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It’s Boom Time In Syria

Posted on May 20, 2012 by | Leave a comment

It was quite common in many Middle Eastern media outlets to hail those blowing themselves up as heroes of liberation. A suicide bomber who entered an Israel restaurant and killed innocent folk was viewed as a martyr. A suicide bomber who blew up his car in Baghdad and killed dozens of innocent Muslims was simply giving all he could in the cause of getting rid of evil folk. During the past few weeks, suicide bombers began operating in Syria. A bomber blew up his car in a military compound killing seven and wounding over a hundred.

Suicide bombing invariably results in death of the innocent. Today, your enemy was an Israel Jew, tomorrow your enemy is a Muslim. Murder of the innocent is murder regardless of how it is explained away. Assad murders the innocent with weapons of war, murdering supporters of Assad only means innocent people who are in the wrong place at the wrong time will die.

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Fruits Of Syrian Violence In Lebanon

Posted on May 15, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Refusal by President Bashar al-Assad to work for a compromise solution that would lead to peace and democracy in his nation is currently the source of new violence in the region. Assad is a member of the Alawite sect which has fundamental religious differences with Sunnis who  constitute the majority of inhabitants of Syria. The conflict is now spreading  to other areas of the region. Violence has erupted in Lebanon which also contains Sunni and Alawite Muslims.

The city of Tripoli is now witnessing fighting between Sunni and Alawite factions with five dead and over a hundred wounded. This is exactly what Assad desires, more violence, more countries brought into the conflict, more confusion and more deaths. He can only retain power if people die. He can only keep his  position as president if there is turmoil. Chaos is his weapon and the more chaos the greater his ability to claim that by remaining in office he alone can prevent even greater chaos.

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Death In Damascus

Posted on May 10, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The beat of death goes on and on in Syria. President Bashar al-Assad continues to send his emissaries of violence into towns, he demands loyalty and what  better way of proving loyalty than to kill innocent people. In town after town Syrian troops fire away murdering dozens at a time. Those who initiate the process of death call into existence death as a norm of behavior. Thousands of Syrians have known the anguish of a relative, a child, a father, a mother who has been murdered by Assad’s denizens of death.

The end process of death is death. A series of explosions rocked Damascus leading to the death of 55 people and wounding of others. Suicide squads most probably caused this violence. Supporters of Assad blame dissidents while opponents claim the explosions were the work of Syrian secret service which was attempting to blame dissidents. Al-Qaeda now claims it was their work.

Death will be a guest in homes all over Syria until President Assad ends the madness by leaving the country and allowing free elections. As of this moment, he has called into existence emissaries of Death.

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Sorrow Of Syria Even More Sorrowful

Posted on May 4, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The sad tale of Syria continues with daily reports of attacks, deaths, and violence against those who oppose the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The latest episode occurred at Aleppo University where anti-government students clashed with pro-Assad students. They argued, some even drew knives, but this protest was only a prelude to the real action which occurred. Security forces decided to storm the university, entered student dormitories and beat up those who dared oppose the Leader of the nation.

Reports are that at least four students were killed and several wounded. Dozens were arrested and most probably  beaten up. This blog still wants to know–where are Muslim protests against Muslim killing Muslims? Where are the imams who stormed the streets due to cartoons but remain silent at the death of Muslims? We confess bewilderment at the inactivity of Muslims when Muslims are killed!

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Sad Tale From Syria

Posted on April 18, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Aman named Khaled escaped from Syria with a sad tale of the reality in his country. Khaled was a university student who entered the armed forces only to discover that any member of the Syrian army was compelled to kill dozens of innocent people. He overheard his commander talking with a spy who said many people would be in an auditorium. Khaled and fellow soldiers were ordered to the auditorium and began shooting unarmed people who simply we’re meeting for a pleasant evening together. “They were just kids, not hurting anyone.”

Originally, he hoped that other soldiers like himself who wanted peace in Syria could influence the process of conflict, but soon discovered anyone who sought peace was likely to get arrested. He fled to the Free Syria Army only to discover they also tortured prisoners. As she soon realized they hated Alawites who play an important role in supporting President Assad. “There is so much prejudice and hatred against the Alawites” in the Free Syria Army,

Fighting will continue, death will continue and hatred will continue.

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Syrian Fairy Tales

Posted on April 16, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The world knows about tales from Arabian Nights, but today we have some new fairy tales and they come from Syria. President Bashar al-Assad has promised and promised United Nation’s officials that he wants a cease fire and seeks to end violence in his nation. However, if one examines the fine print on this piece of paper it is clear that Bashar means he wants the opposition to cease fire so they can more readily be arrested, tortured and killed. Where did the world get the idea he meant an end to firing by the Syrian army?

UN Secretary-General  Ban Ki-moon fears a new blood bath will soon result from continued shelling by the Syrian army which once again is shelling opposition forces in Homs. UN observers are being prevented to visit these fire points in order to seek the end of fighting. Ban Ki-moon made clear to the president, “it is the Syrian government’s responsibility to guarantee freedom of access, freedom of movement within the country.”

Surely, by now the world MUST know that Bashar has but one goal-crush the opposition before they can crush him.

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Cease Fire Ceases

Posted on April 15, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The United Nations brokered cease fire in Syria has been broken with government artillery blasting away at the city of Homs. It is reported that shell fire began when some people were holding a funeral and the Syrian government decided to continue its policy of fostering funerals. In a rare vote, the UN Security Council unanimously voted–including Russia and China–to send 30 unarmed observers to Syria in  order to figure out how to end the violence which has gone on for over a year.

The UN instructed both government and militants to “cease all armed violence in all forms.”  Kofi Annan worked for weeks to persuade President Bashar als-Assad to end military action, got a promise and then got reality. Assad has reached the point where he can not go back and apparently does not want to go forward. In the end violence will triumph.

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All Quiet On Eastern Front

Posted on April 13, 2012 by | Leave a comment

A strange lull is now present in Syria. Tanks are not blasting away in towns and armed soldiers are not beating and killing innocent people. The cease fire which UN representative Annan has been able to negotiate with President Bashar al-Assad has finally brought an end to fighting. Of course, during the past year over 9,000 innocent people in Syria were  murdered by their beloved president. Members of the Free Syria Army admit the fighting has ceased. Of course, many towns are wrecked, food is lacking, even water and medical facilities have been seriously damaged so what is  left for those who are left in these now quiet towns?

No one knows if the lull of today is simply a prelude to the murders of tomorrow. The assumption of this cease fire is that President Assad is willing to accept some form of democratic process in Syria. Of course, he knows if such an event happened, he would be on the first plane out of his land and heading for a nation that would not extradite him.

Yes, All Quiet on the  Eastern Front, but what about tomorrow is still the question?

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Assad Sells Used Car In Syria

Posted on April 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The central question facing the world in dealing with the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad is: “would you buy a new or used  car from this  guy?” UN representative Kofi Annan has been attempting to work in a cooperative manner with the Syrian dictator and is willing to accept his promises–provided they are carried out. Some Syrian opponents of the regime blame Annan for being naive enought to actually think Assad means what he says about seeking a ceasefire.  “I have received government assurances they will respect a ceasefire” says Annan.

In one respect, Annan is taking a reasonable gamble. He continues to offer evidence of respecting the word of  Assad. This has even led Syria’s supporter, Russia, to now comment there is need to carry out a ceasefire. Is there a clever madness in the Annan approch which apparently wants to box in Assad so he HAS to agree to a ceasefire?

Of course, the unanswered question is: what happens if there IS a ceasefire? What next?

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Torture In Syria

Posted on April 8, 2012 by | Leave a comment

United Nations officials and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced, once aging, the dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad. It has become the norm for some group or nation to denounce Syria and the response is silence for a day or so and then resumption of killing. Ayman Karnebo was locked in a cell in Syria when he witnessed a Somali family tortured before their  own children. The couple had electric shocks to their body while infant children witnessed the torture.

The husband shouted:  ”she is pregnant,” but torture continued. Naturally, there will be no mass demonstration in Muslim Middle Eastern nations about brutality toward fellow Muslims. However, if cartoons were printed, that is another issue. March to end cartoons, but remain silent when Muslims die.

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