Arkiv för september, 2013
30 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 30 september, 2013
UPPDATERING
Maximilian Forte – On UN Security Council Resolution 2118 and Syria: Reality, Resolutions, Representations
Recalling the obligation under resolution 1540 (2004) that all States shall refrain from providing any form of support to non-State actors that attempt to develop, acquire, manufacture, possess, transport, transfer or use weapons of mass destruction, including chemical weapons and their means of delivery….
Decides that Member States shall inform immediately the Security Council of any violation of resolution 1540(2004), including acquisition by non-State actors of chemical weapons, their means of delivery and related materials in order to take necessary measures therefore….
Christof Lehmann – A Critical Review of Security Council Resolution 2118 (2013) on Syria
Press TV – Russia warns of more gas use by Syria militants
“We have serious suspicions that these attempts [to use chemical weapons] will continue,” Lavrov said in an interview with the Russian Kommersant daily published on Monday.
voiceofrussia.com – UN chemical experts leave Damascus at end of mission
The team, which arrived on Wednesday, is due to submit a report next month about seven alleged chemical weapons attacks during the conflict in Syria.
Robert Fisk – A Syrian solution to civil conflict? The Free Syrian Army is holding talks with Assad’s senior staff, Secret approach to the President could reshape the whole war
The delegation made four points: that there must be an “internal Syrian dialogue”; that private and public properties must be maintained; that there must be an end to – and condemnation of – civil, sectarian, ethnic strife; and that all must work for a democratic Syria where the supremacy of law would be dominant. There was no demand – at least at this stage – for Assad’s departure.
The reply apparently came promptly. There should indeed be “a dialogue within the Syrian homeland”; no preconditions for the dialogue; and a presidential guarantee of safety for any FSA men participating. And now, it seems, another remarkable development is under way: in seven rebel-held areas of Aleppo, most of them under the control of the FSA, civil employees can return to work in their offices, and government institutions and schools can reopen. Students who have become militiamen over the past two years will be disarmed and return to their classrooms.
Press TV – Mortar shell hits Chinese Embassy in Damascus
rt.com – Iran behind anti-WMD rider in chemical watchdog’s decision on Syria – Lavrov
French were ‘hours’ from military strikes on Syria before phone call from Obama
Syriens utrikesminister i FN, från rt.com – Syrian FM to UN: ‘Terrorists from 83 countries fighting in Syria’
Press TV – US, UK, France blocked naming CW culprits: Syria
In his address to the 68th UN General Assembly on Monday, Muallem also warned that ”terrorists” fighting against President Bashar al-Assad government are being supplied with chemical weapons.
Michael Parenti – Syria, Sarin, and Casus Belli
The Assad government had social programs for its people, far from perfect services but still better than what might be found in many U.S. satellite countries. When Iraqi refugees fled to Syria to escape U.S. military destruction, the Assad government gave them full benefits. So with the Libyan refugees who crossed over a few years later. Generally Damascus presided over a multi-ethnic society, relatively free of sectarian intolerance and violence.
Mind the Credibility Gap: Syria and the History of US War Disinformation
Thierry Meyssan – The United States Feared No More
slut på uppdateringen _____________________________
Hur ska man tolka de här uttalandena av en av de verkliga krigsförespråkande hökarna i USA?
Press TV – Susan Rice: Regime change US objective in Syria
“Now, the resolution and the agreement doesn’t speak about Assad as an individual, it speaks about the requirements and the obligations of the Syrian government. And that’s an important distinction, that whatever Syrian government is there, near-term or in the future, will have the same obligation to implement these commitments and this resolution faithfully. So this is not specific to Assad.”
voiceofrussia.com – Lavrov hopes West will stop Syrian opposition from derailing chemical weapons agreements
On the other hand, Lavrov pointed out that the Western countries and the Persian Gulf states do not have access to and influence on all the forces currently waging a war in Syria.
globalresearch.ca – Interview with British, Canadian and Swedish Terrorists in Syria
29 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 29 september, 2013
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich – UNSC Resolution 2118 on Syria: In Response to False Flag Chemical Weapons Attack. US Backed Terrorists “Get Away with Mass Killing”
While there is no evidence (or motive) pointing to the Assad government, there is little doubt among analysts that the rebels were responsible for the chemical attacks.
”eller varje användande av kemiska vapen av vem det än är i Syrien”, kan medföra kapitel 7, dvs möjlighet att använda våld! Står det verkligen så i resolutionen man kom överens om i fredags? Då behöver bara de väpnade gängen upprepa det som hände den 21 augusti, om man nu antar att de var de som låg bakom, i samarbete med västs säkerhetstjänster och medierna. Iscensätt en attack med kemiska vapen och skicka upp några videor på youtube och påstå att det var ”regimen” som utförde den, och medierna drar igång en kampanj på högsta växeln. Så är vi tillbaka till samma situation som i slutet av augusti och början av september med hot om missilanfall! En sådan lucka kan väl inte Ryssland och Kina ha lämnat!
voiceofrussia.com – UN Syria resolution may allow action against rebel supporters – Rick Rozoff
Men det står så i nästa artikel också, med den skrivningen behöver man inte ens bry sig om att ta reda på vem som ligger bakom en ny attack med kem-vapen!
Press TV – Syria’s Assad rejects talks with Qaeda-linked groups
”Regarding the militants, if they give up their arms we’ll be ready to discuss with them anything like with any other citizen,” he said in an interview with Italy’s state-run Rai News 24 television network on Sunday.
”We cannot discuss with al-Qaeda offshoots and organizations that are affiliated with al-Qaeda,” Assad said, adding, ”We cannot negotiate with the people who ask for foreign intervention and military intervention in Syria.”
! – almanar.com.lb – Russia Made Sure UN Syria Resolution Leaves no Loopholes for Use of Force
Press TV – UN chemical inspectors probing 7 sites in Syria
The team is expected to look into two locations in the city of Aleppo, located 310 kilometers (193 miles) northwest of Damascus, one site in the city of Idlib, situated 295 kilometers (183 miles) north of Damascus, and four others on the outskirts of Damascus.
Three of the alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria happened after the August 21 incident in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, where hundreds of people lost their lives.
The team, led by Ake Sellstrom, arrived in Syria for its second visit on September 25, and hopes to finish its work by Monday.
It is working on a comprehensive report into the allegations that it hopes to have finished by late October.
Syria’s Ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja’afari has accused ”militants” of using chemical gas against the Syrian army troops in the towns of Bahhariya, Jobar and Ashrafieh Sahnaya.
Ny intervju med Syriens president, video och utskrift på engelska – President Bashar al-Assad interview with the Italian Rai_News_24 TV
28 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 28 september, 2013
Christof Lehmann – UN Security Council adopts Resolution on Syria unanimously
Members ot the Security Council vote on the resolution. UN Photo-Mark GartenAfter the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSC Resolution 2118 (2013), UN Secretary General Ban Kyi-moon called the resolution the first hopeful news on Syria in a long time, and stressed that the resolution aims at holding the Geneva 2 conference as soon as possible.
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The Russian Foreign Minister emphasized that the text of UNSC Resolution 2118 (2013) had not been passed under the UN Charter´s Chapter VII nor did it allow for coercive measures.
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Open Questions. Statements by respectively John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov underline that there are great differences with regards to their understanding of what consequences non-compliance would or should have to have. While the Russian Foreign Minister stressed that no military action would be possible without renewed debates at the Security Council, and on the basis of evidence, Secretary of State Kerry gives the impression that military consequences are understood as a given fact in the case of non-compliance.
voiceofrussia.com – UN aims to hold international peace conference on Syria in mid-November
Press TV – Syria envoy welcomes UNSC resolution
Speaking to reporters after the UN Security Council meeting on Friday, he called on Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, France and the United States to abide by the resolution and stop supporting militants fighting in Syria.
Ja’afari added that the countries supporting the militants should be held accountable if they continued arming them.
”You can’t bring terrorists from all over the world and send them into Syria in the name of jihad and then pretend that you are working for peace,” he said.
The envoy added that Damascus was ”fully committed” to taking part at a proposed November peace conference in Geneva aimed at ending the unrest in the country.
rt.com – Russia made sure UNSC Syria resolution leaves no loopholes for use of force – Lavrov
rt.com – No country can usurp right to judge chemical weapons use – Lavrov
plenglish.com – Russia Gives U.S. Evidence on Use of Sarin by Syrian Opposition
Lavrov told The Washington Post that there is evidence that proves the same nature of the chemical agent used in the attacks in Aleppo and on the outskirts of Damascus on March 19.
Asked about the issue, the head of Russian diplomacy reaffirmed that there is ”very good evidence that ratifies the responsibility of the Syrian armed groups in the events”.
He explained that during a meeting on Wednesday, he had handed over to Kerry a compilation of evidence that, he noted, are not revolutionary at all and are accessible on the internet.
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights i London är ju inte precis någon oberoende och tillförlitlig källa, men t.o.m. siffror därifrån visar att den grupp som har flest dödade under Syrien-krisen är syriska armén – antiwar.com – Most Reported Deaths in Syria Have Not Been Committed by Assad Forces
Al-Hamwi: Commission of Inquiry Report on Syria Biased and Selective
”We have been presented today with a new draft resolution that is biased and selective, whose patrons have rebuffed every overture for cooperation and constructive contribution offered them by the delegations…a resolution that has overstepped the jurisdiction of the the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the UN Security Council and a number of humanitarian organizations,” Dr. al-Hamwi said.
Press TV – Syria FSA militants declare war on al-Qaeda linked ISIL
27 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 27 september, 2013
UPPDATERING
Turkisk polis beslagtog för en vecka sen Red Mercury (rött kvicksilver?) när en bil med två turkar och en syrier stoppades. Denna substans används bl.a. till kärnvapen. Man kan tänka sig att detta skulle planteras någonstans i Syrien och ”upptäckas” och presenteras som bevis på att Syrien försöker framställa kärnvapen eller något liknande!
Christof Lehmann – Turkish Police seized rare Explosive with Possible Nuclear Utility
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The question, whether an attempt was made to “set-up the Syrian government” as having a covert nuclear weapons program or as participating in nuclear proliferation, to justify US aggression against Syria or further sanctions against Iran is not necessarily a far fetched one.
En svensk expert på internationell lag varnar för att en text som antyder att syriska regeringen låg bakom gas-attacken den 21 aug kan öppna en farlig bakdörr till möjligheter att ställa representanter för syriska regeringen eller armén inför Haag-domstolen.
Christof Lehmann – Security Council Vote on Syria Friday or Saturday. No Chapter 7 Option
Powers said, that the draft resolution is “legally obligating Syria to give up chemical weapons they used on their people. … The draft UNSC Resolution establishes that Syria’s use of chemical weapons is a threat to international peace and security and creates a new norm against the use of CW,” she wrote via Twitter. (Emphasis added)
A Swedish expert in international law contacted nsnbc international, saying on condition of anonymity, that any UNSC resolution that implies that Syria in fact has used chemical weapons against the Syrian people could have serious and complex legal implications. The Swedish expert warned, that any reference of that nature in the resolution could leave a backdoor for charging members of the Syrian government and the Syrian armed forces for chemical weapons use in The Haag, even though all available evidence points towards foreign backed terrorists being the perpetrators of the attack in East Ghouta and Khan al-Assal.
The text of the draft resolution is handled behind closed doors at the UNSC and will not be available for analysis until after the vote and the publication of the adopted resolution by the United Nations.
Ny intervju med Mother Agnes – rt.com – ‘Staged and scripted’: Mother Agnes finalizes chronology of Damascus chemical attack
RT: How did the UN respond to your findings?
MA: I said directly in a meeting with the commission of inquiry that I have been viewing the videos and that my impression was that they were a fake. They were very much interested. They’ve asked me to transmit to them the videos as well as my own observation.
Until today I have just transmitted to the commission of inquiry and also to the office of the high commissioner of human rights in Geneva my 50-page study. I did not transmit until today the videos because I wanted to be sure about my work and I will transmit to them, remit to them in an official way the whole work of chronology and evidences that they will be able to see, to view it in an audio-visual way.
voiceofrussia.com – Bomb kills at least 20 in Damascus provinc? – NGO – almanar.com.lb – Damascus Car Bomb Kills 20 People at Least – Press TV – 60 killed in car bomb blast in Damascus suburb
voiceofrussia.com – Military action against Syria can only make matters worse – video från Lavrovs tal
”Unfortunately, many argue that although banned by the UN Charter, the use of force and threats to use force are potent methods to solve conflicts between states.”
”At the same time, past experience shows that outside military intervention is senseless, useless and only makes matters worse. Forceful intervention is fraught with eroding the world order and destroying the safeguards against the proliferation of dangerous weapon systems.”
Chemical Solution? Draft resolution on Syria weapons agreed, implies no immediate force
Den libanesiske fd generalen tror inte att väst med allierade kommer att fortsätta att beväpna och stödja de väpnade gängen!
Ex-Lebanese Army Commander: Assad fall would plunge Middle East in chaos, General Michel Aoun, a former Lebanese Army Commander, currently a politician and leader of the Free Patriotic Movement.
alalam.ir – More Israeli missiles found in Syria’s Daraa
slut på uppdateringen _______________________
Tydligen är en FN-grupp på plats för att undersöka platser där kemiska vapen påstås ha använts tidigare, som platsen utanför Aleppo i mars. Så här skriver Sveriges Radio idag: ”Det ser ut som att inspektörer kommer vara på plats redan på tisdag i Syrien.” Är det så att det är olika grupper, en som ska undersöka tidigare incidenter och en som ska hantera förstörandet av regeringens kemiska vapen, och västmedierna försöker låtsas som att den förra inte finns? (UPPDATERING – nu, strax därefter, nämns den andra i ett inlägg )
voiceofrussia.com – Chemical experts to complete work in Syria Monday – UN
In a statement issued from Damascus, the UN said the team would investigate seven alleged attack.
Press TV – Syria CW probe must start by Tuesday: Draft resolution
On Friday, fresh details appeared about the draft resolution which is to be discussed by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) later on Friday.
Senaste budet, inget kapitel 7 – Press TV –Russia, US reach accord on UNSC resolution on Syria – rt.com – No ‘military measures’ in Syria draft resolution – Lavrov
Carlos Martinez – Decriminalizing Bashar al Assad: Towards a More Effective Anti-War Movement
26 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 26 september, 2013
UPPDATERING
voiceofrussia.com – Russia ‘very close’ to agreement on Syria resolution, unlike US – Lavrov
”Russia is very close, the US isn’t”, Lavrov said responding to a question about the progress on Syria resolution.
Lavrov also added that the resolution submitted to UN Security Council is largely in line with Geneva deal.
slut på uppdateringen _______________
Här påstår man att en överenskommelse ska ha nåtts om en resolution där en hänvisning till kapitel 7 ingår! Om det är sant får man anta att det är en lös formulering och att de våldsbenägna nationerna inte automatiskt ges rätt att anfalla om de får sådana idéer, utan att ärendet ska tas upp i säkerhetsrådet så att Ryssland och Kina får en chans att lägga in sina veton.
voiceofrussia.com – Security Council reaches agreement on Syria chem weapons resolution – UN diplomats
The comments came a day after Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Gennady Gatilov, said negotiators had overcome a major hurdle and agreed that the resolution would include a reference to Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which allows for military and nonmilitary actions to promote peace and security.
voiceofrussia.com – Format of high-level meeting on Syria expanded – UN spokesperson
“This is a high-level meeting. We said before it was going to be a trilateral meeting between Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US State Secretary John Kerry, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Lakhdar Brahimi, Arab League Special Envoy to Syria. Now the format has been expanded and further details will be revealed later,” Nesirky said.
Earlier, he said that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon would hold the meeting on Friday.
almanar.com.lb – Assad: Our Enemies Are Confused, We Have Weapons That Can Paralyze Israel
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Asked by the Lebanese writer whether it is a strategic loss for Syria to lose its chemical weapon, Assad said: “We had produced our chemical weapon, during the eighties of the last century, in a bid to deter Israel. However it is no more deterrent and today we have weapons that are more important and sophisticated through which we can paralyze Israel in seconds.”
almanar.com.lb – Nationalities of Militants in Syria .. in Figures
rt.com – Homemade sarin was used in attack near Damascus – Lavrov
“On the occasion of the incident in the vicinity of Aleppo on March 19, 2013 when the United Nations, under the pressure of some Security Council members, didn’t respond to the request of the Syrian government to send inspectors to investigate, Russia, at the request of the Syrian government, investigated that case, and this report, i.e. the results of this investigation are broadly available to the Security Council and publicly,” Lavrov said.
“The main conclusion is that the type of sarin used in that incident was homemade. We also have evidence to assert that the type of sarin used on August 21 was the same, only of higher concentration.”
voiceofrussia.com – Some nations want a ‘free hand’ in Syria – Ryabkov
I agree with you that there is still no safeguard against a military operation. We have fended the threat of a brute force solution for the time being and are working on consolidating our progress to turn this respite into a long-lasting peace to avert the danger once and for all. What is to be done next? We must carry on with the Lavrov-Kerry plan. Let’s be fair to our US partners. They agreed with many arguments that we made, although Washington continues to pressure the regime and support its opposition in Syria, to supply it with weapons.
sana.sy – President al-Assad interview with TeleSUR TV
President Assad: Our relationship on this issue will be with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Syria is not required to provide guarantees to the world or to the organization, it is required to deal with specific mechanisms or to abide by specific mechanisms stipulated in the chemical weapons convention. And as I said before, Syria is committed to all agreements it signs.
Syria has recently sent the required data to the OPCW. Shortly, OPCW’s experts will visit Syria to familiarize themselves with the status of these weapons. As a government, we do not have any serious obstacles. However, there is always the possibility that the terrorists will obstruct the work of the investigators in order to prevent them from reaching the identified sites, either because they have their own motives or because they are acting on instructions from the states that support and finance them. Either way, we expect that their objective is to blame the Syrian government for not cooperating with the investigators. But as far as we are concerned as a government, we have no problem with agreeing to the mechanisms provided by in this agreement.
25 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 25 september, 2013
rt.com – Chemical weapons held by all sides in Syria should be destroyed – Lavrov
“There are some serious concerns that the Syrian opposition may possess components of chemical weapons,” Lavrov told the press after the meeting with his counterpart. “All chemical weapons must be destroyed in Syria including hazardous materials in possession of the opposition,” he was quoted by Interfax.
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One of the main sticking points is a possible Security Council resolution that would include possibility of the use of force under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter. Russia as well as China have continually opposed the inclusion of any such reference in a draft UN resolution.
rt.com – UN chemical weapons experts to return to Syria Wednesday – Moscow
Patrik Paulov – ”Förfalskade bevis för kemisk attack”, Omfattande granskning av filmer från Ghouta
Det är viktigt att åter påpeka att ISTEAMS undersökning inte på något vis utesluter att kemiska vapen använts eller att många människor dödats i Ghouta. Men dess slutsats är att rebellernas filmatiserade skildring av vad som hänt inte visar verkligheten utan iscensatts i ett tydligt syfte. Nämligen att angripa den syriska regeringen och legitimera en västligt militär attack på Syrien.
jinge.se – Gasattacken – kan Saudiarabien och Israel vara inblandade?
Julie Lévesque and Prof Michel Chossudovsky – The Ghouta Chemical Attacks: US-Backed False Flag? Killing Syrian Children to Justify a “Humanitarian” Military Intervention
voiceofrussia.com – VoR investigation: Controversy surrounding MintPress chemical weapons Ghouta report continues
Chossudovsky also contends that this story is very significant because “everything suggests that what Ms Gavlak and Mr Ababneh reported in that article is correct”. While the expert admits that the Mint Press report is incomplete, he nonetheless sees it as a credible piece of information when it is corroborated by other report. For Chossudovsky, the report not only supports the assumption that Syrian rebels, rather than Assad’s forces, waged Ghouta attacks, but also suggests that August 21st attacks were a “series of very carefully staged events.”
As for Ms Gavlak’s future prospects, Professor assumes that her career as a mainstream journalist might well be over. “I suspect she will be fired, if she hasn’t already been fired,” Chossudovsky claims. “Associated Press will not want to take her back as a mainstream reporter. They will do their outmost to camouflage this report and other reports which are being published concerning this east Ghouta chemical weapons attack.”
voiceofrussia.com – Islamist Syrian rebels abandon US-backed SNC, call for unity under sharia law
moonofalabama.org – Syria: The Mask Is Off
Tony Cartalucci – VIDEO: Rockets Used in Damascus CW Attack Fired from Makeshift Flatbeds, Not Military Vehicles
That the same rocket used in Damascus has now been seen launched from makeshift flatbeds and not olive green military rocket launchers, along with answering the basic question of ”to whose benefit?” and considering that militants are confirmed to have US training in handling of chemical weapons – all at the very least tear down the narrative that ”only the Syrian regime” could have carried out the attacks.
rt.com – ‘Syria infiltrated by groups with CIA links’, No one knows for sure how the US aggression against Syria may play out, not even Washington, while Syria has been infiltrated by groups that have links to the CIA and are also backed by “certain Arab nations,” former Hezbollah MP Hassan Hoballah told RT.
Exceptional? You bet! ‘US wants to bully UN into overthrowing Assad’
theblaze.com – Al Qaeda-Linked Syria Group Enjoying USAID? You’ve Got to See This to Believe It
24 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 24 september, 2013
Press TV – Five killed, more wounded in Damascus explosion: State TV
almanar.com.lb – Ban to UN Summit: Stop Fuelling Syria Bloodshed
”I appeal to all states to stop fuelling the bloodshed and to end the arms flows to Syria,” Ban told world leaders.
Press TV – Obama says US ready to use military force in Middle East
Richard Lightbown – The Syria Chemical Weapons Attack: Human Rights Watch is Manipulating the Facts
23 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 23 september, 2013
Ännu en viktig artikel om händelserna den 21 augusti. På en av de platser som FN-gruppen undersökte först fanns inga spår av sarin i proverna från yttermiljön. Ändå var det från denna plats som de påstådda offren för attacken hade mest spår av sarin. Ännu ett tecken på att händelsen är manipulerad. Det finns fler underligheter i denna artikel om FN-rapporten.
Sharmine Narwani and Radwan Mortada – Questions Plague UN Report on Syria
This is a critical piece of information. These samples were taken from “impact sites and surrounding areas” identified by numerous parties, not just random areas in the town. Furthermore, in Moadamiyah, the environmental samples were taken five days after the reported CW attack, whereas in Ein Tarma and Zamalka – where many samples tested positive for Sarin – UN investigators collected those samples seven and eight days post-attack, when degradation of chemical agents could have been more pronounced.
Yet it is in Moadamiyah where alleged victims of a CW attack tested highest for Sarin exposure ..
Christof Lehmann – Russia – China and CSTO draw Red Line about NATO Despotism
infowars.com –Saudi Arabia Threatens to “End Career” of AP Reporter Over Chemical Weapons Story – Press TV – US reporter threatened by Saudi Arabia over Syria chemical weapons attack
Intervju med den religiöse ledare som erbjöds en stor summa pengar för att delta på oppositionens sida, men som avböjde, och vars son senare mördades. Tror att det var på hösten 2011, inte förra året som det står i artikeln.
Robert Fisk – ”I had five sons, now I have four”: Syria’s senior cleric pardons the rebels who killed his son, The Grand Mufti of Syria preaches a message of forgiveness
I ask for his reaction to the men’s confession, and the Grand Mufti puts his hands over his eyes and weeps. “He was only 21, my youngest son.
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“All the men involved were Syrians, from the countryside of Aleppo. They said they received their command from Turkey and Saudi Arabia, that they were each paid 50,000 Syrian pounds. This shows that my son’s killing was not out of doctrine or belief. The two men were 18 or 19 only.”
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The first major use of gas came in March at Khan al-Assal in Aleppo province, near the Mufti’s residence, when at least 26 civilians suffocated to death. This is his version of what happened.
“Some of the farm labourers reported to me that all the terrorists in the area had suddenly left – the night before the attack – and had evacuated all their people. So the civilians were happy – they were civilians and many were the wives and children of soldiers – and so they went back at last to their homes. Then came the chemical missile attack. I said at that time, in March, that this event is just an experiment, that gas will be used again in other places.”
Jean Bricmont and Diana Johnstone – No More War for Israel? The People Against the 800 Pound Gorilla
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For now, the threat of war has been avoided, or at least “postponed”. Let us not forget that Iraq and Libya also gave up their weapons of mass destruction, only to be attacked later. Syria is likely to abandon its chemical weapons, but without any guarantee that the rebels, much less Israel, won’t retain such weapons. The popular mobilization against the war, probably the first one in history to stop a war before it starts, has been intense but may be short-lived. Those whose war plans have been interrupted can be expected to come up with new maneuvers to regain the initiative. These past days have given a glimpse of what can be accomplished when people wake up and say no to war. This must be an inspiration for continued efforts to make diplomacy prevail over bullying, and mutual disarmament over endless war. If people really want peace, it can be possible.
Yekbun Alp – Al-Qaidas svenska värvningskampanj måste fram i ljuset
Men ingen frågar sig hur terroristerna kom in landet eller varifrån de får vapen och utbildning. Medierna fokuserar istället på Syriens president Bashar al-Assad och oppositionen i Fria syriska armén.
Vi glömmer eller ignorerar att terroristerna i al-Nusra dagligen dödar civila på de mest brutala sätt. Folk radas upp för att halshuggas med svärd, gravida kvinnor får magarna uppskurna och deras foster dödas.
Alltsammans filmas och läggs ut på nätet. Trots detta är det ingen som reagerar. Världens ledare är tysta och riktar all sin uppmärksamhet mot president al-Assad. Varför är medierna så beroende av information från länder som USA?
voiceofrussia.com – Assad slams US, France on UN draft resolution on Syria
Assad, who was interviewed by China’s state television CCTV in Damascus, the Syrian capital, said he was not concerned about the draft resolution and that Chinaand Russia would ”ensure any excuse for military action against Syria will not stand.”
22 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 22 september, 2013
USA hotar med att dra sig ur överenskommelsen om Syriens kem-vapen om de inte får hota med militärt våld, alltså kapitel 7 i FN, i en resolution. Webster Tarpley påpekar i sin senaste rapport att det inte behövs någon resolution, och absolut inte någon med kapitel 7 för att genomföra överenskommelsen. Det lyser allt tydligare igenom att målet för USA inte var att få bort kemiska vapen från Syrien, utan att få bort Syriens president. Och nu är man oroliga att stå utan svepskäl att hota med ett angrepp. Var dödskjutningarna på en amerikansk militäranläggning i veckan ett budskap till Obama från de mörkrets makter som agerar bakom kulisserna om att man inte var nöjda med en fredlig uppgörelse om Syrien?
rt.com – Lavrov: US pressuring Russia into passing UN resolution on Syria allowing military force
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“Our partners are blinded by an ideological mission for regime change,” said Lavrov. “They cannot admit they have made another mistake.”
voiceofrussia.com – Russian foreign chief Sergei Lavrov says US ‘overtly blackmailing’ Moscow on Syria
globalresearch.ca – Syria: Why War is Still on the Table, Global Research News Hour Episode 37
Tony Cartalucci – West Attempts Syria Cover Up – Claims ”Twitter Donations” Behind Rise of Al Qaeda
Artikeln på mintpressnews.com den 29 augusti har fått ökat värde, då journalisterna bakom den har utsatts för hot – Official Statement On Dale Gavlak’s Involvement In Syria Exclusive – Det var i den artikeln det påstods att ”rebellerna” fått kemiska vapen från Saudiarabien.
Robert Fisk – Gas missiles ‘were not sold to Syria’, Export papers seem to back Assad’s denial over sarin attack – but Russians won’t go into detail
21 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 21 september, 2013
voiceofrussia.com – International experts scrutinize Syria’s disclosures
Road to Disarmament: Syria hands over toxic arsenal info to intl agency
almanar.com.lb – Tunisia Arrests 86 Salafists Recruiting Mercenaries to Fight in Syria
In the meantime, local authorities stated that six thousand young men have been forbidden from travelling to Syria, after plots revealed they were planning to fight for Al-Nusra Front against the national military.
20 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 20 september, 2013
UPPDATERING
Thierry Meyssan – Putin warns US citizens about the consequences of their government’s policies
Tony Cartalucci – In Syria, There are no Moderates
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It is important to understand two undeniable, verified facts. First, there are no moderates in Syria, and second, Al Qaeda’s ascendance in Syria is the direct results of the West intentionally arming them, funding them, training them, providing them with tactical, logistical, and strategic support, as well as financing them through the purchase of Al Qaeda-controlled oil fields. Understanding these facts lifts the veil regarding the latest round of lies and fabrications by the West to regain the initiative amidst their premeditated, 2-plus year assault on Syria.
Press TV – OPCW receives Syria chemical weapons declaration
globalresearch.ca – The Ghouta chemical attack: Kidnapped by Al Nusrah. Where are the Missing Children?
Vladimir Yevseyev – Syria: Chemical Attack or “Provocation” by Opposition Rebel Forces
moonofalabama.org – Syria: NYT, HRW Wrong To Claim Chemical Attack Origin
Christof Lehmann – Germany joins efforts to frame Syria on non-compliance
slut på uppdateringen _______________________
Intervju med Mother Agnes – rt.com – Children in Syria chemical attack video ‘moved between locations’ before ‘staged’ filming
voiceofrussia.com – West clueless if extremists come to power in Syria – Putin
President Putin urged the West to say honestly that it had started providing external support as soon as the conflict broke out in Syria. “How did the terrorist group Al-Nusra come into existence there? Even the US Department of State has admitted that Al-Qaeda units are fighting there,” he said.
“We can’t watch mass killings calmly, but if we try to interfere on either side, there will be no balance. We must find points of contact and equilibrium that would hold for some time,” Putin said.
He mentioned Libya as an example. “Has it become better there now? What is the result?” he asked, adding that the way proposed to solve the problem in that country had proven wrong. “This is why we want to forge constructive dialogue with the United States,” the president said.
The use of force against Syria would upset the balance of power in the world not to that country, Vladimir Putin said. “This would be a blow to the world order, not to Syria. This is what I mean.”
“There are no exclusive interests in Syria we would be pursuing by trying to keep the present government there. We are trying to preserve the principles of international law,” he said.
Bill Simpich – Rogue State USA: Missile Threats Make Any Syria Treaty Illegal
This rule is so strong that it explains why Obama recently announced that he will not seek a Security Council authorization of the threat of the use of force in Syria. Under international law, the necessary conditions do not exist for the Security Council to take any such action in this setting.
Christian village Maaloula falls into jihadists’ hands as Al-Qaeda grows in Syria
19 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 19 september, 2013
rt.com – Russia: UN inspectors ignored evidence on Syria chemical attacks
voiceofrussia.com – Russia may hand over evidence of rebels’ chemical weps use to UN today
Press TV – Chemical attack near Syrian capital smart provocation: Putin
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya – One nun puts entire US intel community to shame over ‘stage-managed’ Syria footage
Look With Your Own Eyes: The Videos of the Chemical Attacks in Syria Show Tampered Scenes
globalresearch.ca – How the Syrian Chemical Weapons Videos Were Staged, Detailed Video Analysis on GRTV
In the wake of the Syrian chemical weapons attack, shocking footage of the victims of that attack were widely circulated in an effort to raise the ire of the public and spur support for military intervention.
Now, a new report on that footage finds troubling inconsistencies and manipulation with the video that calls the official narrative of the attack and its victims into question.
nsnbc.me – Al-Nusra Producing Chemical Weapons in Turkey
Press TV – 19 killed in bus bomb attack in central Syria
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich – Syria and the Saudi-Israeli Connection: The Chemical Weapons Attack. Who was Behind It?
voiceofrussia.com – Obama regime is buying time to reshuffle its plans – Koenig
Stephen Gowans – Counter-Questions on Syria: Obama Brushes Aside International Law
Thierry Meyssan – The Secret of Israeli Chemical Weapons
Finian Cunningham – Western lies, criminality unraveling in Syria
What is disturbing is that this latest evidence, which includes ballistic charts and chemical analysis data, was already presented to the UN team led by Sellstrom. Russia has also said that other evidence and information presented to the UN team during the investigation was ignored in its final report. That suggests that the UN team was compromised to accommodate Western political interests.
Ny intervju med Syriens president, utskriven som text här – President al-Assad’s interview with Fox News
18 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 18 september, 2013
En syrisk helikopter som var ett par km innanför turkisk gräns sköts ner av turkiskt flyg för ett par dagar sedan. Från syriskt håll sas det att helikoptern var obeväpnad och att den var på väg tillbaka mot syriskt område när den sköts ner. Piloten sköt sig ur helikoptern och landade med fallskärm, men dödades och halshöggs av väpnade gäng, en video med groteska bilder visar detta. Representanter för syriens ledning ansåg att det hela var en provokation från turkiskt håll, att de vill ha igång en konflikt. Vilket också visas av att turkiets utrikesminister därefter hotat med ”konsekvenser” vid en syrisk hämndaktion!
Och nu tycks Nato-chefen Fogh-Rasmussen ha givit ”rebellerna” tips om ett nytt ”game changing event”, just de ord Obama använde angående användning av kemiska vapen för ett år sen, om de nu inte kan försöka trigga fram utländsk inblandning genom false flag-kem-attacker längre. Han lär ha sagt att om Turkiet dras in i konflikten blir det en ”game changer”! Kan man gissa att de väpnade gängen kommer att avfyra missiler in mot Turkiet nu, och givetvis skylla på Assad, vilket man säkert kommer att få hjälp med av västmedierna. Precis detta har ju hänt förut, var det ca ett år sedan? Man har ju lagt grunden för en sådan historia med den onödiga nedskjutningen av helikoptern och den barbariska behandlingen av piloten!
Syrian pilot shot down by Turkish military most likely beheaded by jihadist rebels
Turkey threatens with ‘consequences’ if Syria tries to avenge military chopper downing
Ett klipp – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HCJI5AbJkQ – ska ha hittats på mobilen hos en dödad ”rebell” som sägs visa att dessa avfyrar något som kan vara en kem-laddning just vid tidpunkten för attacken på morgonen den 21 augusti.
Unverified videos allegedly show Syria rebels using chemical weapons
voiceofrussia.com – Damascus provides Russia with new info on Syrian opposition’s use of chemical weapons – Ryabkov
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”The material received, given to us in Arabic, will be translated into Russian. What kind of conclusions can Russia draw? This will be studied in detail and without hurry. I assure that this could change the course of further talks,” underlined Ryabkov.
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”This evidence was previously given to Mr. Selstrem [UN experts head], who was here in Syria and headed the group of experts,” Ryabkov told reporters in Damascus.
rt.com – Russia to provide UNSC with data for chemical weapons’ use by Syrian rebels – Lavrov
hbl.fi – Ryssland: Bevis på att rebeller använt kemvapen
voiceofrussia.com – UN weapons inspectors to return to Syria soon – chief – Press TV – Russia demands ‘immediate return’ of UN inspectors to Syria
Yoichi Shimatsu – The Sellstrom Report: The United Nations’ Syria Inspector Shills for NATO and Israel
Sellstrom’s report on Syria for the UN and his prior inspections record in Iraq are dubious, to say the least. In the eyes of laymen, his seeming objectivity and non-partisanship is based on the myth of Sweden’s neutrality. The public assumes – wrongly- that Sweden never takes sides in wars or geopolitical conflicts.
Press TV – Consequences of US war on Syria ‘unbelievable’
“If we were to use military action right now in Syria, the consequences would be otherly unbelievable throughout the entire Middle East region and maybe even the world,” Maloof told Press TV on Wednesday.
Former U.S. Officials Ramsey Clark and Cynthia McKinney Travel to Mideast Anti-War Conference & Syria to Oppose U.S. War Plans – sana.sy – President al-Assad to US delegation: US administration policies in the region do not serve the the American people
voiceofrussia.com – UN experts fail to locate suspected sarin launch sites in Syria – spokesman
jinge.se – Massakern i Ghouta, Syrien – falska videoinspelningar?
17 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 17 september, 2013
UPPDATERING
Michel Chossudovsky – Syria: Fabricating Chemical Lies. Who is Behind the East Ghouta Attacks?
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The ISTEAMS study demonstrates the following: the East Ghouda tragedy was a carefully planned staged event involving the US sponsored “opposition rebel forces”.
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The Senate Committee Resolution 2021 (referring to the videos) points to “clear and compelling evidence”. In the words of John Kerry in his statement before the Senate Committee: “The images [in the videos] of that day are sickening. And in my view, the world cannot ignore the inhumanity and the horror of this act.”
But those images were part of a diabolical operation which consisted in triggering atrocities including the killing of innocent children, and then using the filmed footages of these atrocities for propaganda purposes.
Who was behind this criminal project?
Press TV – UN Syria resolution not to refer to Chapter 7 of UN Charter: Lavrov
The foreign minister made the remarks during a conference after a meeting held with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius in the Russian capital, Moscow.
“The resolution of the Security Council, which will approve the decision of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) executive council, will not be over Chapter 7. We said it distinctly in Geneva and the document that we agreed on says no single word about it,” Lavrov said.
Christof Lehmann – UN Report on Syria ambiguous and dangerous, USA, UK and France under Suspicion for Systematic Omission of Evidence for “Opposition’s Chemical Weapons Use, to Justify Military Aggression against Syria.
The way in which the debris of the missiles was scattered suggests, that a multiple rocket launcher (MRL) could have been used to launch the chemical laden projectiles. A procedure not used by Syria’s military forces.
Even though the report clearly supports Syrian and Russian statements and mounting evidence which points towards foreign-backed terrorists as perpetrators of the chemical weapons attack on 21 August, the report is ambiguous and leaves dangerously much room for political interpretations.
voiceofrussia.com – Russia willing to make contribution to security of OPCW experts in Syria – Lavrov
voltairenet.org – The chemical weapons of Ghouta came from the Turkish Army
According to this report, the Turkish army was aiming to provoke an international intervention against Syria.
Press TV –Syrian army gains control of Shabaa on Damascus suburbs – almanar.com.lb
Murky Clues from UN’s Syria Report – Murky Clues from UN’s Syria Report
Norman Solomon – Next Step for Peace in Syria — Stop the “Lethal Aid”
almanar.com.lb – Syrian Security Source Says Gunmen Have Land-Land Rockets, Sarin
gulfnews.com – Israel calls for toppling of Al Assad
Even Al Assad’s defeat by Al Qaida-aligned rebels would be preferable to Damascus’ current alliance with Israel’s arch-foe Iran, Ambassador Michael Oren said in an interview with the Jerusalem Post.
aydinlikdaily.com – 75 Thousand Islamist Terrorists Fighting Assad
David Swanson – Humanitarian Murder
pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com.au – UN Report regarding Chemical attack at Ghouta
phstjernfeldt.blogspot.se – Två rapporter om kemvapenattacken i Gousha
nyhetsbanken.se – Ryska gasraketer i Syrien – eller hemmagjorda
jinge.se – Kemiska vapen har använts i Syrien av någon eller några
Is war biggest crime committed in Syria against Syrians? As the UN Independent Commission on Syria releases yet another report, one thing is painfully clear: both sides have committed countless war crimes and atrocities, with no end in sight to the hostilities. How independent and impartial can the Commission be, with so much at stake? Vitit Muntarbhorn, one of the authors of the report, joins Oksana in this special edition of Worlds Apart.
slut på uppdateringen ________________________
Det vore väl konstigt annars. FN-rapporten (finns HÄR) om kem-attacken talar om att platsen för undersökningen, som kontrolleras av de väpnade gängen, kan ha manipulerats.
Press TV – Syria CW attack scene may have been manipulated, UN report says
voiceofrussia.com – Report presented by UN mission on chemical weapons in Syria needs further review – Churkin
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According to the report, the experts didn’t find warheads allegedly filled with nerve gas sarin.
The UN experts believe that the way missiles’ remainders are scattered suggests that they could be launched from a multiple rocket launcher (MRL).
The report says the experts don’t exclude the possibility of transporting material evidence of the chemical weapons attack to another place either immediately after the firing or before UN inspectors’ arrival.
Tony Cartalucci – 5 Lies Invented to Spin UN Report on Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
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What the Washington Post fails to mention are the ”limitations” the UN team itself put on the credibility of their findings. On page 18 of the report (22 of the .pdf), the UN states [emphasis added]:
The time necessary to conduct a detailed survey of both locations as well as take samples was very limited. The sites have been well travelled by other individuals both before and during the investigation. Fragments and other possible evidence have clearly been handled/moved prior to the arrival of the investigation team.
It should also be noted that militants still controlled the area after the alleged attack and up to and including during the investigation by UN personnel. Any tampering or planting of evidence would have been carried out by ”opposition” members – and surely the Syrian government would not point rockets in directions that would implicate themselves.
Russia slams US blame game over UN Syria chemical attack report – Russia Today
Alla dessa barn på videorna som påstås komma från kem-attacken den 21 augusti! Det aktuella området var sen lång tid belägrat av de väpnade gängen och de flesta civila hade begett sig därifrån för länge sedan. Misstänkt bara det, och nästan inga kvinnor bland de döda, och nästan inga bilder på döda rebell-krigare, det var väl dessa som skulle vara målet för en attack av det slag som väst påstår har ägt rum?
Angående den rapport som det länkas till längst ner i gårdagens inlägg, det låter sannolikt att det är barn som kidnappats i början av augusti som syns på videorna. Sen har det säkert släppts ut någon sorts gas i området utanför Damaskus den 21 augusti, men alla dessa barn kommer knappast därifrån. En lång lista på saknade och döda finns i rapporten.
Jag har sett den här videon i en annan version med engelsk text tidigare. Enligt den säger kvinnan i svart att de hålls fångna och att de väpnade gängen vill ha en utväxling, några som tillhör deras grupp som är fångade av armén vill de ha i utbyte. Och den maskerade mannen säger också att de väntar på en utväxling. Detta ska vara i Lattakia-trakten i augusti. Är det dessa barn som dödats och använts i videorna till 21 augusti-attacken?
En video som är en sammanställning av flera klipp, visar bl.a. fler bilder på tillfångatagna civila och att ”rebellerna” har tillgång till avancerade vapen.
syriatimes.sy – Syrian Human Rights Organization Testimonies on Lattakia Countryside Massacres
sabinachiaburu.wordpress.com – Update on Downed Helicopter
Adrian Salbuchi – Why the US, UK, EU and Israel hate Syria
Her brief message unravels as a sort of common sense manual which explains why the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the European Union (especially France) and Israel are so keen on destroying Syria, a country whose leadership just won’t bow down to the New World Order elites embedded deep inside the Western powers’ own public (government) and private (corporate/banking) power structures.
I samband med artikeln ovan kan den här passa att ta en titt på, också om tänkbara anledningar till att Syrien inte kan få lov att vara ifred – Making the World Safe for Banksters: Syria in the Cross-hairs
Like Libya and Iraq before takedown, Syria and Iran have state-owned central banks that issue the national currency and are under government control. Whether these countries will succeed in maintaining their financial sovereignty in the face of enormous economic, political and military pressure remains to be seen.
16 sep
Skrivet av folke11 i Uncategorized, 16 september, 2013
Ännu en särskilt viktig artikel om händelserna de senaste veckorna! Phil Greaves – Syria: Has Obama Finally Forsaken the Insurgency?
An article from August the 22nd, authored by Yossef Bodansky, an Israeli-American political scientist who served as Director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare of the US House of Representatives from 1988 to 2004 claims:
Starting Aug. 17 and 18, nominally Free Syrian Army (FSA) units — in reality a separate Syrian and Arab army trained and equipped by the CIA as well as Jordanian and other intelligence services — attempted to penetrate southern Syria from northern Jordan and start a march on Damascus. Two units, one 250-strong and one 300-strong, crossed into Syria and began advancing parallel to the Golan Heights border. Their aim was to break east and reach Daraa quickly in order to prepare the ground for the declaration of Daraa as the capital of a “Free Syria”. However, the CIA’s FSA forces met fierce resistance by the unlikely coalition of the Syrian Army, local jihadist forces (mainly the locally-raised Yarmuk Brigades), and even tribal units who fear the encroachment by outside forces on their domain. By Aug. 19 and 20, the FSA units were surrounded in three villages not far from the Israeli border.
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In a revealing interview on Sunday, Obama gave further sign of a shift in US policy and refused to be drawn on the future of Assad. Obama effectively announced the US intention of giving up on the insurgency, and said the “United States can’t get in the middle of somebody else’s civil war.” and reiterated previous statements that “We can’t enforce– militarily, a settlement there.” Has a deal to halt the US-led insurgency been done? Will the US stop arming jihadists now? Is Russia urging Syria to destroy its CW stockpile the carrot necessary to appease the angry donkey and the 800 pound gorilla (aka: the US military industrial complex & Israel)? In the remote scenario of a solid reconciliation between Russia and the US and a move toward peace; are Washington still able to control their autocratic clients in the Middle East?
Kevin Barrett – Obama, Dempsey slap down neocons on Syrian false-flag
The neocons are furious. Their rage is palpable. The foul stench of their unrighteous anger rises like toxic fumes from the American editorial pages they so treasonously dominate.
How will Netanyahu and his neocons respond?
Press TV – Putin holds diplomatic cards on Syria: Christopher Walker
almanar.com.lb – Brahimi: We Hope to Hold Geneva II Next Month
almanar.com.lb – Al-Nusra Claims Massacres in Homs Countryside
Tony Cartalucci – Telegraph Parades UK-Coddled Syrian ”Defector” in PR Push, Unemployed, has lived in UK hotel for over a year, parroting Western talking points – strains limits of credibility – admittedly lodged at the expense of the UK government.
jinge.se – USA levererar åter vapen till rebeller, & stärker därmed al-Qaida
globalresearch.ca – The Option of “Regime Change” is Still “On the Table”: Who is Washington’s Protégé for Syria?
voiceofrussia.com – Chemical warheads of missiles launched near Damascus could be handicraft – UN
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon received UN inspectors’ report on the use of chemical weapons in Syria and presented it to the UN Security Council.
According to the report, the experts didn’t find warheads allegedly filled with nerve gas sarin.
The UN experts believe that the way missiles’ remainders are scattered suggests that they could be launched from a multiple rocket launcher (MRL).
The report says the experts don’t exclude the possibility of transporting material evidence of the chemical weapons attack to another place either immediately after the firing or before UN inspectors’ arrival.
rt.com – West vows to boost Syria rebels, Russia says they should be ‘compelled’ to join peace talks
He added that the plan that Russia agreed to follow did not involve any automatic use of military force against Syria unless sanctioned by the UN Security Council.
Viktiga pdf-filer för nedladdning, bl.a. en rapport som ifrågasätter äktheten hos videorna från attacken med kemiska vapen den 21 aug. – http://hands-off-syria.jimdo.com – mer om detta – Mother Agnes Mariam –The Chemical Attacks in East Ghouta Used to Justify a Military Intervention in Syria
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