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osoab
31st January 2012, 04:13 PM
I haven't really paid much attention to the happenings in Syria.

Iran and Libya have taken center stage for me.

But, when I read something like this, alarm bells start to ring. Looks like they are trying to draw sentiment for a new war. Iran Light?



Syrian troops 'shot two-year-old girl to stop her becoming a protester' (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2067251/Syrian-troops-shot-year-old-girl-stop-protester.html)



A two-year-old girl was shot to death by Syrian soldiers to prevent her from growing up to be a demonstrator, a United Nations probe said today.

The toddler was one of hundreds of children who have been murdered by troops since the government in March started a crackdown on the protest movement that has swept through the Middle-East.

As of early November, government forces have killed at least 256 children and committed other 'crimes against humanity', according to the report by a panel of independent experts.

The study said that men and boys have been sexually tortured at military detention facilities.

'Torture was applied equally to adults and children,' said the panel's report to the UN Human Rights Council.

Among its details were that 'numerous testimonies indicated that boys were subjected to sexual torture in places of detention in front of adult men.'

The panel said government forces used excessive force to 'shoot indiscriminately at unarmed protesters' while snipers targeted others in the upper body and head.
It found Syrian security forces cooperating with militias were given 'shoot to kill' orders to crush demonstrations.

Paulo Pinheiro, a Brazilian professor and the panel's chairman, said: 'These crimes include murder, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence. We have a very solid body of evidence.'

The panel's members and staff weren't allowed into Syria. But the commission said that it had interviewed 223 victims and witnesses, including defectors from Syria's military and security forces, since September. Reminiscent of Curveball?

The UN Human Rights Council appointed Mr Pinheiro, Turkish women's rights expert Yakin Erturk and Karen Abu Zayd, a U.S. citizen and former head of UNRWA, the U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees to lead an international investigation of allegations of human rights abuses in Syria.

The commission was asked to follow up on a report from the UN human rights office that crimes against humanity may have occurred during Syria's crackdown against anti-government protesters, and to find those responsible.

Among the other findings listed in the report:



Checkpoints had 'blacklists' of people wanted by authorities and orders to shoot demonstrators trying to pass
On April 25, in Dar'a, dozens of conscripts who fired into the air rather than follow an order to shoot directly at people's homes were themselves killed by security forces posted behind them
The injured people taken to military hospitals were beaten and tortured during interrogation. In Homs, they suffered at the hands of security forces dressed as doctors allegedly with the 'complicity' of real medical personnel
Arbitrary arrests and unlawful detentions were widespread. Most of those arrested were blindfolded and handcuffed and denied food or medical help. Thousands more may have been abducted and disappeared.


The report came out as it today emerged Russia is sending a flotilla of warships to its naval base in Syria in a show of force which suggests Moscow is willing to defend its interests in the strife-torn country.

Arab League sanctions and French calls for the establishment of humanitarian zones in Syria have increased international pressure on Assad to end bloodshed that the UN said has killed 3,500 people during nine months of protests against his rule.

Russia, which has a naval maintenance base in Syria and whose weapons trade with Damascus is worth millions of dollars annually, joined China last month to veto a Western-backed UN Security Council resolution condemning Assad’s government.

Izvestia newspaper today reported, citing retired Russian Admiral Viktor Kravchenko, that Russia plans to send its flagship aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, along with a patrol ship, an anti-submarine craft and other vessels Admiral Kravchenko said: 'Having any military force apart from Nato is very beneficial for the region as it prevents the outbreak of armed conflict.'

A navy spokesman quoted by the newspaper confirmed that the Russian warships would head to the maintenance base Russia keeps on the Syrian coast near Tartus but said the trip had nothing to do with the uprising against Assad.

The paper said the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier would be armed with at least eight Sukhoi-33 fighters, several MiG-29K fighters and two helicopters.

It will also have cruise and surface to air missiles, the paper said.
Yegor Engelhart, an analyst with Moscow-based defence think-tank CAST, said Moscow did not want its position to be ignored while the Assad government was under pressure.

'At the very least Moscow wants to show that it is willing to defend its interests in Syria,' he said.I'm not saying there are not shitheads that may have done this. Look at Abu Graib.

I am also puzzled as to why Russia allowed Qaddafi to be plundered vs standing by Syria. Is Syria that dirt poor that the plundering isn't worth it?

ximmy
31st January 2012, 04:35 PM
Please do not mention current events in America...

Oakland cops shoot Iraq vet in head
Protester shot with rubber bullet for no reason
Oakland Protesters Shot in the Face with Rubber Bullets

osoab
31st January 2012, 06:03 PM
Please do not mention current events in America...

Oakland cops shoot Iraq vet in head
Protester shot with rubber bullet for no reason
Oakland Protesters Shot in the Face with Rubber Bullets


I didn't see you post about the three above stories ximmy.... ::) Sheesh.


This is the first thread on Syria for the forum, as far as I could tell by using the search engine.

Now since this topic has been neglected by the forum (plenty of other things I know), I was bringing the topic specifically up.

After reading the above psyop story, I was hoping some others would chime in that are following the action. Nothing seems right with any of the zio-media I listen too concerning Syria. It's the same m.o. as Libya, Egypt, and Iran, imo.

Hatha Sunahara
31st January 2012, 10:39 PM
I am inclined to believe nothing of what I hear from the government or the MSM on Syria. What I do believe is from independent journalists like Webster Trarpley. He says that the US and NATO are conducting an insurgency against Syria. One of the people who led the insurgency against Qadaffi named Belhaj has set up shop in Iskenderun, Turkey, and is conducting the insurgency from there.

The insurgents--who are not mostly Syrian, have been snipers on rooftops who shoot into crowds, killing people, and in concert with the media, blame the Assad regime. Assad is not shooting or torturing his own people. He's trying to protect his people from the US and NATO sponsored insurgents. The point of the insurgency is to create fear in the population, and to demonstrate how their government cannot protect them. The MSM tells the outside world some preposterous lies about what is going on in Syria.

I heard a BBC interview today with John Negroponte--a Neocon who introduced death squads into Nicaragua, and works for the US State Department. He made the argument that Assad should step down and turn over power to his deputy. As I watched this, it struck me--what is it his business what is going on in Syria? But he's a high ranking officer in the State Department, and he is pressing US foreign policy that comes from the Shadow Government through Obama and Hillary Clinton. Their agenda is to destabilize Syria and effect a regime change--to put the country into turmoil. The only beneficiary of that would be Israel.

Syria is in 'the land between the rivers (Nile and Euphrates), which is 'Greater Israel'. I read a paper put out by and Israeli Think Tank that was written in the early 1980s that advocated destabilization of Arab regimes so that the arabs would be balkanized and disunited, and Israel would be able to dominate them. I can't remember the name of the paper, but I will research it and post it when I rediscover it.

Hatha

Hatha Sunahara
31st January 2012, 11:38 PM
Here is a link to the Israeli strategy paper I mentioned above:

http://cosmos.ucc.ie/cs1064/jabowen/IPSC/articles/article0005345.html

And here is an excerpt from it that speaks about Syria specifically:



The Western front, which on the surface appears more problematic, is in fact less complicated than the Eastern front, in which most of the events that make the headlines have been taking place recently. Lebanon's total dissolution into five provinces serves as a precendent for the entire Arab world including Egypt, Syria, Iraq and the Arabian peninsula and is already following that track. The dissolution of Syria and Iraq later on into ethnically or religiously unqiue areas such as in Lebanon, is Israel's primary target on the Eastern front in the long run, while the dissolution of the military power of those states serves as the primary short term target. Syria will fall apart, in accordance with its ethnic and religious structure, into several states such as in present day Lebanon, so that there will be a Shi'ite Alawi state along its coast, a Sunni state in the Aleppo area, another Sunni state in Damascus hostile to its northern neighbor, and the Druzes who will set up a state, maybe even in our Golan, and certainly in the Hauran and in northern Jordan. This state of affairs will be the guarantee for peace and security in the area in the long run, and that aim is already within our reach today.And here we are 30 years later, and Israel has recruited the USA to do the dirty work of destabilizing the Arab states in the middle east.

Assad is not killing his own people, He is defending himself from a western led insurgency. Assad must be toppled before Israel will give the USA the green light to destroy Iran.

You might want to watch some Webster Tarpley reports here:

http://tarpley.net/

And here's a Global Research article from last June that describes what is going on in Syria:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=25312




Hatha

Awoke
1st February 2012, 07:15 AM
Any committee that is rooted from the UN is serving the NWO. The Khazar-Jew-founded UN is the bastard offspring from the league of nations.

Thanks Hatha, for those posts.

Canadian-guerilla
1st February 2012, 07:34 AM
Syrian troops 'shot two-year-old girl to stop her becoming a protester


" Iraqi troops throwing newborns out of incubators "

DMac
1st February 2012, 08:09 AM
Just a friendly reminder that anything Webster Tarpley writes is going to be skewed with Zionist protectionism. He is a Zionist and former close pal to LaRouche.

Hatha Sunahara
1st February 2012, 04:34 PM
I think Tarpley is more of a truth seeker than a Zionist. He doesn't attack them, nor does he defend them. He doesn't ignore them when he fits together a picture of the world. I like to think I'm getting an accurate, objective spin on the world from Tarpley. He tells you things the MSM won't tell you because he is not a part of the MSM. He is an enemy of the NWO. I know of his association with La Rouche which is why Tarpley is able to provide a historical perspective to his version of what's going on. Both Tarpley and Larouche are members of the Intellectual class. Professorial. Opinionated. But maybe, like all other humans, corruptible. I'll pay closer attention to his spin. I consider him a very courageous fellow.

Hatha

JohnQPublic
1st February 2012, 05:40 PM
As I have pointed out many times, the LaRouche organization is largely staffed by Jews. They are anti-zionist at least in what they say. LaRouche himself is attacked by the ADL and zionist groups. What I find interesting is they take everything that most people in on the Jews and pin it on the British. This partially ignores the interaction of the Jews and British history.

DMac
2nd February 2012, 08:46 AM
Red flag: Tarpley never mentions Israel or Mossad when discussing 911.

Beware of Webster Tarpley's Disinformation (http://www.whale.to/b/webster_tarpley.html)
by Christopher Bollyn
January 20, 2010

Silver Rocket Bitches!
2nd February 2012, 08:54 AM
" Iraqi troops throwing newborns out of incubators "


That's exactly what came to mind. Be wary anytime they make an emotional appeal, a sure sign of propaganda.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v94WsjWKQ3U

osoab
6th February 2012, 07:28 AM
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/pictures/picture-5.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden)
US Severs Diplomatic Ties With Syria, Closes Embassy, Pulls Diplomats (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/us-severs-diplomatic-ties-syria-closes-embassy-pulls-diplomats)




Two months ago, Hillary told all Americans (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/aircraft-carrier-cvn-77-parks-next-door-syria-just-us-urges-americans-leave-country-immediately)to get "immediately out of the 'dodge' known as Syria. Today, the request is formally an order, following an AP report (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/us-closes-embassy-in-damascus-pulls-american-diplomats-out-of-syria/2012/02/06/gIQAAGhrtQ_story.html?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpos t)that the US has just severed ties with Syria.


US closes embassy in Damascus, pulls American diplomats out of Syria - AP

And now, go back to watching Go Daddy ads of women painting women.

Hatha Sunahara
6th February 2012, 10:12 AM
Here's a little more perspective on what's going on in Syria.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NB04Ak01.html

NATO seems to be honing it's insurgency operations here as it did in Libya. Whether it's an insurgency or a counter-insurgency, the only measure that means anything is success. At one time, the CIA could destabilize a country all by itself without military involvement. Maybe it means something now that the military is getting involved in these operations. There seems to be a schedule involved here. Maybe it is that schedule of regime toppling goals that Wesley Clark described--first Iraq, then Libya, then Syria, then Yemen, then Somalia, then Lebanon and lastly Iran. Syria and Lebanon have to go down before Iran because Iran supports them against Israel. Israel is safer from Iran if Iran's allies that surround Israel are no longer hostile.


Hatha

Neuro
6th February 2012, 11:19 AM
What Hatha describes above may very well be the plan they have. But in the powervacuum of Assad. Hizbollah and other groups that hate Israel more than they fear death will step in. Syria is different than Libya in that they have Israel as neighbour, a more visible and uniting enemy. The only reason a major war haven't been fought with Israel over the last 45 years have been the Assad family, they are moderates. Take them away and hell will break out!

osoab
6th February 2012, 11:32 AM
What Hatha describes above may very well be the plan they have. But in the powervacuum of Assad. Hizbollah and other groups that hate Israel more than they fear death will step in. Syria is different than Libya in that they have Israel as neighbour, a more visible and uniting enemy. The only reason a major war haven't been fought with Israel over the last 45 years have been the Assad family, they are moderates. Take them away and hell will break out!

I thought hizbollah was a creation of Mossad, CIA, and MI6.

Neuro
6th February 2012, 11:46 AM
I thought hizbollah was a creation of Mossad, CIA, and MI6.

I haven't heard of that. I read that Hamas was started by Mossad...

If indeed Hizbollah was started by Mossad, CIA and MI6, then it looks like it backfired on Israel at least. They held their ground and pushed back the Israelis quite effectively in 2006...

osoab
6th February 2012, 12:00 PM
I haven't heard of that. I read that Hamas was started by Mossad...

If indeed Hizbollah was started by Mossad, CIA and MI6, then it looks like it backfired on Israel at least. They held their ground and pushed back the Israelis quite effectively in 2006...


Maybe I was thinking of Hamas.

Neuro
6th February 2012, 12:26 PM
Maybe I was thinking of Hamas.
Yes Hamas was created to splinter the Palestinians that were largely united with PLO, and Yassir Arafat...

osoab
6th February 2012, 03:48 PM
The quotes were in the headline article.

Wow, talking about wag the dog. Looks like the banks need "money" and Iran is the best bogeyman as a source while fitting into the "agenda".

Obama tightens Iran sanctions over bank "deception" (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-rt-us-iran-usa-assetstre8151bt-20120206,0,2447735.story)


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama tightened sanctions on Iran another notch, the White House said on Monday, targeting its central bank and giving U.S. banks new powers to freeze assets linked to the government.

Obama's move, in an executive order he signed on Sunday, was the latest action in an escalating campaign to target the Central Bank of Iran, and was intended to close loopholes in existing sanctions Tehran has exploited.

In a letter to Congress, Obama said Iranian banks were hiding transactions to undercut the financial sanctions the United States and other powers have imposed in response to Iran's nuclear program.

"I have determined that additional sanctions are warranted, particularly in light of the deceptive practices of the Central Bank of Iran and other Iranian banks to conceal transactions of sanctioned parties," Obama said in the letter.

He said the expanded powers - including powers for foreign branches of American banks - were necessary because of "deficiencies in Iran's anti-money laundering regime" and "the continuing and unacceptable risk posed to the international financial system by Iran's activities."

Previously, U.S. banks were required to reject, rather than block and freeze, Iranian transactions. Obama's executive order requires American institutions to seize Iranian state assets they encounter instead of just turning them back.

The total value of Iranian assets that would be affected by Obama's new order was not immediately clear.

Obama has been tightening sanctions on Iran to reduce the government's access to capital and oil revenues, seeking to draw the Islamic Republic back to the negotiating table to discuss a diplomatic resolution to its nuclear standoff with the West.

Tehran says its nuclear program is meant to develop energy, not weapons.

HEIGHTENED CONCERNS

But its recent shift of uranium enrichment to a mountain bunker and refusal to negotiate guarantees that the program is peaceful have raised fears about Iran's ambitions and also stoked concerns about Gulf oil supplies.

Obama, who is up for re-election in November, has been criticized on the campaign trail for not being firm enough with Iran. Mitt Romney, the front-runner in the Republican race to oppose him on November 6, has accused the Democrat of relying on a "pretty please" approach to nuclear diplomacy.

The expanded financial sanctions announced on Monday add to sweeping measures Obama signed into law in late December which target Iran's central bank and foreign institutions doing business with it.

"These actions underscore the administration's resolve to hold the Iranian regime accountable for its failure to meet its international obligations," the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement.

The new round of sanctions could have an impact on a lawsuit by survivors of the 1983 bombing of a U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut and victims' families who have been trying to seize $1.75 billion in Iran's money that is frozen at a Citibank branch in New York.

They have argued the money should be used to satisfy a $2.65 billion judgment against Iran for its alleged role in that attack. Iran has said the funds are central bank currency reserves, and thus protected from seizure under U.S. law.

A U.S. judge in 2008 ordered the money frozen and the litigation has been pending.

(Additional reporting by Glenn Somerville and Jeremy Pelofsky; Editing by Sandra Maler and Todd Eastham)

EE_
6th February 2012, 04:28 PM
I don't believe anything that comes from the Jewsmedia.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_orfcGnaseE&feature=player_embedded#!

osoab
6th February 2012, 04:55 PM
I don't believe anything that comes from the Jewsmedia.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_orfcGnaseE&feature=player_embedded#!

Good vid EE. Thanks.

steyr_m
6th February 2012, 09:10 PM
"Syrian troops 'shot two-year-old girl to stop her becoming a protester' "

This has been done before and it worked.

Babies on life support (GW1)
Babies thrown in ovens (post justification of WW2)
babies being bayoneted (WW1)

osoab
7th February 2012, 02:35 AM
What Is Really Going On In Syria: Insider Update (http://www.voltairenet.org/What-Is-Really-Going-On-In-Syria)




In this article Boris Dolgov, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Oriental Studies in Moscow, reports on his recent trip to Syria. His field investigation is particularly valuable since most of the information about Syria in recent months has emanated from Beirut, Paris or London. Professor Dolgov confirms that, far from a contrived "Arab Spring" scenario, Syria is undeniably grappling with the threat of foreign occupation. He observes that while the offensive is inordinately violent, the population will not be intimidated. Aware of the disaster wrought by NATO "humanitarian" operations in Yugoslavia and Libya, the Syrians refuse to be drawn into a sectarian ambush. A process of reform and development is on track, but it will not be dictated from abroad. In Syria, one may object to the president, but not to national sovereignty.


The current situation in Syria remains one of the most important components of the Middle Eastern and international policies. Using Syria’s domestic crisis and pursuing their own goals NATO, Israel, Turkey and the monarchies of the Persian Gulf are trying to undermine the Syrian regime.

Since the beginning of the crisis in Syria I have made two trips to that country as a member of international delegations in August 2011 and in January 2012. If we watch the dynamics of situation’s development over that period on the one hand we can state intensification of terrorist groups in Syria and on the other hand we see a broader people’s support of President Bashar Assad and a clear demarcation of political forces’ positions.

In the last two months Syria has seen a number of terrorist attacks. The terrorist attacked Syrian servicemen and military facilities, law enforcement agencies institutions, blasts on oil pipelines, railroads, murders and taking of hostage among peaceful citizens (In the city of Homs insurgents killed five well known scientists), arson of schools and killing of teachers (since March 2011, 900 schools have been set on fire and 30 teachers have been killed).

Terrorist attacks in Damascus became one of the bloodiest. Two of them were carried out on December 23, 2011 when cars loaded with explosives went off in front of the buildings of state security service killing 44 and injured about 150 people. On January 6, 2012 on a busy street a suicide bomber attack killed 26 and wounded 60. There were officers of the law enforcement agencies among the victims but most of the victims were occasional by-passers.

In January 2012, Damascus has a more severe look in comparison with summer of 2011. Security officers check passports on the way to the airport, asking people what country they are from. Entrances of many state institutions are protected with concrete blocks. There are check points with sand bags near the police stations which are protected by soldiers in bullet proof vests. Lifting gates which close entrances to some of the streets are also by guarded by soldiers and young people with machine guns – these are volunteers from pro-governmental youth movements. But everyday life has not drastically changed. There are no servicemen, armed vehicles or document checks in the city. Damascus is still a busy city, with no vacant seats in internet cafes and on weekends streets are crowded with family couples and young people.

After terrorist attacks in Damascus demonstrations with slogans supporting Bashar Assad and condemning terrorists were held everyday. Similar demonstrations were organized in other large cities such as Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Daraa, Deir az Zor. These demonstrations were covered by the Syrian TV. During our stay in Syria we could move around the city freely and speak with people as we liked but we did not see any single anti-governmental rally. Most of the rallies’ participants were young people.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad waves at supporters during a public appearance in Damascus on January 11, 2012 in which he vowed to defeat a "conspiracy" against Syria.

The most massive rally which gathered tens thousands of people was held on January 1 in the center of Damascus. At that rally Bashar Assad addressed to the nation starting his speech with the words: “Brothers and sisters!” He was speaking about a thousands year long history, the need to fight terrorism and the support terrorists receive from abroad. Assad’s speech was received with real enthusiasm and there were no signs that this reaction had been staged.

The whole square (tens thousands of people) shouted a popular slogan “Allah, Syria, Bashar!” (“Allah, Syria va Bashar bas!”). On January 8, in the memory of victims of terrorist attacks in Damascus a commemoration ceremony was held in St. Cross Cathedral in Damascus. The Mufti of Syria Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassoun, the metropolitan of the Syrian Orthodox Church and the prior of the Catholic monastery spoke at the ceremony. In their speeches they condemned “the killers and those who put weapons in their hands and sent them to Syria”. The tragedy of the mufti of Syria, whose son was killed by the members of the Islamist terrorist group after the mufti had refused to act on the side of the foreign opposition, which goal was to overthrow Bashar Assad, is a telling example in itself.

After the adoption of a new law on political parties an active process of their creation has been underway in Syria. Although formally the constitution envisaged a multiparty system and seven parties were represented in the parliament, in compliance with clause 8 the leading role belonged to the ruling Baath party. Currently there is a wide discussion in Syria about this clause. An official with the Syrian Foreign Ministry told us that in the new constitution (on which the national referendum would be held in February), this clause would be abolished if most of the public and political forces spoke for it.

In his address to the nation Bashar Assad said that the new constitution would be approved in March 2012. The parliamentary elections are to be held in May-June 2012. Along with the law on political parties new laws on general elections, local administration and mass media were adopted. In compliance with the new law in December 2011 elections to the local governments were held. But because of the threat of terrorist attacks the turnout was only 42%, which was confirmed by the Baath officials. Nevertheless, the local administrations were elected and began to work. Under the recently adopted law new mass media are being formed in addition to the current 20 TV channels, 15 radio stations and 30 newspapers.

At present there are three main trends in the Syrian patriotic opposition – democratic, liberal and left, which is mainly a communist one. The Syrian Social Nationalist Party is the most influential party among the democratic forces. It is also the oldest party which was established in 1932. As Iliah Saman, a member of the political bureau of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party said, the party’s program is more conservative in comparison with the Baath’s program.

Nevertheless there are no differences of principle between the two parties.

According to him, the policy of the US, France and England is the main destabilizing factor in Syria. He said that those countries were acting in the interests of Israel and had the goal to divide Syria into five state formations on the basis of religious and ethnical differences.

The liberal trend of the opposition is represented by the recently registered secular democratic social movement led by Nabil Feysal, one of the Syrian intellectuals, a writer and a translator. He is an outright opponent of the Islamic fundamentalism, supporter of the liberal democracy. His goal is to turn Syria into “Middle Eastern Denmark”.

The National Committee for the Unity of Syrian Communists is the most influential component of the left (communist) trend of the opposition within the country.

Recently it has changed its name for the Popular Will Party which is headed by Qadri Jamil, a prominent Syrian economist and the professor at the Damascus University. He is the only representative of the opposition who entered the committee on the design of the new constitution. Jamil believes that the national dialogue and creation of the government of the national unity (which would include representatives of the patriotic opposition) is the only way out of the crisis. At the same time he thinks that it is necessary to remove all the politicians who are not interested in conduction of reforms from the government, to clean up the opposition from destructive factors and to suppress its radical members who tend to use violence.

The coordination committees are also significant political force which has contacts with the Popular Will Party. These committees on the one hand organize demonstrations demanding concrete reforms and better living conditions on the other hand act as self-defense units which armed people protect their districts from attacks of terrorist groups in particular from a so called Free Syrian Army. It should be noted that although in the beginning of protests in Syria, part of the population, including intellectuals shared the opposition discontent with the regime and supported demands on democratization now, after intensification of terrorist groups, they tend to support the regime and the reforms proposed by the government.

A telling example of terrorist crimes was the shelling of a quarter in Homs on January 11 which killed eight local residents. Giles Jacquier, a reporter with France-2 TV, became one more victim of the attack. We spoke with Jacquier shortly before his tragic death and he was convinced that people’s protests were suppressed by the authoritarian regime in Syria. He was looking for the opposition everywhere trying to make a report. On failing to find it in Damascus he moved with a group of Dutch and Swiss colleagues to Homs. But in Homs he also met people who were supporting Bashar Assad and demanding to protect them from terrorists. A group of local residents and Giles Jacquier who happened to be near came under a grenade thrower fire, which was a common thing in that district.

Commenting the tragic death of the French reporter Mother Agnes Mariam, who is the prior of the St James Catholic Cathedral in Damascus, said that there is no protesting opposition in Syria but only bandits who are killing people.

Many people we contacted in Syria including independent foreign reporters told us about the information war against Syria. According to them, Qatari channel Al Jazeera, for example, in order to broadcast a report on mass anti-governmental rallies in Syria made a fake footage with the help of computer editing using dozens of atmosphere players and decoration of Syrian streets, a kind of “Hollywood village”.

As for the Syrian opposition abroad, its political part is represented by the Syrian National council with the headquarters in Istanbul. It is headed by Burhan Ghalioun, a Syrian-French political scientist at the Sorbonne University in Paris. It is quite a heterogeneous formation which comprises groups with different goals. They represent the Muslim Brotherhood and other Sunnite organizations, Kurdish separatists, Liberal-Democratic dissidents who usually reside in Europe and in the US.

The armed opposition which conducted terrorist attacks in Syria is represented by a number of groups from a military wing of the Muslim Brotherhood to the Libyan radical Islamists and Al Qaeda. According to the information we receive from our Syrian colleagues there are training camps for insurgents in Lebanon and Turkey. The officers of security services of NATO, Turkey and some Arab states are in charge for the training and armament of the insurgents, while the monarchies of the Persian Gulf provide the financing.

The future development of the situation in Syria depends in many ways on the ability of the ruling regime to consolidate public forces and conduct the announced reforms. Other priorities are the liquidation of terrorist groups and stabilization of the domestic situation. In its turn this issue is directly linked to the development of the global policies and will depend on the activities of the leading countries of NATO, Turkey, the Arab League (which sent its monitors to Syria) Russia and China.

As for Russia, it firmly declares that repetition of the “Libyan scenario” in Syria is inadmissible.


Boris Dolgov (http://www.voltairenet.org/_Boris-DOLGOV_?lang=en)
Source Oriental Review (Russia) (http://www.voltairenet.org/_Oriental-Review-Russia_?lang=en)

osoab
9th February 2012, 03:06 PM
U.S. Arms Shipment Destined For Al-Qaeda In Syria Seized In Lebanon (http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2012/02/08/arms-shipment-destined-alqaeda-syria-seized-lebanon-82201/)



‘Lebanon Seizes Suspicious Guns and Intel Loaded Cargo plane from US, Brazil’ (http://www.newsrescue.com/2012/02/lebanon-seizes-suspicious-guns-and-intel-loaded-cargo-plane-from-us-brazil/)


February 7th, 2012
Destined for Syria’s rebel “Al Qaeda” terrorists

Lebanon’s security officials say a suspicious cargo containing huge amounts of US dollars, guns, special passports and credit cards have been seized upon arrival in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, from the US and Brazil.
http://www.newsrescue.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/lebanaon-plane.jpg (http://www.newsrescue.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/lebanaon-plane.jpg)
Being unloaded at Rafiq Hariri International Airport

The items, packed in a number of chests and delivered via airmail, were discovered at Beirut’s airport, the Lebanese security officials said.
The chests also contained a list of both well-known and ordinary Lebanese citizens including a figure related to Salafi extremist groups. The security officials have summoned a number of the individuals, whose names were on the list, arresting some of them.
Beirut has redoubled security surveillance across the country following remarks by some Lebanese factions as well as widespread rumors about the presence of al-Qaeda in Lebanon.
Related:NewsRescue-Boko Haram linked to Qatar, Western Powers (http://www.newsrescue.com/2012/02/2011/11/boko-haram-linked-to-qatar-western-powers/)
Meanwhile, the Lebanese defense minister earlier confirmed that members of the al-Qaeda terrorist group, fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, have entered Syria through Lebanon.
Over the past few months, reports have circulated that caches of weapons have been smuggled to armed gangs in Syria through the Lebanese border.
ASH/GHN/HJL
Source: News Rescue (http://www.newsrescue.com/2012/02/lebanon-seizes-suspicious-guns-and-intel-loaded-cargo-plane-from-us-brazil/)

osoab
9th February 2012, 04:42 PM
Assad's slaughter of the innocents (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/assads-slaughter-of-the-innocents-6672134.html)

Newborn babies are among the latest victims of the Syrian government's brutal assault on Homs



Bashar al-Assad's bloody siege of Homs intensified yesterday as clear evidence emerged that his indiscriminate shelling of the restive town had started claiming innocent victims, including at least 18 premature babies and three entire families. The evidence came as civilians in the besieged city endured a fifth day of incessant shellfire – the worst yet, according to eyewitnesses – with dozens of other people being killed as the brutal assault continued. Last night, news footage was broadcast purporting to show a military convoy making its way to Homs. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said at least 53 people were killed across Homs yesterday. Hundreds more have died since Friday, when Mr Assad’s generals launched a barrage of shells and rockets on neighbourhoods where government opposition is strong.

Last night, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the Arab League’s monitoring mission should resume following the “disastrous” failure to pass a Security Council resolution censoring the Assad regime, adding that he believed the situation was likely to deteriorate further. “I fear that the appalling brutality we are witnessing in Homs, with heavy weapons firing into civilian neighborhoods, is a grim harbinger of worse to come,” he said.

The district of Bab Amr has been one of the worst-hit areas. According to Mahmoud Araby, who spoke to The Independent by phone yesterday, the artillery assault has intensified since Friday.

“The shelling is constant and is coming from all four directions now,” he said.

“Many children have been killed. Some of them have had their heads blown off in the explosions.” One video uploaded to YouTube showed the full scale of the military’s five-day assault, with a panoramic view of Bab Amr showing street after street of crumbling, shell-ravaged houses.

Another video, which was titled “the shooting of a child in her head”, showed a man running down the street cradling a toddler who has a stream of blood pouring from her temple. It was not possible to verify either video.

As many as 18 premature babies, all of whom were being kept alive on generators, were reportedly killed after power was cut to Homs’ Al-Walid hospital. “The families were there when it happened,” said Mahmoud Araby, a 25-year-old student who was among dozens of families sheltering inside a wedding hall when they heard the news. “We were so angry and disgusted.” State TV denied the incident, claiming all hospitals in the area were functioning as normal.
Earlier, residents had woken up to the news that three Sunni Muslim families had been killed by gangs of shabiha, the militiamen loyal to Mr Assad, inside the city. According to the Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC), an activist group that works to publicise the uprising, all 19 of the victims – including children –had their throats cut.

As if to add to the sense of chaos enveloping Homs, Syrian TV reported that several people had been killed yesterday after a car bomb exploded in the city. The attack, which reportedly also killed members of the security services, happened in the central Bayada district; state news blamed “armed terrorists” for the incident.

It comes shortly after the wave of bomb attacks that ripped through Damascus in December. That series of bombings – an unprecedented event in a country as tightly monitored as Syria – also led to regime opponents being blamed by the government. Yet the accusation was widely dismissed by activists, who suspected the attacks were a state-sponsored ploy to undermine the pro-democracy movement.

Karam Abu Rabea, a Homs-based member of the LCC, said one of the reasons Bab Amr has been so heavily targeted is because of the strong presence of defected troops in the area. He told The Independent that a unit calling itself the Al-Farook Brigade - named after a highly influential advisor to the Prophet Mohamed - has been holed up there for days.

Neuro
9th February 2012, 05:06 PM
The premature babies dying was done just before the US started the desert storm (1st war with Iraq). The sobbing 'nurse' told how the Iraqi soldiers threw out the babies from the incubators. She was a Kuwaiti princess who was in London shopping when Iraq invaded Kuwait. The US public changed their opinion on that piece alone from anti-war to pro-war!

I think the war will start within weeks!

Hatha Sunahara
9th February 2012, 07:22 PM
Tarpley addresses a Syrian crowd and says Long Live Syria. Would a Zionist do this?

I read today that Iran is sending 15,000 Revolutionary Guard troops to help Assad deal with the insurgency.

This is either going to derail the insurgency against Assad, or be a large step closer to direct war with Iran.

Israel finally found a way to corrupt the arabs. With money and power provided by the USA. What is going on in Syria is an 'Israeli Proxy Insurgency'. It's also the new strategy to remove regimes resistant to the NWO. I wonder when we'll start seeing an insurgency in North Korea. Or will Venezuela come after Iran? What will the Iranians do when that strategy is aimed at them? I suppose that thought might have some weight in their decision to help Syria militarily. Can you see how this would escalate? It's going to be interesting to see how this plays out.

Here's a link to a piece about how the US is invading Syria by proxy. Only I think it is Israel's grand plan.

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/02/us-invading-syria-by-proxy.html


Hatha

letter_factory
9th February 2012, 08:05 PM
Proxy war in syria is a really dumb mistake by the zionists. It's right next to israel. lol. They really botched that one up good. I hope the zionists can keep her borders tight. Maybe that's why israel allowed to have us soldiers inside....come on, russian suitcase nuke. just one, and the zionists will be crying about this for generations

steyr_m
9th February 2012, 08:06 PM
The sobbing 'nurse' told how the Iraqi soldiers threw out the babies from the incubators. She was a Kuwaiti princess who was in London shopping when Iraq invaded Kuwait.

Yeah, she wasn't a nurse


http://www.holocaustdenialvideos.com/buchenwald/videos/14.wmv

osoab
10th February 2012, 05:33 AM
Proxy war in syria is a really dumb mistake by the zionists. It's right next to israel. lol. They really botched that one up good. I hope the zionists can keep her borders tight. Maybe that's why israel allowed to have us soldiers inside....come on, russian suitcase nuke. just one, and the zionists will be crying about this for generations

The attack will go off by the zionists own hands. They have schedules to keep.

I agree that the only reason we have troops in izzy is to bring about support for a greater war. Rinse, Wash, Repeat....

osoab
10th February 2012, 09:33 AM
Found this over at Lunatic Outpost.


http://lunaticoutpost.com/Topic-omg-what-do-all-these-syrians-have-in-common-the-same-guy

this is interesting
first pic
http://eskup.elpais.com/1328571101-4f864...a8def9a78b (http://eskup.elpais.com/1328571101-4f864c99714f5be645ac5ca8def9a78b)

next pic
/video
when guy lost his daughter
http://eskup.elpais.com/1328571282-2b328...7c9a48b6a2 (http://eskup.elpais.com/1328571282-2b32874b969a904665df557c9a48b6a2)

here he is playing a corpse
http://periodismohumano.com/files/2012/0...AXwqq.jpeg (http://periodismohumano.com/files/2012/01/Ak9DLbbCEAAXwqq.jpeg)

so here is a video of him running as assads opposition
http://www.maysaloon.org/2012/01/alterna...ng-at.html (http://www.maysaloon.org/2012/01/alternative-to-assad-youre-looking-at.html)

All the world is a stage....

letter_factory
10th February 2012, 09:51 AM
Found this over at Lunatic Outpost.


http://lunaticoutpost.com/Topic-omg-what-do-all-these-syrians-have-in-common-the-same-guy


All the world is a stage....


Someone has to be writing the script.

osoab
10th February 2012, 10:13 AM
These are a few more vids from the LOP link above.

Check out the staging in this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlJxqlNEtbA&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlJxqlNEtbA&feature=player_embedded


This liveleak vid is not for the faint of heart. Graphic scenes
The same guy is in the vid.
I question if this was staged.
The kid with the missing jaw just sits there.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=249_1328763447




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-lgVzhJ_Dg&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-lgVzhJ_Dg&feature=player_embedded


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXiNzZcskTE&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXiNzZcskTE&feature=player_embedded

osoab
10th February 2012, 11:22 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl0KndnqryM&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl0KndnqryM&feature=player_embedded

osoab
12th February 2012, 07:06 AM
Syria’s Bloody CIA Revolution – A Distraction? (http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/02/11/syrias-bloody-cia-revolution-a-distraction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syrias-bloody-cia-revolution-a-distraction)

JJ.G0ldD0t
12th February 2012, 07:40 AM
Syria’s Bloody CIA Revolution – A Distraction? (http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/02/11/syrias-bloody-cia-revolution-a-distraction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syrias-bloody-cia-revolution-a-distraction)

Kik ass article

osoab
13th February 2012, 06:23 AM
NATO’s Secret War on Syria (http://theintelhub.com/2012/02/12/natos-secret-war-on-syria/)

osoab
14th February 2012, 10:11 AM
Syrian defector: Assad using chemical weapons (http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-4189238,00.html)


Syrian defector: Assad using chemical weapons

Assad's forces used nerve gas in Homs under Iranian, Russian supervision, Syrian army defector says
Elior Levy

Non-conventional war in Syria (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3285832,00.html%20)? Security forces loyal to President Bashar Assad (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3284205,00.html%20) have been using chemical weapons against Syrian rebels (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4178673,00.html), under the supervision of Iranian (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3284215,00.html%20) and Russian (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4186653,00.html) experts, a defecting Syrian officer charged Monday.

The officer, Captain Abd al-Salam Ahmed Abdul Razek, who served in Syrian's chemical warfare administration, told al-Arabiya that the Syrian military used nerve gas – banned by various international conventions – in order to assist forces in their raid on the restive city of Homs.

Related Stories:


Is Syria the next Iraq? (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4187796,00.html)
West should strike Syria (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4186991,00.html)
Russian FM: West 'hysterical' over Syria
(http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4186233,00.html)


The defecting officer added that the Syrian army's Fourth Division and Republican Guard are expected to use chemical weapons elsewhere. Assad's forces have access to toxins produced by Russia and a small quantity of them may cause numerous casualties, he said.





The nerve gas was used under the supervision of Russian and Iranian experts, who told the army when and how to utilize the chemical weapons, the officer added.

Meanwhile, Syrian opposition sources said that 25 people were killed during the day by army forces loyal to President Assad. The sources added that the massive bombardment of the city of Homs continues unabated.

On Sunday, 36 civilians were killed by security forces across Syria.

osoab
21st February 2012, 04:06 PM
Reports reveal Saudi-US anti-Syria plot devised in 2008 (http://www.presstv.ir/detail/227523.html)


The former Saudi ambassador to the United States and the former US ambassador to Lebanon devised a plot in 2008 to overthrow the Syrian government, reports say.


Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud and Jeffrey Feltman reportedly devised a “well-organized” plan to create chaos in Syria.

The plot against Syria was backed by a financial support worth about “2 billion” dollars, the reports said.

According to the Saudi-US scheme, Syria was divided into three areas, “big cities, small cities and villages.” Five types of networks were also defined in the country in line with the aims of the anti-Syria plot.

The first network was named the “Fuel” comprising “educated and unemployed youths.”

The “Thugs” network was the second group which included “outlaws and criminals from remote areas, preferably non-Syrians.”

The third network was the “Ethnic-Sectarian” group consisting of “young people with limited education representing ethnic communities that support or oppose” the Syrian president.

The “Media” network was the fourth group that consisted of “some leaders of civil society institutions” that had “European funding.”

The last division was the “Capital” network comprising “traders, company owners, banks and commercial centers in the capital Damascus, the northwestern city of Aleppo and the western city of Homs.”

Neuro
22nd February 2012, 03:22 AM
Reports reveal Saudi-US anti-Syria plot devised in 2008 (http://www.presstv.ir/detail/227523.html)

I think I can smell Mossad above that pact...

osoab
25th February 2012, 05:10 AM
Clinton: Syrian military may oust President Assad (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-syria-violence-20120225,0,304783.story)




Clinton cited the cases last year of Tunisia (http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/intl/tunisia-PLGEO00000081.topic) and Egypt, where militaries stepped in to remove longtime autocratic leaders after popular protests.

"We saw this happen in other settings last year," Clinton said. "I think it is going to happen in Syria."

Horn
25th February 2012, 07:01 AM
I don't believe anything that comes from the Jewsmedia.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_orfcGnaseE&feature=player_embedded#!

Its like clockwork with the turnover from Libya, and now onto Syrian death squads.

Sounds like a bridge too far scenario.

osoab
25th February 2012, 04:51 PM
An izzy news story fwiw.


Report: U.S. May Intervene in Syria (http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/153134)


A report Saturday said that the United States was planning to intervene militarily in Syria, with or without United Nations authorization, if the killing in the country continued. A senior American official quoted in the London-based Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper said that the action would be based on the UN intervention in Kosovo several years ago: Establishment of a beachhead and carving out an area that was off-limits to forces controlled by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, where refugees could come to flee Assad's troops, and which could be used as aforward base to reduce Assad's hold on the country, and eventually remove him.

The official said the Red Cross was prepared to offer assistance to refugees in this scenario. Later, NATO forces based in Turkey would join in the effort to beat back Assad's troops. At some point, the U.S. will declare Syria closed to air traffic, a move that American officials believe could bring down a weakened Assad government, as it did in 1999, when Serbia surrendered control of Kosovo, after the UN failed to pass resolutions demanding an end to the violence in that region. There, too, similar to the situation in Syria, Russia opposed UN action, while China abstained from supporting the UN Security Council resolutions on Kosovo. And in a manner similar to the events in Kosovo, U.S. air power would be used to bomb strategic assets supporting Assad.

American officials do not believe that Russia or China will change their stance. But, the official said in the interview, American analysts believe that either or both countries could send their troops in as peacekeepers during a later stage of the action.

Once Assad is out of the picture, the official said, it was expected that the UN would supervise the new situation, and work to prevent pro-Assad forces from trying to gain control of the country again.

Over 100 people were killed by Assad's forces in Syria over the weekend. On Friday, U.S. President Barack H. Obama said that “the time had come for change in Syria,” and that “Assad needs to get the message” that the time had come for change. Obama said he planned to continue pressuring Syria, and that the U.S. would use “every means possible” to prevent the deaths of innocent civilians. He added that the international community needed to work together to remove Assad.

Hatha Sunahara
27th February 2012, 08:14 PM
Here's a classic script in the propaganda of war. Do you suppose Angelina Jolie owes her career success to her association with the CFR? Or did they cultivate her because of her career success and her gullibility?

http://empirestrikesblack.com/2012/02/angelina-jolie-conscripted-to-sell-genocidal-humanitarian-intervention-war-doctrine/

Syria has to have regime change in order to further isolate Iran. The CFR is the private group that represents the elite and creates foreign policy that works in the interest of the elite, not of the American people. Hillary Clinton has referred to them as 'the Mothership'. And now they're using the Angelina tool to get popular support for overthrowing Assad--so they can go after a friendless Iran.

Shame on you Angelina for not informing yourself properly about what is going on there in Syria. I don't think I'm going to watch any more of your movies.


Hatha

osoab
28th February 2012, 08:03 PM
Most Syrians voted for new constitution: Minister (http://www.presstv.ir/detail/228914.html)

Almost 90 percent of Syrian voters have said 'yes' to the country’s new constitution, says Interior Minister Mohammad Ibrahim al-Shaar.


According to the Syrian minister, nearly 60 percent of eligible voters took part in the referendum on Sunday, with 7,490,319 (89.4 percent) supporting it and 753,208 (9 percent) saying "No."

The new constitution will end five decades of Ba'ath party rule by allowing political pluralism, it will also enact a presidential limit of two seven-year terms.

Article 23 of the new constitution guarantees the women’s rights to participate in the social, economic, and political activities, while Article 42 states that citizens have the right to express their thoughts freely and to hold peaceful demonstrations.

Damascus has pledged multi-party parliamentary elections within three months.

The new constitution is part of the reforms plans promised by President Bashar al-Assad.

The referendum came after a year of deadly violence in the country.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011. The violence has claimed the lives of hundreds, reportedly including over 2,000 security forces.

Damascus blames ‘outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups’ for the unrest, asserting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.

Neuro
29th February 2012, 02:42 AM
Ok so they have a constitution that guarantees free multiparty elections, from now on... So let them be!

LastResort
20th March 2012, 12:42 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/russian-anti-terror-troops-arrive-syria-164035966--abc-news.html


A Russian military unit has arrived in Syria, according to Russian news reports, a development that a United Nations Security Council source told ABC News was "a bomb" certain to have serious repercussions.

Now the Russian Black Sea fleet's Iman tanker has arrived in the Syrian port of Tartus on the Mediterranean Sea with an anti-terror squad from the Russian Marines aboard according to the Interfax news agency. The Assad government has insisted it is fighting a terrorist insurgency.



Interesting...

Hatha Sunahara
7th July 2012, 04:00 PM
Syria's President al-Assad : "We Don't Accept any Type of Solution from Abroad Regardless of its Content" (http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=31727)

This is a very interesting spin on the Syrian destabilization, by Bashar al Assad himself. He's nobody's fool. Here's a piece of it: (link above)



DAMASCUS, (SANA) – President Bashar al-Assad stressed that the national and ethical conditions which are interrelated for the majority of Syrian people are the primary element that confronted the pressures which Syria is exposed to at the hands of the world's most powerful states along with many regional states, adding "the national and ethical conditions withstood many tempting offers of money and other things."
In an interview with the Iran's Channel 4 on Thursday evening, President al-Assad said the Syrian people play the primary role in preserving Syria as a state, since the role of the state institutions and army can't be separated from the people, and that otherwise the state could not have stood in the face of the popular stance, noting that this was expressed through the spontaneous demonstrations in the street.
President al-Assad emphasized that the solid internal situation is the real barrier which prevents the success of any foreign interference, whether this interference is through pumping money or sending weapons, stressing that the internal and external situations are inseparable and that one cannot assign percentages to their role in the crisis.
The President voiced support to the six-point plan brokered by special envoy Kofi Annan, saying that the plan is good and is still viable now and in the future, affirming that Syria approved it out of conviction, particularly the article related to the ending of violence which means the cessation of the criminal acts of the terrorist groups and the cessation of providing them with money and weapons by the countries who sponsor them.
President al-Assad said that western and regional countries who claim to back this plan are making false claims because they consider the failure of the Annan's plan in their favor as a way of accusing Syria of causing its failure and justify their going to the UN Security Council to adopt resolutions against it.
He added that some countries are not content with the Security Council; rather they want a military strike similar to what happened in Libya, but it seems that their attempts, until the moment, have failed.
"We don't have any information of specific plans, but there are bids by the a few countries to push the issue towards military action. However, a little sense they have prevents them from going to a military action because the region – with its geopolitical importance and social structure – is a seismic fault line, and in a case of any manipulation of this fault line, the earthquake will move far in different directions. So, this issue is much greater than the calculations of some," President al-Assad said.
He noted that proper analysts for what is going on in the region shows that there is a conflict between two projects: the resistance project which rejects hegemony, and the Greater Middle East project, adding that this conflict is not new but as old as colonialism; it was just given a new name.
President al-Assad pointed out that the New Middle East which people of the region want is a Middle East which is resistant to all projects that come from abroad, all dictations, all occupation and hegemony, as it is a project that stems from the people in the region and their interests.
He went on to say that he believes that this conflict will continue, saying "however, we as states and peoples in this region will not allow any other project to pass if it does not express our interests."





Hatha

Neuro
7th July 2012, 06:48 PM
That is a great speach, Assad doesn't have many days left, and that probably shortened them... Taking him out will not be the end. It will be the beginning of third world war!

Horn
8th July 2012, 04:47 AM
President al-Assad pointed out that the New Middle East which people of the region want is a Middle East which is resistant to all projects that come from abroad, all dictations, all occupation and hegemony, as it is a project that stems from the people in the region and their interests.

That's the issue, every once in a while colonization requires a re-colonization to milk the colony for all its worth.

osoab
17th July 2012, 06:44 PM
A Syrian "Curve Ball"?

Syria: Assad regime 'ready to use chemical weapons' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18864629)



The most senior Syrian politician to defect to the opposition has told the BBC the regime will not hesitate to use chemical weapons if it is cornered.

Nawaf Fares, ex-ambassador to Iraq, said unconfirmed reports indicated such weapons might have already been used.:o

The comments were made as clashes were reported in Baghdad Street, central Damascus, and fighting spread in suburbs around the city.


rest at link

osoab
17th July 2012, 06:46 PM
An interesting post by Bruce Krasting.

Words of War (http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-07-17/words-war)


I had an interesting conversation with a fellow who lives in Europe and has been connected to the spook world in the past. (See this (http://brucekrasting.blogspot.com/2012/04/three-conversations.html) for prior discussions with him.) It went like this:

Paris
Have you been watching the events in Syria?

BK
Not really. I’m not sure what, if any, are the implications of this is.

Paris
You should. Things are moving faster and faster. For example, have you seen the level of fighting in the streets of Damascus the past few days?


BK
No. It seems there is fighting every day.

Paris
There is now heavy fighting in the capital of Damascus. Clearly, the opposition has grown substantially for this to happen. It also means that the fighters are being armed. They would not take on a battle in the capital unless they were well armed.

BK
Interesting. Where are they getting these arms?

Paris
The same place that the Libyans got theirs, the Qataris and the Saudis.

BK
Ah! How do the Saudis and Qataris get arms into Syria?

Paris
Through Turkey, of course. You don’t think those Turkish jets got shot down by accident do you? This was the excuse for Erdogon (Turkish President) to get involved. Now he is.

BK
Why would Erdogon want to get involved in the Syrian mess?

Paris
He sees himself as a guardian of the Sunni. What we are witnessing is the re-emergence of the Ottoman Empire. What is happening is that Syria is in a civil war, but behind this is a religious war. Sunni versus Shia. The fighting today is in the streets of Syria, but in the end, this is a war between the Saudis and the Iranians.

BK Where's this headed?

Paris
At this point, the USA is sharing any intelligence it has with all “friendly” interested parties, including the Turks, the Israelis, the Qataris and the Saudis. Given that all of these countries are also “leakers” of info, it is a safe bet that the Russians have the same info and are passing it along to the Iranians. It’s an equally safe bet the Iranians are very angry at this. In particular, they are pissed at the Qataris. And that gets us right back to the Straits of Hormuz.
.


BK
Are you saying Iran might attack Qatar?

Paris
No, I wouldn’t think so. That would be suicide. The Americans have two aircraft carriers and a full fleet of other ships available to crush any aggression by Iran. But that is the point, all Iran needs do is threaten Qatar, and the price of crude shoots up. With it, would go insurance charges for the ships that ply those waters. A few well-placed mines would do the trick.

BK
Do you think it will play out like that?

Paris
The Iranians truly hate the Saudis, the Saudis hate the Iranians just as much. Today there is a new excuse to hate each other, Syria.
As to the odds, who knows? But I think that the odds are greater for something to happen to escalate what we are seeing today, versus a return to regional stability.

BK
Timing?

Paris
Impossible to say. Keep in mind that Obama and Hilary Clinton have effectively put Israel on a leash as far as Iran’s nukes are concerned until after the American election. The Iranians know this, and they understand that November is not so far away. The US does not have the Israelis tied up regarding matters in Syria.
I don’t see how “they” can put a lid on all of this. There are too many moving parts. Do the Iranians have an interest in stirring up a hornet’s nest before November? Sure they do. It could be a matter of weeks.
.
Note:
Qatar produces (only) 1.3m barrels of crude a day. However, they are the largest producer of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the world. .

Cebu_4_2
17th July 2012, 06:49 PM
As the elite watch films from their drone machines...

This is really a sick game they play man.

Horn
17th July 2012, 08:03 PM
Turkey really needs to side up with Russia if it stands a chance at protecting anything.

That'll be the day.

Bigjon
17th July 2012, 10:12 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sEFvzX8X9VY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sEFvzX8X9VY

DMac
18th July 2012, 11:07 AM
An interesting post by Bruce Krasting.

Words of War (http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-07-17/words-war)


Paris
He sees himself as a guardian of the Sunni. What we are witnessing is the re-emergence of the Ottoman Empire.

Apparently 'the spooks' have been stealing my material.

thread link (http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?29864-Stealth-Superpower-Pax-Ottomanica&highlight=ottoman)


Watch for a revival of the "Ottoman Empire..."

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175260/tomgram:_john_feffer,_pax_ottomanica/



(Lots of links at the article above, check it for references)

Horn
19th July 2012, 10:58 PM
...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP7PR9xHmjk&feature=related

Hatha Sunahara
29th July 2012, 10:08 AM
Looks like NATO is mounting a huge operation against Syria. Here's a piece of a Global Research article by Thierry Meysan that will give you the scope of this NATO operation:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=32055



The battle of Damascus has begun

Over the past five days Washington and Paris have launched an attack operation dubbed “Damascus Volcano and Syrian Earthquake." It is not a new campaign of aerial bombardment, but a secret military operation, similar to the one used in Central America during the Reagan era.
Within a few days, 40 to 60 000 Contras, mostly Libyans, entered the country, most often via the Jordanian border. The majority of them are attached to the "Syrian" Free Army, a secret operations front for NATO under Turkish command. Some are affiliated with groups of fanatics, including Al-Qaeda, under Qatar’s command or factions of the Saudi Royal Family, the Sudairi. Along the way, they took some border posts, and then moved to the capital where they have sown confusion by attacking random targets: police groups or isolated military.





More at link above.


Hatha

Horn
29th July 2012, 10:42 AM
then moved to the capital where they have sown confusion by attacking random targets:

Like a terror campaign?

Neuro
29th July 2012, 10:47 AM
Looks like NATO is mounting a huge operation against Syria. Here's a piece of a Global Research article by Thierry Meysan that will give you the scope of this NATO operation:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=32055



More at link above.


Hatha
Excellent find Hatha! Well worth the time reading the entire article, allthough five days old!

Hatha Sunahara
30th July 2012, 09:45 AM
And here is CNN commenting on how the Libyans are just mercenaries and not freedom fighters:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/28/world/meast/syria-libya-fighters/index.html

This one is only two days old.

Hatha

Horn
31st July 2012, 12:59 AM
Syria’s top diplomat to Britain defects


BEIRUT — Syria’s top diplomat to Britain defected on Monday, according to the British Foreign Office, striking a blow against the beleaguered government of President Bashar Assad as tens of thousands fled heavy fighting in Aleppo, the most populous city in the country and its commercial capital.

Khaled al-Ayoubi, the charge d’affaires at the Syrian Embassy in London, is the latest in a string of recent defections. Others included Manaf Tlass, a senior military figure and friend of Assad, as well as the former ambassador to Iraq, the ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, and the charge d’affaires in Cyprus.

‘‘Mr. al-Ayoubi has told us that he is no longer willing to represent a regime that has committed such violent and oppressive acts against its own people, and is therefore unable to continue in his position,’’ the Foreign Office said in a statement. ‘‘We urge others around Bashar al-Assad to follow Mr. al-Ayoubi’s example.’’

Ayoubi was the top-ranking Syrian diplomat in London after Syria’s withdrawal of its ambassador and Britain’s expulsion of the acting head of the embassy.
The defection was a symbolic setback, but the Syrian government is trying to project an image of strength as it steps up its offensive in Aleppo. The fall of Aleppo, a city of about 3 million that has long been an Assad stronghold, would give the opposition a major strategic victory.

At least 90 people were killed in fighting across the country on Monday, including 26 people in Damascus and 25 in Aleppo, according to the Local Coordinating Committees, an activist network.
The fighting in the two cities has sent more than 200,000 people fleeing to safety since the start of the weekend, according to a statement from United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos. Many more people could still be trapped by fighting inside the city, Amos said.
Aleppo residents, some severely wounded, packed their belongings into cars and trucks and sought temporary shelter in towns outside the city and in tent camps across the border in Turkey.
In addition to Turkey, the violence in Syria has sent refugees flooding into Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon. The Turkish state-run Anadolu agency reported Monday that Turkey is deploying more troops to the border and sending tanks, armored trucks, and more missiles. Greece has quadrupled the number of guards on its borders with Turkey out of fear of a potential influx of refugees.

The Syrian government sent a clear message on Sunday that it doesn’t want any outside interference as the army attacked the convoy of the new head of the UN observer team, Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, while on a trip outside Damascus.
‘‘Yesterday the convoy of General Gaye was attacked by army tanks,’’ UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told reporters in New York. ‘‘Fortunately, there were no injuries.’’

Gaye visited Rastan and Homs on Sunday, witnessing the fighting and infrastructure damage there firsthand, and met with members of the rebel Free Syrian Army to discuss the possibility of political dialogue.

Colonel Qassem Saad Eddine, the spokesman for the Free Syrian Army Joint Command who met with Gaye, posted a video statement online Sunday describing the group’s plans for a political transition after Assad.

The plan calls for power sharing between leaders of the Free Syrian Army and the civilian opposition and describes the creation of a number of political and military councils that would oversee the drafting of a new constitution and elections.
The Syrian military continued its assault in Aleppo on Monday, with planes bombing residential areas and helicopters firing rockets at rebel positions, according to the Local Coordinating Committees.

One of the hardest-hit neighborhoods was Salahuddin, where fierce street fighting broke out between rebels and government soldiers, according to opposition groups. A video circulated by the Local Coordinating Committees showed bodies of young men lying in pools of blood, allegedly inside a building in Salahuddin.

Both sides claimed to be making progress Monday in their battle to control the city, but it was impossible to confirm either claim.
The rebels did appear to take control of a government military base outside Aleppo after an hourslong battle overnight, CNN reported, which gave them access to some heavier weapons.

http://bostonglobe.com/news/world/2012/07/30/syria-top-diplomat-britain-defects-thousands-flee-aleppo-fighting/psvsWLZbhaMrmfYbDFvG9K/story.html

Neuro
31st July 2012, 01:50 AM
The rats are leaving ship. Incredible how a person can degrade themselves, they have been among the highest representatives of the state, and had a career based on praising the Assad regime while it was strong, and when they see the regime is going down they change side. If they are not executed for their treason, they should be for their cowardice!

Horn
31st July 2012, 09:02 AM
The rats are leaving ship. Incredible how a person can degrade themselves, they have been among the highest representatives of the state, and had a career based on praising the Assad regime while it was strong, and when they see the regime is going down they change side. If they are not executed for their treason, they should be for their cowardice!

You're closer to the theater over there?

What's the chances of a Russian presence showing up at this thing?

DMac
31st July 2012, 01:33 PM
I think Turkey's threat to hit the Kurds in Syria is way over the line. If they did Iran's mutual defense pact with Syria would kick in and they would be forced to respond to Turkey's aggression with some sort of military response.

If that happens, all bets are now off because that engages Turkey's ZATO protection clause and WW3 starts in earnest.

osoab
2nd August 2012, 06:09 AM
Obama authorizes secret support for Syrian rebels (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/02/us-usa-syria-obama-order-idUSBRE8701OK20120802)

Horn
2nd August 2012, 09:25 AM
Obama authorizes secret support for Syrian rebels (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/02/us-usa-syria-obama-order-idUSBRE8701OK20120802)




But U.S. and European officials have said that there have been noticeable improvements in the coherence and effectiveness of Syrian rebel groups in the past few weeks. That represents a significant change in assessments of the rebels by Western officials, who previously characterized Assad's opponents as a disorganized, almost chaotic, rabble.

Just how many "officials" do they have working in the news room's propaganda division these days?

Hatha Sunahara
2nd August 2012, 10:59 AM
How is it that the presstitutes call these people 'rebels'? They are foreigners. They are not Syrians. This is an invasion of a sovereign country by foreign mercenaries. Obama declares war on Syria by authorizing support for these foreign mercenaries. Another slap at the Constitution.


Hatha

Neuro
2nd August 2012, 12:39 PM
You're closer to the theater over there?

What's the chances of a Russian presence showing up at this thing?
Not really that much closer, having been in Sweden for the last 6 weeks. Russia is the dark horse though. I think they are the main reason why we haven't seen a repeat of Libya yet. A full scale NATO lead invasion would lead to WWIII sooner rather than later. Destabilizing Syria will probably do that to but later rather than sooner.

Horn
2nd August 2012, 04:45 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bexJy-QT_Js

In place for several months already.

DMac
3rd August 2012, 11:50 AM
Not really that much closer, having been in Sweden for the last 6 weeks. Russia is the dark horse though. I think they are the main reason why we haven't seen a repeat of Libya yet. A full scale NATO lead invasion would lead to WWIII sooner rather than later. Destabilizing Syria will probably do that to but later rather than sooner.

Looks like Russia does not want to give up the port in Tartus


Russian warships carrying more than 300 marines headed to Syrian port (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/reports-russian-warships-carrying-more-than-300-marines-headed-to-syrian-port/2012/08/03/545f3b06-dd68-11e1-8ad1-909913931f71_story.html)

MNeagle
4th August 2012, 08:44 PM
For Syrian rebels, bread is as important as bullets

ALEPPO, SYRIA - Just before sunrise, a select group of Syrian rebel fighters step away from the front lines for a task their commanders now consider a vital and urgent part of the war effort: baking bread.

The floppy moons that they produce, pita to Americans, usually go quickly to hungry residents and rebels. Bread is a staple of the Syrian diet -- it accompanies every meal -- and in a city paralyzed by two weeks of war, the bakery lines show that basic commerce has become a battleground of its own.

"The regime has tried to deprive our supporters of water and gas, and now they are using bread," said Basheer al-Hajeh, a member of Al Tawheed Brigade, one of the main rebel militias in Aleppo.

But he said the rebels have learned how to fight back against the government's attempts to keep bread and other resources out of opposition-controlled areas.

"We took control of the wheat warehouses in Aleppo's suburbs," he said. "We have many of them, in several areas, and they might keep us supplied for weeks."

As is often the case in war, food has become almost as important as bullets. And the struggle to keep bakeries operating is part of a much larger fight over the Syrian economy, especially in Aleppo, the country's commercial hub and its largest city. As the government of President Bashar Assad tries to project an image of normalcy, denying reports of runaway inflation, rebels say they are finding new ways to attract support from the business class and siphon off government resources.

Kamal Hamdan, a Lebanese economist, said both sides were engaged in efforts to replace the peacetime economy with their own wartime alternatives. "They are expecting a civil war that will take a long time and you have to sustain the daily life of the areas you are controlling," he said. "It's part of the game."

The government has a clear advantage. Its Central Bank reported foreign currency assets of about $17 billion, one month after the conflict started.

The government now appears to be asking Russia for loans to continue propping up the economy. Many analysts also suspect that the Syrians have found a way to sell oil, despite sanctions from Europe.

But after 17 months of conflict, the opposition is becoming more and more creative.

In Damascus, for example, activists say there are merchants that pretend to support Assad, only to funnel government-supplied cooking fuel, gasoline, bread and water to the other side.

"We ask them not to defect," said an opposition activist in Damascus. "They will be rewarded later."


http://www.startribune.com/world/165027346.html

old steel
5th August 2012, 01:51 AM
That said, today's headlines are full of aftermath including the Iranian press operation saying "Russia blames US for Annan resignation as envoy for Syria crisis. (http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/08/03/254177/russia-blames-us-for-annan-resignation/)"

More worrisome is that the UK is planning to step up support of anti Assad forces, since Syria (with Russian coaching) has apparently kicked butt in Aleppo.

Oh, speaking of which, one of our sources in the oil patch sent us some pretty damn interesting background on how things are on the ground (away from the press) in Syria:

"I have a guy working for me from Damascus. His mother and sisters are there now, and they talk every day by phone. I let this go because you have been on vacation, and didn’t want to bother you and E. This stuff is going to unroll as it will regardless, because Americans are disconnected from their government until they decide to unite and TTBO (throw the bastards out).


My guy told me that his family is now on a hill on the outskirts of the city, along with thousands of others. They are surrounded by “rebels”, and it is Syrian army that is protecting them at this point, and trying to get them out and away from the city. The “rebels” are composed of unknown people, mostly not Syrians and many of them that are Syrians are known jihadistas – end of the world types known as local nutjobs anyway. Looting is rampant, and everyone that has left their homes has had all their possessions stolen or burned – they have nothing.


Yes, there are Syrian troops firing into the city, but the resident Syrians are (mostly) not there anyway. The army has been moving them out so they can get at the “rebels”. Tariq told me that his sisters have seen the rebels murdering women and children for weeks, simply shooting anyone that doesn’t profess to wanting a jihad and to destroy the Assad regime. Men are not questioned but shot if they do not take up arms with the “rebels”.

Many men have taken up arms to avoid being shot when cornered by rebels. Many sneak away and try to flee at first opportunity. His family has been in a state of running and hiding for 4 weeks, calling him many times during the day. They are trying to get to the Lebanese or Turkish border. The hill they are on is Qudissah or something like that, but they were trying to get to Lebanon and got cut off by ”rebels”.


There are “rebel” strongholds in Lebanon from what they were telling him. The rebels all have radios – they are always talking to each other or someone via radio – so there is likely someone in charge of coordinating them somewhere, but this is no spontaneous uprising of rebels. Tariq literally spits when anyone tries to tell him these are “freedom fighters” and gets all unglued, so I had to tell the others to keep their politics to themselves in the shop.


Anyway, thought I would get this to you since you should be back by now. Tariq’s position is that this is actually a huge Middle East thing where the progressives (moderate folks who want business and civilization and a degree of freedom) are being coerced and made to embrace jihad by the not-so-fringe Muslim jihadistas.


As a method to get a regime toppled, this has ‘low hanging fruit’ all over it, because arming these types, bringing more in and then pouring a little religious zealotry gas on it meant instant ignition. Same thing could happen here with rabid Christian right types if things are framed correctly by those wishing it…


So here we are, watching craziness unfold that has been urged by our freedom loving government here in the USA, all in the name of – what?? I am so ready for things to melt down… Oilman2"


An interesting perspective and hopefully, the source in Damascus will stay in contact...

http://urbansurvival.com/week.htm

Hatha Sunahara
7th August 2012, 10:11 AM
Here's a report of Afghan Mujahideen fighting and being killed in Aleppo, Syria:

http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/look-who-u-s-is-supporting-now/?cat_orig=world


At lease 500 hardcore mujahedeen from Afghanistan, many of whom were spearheading efforts to fight the U.S. there, have been killed in clashes with Syrian forces this week, claimed a senior Syrian official who spoke to WND. The claim comes as Reuters reported President Obama signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, quoting U.S. sources familiar with the matter.
According to the report, Obama’s order was approved earlier this year and gives the CIA and other U.S. agencies authority to provide broad support that could help the rebels oust Assad.



More at link above.

It appears that the United States has adopted the practice of the Roman Empire. Rome would recruit soldiers from throughout the empire to fight for Rome in parts of the empire that were not their home. So, they had Gauls fighting for Rome in Palestine, Africans fighting for Rome on the German frontier, etc. Similarly, the Soviet Union, under Stalin had Yakuts putting down rebellions in Chechnaya, Kazakhs policing Estonia and so forth. The British hired Hessians to engage American Rebels in war. Why would anyone think the American Empire would deviate from the imperial practices of its predecessors. We have carte blanche to print money to buy all these foreigners to kill other foreigners in pursuit of our agenda. Assad may be fighting a losing battle against this juggernaut.


Hatha

Horn
7th August 2012, 07:52 PM
This guy caught a vid of something here.



Some people said that is not an ordinary bomb, i'm not sure .

Could anybody confirm that ?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=02b_1344284760

Horn
7th August 2012, 07:57 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlnL8KoC6Fc

osoab
7th August 2012, 08:00 PM
Should We Arrest D.C. Politicians for Supporting Al Qaeda? (http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-08-03/should-we-arrest-dc-politicians-supporting-al-qaeda)

osoab
12th February 2013, 10:07 AM
Syrian rebels capture country's largest dam (http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/ap_news/middle-east/article_a2e11fd5-6268-5194-b195-14866d9224f5.html)
Also do a search for Syrian rebels are allies of Israel. I cannot find the exact article I read yesterday on this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Th7fGGZ9lew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Th7fGGZ9lew

cheka.
9th July 2017, 10:43 AM
msm article admits US training isis in Jordan

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Sisters-want-justice-for-slain-Green-Beret-from-11275245.php

Shortly before Thanksgiving 2016, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Moriarty was texting with his sisters about a trip he was looking forward to once his deployment was over.

Moriarty, 27, and his sister Rebecca, 34, were planning to go to Bogota, Colombia, to spend the holiday with 31-year-old Melissa Moriarty, their sibling who lived there.

"I was planning to surprise him at their airport with a mariachi band, a joyful and exciting welcome to a beautiful country that I used to call home," Melissa Moriarty wrote.



James Moriarty never made it to the reunion with his sisters. The day after texting with them, he and two other American soldiers were fatally shot outside a Jordanian air base.

Their accused assailant, a Jordanian soldier named Ma'arek Abu Tayeh, is being tried in a military court in Jordan's capital, Amman.

"Jimmy never made it to Colombia to visit me," Melissa Moriarty wrote in a statement that will be entered in the trial. "We would not spend Thanksgiving together. Nor Christmas. Nor this birthday or any birthday or any future birthdays. All plans have been canceled, forever."

Moriarty was raised in Houston and graduated in 2007 from Strake Jesuit. He enlisted in the Army soon after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin.

Kerrville native Staff Sgt. James F. Moriarty was killed Friday in Jordan. Moriarty had been in the Army more than five years and was in his second overseas deployment, according to the Army release identifying him.

The sisters' impact statements, obtained by the Houston Chronicle, tell the story of two siblings devoted to their younger brother, who was killed Nov. 4, 2016 along with two other Green Berets: Staff Sgt. Matthew Lewellen, 27, and Staff Sgt. Kevin McEnroe, 30.

The three members of the Army's 5th Special Forces Group from Fort Campbell, Ky., were in Jordan to train Syrian rebels. Abu Tayeh is accused of attacking their convoy at a checkpoint at King Faisal Air Base, located about 145 miles south of Amman.

Family saw video

Family members of the three slain Green Berets were able to watch a surveillance video of the shooting. Investigators concluded Abu Tayeh fired about 60 rounds with an M-16 rifle during the attack.

"His murderous actions are deliberate. His actions are aggressive. His actions demonstrate intent to kill for over five minutes during which time my brother waves his arms in the air, shouting in both English and Arabic, 'We are Americans! We are friends!' " wrote Melissa Moriarty, who now lives in Houston.

The family said Staff Sgt. Moriarty spent the last six minutes of his life trying to defuse what he thought was a misunderstanding.

"My brother's last words were 'friend,' " Rebecca Moriarty wrote.

Abu Tayeh has been charged with murder. The military tribunal is scheduled to reconvene on Monday and Rebecca Moriarty will be there. Melissa Moriarty said she and her father will be joining her the following weekend. A verdict is expected later this month.