"CONFRONTING IRAN, "PROTECTING ISRAEL": The Real Reason for America's War on Syria" by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, June 8, 2012
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is calling for
an R2P humanitarian military intervention in Syria to curb the
atrocities allegedly ordered by the government of president Bashar Al
Assad. In a twisted irony, Clinton recognizes that while "opposition
forces" are integrated by Al Qaeda affiliated terrorists, the government
rather than the terrorists is held responsible, without a shred of
evidence, for the ongoing massacre of civilians.
Amply documented, these sectarian killings and atrocities are being committed by foreign mercenaries and militia which are armed and supported by the Western military alliance.
The killings are carried out quite deliberately as part of a diabolical covert operation. The enemy is then blamed for the resulting atrocities. The objective is to justify a military agenda on humanitarian grounds.
In US military jargon, it's called a "massive
casualty producing event", the historical origins of which go back to
"Operation Northwoods", an infamous 1962 Pentagon Plan, consisting in
"killing civilians in the Miami Cuban community, with a view to
justifying a war on Cuba. (See Michel Chossudovsky, SYRIA: Killing Innocent Civilians as part of a US Covert Op. Mobilizing Public Support for a R2P War against Syria, Global Research, May 30, 2012)
"Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities.The plans were developed as ways to trick the American public and the international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's then new leader, communist Fidel Castro." (U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba - ABC News emphasis added. This Secret Pentagon document was declassified and can be readily consulted, See Operation Northwoods, See also National Security Archive, 30 April 2001)
In the logic of Operation Northwoods, the killings
in Syria are carried out to "create a helpful wave of indignation", to
drum up public opinion in favor of an R2P US-NATO operation against
Syria.
What lies behind this outburst of humanitarian concern by "the international community". Is America coming to the rescue of the Syrian people? What is the real reason for America's war on Syria?
This question is addressed in a lead article by James
P. Rubin, a Bloomberg executive editor and former State department
official under the Clinton administration. The article appears in this
month's Carnegie Foundation's Foreign Policy Magazine under the clear-cut title: "The Real Reason to Intervene in Syria"
In an unusual twist, "the answer to the question", namely "the real reason" is provided in the article's subtitle: "Cutting Iran's link to the Mediterranean Sea is a strategic prize worth the risk.".
The subtitle should dispel --in the eyes of the
reader-- the illusion that US foreign policy has an underlying
"humanitarian mandate". Pentagon and US State department documents as
well as independent reports confirm that military action against Syria
has been contemplated by Washington and Tel Aviv for more than 20
years.
Targetting Iran, "Protecting Israel"
According to James P. Rubin, the war plans directed against Syria are intimately related to those pertaining to Iran. They are part of the same US-Israeli military agenda which consists in weakening Iran with a view to "protecting Israel". The latter objective is to be carried out through a pre-emptive attack against Iran....
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"More Syrian Blood on Obama’s Hands
By Stephen Lendman, Contributor
theintelhub.com
June 5, 2012
Morning headlines again falsely accused Assad of mass killings in Qubeir village in central Hama province.
Houla-style slaughter was repeated. Reports said as many as 78 civilians were killed. Half were women and children. Around 35 members of one family were murdered in cold blood.
Victims were shot at close range and/or stabbed. Some bodies were burned. Independent reports haven’t explained what eventually will come out. Pro-Assad loyalists were targeted for assassination. At issue also is creating pretexts for Libyan-style intervention.
Western-recruited death squads bear full responsibility. Syrian state TV said an “armed terror group” committed the “horrifying crime….What a few media have reported (is) completely false. (They’re) contributing to spilling the blood of Syrians.”
Responding to calls for help, government forces headed for Qubeir. State TV said they “raided a terrorist cell and killed a number of them and confiscated their weapons.”
At issue is Obama advancing the ball closer to war. Washington readied plans long ago. Timing alone remains undecided. Plans now may be set. Most likely the Serbia/Kosovo/Iraq/Libya model will be repeated.
In 1999, Washington bypassed Security Council approval. It claimed NATO authorization alone mattered. It set a precedent. Henceforth international and constitutional law could be circumvented. Going to war became as simple as ordering bombs away.
On June 6, Hillary Clinton suggested it’s coming. Her official State Department press release said:
“Recent events, including the killings at Houla, have exposed the Asad regime’s determination to continue waging war on the Syrian people.”
“The international community cannot sit idly by, and we won’t….”
Clinton stressed “transition(ing)” to a new Syria. At issue is regime change. Earlier she said Washington and the “international community” must “intensify” pressure on Assad “whose rule by murder must come to an end.”
Heated rhetoric advances the ball for war. So do Western-directed death squad massacres falsely blamed on Assad.
In late May, Joint Chiefs head General Martin Dempsey said there’s “always a military option….(I)t may come to a point with Syria because of the atrocities.”
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and other Gulf Council states also urge direct military intervention. So do Western-recruited Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Syrian National Council (SNC) members.
Russia and China remain firm against foreign intervention. On June 5, Itar Tass said:
“Russia calls impermissible and dangerous the refusal of the Syrian armed opposition to follow the plan of UN/LAS Envoy Kofi Annan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told reporters on Tuesday….”
“That is a very bad and dangerous trend.” So is “the establishment of another illegal armed unit, the so-called Syrian Insurgent Army of 12,000 solders, was announced on June 4.”
“The international community should have learned the no-fly zone lesson from the Libyan events.”
“Such a scenario is possible only if the illegal armed units receive moral support from abroad and are supplied with arms, munitions and money. We have repeatedly declared that such a situation was impermissible and we continue to call on the Syrian sides and the external forces to stick with the logic of the Annan plan….”
“Moscow hopes that the leading world capitals will fully realize the danger and amorality of preparations for an even bigger bloodshed in Syria and the leading of that country to a civil war, which may spread outside of the national territory and spill blood throughout the Middle East.”
On June 7, Reuters said Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members urged dialogue, not confrontation, saying:
SCO “member states are against military interference in the affairs of this region, enforced ‘handover of power’, and unilateral sanctions.”
“Member states stress the need to stop any violence on the territory of Syria wherever it is coming from. They respect broad nationwide dialogue, based on independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Syria.”
Obama’s rhetoric barely conceals intent for direct intervention. Plans are ready to be implemented. Earlier patterns are being repeated. Propaganda wars precede hot ones.
NATO intervention followed falsified Serbian atrocity reports. Occupation, colonization and exploitation were planned. So was expanding NATO and enhancing US dominance.
New World Order strategy dictates war. Puppet regimes called democracies are established. Serbia/Kosovo aggression became the operative model. America’s Project for a New Middle East replicates it.
9/11 was the bogus pretext for attacking and occupying Afghanistan. So were nonexistent WMDs for war on Iraq. Falsified Gaddafi atrocities produced bombs away. Syria follows the same pattern.
Mass slaughter and destruction follow. Human misery replaces peace and calm. Washington bears direct responsibility for millions of deaths. Only imperial dominance matters, not body counts.
Imagine what’s coming if not stopped. America’s rage to kill and destroy is insatiable. War on Syria approaches, then Iran, then new targeted states.
In 2001, the SCO expanded from its 1996-founded Shanghai Five alliance. Currently its members include China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Observers include India, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, and Mongolia. Dialogue partners include Belarus and Sri Lanka. Expanding the organization is planned.
Its member states and observers comprise around half the world’s population. They counterbalance Washington and other NATO states. They oppose US hegemony.
They endorse non-alignment, non-confrontation, non-interference, non-intervention, inviolable national sovereignty, and economic cooperation. They support peace, not war, to resolve national differences.
On June 6 and 7, SCO members held their 12th summit in Beijing. China’s Xinhua News Agency said the organization “reshaped the global strategic landscape and reshifted the balance of power.”
Summit goals include adopting a “Strategic Plan for the Medium-Term Development of the SCO.” China’s Vice Foreign Minister, Cheng Guoping, said:
“It is no exaggeration to say the adoption of this document will have far-reaching influence on the SCO’s development.”
Security and economic cooperation are prioritized. Beijing’s summit “will be a milestone in the SCO history, and is sure to give new impetus to the development of the six-member bloc.”
China and Russia especially oppose belligerent US policies. Encroaching near their territory raises concerns. Washington’s missile shield represents a direct threat. It targets Russia and China, not Iran, North Korea, or other nations.
Washington’s military buildup across North Africa, the Middle East, Central and East Asia threaten both countries.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has been touring East and South Asia. He seeks new basing rights and closer military alliances. Addressing the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, he said:
“Defense policy in the region calls for the U.S. military to expand military-to-military relationships well beyond the traditional treaty allies.”
“By 2020, the Navy will reposture its forces from today’s roughly 50/50 split between the Atlantic and Pacific to about a 60/40 split between those oceans – including six aircraft carriers, a majority of our cruisers, destroyers, littoral combat ships and submarines.”
At issue is enhancing Washington’s regional influence and strength at the expense of China. Russia is Washington’s main military rival. Between them, they have about 97% of the world’s nuclear arsenal. In addition, they’ve got sophisticated delivery systems able to target each other’s strategic sites.
China also has significant military strength. According to a 2009 Pentagon report, its naval forces alone are formidable.They number at least 260 vessels, including 75 or more major warships and over 60 submarines.
It also has hundreds of nuclear warheads, sophisticated delivery systems, and other strategic weapons. It’s a regional super-power. It’s also positioned to surpass America as the world’s dominant economy before decade’s end.
During last year’s November Bali summit, Obama sought anti-China coalition partners. Panetta’s on the same mission. America’s aim is unchallenged global dominance.
Middle East/Central Asian wars rage for it. More are planned. An eventual Russia/China showdown looms. Each side seeks strategic partnerships against the other. How it plays out ahead remains to be seen.
It’s hard imagining Washington wants war with any nation able to give as much as it takes. War was never an option under conditions of “mutually assured destruction (MAD).”
It’s not likely now, but events sometimes overtake policies. Extremist US hawks believe wars solve all problems. Earlier ones felt the same way.
In 1961, General Curtis LeMay believed nuclear war with Soviet Russia was inevitable. He argued for preemptively launching thousands of missiles to destroy its nuclear capability. He believed losing a few US cities was a price worth paying.
General Lyman Lemnitzer held the same view. He presented it at a National Security Council meeting. Thankfully, Jack Kennedy was president. He was so disgusted he walked out.
Today America has no JFK. He wanted the Cold War and America’s involvement in Vietnam ended. Those views got him killed. Current US leaders crave more wars. That mindset could assure mutual destruction.
Syria’s a stepping stone to Iran and other targeted states. Russia and China represent the final frontier. Anything ahead is possible given Washington’s rage for dominance no matter the risks. Imagine leaders willing to take them.
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Okay, now to the endless drumbeat for war that comes in the form of a morning newspaper:
"Syrian conflict reaches dangerous new level; Citizens, troops bar UN monitors; Sectarian violence portends civil war" by Neil MacFarquhar and Rick Gladstone | New York Times, June 08, 2012
ANTAKYA, Turkey - The standoff at a government checkpoint seemed to symbolize the international paralysis over how to stem the bloodshed. It would be the fourth massacre in two weeks and suggested that the Syrian conflict was spiraling, seemingly daily, toward a sectarian civil war....
mass killing... part of everyday reality in Syria....
massacres....
The violence is intensifying....
President Bashar Assad has the support of Russia, China, and Iran, along with the continued declaration of the international community that there will be no military intervention, has left him assured of few consequences to his actions....
Assad knows that if he stops the violence and actually engages in a political process, his government will be doomed by a mass protest movement....
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Related:
"unconfirmed reports of a fresh massacre.... massacre.... massacre....
I'm sensing a pattern.
And the "US Treasury secretary suggested that the use of military force was a possibility" has been removed from the web version when I'm staring at it in my printed pos. How interesting.
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Do you really want more because I don't.
I'm tired of s*** lies and deceit passing itself off as news. What s***-slop served up to us 'murkns, huh?
"Syria to allow aid workers into 4 of the most violent provinces; But European, US envoys are no longer welcome" by John Heilprin | Associated Press, June 06, 2012
GENEVA - More than 78,000 Syrian refugees were also being helped in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey, the UN refugee agency said.
Syria sending some of the ones they absorbed back?
I mean, they absorb over a million Iraqis because of the US military misadventure built upon lies, never make a squeak of a complaint, and get absolutely zero gratitude for it.
And now they are under attack by "CIA-Duh."
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of sources on the ground, said 113 soldiers have been killed in clashes with rebel forces across the country since Friday, in what appeared to be some of the heaviest losses for government troops since the uprising began....
Another 22 soldiers were killed in fighting in Syria’s Latakia Province between rebels and government forces backed by helicopters, activists said. Rami Abdul-Rahman, head of the Observatory, said the Syrian military was increasingly using helicopters to shell towns and villages because rebels were becoming more resourceful in targeting its tanks.
And thus setting the stage for a no-fly zone.
Why am I just not believing my newspaper, reader?
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"China’s UN envoy says Beijing isn’t protecting Syria’s Assad" by Edith M. Lederer | Associated Press, June 05, 2012
UNITED NATIONS -Recent statements from Beijing and Moscow indicate that their patience is fading....
Have YOU had it with the LIES YET, readers?
Germany, which opposes the use of military force, has been pushing for Russia to join in supporting UN sanctions. President Vladimir Putin of Russia said Friday that while he saw worrying signs of an emerging civil war in Syria, he was also opposed to military intervention.
In Berlin on Monday, France’s foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, said after meeting his German counterpart that no “durable solution’’ is possible while Assad remains in power. But he said, “I believe the Syrian regime will end up falling under the weight of its crimes.’’
While some Gulf countries support the idea of arming rebels, Western and Arab allies have been reluctant to supply those fighting the regime, partly because of their lack of cohesion, and also for fear of igniting a broader and more intense conflict....
Yuh-huh.
A nationwide uprising has lasted more than one year and killed up to 13,000 people, according to activist groups.
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BRUSSELS - The UN’s top human rights official said Saturday that there should be no amnesty for serious crimes committed in Syria, even if the threat of prosecution might motivate members of the regime to cling to power at all costs.
Asked if Syrian President Bashar Assad should be allowed to leave power in exchange for safe haven, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said international leaders seeking peace may be drawn to “politically expedient solutions which may involve amnesty or undertakings not to prosecute.’’
But she said that would be wrong under international law.
Yeah, only criminals in service to or controlling the U.N. receive amnesty.
Lawyers for former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who was sentenced Wednesday by the Special Court for Sierra Leone to 50 years in prison, had argued that giving him a long sentence would send the wrong message to Assad.
Related: Liberian Liberation
Taylor sentenced to 50 years
Okay, so in some cases they pull the old double-cross when the asset is no longer useful.
Also see: Globe Backs Down on Liberian Dictator Story
Courtenay Griffiths, an attorney for Taylor, criticized the court for refusing while setting Taylor’s sentence to take into account his decision to step down from power after his indictment in 2003.
“What lesson does that send to President Assad?’’ Griffiths asked. “Maybe the lesson is: If you are a sitting leader and the international community wants to get rid of you, either you get murdered like Colonel Khadafy, you hang on until the bitter end.’’ Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy was killed by a mob in October.
On Saturday, gunbattles between pro- and anti-Syrian regime groups in northern Lebanon killed at least seven people and wounded 22, security officials said, as activists reported fresh shelling in central Syria, where a massacre last week left more than 100 people dead.
The clashes were the latest to hit the Lebanese port of Tripoli. Repeated outbreaks of violence in the city, the country’s second largest, are seen as spillover from the conflict in nearby Syria and have raised fears of an escalation in sectarian tensions in Lebanon.
The fighting in Tripoli started shortly before midnight Friday and intensified Saturday, the officials said on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
In Doha, Qatar, international envoy Kofi Annan held talks with Arab League officials and said the “specter of all-out civil war, with a worrying sectarian dimension, grows by the day.’’
“The crisis,’’ he added, “is at a tipping point.’’
Meaning military action is on the way.
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What, you think they have wasted all the wonderful, agenda-pushing war propaganda for nothing?
"Putin fears civil war but rejects intervention in Syria; He says Russia is supporting neither side" by Neil MacFarquhar and Nicholas Kulish | new york times, June 02, 2012
BERLIN - President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said Friday that he rejected outside military intervention as an answer to the increasingly horrific bloodshed in Syria, and the Kremlin sided with President Bashar Assad of Syria in blaming Assad’s armed rebel opponents for a massacre there last week that incited world outrage....
Related: Assad denies government role in Syrian massacre
another mass killing was reported....
Related: Bashar Assad denies he is fighting domestic opposition in Syria
Putin’s remarks on Syria, coming during stops in Germany and France as he began his first foreign trip since reclaiming the Russian presidency, were scrutinized for any hint of a shift in the Russian position on Syria that could help change the course of the conflict, which has become the most protracted and violent of the Arab Spring revolts.
Russia’s objection to any effort by the United States and its allies that could lead to a forceful UN Security Council intervention in Syria and the ouster of Assad has been a major source of contention. But Putin showed no sign of yielding to pressure from either Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, or Francois Hollande, the new president of France....
The feeling here is I thank Putin for standing up for peace.
Putin, at a news conference with Merkel following their discussions, dismissed the idea that outside military power was a solution, telling reporters, “You cannot do anything by force.’’
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Putin said removing Assad was no panacea.
“Do you think that just by removing the president there will be happiness across the country?’’ he said. “Just look at what has happened in Libya.’’
I will soon, readers.
In Moscow, Russia’s Foreign Ministry released a statement blaming unspecified foreign countries for the Houla massacre, the worst known atrocity in the conflict.
Apparently exonerating Assad of any responsibility for the 108 victims, half of them children, the statement said the killings “showed what can result from supplying rebels with financial aid and smuggling modern weaponry to them, hiring foreign mercenaries, and flirting with different kinds of extremists.’’
In other words, the WORLD KNOWS WHAT WE KNOW, dear readers!!!
Russia’s resistance to pressure on Syria reflects an anger that has grown since the beginning of the Arab uprisings, which hard-liners in Moscow view as largely orchestrated by the West.
They are particularly resentful over the case of Libya, in which Dmitri A. Medvedev, then the president, agreed not to block a Security Council resolution that provided the basis for NATO airstrikes and the violent death of the Libyan leader, Moammar Khadafy.
Putin fumed over the military campaign at the time but was powerless to stop it.
“If it hadn’t been for Libya, maybe things would be different with Syria,’’ said Georgy Mirsky, a leading Middle East scholar at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. “That was bad for the reputation of Medvedev, and Putin doesn’t want to repeat that.’’
Mirsky said that Assad “believes that time is working for him,’’ and until that changed, “It would be absolutely impossible for Russia to distance itself from him.’’
Russia’s support for Assad was evident in the debate on the Houla massacre at the UN Human Rights Council emergency meeting in Geneva, where members voted 41-3 in favor of authorizing an inquiry.
Russia, China, and Cuba, the dissident votes, called the move a pretext for laying the groundwork for foreign intervention.
That's the problem with the AmeriKan paper: you have to look to the "enemy" for the truth.
Even as the debate on Houla was under way in Geneva, details emerged of a new massacre in Syria. Eleven bodies were found dumped in an orchard outside Qusair, a city controlled by the Free Syrian Army, the main anti-Assad armed group, and bore gunshot wounds that appeared to show that the dead had been summarily executed, said Salim Kabani, an activist in the city reached via Skype. Pictures of the men posted online showed that their hands had been bound.
Yeah, whatever.
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"Syria blames rebels for Houla massacre; US dismisses regime’s finding as a ‘blatant lie’" by Zeina Karam | Associated Press, June 01, 2012
BEIRUT - Syria blamed up to 800 rebel fighters Thursday for the massacre in central Syria last week that killed more than 100 people, nearly half of them children, in its most comprehensive explanation to date of the bloodshed.
The narrative contradicted accounts of witnesses who blamed “shabiha,’’ the shadowy gunmen who operate on behalf of President Bashar Assad’s regime. The UN also said it had strong suspicions those proregime gunmen were responsible for much of the carnage on Friday in a cluster of villages known as Houla.
Hmmmmmmmm.
Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the UN, dismissed the Syrian investigation’s conclusion as “another blatant lie,’’ telling reporters in New York “there is no factual evidence . . . that would substantiate that rendition of events.’’
Oh, that's so rich! The U.S. accusing someone else of such things.
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At a news conference Thursday, Qassem Jamal Suleiman, who headed the government’s investigation into the massacre, categorically denied any regime role. He said hundreds of rebel gunmen carried out the slaughter after launching a coordinated attack on five security checkpoints.
The aim, he said, was to frame the government and to ignite sectarian strife in Syria.
“Government forces did not enter the area where the massacre occurred, not before the massacre and not after it,’’ he said, adding that the victims were families who refused to oppose the government or carry arms.
A Houla-based opposition activist said it was clear that there had been no government investigation.
“The regime is looking for ways to justify the massacre to the world,’’ said Saria al-Houlany. “It’s clear that there wasn’t any professional probe. . . . If we had 800 fighters in Houla, this massacre would not have happened,’’ he said.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said the aim was to create sedition in Syria.
“There are people in dark rooms working night and day to target Syria . . . and the way to do it is to ignite civil strife,’’ he told reporters at the same news conference. “They will not succeed.’’
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Sunday for “a transparent, independent, and impartial international investigation’’ so those responsible for the massacre can be held accountable.
Rice said the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva is discussing a resolution that would establish an independent investigation....
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton laid out the clearest case yet for why the Obama administration is reluctant to intervene militarily in Syria.
Clinton said Russia and China would have to agree before the United States and other nations engage in what could become a protracted conflict in support of a disorganized rebel force.
They are looking to get around that.
“We’re nowhere near putting together any type of coalition other than to alleviate the suffering,’’ Clinton told reporters Thursday after meeting with top officials in Denmark, a key contributor to last year’s NATO-led mission against Moammar Khadafy in Libya. Russia’s continued support for Assad “is going to help contribute to a civil war,’’ Clinton warned.
Yeah, it will all be Russia's fault, right.
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"Discovery of 13 bound bodies fuels fresh outrage on Syria; Turkey echoes Western ire over Houla massacre" by Zeina Karam | Associated Press, May 31, 2012
BEIRUT - A video posted online by activists showed the men lying face down, pools of dried blood under their heads....
massacre....
The massacre drew continued harsh criticism Wednesday, even from Syria’s ally Iran, with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad saying that anyone responsible for the killings should be punished. “I’m not excluding anyone from this responsibility,’’ Ahmadinejad told France 24 TV station.
First of all, Ahmadinejad is on the outs with no power over there; however, he also meant a look at the shadowy and nefarious militants, not the Syrian regime. Of course, this isn't the first time the western media has misquoted or misinterpreted his words.
UN investigators and survivors have blamed proregime gunmen for at least some of the carnage in Houla, a collection of poor farming villages in central Homs Province, saying men in civilian clothes gunned down people in the streets and stabbed women and children in their homes. The Syrian government denied its troops were behind the killings and blamed “armed terrorists.’’
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The Obama administration added new sanctions on a Syrian bank Wednesday as a top White House official said the United States wants to economically throttle Assad’s regime and cut off salaries of progovernment thugs blamed for the grisly massacre in Houla....
But for now, Syria can still count on the support of its allies China and Russia, which criticized the diplomatic moves Wednesday.
“The banishment of Syrian ambassadors from the capitals of leading Western states seems to us to be a counterproductive step,’’ Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said. He said the move closes “important channels’’ to influence Syria....
Related: Syrian diplomats expelled by US, 10 other nations
Meanwhile, violence continued unabated....
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"Annan heads to Syria in bid to quell violence; Assad ally Russia joins UN rebuke after massacre" by Neil MacFarquhar | New York Times, May 29, 2012
BEIRUT — The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff warned that continued atrocities could make military intervention more likely....
massacre.... massacre.... massacre.... massacre.... massacre....
The West and the Arab states on one side and Russia, China, and Iran on the other....
That will be a massacre, on all sides.
And what side is Israel on, and why are they unmentioned here?
White House officials said Monday that television appearances by General Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were not a coordinated administration response to Syria but had been previously planned as part of the administration’s commemoration of Memorial Day....
Yeah, right.
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Well, back where we began at the top.
Yes, readers, “Syria is slowly but surely turning into another Iraq.’’
I think I'll be scrapping the rest in one form or another. I think the point has been made, don't you? The plan has been in the works for weeks if not months now, and protesters have received plenty of coverage. I'm tired of the never-ending war calls and propaganda, readers. The sanctions have already made the Syrians scream in what I consider a war crime akin to the sanctions against Iraq that killed 500,000 kids.
Related:
At least 92 killed in Syria, UN says
11-year-old played dead to survive Syria massacre
Barbara Walters apologizes for helping Assad aide
I wanted to keep this last one:
"Syrian forces raid student dorms; At least 4 killed during university clashes in Aleppo" by Elizabeth A. Kennedy | Associated Press, May 04, 2012
BEIRUT - It was an unusually violent incident in Aleppo, a major economic hub that has remained largely loyal to Assad and has been spared the kind of daily bloodshed that has plagued other Syrian cities.
Also see: Syrian opposition boosted by city’s rise
There has been a string of bombings near government security buildings in Aleppo and the capital, Damascus, adding a mysterious element to the antigovernment revolt.
Yup, it's a mystery!
US officials suggested Al Qaeda militants may be joining the fray....
It's a half truth, because the correct spelling is "Al-CIA-Duh," but that is standard for a media that operates in shadow and murk. Those are code words for cover-up and obfuscation in the intelligence operation we know as the newspaper.
And I see they are active, carrying out operations on a near daily basis with their car bombings, roadside bombs, assassinations (alleged?), kidnappings, -- and yes, the violence is expanding into Lebanon.
See: Syrian unrest spills into Lebanon for third day
All part of the plan.
Who benefits from attacks on the U.N. or funerals?
Now, if you will excuse me I need to use the crapper.
Whatta stink!!
In other violence, state-run news agency SANA said that gunmen assassinated Ismail Haidar, the son of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party’s leader, on Wednesday. Haidar was shot to death by “terrorists’’ on the highway from Homs to Misyaf, it said.
Those guys always seem to meet violent ends.
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Student dorms and college campuses are notoriously known as CIA stations, dear readers. I'm sorry for the statement, but it is a simple fact for anyone who has been paying attention to the way coups are initiated and carried out in foreign countries.
Of course, when American kids take to the streets they are subjected to entirely different reaction from government and mouthpiece media. Occupy can attest to that.
Update: Corpses found in Syria hamlet
What Syrian makes a sign to Russia and China in English?
The controlled-opposition protests couldn't be more obvious.
Next Day Update:
"Corpses found in Syrian hamlet; Antigovernment activists say up to 78 slaughtered" by Rick Gladstone | new york times, June 09, 2012
a mass atrocity in Qubeir....
a government coverup....
terrorist groups, the government’s euphemism for the opposition....
I would hope the few of you that came to view this post would understand why I am close to discontinuing. There is nothing I despise more than an insultingly hypocritical, pot-hollering-kettle media. It's ALL AGENDA, folks. It's INSTRUCTIVE but it is NOT ENJOYABLE!!!
Amid the uproar over the Qubeir killings, the fourth massacre in Syria in two weeks, multiple clashes flared in other Syrian locales Friday, including Damascus neighborhoods close to the center of the capital....
Just kinda wondering what decades-worth of such actions are.... oh, never mind.
“We’ve reached the point of no return.’’
Yup.
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