11th August, 2011
Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja’afari has called on Britain to take care of its own political issues rather than interfering in Syria’s internal affairs.
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Syria condemns British ‘hypocrisy’
Posted by seumasach on August 11, 2011
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Syria lays bare India’s foreign policy
Posted by seumasach on August 10, 2011
M.K.Bhadrakumar
9th August, 2011
In a high-profile month of August, occupying the presidency of the United Nations Security Council could have embellished India’s claim to permanent membership of the club. But it is not going to happen that way, but instead it may turn out to be a test of the resilience of India’s ‘non-alignment’ in a multi-polar world. India’s tight-rope walk on Syria moves on to a delicate trapeze act this week when the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon presents his report on Syria and the 15 members begin to deliberate what to do with it.
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My minaret is bigger than yours
Posted by seumasach on August 10, 2011
Pepe Escobar
11th August, 2011
London’s burning. Wall Street’s burning. Global markets are burning. While Rome burns, the House of Saud fiddles – dreams of expanding torture and building a monster minaret coupled with scolding Syria for repressing its own people. The “international community” barely emits a peep; when you’re a Medieval family dynasty sitting on an ocean of oil, you can get away with virtually anything.
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Libya and Syria: humanitarian war is a “monstrous illusion”
Posted by seumasach on August 10, 2011
James Peck
10th August, 2011
Peck is author of the new book ”Ideal Illusions: How the U.S. Government Co-Opted Human Rights.” He was a Senior Editor at Pantheon Books for almost two decades where his authors included J. William Fulbright, Noam Chomsky, George Kennan, and Edward Said. He also worked in China for more than a decade as Executive Director of the US-China Book Publication Project. Peck is the author of “Washington’s China” and editor of ”The Chomsky Reader.” He said today: “The war in Libya today, and calls for intervening in Syria tomorrow, epitomize a tragic development in the human rights and humanitarian ethos: War and various other kinds of overt and covert intervention are being re-legitimized through Washington’s human rights rhetoric. Libya tells us everything we should not be seeking to do in Syria and why humanitarian war is a monstrous illusion.
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Syria: lies and media manipulations
Posted by seumasach on August 2, 2011
Lies and media manipulation regarding the protest movement in Syria
Pierre Piccinin
2nd August, 2011
The following article focusses on the Protest movement in Syria in mid-July. it does not cover recent events. It nonetheless suggests that mainstream media sources are systematically manipulating the relevant numbers
‘The Hama Affair’ or how 10,000 protestors multiply overnight to be 500,000 in the AFP’s news reports
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Israel inherits the Arab Spring
Posted by seumasach on July 28, 2011
M.K.Bhadrakumar
29th July, 2011
After having cautiously lingered in the shade for almost eight months figuring out the meaning and dangers of the Arab Spring, Israel suddenly stirred itself on Tuesday. In an unprecedented move, Israeli President Shimon Peres called in the Arab media for a press conference and made the announcement that Israel backed regime change in Damascus.
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Syria passes bill on multiparty law
Posted by seumasach on July 25, 2011
25th July, 2011
The Syrian government has approved a bill that paves the way for a new multiparty law as part of efforts on its declared political reform program.
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Unfolding the Syrian paradox
Posted by seumasach on July 14, 2011
Alastair Crooke
15th July, 2011
Can Syria properly be understood as an example of a “pure” Arab popular revolution, an uprising of non-violent, liberal protest against tyranny that has been met only by repression? I believe this narrative to be a complete misreading, deliberately contrived to serve quite separate ambitions. The consequences of turning a blind eye to the reality of what is happening in Syria entails huge risk: the potential of sectarian conflict that would not be confined to Syria alone.
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The West wants to topple Syria’s Assad at all costs
Posted by seumasach on July 14, 2011
13th July, 2011
Syrian President Bashar Assad is not supposed to stay at power in the country, Western top officials say. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that Bashar al-Assad was “not indispensable.” “We have absolutely nothing invested in him… remaining in power,” she said. “From our perspective, he has lost legitimacy. Our goal is to see that the will of the Syrian people for a democratic transformation occurs,” she added.
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21st June:massive demonstrations in Syria
Posted by seumasach on June 25, 2011
21st June, 2011
Several million Syrians throughout the country took to the streets on Tuesday, 21 June 2011. The crowds were particularly dense and impressive in Damascus Alep, Tartous and Homs.
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Thousands turn out for pro-Assad rallies in Syria
Posted by seumasach on June 25, 2011
21st June, 2011
Tens of thousands of Syrians have turned out for rallies held in support of their President Bashar al-Assad. State television showed people waving the country’s tricolour flag, carrying pictures of their leader and with red, white and black balloons.
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