Syria ‑ The Bitter Truth
According to
an editorial published in Pakistan’s The Financial Daily, “Reports about Syria
by the Western media were often said to be tinted but little was there to
refute. One of the allegations is that they are not reporting what’s happening
in Syria correctly because at times propaganda prevails over truth and
disclosures are incomplete.”
It has also
pointed, “Syrians are struggling to prevent Western conquest, exploitation, and
control. They’re fighting for their lives to stay free. Followers of this
policy say the issue isn’t whether Assad’s government enjoy public support or
not but its sovereign independence has made it vulnerable.”
Even bigger accusations
have been leveled by the Syrian authorities. They have accused regional
powerhouses Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey of trying to destroy the country
and vowed Sunday that they would defeat rebels who have captured large swathes
of the commercial hub Aleppo.
Syrian Foreign
Minister Walid al-Moallem, on a visit to Iran, leveled some rare public
criticism of Sunni powers in the Middle East, saying Qatar, Saudi Arabia and
Turkey are supporting a plot hatched by Israel to destroy Syria. "Israel
is the mastermind of all in this crisis," Moallem told a joint news
conference in Tehran with his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi.
Syrian
opposition had appealed on Sunday its foreign allies to provide with heavy
weapons to fight President Bashar al-Assad's killing machine and said it
would soon start talks on forming a transitional government to
replace him.
"The
rebels are fighting with primitive weapons. We want weapons that we can stop
tanks and planes with. This is what we want," Abdelbasset Sida, head
of the Syrian National Council (SNC) opposition alliance, told a
news conference.
However,
criticism about the SNC's legitimacy is likely to complicate its efforts to
form a transitional government. It backs the Free Syrian Army rebel force,
despite having not always overtly supported it in the past.
Last week,
Brigadier General Manaf Tlas, one of the highest ranking defectors to flee
Syria, said he would try to help unite Syria's fragmented opposition inside and
outside the country in order to agree a roadmap for a power transfer.
Reportedly al
Queada has joined and supporting the rebels. A question is being raised is this
the same as the US supporting the Taliban when USSR attacked Afghanistan but
turning hostile once the motive was achieved.
Observers say
Syria was calm and peaceful until Washington imposed violence, mass killing and
destruction. They say Syrian conflict isn’t an uprising, revolution or civil
war but Western media orchestrated by Washington is distorting the reality.
The Financial
Daily has rightly concluded, “Insurgents are fully supported by Washington
proxies. Subjugating is termed liberating the oppressed. In fact they are
aiming at assault if other methods fail. Opponents of Assad are being provided
funds and arsenal to initiate a full scale war. This is exactly what they did
in Libya.”