonstrators, pull tanks out of cities and begin negotiations with the opposition. It was a significant concession from a hard-line regime that loathes any sort of outside interference. But critics say the government is only stalling, trying to defuse international pressure while continuing its bloody crackdown. The Arab League has already suspended Syria's membership in the bloc for failing to abide by the peace plan. On Wednesday, the league gave Damascus three days to accept the observer mission or face economic sanctions. Violence has escalated in Syria over the past week, as army dissidents who sided with the protests have grown more bold, fighting back against regime forces and even assaulting military bases. Activist groups said security forces on Friday killed at least 16 anti-government protesters. Pressure from European capitals and the U.S. is also building on President Bashar Assad to end the bloodshed. more |
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They claim to act on our behalf, but they do not answer to us. They
kill in the interests of the state, not the people. They rationalize
it. They convince themselves of obvious contradictions and shrug it
of without the slight bit of irony.
A Nobel Peace Prize winner being hailed as a promoter of unity and peace even as he supports the overthrow and execution of a head of state by terrorists and extremists. It is a good deal more than hypocrisy, when psychopaths rule the world... |
| Russia
Arms Syria With Missiles To Defend Against NATO Attack Warns it will not tolerate western powers crossing a “red line” Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com 11, 24, 2011 We now know what those six Russian warships that reportedly entered Syrian territorial waters last week were carrying. Aside from representing a show of strength to discourage NATO powers from launching a military attack, on board were Russian technical experts ready to help Damascus set up a sophisticated missile defense system sold to them by Moscow. more |
| The Devaluation of Human Life |
| Tale of two Syria's you figure it out |
| eastern view |
| Dire Straits Brothers In Arms |
| Dire Straits Brothers In Arms These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my home is the lowlands And always will be Some day you'll return to Your valleys and your farms And you'll no longer burn To be brothers in arm Through these fields of destruction Baptism of fire I've witnessed your suffering As the battles raged higherAnd though they did hurt me so bad In the fear and alarm You did not desert me My brothers in arms There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones Now the sun's gone to hell And the moon's riding high Let me bid you farewell Every man has to die But it's written in the starlight And every line on your palm We're fools to make war On our brothers in arms |
| US
fighting proxy war in Syria
A prominent political analyst says that the United States and Israel are using media and political ploys to harm Iran and Syria due to their opposition to the brutal Israeli regime. Press TV has conducted an exclusive interview with George Jabour, president of the Syrian UN Association, to further discuss the issue. The following is a rough transcript of the interview. Press TV: Persian Gulf dictatorships such as Saudi Arabia & Qatar are leading the Arab League's censure of Syria. Why does no one see the very-obvious hypocrisy at play here? Jabour: Because they intend to harm Syria. Their objective is not democracy, is not fighting dictatorships, but it is to harm Syria. It is to stop Syria from continuing its path of resisting the Israeli ambitions in the Arab world. It is quite clear. I suppose democracy has other ways to reach it. Press TV: Considering the fact that, as you pointed out, this stance against Syria is because of its resistance to Israel, does that make any sense to you though as an Arab considering the fact that Saudi Arabia and Qatar both claim that they stand for Palestine? more |
CONGRE$$ 4 SALE
| Russian
warships entering Syrian waters to inhibit foreign invasion as
opposition calls for no-fly zone
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the
Lie In what represents the most confrontation between the West and Russia over the issue of Syrian intervention to date, Haaretz reports that a Syrian news agency said that Russian warships are due to arrive in Syrian territorial waters. Haaretz characterizes this move as “a clear message to the West that Moscow would resist any foreign intervention in the country’s civil unrest,” and indeed it is a clear message that comes with threat of military repercussions. Previously Russia has made it clear that they will not support yet another Western intervention in Syria but with the Arab League suspending Syria this week over their crackdown on armed opposition protesters, the stakes are getting higher by the day. To make the already tense situation astoundingly worse, the former Syrian colonel and current leader of the Free Syrian army is calling for international intervention in no uncertain terms whatsoever. There is truly nothing left to interpretation anymore, the Syrian opposition is armed, and as Riad al As’ad the leader of the Free Syrian Army said to Businessweek via telephone interview, “Our operations are increasing and we will reach the presidential palace. The regime is going to fall. It may take longer if there is no foreign assistance, but it’s not going to stay. It’s finished.” “With the three separate attacks this week, they have raised the ante and are preparing the ground for a no- fly zone, similar to the scenario in Libya, which may have the support of a number of countries,” Theodore Karasik, the director of research at the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis in Dubai told Bloomberg. http://EndtheLie.com/2011/11/18/russian-warships-entering-syrian-waters-to-inhibit-foreign-invasion-as-opposition-calls-for-no-fly-zone/#ixzz1efy3gHqd more |
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