Syrian Girl Discusses The Hypocrisy of Anti Syrian Sanctions on Press TV [video]
YouTube – SyrianGirlpartisan
April 24, 2012
Drums of Intervention: Syrians refuse to dance to foreign tune [video]
Russia Today
April 23, 2012
The UN’s bolstering its observer mission to Syria – as multiple reports continue that the teetering ceasefire is being violated by both sides. The rebels’ political leaders still want a UN-backed military intervenention. But the public have no appetite for foreign interference. RT’s Oksana Boyko reports from Damascus.
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NGO crackdown: Gagging democracy or national self-defense?
Russia Today
April 24, 2012
Egypt has denied licenses to eight US-based non-profit groups, saying they violated the country’s sovereignty. Many states are concerned that foreign government-backed NGOs are really agents for their sponsors, rather than independent action groups.
Among the organizations banned from continuing their work in Egypt are the Carter Center for Human Rights, set up by former US President Jimmy Carter, Christian group The Coptic Orphans, Seeds of Peace and other groups.
Egyptian authorities warned that if the NGOs try to work without a license, Cairo would “take relevant measures”.
Local media speculate that the rejection may be temporary, and licenses could be granted later, after the presidential election due on May 23 and 24.
Monday’s move revives a crackdown by the Egyptian authorities on foreign-funded NGOs, which recently provoked a serious diplomatic row with long-term ally US. In late December 2011, security forces raided offices of a number of groups suspected of receiving money in violation of Egyptian legislation.
In February, prosecutors charged 43 people with instilling dissent and meddling in domestic policies following last year’s mass protests, which resulted in the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak. Among them were citizens of the US, Germany, Serbia, Norway and Jordan.
In March, an Egyptian court revoked the travel ban for 17 indicted Americans following Washington’s threat to withdraw $1.3 billion annual military aid to Cairo. The decision provoked a wave criticism of the ruling military council in Egypt. Many activists accused them of betraying national interests under American pressure.
But shortly after the suspected Americans left the country, Cairo’s prosecutors decided to target more people allegedly involved in the case, who were not in Egypt when the charges against their colleagues were made. Egypt asked Interpol to issue “red notices” for 15 NGO workers, including 12 Americans, two Lebanese and a Jordanian.
On Monday, Interpol’s French headquarters announced that the Egyptian request had been turned down, because it contradicted rules that strictly forbid the organization “to undertake any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.”
Not so non-government
There may be a good reason why national governments in troubled countries mistrust US-funded NGOs. For instance, NATO’s intervention in Libya was partially justified by exaggerated reports of human rights organizations alleging that Muammar Gaddafi’s forces committed crimes against humanity and breached international law in other ways, reports RT’s Maria Portnaya. After the war some of them admitted to giving ungrounded reports.
Powerful NGOs like Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International are supposed to be objective monitors and not take sides, but in reality they “enter into an excessively cozy relationship with for example the United States government, but also other powerful Western allies, over Libya and over other issues,” John Laughland from the Institute of Democracy and Cooperation told RT.
This is what happened in Libya and is now happening in Syria, he added.
“The equivalent, if you like, of the Libyan League of Human Rights, which is called the Damascus Centre for Human Rights, has played exactly the same role. They’ve alleged crimes against humanity. They’ve called for safe havens, and armed intervention in that country. And they are quite clear political lobbyists, who are trying to secure a military intervention against Syria along the lines of the one approved last year against Libya,” Laughland explained.
Another example is the group behind the Kony 2012 initiative. The California-based NGO Invisible Children is calling to stop the use of child soldiers and is promoting peace in the Ugandan civil war. But the same organization provided Uganda’s authorities with intelligence that led to the arrest of several regime opponents, as a US embassy cable published by WikiLeaks revealed.
“I’m willing to believe that was not the one time that Invisible Children provided information to the Ugandan authorities. What else do we not know, in terms of their relations with the Ugandan Government?” asks Milton Allimadi, Editor-in-chief of the Black Star News.
The viral video calling on a campaign to stop Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army appeared just months after President Obama decided to send 100 US military advisors to the region to help local governments remove Kony “from the battlefield”. Some human rights organizations criticized the move, saying among those receiving American aid is South Sudan’s People’s Liberation Army, which is known to exploit child soldiers just like Kony does.
NGOs are not currently held accountable for the information they publish, no matter how much collateral damage false facts may cause. Critics say some of those organizations actually pave the way for conflict rather than advocating peaceful solutions.
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Source – http://rt.com/news/egytp-ngo-ban-us-825/
[hat tip: End the Lie]
Western intervention in Syria [video]
End the Lie
April 20, 2012
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Relevant stories: Could NATO get pulled into Syrian intervention by Turkey under the collective defense initiative?
More at EndtheLie.com – http://EndtheLie.com/2012/02/11/could-nato-get-pulled-into-syrian-interventio…
As predicted, Arab League and Turkey reportedly plan no-fly zone over Syria with U.S. logistical support
More at EndtheLie.com – http://EndtheLie.com/2011/11/23/as-predicted-arab-league-and-turkey-reportedl…
Clinton slams Russia and China, predicts Syrian military coup
More at EndtheLie.com – http://EndtheLie.com/2012/02/25/clinton-slams-russia-and-china-predicts-syria…
Reports say Russian ships in Syrian waters delivered advanced anti-aircraft missile system and technicians
More at EndtheLie.com – http://EndtheLie.com/2011/11/24/reports-say-russian-ships-in-syrian-waters-de…
Western leaders threaten Syria after UN warns of failing ceasefire — http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9215229/Western-le…
End the Lie Radio with Madison Ruppert – Episode 12 [audio]
End the Lie Radio with Madison Ruppert
April 15, 2012
End the Lie Radio with Madison Ruppert and guest, Activist Post writer Brandon Turbeville, discussing the proliferation of invasive surveillance technologies, as well as taking an in depth look at the current turmoil unfolding in Syria.
Brandon Turbeville is an author out of Mullins, South Carolina. He has a Bachelor’s Degree from Francis Marion University and is the author of three books, Codex Alimentarius — The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies, and Five Sense Solutions. Turbeville has published over one hundred articles dealing with a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties.
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UN Working With NATO to Provide Pretext for Syrian Intervention [video included]
UN “aid” program to be used in establishing NATO “humanitarian corridors.”
by Tony Cartalucci
April 21, 2012 – Recently reported in Reuters’, “UN seeks Syria nod for major aid operation,” the UN is seeking to bring in “aid workers” and open offices all across Syria in order to carry out what they call a “major humanitarian operation.”
Syria has criticized certain nations of what is clearly the “politicizing of humanitarian aid.” Fortune 500-funded US policy think-tank, Brookings Institution has openly stated that US foreign policy would best be served by taking advantage of “gaining humanitarian access” allowing the West to “add further coercive action to its efforts” to topple the Syrian government. Specifically, Brookings foresees gaining such access may lead to establishing “safe-havens and humanitarian corridors” protected by NATO military forces, in yet another example of the “mission creep” that led to regime change in Libya. Such “creep” would give proxy militant forces unassailable positions to continue their campaign of violence against the Syrian people.
Image: Brookings Institution’s Middle East Memo #21 “Assessing Options for Regime Change (.pdf),” makes no secret that the humanitarian “responsibility to protect” is but a pretext for long-planned regime change.
Despite the UN’s “peace plan” being fully rejected by both the Syrian rebels and their Western and Arab League backers who have openly pledged cash, weapons, and support for them to continue fighting, in full violation of the proposed ceasefire, the Western media has instead accused the Syrian government of failing to meet its obligations. As the West continues to fuel the violence, and if “humanitarian access” is approved, military intervention will be proposed to combat what will be claimed to be Syrian government “belligerence.”
Video: Michael Weiss of the Neo-Con “Henry Jackson Society,” openly admits that diplomatic options are being paraded publicly to satisfy public opinion, but ultimately NATO plans to unilaterally intervene militarily in Syria, and will do so with the UN’s purposefully sabotaged “humanitarian operation” as its pretext.
Driving the echo chamber that is the Western media, are corporate-financier funded (beginning on page 18, .pdf), Neo-Conservative led think-tanks like the Henry Jackson Society (HJS), whose representatives can be found propagandizing on Qatari government propaganda outlet Al Jazeera accusing the Syrian government of “serially violating” the terms of the UN proposed “peace deal.” Al Jazeera regular, Michael Weiss of HJS, openly admits that “diplomatic options” are merely being peddled to satisfy public opinion and that ultimately NATO will act unilaterally, outside of the UN, to militarily intervene.
Image: Representatives from “reputable” sounding institutions are regularly paraded on corporate-media outlets like CNN, BBC, and the Qatari government-run Al Jazeera to “explain” world events. In reality, these institutions are all funded by the same handful of Wall Street and London corporate-financiers and represent a singular agenda that transcends presidencies. Western policy toward Syria is being determined by the same people during the “Obama administration” as during the “Bush administration.” They will continue to determine said policy regardless of who wins elections in Europe or America during 2012. (click on image to enlarge)
The proposed timetable for the UN’s “humanitarian operation” is at least 6 months and represents a long-term commitment to continue destabilizing and ultimately overthrowing the Syrian government at any cost, in both resources and time. To prevent NATO military intervention, Syria and its allies would have to create a tactical environment on the ground that would make any such encroachment untenable. Additionally, undermining the international institutions disingenuously portraying the Syrian conflict as “one-sided” must be accomplished – this includes faux-rights advocates like Soros-funded Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, along with various arms and personalities inside the UN itself.
Wall Street and London are determined to intervene in Syria with or without UN approval, illustrating again the absolute fraud that is “global governance” and international “rule of law.” When the West decides to intervene, it must be made sure that they do so openly as perpetrators of a war of aggression, as defined by the Nuremberg trials – the very precedence of the willfully abused international law now at play.
The Making of Terror and Lies in Syria, Activists Exposed [video]
YouTube – nutflipped
April 10, 2012
[Potent News Editor’s note: I do not share the hip-hop artist’s enthusiasm for Bashar al-Assad, however the information contained in this video is extremely relevant to the situation in Syria.]
This is a compilation of video clips uploaded by anti-Syrian Government propagandists. It outlines the contradictory statements of the propagandists and exposes the insidious modus operande used by terrorists attacking Syria. This modus operande involves false flag attacks, terror and torture.
The video compiles clips shot over six months of the same group of terrorists. The emphasis is on how the YouTube uploaders and the so-called Syrian activists portray these terrorists and exposes their massive lies that sustain these terrorists and harnesses international support for them.
Based on an Arabic clip by TheSyrianfighter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cegVTeQc1k
Music by alex ft Khoder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QirLaudT3U
Original “activists” clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uofLa-j9qbE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8vP99ijT00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBAwWGwJLiM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCDi0I6hSig
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[hat tip: Friends of Syria]
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