Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Syria: Hezbullah's Quagmire?
By Maysaloon
"Nasrallah's speech earlier today was, rhetoric not withstanding, a declaration of war on Syria. Syria, as some people would like us all to forget, is not the Assad regime, it is the Syrian people. And it is the Syrian people that are revolting against Assad, a fact that Nasrallah conveniently ignores in his discourse. His talk today was couched in the same kind of vague language that the Syrian regime uses to refer to the "crisis", with veiled references to "outside actors" without mentioning names, and with promises that details may perhaps be revealed "in future". That is all fluff, and observers will notice that the rhetoric Nasrallah uses to explain Hezbullah's sometimes controversial (to his followers) behaviour is intended to filter down the cult of resistance pyramid - to politicians, journalists, and social media - and shape the discourse. In this way he creates the epistemic grounds for legitimizing what his party does. But that is another blog post for another day.
Most interesting to me was Nasrallah's statement regarding Damascus. He promised that Damascus would never fall militarily and I believe he means what he says. It is one thing when all of us feel that a sustained push against the regime in Damascus is long overdue, but another thing when Nasrallah confirms this view because that means that somebody is in a position to try and take the city soon.
The statement that the city will "never fall" can mean two things, and neither bode well for the Damascenes and other Syrians who have fled there. The first is that Hezbullah (and Iran) may be heavily invested in the capital and will emerge in full force to support Assad when the campaign begins, and secondly that there will be such a rain of destruction on the city that Aleppo will look like a walk in the park in comparison. Assad's artillery and bases on Mount Qasiyoon, overlooking Damascus, have been raining destruction on the city suburbs for almost a year, and can easily level the old city if it looks like the regime will lose it. But this is not yet the case, and here it looks like Nasrallah's warning is intended to point to an alternative that he desires, negotiations. But these are not the negotiations that most people would understand.
I've said previously that when Assad's allies speak of "negotiations", they use a different meaning. Assad will use "negotiations" to refer to discussions with a loyal opposition, whilst his allies really mean negotiations between the United States and Russia on one level, and perhaps an uneasy understanding between the Gulf states and Iran on the other. The elephant in the room is the Syrian opposition in all its flavours, from the Muslim Brotherhood to the Muaz al Khatib current. This is because they are the only party that Assad and his allies cannot allow to operate freely within Syria. To allow any of these currents will mean genuine political plurality and a real challenge to the regime, therefore its downfall.
The recent, and controversial, statement addressed to him by Muaz al Khatib appears to have not even registered with Nasrallah. Instead he chose to focus, as an ally of Assad, purely on the narrative that there is an international conspiracy against the Syrian regime and that negotiations should really be with the "foreign backers" of these armed gangs. This is unfortunate and he may come to regret this olive branch later, especially when the fighting reaches Lebanon - and it will at some point.
Between Assad negotiating with his loyal opposition, and his foreign allies pushing for the world to abandon Syria's revolution, the real Syrian opposition in all its spectrums, is to be starved to death, and the Syrian people will be returned back to their fifty year induced coma. In summary, Nasrallah has dug in his heels over Assad's regime and declared war on Syria. His party will fight on under the pretence of protecting Lebanese in the country, and on the pretence of protecting the shrine of a woman who is revered by Sunnis as well as Shiites.
Hezbullah is now fully embroiled in the Syrian quagmire, and has committed itself to supporting the Assad regime. This is a grave error of judgement for while Hezbullah might be strong in Lebanon, it is not strong in Syria. One need only recall the dreadful blow it received through the assassination of Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus a few years ago, right in the heart of Assad's security district. Furthermore, Hezbullah's soldiers are not familiar with the territory they are fighting in, and they are far from their supply lines and support base.
It is clear they have been having an extremely difficult time in the Qusayr, which may be part of the reason why he chose to address his followers about it and also to justify the involvement. Finally, whilst the situation in Lebanon is still not serious enough to concern him, politics in Lebanon can escalate very quickly. By underestimating his domestic opponents and involving himself with a costly fight in Syria, Nasrallah will compound his errors and find himself biting off more than he can chew.
Nasrallah told us tonight that it is not important how "you" understand the situation (regarding Shiite interests in Syria), but how other people (his people) see it. But with his fighters trickling back to Lebanon in boxes, Mr Nasrallah seems to be misreading the situation. The only people who's understanding he needs to consider carefully is that of the Syrians, and they have already made their views of his involvement very clear. It was not long ago that Israel slipped away during the night after its failed and costly involvement in Lebanon. Today Hezbullah appear to be making the same mistake."
"Nasrallah's speech earlier today was, rhetoric not withstanding, a declaration of war on Syria. Syria, as some people would like us all to forget, is not the Assad regime, it is the Syrian people. And it is the Syrian people that are revolting against Assad, a fact that Nasrallah conveniently ignores in his discourse. His talk today was couched in the same kind of vague language that the Syrian regime uses to refer to the "crisis", with veiled references to "outside actors" without mentioning names, and with promises that details may perhaps be revealed "in future". That is all fluff, and observers will notice that the rhetoric Nasrallah uses to explain Hezbullah's sometimes controversial (to his followers) behaviour is intended to filter down the cult of resistance pyramid - to politicians, journalists, and social media - and shape the discourse. In this way he creates the epistemic grounds for legitimizing what his party does. But that is another blog post for another day.
Most interesting to me was Nasrallah's statement regarding Damascus. He promised that Damascus would never fall militarily and I believe he means what he says. It is one thing when all of us feel that a sustained push against the regime in Damascus is long overdue, but another thing when Nasrallah confirms this view because that means that somebody is in a position to try and take the city soon.
The statement that the city will "never fall" can mean two things, and neither bode well for the Damascenes and other Syrians who have fled there. The first is that Hezbullah (and Iran) may be heavily invested in the capital and will emerge in full force to support Assad when the campaign begins, and secondly that there will be such a rain of destruction on the city that Aleppo will look like a walk in the park in comparison. Assad's artillery and bases on Mount Qasiyoon, overlooking Damascus, have been raining destruction on the city suburbs for almost a year, and can easily level the old city if it looks like the regime will lose it. But this is not yet the case, and here it looks like Nasrallah's warning is intended to point to an alternative that he desires, negotiations. But these are not the negotiations that most people would understand.
I've said previously that when Assad's allies speak of "negotiations", they use a different meaning. Assad will use "negotiations" to refer to discussions with a loyal opposition, whilst his allies really mean negotiations between the United States and Russia on one level, and perhaps an uneasy understanding between the Gulf states and Iran on the other. The elephant in the room is the Syrian opposition in all its flavours, from the Muslim Brotherhood to the Muaz al Khatib current. This is because they are the only party that Assad and his allies cannot allow to operate freely within Syria. To allow any of these currents will mean genuine political plurality and a real challenge to the regime, therefore its downfall.
The recent, and controversial, statement addressed to him by Muaz al Khatib appears to have not even registered with Nasrallah. Instead he chose to focus, as an ally of Assad, purely on the narrative that there is an international conspiracy against the Syrian regime and that negotiations should really be with the "foreign backers" of these armed gangs. This is unfortunate and he may come to regret this olive branch later, especially when the fighting reaches Lebanon - and it will at some point.
Between Assad negotiating with his loyal opposition, and his foreign allies pushing for the world to abandon Syria's revolution, the real Syrian opposition in all its spectrums, is to be starved to death, and the Syrian people will be returned back to their fifty year induced coma. In summary, Nasrallah has dug in his heels over Assad's regime and declared war on Syria. His party will fight on under the pretence of protecting Lebanese in the country, and on the pretence of protecting the shrine of a woman who is revered by Sunnis as well as Shiites.
Hezbullah is now fully embroiled in the Syrian quagmire, and has committed itself to supporting the Assad regime. This is a grave error of judgement for while Hezbullah might be strong in Lebanon, it is not strong in Syria. One need only recall the dreadful blow it received through the assassination of Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus a few years ago, right in the heart of Assad's security district. Furthermore, Hezbullah's soldiers are not familiar with the territory they are fighting in, and they are far from their supply lines and support base.
It is clear they have been having an extremely difficult time in the Qusayr, which may be part of the reason why he chose to address his followers about it and also to justify the involvement. Finally, whilst the situation in Lebanon is still not serious enough to concern him, politics in Lebanon can escalate very quickly. By underestimating his domestic opponents and involving himself with a costly fight in Syria, Nasrallah will compound his errors and find himself biting off more than he can chew.
Nasrallah told us tonight that it is not important how "you" understand the situation (regarding Shiite interests in Syria), but how other people (his people) see it. But with his fighters trickling back to Lebanon in boxes, Mr Nasrallah seems to be misreading the situation. The only people who's understanding he needs to consider carefully is that of the Syrians, and they have already made their views of his involvement very clear. It was not long ago that Israel slipped away during the night after its failed and costly involvement in Lebanon. Today Hezbullah appear to be making the same mistake."
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How the Boston Bombings May Change the World for the Worse!
By James Petras
"......It is very clear the Obama regime wants to turn the clock back a decade to recreate the terrible political climate of 2001 – 02. He seeks to fabricate a sense of an imminent terrorist threat based on the ‘Boston Bombings’ in order to re-launch another global military campaign. Instead of Iraq – the ‘threat’ is now Syria, Iran and Lebanon. Today, the threat is North Korea - tomorrow it could be China. Today, it is Venezuela - next it could be Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador …and the entire edifice of Latin American regional integration.
The civilian casualties and deaths resulting from the ‘Boston Bombings’, linked to the US backing and sheltering of Chechen terrorists, are a small price for Washington to pay if it results in escalating global wars and greater impunity for the National Police State.
Re-launching a new and more virulent version of militarized global empire building is of the highest priority. The targeted countries have global significance: Venezuela and Iran are oil producing giants, the backbone of OPEC and adversaries of Israel. China is the second biggest economy in the world and the principle challenger to US economic dominance. Cowering and confusing millions of downwardly mobile Americans weakens the principle domestic obstacle to bigger and more comprehensive cuts in social programs in order to finance global wars.
Indeed, the ‘Boston Bombings’ have larger political and economic consequences; they set the stage for a new round of wars abroad and regressive (and repressive) changes at home."
"......It is very clear the Obama regime wants to turn the clock back a decade to recreate the terrible political climate of 2001 – 02. He seeks to fabricate a sense of an imminent terrorist threat based on the ‘Boston Bombings’ in order to re-launch another global military campaign. Instead of Iraq – the ‘threat’ is now Syria, Iran and Lebanon. Today, the threat is North Korea - tomorrow it could be China. Today, it is Venezuela - next it could be Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador …and the entire edifice of Latin American regional integration.
The civilian casualties and deaths resulting from the ‘Boston Bombings’, linked to the US backing and sheltering of Chechen terrorists, are a small price for Washington to pay if it results in escalating global wars and greater impunity for the National Police State.
Re-launching a new and more virulent version of militarized global empire building is of the highest priority. The targeted countries have global significance: Venezuela and Iran are oil producing giants, the backbone of OPEC and adversaries of Israel. China is the second biggest economy in the world and the principle challenger to US economic dominance. Cowering and confusing millions of downwardly mobile Americans weakens the principle domestic obstacle to bigger and more comprehensive cuts in social programs in order to finance global wars.
Indeed, the ‘Boston Bombings’ have larger political and economic consequences; they set the stage for a new round of wars abroad and regressive (and repressive) changes at home."
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
هل ضاعت البوصلة؟
AN EXCELLENT ANALYSIS!
April 29, 2013
ليس واضحا الى أين تتجه المنطقة العربية؟ فالاشارات الاولية عن عودة الصراع السني – الشيعي الى الواجهة، تتحول الى حقائق ملموسة على ارض الصراعات المفتوحة في سورية. والصراع السعودي – الايراني، يتحول الى عنوان شبه يومي، تشارك فيه دول الخليج والعراق بنسب متفاوتة. والحمّى تصيب الجميع بحيث انها تكاد تمحو اهداف الانفجار الثوري الذي بدأ في تونس، ووصل الى ذروته الدامية في سورية.
كأن المشرق العربي يضيّع معناه وسط هذه الفوضى العارمة التي تكاد ان تبتلع الجميع، وتطيح بكل الأفكار النبيلة التي سمحت للثورات العربية بتقديم جرعة تفاؤل وأمل كانت المنطقة في أمس الحاجة اليها.
نعود الى البداية، والبداية في رأيي هي كناية عن مشروع سياسي أخلاقي، انطلق بلا تخطيط مسبق وبلا قيادة واضحة، كي يزيح كابوس الاستبداد الذي يمسك بخناق الشعوب العربية منذ خمسة عقود.
الهدفان اللذان اعلنتهما الثورات العربية كانا بسيطين وواضحين: حرية المواطن والوطن وكرامتهما.
لكن الطريق الى هذين الهدفين بدا متعرجا، واتخذ اشكالا متعددة، سُرق في مكان وتلوث بالتدخل الاجنبي في مكان آخر، والتبس في العديد من الأماكن، ووصل الى لحظة بالغة الخطورة حين حاولت أنظمة النفط والغاز الهيمنة عليه.
هكذا يحاول النظام العربي القديم تحويل الثورة الى ثورة مضادة، مستخدما ادوات شتى، بهدف محو فكرة الحرية والكرامة، واستبدالها بخطاب قديم يفتح الصراع في المنطقة على هاوية الاستقطاب الطائفي – المذهبي، بحيث نغرق في دمائنا، ولا يخرج منتصرا من هذه الجولة الا الدولة الصهيونية، لأنها الدولة الوحيدة التي بنيت على اساس طائفي عنصري متين. وكل كلام طائفي لا يعي هذا المنزلق هو مجرد وصفة للانهيار والخمول.
من المسؤول عن هذا الضياع؟
من السهل ان نقول ان الانظمة الاستبدادية هي المسؤولة، لأنها حطمت النخب الثقافية والسياسية، وقوضت البنيان الاجتماعي. لكن بعد اكثر من سنتين على اندلاع شرارة الثورات، فإن هذا العذر لم يعد يكفي. آن للنخب الجديدة ان تكون قد تعلمت شيئا، وان تتصدى للقيادة، قبل ان يفلت زمام الأمور بشكل كامل.
كما ان وضع اللوم على العالم، اي على القوى الغربية وروسيا، لا يدل الا على السذاجة، فهذه القوى تتلاعب بالمنطقة في هذه المرحلة الاستعمارية الجديدة بحسب مصالحها. روسيا تتحجج بالدفاع عن الأقليات، ويأتي مبعوثوها الى لبنان لإحياء رميم الحنين الى القرن التاسع عشر، بينما تواصل امريكا لعبة الانتظار واستنزاف الايرانيين والروس ومن لف لفهما.
لا شك ان الكثير من اللوم يمكن وضعه على القوى الاسلامية التي نجحت في الاستيلاء الجزئي على السلطة في مصر وتونس، واثبتت انصياعها للترسيمة الامريكية للمنطقة من جهة، وعجزها عن استعادة المبادرة من المركز النفطي الخليجي، بل استرهانها من قبله من جهة ثانية.
لكن اللوم الأكبر يجب ان يوجه الى النخب العلمانية والمدنية والديموقراطية، التي عجزت عن رسم افق سياسي جديد في المنطقة.
المسألة تقع في ذلك الفصل التعسفي وغير الواقعي بين كرامة المواطن وكرامة الوطن، الذي سقطت فيه النخب الليبرالية، بحيث ابتلعت المقولة الامريكية عن امكانية فصل الديموقراطية عن الصراع العربي – الاسرائيلي، مما سهل وقوعها في مأزق التبعية للدول النفطية، وسهل تاليا احلال الصراع السني – الشيعي في مركز الصدارة.
بدل ان تستعيد الثورات العربية مركزية المشرق العربي، بوصفه بؤرة الصراع وبوصلتها، استسهلت بطرفيها الاخواني والليبرالي التحالف مع الولايات المتحدة بالشروط الامريكية، اي شروط وضع الصراع مع الاحتلال الاسرائيلي في أسفل سلم الاولويات
[SEE POST BELOW FOR A PROOF!]، وبذا فقدت قدرتها على القيادة، وسقطت أسيرة الاستقطاب المخيف الذي يهدد المنطقة بالانهيار الشامل.
وفي المقابل فإن التشنج الايراني المدعوم من حزب الله في مواجهة ثورة الشعب السوري، وجنون القمع الذي يمارسه نظام الاستبداد المافيوي المخابراتي في سورية، عززا من هذا الاتجاه، وصار العالم العربي طرفا في الرهاب من النووي الايراني. اي بدل ان يكون المشروع النووي الايراني ورقة تفاوضية عربية من اجل البحث في الخطر النووي الاسرائيلي، وهو الخطر النووي الوحيد في المنطقة حتى اشعار آخر، صار النظام العربي مجرد ملحق تافه بالمشروع الامريكي.
وهذا يثبت مرة جديدة ان الاحزاب الدينية، حتى لو قامت بمقاومة المحتل، محكومة بأن تعود الى بنيتها الأصلية التي تقودها الى التحول الى ميليشيات طائفية مذهبية.
استمعنا كثيرا الى جوقة الزاعمين ان الصراع مع الاحتلال الاسرائيلي افقر المنطقة، لكن الاستسلام لا يعني ان الافقار توقف، بل ازدادت معدلاته بشكل مخيف وخصوصا في مصر. ولم يعد هناك اي مقياس للكيفية التي تتصرف بها المشيخات النفطية بثرواتها الطائلة، بينما يجوع العرب ويتشردون.
يجب بناء لغة جديدة مناقضة لزمن الاستبداد، وهذه مهمة عاجلة بشكل خاص في سورية. فالشعب السوري الذي قدم للعرب والعالم نموذجا فريدا في الصمود امام الوحش الذي لا يرتوي من دماء ضحاياه، يستحق قيادة عقلانية تمسك بزمام المبادرة وترسم افق الثورة الديموقراطي بعيدا من هذه الحفلة التنكرية التي تدور في العواصم العربية والأجنبية.
نظام الاستبداد السوري الذي نظّم الصراع الطائفي في لبنان من اجل سحق المقاومة الفلسطينية اولا، وتحطيم الروح الوطنية ثانيا، يجد نفسه اليوم وسط هذا الخطاب العنصري الطائفي في بيئته، مستمدا منها القدرة المعنوية على مواصلة سياسة الجريمة والقتل.
المسألة في سورية اليوم تكمن في استعادة المعنى، وعلى الثورة السورية بجميع اطيافها ان تعي ان اضاعة فرصة استعادة البوصلة هي الخطأ الذي لا يُغتفر.
الياس خوري
ليس واضحا الى أين تتجه المنطقة العربية؟ فالاشارات الاولية عن عودة الصراع السني – الشيعي الى الواجهة، تتحول الى حقائق ملموسة على ارض الصراعات المفتوحة في سورية. والصراع السعودي – الايراني، يتحول الى عنوان شبه يومي، تشارك فيه دول الخليج والعراق بنسب متفاوتة. والحمّى تصيب الجميع بحيث انها تكاد تمحو اهداف الانفجار الثوري الذي بدأ في تونس، ووصل الى ذروته الدامية في سورية.
كأن المشرق العربي يضيّع معناه وسط هذه الفوضى العارمة التي تكاد ان تبتلع الجميع، وتطيح بكل الأفكار النبيلة التي سمحت للثورات العربية بتقديم جرعة تفاؤل وأمل كانت المنطقة في أمس الحاجة اليها.
نعود الى البداية، والبداية في رأيي هي كناية عن مشروع سياسي أخلاقي، انطلق بلا تخطيط مسبق وبلا قيادة واضحة، كي يزيح كابوس الاستبداد الذي يمسك بخناق الشعوب العربية منذ خمسة عقود.
الهدفان اللذان اعلنتهما الثورات العربية كانا بسيطين وواضحين: حرية المواطن والوطن وكرامتهما.
لكن الطريق الى هذين الهدفين بدا متعرجا، واتخذ اشكالا متعددة، سُرق في مكان وتلوث بالتدخل الاجنبي في مكان آخر، والتبس في العديد من الأماكن، ووصل الى لحظة بالغة الخطورة حين حاولت أنظمة النفط والغاز الهيمنة عليه.
هكذا يحاول النظام العربي القديم تحويل الثورة الى ثورة مضادة، مستخدما ادوات شتى، بهدف محو فكرة الحرية والكرامة، واستبدالها بخطاب قديم يفتح الصراع في المنطقة على هاوية الاستقطاب الطائفي – المذهبي، بحيث نغرق في دمائنا، ولا يخرج منتصرا من هذه الجولة الا الدولة الصهيونية، لأنها الدولة الوحيدة التي بنيت على اساس طائفي عنصري متين. وكل كلام طائفي لا يعي هذا المنزلق هو مجرد وصفة للانهيار والخمول.
من المسؤول عن هذا الضياع؟
من السهل ان نقول ان الانظمة الاستبدادية هي المسؤولة، لأنها حطمت النخب الثقافية والسياسية، وقوضت البنيان الاجتماعي. لكن بعد اكثر من سنتين على اندلاع شرارة الثورات، فإن هذا العذر لم يعد يكفي. آن للنخب الجديدة ان تكون قد تعلمت شيئا، وان تتصدى للقيادة، قبل ان يفلت زمام الأمور بشكل كامل.
كما ان وضع اللوم على العالم، اي على القوى الغربية وروسيا، لا يدل الا على السذاجة، فهذه القوى تتلاعب بالمنطقة في هذه المرحلة الاستعمارية الجديدة بحسب مصالحها. روسيا تتحجج بالدفاع عن الأقليات، ويأتي مبعوثوها الى لبنان لإحياء رميم الحنين الى القرن التاسع عشر، بينما تواصل امريكا لعبة الانتظار واستنزاف الايرانيين والروس ومن لف لفهما.
لا شك ان الكثير من اللوم يمكن وضعه على القوى الاسلامية التي نجحت في الاستيلاء الجزئي على السلطة في مصر وتونس، واثبتت انصياعها للترسيمة الامريكية للمنطقة من جهة، وعجزها عن استعادة المبادرة من المركز النفطي الخليجي، بل استرهانها من قبله من جهة ثانية.
لكن اللوم الأكبر يجب ان يوجه الى النخب العلمانية والمدنية والديموقراطية، التي عجزت عن رسم افق سياسي جديد في المنطقة.
المسألة تقع في ذلك الفصل التعسفي وغير الواقعي بين كرامة المواطن وكرامة الوطن، الذي سقطت فيه النخب الليبرالية، بحيث ابتلعت المقولة الامريكية عن امكانية فصل الديموقراطية عن الصراع العربي – الاسرائيلي، مما سهل وقوعها في مأزق التبعية للدول النفطية، وسهل تاليا احلال الصراع السني – الشيعي في مركز الصدارة.
بدل ان تستعيد الثورات العربية مركزية المشرق العربي، بوصفه بؤرة الصراع وبوصلتها، استسهلت بطرفيها الاخواني والليبرالي التحالف مع الولايات المتحدة بالشروط الامريكية، اي شروط وضع الصراع مع الاحتلال الاسرائيلي في أسفل سلم الاولويات
[SEE POST BELOW FOR A PROOF!]، وبذا فقدت قدرتها على القيادة، وسقطت أسيرة الاستقطاب المخيف الذي يهدد المنطقة بالانهيار الشامل.
وفي المقابل فإن التشنج الايراني المدعوم من حزب الله في مواجهة ثورة الشعب السوري، وجنون القمع الذي يمارسه نظام الاستبداد المافيوي المخابراتي في سورية، عززا من هذا الاتجاه، وصار العالم العربي طرفا في الرهاب من النووي الايراني. اي بدل ان يكون المشروع النووي الايراني ورقة تفاوضية عربية من اجل البحث في الخطر النووي الاسرائيلي، وهو الخطر النووي الوحيد في المنطقة حتى اشعار آخر، صار النظام العربي مجرد ملحق تافه بالمشروع الامريكي.
وهذا يثبت مرة جديدة ان الاحزاب الدينية، حتى لو قامت بمقاومة المحتل، محكومة بأن تعود الى بنيتها الأصلية التي تقودها الى التحول الى ميليشيات طائفية مذهبية.
استمعنا كثيرا الى جوقة الزاعمين ان الصراع مع الاحتلال الاسرائيلي افقر المنطقة، لكن الاستسلام لا يعني ان الافقار توقف، بل ازدادت معدلاته بشكل مخيف وخصوصا في مصر. ولم يعد هناك اي مقياس للكيفية التي تتصرف بها المشيخات النفطية بثرواتها الطائلة، بينما يجوع العرب ويتشردون.
يجب بناء لغة جديدة مناقضة لزمن الاستبداد، وهذه مهمة عاجلة بشكل خاص في سورية. فالشعب السوري الذي قدم للعرب والعالم نموذجا فريدا في الصمود امام الوحش الذي لا يرتوي من دماء ضحاياه، يستحق قيادة عقلانية تمسك بزمام المبادرة وترسم افق الثورة الديموقراطي بعيدا من هذه الحفلة التنكرية التي تدور في العواصم العربية والأجنبية.
نظام الاستبداد السوري الذي نظّم الصراع الطائفي في لبنان من اجل سحق المقاومة الفلسطينية اولا، وتحطيم الروح الوطنية ثانيا، يجد نفسه اليوم وسط هذا الخطاب العنصري الطائفي في بيئته، مستمدا منها القدرة المعنوية على مواصلة سياسة الجريمة والقتل.
المسألة في سورية اليوم تكمن في استعادة المعنى، وعلى الثورة السورية بجميع اطيافها ان تعي ان اضاعة فرصة استعادة البوصلة هي الخطأ الذي لا يُغتفر.
The Bankruptcy of the Muslim Brothers: القرضاوي يشكر أمريكا ويدعوها لـ”ضرب سورية”
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لندن ـ “القدس العربي” ـ من احمد المصري: شكر رئيس الاتحاد العالمي لعلماء المسلمين يوسف القرضاوي الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، على دعمها للمسلحين السوريين الذين يقاتلون ضد الجيش السوري.
وقال القرضاوي في خطبة الجمعة في من جامع عمر بن الخطاب بالعاصمة القطرية الدوحة “نشكر الولايات المتحدة الامريكية على تقديمها السلاح للمقاتلين بقيمة 60 مليون دولار، ونطلب المزيد”.
وأضاف “أمريكا تخاف على اسرائيل، وتخاف أن ينتصر المسلحون في سورية ويذهبوا الى اسرائيل”، متسائلا “من أين جئتم بهذا الكلام؟”.
وأردف “لماذا لم تفعل أمريكا مثلما فعلت في ليبيا؟”، على أمريكا أن تدافع عن السوريين وأن تقف وقفة رجولة، ووقفة لله، وللخير والحق”.
الجدير بالكر ان الشيخ القرضاوي اباح ابان الحرب على ليبيا، دم العقيد الليبي معمر القذافي قائلاً “من استطاع أن يقتل القذافي فليقتله، ومن يتمكن من ضربه بالنار، فليفعل، ليريح الناس والأمة من شر هذا الرجل المجنون”، على حد قوله.
وكان القرضاوي اجاز الاستعانة بقوات “الناتو” في ليبيا، واجاز للسوريين الطلب من دول أجنبية التدخل في بلادهم في حال فشلت الدول العربية وقف ما أسماه “حمام الدم في سورية”.
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Al-Jazeera Video: Empire - Fuelling geopolitics: The oil saga
"This month, Al Jazeera aired a special four-part series on the hidden history of the western oil giants known as the Seven Sisters, and their role in defining the politics and economics of the world energy supply and demand. In co-ordination with this special event, Empire explores the shifting geopolitics of oil."
Hamas' Secret Plan to "Liberate" Palestine: Gaza police shaving heads of young men in crackdown on western fashion
At least 40 men in past month claim to have been bound, beaten and had their hair cut by Hamas officers, says rights group
Harriet Sherwood in Gaza City
guardian.co.uk,
Ismail Helou was working at his family's petrol station on a Thursday afternoon when a police jeep pulled up. The plain-clothed officers ordered him to get into the vehicle. He was blindfolded and taken to a police station, where his legs were bound to a wooden plank and the soles of his feet were repeatedly beaten with a plastic pipe. Then they tried to shave off the gelled spikes of hair on his head.
"I was screaming and crying. It was the most painful thing I have ever faced. My feet were blue and I couldn't walk for three days," he said. Bruises on his soles were still visible three weeks later..........
Over the past month, at least 40 men have had their heads shaved by Hamas officers in a pattern of intimidation and abuse aimed at enforcing Islamic mores governing personal appearance, according to the human rights organisation Al Mezan. The individuals have been targeted for sporting "western" hairstyles or wearing low-slung jeans that reveal underwear. But one, to whom the Guardian spoke, insisted he was guilty of neither "offence", but was beaten and shaved simply as a mechanism of social control.
Rajou Hayek, 33, was bundled into a police jeep by eight men as he was taking his father, who was in a wheelchair, to a health clinic. Handcuffed and with his T-shirt pulled over his head, he was driven to a police station where he glimpsed a "hill of hair" on the floor. "They beat me all over my body and shaved my head. I was crying. This is not about jeans and hairstyles. They want to make people in Gaza afraid of them.".......
But there was also a political dimension. "This is partly directed at Hamas members internally. Hamas was elected promising an Islamic state and some of their own supporters complain that it has not been implemented," he said. This led to the formation of some extreme fundamentalist factions which put Hamas under pressure to prove its Islamist credentials........"
Harriet Sherwood in Gaza City
guardian.co.uk,
"I was screaming and crying. It was the most painful thing I have ever faced. My feet were blue and I couldn't walk for three days," he said. Bruises on his soles were still visible three weeks later..........
Over the past month, at least 40 men have had their heads shaved by Hamas officers in a pattern of intimidation and abuse aimed at enforcing Islamic mores governing personal appearance, according to the human rights organisation Al Mezan. The individuals have been targeted for sporting "western" hairstyles or wearing low-slung jeans that reveal underwear. But one, to whom the Guardian spoke, insisted he was guilty of neither "offence", but was beaten and shaved simply as a mechanism of social control.
Rajou Hayek, 33, was bundled into a police jeep by eight men as he was taking his father, who was in a wheelchair, to a health clinic. Handcuffed and with his T-shirt pulled over his head, he was driven to a police station where he glimpsed a "hill of hair" on the floor. "They beat me all over my body and shaved my head. I was crying. This is not about jeans and hairstyles. They want to make people in Gaza afraid of them.".......
But there was also a political dimension. "This is partly directed at Hamas members internally. Hamas was elected promising an Islamic state and some of their own supporters complain that it has not been implemented," he said. This led to the formation of some extreme fundamentalist factions which put Hamas under pressure to prove its Islamist credentials........"
Interview with Dr. Sadiq Jalal Al-Azm: The Syrian Revolution and the Role of the Intellectual
Translated by Nader Atassi and Ziad Dallal
"Doctor Sadiq Jalal al-Azm (born in 1934 in Damascus) is one of the most important Syrian intellectuals of the 20th and 21st centuries. His interests cover a variety of issues, ranging from criticism of religious thought, to Arab political affairs after the defeat of June 1967, to freedom of thought (from The Mentality of Taboo and Post The Mentality of Prohibition), to platonic love, to issues of secularism, democracy, and globalization. He is characterized by his clear style and the consistency of his basic intellectual positions in the face of changing ideological climates and thinking tools. Dr. al-Azm distinguished himself since the beginning of this century with his engagement in public life and engagement with the causes of freedom and democracy. He was a founding member of the “Committee for the Revival of Civil Society,” and an active participant in the “Damascus Spring” forums. He supported the Syrian revolution from the beginning, while maintaining a space for critique and evaluation. He has coupled his words with actions but has remained, first and foremost, an intellectual.
"Doctor Sadiq Jalal al-Azm (born in 1934 in Damascus) is one of the most important Syrian intellectuals of the 20th and 21st centuries. His interests cover a variety of issues, ranging from criticism of religious thought, to Arab political affairs after the defeat of June 1967, to freedom of thought (from The Mentality of Taboo and Post The Mentality of Prohibition), to platonic love, to issues of secularism, democracy, and globalization. He is characterized by his clear style and the consistency of his basic intellectual positions in the face of changing ideological climates and thinking tools. Dr. al-Azm distinguished himself since the beginning of this century with his engagement in public life and engagement with the causes of freedom and democracy. He was a founding member of the “Committee for the Revival of Civil Society,” and an active participant in the “Damascus Spring” forums. He supported the Syrian revolution from the beginning, while maintaining a space for critique and evaluation. He has coupled his words with actions but has remained, first and foremost, an intellectual.
The Republic is honored to have conducted this extended interview with Doctor al-Azm (via e-mail).
Highlights
The revolution is a Syrian settling of old accounts and an overdue payment of bills that were the result of Syrian silence and cowardice.
The popular Intifada in Syria seeks restoration of the republic through the toppling of the old hereditary regime that is worn-out in all its institutions, and to establish an alternative system of governance
Yes, I fear political Islam, before and after the fall of the regime.
In our culture and society there exists ample elements of authoritarianism, criminality, paternalism and vendetta, that make the reformulation of a despotic regime, in one form or another, a likely and formidable possibility, which calls for extreme caution and utter vigilance.
Syria’s “Wretched of the Earth” are participating in a revolution against a government, a party, and an authoritarian financial-military junta, and against a “nationalist” leadership of divine eternality.
If the revolution brings us somehow to the ballot boxes, then I will be a satisfied citizen.
Among the characteristics of secularism and democracy is that they provide a neutral ground for the meeting of the various religious doctrines and beliefs that are exclusionary by nature, allowing them to interact in the public space, the national arena, and the political landscape.
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As opposed to many leftists and Marxists in Syria today and in the world, Sadiq Jalal al-Azm’s position is clear and unequivocal in its support for the Syrian revolution. What are the roots of this leftist ambiguity towards the revolution? And what consequence will this have for the future of the left in Syria?......"
Iraqi army losing hold on north to Sunni and Kurdish forces as troops desert
Sunday 28 April 2013
"Soldiers are deserting a beleaguered Iraqi army as it struggles to keep its hold on the northern half of Iraq in the face of escalating hostility from Sunni Arabs and Kurds who dominate in the region.
Around the oil city of Kirkuk Kurdish troops have advanced south to take over military positions abandoned by the army, while in Baghdad senior Iraqi politicians say that for the first time there is talk of partitioning the country.
The current crisis was sparked on 23 April when the Iraqi army attacked a sit-in protest in the Sunni Arab town of Hawijah, killing at least 50 people and injuring 110. Outraged Sunni Arab protesters have since stepped up their demonstrations against the Shia-led government. Demonstrators are increasingly protected by armed men, some of whom are accused of dragging five military intelligence soldiers in civilian clothes from a car that came near a protest in Ramadi and killing them.
There are signs that the Iraqi army can no longer cope with a crisis in which it is confronting both Sunni Arabs and Kurds. Many soldiers prefer to desert the army rather than shoot at protesters said Najmaldin Karim, the Kurdish Governor of Kirkuk, where Hawijah is situated, in an interview with The Independent. Most deserters are Sunni, Mr Karim said, but he added that some are Shia who don’t want to fight in strange places for something they don’t believe in.
Mr Karim, formerly a doctor in the US, confirmed that Kurdish troops have moved to take over positions around Kirkuk left vacant by the Iraqi army, but vehemently denies that this is a land-grab by the Kurds seeking to take over the oilfields as Iraqi army commanders have alleged. Affirming that Kurdish forces have taken over places vacated by the Iraqi army, he explained that Iraqi military units are under orders to leave their outposts at night and concentrate in defensible positions.
“They [Iraqi army commanders] are playing on people’s emotions and trying to detract from the fact that they attacked civilian demonstrators and killed scores of them at close range.”
Mediators seeking to end the protest in Hawijah last week say they only needed another six hours to end the confrontation when the army attacked.
A confrontation between the Kurds and the central government in Baghdad last summer has led to poor relations between the two. Security cooperation has broken down and there has been a 30 per cent rise in terrorist attacks in Kirkuk as a result. Last week al-Qa’ida in Iraq was able to take over the town of Suleiman Bec in Kirkuk province and only left under a truce arrangement
“It is really ironic,” says Mr Karim, “that at Hawijah the army attacks demonstrators including children and elderly. And then at Suleiman Bec al-Qa’ida killed the police chief. They captured and killed whoever was in the police station. The whole population of the town left. Terrorists controlled the town for 24 hours and then they were given safe passage to get out with their weapons and stolen cars.”
Iraqi politicians are gloomy about the prospects for keeping the country together. Mowaffak al-Rubaie, the former Iraqi National Security Adviser, said in a phone interview yesterday that for the first time he was hearing leaders in Baghdad talk seriously of partitioning the country. He said ”I believe Iraq is going through its most critical phase since the creation of the state in 1921. " He said that for Iraq partition would not be a soft option but would be more like the bloodbath when India and Pakistan divided.
In the last four months Mr Maliki has done little to conciliate the Sunni Arabs who have been conducting a peaceful campaign demanding civil and political rights. They want an end to job discrimination and a terror law under which suspects can be arrested tortured on the word of an unknown informant. The protests were conducted largely without violence until the unexpected break-up of the Hawaijah sit-in. Sunni Arabs are now demanding that the army withdraw from their areas. A highly influential Sunni religious figure, seen as the inspirational leader of the protests, Abdul Malik al-Saadi, had previously counselled moderation, but last week issued a statement saying “if they open fire, then burn the land beneath them, and defend your selves with courage.”........"
The current crisis was sparked on 23 April when the Iraqi army attacked a sit-in protest in the Sunni Arab town of Hawijah, killing at least 50 people and injuring 110. Outraged Sunni Arab protesters have since stepped up their demonstrations against the Shia-led government. Demonstrators are increasingly protected by armed men, some of whom are accused of dragging five military intelligence soldiers in civilian clothes from a car that came near a protest in Ramadi and killing them.
There are signs that the Iraqi army can no longer cope with a crisis in which it is confronting both Sunni Arabs and Kurds. Many soldiers prefer to desert the army rather than shoot at protesters said Najmaldin Karim, the Kurdish Governor of Kirkuk, where Hawijah is situated, in an interview with The Independent. Most deserters are Sunni, Mr Karim said, but he added that some are Shia who don’t want to fight in strange places for something they don’t believe in.
Mr Karim, formerly a doctor in the US, confirmed that Kurdish troops have moved to take over positions around Kirkuk left vacant by the Iraqi army, but vehemently denies that this is a land-grab by the Kurds seeking to take over the oilfields as Iraqi army commanders have alleged. Affirming that Kurdish forces have taken over places vacated by the Iraqi army, he explained that Iraqi military units are under orders to leave their outposts at night and concentrate in defensible positions.
“They [Iraqi army commanders] are playing on people’s emotions and trying to detract from the fact that they attacked civilian demonstrators and killed scores of them at close range.”
Mediators seeking to end the protest in Hawijah last week say they only needed another six hours to end the confrontation when the army attacked.
A confrontation between the Kurds and the central government in Baghdad last summer has led to poor relations between the two. Security cooperation has broken down and there has been a 30 per cent rise in terrorist attacks in Kirkuk as a result. Last week al-Qa’ida in Iraq was able to take over the town of Suleiman Bec in Kirkuk province and only left under a truce arrangement
“It is really ironic,” says Mr Karim, “that at Hawijah the army attacks demonstrators including children and elderly. And then at Suleiman Bec al-Qa’ida killed the police chief. They captured and killed whoever was in the police station. The whole population of the town left. Terrorists controlled the town for 24 hours and then they were given safe passage to get out with their weapons and stolen cars.”
Iraqi politicians are gloomy about the prospects for keeping the country together. Mowaffak al-Rubaie, the former Iraqi National Security Adviser, said in a phone interview yesterday that for the first time he was hearing leaders in Baghdad talk seriously of partitioning the country. He said ”I believe Iraq is going through its most critical phase since the creation of the state in 1921. " He said that for Iraq partition would not be a soft option but would be more like the bloodbath when India and Pakistan divided.
In the last four months Mr Maliki has done little to conciliate the Sunni Arabs who have been conducting a peaceful campaign demanding civil and political rights. They want an end to job discrimination and a terror law under which suspects can be arrested tortured on the word of an unknown informant. The protests were conducted largely without violence until the unexpected break-up of the Hawaijah sit-in. Sunni Arabs are now demanding that the army withdraw from their areas. A highly influential Sunni religious figure, seen as the inspirational leader of the protests, Abdul Malik al-Saadi, had previously counselled moderation, but last week issued a statement saying “if they open fire, then burn the land beneath them, and defend your selves with courage.”........"
Sunday, April 28, 2013
القضاء المصري و’القدر’ الإخواني
عبد الحليم قنديل
لا شيء أكذب من ادعاء الإخوان رغبتــهم في ‘تطهير’ القضاء، أو إجراء محاكمة ثورية للرئيس المخلوع حسني مبارك وجماعته .
فقد جرى ضبط الإخوان في حالة تلبس بالجرم المشهود، وبالتواطؤ مع مبارك وجماعته، ليس فقط بالاتفاق في اختيارات السياسة والاقتصاد، وحذو مرسي لخط مبارك في الاحتماء بالأمريكيين و’رأسمالية المحاسيب’ وحفظ أمن إسرائيل، وإلى حد أن السيد مرسي اعترف ـ في حوار أخير مع قناة ‘الجزيرة’ـ بزيادة التعاون الأمني بين مصر وإسرائيل ببركة عهده الميمون، وبصورة أعمق وأفضل مما كان عليه الأمر في أيام مبارك، وحين سألته قناة ‘الجزيرة’ عن تفسيره لإشادة رئيس الأركان الإسرائيلي بانتعاش التعاون الأمني، كان رد مرسي متلعثما، ثم انتقل إلى مسخرة حقيقية، حين فسر زيادة التعاون الأمني بتوافر ‘الندية’ لا التبعية، وهو ما يشير إلى عادة ‘الرئيس′ الإخواني في وصف الشيء بعكسه، وتماما كما يفعل الإخوان في قصة محاكمات مبارك، فهم يفسرون تواطأهم بأنه ‘ثورية’ زائدة، ويرفعون أصواتهم فوق صوت الثوريين الحقيقيين على سبيل التغطية والتمويه الساذج، بينما الحقائق الصلبة تكشف زيفهم، وتسقط مزاعمهم، فقد وقفوا منذ بداية الثورة ضد أي محاكمات ثورية، وضد إصدار قانون ثوري خاص تقوم عليه محاكمات بقضاة طبيعيين، وضد تفعيل قانون محاكمة رئيس الجمهورية بتهمة الخيانة العظمى، وفضلوا المحاكمات بالقوانين العادية التي تنتهي إلى مهرجان تبرئة للجميع، وبدعوى أن المحاكمات العادية أيسر قبولا عند المجتمع الدولي، وكان رأي جماعة الإخوان هو نفس رأي القانونيين من جماعة مبارك، وتواطأ الكل على خيانة الثورة، وهم يعرفون سلفا ما نعرف، وهو أن مثل هذه المحاكمات ستنتهي إلى قبضة هواء، وسوف تبرئ المجرمين، ولن تعيد مليما واحدا إلى مصر من المليارات المنهوبة، وكل ما تؤدي إليه هو إدانة الثورة نفسها، فالثورة ـ طبقا للقــــوانين العادية إياها ـ جريمة قلب نظام حكم ، والمطلوب جوهريا عند الإخوان أن تنهزم الثورة، وأن تحكم الثورة المضادة، وهذا ما جرى بالضبط عبر طبعتين متواليتين من حكم الثورة المضادة، بدأت بطبعة مجلس طنطاوي وعنان، التي أفضت إلى طبعة حكم الإخوان العاجز الفاشل، والمستنسخ ـ بالحرف ـ لحكم جماعة مبارك، وبفارق وحيد هو أن تعطى الغلبة العددية المسيطرة لجماعة الإخوان مقابل إخضاع جماعة مبارك .
وهذا بالضبط ما تقصده قيادة الإخوان من حملة سمتها ‘تطهير القضاء’، فهي لا تقصد أبدا تطهير المؤسسة القضائية من عناصر وهن وإفساد، بل تقصد إحلال أكبر عدد من أعضائها بسلك القضاء، ووضعهم عند المفاصل الحاكمة، ومما لا يعد تطهيرا بأي معنى، بل هو التلويث كامل الأوصاف، فمؤسسة القضاء ليست منظمة ثورية، بل هي إطار نظامي محكوم بالقوانين والتشريعات السارية، ولا يصح لقاض أن يحكم ويقضى بمزاج سياسي، بل بالبعد عن أي هوى سياسي، وبتحكيم الضمير، وبصحيح القانون والوقائع المنظورة، ولا يصح أن يكون هناك سلطان على القضاة إلا القضاة أنفسهم، ومؤسسة القضاء في مصر شديدة العراقة، وراسخة الأصالة، ودأبت أجيالها المتمرسة على حماية تقاليدها، والدفاع عن استقلالها في أقسى الظروف، وقد تعرضت مؤسسة القضاء لعناصر تعرية أخذت من رصيدها عند الناس، وتوالت عليها المحن زمن المخلوع مبارك بالذات، وتغولت عليها السلطة التنفيذية، ومن خلال أساليب صارت معروفة في السلك القضائي، فجهاز التفتيش القضائي تابع لوزارة العدل، التي هي جزء من السلطة التنفيذية، ولعنة انتداب قضاة للعمل كمستشارين عند دوائر السلطة التنفيذية أفسدت ضمائر كثيرة، والسماح بالتحاق ضباط شرطة بالسلك القضائي أضاف نوعا غريبا من شذوذ القضاة، وتحكم السلطة التنفيذية في موازنة الجهاز القضائي روض النفوس، والحلول باتت معروفة من زمن، فلا حل لضمان تعزيز استقلال القضاء بغير سد الخروق، بإلغاء الانتداب، ووقف التحاق ضباط الشرطة بالقضاء، وجعل موازنة السلك القضائي بيد المجلس الأعلى للقضاء، ونقل تبعية ‘التفتيش القضائي’ إلى حوزة مجلس القضاء الأعلى، وإطلاق حق المواطنين في التقدم بأي شكاوى ضد القضاة، وتخويل مجلس القضاء الأعلى بالبت في الاتهامات المنسوبة لقضاة، وبتر العناصر الفاسدة من خلال محاكمات سرية، واختيار النائب العام عبر المجلس الأعلى للقضاء، وهكذا يجري تطهير القضاء ذاتيا، وبما يحفظ للمؤسسة القضائية سلامتها واستقلالها، وهذا كله شيء، وما يريده الإخوان شيء آخر مختلف، فهم لا يريدون استقلالا لسلطة القضاء، بل يريدون إلحاقها تماما بالسلطة التنفيذية، وربما إلحاقها بمكتب إرشاد الإخوان، وتعيين محامين من الإخوان في سلك القضاء، وإحلال شريعة الغاب محل حكم القانون، وعلى ظن أن تحطيم مؤسسة القضاء يسهل مهمة الحكم، التي أثبتوا فيها فشلا ذريعا يليق بقصورهم العقلي وسوء الطوية .
ومع وضوح الصورة، فليست من حاجة للتساؤل عن طبيعة المعركة الجارية، فهي ليست محصورة بين القضاة وسلطة الإخوان الافتراضية، بل في معركة تهم الشعب المصري كله، وإصلاح ـ أو حتى تطهير ـ مؤسسة القضاة هي مهمة الوطنيين والثوريين المصريين، ودفع غائلة ‘الأخونة’ هو واجب الوقت بامتياز، فتحطيم القضاء هو هدف الإخوان المفضوح، وأيضا تحطيم مؤسسات الدولة كلها، فقد نشر مبارك ـ المخلوع ـ فيروس الفساد في مؤسسات الدولة لإخضاعها، ويحاول مرسي ـ المجزوع ـ نشر فيروس ‘الأخونة’ بتحطيم الدولة وإفناء مؤسساتها، وإحلال حكم الجاهلين المتواطئين، وهو ما يتصادم كليا مع أهداف الثورة المغدورة، التي لاتزال في خانة المقاومة.
وعلى رصيف الشارع الغاضب، وتسعى لإعادة بناء المجتمع وإعادة بناء الدولة، وتتعامل مع حكم الإخوان الافتراضي كتحد مفروض يستفز استجابة ثورية ووطنية حقيقية، فما دخل الإخوان بلدا إلا وأفسدوه وحطموه ومزقوه، وأنظر ـ من فضلك ـ إلى مصائر الصومال والسودان، وهو ما يتهدد مصر الآن أيضا، لكنهم لن ينجحوا أبدا في مصر، فمصر بلد مختلف بالجملة وبالقطعة، فيها رأي عام قوي، وفيها جهاز دولة جرى إضعافه، لكنه يبدو عصيا على التحطيم النهائي، وفيها قوى سياسية واجتماعية ثورية يتعاظم نفوذها في حركة الشارع، وفيها نزعة رفض متنامية لأخونة المجتمع وأخونة الدولة، وفيها قطاعات ضخمة من السكان اكتشفت خديعة الإخوان، وقد كان ضروريا أن تجري تجربة الإخوان، وأن ينزاح وهم الإخوان بالتجريب والممارسة الفعلية، وأن يتكشف عجزهم وفشلهم الخلقي، وأن يتضح تواطؤهم مع أعداء الوطن وسارقي الشعب وخونة الدين، فقد قدر الله لنا الابتلاء بحكم الإخوان حتى نفيق لأنفسنا وثورتنا، والحمد لله الذى لا يحمد على ‘إخوان’ سواه .
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Video: Visit of Haneen Zoabi to Italy
"Bari 19-04-13 Visit of Haneen Zoabi a Palestinian Arab and an Israeli citizen,the first Arab Israeli woman to be elected to the Israeli legislative body on an Arab party's list. Zoabi ran in the 2009 legislative elections on the Balad party."
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Syria: New Air, Missile Strikes Kill Civilians
At Least 84 Dead in Unlawful Aleppo Attacks
"(New York) – New Syrian government air and missile strikes are causing high civilian casualties in opposition-controlled areas of Aleppo in violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said today. A Human Rights Watch team in northern Aleppo province has investigated recent attacks that killed scores of civilians and destroyed dozens of civilian homes without damaging any apparent opposition military targets.
The information collected by Human Rights Watch shows that the Syrian government continues to use banned cluster bombs and indiscriminate methods of attack in populated areas, making the airstrikes unlawful. These attacks are serious violations of international humanitarian law and the laws of war. Those who order or carry out such violations with criminal intent – that is, deliberately or recklessly – are responsible for war crimes.
“In attack after attack in Aleppo it is only civilians and civilian homes that are hit by government airstrikes,” said Anna Neistat, associate program and emergencies director at Human Rights Watch. “The Syrian Air Force knows very well that using cluster bombs and raining down missiles and bombs indiscriminately on urban areas violates the laws of war.”
During a recent seven-day mission to Aleppo, Human Rights Watch researchers documented five attacks that took place between March 18 and April 7, 2013:
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Profile: Heba Morayef, guardian of rights in post-revolutionary Egypt
Nominated for Time's prestigious top 100 list, Human Rights Watch country director talks about the ongoing fight for freedoms in Egypt
Ahram Online
"From antagonising ruling generals to eating doughnuts with Mubarak ministers, meet Human Rights Watch Egypt Director Heba Morayef, once described by a US radio station as Egypt's guardian of human decency.
A familiar face of civil society, Morayef, who prefers to hide behind her work, was propelled into the spotlight when she was nominated for Time's Top 100, alongside internationally renowned comedian Bassem Youssef and President Mohamed Morsi himself.
Although slightly embarrassed that her name appeared on the potential list of "most influential people in the world" Morayef does admit that her presence there is a good sign.
"I think it's interesting that one of the people on that list is from the human rights community – that's something that President Mohamed Morsi, if he ever hears about it, perhaps should think on," Morayef says from the control room of HRW in Cairo's walled-in district of Garden City......"
Ahram Online
"From antagonising ruling generals to eating doughnuts with Mubarak ministers, meet Human Rights Watch Egypt Director Heba Morayef, once described by a US radio station as Egypt's guardian of human decency.
A familiar face of civil society, Morayef, who prefers to hide behind her work, was propelled into the spotlight when she was nominated for Time's Top 100, alongside internationally renowned comedian Bassem Youssef and President Mohamed Morsi himself.
Although slightly embarrassed that her name appeared on the potential list of "most influential people in the world" Morayef does admit that her presence there is a good sign.
"I think it's interesting that one of the people on that list is from the human rights community – that's something that President Mohamed Morsi, if he ever hears about it, perhaps should think on," Morayef says from the control room of HRW in Cairo's walled-in district of Garden City......"
Friday, April 26, 2013
Al-Jazeera Video: Refugees claim Hezbollah fighting in Syria
"Syrian refugees who have fled to neighbouring Lebanon have said that Hezbollah fighters are now joining the conflict.
The accounts claim that Hezbollah is working alongside the government of President Bashar al-Assad to defeat the rebel uprising.
Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Arsal, Lebanon."
Al-Jazeera Video: Exclusive: Syrian troops defecting to join opposition
"The Syrian town of Quaryatayn, north of Damascus, has become known among government troops as a defector's destination.
It acts as a corridor for those switching loyalties as the main roads from all sides of the country run through it.
Al Jazeera's Sue Turton went there to meet the latest soldiers to join the rebels' cause."
Lebanon dragged in as Hezbollah joins Syria war
"(Reuters) - Along north Lebanon's highways, the portraits of Hezbollah militants who have died in skirmishes with Israel are fading. But there are glistening photos of those killed in Hezbollah's new fight.
These men died in Syria, battling alongside the army of Hezbollah's close ally President Bashar al-Assad against rebel units in a conflict which has killed more than 70,000 people and risks reigniting Lebanon's 15-year sectarian civil war.
The Shi'ite Muslim group, designated a terrorist organization by the United States, is the most effective military body in Lebanon and its growing involvement in Syria's quagmire has angered Lebanese Sunni rebel sympathizers.
The Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek, famed for its colossal Roman ruins, now feels like a garrison town. Hezbollah men in military fatigues and police outfits are everywhere. As are Jeeps and Chevrolets with blacked-out windows - the group's vehicles of choice.
On Wednesday afternoon, machine gun fire rang out through Baalbek's narrow streets, signaling the arrival of another dead Hezbollah fighter from Syria, 12 km (7 miles) to the east.
Around 30 of his comrades quickly aligned in the street and straightened their green berets, readying themselves to carry the corpse on their shoulders.
"We have one or two of these funerals every day in Baalbek," said a young electronics shopkeeper, who asked to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the issue.
A Hezbollah policeman in a polyester blue shirt told Reuters not to film the public funeral. "There are five or six Hezbollah martyrs every day from northern Lebanon," he said quietly, ushering the car away......."
British officials predicted war – and Arab defeat – in Palestine in 1948
Declassified UK reports document build-up of conflict, Jewish public's endorsement of their leaders' pro-terrorist stance and declare armies of Arab states were Palestinians' 'only hope'
Richard Norton-Taylor
The Guardian,
"The British government knew from the moment it planned to withdraw its forces from Palestine more than 60 years ago that partition of the territory and the founding of the state of Israel would lead to war and defeat for the Arabs, secret documents released make clear.
The documents, which have a remarkable contemporary resonance, reveal how British officials looked on as Jewish settlers took over more and more Arab land.
In the weeks leading up to the partition of Palestine in 1948, when Britain gave up its UN mandate, Jewish terrorist groups were mounting increasing attacks on UK forces and Arab fighters, the Colonial Office papers show.
And they reveal how senior British officials were occupied in deciding how to allocate between them two Rolls-Royces and a Daimler.
The papers, released at the National Archives, show how in regular intelligence reports to London, British officials in Jerusalem described a steady build-up of tension as Britain, the US, the United Nations and Zionists moved towards the partition of Palestine.
As early as October 1946, two years before partition, UK officials warned London that Jewish opinion would oppose partition "unless the Jewish share were so enlarged as to make the scheme wholly unacceptable to Arabs".
British officials warned the colonial secretary, George Hall: "The Jewish public … endorsed the attitude of its leaders that terrorism is a natural consequence of the general policy of His Majesty's Government", including turning away ships carrying "illegal" Jewish immigrants.
Moderate Jewish leaders were frightened of being called quislings, British officials told London, referring to collaborators with Nazi Germany in occupied countries. The next UK intelligence report referred to "effective pressures which Zionists in America are in a position to exert on the American administration".
After an increase in violent attacks by the militant Zionists of the Stern group and Irgun, British officials reported later in 1946: "Arab leaders appear to be still disposed to defer active opposition so long as a chance of a political decision acceptable to Arab interests exists." [Just like today; 65 years later!] But they warned: "There is a real danger lest any further Jewish provocation may result in isolated acts of retaliation spreading inevitably to wider Arab-Jewish clashes".
A report dated October 1947 refers to Menachem Begin, commander of Irgun, stating in a press interview that "the fight against the British invader would continue until the last one left Palestine".
Begin was later elected prime minister of Israel and signed a peace treaty with Egypt's president Anwar Sadat in 1979, for which the two leaders were awarded the Nobel peace prize.
By early 1948 British officials were reporting that "the Arabs have suffered a series of overwhelming defeats." They added: "Jewish victories … have reduced Arab morale to zero and, following the cowardly example of their inept leaders, they are fleeing from the mixed areas in their thousands. It is now obvious that the only hope of regaining their position lies in the regular armies of the Arab states."
London was warned: "Arab-Jewish violence is now diffused over virtually all of Palestine". A few days later, British officials spoke of "internicine [sic] strife" and the "steady influx of Arab volunteers" from neighbouring countries.
The papers show that two years earlier, British intelligence officials were reporting "disturbing indications of a revival of political interest and activity among the rank and file of Palestinian Arabs ... The decision to admit Cyprus deportees [Jews deported to camps on the island] against the immigration quotas, the impression that concessions have been made by His Majesty's Government in deference to Jewish pressure and terrorism … have been instrumental in arousing Arab public feeling."
Syria, then as now but for very different reasons, was a centre of concern for western powers. "Arab nationalism is moving towards another crisis. This is especially noticeable in Syria," said a report drawn up during the second world war for British intelligence officers and propaganda chiefs.
There was a widespread view then that Syria and Lebanon would be handed back to France once the war was over. "Syria may be the scene of the next act of the Arab Revolution," added the report, referring to a feeling of humiliation in the Arab world.
The wartime report drawn up for British intelligence officials said Arab nationalism had a "double nature … a rational constructive movement receptive of western influence and help [and] an emotional movement of revolt against the west".
It concluded: "The conflict between these two tendencies will be decided in the present generation. The first aim of the policy of the western powers must be to prevent the triumph of the second tendency."......."
Richard Norton-Taylor
The Guardian,
Barbed wire – to separate Arabs and Jews – covers Princess Mary Avenue in Jerusalem (now called Shlomtsiyon HaMalka) in May 1948. Photograph: AP
"The British government knew from the moment it planned to withdraw its forces from Palestine more than 60 years ago that partition of the territory and the founding of the state of Israel would lead to war and defeat for the Arabs, secret documents released make clear.
The documents, which have a remarkable contemporary resonance, reveal how British officials looked on as Jewish settlers took over more and more Arab land.
In the weeks leading up to the partition of Palestine in 1948, when Britain gave up its UN mandate, Jewish terrorist groups were mounting increasing attacks on UK forces and Arab fighters, the Colonial Office papers show.
And they reveal how senior British officials were occupied in deciding how to allocate between them two Rolls-Royces and a Daimler.
The papers, released at the National Archives, show how in regular intelligence reports to London, British officials in Jerusalem described a steady build-up of tension as Britain, the US, the United Nations and Zionists moved towards the partition of Palestine.
As early as October 1946, two years before partition, UK officials warned London that Jewish opinion would oppose partition "unless the Jewish share were so enlarged as to make the scheme wholly unacceptable to Arabs".
British officials warned the colonial secretary, George Hall: "The Jewish public … endorsed the attitude of its leaders that terrorism is a natural consequence of the general policy of His Majesty's Government", including turning away ships carrying "illegal" Jewish immigrants.
Moderate Jewish leaders were frightened of being called quislings, British officials told London, referring to collaborators with Nazi Germany in occupied countries. The next UK intelligence report referred to "effective pressures which Zionists in America are in a position to exert on the American administration".
After an increase in violent attacks by the militant Zionists of the Stern group and Irgun, British officials reported later in 1946: "Arab leaders appear to be still disposed to defer active opposition so long as a chance of a political decision acceptable to Arab interests exists." [Just like today; 65 years later!] But they warned: "There is a real danger lest any further Jewish provocation may result in isolated acts of retaliation spreading inevitably to wider Arab-Jewish clashes".
A report dated October 1947 refers to Menachem Begin, commander of Irgun, stating in a press interview that "the fight against the British invader would continue until the last one left Palestine".
Begin was later elected prime minister of Israel and signed a peace treaty with Egypt's president Anwar Sadat in 1979, for which the two leaders were awarded the Nobel peace prize.
By early 1948 British officials were reporting that "the Arabs have suffered a series of overwhelming defeats." They added: "Jewish victories … have reduced Arab morale to zero and, following the cowardly example of their inept leaders, they are fleeing from the mixed areas in their thousands. It is now obvious that the only hope of regaining their position lies in the regular armies of the Arab states."
London was warned: "Arab-Jewish violence is now diffused over virtually all of Palestine". A few days later, British officials spoke of "internicine [sic] strife" and the "steady influx of Arab volunteers" from neighbouring countries.
The papers show that two years earlier, British intelligence officials were reporting "disturbing indications of a revival of political interest and activity among the rank and file of Palestinian Arabs ... The decision to admit Cyprus deportees [Jews deported to camps on the island] against the immigration quotas, the impression that concessions have been made by His Majesty's Government in deference to Jewish pressure and terrorism … have been instrumental in arousing Arab public feeling."
Syria, then as now but for very different reasons, was a centre of concern for western powers. "Arab nationalism is moving towards another crisis. This is especially noticeable in Syria," said a report drawn up during the second world war for British intelligence officers and propaganda chiefs.
There was a widespread view then that Syria and Lebanon would be handed back to France once the war was over. "Syria may be the scene of the next act of the Arab Revolution," added the report, referring to a feeling of humiliation in the Arab world.
The wartime report drawn up for British intelligence officials said Arab nationalism had a "double nature … a rational constructive movement receptive of western influence and help [and] an emotional movement of revolt against the west".
It concluded: "The conflict between these two tendencies will be decided in the present generation. The first aim of the policy of the western powers must be to prevent the triumph of the second tendency."......."
Thursday, April 25, 2013
الطفيلي يتحدث عن سقوط 138 قتيلاً من حزب الله في سورية: لا يقاتل دفاعاً عن “مقام السيدة زينب” بل دفاعاً عن نظام الأسد
بيروت – ” القدس العربي ” من سعد الياس ـ تابع اللبنانيون امس نبأ إسقاط اسرائيل طائرة استطلاع تابعة لحزب الله آتية من لبنان، ولاحظت أوساط من قوى 14 آذار أن حزب الله اراد إرسال هذه الطائرة فوق اسرائيل بعدما كثرت الاعتراضات على انغماس بندقيته في القتال في سورية وبعد الدعوات المتكررة لاعادة تصويب وجهة البندقية في اتجاه اسرائيل.
وفي اطار المواقف المنتقدة تورط حزب الله في معارك سورية، كشف الامين العام السابق لحزب الله الشيخ صبحي الطفيلي “أن 138 قتيلاً سقطوا لحزب الله في معارك سورية التي جاء تدخله فيها بناء لأوامر مباشرة من ايران”، وتمنى “أن يتعقل الجميع ويرجعوا الى ضمائرهم”، داعياً ” حزب الله الى العودة من سورية ووقف القتال هناك”، ومعتبراً أنه “لا يقاتل دفاعاً عن “مقام السيدة زينب” بل دفاعاً عن نظام بشار الأسد”، وقال: “ليرجعوا من سورية ومن الفتنة، حرام شرعاً نصرة الظالم وقتل المسلمين في سورية”.
ورأى الطفيلي “أن كل لبنان ليس بمأمن من سلاح المعارضة أو النظام السوري ولن نستطيع أن ننأى بأنفسنا اذا توغلنا الى الداخل السوري متعهداً بعدم مس اي شيعي او غير شيعي في سورية اذا انسحب حزب الله من الاقتتال”، قائلاً: “المعارضة السورية تعهدت بعدم المس بكل من لا يؤيد النظام وانا اتعهّد اذا كان الامر دفاعاً عن النفس كما يقولون بعدم مس اي شيعي او غير شيعي في سورية اذا انسحب حزب الله من سورية”.
وقدر الطفيلي “أن المعارضة السورية سترحب بانسحاب حزب الله من سورية أذا حصل وسيكون الشيعة هناك بمأمن”، محملاً “ايران مسؤولية المشاركة في القتال في سورية”، سائلاً: “نحن وقفنا مع الشعب الايراني المظلوم ضد الشاه الظالم فلماذا تريدنا ايران ان نقاتل في سورية بالسلاح الذي ارسلته لنقاتل به اسرائيل؟”. وتابع: “أتوجه الى الفقهاء في لبنان هل يجوز للمسلم الشيعي أن يذهب ليقاتل مع بشار الأسد الذي يقتل شعبه. فحزب الله لا يقاتل دفاعاً عن “مقام السيدة زينب” بل دفاعاً عن نظام بشار الأسد”.
وخاطب الطفيلي المعارضة السورية مؤكداً أن الغالبية الساحقة من الشيعة وحزب الله ليست مع ما يجري اليوم والامور ستصل الى تظاهرات ضد ايران وفتنها”.
من جهة أخرى، أشار الى أن من خطف اللبنانيين في اعزاز ليس المعارضة وهو تماماً كخطف المطرانين، وسأل: “لماذا لا نقف أمام ابواب السفارة الايرانية للمطالبة باطلاق سراح المخطوفين فايران قادرة أن تمون على الدولة في سورية؟”.
وضمن الطفيلي لحزب الله أن تكون المعارضة معه افضل مما كان بشار الأسد اذا توقف عن القتال في سورية. وتمنى أن يعقل الجميع، وأن يرجعوا من سورية ومن الفتنة، متوجهاً الى حزب الله بالقول: “حرام شرعاً نصرة الظالم وقتل المسلمين في سورية”.
Al-Jazeera Video: Syria fighting in Aleppo destroys UNESCO site
"The minaret of Aleppo's Umayyad Mosque appears to have been destroyed in fighting on Wednessday - more than 1,000 years after it was built. Activists have uploaded video showing the collapsed tower and rebels in the area say the army is responsible. State TV blames it on the rebels, saying terrorists from the al-Nusra Front blew up the minaret. The mosque is in the Old City, an area designated a world cultural treasure by UNESCO."
We glimpse in Syria the ghost of wars to come
In the Balkans, outsiders stepped in to finally halt the misery. But this is a different kind of conflict
Timothy Garton Ash
The Guardian,
The population of Syria when this armed conflict started in 2011 was roughly that of Yugoslavia when its wars began in 1991: some 23 million. Over the subsequent decade of the Yugoslavian wars, more than 100,000 people died and some 4 million were displaced. In just two years, Syria is approaching the harvest of misery for which former Yugoslavia needed 10.
So why isn't the word "Syria" on all our lips? Twenty years ago, in 1993, everyone was talking about Bosnia. Ten years ago, in 2003, everyone was talking about Iraq.
Meanwhile, we have a UN-sanctioned doctrine of the "responsibility to protect", in response to what happened in Yugoslavia and Rwanda. If the responsibility to protect does not apply to the man-made humanitarian catastrophe in Syria, where does it apply?.......
At the most shameful, this would suggest that for Europeans an Arab life is not worth as much as a European one. Not to mention an African life......"
Timothy Garton Ash
The Guardian,
The population of Syria when this armed conflict started in 2011 was roughly that of Yugoslavia when its wars began in 1991: some 23 million. Over the subsequent decade of the Yugoslavian wars, more than 100,000 people died and some 4 million were displaced. In just two years, Syria is approaching the harvest of misery for which former Yugoslavia needed 10.
So why isn't the word "Syria" on all our lips? Twenty years ago, in 1993, everyone was talking about Bosnia. Ten years ago, in 2003, everyone was talking about Iraq.
Meanwhile, we have a UN-sanctioned doctrine of the "responsibility to protect", in response to what happened in Yugoslavia and Rwanda. If the responsibility to protect does not apply to the man-made humanitarian catastrophe in Syria, where does it apply?.......
At the most shameful, this would suggest that for Europeans an Arab life is not worth as much as a European one. Not to mention an African life......"
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The Zionist Plan for the Middle East
A VERY IMPORTANT RE-POST
A MUST READ IF YOU HAVE NEVER READ IT......
EVEN IF YOU READ IT BEFORE, READ IT AGAIN TO SEE HOW MUCH OF THIS PLAN IS ACTUALLY BEING IMPLEMENTED RIGHT NOW!
THE ZIONIST PLAN IS SUCCEEDING BEYOND EXPECTATIONS AND ISRAEL HAS BECOME THE SUPERPOWER OF THE MIDDLE EAST BECAUSE THE ARABS ARE PROVING TO BE NOT REAL NATIONS, BUT TRIBES WITH FLAGS!
Translated and edited by
Israel Shahak
from
Oded Yinon's
"A Strategy for Israel in the Nineteen Eighties"
Published by the
Association of Arab-American University Graduates, Inc.
Belmont, Massachusetts, 1982
".......Egypt is no longer the leading political power in the Arab World and is economically on the verge of a crisis. Without foreign assistance the crisis will come tomorrow.12 In the short run, due to the return of the Sinai, Egypt will gain several advantages at our expense, but only in the short run until 1982, and that will not change the balance of power to its benefit, and will possibly bring about its downfall. Egypt, in its present domestic political picture, is already a corpse, all the more so if we take into account the growing Moslem-Christian rift. Breaking Egypt down territorially into distinct geographical regions is the political aim of Israel in the Nineteen Eighties on its Western front......
The Western front, which on the surface appears more problematic, is in fact less complicated than the
Eastern front, in which most of the events that make the headlines have been taking place recently.
Lebanon's total dissolution into five provinces serves as a precendent for the entire Arab world including Egypt, Syria, Iraq and the Arabian peninsula and is already following that track. The dissolution of Syria and Iraq later on into ethnically or religiously unqiue areas such as in Lebanon, is Israel's primary target on the Eastern front in the long run, while the dissolution of the military power of those states serves as the primary short term target. Syria will fall apart, in accordance with its ethnic and religious structure, into several states such as in present day Lebanon, so that there will be a Shi'ite Alawi state along its coast, a Sunni state in the Aleppo area, another Sunni state in Damascus hostile to its northern neighbor, and the Druzes who will set up a state, maybe even in our Golan, and certainly in the Hauran and in northern Jordan. This state of affairs will be the guarantee for peace and security in the area in the long run, and that aim is already within our reach today.
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23 Iraq, rich in oil on the one hand and internally torn on the other, is guaranteed as a candidate for
Israel's targets. Its dissolution is even more important for us than that of Syria. Iraq is stronger than
Syria. In the short run it is Iraqi power which constitutes the greatest threat to Israel. An Iraqi-Iranian
war will tear Iraq apart and cause its downfall at home even before it is able to organize a struggle on a
wide front against us. Every kind of inter-Arab confrontation will assist us in the short run and will shorten the way to the more important aim of breaking up Iraq into denominations as in Syria and in
Lebanon. In Iraq, a division into provinces along ethnic/religious lines as in Syria during Ottoman times
is possible. So, three (or more) states will exist around the three major cities: Basra, Baghdad and
Mosul, and Shi'ite areas in the south will separate from the Sunni and Kurdish north. It is possible that
the present Iranian-Iraqi confrontation will deepen this polarization.15........."
A MUST READ IF YOU HAVE NEVER READ IT......
EVEN IF YOU READ IT BEFORE, READ IT AGAIN TO SEE HOW MUCH OF THIS PLAN IS ACTUALLY BEING IMPLEMENTED RIGHT NOW!
THE ZIONIST PLAN IS SUCCEEDING BEYOND EXPECTATIONS AND ISRAEL HAS BECOME THE SUPERPOWER OF THE MIDDLE EAST BECAUSE THE ARABS ARE PROVING TO BE NOT REAL NATIONS, BUT TRIBES WITH FLAGS!
Translated and edited by
Israel Shahak
from
Oded Yinon's
"A Strategy for Israel in the Nineteen Eighties"
Published by the
Association of Arab-American University Graduates, Inc.
Belmont, Massachusetts, 1982
".......Egypt is no longer the leading political power in the Arab World and is economically on the verge of a crisis. Without foreign assistance the crisis will come tomorrow.12 In the short run, due to the return of the Sinai, Egypt will gain several advantages at our expense, but only in the short run until 1982, and that will not change the balance of power to its benefit, and will possibly bring about its downfall. Egypt, in its present domestic political picture, is already a corpse, all the more so if we take into account the growing Moslem-Christian rift. Breaking Egypt down territorially into distinct geographical regions is the political aim of Israel in the Nineteen Eighties on its Western front......
The Western front, which on the surface appears more problematic, is in fact less complicated than the
Eastern front, in which most of the events that make the headlines have been taking place recently.
Lebanon's total dissolution into five provinces serves as a precendent for the entire Arab world including Egypt, Syria, Iraq and the Arabian peninsula and is already following that track. The dissolution of Syria and Iraq later on into ethnically or religiously unqiue areas such as in Lebanon, is Israel's primary target on the Eastern front in the long run, while the dissolution of the military power of those states serves as the primary short term target. Syria will fall apart, in accordance with its ethnic and religious structure, into several states such as in present day Lebanon, so that there will be a Shi'ite Alawi state along its coast, a Sunni state in the Aleppo area, another Sunni state in Damascus hostile to its northern neighbor, and the Druzes who will set up a state, maybe even in our Golan, and certainly in the Hauran and in northern Jordan. This state of affairs will be the guarantee for peace and security in the area in the long run, and that aim is already within our reach today.
14
23 Iraq, rich in oil on the one hand and internally torn on the other, is guaranteed as a candidate for
Israel's targets. Its dissolution is even more important for us than that of Syria. Iraq is stronger than
Syria. In the short run it is Iraqi power which constitutes the greatest threat to Israel. An Iraqi-Iranian
war will tear Iraq apart and cause its downfall at home even before it is able to organize a struggle on a
wide front against us. Every kind of inter-Arab confrontation will assist us in the short run and will shorten the way to the more important aim of breaking up Iraq into denominations as in Syria and in
Lebanon. In Iraq, a division into provinces along ethnic/religious lines as in Syria during Ottoman times
is possible. So, three (or more) states will exist around the three major cities: Basra, Baghdad and
Mosul, and Shi'ite areas in the south will separate from the Sunni and Kurdish north. It is possible that
the present Iranian-Iraqi confrontation will deepen this polarization.15........."
Minaret of historic Syrian mosque destroyed in Aleppo.
IS IT OK WHEN MUSLIMS DO IT??
Rebels and state forces blame each other for toppling tower of 12th century Umayyad mosque in Unesco world heritage site
The Guardian,
The minaret of a famed 12th-century Sunni mosque in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo was destroyed on Wednesday, leaving the once-soaring stone tower a pile of rubble and twisted metal scattered in the tiled courtyard.
President Bashar al-Assad's regime and anti-government activists traded blame for the attack on the Umayyad mosque in the heart of Aleppo's walled Old City, a Unesco World Heritage site.
It was the second time in just over a week that a historic Sunni mosque in Syria has been seriously damaged. Mosques served as a launching-pad for anti-government protests in the early days of the Syrian uprising, and many have been targeted......"
Rebels and state forces blame each other for toppling tower of 12th century Umayyad mosque in Unesco world heritage site
The Guardian,
The minaret of a famed 12th-century Sunni mosque in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo was destroyed on Wednesday, leaving the once-soaring stone tower a pile of rubble and twisted metal scattered in the tiled courtyard.
President Bashar al-Assad's regime and anti-government activists traded blame for the attack on the Umayyad mosque in the heart of Aleppo's walled Old City, a Unesco World Heritage site.
It was the second time in just over a week that a historic Sunni mosque in Syria has been seriously damaged. Mosques served as a launching-pad for anti-government protests in the early days of the Syrian uprising, and many have been targeted......"
Al-Jazeera Video: Lebanese fighters clash with Syrian rebels
"Fears are growing that Lebanon is being drawn further into the Syrian conflict. Fighting around the border town of Qusair is intensifying, and Syrian rebels say fighters from the Lebanese Shia group, Hezbollah, are involved. Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports."
Real News Video: Palestinian Authority Budget 28% for Security Forces - Funded by US. Watch the Dayton "Army" of Collaborators.
Shir Hever: US funds to the PA are earmarked for security forces that control militant opposition to Israel's occupation
The Russians Warned Us – Why Didn’t We Listen?
By Justin Raimondo
".....How did two Chechen punks – one a thuggish loser, the other a dreamy 19-year-old pothead – manage to kill three and injure over 250 people, inflict the bloodiest wound on the country since 9/11, and bring the entire city of Boston to a standstill? How did they manage to evade the multi-billion dollar “security” apparatus, which was set up with so much fanfare after 9/11? The answer is to be found in the manipulations and odorous alliances dictated by our interventionist foreign policy, a throwback to the cold war era, which has deemed Russia an enemy and the Chechens the Good Guys. After Boston, they are going to have a lot harder time selling that line.
American foreign policy is concerned with everything but what ought to be its central purpose: the protection of the American people. If our policymakers were focused on that rather than on extending US domination far and wide, the Boston marathon bombing would never have happened."
".....How did two Chechen punks – one a thuggish loser, the other a dreamy 19-year-old pothead – manage to kill three and injure over 250 people, inflict the bloodiest wound on the country since 9/11, and bring the entire city of Boston to a standstill? How did they manage to evade the multi-billion dollar “security” apparatus, which was set up with so much fanfare after 9/11? The answer is to be found in the manipulations and odorous alliances dictated by our interventionist foreign policy, a throwback to the cold war era, which has deemed Russia an enemy and the Chechens the Good Guys. After Boston, they are going to have a lot harder time selling that line.
American foreign policy is concerned with everything but what ought to be its central purpose: the protection of the American people. If our policymakers were focused on that rather than on extending US domination far and wide, the Boston marathon bombing would never have happened."
Iran offers to be West's "reliable partner" in Middle East
COMMENT:
Iran can point out its role in facilitating the invasions of both Iraq and Afghanistan as a proof that it is ready to help the West, reliably.
Enough of this trashy talk of being (with Syria), "the axis of resistance". "Resistance," my ass!
"(Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it would be a "reliable partner" in the Middle East if Western countries would take a more cooperative approach in talks on its nuclear program.
Western powers blame tension with Iran in part on its refusal to fully cooperate with United Nations calls for curbs on its nuclear activity to ensure it is for peaceful purposes only, and to open up to investigations by U.N. inspectors.
Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, said U.S. and European policies, including extensive sanctions on the Islamic Republic, were bound to fail.
"Western countries are advised to change gear from confrontation to cooperation, the window of opportunity to enter into negotiation for long-term strategic cooperation with Iran, the most reliable, strong and stable partner in the region, is still open," Soltanieh told a meeting in Geneva on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)........"
Iran can point out its role in facilitating the invasions of both Iraq and Afghanistan as a proof that it is ready to help the West, reliably.
Enough of this trashy talk of being (with Syria), "the axis of resistance". "Resistance," my ass!
"(Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it would be a "reliable partner" in the Middle East if Western countries would take a more cooperative approach in talks on its nuclear program.
Western powers blame tension with Iran in part on its refusal to fully cooperate with United Nations calls for curbs on its nuclear activity to ensure it is for peaceful purposes only, and to open up to investigations by U.N. inspectors.
Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, said U.S. and European policies, including extensive sanctions on the Islamic Republic, were bound to fail.
"Western countries are advised to change gear from confrontation to cooperation, the window of opportunity to enter into negotiation for long-term strategic cooperation with Iran, the most reliable, strong and stable partner in the region, is still open," Soltanieh told a meeting in Geneva on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)........"
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
الانتحار اللبناني في سورية!
الياس خوري
بصرف النظر عن نتائج المعارك التي تدور في ريف حمص وحول مدينة القصير، فإن ما يجب الاشارة اليه، هو ان عناصر حزب الله الذين يقاتلون الى جانب النظام السوري وشبيحته، يرتكبون اليوم الخطأ الأساسي القاتل في تارخهم. وان نتائج هذا الخطأ الكارثية لن تنحصر بــــهم، بل ستمتد الى الطائفة التي يحتكرون تمثيلها، وستشمل لبنان بأسره، لأنها ستكون اللعبة الانتحارية الأخيرة والنهائية، في تاريخ الانتحارات التي صنعتها البنى الطائفية اللبنانية المقاتلة، خلال العقود الأربعة الماضية.
قلت انه يجب الاشارة الى الخطأ ولم أقل التحذير منه، لأن اوان التحذير قد فات كما يبدو، ولم يعد هناك اية قوة معنوية تستطيع التأثير على القرار الصادر من طهران، والذي ينفذه حزب الله بالاشتراك مع الحرس الثوري الايراني وفيلق القدس.
انه الخطأ القاتل، الذي كنا نعتقد ان براغماتية قيادة حزب الله لن تسقط فيه، لكن يبدو ان الطبع غلب التطبع، كما تقول العرب، وان البنية الدينية- الطائفية، لا تستطيع ان تعلو على طبيعتها التكوينية، بوصفها جزءا من التفتت الاجتماعي السياسي الذي صنعه المرض الطائفي من جهة، كما ان ارتباطها بنظام ولاية الفقيه، يضيّق عليها خياراتها، لتجد نفسها تقاتل في حمص وريفها، تحت مظلة خطاب لا علاقة له بالخطاب المقاوم الذي صنع هالتها الرمزية في مرحلة سابقة.
نعود الى جذر المسألة، اي الى تقاطع المصالح بين ايران الخمينية وسورية الأسدية، الذي قام بتلزيم مقاومة الاحتلال الاسرائيلي في لبنان الى طرف حصري هو حزب الله. لقد حصل التلزيم والالتزام بالقوة والعنف، وتم طرد اليسار العلماني، الذي اسس المقاومة الوطنية ضد الاحتلال عشية سقوط بيروت عام 1982. يشهد التاريخ المنسي والمحجوب، على التصفيات الدموية التي تعرض لها الشيوعيون من اجل اخراجهم من معادلة المقاومة التي اطلقوا شرارتها، ولقد وصلت هذه التصفيات الى ذروتها مع اغتيال عدد كبير من قيادات المقاومة وكوادرها وعلى رأسهم الشهيدين الكاتب حسين مروة والمفكر مهدي عامل (حسن حمدان).
والحق يقال، ان طرد اليسار العلماني من المقاومة شكّل نقطة سوداء في تاريخ لبنان، لأنه اسدل الستار على امكانية بناء وحدة شعبية لبنانية مقاومة خارج الاصطفاف الطائفي.
لكن نجاح العملية لا يعود فقط الى القمع الذي تعرض له اليساريون على ايدي حزب الله وحركة امل، بل الى عوامل ذاتية، كان ابرزها انهيار الهيكل السوفياتي من جهة، وضياع قيادة الحزب الشيوعي بين خياري المقاومة والمشاركة في الحرب الأهلية، خصوصا في حرب الجبل الدموية، من جهة ثانية.
لكن الذاكرة الشعبية اللبنانية والعربية كانت ميالة الى غفران هذه الخطيئة، بسبب التفاني والجدّية اللذين ميزا عمل المقاومة الاسلامية، بحيث تحقق انتصار تاريخي عام 2000 عبر اجبار قوات الاحتلال الاسرائيلية على الانسحاب من الجنوب المحتل الى حدود لبنان الدولية بلا قيد ولا شرط. وهذه سابقة في الصراع العربي- الاسرئيلي كانت كفيلة بتغيير معادلات افق هذا الصراع، لو لم يبدأ حزب الله سقوطه في المعادلة الداخلية الطائفية اللبنانية منذ انسحاب جيش النظام السوري من لبنان عام 2005.
كانت حرب تموز عام 2006 مؤهلة لأن تعيد البوصلة الى مكانها الطبيعي، لكن المحور السوري- الايراني قرر ان حزب الله بقوته العسكرية المتنامية يشكل بديلا لهيمنة النظام السوري المتلاشية، ويستطيع ان يعيد عبر هذه القوة استتباع لبنان لهذا المحور.
الأخطاء المتراكمة منذ 2005، اوصلت حزب الله الى طريق مسدود، خصوصا بعد اندلاع الثورة السورية، بحيث صار حزب المقاومة ضد الشعب السوري! وصولا الى قرار الاشتراك في العمليات القتالية داخل الأراضي السورية في ريف دمشق ومنطقة حمص.
هنا سقط الحزب في الخطأ المميت، وصار عنصرا في تسعير التوتر الطائفي في سورية، الذي حاوله الأسد منذ لحظة بداية الثورة الشعبية، وشاركت في تسعيره للأسف بعض القوى المسلحة في الثورة عبر خطاب تكفيري اصولي.
ما يقوم به حزب الله اليوم تحت حجج واهية، كحماية المقامات الشيعية في منطقة دمشق، او الدفاع عن لبنانيين من الطائفة الشيعية يقيمون في ريف حمص، هو فتح احتمالات الجحيم والغاء حدود لبنان.
الجحيم الذي يبدأ اليوم لا علاقة له بهوية المنتصر في سورية، فبعد السقوط الفعلي للنظام الأستبدادي، لم يعد الخيار هو بين انتصار الشعب او النظام. النظام لن ينتصر ولا يستطيع ان ينتصر، بل صار الخيار هو بين انتصار المعارضة او الذهاب الى خيار تقسيمي مستحيل، اي الى خيار حرب اهلية طويلة.
وفي الحالين فان قرار الاشتراك في القتال في سورية هو انتحار حتمي. ففي حال انتصار المعارضة، فإن الجروح التي تصنعها مشاركة حزب الله في القتال لن تندمل بسرعة، كما ان قيامه بكسر الحدود اللبنانية السورية، سوف يعني ان اعادة ترميم هذه الحدود ستكون بالغة الصعوبة، وبذا فإنه يؤسس انتحارا لبنانيا جماعيا، عبر احتمالات انتقال القتال الى البقاع بشكل رئيسي. اما في حال الذهاب الى الحرب الطويلة، فإن هذا يعني ان لبنان سيكون احدى ساحاتها الرئيسية، مما يعني ان حزب الله سوف يفقد نهائيا الأرض التي يقف عليها.
هل كان هذا المسار حتمياً.
على الرغم من عدم ايماني بالحتميات التاريخية، فإنني اخشى ان يكون هذا المسار لا بديل له. فالبنى الطائفية تستطيع ان تمتلك الكثير من المزايا وعلى رأسها القوة العسكرية، لكنها لا تستطيع ان تمتلك العقلانية التي تحميها من الانتحار.
لا يمكن للمقاومة ان تكون ملكا لطائفة رغم كل ما يختزنه تاريخها من تضحيات، مقاومة العدو الوطني تكون ببنية عابرة للطوائف وتستند الى فكرة الدفاع عن الوطن والوحدة الشعبية، اما البنى الطائفية فهي بنى تفكيكية، تقسم المواطنين على اساس انتماءاتهم الدينية، وبذا تدفع بهم الى الانتحار.
Jeremy Scahill: The Secret Story Behind Obama’s Assassination of Two Americans in Yemen
Democracy Now!
"The Obama administration’s assassination of two U.S. citizens in 2011, Anwar Al-Awlaki and his 16-year-old Denver-born son Abdulrahman, is a central part of Jeremy Scahill’s new book, “Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield.” The book is based on years of reporting on U.S. secret operations in Yemen, Somalia and Afghanistan. While the Obama administration has defended the killing of Anwar, it has never publicly explained why Abdulrahman was targeted in a separate drone strike two weeks later. Scahill reveals CIA director John Brennan, Obama’s former senior adviser on counterterrorism and homeland security, suspected that the teenager had been killed “intentionally.” “The idea that you can simply have one branch of government unilaterally and in secret declare that an American citizen should be executed or assassinated without having to present any evidence whatsoever — we should view that with great sobriety about the implications for our country,” says Scahill, national security correspondent for The Nation magazine. Today the U.S. Senate is preparing to hold its first-ever hearing on the Obama administration’s drone and targeted killing program. However the Obama administration is refusing to send a witness to answer questions about the program’s legality. “Dirty Wars” is also the name of a new award-winning documentary by Scahill and Rick Rowley, which will open in theaters in June. We air the film’s new trailer....."
"The Obama administration’s assassination of two U.S. citizens in 2011, Anwar Al-Awlaki and his 16-year-old Denver-born son Abdulrahman, is a central part of Jeremy Scahill’s new book, “Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield.” The book is based on years of reporting on U.S. secret operations in Yemen, Somalia and Afghanistan. While the Obama administration has defended the killing of Anwar, it has never publicly explained why Abdulrahman was targeted in a separate drone strike two weeks later. Scahill reveals CIA director John Brennan, Obama’s former senior adviser on counterterrorism and homeland security, suspected that the teenager had been killed “intentionally.” “The idea that you can simply have one branch of government unilaterally and in secret declare that an American citizen should be executed or assassinated without having to present any evidence whatsoever — we should view that with great sobriety about the implications for our country,” says Scahill, national security correspondent for The Nation magazine. Today the U.S. Senate is preparing to hold its first-ever hearing on the Obama administration’s drone and targeted killing program. However the Obama administration is refusing to send a witness to answer questions about the program’s legality. “Dirty Wars” is also the name of a new award-winning documentary by Scahill and Rick Rowley, which will open in theaters in June. We air the film’s new trailer....."
Real News Video: Exclusive from Bahrain: Interview with Human Rights Activist on Repression Against Formula One Race Protest
Sam Husseini interviews Said Yousif al-Muhafda, who was jailed for his twitter activism, about arrests, mass teargassing and use of shotguns to suppress peaceful protest
Current Al-Jazeera (Arabic) Online Poll
Does the continuation of the Syrian crisis threaten of a regional war?
With about 500 responding, 78% said yes.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Israel: New government must scrap plans to forcibly evict Bedouin
"Israel’s new government must drop a proposed law that would lead to mass forced evictions of Bedouin people and instead pursue legislation to protect Bedouin housing rights, Amnesty International said, as the Ministerial Committee on Legislation is due to consider the proposal on Sunday.
The draft “Law for Regularizing Bedouin Habitation in the Negev - 2012”, approved by the previous government, threatens at least 30,000 Bedouin in the country’s southern Negev/Naqab desert with forced eviction from their communities, which have never been officially recognized by the Israeli government.
“Forcibly evicting tens of thousands of Bedouin from communities where they have lived for generations cannot be justified in the name of economic development or any other reason – Israel’s new leaders must have the courage to venture where previous governments have ignored human rights standards,” said Ann Harrison, Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director at Amnesty International.
“What the proposed law does is send the Bedouin communities into a human rights desert by stripping already vulnerable citizens of legal safeguards against house demolitions and forced evictions. This blatantly violates international law.”......"
The silence of the Muslim Brotherhood
Although the fact finding committee formed by Mohamed Morsi to investigate rights violations from January 2011 to June 2012 found horrid cases of abuse, the president and his backers appear disinterested in its findings
Khaled Fahmy , Sunday 21 Apr 2013
Ahram Online
"..........It is also unusual that although President Morsi formed the commission himself, he is now disinterested in it and its findings. He has not uttered a single word about these important findings, and when some reporters attempted to find out his opinion about the report, the presidency said he had not read it. It makes one wonder whether traveling to Pakistan, for example, to receive an honorary doctorate is more important to the president than reading this critical report.
The silence of the Muslim Brotherhood about the fact finding report undermines their claims that they are concerned about freedom and justice. For what bigger mockery to these two sublime values can there be than when their president ignores the findings of the commission he himself created to uphold freedom and achieve justice?"
Sunday, April 21, 2013
إسطنبول: جون كيري يلتقي عباس، ويطلب من أردوغان تأجيل زيارته إلى غزة
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Erdogan Said He Will Visit Gaza in March......
No,.....He Meant in April......
No, No,.......He Meant in May......
Most Likely He Will Never Visit Gaza.
Why?
Because He Obeys the USraeli Orders!
Erdogan Said He Will Visit Gaza in March......
No,.....He Meant in April......
No, No,.......He Meant in May......
Most Likely He Will Never Visit Gaza.
Why?
Because He Obeys the USraeli Orders!
منطقة عازلة ولكن للنصرة!
بينما يتواصل حجيج زعماء ومسؤولين عرب الى البيت الابيض الامريكي للقاء الرئيس الامريكي باراك اوباما، في زيارات جرى ترتيبها على عجل، يطوف وزير الدفاع الامريكي تشاك هاغل بعواصم عربية لبيع طائرات امريكية متطورة من طرازي (اف 15) و(اف 16) وصواريخ حديثة اكثر دقة في اصابة اهدافها، وهناك تقارير تقول ان المملكة العربية السعودية وقعت صفقة بعشرة مليارات دولار.
الشيخ محمد بن زايد ولي عهد امارة ابو ظبي كان اول زوار البيت الابيض، وتبعه الامير سعود الفيصل وزير الخارجية السعودي، ومن المنتظر ان يطير الى واشنطن بعد يومين امير قطر الشيخ حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني، ثم العاهل الاردني الملك عبدالله الثاني، اما الزائر الاخير فسيكون السيد رجب طيب اردوغان رئيس وزراء تركيا.
القاسم المشترك بين الزوار الخمسة هو الملف السوري اولا، والطموحات النووية الايرانية ثانيا، ولا بد ان هناك مشروعا امريكيا يتعلق بهذين الملفين، يجب مناقشته على وجه السرعة مع هؤلاء المسؤولين وحكوماتهم وتحديد مهام كل طرف، والدور المخصص له في احد هذين الملفين او كليهما.
لنترك الملف النووي الايراني جانبا في الوقت الراهن على الاقل، وان كنا نعتقد بارتباطه الوثيق بالازمة السورية، ونركز على الاخيرة باعتبارها القضية الاكثر سخونة والحاحا، فالملاحظ ان التطورات متلاحقة على صعيدها، حيث تستضيف اسطنبول حاليا اجتماعا لمنظومة اصدقاء سورية لوضع ‘خريطة طريق’ حول كيفية التسريع باسقاط النظام، وكسر حالة الجمود الحالية على جبهات القتال من خلال تكثيف عمليات تسليح المعارضة السورية ‘المعتدلة’ باسلحة حديثة ومتطورة.
الاردن سيكون على الارجح البوابة الاوسع لتسليح المعارضة وتدفق المقاتلين الى العمق السوري، استعدادا لخوض معركة دمشق الكبرى والحاسمة التي تشير معظم التقارير الغربية الى انها ستكون في شهر حزيران (يونيو) المقبل.
عدد القوات الامريكية في الاردن يتضخم يوما بعد يوم، واسبوعا بعد اسبوع، بعضها في اطار تدريب عناصر تابعة للمعارضة السورية، وبعضها للقيام بتدخل عسكري للاستيلاء على مخازن الاسلحة الكيماوية في العمق السوري.
العاهل الاردني عبدالله الثاني اكد لهذه الصحيفة ان هناك قلقا غربيا واسرائيليا من وقوع هذه الاسلحة في ايدي جماعات جهادية اسلامية، وجبهة النصرة على وجه التحديد، ومن ثم استخدامها ضد اهداف اسرائيلية، وقال ان بنيامين نتنياهو كان بصدد شن هجمات ‘جراحية’ لتدمير هذه المخازن الثمانية الموجودة فيها وتراقبها الاقمار الصناعية الامريكية ليل نهار، ومنعته الولايات المتحدة (ربما بضغط اردني) من الاقدام على هذه الخطوة لتفضيلها ارسال قوات عالية التدريب والتسليح يقدر عددها بـ17 الف جندي للاستيلاء عليها.
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قبل عام استضاف الاردن مناورات ‘الاسد المتأهب’ شاركت فيها 19 دولة برعاية الولايات المتحدة قرب الحدود السورية الجنوبية الشرقية مع الاردن، وكان الهدف منها التدريب على الاستيلاء على مخازن اسلحة كيماوية، مما يعني ان خطة التدخل في سورية ستكتمل مع وصول تعداد القوات الامريكية الى ما يقرب عشرين الفا تقريبا.
الرئيس السوري بشار الاسد وفي حديثه لقناة الاخبارية السورية المعد بشكل جيد ارسل اكثر من رسالة الى اكثر من جهة، وتضمن تهديدات مبطنة للاردن وتركيا خاصة، تحدث عن غزو وشيك لبلاده، واشار باصبع الاتهام الى الاردن، وكشف انه ارسل مبعوثين الى السلطات الاردنية محملين بالوثائق للتحذير من اي تورط اردني في هذا الغزو، او السماح بتدفق المقاتلين والاسلحة عبر الحدود الاردنية الى سورية.
من الصعب علينا ان نعرف طبيعة المخطط الجديد الذي تسعى امريكا للتشاور مع حلفائها في الخليج والاردن وتركيا حول كيفية تطبيقه، فهذه من الاسرار العسكرية، ولكن ما يمكن ان نتكهن به هو ان انشاء منطقة عازلة داخل الاراضي السورية، وفي منطقة درعا وجوارها على وجه الخصوص، تشكل حزاما امنيا، وقاعدة للمعارضة المسلحة، يحتل اولوية قصوى.
نشرح اكثر ونقول ان هذه المنطقة العازلة تتبلور ملامحها بسرعة، وان ما تحتاجه المعارضة، وبعد تدريب المئات من قواتها في معسكرات اردنية على ايدي خبراء امريكيين وبريطانيين، هو صواريخ مضادة للطائرات واخرى للدبابات لفرض حظر جوي فوق هذه المنطقة، على غرار ما حدث في العراق قبل الغزو وبما يشل سلاح الطيران السوري كليا.
هناك هدفان اساسيان من اقامة هذه المنطقة العازلة في جنوب سورية وبمحاذاة هضبة الجولان، والحدود مع فلسطين المحتلة:
*الاول: ايجاد منطقة آمنة يسيطر عليها الجيش السوري الحر، وتكون مقرا للحكومة السورية المؤقتة بقيادة غسان هيتو.
*الثاني: منع الجماعات الجهادية الاسلامية من الوصول الى الحدود مع فلسطين المحتلة، وشن هجمات صاروخية او استشهادية ضد اهداف اسرائيلية.
الهدف الثاني هو الاكثر اهمية، لان حكومات عربية اقنعت اسرائيل وامريكا بان الجماعات الجهادية هي الاكثر بلاء في مواجهة النظام السوري، ولذلك ربما من الخطأ مواجهتها في الوقت الراهن، اما القلق الاسرائيلي من خشية تواجدها قرب الحدود من الجولان او فلسطين المحتلة، فيمكن تحييد هذا القلق من خلال اقامة المنطقة العازلة هذه، ومنع عناصرها، اي الجماعات الجهادية، وجبهة النصرة خاصة من دخولها بالقوة.
يمكن ان يكون ما تقدم هو محاولة لرسم ملامح الخطط الامريكية ـ العربية المشتركة للتعاطي مع الملف السوري، والتأكيد في الوقت نفسه على ان هناك ‘مجموعات اتصال’ ثنائية وثلاثية ورباعية بين هذه الدول لتطبيق بعضها، اي المجموعات هذه، تشارك فيها اسرائيل كطرف اصيل، ولكن ما لا نستطيع ان نتحسس ملامحه او نتكهن به، خطط الطرف الآخر، اذا كانت موجودة فعلا، لمواجهتها، ونحن نتحدث هنا عن الحلف السوري ـ الايراني ـ الروسي وحزب الله ذراعه العسكرية في لبنان.
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هذه المخططات الامريكية تبدو محسوبة جيدا على الورق، لكن لا احد يستطيع ان يتكهن بمدى ترجمتها ترجمة صحيحة وفاعلة عمليا على الارض، فالامور في المنطقة العربية لا تسير دائما وفق ‘المانيول’ مهما بلغت دقة اعدادها، فمن يضمن الا تخترق جبهة النصرة المنطقة العازلة في حال اقامتها، او وصول الاسلحة النوعية الحديثة اليها؟ ففي افغانستان انشق المئات ان لم يكن الآلاف من الجيش الرسمي الكرزاوي (نسبة الى حميد كرزاي) وانضموا الى حركة طالبان ومعهم اسلحتهم، كما نفذ بعضهم عمليات استشهادية ضد قوات الناتو.
ولا بد ان الاشقاء في الاردن يتذكرون جيدا الطبيب همام البلوي، الذي اخترق ثلاثة اجهزة مخابرات (الامريكية والاردنية والافغانية) وقتل ثمانية من القادة الامريكيين في خوست عام 2009، وامير هاشمي (ابن عم الملك) وهو مسؤول في المخابرات الاردنية جنده لاغتيال الملا عمر وقادة اخرين في تنظيم ‘القاعدة’ وبقية القصة معروفة.
الطبخة بدأت تنضج، وتفوح رائحتها في الاجواء، والمأدبة قد تقام في غضون الشهرين القادمين، وكل الاحتمالات واردة!
Al-Jazeera Video: Egyptians concerned at rising foreign debt
"Egypt is facing its most serious financial crisis in decades.
In recent months, four countries particularly Qatar, have come to the rescue with generous multi-billion dollar loans, but it is still unclear if that is enough to keep the country afloat.
Many Egyptians feel their country's rising foreign debt may compromise its sovereignty.
Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught reports from Cairo."
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