Protests in Syria - Discussion Thread

[Franzuu]

farce.....

[gresh]

New Syria envoy must have mandate to negotiate power transfer: Qatar

Arab states will not accept a new international envoy to Syria after Kofi Annan’s resignation unless his or her mandate is to clearly negotiate a transfer of power, Qatar’s prime minister said on Saturday.

“We, as Arab countries will not accept another envoy representing the Arabs and the Security Council because the circumstances have completely changed,” Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani told Al-Jazeera of the outgoing U.N. and Arab League envoy, whose six-point plan for peace was never implemented.


“We believe that the task of any new envoy - if they want participation from Arab states - much be changed so that the mission is the peaceful transfer of power in Syria.”


“Arab nations will not accept a new envoy with the same mandate that was given to Annan.”
“The only acceptable designation is working on the peaceful transfer of power in Syria.”


Sheikh Hamad said he had contacted U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi and Annan himself to inform them of this decision.

http://english.alarabiya.net/article...04/230385.html

[Ought Six]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...6c8_story.html

[themacedonian]

They could have been civilian pilgrims indeed. But the fact they did not had no weapons does not mean a thing.

actually it does. Unless they were armed combatants or unarmed at least in uniform they are civilians. Many males have served in various military branches were there is conscription in many countries.

Lets call a spade a spade. Civilians were captured by FSA and now excuses are made not to release them and hoping to raise the price of their release in order to negotiate release of captured FSA.

[Camera]

actually it does. Unless they were armed combatants or unarmed at least in uniform they are civilians. Many males have served in various military branches were there is conscription in many countries.

Lets call a spade a spade. Civilians were captured by FSA and now excuses are made not to release them and hoping to raise the price of their release in order to negotiate release of captured FSA.

I guess no one cares how and where they may have served in the past. The problem is the present.
The IRGC are not militaries, even though they may appear in uniform.

[dinalt]

ANTAKYA, Turkey — At 1 a.m. last Sunday, in the farming town of Surgu, about six hours away from here, a mob formed at the Evli family’s door.

The ill will had been brewing for days, ever since the Evli family chased away a drummer who had been trying to rouse people to a predawn Ramadan feast. The Evlis are Alawite, a historically persecuted minority sect of Islam, and also the sect of Syria’s embattled leaders, and many Alawites do not follow Islamic traditions like fasting for Ramadan.

The mob began to hurl insults. Then rocks.

“Death to Alawites!” they shouted. “We’re going to burn you all down!”

Then someone fired a gun.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/wo...pagewanted=all

[EITAN88]

A bomb exploded on the third floor of a Syrian state television and radio building on Monday, causing casualties, state television said.

It was not immediately clear in which city the building was located.

Syrian state television was still on air from Damascus.

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=280218

[themacedonian]

I guess no one cares how and where they may have served in the past. The problem is the present.
The IRGC are not militaries, even though they may appear in uniform.

Civilians were captured on a bus and are being held by terrorists that is the fact. Your apologetics for sunni islamists is amazing.

[SiEMpre_Leal]

civilians were captured on a bus and are being held by terrorists that is the fact. Your apologetics for sunni islamists is amazing.

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[Camera]

Civilians were captured on a bus and are being held by terrorists that is the fact. Your apologetics for sunni islamists is amazing.

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I don't apologetics to anyone. I don't know if they are civilians or not and you don't know either.
For the rest, don't be stupid. If these guys are IRGC members they won't travel to an international airport in uniform but in civilian clothes.

[SiEMpre_Leal]

Nobody's asking you to apoligize@Camera

[Camera]

Report: Senior Syrian intel officer defects to Jordan

Col. Yaraab Shara is head of division for political security

By YOEL GOLDMAN

http://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-syrian-intel-officer-defects-to-jordan-says-report/

These are more bad news for Assad. The political security is one of the most important security agencies in Syria.

[alexz]

Civilians were captured on a bus and are being held by terrorists that is the fact. Your apologetics for sunni islamists is amazing.

Last time the FSA captured Lebanese pilgrims, they claimed to be innocent civilians until it turned out they were Hezbollah officers.

[Tretopp]

After having seen quite a few pictures and some youtube clips from syria. I wonder what the statistics are on Blue on Blue at the FSA side
Are there someone who have read or heard anything about this?

[dinalt]

After having seen quite a few pictures and some youtube clips from syria. I wonder what the statistics are on Blue on Blue at the FSA side
Are there someone who have read or heard anything about this?

There is no such thing as reporting friendly fire for FSA ( or at least I've never seen any) . If their fighters are down, they usually blame Syrian Army/ shabiha for their deaths anyway, no matter the cause.