Washington wages direct and
proxy wars dirty. Favored allies are cold-blooded killers. Cutthroats are
America's favorites. The more vicious the better. America's so-called
responsibility to protect (R2P) is a license to brutalize and kill.
Guns for hire willing to commit
unspeakable crimes for a buck are recruited, armed, funded, trained, and
deployed to commit the most heinous ones imaginable. Nothing too gruesome is out
of bounds. Killing goes on daily like sport.
Massacres are strategically
timed. Last June, death squads murdered over 100 Houla civilians. They were
executed in cold blood. Children were slaughtered like adults.
FABRICATION OF THE SYRIAN TERRORIST OPPOSITION
Fabricator Khaled abo Salah posted on his facebook account pictures calming to be “the massacre of Hawli” while in fact it is form the massacre of Karm Al Zaitoun made by the terrorist fundamentalist gangs of the FSA with their signatures on the walls.. they killed and mutilated many families following their systematic genocide after they rape women infront of the children they shoot the women then kill the children
Pro-government loyalists were
targeted. Assad was wrongfully blamed for terrorist killings and atrocities. It
wasn't the first time or last.
Weeks later, death squads
murdered dozens of Treimseh civilians. Assad was again blamed. Western and UN
Human Rights Council reports were fabricated. Media scoundrels repeated them
like gospel. Facts don't interfere with propaganda. It's standard policy.
Last March, a rare exception reported accurately.
Der Spiegel discussed the "Homs
burial brigade." An insurgent "executioner" said he and comrades "kill in the
name of the Syrian revolution. They leave torture (to) the so-called
interrogation brigade...."
"They do the
ugly work." He believes in violence, he explained. He "cut the throats of four
men." He machine-gunned many more. Executions happen regularly, he said.
Assad loyalists
are targeted, brutalized and murdered. Women and children aren't spared. Der
Spiegel's "executioner" article explained. The publication said little more by
way of follow-up.
Last March, Human Rights
Watch
also reported on Syrian "Armed Opposition Groups Committing Abuses." An
"Open Letter to the Leaders of the
Syrian Opposition" accused them of targeted killings, summary executions,
kidnappings for ransom, torture, hostage taking, and other violent crimes.
HRW's moment of
truth didn't last. It's a reliable imperial ally. Amnesty International and
similar groups replicate its anti-Assad propaganda. They're well funded to
support US interests.
The latest death squad atrocity
was too obvious to conceal. On November 1, Reuters headlined "Syrian rebels kill 28
soldiers in checkpoint attacks," saying:
Attacks occurred on three
Saraqeb checkpoints. They straddle Syria's main north/south highway. Even Assad
opposition supporters can't hide what happened. Video evidence showed it.
UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights spokesman Rupert Colville called it "very likely that this was a war
crime, another one."
"Accountability will follow,"
he added. How and in what form he didn't say. Expect little more than
rhetoric.
Throughout the conflict, Washington Post reports have been consistently
one-sided. This time, fingers pointed the right way. "Syrian rebels execute
unarmed government soldiers; dozens killed in fighting," it said.
Graphic video footage
documented what happened. It's "not the first time that rebel fighters appear to
have committed war crimes."
Summary executions happen
regularly. Soldiers and pro-Assad loyalists are targeted. Video posted online
Thursday was filmed at Saraqeb's Hamisho checkpoint.
"It shows rebel fighters
kicking and insulting government soldiers, who are spread out on the ground.
Some of them appear to be wounded." One pleaded: "I did not hit anyone, by
Allah. I did not kill anyone."
"The man filming the video
tells the soldier to shut up and directs his comrades, 'Organize them for me.'
The fighters pull the soldiers to the center of the room and open fire on the
group, kicking up clouds of dust. The shooting continues for 20 seconds."
"A second video posted online
Thursday, which appears to have been filmed shortly after the execution, shows
at least three other bodies spread out around the checkpoint."
"The man filming approaches two
of the bodies and says, 'The shabiha of Assad, the dogs.' "
The term refers to pro-Assad
fighters defending Syria against Western-recruited death squads. In other words,
they're anti-imperial resistance fighters. Western reports call them
terrorists.
New
York Times reports also have been consistently one-sided. Covering up
this atrocity isn't possible. It headlined "UN Says Syria Execution Video Shows
Apparent War Crime," saying:
Video circulating online shows
"antigovernment fighters armed with rifles kicking and summarily executing a
group of captured soldiers or militiamen could, if verified, represent evidence
of a war crime to prosecute the perpetrators."
Human Right Watch consistently
targets Assad. It also accused Syrian opposition forces of torture, other
atrocities, and summarily executing security forces and pro-government loyalists
in Aleppo, Latakia, Idlib, and elsewhere.
On November 1, Amnesty International headlined "Syria: Armed
group carries out summary killing of security forces in Idlib," saying:
Video footage showed armed
militants "carrying out a mass summary killing of men in their custody." They
were beaten, kicked and shot multiple times. AI's Ann Harrison said:
"This shocking footage depicts
a potential war crime in progress, and demonstrates an utter disregard for
international humanitarian law by the armed group in question."
"Amnesty International has so
far been unable to confirm the identity of the armed group that carried out
these summary killings, and no group has yet claimed responsibility."
"But we will continue to
investigate the incident and once again urge all sides to respect the laws of
war and to refrain from torturing, ill-treating or killing their
prisoners."
AI consistently is anti-Assad.
Harrison's comments were less than fully forthright. She and other AI staff
regularly blame Assad for death squad killings and atrocities.
Press
TV aired the disturbing video. These are the people Washington gets
in bed with.
Western-recruited death squads
kept on killing throughout the Id al-Adha truce and after it ended. It's
"unthinkable (that) the United Nations was unable to condemn them."
Failure reveals duplicitous
Western standards. Dozens died needlessly. Opposition forces attacked security
forces, civilians and government offices. Schools, mosques, and childcare
centers are fair game.
Washington wants Syria defeated
by terror. Doing so risks regional chaos. It's "no exaggeration to say that
stability in this key region hinges on further developments in the Syrian
crisis."
America can easily stop
conflict by calling off its dogs. Peace and stability undermines its imperium.
Violence furthers it. Hired guns are used for that purpose. Syria's being
ravaged and destroyed. Olive branches Assad extends are summarily
rejected.
On October 30, Syrian expert Patrick Seale headlined "Time for National
Reconciliation in Syria."
It’s long past time, but
how?
Despite convincing evidence
disputing him, he thinks Syria can be "saved from destruction and national
disintegration." What are the obstacles, he asked?
Deep wounds must be healed. How
can they be when Washington won't let them? Seale admits there's "no readiness
for reconciliation on either side." He's half right. Assad wanted it since last
year. Repeated overtures were rebuffed.
Militant extremists also want
conflict. They want Sharia law replacing replacing secular Syria. Most Syrians
want no part of it.
Seale thinks no one wants
direct military intervention. Others call that wishful thinking. Washington has
longstanding regime change plans. All options are considered. If nothing else
works, expect NATO involvement.
Establishing pro-Western
governance in Syria is key to isolating Iran and repeating the process. War
plans were made long ago. They remain options of choice.
Seale is right saying Syrians
and other regionally must choose who'll rule them. Intervention in the internal
affairs of sovereign countries violates international law.
One day perhaps America, key
NATO partners, and Israel will observe it. So far doing so is nowhere in sight.
Don’t expect it as long as imperial ambitions eclipse other priorities.
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