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BBC (unintentionally) exposes the sheer stupidity of some anti-Assad Syrians

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„This election is a mockery,“ said another widow, Fatma Fahal. „It shouldn’t happen. My husband and his three brothers didn’t martyr themselves for God and country just for people to go out and vote for Bashar.“
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27687018

It seems noone told Fatma Fahal that the election was indeed a good platform to display opposition and discontent by voting one of the other candidates and thus AGAINST Assad. This exactly is the dilemma of Syrias opposition: They reject and (try to) sabotage referendums, negotiations and elections but offer no alternative and hence play a major role in extending the suffering of the very people they claim to represent and to protect.

Another totally shameful and ridicuolous aspect of this BBC article is the attempt to portray the Salafist and Saudi funded/supported  „Islamic Front“ (IF) as a nationalist, „moderate islamist“ and purely Syrian movement. Whoever knows the composition of the IF with Ahrar al Sham and Jaish al Islam being its biggest factions is aware of the groups sectarian and radical character. Their attempt to distance themselves from the even more radical ISIS can only deceive naive readers who are not familiar with the IFs regular joint ventures with the beheaders and prisoner executers of the Jabhat al Nusra (JAN). It was during one of the joint endeavours of the IF and JAN in Adraa where loyalist civilians were thrown into ovens and slaughtered.

Also interesting:
„In Deir ez-Zor, another city in the east, JAN militants from the local Sharia court beat and detained women who were not wearing full Islamic dress and who had listened to music at a wedding party in a private house.“
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-fighting-a-civil-war-through-the-ballot-box-9449213.html

JAN is the single most important effective fighting force on the rebel side. They fight as a leading force on all relevant Syrian battlefronts. Hardly any rebel success is unrelated to JAN. For this reason the „good islamists“ of the IF, as the BBC and other pro-rebel anti-Assad sources try to whitewash them, cooperate with JAN. And when for a brief period the rebels of the so called „moderate“ and Jordan/CIA-trained „Southern Front“ achieved some successes in Deraa and Quneitra it were mostly the JAN fighters who were behind it.

Syrian Rebel Car Bomb Kills 14 Outside Homs Alawite Mosque

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According to some Salafi (and other hardline) muslims the Alawites are no „real“ muslims and do not or „can not“ pray. Apparently they have mosques, in this particular case one named after the first muezzin of Islam, Balal al Habashi, who is respected by both Sunnis and Shias:

„Syrian Rebel Car Bomb Kills 14 Outside Homs Alawite Mosque“
http://news.antiwar.com/2014/04/18/syrian-rebel-car-bomb-kills-14-outside-homs-alawite-mosque/

Once again one has to wonder about both the insanity and bizarreness of bombing mosques and killing worshippers in the name of Islam. Again, shame on all western and arab countries who continue to support such terrorists and their well known backers.

The „moderate“ FSAs cooperation with Al Qaeda in Syria

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Not only has the allegedly moderate, non-sectarian, pro-western and Israeli tolerated FSA been using the lethal combat efficiency of the Al Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front (JN), but they have also sold advanced anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons to the even more radical Salafi Al Qaeda branch Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISUS/ISIL):

„He didn’t want to be filmed. But he told us: if we wanted to cut the supply lines it is easier for us to take the warehouses of the FSA. Anyhow we are buying weapons from the FSA. we bought 200 anti-aircraft missiles and Koncourse anti tank weapons. We have good relations with our brothers in the FSA. For us, the infidels are those who cooperate with the West to fight Islam. “
http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/middle-east/meeting-al-qaeda-syria

As usual Obama, Kerry and co. ignore or play down such embarrassing facts when they openly speak about funding and facilitating (through Saudi Arabia) the further arming of the FSA.

 

Iran 2009 vs. Syria 2011

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The mass demonstrations and protests in Iran after the allegedly forged presidential elections of June 2009 were on a much bigger scale than what happened in Syria after Macrh 2011.
Despite the participation of up to 3 Million people on some days in Tehran alone and despite the disproportional use of lethal violence by the security forces the „green revolution“ ebbed away after a few weeks.

There are several reasons why the protests did not turn into an armed rebellion but the main factors differentiating Irans „green revolution“ from the Syrian version of the „arab spring“ were the following:
– The protesters were not armed and nobody armed them in the process either. There were few casualties among the riot police and the Bassij militia but not as a result of systematic guerilla like violence
– The protesters were not instigated by outside powers to fight against an autocratic regime that was tyrannizing and killing them on sectarian (or ethnic) grounds
– There is a persian saying „The knife has not reached the bone (yet)“ which basically means that despite many social injustices, reprisals, persecutions, economic inequalities and mismanagement and the governments constant interference in peoples private life…still daily life was very much on an acceptable level

In Syria, however, from early on there were deadly ambushes on army and police leaving to the deaths of dozens of security personell in the very first weeks. It is factually completely untrue that the protests were nothing but peaceful for months.
The protests were „contaminated“ quite early with anti-regime accusations and complaints on religious grounds. The state was accused of applying injustice and violence against its opponents because of the latters religious affiliation.
This was by and large utter nonsense but it was meant to serve a well-planned purpose, namely to defame a secular (although autocratic) government as sectarian. Not only there are many Sunnis in the highest political, economic and military ranks of Syrias elite, Bashar al Assad and his brother are married to Sunni women and their paternal grandmother was also Sunni. Now, one could check how many Saudi, Bahraini, Qatari or other „Gulf“ princes and „notables“ are married to Shia women…

The intention behind Syrias portrayal as an allegedly anti-Sunni regime was clearly to incite sectarian sentiment and play the majority card:
a) „Alawite“ Syria is between Sunni countries or border areas with high Sunni presence (Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, western Iraq). This itself makes it totally inconceivable to accuse the Assad regime of having made the conflict sectarian
b) The western-friendly Arab petrodollar monarchies of the Persian Gulf are all ruled by Sunni Kings and Princes. They control the two most influential media networks of the Arab world: Al-Jazeera and l-Arabiyya
c) Hundreds of Millions of North African Arabs are Sunni allowing for a recruiting potential of tens of thousands of „Jihadists“ from among vast numbers of unemployed or socially weak youth. In fact it has turned out that the Jihad idea has attracted even central asian and european Sunnis

The question is whether there was a movement aiming at more reforms, freedoms, human rights and democracy that was hijacked quite quickly or whether this short-lived „secular“ revolution was on a too small scale to be considered a mass movement.
At any rate the power driving the Syrian insurgency is clearly militant Salafi islamism. The forces fighting are not even distantly moderate, academic or technocratic. Their motivation is establishing a (probably sectarian) religious state, not a civil democracy adhering to human rights:

„In fact, the only rebel factions still strong enough to resist and fight the regime on the latest fronts are the radical Islamists. The town of Azizeh, just outside the Marjeh area in the east, the strategically vital Sheikh Najjar industrial zone, the old city and Aleppo’s central prison are all defended by al-Qaeda’s affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra, as well as Salafist militants Ahrar al-Sham, a member of the Islamic Front.“
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/02/barrel-bombing-syria-aleppo-rebels-regime-war.html

Of course, the US, UK and France along with their Arab „partners“, Israel and Turkey still want to stick to the now grotesque narrative that Syrias war is between a hated, russian/iranian-held, sectarian minority regime and the majority of „it´s“ reform demanding, peaceful, secular, moderate, pro western, democracy minded…people.
So, no matter how much it turns that the „bad guys“ are not only ISIS and JN, but also the other Salafi Islamists who
– are either openly hailing Al Qaeda and its principles
– or closely cooperating with JN (and sometimes even ISIS) as Al Qaedas Syrian branch:
http://www.thenational.ae/the-syrian-rebels-who-have-no-problem-fighting-alongside-al-qaeda
See also: http://100wordz.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/islamic-front-no-answer-for-syria-conflict/

 

 

Macabre dynamics in „liberated“ Syria

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„The Nusra Front has given ISIS until Saturday to accept mediation or face being expelled from Syria.“

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26390351

So, one group of sectarian Salafi beheader extremists is threatening to expel a slightly worse sister organization within Al Qaeda in Syria.
The BBC article leaves a bad taste as it comes along as a subtle advertisement in favor of the Al Nusra Front that demands that ISIS „accept arbitration within five days“.
The correct and not too far fetched interpretation is that Al Nusra hardly has any ideological-political issue with ISIS: „He demanded that ISIS halt all military operations against other rebels“.
This means that ISIS is welcome to remain on Syrian soil as long as they blow up Syrian army checkpoints and kill Alawites instead of „killing of an al-Qaeda emissary, Abu Khaled al-Suri“

 

In case you did not know: Iran is sending money and fighters to Al Qaida to kill Shias in Syria

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Is this supposed to be a joke?

„Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the designation of a key Iran-based al-Qa’ida facilitator who supports al-Qa’ida’s vital facilitation network in Iran, that operates there with the knowledge of Iranian authorities.  The network also uses Iran as a transit point for moving funding and foreign fighters through Turkey to support al-Qa’ida-affiliated elements in Syria, including the al-Nusrah Front.“
http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl2287.aspx

Give me a break: Is the department really claiming that Iran is now sending funds and fighters to al-Qaida in Syria, including the Nusrah Front?
The claim is not only shameless, it is totally sick.
The Nusrah has publicly and more than once taken „credit“ for having targetted and killed Iranians and Shias in Syria. They have proudly burned Husseiniyas and shelled Shia mosques. They have beheaded prisoners of war after having accused them of being „Iranian dogs“ or „Shia infidels“.

No person with a single functioning brain cell does believe this garbage, unless one finds it plausible to claim that Iran is simultaneously supporting and fighting each of Syrias warring factions . Why? Because according to the US and many pro-rebel (mainly arab) sources Iran is behind Assad, Hizbullah and Iraqi Shia militias as well as their most deadly adversaries Nusra Front and ISIS.

Attacking Syria would be an unjustified and criminal act

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Attacking Syria is not an act of self-defense. Syria has not attacked the United States. Nor is Syria a danger to the US.
Syria has not attacked Israel and has not even responded to numerous Israeli bombings of its soil.
In addition the US attacking Syria would also not amount to defending „democracy“ for the syrian army is not fighting against any democratic state or entity.

What we know is that an attack with poisonous gas killed around 350 people in the early hours of August, 21st.
The much quoted „Syrian Observatory for Human Rights“ and the „Doctors without borders“ both spoke of 350 dead. There is a gap of 1100 dead to the approximately 1450 victims John Kerry mentioned.
We don´t know who committed the attack. We also don´t know which gas was used. Judging from the symptoms it is rather unlikely that a „classic“ chemical weapon such as Sarin has been used:
http://strongpointsecurity.co.uk/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Revised-Thoughts-on-Damascus.pdf

While the US says that an attack on Syria would only be limited and directed against military targets earlier cases of  so called „surgical strikes“ or „precision attacks“ have managed to hit civilians with alarming regularity.
The prospect of incoming Tomahawks and cruise missiles has led many Syrians to flee their houses in panic and head towards neighbouring countries.
Any decision that transforms thousands of ordinary civilians to fugitives forcing them to live in uncertainty regarding their houses, their abandoned belongings, their jobs, their childrens school…is highly irreponsible and all but a necessary „humanitarian intervention“.

So far the US government has talked a lot about solid evidence but brought forward none. After days of building up tension and expectations by announcing the upcoming presentation of clear proof against the syrian government, a 4pages PDF file supposed to be full of damning facts contained nothing but a mess of assumptions and platitudes. Kerrys „evidence“ was actually a confession of failure, the evidence of no evidence.
Based on such (non-)facts and „evidence“ no US court would convict the defendant.
One of the main points in the paper meant to „prove“ that only the syrian government could have perpetrated the crime was the claim that the rebels have no chemical weapons. Something the CIA itself implicitly refutes:

„Al-Qa’ida and associated extremist groups have a wide variety of potential agents and delivery means to choose from for chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) attacks…however, most attacks by the group—and especially by associated extremists—probably will be small scale, incorporating relatively crude delivery means and easily produced or obtained chemicals, toxins, or radiological substances…Analysis of an al-Qa’ida document recovered in Afghanistan in summer 2002 indicates the group has crude procedures for making mustard agent, sarin, and VX.“
https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/terrorist_cbrn/terrorist_CBRN.htm

The likelihood of an attack on Syria causing catastrophic consequences is high. Here some scenarios:
– If the syrian government or the syrian president are indeed „insane“ or „delusional“ they could fire chemical missiles at Israel once they feel desperate, humiliated and cornered
– The syrian army is fighting mostly the same people, the US uses to call Al-Qaida and subject to drone attacks elsewhere:
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/does-obama-know-hes-fighting-on-alqaidas-side-8786680.html

The Nusra front, by far the most active and effective rebel faction fighting the syrian army has been declared a terroristorganization by the state department. In addition there are other islamist Jihadi groups raising the same Al Qaida banner assisting the Nusra fighters:
http://media.economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/full-width/images/2013/05/blogs/graphic-detail/20130518_gdc631.png

The allegedly secular „Free Syrian Army“ hardly exists anymore:
http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/the-free-syrian-army-doesnt-exist/

– In Iran a new, more moderate president is elected who seems to be willing to adopt a more friendly policy and improve ties with the United States. Attacking Syria would make it very hard for the new Iranian government to not take position
– A further strengthening of the syrian-iraqi Al-Qaida branch „Islamic State of Iraq and Syria“ by weakening Assad would pose an increased threat to the already fragile Iraqi state. The conflict could spill pver even more to Iraq and Lebanon. After many years of relative calm there are almost weekly bombings and skirmishes leaving hundreds of dead every month. In Iraq the AQI (Al Qaeda in Iraq) who backs the syrian rebels has intensified (suicide) bombings of market places, mosques, Cafes and even funerals killing more than 1000 people, most of them Shia muslims.

The american congress should vote against an attack on Syria. The attack would only bring further suffering to the syrian people and strengthen and embolden forces our media and politicians would call terrorists if they were fighting the US or Israel.

The syrian rebels and the unending „exceptions“

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The US, Britain and some other western nations are considering to increase their help to the syrian rebels. While so far mainly Qatar and Saudi Arabia have funded and armed the rebels, while Turkey, Jordan and lebanese elements provided the logistics and managed the weapons smuggling, Nato countries are thinking about involving themselves more intensively and directly in regime change efforts.

This is in that much puzzling as the rebels have committed a wide array of major crimes which they not even bothered to try to hide. Instead many attrocities such as kidnapping, torturing, executing/beheading pro-regime or otherwise opponent civilians (including palestinian refugees, old men, TV anchor men, journalists, movie actors, lawyers, teachers, athletes, doctors, pensioned army personel) in addition to frequent executing of military prisoners have been proudly announced, some times uploaded as gruesome video clips on Youtube.

One recent example is the hanging of pro-regime Palestinians in the Yarmouk refugee camp:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzpLl58aNxw

In view of the mounting crimes or at least dubious actions of the rebels,  some months ago their western backers decided to create the „Free Syrian Army“s „bad bank“, the Al-Nusra Front. So, whenver any ugly attrocities such as beheadings or suicide bombs in populated areas happen, not to mention the blasting and burning of religious sites of minorities the rebels are excused: It was Al-Nusra we are told. No matter that other groups like the Ahrar al Sham or the Liwa Tauheed have not very similar if not identic views as the Al-Nusra. We are supposed that the radical Salafists/Jihadists constitute only a minority within the FSA. When numbers are given about the Al-Nusra one reads no more than 3000 to 10000, but then one has to wonder how this militia has such omnipresence in this conflict: They are in Damascus suburbs, they take over the Yarmouk camp, they fight in Idlib, Homs, Hama and Aleppo, not only the cities but also the country sides and now they captured Raqqa, not to mention that they control many border crossings and are also active in Deir al Zour. All this with only 10000 men? Very unlikely.

Another example of the rebels brazenness which reflects their self-confidence due to the Wests almost total ignorance of their mischiefs is the hostage taking of UN peacekeepers in the Golan heights. While the rebels after 2 days still refuse to release the blue helmets UK foreign secretary is continuing to blame the Assad government one-sidedly and reiterates the need to widen the support for the rebels.

We are told that the rebels need armored vehicles to protect them, as though the rebels would abstain from using those vehicles for offensive military missions. The rebels are also supposed to get night vision goggles, but for what? Does Mr. Hague really think that rebels would not use those devices to attack army positions at night?

A tiny portion of the rebel crimes (see the links in this article https://radioyaran.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/besorgniserregend-toleranter-umgang-mit-syrischen-rebellen/)
if committed by Hamas or Hizbullah would be enough to align all western politicians along with the western press to denounce terrorism and crimes against humanity using phrases like „Hamas/Hizbullah exposed their criminal, evil nature…“

Syriens Rebellen begehen vielfältige und verheerende Terrorakte

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Die bedenkliche Unterstützung, die die syrischen Rebellen durch westliche Politiker und Medien erhalten wäre nur nachvollziehbar, wenn diese schwer bewaffneten Milizen eine freiheitliche, Menschenrechte respektierende Agenda verfolgen würden. Das jedoch ist nicht im entferntesten erkennbar. Die unzähligen bestenfalls lose verbundenen Rebellenverbände bestehen nicht nur aus Syrern, sondern aus hasserfüllten ausschliesslich religiös motivierten Kämpfern aus 29 verschiedenen Ländern:
http://news.antiwar.com/2012/12/20/un-syrias-rebels-come-from-29-countries/

Der Versuch der USA und ähnlich gesonnener westlicher Massenmedien die syrischen Rebellen von den ihnen angelasteten Vorwürfen schwerer Verbrechen rein zu waschen (indem beispielsweise die Al-Nusra Front als „Terrororganisation“ eingestuft wurde) ist aus 2 Gründen kläglich fehlgeschlagen:
a) Diverse andere Gruppierungen wie u.a. die „Ahrar al Sham“, „Ghuraba al Sham“ oder „Liwa al Tawheed“ unterscheiden sich in der Wahl ihrer Mittel und Rhetorik kaum von der Al-Nusra Front
b) Eine Vielzahl verschiedener Rebellengruppierungen solidarisierten sich mit der Al-Nusra Front und protestierten gegen ihre Bezeichnung als Terrororganisation:
http://news.antiwar.com/2012/12/11/syrian-rebels-pledge-allegiance-to-al-qaeda-linked-group/

Das gleiche tat auch der frisch gekürte Chef der syrischen Opposition Moaz al-Khatib:
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/us-backed-syrian-opposition-demands.html

Insofern ist es nur Augenwischerei und Wunschdenken, die Al-Nusra Front als „Bad Bank“ der syrischen Rebellen herauszupicken und so zu tun als ob die breite Mehrheit der Kämpfer säkular-demokratische freiheitlich-zivilisierte Ziele verfolge.

Im folgenden sind einige der Handlungen der Rebellen aufgeführt, die jeden nachdenklich machen sollten, der noch bedingungslos daran festhält, dass diese Kräfte um jeden Preis dabei unterstützt werden sollten, in Syrien die Macht zu erlangen:

Al-Nusra Milizionär exekutiert syrische Soldaten:
http://breakingnews.sy/en/article/9655.html?m=0

Beispiel für Industrie- und Infrastrukturterrorismus durch die Rebellen:
http://syrieninfo.blogspot.de/2012/12/terroranschlag-auf-stromversorgung.html

Sprengung von Gaspipeline, die E-Werke versorgt:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/international-envoy-warns-failed-state-syria-18095595#.UOTEzqzxH8s

„Ermordungen, Entführungen und Erpressungen all derer, die nach wie vor im Dienste des Systems stünden, zählten spätestens seit Ende vergangenen Jahres zu den wichtigsten Taktiken der Rebellen in Syrien“
http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/wirtschaft/wirtschaftsnachrichten/syriens-wirtschaft-im-visier-der-rebellen-1.17318676

Von Saudi Arabien propagierte geistige Krankheit „Salafismus“ infiziert syrischen Mann in Aleppo, der seine Frau deshalb tötet, weil sie mit Assad sympathisiert. Das sind die moralisch-ethisch überlegenen syrischen Oppositionellen, die Assad ersetzen sollen:
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Dec-19/199155-syrian-man-shoots-dead-russian-pro-assad-wife.ashx#axzz2FWzMo88r

Beispiel für gezielte Attacken auf (Pro)Regime-Journalisten durch Rebellen: „Rebels reportedly kill Syrian TV cameraman near Damascus“
http://www.timesofisrael.com/rebels-reportedly-kill-syrian-tv-cameraman-near-damascus/

Beispiel für die systematische Zerstörung syrischer Kulturgüter und städtischer Infrastruktur:
„Weeks ago, most of the souk – the living pulse of Aleppo for centuries – was set on fire and destroyed by the „rebels“ of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA).“
www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NL22Ak03.html

Systematischer Diebstahl und Plünderung privaten und staatlichen Eigentums durch die Rebellen:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/27/syrian-rebels-scramble-spoils-war

Attacke auf Elektrizitätswerk: „An attack by Syrian rebels on an electricity pylon on Friday caused a power outage in several areas of Damascus“
http://blogs.aljazeera.com/topic/syria/rebel-attack-cuts-damascus-power-syrian-state-tv-says

Auch vor Krankenhäusern machen die Rebellen nicht halt. Erstere werden – da sie zuvor vom verhassten Staat betrieben wurden – „gereinigt“, was neben der Zerstörung von Gebäuden und Material, sowie Gefährdung bis hin zur Tötung von Patienten auch die bedeutet, dass Ärzte und Personal in Mitleidenschaft gezogen werden.

Dann sind da die Attacken der Rebellen auf dichtbesiedelte Palästinenser-Flüchtlingsläger. Gemäss der Logik der Rebellen sind diese Läger mindestens teilweise legitime Ziele, da die dort aktiven Fraktionen der PFLP-(GC) (Ahmed Gibril) wegen ihrer Pro-Regime-Haltung „Komplizen“ des Assadregimes seien. Die Medien berichten dann mit geheucheltem Mitleid über die Misere der dortigen Bevölkerung, wenn die syrische Armee bei der Bekämpfung der eingedrungenen Rebellen bedauerlicherweise auch Zivilisten tötet, ignorieren aber geflissentlich, dass Tod und Verderben die Zivilbevölkerung – analog zum Schicksal der Bewohner Aleppos – erst befielen, als die Rebellen die Wohngebiete betraten.

Es hat nichts mit Propaganda der syrischen Regierung zu tun, wenn man Attacken auf Elektrizitätswerke, Gasleitungen, Zugschienen, Fabriken und ihre Arbeiter oder auch auf Krankenhäuser (oft von den Rebellen als „Befreiung“ bzw. „Bereinigung“ dieser Einrichtungen bezeichnet) Terrorismus nennt.
Stundenlange Stromausfälle in einem Land der dritten Welt bedeuten Tonnen von verdorbenen Lebensmitteln, das Nichtfunktionieren von medizinischen Geräten in privaten Haushalten, den Verlust von Warmwasser und Heizung, totalen Stillstand bei Fabriken und Firmen und vielfach auch eine starke Gefährdung von Krankenhauspatienten, wenn die Notstromaggregate nicht vorhanden sind oder nur eingeschränkte Kapazitäten haben.

Militärbasis westlich von Aleppo von Rebellen eingenommen; wenige von ihnen sind Syrer

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20666047

Interessant diese Passage:

„The videos posted online…showed the rebels sporting the insignia and black flags of radical jihadist militants. A journalist for AFP news agency on the ground said many of them were from abroad, and that the attack had been led by the al-Nusra Front and related groups. The rebel Free Syrian Army was not involved in the assault…“

Es wird noch „interessanter“: „In Aleppo itself, rebels are still in control of at least half the city, despite attempts by government forces to dislodge them. There too, jihadist groups are reported to have largely displaced the FSA…“

Das bedeutet: In Syriens grösster Stadt Aleppo mit über 2 Mio. Einwohnern haben jihadistische Gruppen, die von der Al-Nusra Front geführt werden und zu grossen Teilen – wenn nicht sogar mehrheitlich – aus Nichtsyrern bestehen, die freie syrische Armee verdrängt.
Das lässt zwei elementare Fragen zu:
a) Repräsentiert die freie SYRISCHE Armee noch tatsächlich den militärisch relevanten Teil der bewaffneten SYRISCHEN Opposition? Oder kämpfen inzwischen „importierte“ bzw. „angereiste“, überwiegend jihadistische Araber und Nichtaraber aus verschiedensten Ländern gegen Syrer?

b) Warum wird die Rolle der eigentlichen freien SYRISCHEN Armee offenbar immer nebensächlicher? Haben sie mehr Verluste gehabt, als sie durch neue SYRISCHE Rekruten ersetzen können? Oder identifizieren sich viele inzwischen nicht mehr mit einer immer brutaler werdenden militanten Opposition, die immer mehr radikalreligiöse Nichtsyrer für ihren Kampf braucht?

In jedem Fall bleibt leider festzustellen, dass der syrische Konflikt – wie „säkular“ auch seine Anfänge waren – inzwischen sehr stark islamistisch gefärbt und infiziert ist. Im totalen Kontrast zu der westlichen und „golfarabischen“ Berichterstattung war es aber nicht die syrische Regierung, die auf die polarisierende „sektiererische“ Karte setzte und den Konflikt als Glaubenskampf einer sunnitischen Mehrheit gegen eine unterdrückende alawitische (schiitische) Minderheit darstellte. Diese absichtlich verzerrende und eindeutig tendentiöse Fehldarstellung der Lage wurde bewusst von den wahhabitisch-radikalen Herrschaftshäusern der Golfstaaten Saudi Arabien und Katar sowie ihren faktisch hauseigenen Sendern Aljazeera und Al-Arabiyya geschaffen und verbreitet. Rebellen oder ihre Vertreter durften unverhohlen und unzensiert abwertende Bezeichnungen für Alawiten verwenden (Affen der Berge, „Majous“ (ursprüngl. ein Ausdruck zur rassistischen Beleidigung von Persern), Ungläubige). Tote Rebellen und Zivilisten waren gleichermassen „Märtyrer“, während Opfer auf Seiten der Armee und der Sicherheitskräfte sachlich-kühl als „getötet“ bezeichnet wurden. Die Sender boten und bieten Gruppierungen unlimitiert eine Platform, die die Soldaten der regulären Armee pauschal als „Hunde Assads“ beleidigen.