Al Manar reported this morning sunday June 26th that Syrian refugees in Turkey are being prevented from returning to their homes in Jisr Al Shoughour by armed groups inside the camps. A delegation of Syrians, including a cleric, sent to Turkey to visit the refugee and ask them to return home, was attacked. Al Manar showed a smashed car window and a cleric who was hit by a stone in his eye. The Syrian red crescent is taking responsibility for the safety of the people of Jisr Al Shoughour. The people inside the neatly aligned tents are said to lack food and water.
UPDATE: Syrian opposition inside Syria readies first meeting tomorrow to find a way out of the crisis. The government is said to have authorised the meeting but will not be participating in it.
Showing posts with label Muslim Brotherhood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Muslim Brotherhood. Show all posts
20.6.11
High Noon: Bashar El Assad's Third Post-'Revolution 2011' Speech
This is his third speech since the start of the revolution 2011, different from the exuded confidence during the first and the measured confidence of the second. This speech is about a situation that has been deteriorating daily and El Assad seemed to be fully aware of this. The Main points:
- A realistic assessment of the situation: but there is no going back, Syria must look to the future.
- A will to make the amnesty more inclusive without threatening the security of the people and the state, and there will be no concessions for the extremists who willingly kill and vandalise.
- The reforms will be articulated by the national dialogue process that is going on. The national dialogue basis is the muhafazat because of the mosaic of the Syrian society.
- There is need for electoral reform and constitutional reform, the first must come first.
- Electoral reform will likely be decided soon, before the august elections. And by the end of the year the consitutional reform will be initiated.
- Bashar nearly shocked when he mentioned the state of the Syrian economy and thanked all the people who are keeping their money in Syrian pounds even as little as 1000 pounds.
- Not once did he mention the sects or religions, he spoke in terms of the rich mosaic of the Syrian society. He spoke only once of the painful events of the 1980s to illustrate that there is no going back for Syria. This can be interpreted in two different ways and El Assad speaks in this way when he is under duress. It can mean that reforms are coming but it can also mean that some people are trying to drag Syrians again in this hole but they won't succeed, the second interpretation conveys more firmness, albeit a veiled one.
The applause was spontaneous at least on two occasions. When he spoke about himself and his family and when he spoke about the connection between the people of Syria, a connection he felt during his many meetings with people from across the country.
Some would say that there was nothing new. I would say that this speech was intended internally. What we saw today is Bashar delivering in a very somber mood (he cracked only one joke) a realistic assessment of the situation and the steps that has been taken and will be undertaken in the future to remedy the situation. This speech was in no way intended for the people who are calling him to step down.
This is significant because it means that the regime stands united. Either they survive together or they are going down together. I would say that there is a real connection there between the prsesident and his men. The people who are betting on cracks in the regime stand no chance to seeing any cracks soon.
I think the speech was measured and grave but the only thing that worries me is that Bashar seemed uneasy and unassuming again as during his first years in office. He appeared more than ever as the face of the regime. But the people who are directing their anger against him are hitting the wrong target. It doesn't mean that he is powerless, it doesn't diminish him, it means that he took this responsibility against his will and that he will assume it until the end" All this means also that if he is to step down, nothing will change. But if it is the entire regime the Syrian revolution 2011 want to bring down, then my understanding is that they will bring down the whole country and we will have an Iraq like scenario. So either the people behind the Syrian revolution 2011 are naive or they are deceiving us. Increasingly Bashar El Assad and his family are becoming the scapegoats for the discontent with the regime. And the plan is 'sacrifice the scapegoat' and everything will turn out to be fine. This is a bad plan for Syria. This regime has been part of Syria for the last 40 years, so either the regime and those who want change (the real revolutionaries, not The Syrian Revolution 2011) work out something together or things will turn bad. The second option seems to be the goal of the Syrian revolution 2011.
- A realistic assessment of the situation: but there is no going back, Syria must look to the future.
- A will to make the amnesty more inclusive without threatening the security of the people and the state, and there will be no concessions for the extremists who willingly kill and vandalise.
- The reforms will be articulated by the national dialogue process that is going on. The national dialogue basis is the muhafazat because of the mosaic of the Syrian society.
- There is need for electoral reform and constitutional reform, the first must come first.
- Electoral reform will likely be decided soon, before the august elections. And by the end of the year the consitutional reform will be initiated.
- Bashar nearly shocked when he mentioned the state of the Syrian economy and thanked all the people who are keeping their money in Syrian pounds even as little as 1000 pounds.
- Not once did he mention the sects or religions, he spoke in terms of the rich mosaic of the Syrian society. He spoke only once of the painful events of the 1980s to illustrate that there is no going back for Syria. This can be interpreted in two different ways and El Assad speaks in this way when he is under duress. It can mean that reforms are coming but it can also mean that some people are trying to drag Syrians again in this hole but they won't succeed, the second interpretation conveys more firmness, albeit a veiled one.
The applause was spontaneous at least on two occasions. When he spoke about himself and his family and when he spoke about the connection between the people of Syria, a connection he felt during his many meetings with people from across the country.
Some would say that there was nothing new. I would say that this speech was intended internally. What we saw today is Bashar delivering in a very somber mood (he cracked only one joke) a realistic assessment of the situation and the steps that has been taken and will be undertaken in the future to remedy the situation. This speech was in no way intended for the people who are calling him to step down.
This is significant because it means that the regime stands united. Either they survive together or they are going down together. I would say that there is a real connection there between the prsesident and his men. The people who are betting on cracks in the regime stand no chance to seeing any cracks soon.
I think the speech was measured and grave but the only thing that worries me is that Bashar seemed uneasy and unassuming again as during his first years in office. He appeared more than ever as the face of the regime. But the people who are directing their anger against him are hitting the wrong target. It doesn't mean that he is powerless, it doesn't diminish him, it means that he took this responsibility against his will and that he will assume it until the end" All this means also that if he is to step down, nothing will change. But if it is the entire regime the Syrian revolution 2011 want to bring down, then my understanding is that they will bring down the whole country and we will have an Iraq like scenario. So either the people behind the Syrian revolution 2011 are naive or they are deceiving us. Increasingly Bashar El Assad and his family are becoming the scapegoats for the discontent with the regime. And the plan is 'sacrifice the scapegoat' and everything will turn out to be fine. This is a bad plan for Syria. This regime has been part of Syria for the last 40 years, so either the regime and those who want change (the real revolutionaries, not The Syrian Revolution 2011) work out something together or things will turn bad. The second option seems to be the goal of the Syrian revolution 2011.
18.6.11
The Muslim Brotherhood: The Trojan Horse Of The Counter Revolution
By As'ad Abukhalil for Al Akhbar. The article is in Arabic but I will try in the coming days to translate some of it if not all.
In a way what is happening in Syria is at the same time a revolution and a counterevolution because the syrian revolution has already been hijacked by the Syrian revolution 2011 which is the baby child of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). That's why it is very difficult to understand what is going on in Syria right now. One has to understand that the MB is a transnational organisation and it is not only the Syrian MB who has hijacked the Syrian revolution but also its allies in the region. So there is a basis to the allegations of the Syrian regime about foreign interference.
Western countries, as well as some Syrians, Academics and activists have already made their Faustian bargain with the MB to get themselves rid of Bashar El Assad.
In a way what is happening in Syria is at the same time a revolution and a counterevolution because the syrian revolution has already been hijacked by the Syrian revolution 2011 which is the baby child of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). That's why it is very difficult to understand what is going on in Syria right now. One has to understand that the MB is a transnational organisation and it is not only the Syrian MB who has hijacked the Syrian revolution but also its allies in the region. So there is a basis to the allegations of the Syrian regime about foreign interference.
Western countries, as well as some Syrians, Academics and activists have already made their Faustian bargain with the MB to get themselves rid of Bashar El Assad.
15.4.11
Hariri in Wikileaks: ''The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood supports peace with Israel''
Here, Saad Hariri, who is trying to convince the US to get rid of Bashar El Assad by replacing his rule with a sunni Muslim brotherhood rule, paints a rosy picture of the worst brotherhood in the history of the ME (after Saudi Arabia):
They would accept a woman as a president in Syria
They would accept civil government
They would accept a christian as a president of Syria
They would support peace with Israel
YNET NEWS (as of today): Saudi Arabia is a natural ally to Israel.
They would accept a woman as a president in Syria
They would accept civil government
They would accept a christian as a president of Syria
They would support peace with Israel
YNET NEWS (as of today): Saudi Arabia is a natural ally to Israel.
11.4.11
Saudi Arabia and the counter revolution in the middle east: Part 2
It is not only Israel that is freaking out at the thought of the Arab spring. The rulers of Saudi Arabia are in a state of panic. They invaded Bahraïn, they are maneuvering to influence the Egyptian revolution, and they are fomenting trouble through their proxy March 14 in Lebanon and they are trying their best in Syria. Saudi Arabia is leading the counter revolution in the middle east and there is so much to write about this (you can read here Part 1). However, Syria and Lebanon, because of their religious mosaics, are the sensitive part of this counter revolution. I think Saudis are playing with fire here. The fire that was ignited in Iraq will find fertile ground in Syria and Lebanon.
I don't mean here to diminish the true aspirations of the syrian people to freedom, democracy, prosperity, and more importantly, a corruption free country. However, one has to be aware that the gloves are off between Saudi Arabia and its Israel ally on one side and Syria, Hezbollah and Iran on the other side. This is very dangerous terrain that SA is willing to take in order to reign in on the aspirations of the Arab people. Remembering the king's words from the Wikileaks cable asking the US to bomb Iran and to cut the 'head of the snake', I am inclined to consider that Saudi Arabia's moves resemble a suicide mission that will bring with it the entire middle east.
Here are some links on the subject:
The Arab Spring And The Saudi Counter Revolution
From Jadaliyya: Saudi Hegemony Versus The Arab Spring
Angry Arab about the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and its subserviance to Saudi Arabia
Angry Arab about Saudi's takeover of the Egypt revolution
And finally, from Syria Comment, the story of the tragic death of the author's wife's cousin in Banyas shot by protesters in Banyas: The revolution strikes home. Nobody knows for sure who is shooting military personnel watching and monitoring the protests in Syria but this is not typical of freedom loving people, this is an indication of a civil war fomented by Saudi proxies in Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria through the Syrian muslim brotherhood and through Saudi national Saad Hariri as well as the Syrian brotherhood ally in opposition to Bashar el Assad, Abdel-Halim Khaddam, and their kooks.
I don't mean here to diminish the true aspirations of the syrian people to freedom, democracy, prosperity, and more importantly, a corruption free country. However, one has to be aware that the gloves are off between Saudi Arabia and its Israel ally on one side and Syria, Hezbollah and Iran on the other side. This is very dangerous terrain that SA is willing to take in order to reign in on the aspirations of the Arab people. Remembering the king's words from the Wikileaks cable asking the US to bomb Iran and to cut the 'head of the snake', I am inclined to consider that Saudi Arabia's moves resemble a suicide mission that will bring with it the entire middle east.
Here are some links on the subject:
The Arab Spring And The Saudi Counter Revolution
From Jadaliyya: Saudi Hegemony Versus The Arab Spring
Angry Arab about the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and its subserviance to Saudi Arabia
Angry Arab about Saudi's takeover of the Egypt revolution
And finally, from Syria Comment, the story of the tragic death of the author's wife's cousin in Banyas shot by protesters in Banyas: The revolution strikes home. Nobody knows for sure who is shooting military personnel watching and monitoring the protests in Syria but this is not typical of freedom loving people, this is an indication of a civil war fomented by Saudi proxies in Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria through the Syrian muslim brotherhood and through Saudi national Saad Hariri as well as the Syrian brotherhood ally in opposition to Bashar el Assad, Abdel-Halim Khaddam, and their kooks.
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