Aleppo Critical – Helicopter GunShips Used – Mr Aleppo [video]
108morris108
July 25, 2012
A lot of fighting in Aleppo over the last three days. Mr Aleppo is there and explains. Apologies for some poor sound quality.
German intelligence: al-Qaeda all over Syria
Friends of Syria
July 23, 2012
By John Rosenthal
German intelligence estimates that “around 90″ terror attacks that “can be attributed to organizations that are close to al-Qaeda or jihadist groups” were carried out in Syria between the end of December and the beginning of July, as reported by the German daily Die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). This was revealed
by the German government in a response to a parliamentary question.
In response to the same question, the German government admitted that it had received several reports from the German foreign intelligence service, the BND, on the May 25 massacre in the Syrian town of Houla. But it noted that the content of these reports was to remain classified “by reason of national interest”, Like many other Western governments, Germany expelled Syria’s ambassador in the immediate aftermath of the massacre, holding the Syrian government responsible for the violence.
Meanwhile, at least three major German newspapers – Die Welt, the FAZ, and the mass-market tabloid Bild – have published reports attributing responsibility for the massacre to anti-government rebel forces or treating this as the most probable scenario.
Writing in Bild, longtime German war correspondent Jurgen Todenhofer accused the rebels of “deliberately killing civilians and then presenting them as victims of the government”. He described this “massacre-marketing strategy” as being “among the most disgusting things that I have ever experienced in an armed conflict”. Todenhofer had recently been to Damascus, where he interviewed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for Germany’s ARD public television.
Wring in Die Welt, Alfred Hackensberger noted that Taldo, the sub-district of Houla where the massacre occurred, has been under rebel control since December 2011 and is in an open plain, making it unlikely that “hundreds of soldiers and Assad supporters” could have entered the village to commit the massacre. (An abridged version of Hackenberger’s report also appeared in Die Berliner Morgenpost.) Hackensberger visited Houla to conduct investigations for his report.
He also interviewed an alleged eyewitness – identified simply by the pseudonym “Jibril” – at the Saint James Monastery in Qara, Syria. In contrast to an earlier report in the FAZ, which had claimed that the victims were largely Shi’ites and Alawis, Jibril told Hackensberger that all of the victims were Sunnis “like everybody here”. By his account, they were killed for refusing to support the rebellion. Jibril added that “a lot of people in Houla know what really happened” but would not say so out of fear for their lives. “Whoever says something,” he explained, “can only repeat the rebels’ version. Anything else is certain death.”
While traveling in the region of Homs, Hackensberger heard similar stories about the conduct of the rebels. One – now former – resident of the city of Qusayr told him that not only were Christians like himself expelled from the town, but that anyone who refused to enroll their children in the Free Syrian Army had been shot. Hackensberger’s source held foreign Islamists responsible for the atrocities. “I have seen them with my own eyes,” he said, “Pakistanis, Libyans, Tunisians and also Lebanese. They call Osama bin Laden their sheikh.”
A Sunni resident of Homs told Hackensberger that he had witnessed how an armed group stopped a bus: “The passengers were divided into two groups: on the one side, Sunnis; on the other, Alawis.” According to Hackenberger’s source, the insurgents then proceeded to decapitate the nine Alawi passengers.
That the German government would cite national interest in refusing to disclose its information concerning the circumstances of the Houla massacre is particularly notable in light of Germany’s support for the rebellion and its political arm, the Syrian National Council (SNC).
While France, the United Kingdom, and the United States have figured as the most visible Western powers supporting the rebellion, Germany has been quietly playing a major role behind the scenes. According to a new report in the FAZ, the German foreign office is working with representatives of the Syrian opposition to develop “concrete plans” for a “political transition” in Syria following the fall of Assad.
John Rosenthal is a journalist who specializes on European politics and transatlantic security issues. His website is Transatlantic Intelligencer
Please Be Aware
Friends of Syria
July 23, 2012
During Libya’s ground assault on Tripoli the capital, which is a coastal city, a complete blackout was enforced on all Libyan TV channels and websites, of course to cover the truth, many journalists were held hostages at the Rixos hotel, NATO media claimed they were kept there by pro-Gaddafi forces, but we know that is not the case because selective NATO media were allowed out and reporters from Russia Today were held hostages..
At that time large numbers of NATO & stooges, namely Qatar special forces set foot on Tripoli’s land and went on a complete destruction and terror spree, we all remember how when they claimed they arrested Saif ul Islam Gaddafi and even Amnesty International and International Criminal Court has confirmed all NATO media reports his arrest the man appeared in Bab Aziziyah at night in his own Land Cruiser with his men..
A similar tactic is being put for Syria, they started taking out Syrian TV channels, Addounia for instance is banned already by an EU resolution while all Syria TV channels were asked by the Arab League to be banned from Arab League Media body controlling Nilesat and Arabsat satellites, they attempted a couple of days ago to take Addounia out as I reported earlier here and Addounia moved to an Iranian satellite on the same orbit of Arabsat with a slight frequency difference. To be more aggressive and evil, twin channels were set up to each Syrian channel bearing same logos to broadcast staged, Hollywood styled fake news of the fall of Damascus, also as I showed in a previous post here yesterday a sample video of that.
Syria’s Ministry of Information spotted a fake channel which started to broadcast from Al Jazeera office in Amman, Jordan bearing the Syrian state tv logo airing as of now patriotic songs to lure Syrian viewers and warned about it:
http://208.43.232.81/eng/21/2012/07/22/432738.htm
As for the websites, no thanks to Anonymous which proved to be one of the many NATO covert arms in NATO’s propaganda and assault, they’ve taken on their shoulders the mission of targeting all Syrian state and pro state websites, the previous post here was to give you an alternative to SANA (Syrian News Agency) but still we’re not sure if it’ll hold up.
They tried to influx a huge number of terrorists into Damascus but didn’t expect Damascus citizens to help their army cleanse the city from them, however, due to the proximity of Damascus to both Jordanian and Lebanese borders with the existing of hostile groups spotted by many media outlets in both these countries, we expect another influx of such terrorists to hit the city at what they keep calling the Zero Hour. By the way, many of their Zero Hours have failed already and last one was the day they assassinated the top officials in Damascus on 18.July.2012, which western diplomats prior to the incident said literally at the UNSC deliberates: “an ‘event’ will occur today in Damascus that would change the entire course of the crisis” then the terrorist bombing occurred, which set the Russians more furious and stopped the negotiations.
Don’t believe what you see on the same channels that have lied before so many times at you, we’re depending on God, our people and our army to defend our country at this very critical moments. Pray with us.
If Syria wins, and she will win, the imperialists would be pushed back at least a decade and all the fake radical Islamists puppet regimes installed in other countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen.. would reverse order and get their free will regained. Our New World Order based on diversity and richness of world’s cultures would flourish, their evil New World Order based on corporatism, slavery and greed would at least be delayed one generation until they grasp their breaths unless their hollow empires collapse from within.
Washington’s Plan B for Syria
By Stephen Lendman, Contributor
theintelhub.com
July 23, 2012
Replacing independent governments with pro-Western puppets is official US policy. So is war on Islam.
After Soviet Russia dissolved, Muslims replaced communists as public enemy number one. Since the 1990s, millions were ruthlessly killed. Many more die daily. Dozens succumb every day in Syria. US-sponsored death squads murder them.
On July 20 or 21st, Ramadan began. It continues for 30 days until August 18. It’s a time for prayer, fasting, reflection, spiritual purification, self-sacrifice, charity, and forgiveness.
On July 20, Obama hypocritically “extend(ed) warmest wishes to” American and global Muslims. He wished them a “blessed month.” He did it despite official US policy to murder them. It doesn’t stop in deference to Ramadan, Christmas, or any other time of year.
He contemptuously expressed support for their determination to achieve “democracy,” “equality,” “justice,” and “universal rights.” He said his administration stands forthrightly with them.
He lied. He’s a serial liar. He’s also a war criminal multiple times over.
America deplores these values at home and abroad. It won’t tolerate them. They’re anathema to the nation’s imperium. It seeks unchallenged global dominance. Ravaging the world one country at a time or in multiples is policy to achieve it.
Plans to get Security Council authorization for war failed. Russia and China vetoed three resolutions. Vladimir Putin said no to Libya 2.0.
He denounced efforts to circumvent Security Council authority. He said Russian National Security Council members deplore Western attempts to link ongoing violence to Moscow’s position.
Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov called Washington’s statements “hypocritical.” He added that America subverts efforts to urge opposition leaders to dialogue responsibly with Assad.
He called Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice accusations “absolutely unacceptable.”
Taking aim at Washington and Britain primarily, Russia’s UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said don’t “be misled by humanitarian discourse by some countries.”
“The policies on Syria are more geopolitical than humanitarian.”
“Unfortunately, the consequences of these policies will make the conflict and bloodshed continuous.”
He indicated that so-called aid is a prelude and pretext for military intervention, adding:
“The US and the UK intervened in Iraq under the most sublime of pretexts, causing (massive numbers of) civilian (deaths), let alone the displaced people inside and outside Iraq.”
Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich warned of serious consequences if Washington intention circumvents Security Council authority and intervenes directly in Syria’s internal affairs.
He said doing so constitutes “a very very alarming signal.” He rejected US retaliatory threats. He criticized congressional action and Western media denunciations.
Russia’s Duma International Affairs Committee Chairman Aleksey Pushkov called Western nations’ position on Syria political cover to escalate tensions. He rejected calls for unilateral approaches.
He accused Washington and so-called “Friends of Syria” of “double standards.” On the one hand, they support diplomatic solutions. On the other, they further violence, bloodshed, and resolving Syria’s conflict militarily. Russia stands firmly opposed.
Last week, Washington upped the stakes. Killing Syrian officials at Damascus National Security headquarters Wednesday was strategically timed.
They happened ahead of the latest Western Security Council scheme to authorize military intervention. It failed. At the same time, battles raged in and around Damascus and elsewhere. They failed.
Efforts were made to hijack Syria’s satellite channel frequencies and silence other state run online media. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) was repeatedly hacked and shut down. On Sunday it was operating. It and other Syrian media remain vulnerable.
So far Western and complicit regional attempts to destabilize, weaken, and perhaps bring down the government failed. Expect continued schemes to topple Assad and his regime.
On July 21, a New York Times editorial headlined “Stymied at UN, US Refines Plan to Remove Assad,” saying:
Obama officials “abandoned efforts for a diplomatic settlement to the conflict in Syria, and instead it is increasing aid to the rebels and redoubling efforts to rally a coalition of like-minded countries to forcibly bring down the government of President Bashar al-Assad, American officials say.”
Obama officials are meeting with Israeli, Turkish, and Western counterparts. They’re also discussing policy with Syrian opposition leaders.
Internal Washington “daily high-level meetings” are held. At issue is Plan B “to help map out a possible post-Assad government.”
“The administration has had regular talks with the Israelis about how Israel might move to destroy Syrian weapons facilities, administration officials said.”
Washington is directly involved in arming, funding, training, and directing Syrian opposition mercenaries. They’re cutthroat killers. They’re enlisted to commit mass murder.
They target pro-Assad civilians and others randomly. Expect stepped up efforts ahead of direct Western and/or regional allies’ intervention.
Unnamed US officials said:
“You’ll notice in the last couple of months, the opposition has been strengthened. Now we’re ready to accelerate that.”
According to hawkish, pro-Israeli Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) member Andrew Tabler:
“We’re looking at the controlled demolition of the Assad regime.”
He left unsaid that official Washington policy includes all options. They include full-scale war.
International Crisis Group member Robert Malley warned of “war that never ends.” Syrians won’t tolerate being ruled by elements now fighting them.
Josh Rogin reports on national security, foreign policy, and defense issues. On July 20, his Foreign Policy article headlined “Inside the quiet effort to plan for a post-Assad Syria,” saying:
Senior Syrian opposition group representatives are meeting covertly in Germany. The State Department provides funding.
For “the last six months,” they’ve been working with so-called US Institute for Peace (USIP) members. They’re planning a post-Assad government.
USIP is a pro-Western front group. According to the Weekly Standard:
Washington supplies millions of dollars. “Since 1985, taxpayers have forked over more than $720 million (inflation adjusted).”
“That has included support for a gleaming new 150,000 square foot office building in the shadow of that other taxpayer-supported institution (allegedly) devoted to peace: the State Department.”
USIP’s Steven Heydemann heads the initiative. In June, he met with Friends of Syria representatives in Istanbul. The project is called:
“The day after: Supporting a democratic transition in Syria.” Heydemann said USIP is “working in a support role with a large group of opposition groups to define a transition process for a post-Assad Syria.”
USIP shortly plans releasing a report. It’s a regime change strategy document. Implementing initial priorities needs to start now, said Heydemann. He disingenuously claims pushing Assad from power isn’t discussed.
“We have very purposely stayed away from contributing to the direct overthrow of the Assad regime,” he said. “Our project is called ‘the day after.’ There are other groups working on the day before.”
Of course, they’re interconnected. As the lyrics to the well-known spiritual “Dem Bones” say, the hip bone is connected to the thigh bone, etc.
USIP board chairman J. Robinson West is a corporate CEO (PFC Energy). President Richard H. Solomon is a former Assistant Secretary of State. Vice chairman of the board George E. Moose is a former Assistant Secretary of State.
Other board members include:
Judy Van Rest: right-wing International Republican Institute (ISI) executive vice president.
Michael H. Posner: Obama’s Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
Of course, all US administrations deplore these values. They tolerate none of them at home or abroad.
James N. Miller: Obama’s Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Nancy McEldowney: Interim president of the National Defense University (NDU).
Eric S. Edelman: A retired US Foreign Service Career Minister. He also held senior Defense Department positions.
Judy Ansley: Previously she held various high-level national security and Senate staff positions.
Syrian opposition members support violently overthrowing Assad’s government. Most Syrians support it. In May, free, fair, and open parliamentary elections were held. Ruling party members won most seats.
Washington, key NATO partners, and so-called Friends of Syria don’t recognize them. They represent Syria, not Western interests.
Replacing them with subservient puppets is policy. USIP was enlisted to help. It’s a wrongly named imperial tool. It supports war, not peace. It’s well paid for furthering Washington’s imperium. Destroying Syria is prioritized.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. His new book is titled How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War
Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.
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July 22, 2012 – “The Free Syrian Army ruined our lives,” reports BBC in their article, “Syria crisis: Iraqis flee ‘sectarian violence’ in Damascus.” Refugees returning to Iraq from Syria undulated a BBC reporter with accounts of why they’ve fled, citing sectarian violence perpetrated by the Western backed, armed, and funded so-called “Free Syrian Army” (FSA). Accounts reaffirm that indeed foreign fighters are amongst the FSA’s ranks, including Iraqi sectarian extremists serving as commanders.
Reports from Libya earlier this year confirmed that hundreds of Libyan fighters as well as NATO-supplied weapons and cash were pledged to the FSA by Al Qaeda’s Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) commander, Abdul Hakim Belhaj.
These accounts of sectarian violence are by no means the first. Bloomberg conceded recently that “the sectarian civil war between Syria’s Sunnis and Alawites that the world had long feared has begun,” the manifestation of warnings by international geopolitical analysts signaled as early as 2007.
It is admittedly under the current Syrian government that Syria’s large populations of ethnic and religious minorities, particularly Shi’ia Muslims, moderate Sunnis, Christians, and Druze have been protected from the inevitable sectarian onslaught by extremists cultivated by the West. In 2007, in Hersh’s “The Redirection,” the following foreshadowing to Bloomberg’s “sectarian civil war” was given:
“Robert Baer, a former longtime C.I.A. agent in Lebanon, has been a severe critic of Hezbollah and has warned of its links to Iranian-sponsored terrorism. But now, he told me, “we’ve got Sunni Arabs preparing for cataclysmic conflict, and we will need somebody to protect the Christians in Lebanon. It used to be the French and the United States who would do it, and now it’s going to be Nasrallah and the Shiites” –The Redirection, Seymour Hersh (2007)
Now, demonstratively, we see exactly this feared onslaught manifesting itself in Syria, in particular against Christians as indicated in LA Times’ “Church fears ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Christians in Homs, Syria,” and more recently in USA Today’s distorted, but still telling, “Christians in Syria live in uneasy alliance with Assad, Alawites.” Even the massacre in Houla, seems to echo of this 2007 warning, bearing all the hallmarks of sectarian extremists like Al Qaeda.
The Fighting Faithful: Jihad ravages Syria as Ramadan begins [video]
Russia Today
July 21, 2012
Government forces in Syria are launching all-out counter attacks in the capital to reclaim districts held by rebels. But the country is now facing a new, religious front. It’s split over when to start marking the Islamic Holy month of Ramadan. It’s meant to be a time of peace and prayer in the Muslim world – but Syrians have little hope it will help curtail violence, as RT’s Oksana Boyko now reports from Damascus.
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