Posted on April 26, 2011 by rehmat1
One year ago, Israel-Firster law-makers had introduced a congressional resolution drafted by Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y) and Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill) calling for strict enforcement of sanctions and other diplomatic repercussions due to allegations that Damascus provided Lebanese Islamist group Hizbullah with long-range Scud missiles from Iran.
Now, Jewish Wall Street Journal (April 25, 2011) has reported that Obama administration is weighing “targeted” (as was the case against Iranian scientists and government officials last year) sanctions against senior officials in Syria who are overseeing a violent crackdown as Washington and Europe suggest the regime of President Bashar al-Assad is increasingly fragile”.
“But countries in Europe, where the Assads are believed to have more substantial assets, will be pressured to follow Washington’s lead,” wrote WSJ.
However, the WSJ admitted that the Zionist-regime remain wary of destabilizing the Assad regime. Tel Aviv fears an even more anti-Israel Islamist government coming to power in Damascus, while western-puppet Arab leaders worry it could foment more revolutions in the region. US officials say Washington’s cautious approach toward Damascus has been fueled, in part, by these concerns.
Interestingly, Craig Whitlock writing in pro-Israeli US daily, The Washingt on Post had claimed on April 17, 2011 that the US State Department has secretly financed Syrian political opposition groups and related projects, including the London-based Barada satellite TV channel that beams anti-government programming into the country. Barada TV (named after Syrian Barada River), began broadcasting in April 2009 but has ramped up operations to cover the protests in Syria as part of a long-standing campaign to overthrow the country’s pro-Hamas and pro-Iranian ruler, Bashar al-Assad.
According to several independent Arab sources including polls – Bashar is far more popular among Syrians than Hosni Mubarak in Egypt or Zine el Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia or Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen or Al-Khalifa dictatorship in Bahrain. The main reasons for his popularity are his support for Hamas, Hizbullah and cordial relations with Syria’s non-Arab emerging powers in the Middle East, Iran and Turkey.
River to SeaNow, Jewish Wall Street Journal (April 25, 2011) has reported that Obama administration is weighing “targeted” (as was the case against Iranian scientists and government officials last year) sanctions against senior officials in Syria who are overseeing a violent crackdown as Washington and Europe suggest the regime of President Bashar al-Assad is increasingly fragile”.
“But countries in Europe, where the Assads are believed to have more substantial assets, will be pressured to follow Washington’s lead,” wrote WSJ.
However, the WSJ admitted that the Zionist-regime remain wary of destabilizing the Assad regime. Tel Aviv fears an even more anti-Israel Islamist government coming to power in Damascus, while western-puppet Arab leaders worry it could foment more revolutions in the region. US officials say Washington’s cautious approach toward Damascus has been fueled, in part, by these concerns.
Interestingly, Craig Whitlock writing in pro-Israeli US daily, The Washingt on Post had claimed on April 17, 2011 that the US State Department has secretly financed Syrian political opposition groups and related projects, including the London-based Barada satellite TV channel that beams anti-government programming into the country. Barada TV (named after Syrian Barada River), began broadcasting in April 2009 but has ramped up operations to cover the protests in Syria as part of a long-standing campaign to overthrow the country’s pro-Hamas and pro-Iranian ruler, Bashar al-Assad.
According to several independent Arab sources including polls – Bashar is far more popular among Syrians than Hosni Mubarak in Egypt or Zine el Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia or Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen or Al-Khalifa dictatorship in Bahrain. The main reasons for his popularity are his support for Hamas, Hizbullah and cordial relations with Syria’s non-Arab emerging powers in the Middle East, Iran and Turkey.
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