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2nd August 2011, 10:48
FYI:
Today there are, yet again, unverified reports from so-called activist groups clashing with Syrian security forces and anti-government protestors. According to activists and human rights groups, the number is either “at least 100 civilians” or “at least 80 people” depending on which source you refer to.
Haaretz is reporting the 100 figure in their article about Obama’s condemnation of the Syrian government’s handling of the uprising.
In a White House statement, Obama said that “the reports out of Hama are horrifying and demonstrate the true character of the Syrian regime.”
The Jerusalem Post is reporting that at least 80 people are dead, also noting that a spokesperson for the German mission at the United Nations has requested a UN Security Council meeting on Monday.
As the day progressed, the number continued to grow with Bloomberg reporting that Syrian security forces killed at least 150 people. Yet, in the next paragraph they say “at least 113 were killed.”
This isn’t quite surprising due to the completely unverifiable nature of any of the claims made by human rights groups, however I wish the mainstream media was able to keep their manufactured narrative straight.
The Syrian government is claiming that the attack was an effort to “purge armed groups” in the Syrian city of Hama. However, U.S. press attaché J.J. Harder told The Jerusalem Post that “the authorities think that somehow they can prolong their existence by engaging in full-armed warfare on their own citizens.”
Harder also claims that the official Syrian accounts of the events are “nonsense,” without citing anything to back up his claims.
Unfortunately for those pushing for an escalation against Assad, there hasn’t been anything presented to the international community that can be independently verified. The simple fact is that the reports are coming from highly biased groups who unarguably have an agenda that is informing their reports.
That is not to say that the Syrian regime is not doing the things activists claim they are; however, I cannot comfortably side with the so-called peaceful activists when they having nothing to back up their claims.
The unqualified assumption that the rebels are unarmed and peaceful pro-democratic protesters is accepted as axiom by much of the West, but I would not so easily agree with this conjecture. What evidence is there that armed rebels do not exist? In the case of Libya, we know that the picture painted by the mainstream media of the rebels is far from reality.
Why is the Syrian opposition any different? Without so much as a single, independently verified incident to point to, the pro-interventionists in Washington and elsewhere might have some trouble drumming up support.
Then again, they were able to get enough support for the Libyan invasion without any evidence of Gaddafi’s alleged crimes. Furthermore, they were able to kick-start the bombing campaign even while the Russians were casting doubt on the Western claims of Gaddafi air strikes on civilians.
Therefore, it might be a bit foolish to think that a lack of evidence will stop the globalist imperialists from imposing themselves in another foreign nation.
Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies told The Jerusalem Post that Assad is now facing “a tribal insurrection" in the east stretching from the north in Deir al-Zor, through the middle in Albu Kamal.”
It must be noted that the organization Badran represents is a neoconservative “think tank” (although they lack the necessary thinking factor) that has aggressively pushed for U.S. invasions in Iraq and Iran since the FDD’s creation two days after the attacks on September 11th, 2001.
source to read more
http://www.activistpost.com/2011/08/western-funded-groups-continue-to.html
Today there are, yet again, unverified reports from so-called activist groups clashing with Syrian security forces and anti-government protestors. According to activists and human rights groups, the number is either “at least 100 civilians” or “at least 80 people” depending on which source you refer to.
Haaretz is reporting the 100 figure in their article about Obama’s condemnation of the Syrian government’s handling of the uprising.
In a White House statement, Obama said that “the reports out of Hama are horrifying and demonstrate the true character of the Syrian regime.”
The Jerusalem Post is reporting that at least 80 people are dead, also noting that a spokesperson for the German mission at the United Nations has requested a UN Security Council meeting on Monday.
As the day progressed, the number continued to grow with Bloomberg reporting that Syrian security forces killed at least 150 people. Yet, in the next paragraph they say “at least 113 were killed.”
This isn’t quite surprising due to the completely unverifiable nature of any of the claims made by human rights groups, however I wish the mainstream media was able to keep their manufactured narrative straight.
The Syrian government is claiming that the attack was an effort to “purge armed groups” in the Syrian city of Hama. However, U.S. press attaché J.J. Harder told The Jerusalem Post that “the authorities think that somehow they can prolong their existence by engaging in full-armed warfare on their own citizens.”
Harder also claims that the official Syrian accounts of the events are “nonsense,” without citing anything to back up his claims.
Unfortunately for those pushing for an escalation against Assad, there hasn’t been anything presented to the international community that can be independently verified. The simple fact is that the reports are coming from highly biased groups who unarguably have an agenda that is informing their reports.
That is not to say that the Syrian regime is not doing the things activists claim they are; however, I cannot comfortably side with the so-called peaceful activists when they having nothing to back up their claims.
The unqualified assumption that the rebels are unarmed and peaceful pro-democratic protesters is accepted as axiom by much of the West, but I would not so easily agree with this conjecture. What evidence is there that armed rebels do not exist? In the case of Libya, we know that the picture painted by the mainstream media of the rebels is far from reality.
Why is the Syrian opposition any different? Without so much as a single, independently verified incident to point to, the pro-interventionists in Washington and elsewhere might have some trouble drumming up support.
Then again, they were able to get enough support for the Libyan invasion without any evidence of Gaddafi’s alleged crimes. Furthermore, they were able to kick-start the bombing campaign even while the Russians were casting doubt on the Western claims of Gaddafi air strikes on civilians.
Therefore, it might be a bit foolish to think that a lack of evidence will stop the globalist imperialists from imposing themselves in another foreign nation.
Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies told The Jerusalem Post that Assad is now facing “a tribal insurrection" in the east stretching from the north in Deir al-Zor, through the middle in Albu Kamal.”
It must be noted that the organization Badran represents is a neoconservative “think tank” (although they lack the necessary thinking factor) that has aggressively pushed for U.S. invasions in Iraq and Iran since the FDD’s creation two days after the attacks on September 11th, 2001.
source to read more
http://www.activistpost.com/2011/08/western-funded-groups-continue-to.html