Orthodox Priest Kidnapped and Executed by US-NATO Sponsored Rebels
by Agenzia Fides (Vatican News)
Global Research
October 25, 2012
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – The body of the greek orthodox priest Fr. Fadi Jamil Haddad, pastor of the church of St. Elias in Qatana, was found today in the Jaramana neighborhood (north of Damascus) not far from the place where he was kidnapped, on October 19, by unidentified armed group (see Fides 24/10/2012). This was confirmed to Fides by Fr. Haddad’s greek-orthodox confrere, who asked for anonymity. “His body was horribly tortured and his eyes gouged out,” he told Fides. “It is a purely terrorist act. Fr. Haddad is a martyr of our church. ”
With regards to the responsibilities of the terrible act there is an ongoing rebound of responsibilities between the opposition forces and government authorities, that accuse the armed gangs of armed rebellion in the army. According to Fides sources, the kidnappers had asked the priest’s family and his church a ransom of 50 million Syrian pounds (over 550 thousand euro). It was, however, impossible to find the money and meet this exorbitant demand. A source of Fides condemns “the terrible practice, present for months in this dirty war, of kidnapping and then killing innocent civilians.”
Among the various Christian communities in Syria, the greek orthodox is the largest (with about 500 thousand faithful) and is concentrated mainly in the western part of the country and in Damascus.
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OPPOSE THE HALIFAX WAR CONFERENCE! Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 — 1 pm
Potent News
October 26, 2012
WARMONGERS NOT WELCOME IN HALIFAX!
Oppose the Halifax War Conference!
SATURDAY
NOV. 17, 2012 1 pm
Halifax Peace & Freedom Park
(formerly Cornwallis Park) Hollis & South Sts.
Organized by: No Harbour For War
Endorsed by: Halifax Peace Coalition, CUPW, NSPIRG,
Food Not Bombs – More to follow –
For further info: noharbourforwar@hotmail.com
NO WAR ON IRAN!
HANDS OFF SYRIA!
WAR CRIMINALS – OUT OF HALIFAX!
CANADA OUT OF NATO!
DISMANTLE NATO!
NO HARBOUR FOR WAR!
Established 4 years ago the Halifax International Security Forum, based in Washington, D.C., will take place Nov. 16-18 at the Westin hotel.
Warmongers from more than 40 countries will join Peter MacKay and some 300 others at the Forum “to learn from each other, share opinions, generate new ideas, and put them into action.”
This is all looked at from the perspective that as the world’s sole superpower, the U.S. is free to dictate to the peoples of the world as it pleases.
It is unacceptable that Halifax, or any Canadian city, be used as a venue to plan further crimes against the peace and the peoples of the world. Bring your banners and placards, bring your music and statements, and most of all bring your friends to oppose this war conference.
A world conflagration looms. Only through conscious and systematic organization can the people stop the warmongers.
HANDS OFF SYRIA! HANDS OFF IRAN!
Weekly Picket:
Oppose imperialist intervention in Syria and Iran!
4 – 5pm, every Friday
Corner of Spring Garden Road & Barrington Street
Weekly Discussion:
Why Syria? Why Iran?
5pm, every Friday
Paper Chase, 5228 Blowers Street
No Harbour For War and other concerned Haligonians
[Potent News Editor’s note: Again, while these events are being organized in part by Marxists, I do not condone Marxism and I merely oppose wars of aggression waged against innocent people anywhere. The issue is that imperialism/domination has been disguised as a humanitarian effort and people just keep eating up propaganda that is urging them to support the slaughter of other countries in the name of honour and justice.
I can’t deny that the NSPIRG logo reminds me of the OTPOR logo and (while that could be a coincidence) it is noteworthy that OTPOR/CANVAS has been one of the main culprits involved in various US-backed regime change operations (serving as controlled-opposition) so I’ll be keeping a close eye on NSPIRG in order to maintain a healthy level of skepticism…
That said, Canada’s foreign policy threatens to play a significant role in igniting a 3rd World War. That is something I think few people on this planet would actually want when all is said and done. It seems like a big subject but to me it’s just common sense. You simply can’t help people by bombing them. That is the opposite of help. Bombs cause destruction. They don’t transform into bananas on the way down or anything like that. They explode and inflict widespread carnage ending many innocent people’s lives. Bullets don’t turn into fries before they hit a person. They maintain their metallic structure and blood gets spilled. If you value the sovereignty of other countries, please join us in asking difficult questions, raising awareness and challenging the orthodox narrative that we are constantly force-fed by our corrupt mainstream media.]
UNSC issues statement on Syria Eid ceasefire [video]
PressTV
October 25, 2012
Closed-door Security Council consultations on Syria took more than two hours Wednesday morning as Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi briefed the Council via closed-circuit television.
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Damascus agrees to 4-day Eid ceasefire across Syria, starting Friday
A unit of the Syrian armed forces carry out a military operation in the Khan al-Raslan neighbourhood of Syria’s northern city of Aleppo (AFP Photo / STR)
Russia Today
October 25, 2012
Damascus announced it has agreed to a four-day ceasefire across Syria for the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, the ‘Feast of Sacrifice.’ The truce will begin on Friday.
“We hope that they both realize the importance of a pause in the fighting… in the symbolic quieting, the silence of the guns,” UN deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said after a closed-door meeting of the 15-nation Security Council.
Eliasson confirmed that the temporary truce could “create a political environment, where political talks are possible.”
The ceasefire came after UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi visited Syria earlier this week, and is one of the first real breakthroughs in halting violence in the war-torn country so far.
Brahimi proposed that both sides lay down their arms for the Islamic holiday celebrated by most of the world’s Muslims, which begins on Friday.
Syrian army command agreed to suspend military operations, but insisted on the right to retaliate against any rebel attacks.
During this period, it said, it would also respond to attempts to smuggle in arms from neighboring countries, and against any rebel group attempting to reinforce. The army also said it would prevent “terrorists” from crossing its borders.
The Free Syrian Army commander responded that the rebels would commit to the truce, on the condition that prisoners be released on Friday.
A spokesperson for the Islamist group Ansar al-Islam said that their fighters would not commit to the ceasefire, and expressed doubts that the Syrian Army would honor it.
3 Desperate Libyan Voices Downing St Demo 24 Oct [video]
108morris108
October 24, 2012
Everyone talking has lost relatives and experienced endless tragedy since the troubles started in Libya. And now they are seeing more, and they gathered opposite the residence of the British Prime Minister with full knowledge that he will do nothing.
Western intervention in Libya aimed at failed state – RT Morris [video]
108morris108
October 24, 2012
Re Uploaded with permission: Twenty days after pro-government militias first encircled Bani Walid, forces say they’ve seized the former Gaddafi stronghold.
The chaos engulfing the city one year after the fall of Gaddafi has largely been attributed to Libya’s lack of a unified government.
Freelance journalist Morris Herman says the weak government is a product of the West, which is still sending weapons to the rival town of Misrata. And as the city rests on the brink of a humanitarian crisis, Herman says residents of Bani Walid want help — but not from NATO.
Read More here: http://rt.com/news/libya-bani-walid-violence-166/
NATO as Global Imperial Army – Rick Rozoff on GRTV [video]
Global Research TV
October 22, 2012
As NATO continues to expand across the globe through a series of partnerships, initiatives and dialogues, what was once a collective security agreement is increasingly becoming a global military strike force capable of bombarding, invading and occupying countries anywhere in the world. Through STOP Nato International, activists like Rick Rozoff are performing the thankless task of raising awareness of the growing threat to the world that NATO represents. Find out more about this important topic in this week’s GRTV Feature Interview.
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