Posted by seumasach on June 5, 2012
Atrocities were not committed by the government but by armed gangs
Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research( source: Vatican News Service)
3rd June, 2012
According to the Vatican, the Syrian government is not responsible for the atrocities committed against civilians. Quite the opposite. Vatican sources point to existence of armed gangs and terrorists.
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Posted by seumasach on June 5, 2012
4th June, 2012
A delegation from the U.S. State Department headed by Special Coordinator for the Middle East Frederick Hoff will visit Russia this week to discuss the crisis in Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Tuesday.
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Posted by seumasach on June 4, 2012
1st June, 2012
J’ai regardé tout à l’heure, sur BFMTV, la conférence de presse entre François Hollande et Vladimir Poutine à l’Élysée. Nous avons vu deux styles, l’un direct et pas du tout diplomatique, celui de François Hollande, et l’autre, fin, diplomatique et surtout politique, celui du président russe Vladimir Poutine.
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Posted by seumasach on June 4, 2012
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
31st May, 2012
Westphalia (1648) set the principles, Helsinki (1975) laid the rules; in 1991, the playground bully started running amok, after subverting the terms of the Helsinki Final Act by a new form of imperialism in the 70s and 80s, using civilian populations as a means to create a casus belli or achieve a means to an end. The bottom line: Don’t trust them!
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Posted by seumasach on June 4, 2012
3rd June, 2012
The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir V. Putin, is considering the establishment of a free trade zone between Syria and the Customs Union [1]
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Posted by seumasach on June 4, 2012
3rd June, 2012
The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir V. Putin, plans to deploy a peacekeeping force to Syria to prevent a possible slide towards civil war [1]
Putin asked the Secretary General of the Organization of Collective Security Treaty (CSTO), Nikolai Bordyuzha, to make a proposal to this effect. This peaceful initiative is antithetical to the NATO military intervention envisaged by the West.
Mr. Bordyuzha immediately made it known that the CSTO is capable of deploying in Syria without delay a force of 20,000 well-trained “blue fur hats.” The CSTO is made up by Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
This force would be tasked to mediate between the national army and the armed opposition … and to detain foreign fighters. The U.S. Permanent Representative to the Security Council, Susan Rice, raised the possibility for NATO to intervene militarily in Syria without a UN mandate. Vladimir Putin has not indicated whether the CSTO peacekeeping force would act with or without a Security Council mandate.
[1] “Путину предлагают ввести войска в Сирию,” Izvestia, 1 June 2012.
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Posted by seumasach on June 4, 2012
Britain now has a courageous and responsible journalist. His blog is here
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Posted by seumasach on June 3, 2012
3rd June, 2012
The UN Human Rights Council resolution on the Houla massacre in Syria goes beyond its mandate and contradicts the UN Security Council’s May 27 statement, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
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Posted by seumasach on June 3, 2012
3rd June, 2012
Russian Foreign Ministry released a statement on Sunday denouncing the UN Human Rights resolution on Houla adopted in Geneva on June 1. “Russia, and also China and Cuba, voted against this resolution because the text of this document is imbalanced, biased and contains a number of one-sided assessments,” says the statement. “It denounces solely the Syrian government for the tragedy. But does not show any condemnation for the actions of militants, bandits and terrorists responsible for the blasts in Damascus and Aleppo, the open chase for Syrian civilian state and municipal employees, public and religious servants, shooting of university teachers and doctors, or taking hostage of Muslim pilgrims.” The Ministry states the text of the UN Human Rights Council resolution goes beyond its mandate and actually runs counter to the UN Security Council press statement of May 27.
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Posted by seumasach on June 2, 2012
Thierry Meyssan
2nd June, 2012
Les Occidentaux n’ayant jamais tort, il est peu probable qu’ils reconnaîtront s’être trompé à propos du massacre de Houla. Mais l’important n’est pas de savoir s’ils rectifieront ou non l’image mensongère que leur propagande fabrique de la Syrie. L’important, c’est l’évolution du rapport de forces entre l’OTAN et l’OCS. Or, l’affaire de Houla montre que les Occidentaux sont incapables de savoir ce qui se passe sur place, tandis que le renseignement militaire russe n’ignore rien du terrain.
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Posted by seumasach on June 1, 2012
30th May, 2012
The Houla massacre may drive the situation in Syria to a new phase. “Only Russia, China can stop carnage in Syria”, an opinion piece published by CNN on Monday, claimed that China and Russia’s support for Bashar al-Assad is the reason for the Syrians’ suffering. This kind of rhetoric is not new. Western media has been taking this tone ever since China and Russia double-vetoed the Syrian resolution in the UN Security Council.
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