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World War III Danger: Syria Denounces ’Enemies of Syria’ War Council in Turkey
3 April 2012
Flash: UN Special Envoy to Syria Kofi Annan disclosed to the UN Security Council today that he had received written notification that the Syrian government will withdraw troops and heavy weapons from population centers by April 10, and that the opposition will then have 48 hours to cease its military operations. Annan also said that he is already working on a plan with the Syrian government for the UN to monitor the ceasefire. This agreement from Syria is precisely what Annan and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for. The so-called "Friends of Turkey" meeting in Istanbul on April 1 was another British Empire operation that threatens the start of a thermonuclear war of extinction. The starkest recognition of this reality came from Syria itself through UN Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari, who spoke at the UN Security Council today, after Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan gave a report on the first stages of his talks with the Syrian government and the opposition to implement a ceasefire plan. "The so-called conference of the enemies of Syria is in itself a violation and contradiction of Kofi Annan’s mission," Mr. Jaafari said, reports the New York Times. "This is a parallel track set up by enemies of Syria to compete with Kofi Annan’s mission, maybe to undermine his mission." The policies of the Turkish government which hosted the meeting, and which is housing the Syrian National Council and the Free Syrian Army, "are the enemy of Syria," said Amb. Jaafari. "This is a declaration of war by this country," adding that the Turks "are calling for a change of regime around the clock. This is not a friendly reaction by a neighbor government. Indeed, the meeting was nothing but a war council to fund the defeated foreign forces of the Syrian opposition with a new $100 million fund that includes money to pay for the salaries of the so-called "Free Syrian Army." The official communique of the Friends of Syria doesn’t mention arming the opposition, or removing Assad from the presidency, but it provides for mega-financing to be done on a country by country basis. Some of the elements of this "overthrow Assad" plan are: * Saudi Arabia and Qatar have set up a fund to pay the salaries of the Free Syria Army, reported Al Jazeera English and the Christian Science Monitor. "The fund is seen as a means of encouraging more soldiers to defect from government forces and join the rebels," said the CSM. * The United States is putting in a total of $25 million, with $12 million announced at the Istanbul meeting, along with the statement that Bashar al-Assad must leave office. The new $12 million is for "communications equipment," but it includes equipment that "will help activists organize, [and] evade attacks by the regime." [This isn’t Twitter—it’s military-type equipment produced by defense contractors]. While it is not technically "arming" the opposition, this "non-lethal" aid is coming hand-in-hand with the Saudi-Qatar arms to rebels. * Funds are also going to the SNC — which will be the "bankers" for the opposition from Britain ($750,000) and other European Union sources. The arming of the Syrian opposition by the Anglo-U.S.-Saudi oligarchic forces has the potential of immediately killing the Annan mission. On April 2 at the UN, Annan gave the official report that Syria will begin to pull back its military forces by April 10th, and had agreed to a full ceasefire within 48 hours. Annan did not have a similar pledge from the rebels—with the U.S. claims is so "unified." The "arm the rebels" policy is not without opposition. *In the U.S. on Sunday, speaking on CNN’s State of the Union show, Republican head of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), and the ranking member Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) both opposed arming the Syrian opposition and allowing weapons to go to "bad actors." Rogers argued for "greater international diplomatic pressure rather than sending in arms and hoping for the best." Rogers also said that U.S. intelligence agencies "don’t really see Assads inner-circle crumbling." Ruppersberger also urged diplomacy because "The United States can’t be sheriff for the whole world." *In Damasacus, as the "Friends of Syria" met in Istanbul, the internal opposition to Assad held its own meeting on Sunday. This meeting, held by the National Coordination Commission for Democratic Change, warned that foreign countries should not accept the SNC as the "lone representative" of the opposition, reported the New York Times. The NCCDC’s leader Hassan Abdul Azim, also said that the Free Syrian Army should not be armed because it threatened to change the Syrian revolution into armed violence. |