Zitat:Battle For Ancient Historic Christian Village Of Maaloula In Syria

Zitat:Sat Sep 14, 2013 5:58
Syria Army Continues Fighting Militants Near Ma’loula
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"The army is continuing its mission in Ma’loula. There are still some terrorist pockets in the North of the town, in the al-Safir hotel and its surroundings, as well as in the hills surrounding the town," AFP quoted a security official as saying on Saturday.

The official also said the government forces made some progress, adding the fighting in Ma’loula has been hard as the army did not want to bomb the town.
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Zitat:Sat Sep 14, 2013 6:48
Clashes Flare between Armed Rebels in Southern Syria

TEHRAN (FNA)- Clashes erupted once again between two different groups of armed rebels in Southern Syria.
According to FNA dispatches, disputes resulted in armed clashes between the members of two different terrorist groups in the city of al-Sheikh Meskin in Southern Syria.

Tens of militants have been killed and dozens more have been injured during the clashes which erupted over the share of the militants of each group from the goods stolen from the people in al-Sheikh Meskin city
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Zitat:Al-Nusra Ringleader Killed in Syria's Lattakia

According to FNA dispatches from Syria, Abu Dajan al-Libi, a ringleader of al-Nusrah Front, was killed in clashes with the Syrian army forces in Ghamam district in Reef Lattakia.
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Zitat:35 Terrorists Killed, Attack Foiled in Daraa
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A military source told FNA on Saturday that army units killed 35 terrorists in clashes with them in the Southern Daraa region.

The source added that an attempt for attacking a military checkpoint in Othman town in Daraa was also foiled by the Syrian army.
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Schneemann schrieb:Weder sind es Ausbildungslager der USA

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The United States and Jordan have stepped up training of Syrian opposition forces that may be used to establish a buffer zone along Syria’s southern border, according to U.S. and Jordanian officials.

Training begun last year has been expanded and accelerated after rebel gains in the south, including capture of a stretch of the Jordanian-Syrian border near the Golan Heights, two military outposts and the country’s main border crossing with Jordan.

Jordanian security officials said a previous timetable to complete training of about 3,000 Free Syrian Army officers by the end of June has been moved up to the end of this month in light of the border victories.
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Schneemann schrieb:noch ziehen diese in Jordanien Truppen zusammen

Zitat:US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has confirmed that US troops have been dispatched to the Jordan-Syrian border to help bolster the former’s military capabilities in case violence escalates in the volatile region.
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Zitat:Monday, June 24th, 2013 | Posted by WorldTribune.com

WASHINGTON — The United States has left another 700 combat troops in Jordan.

Obama said the troops, accompanied by missile defense systems and F-16 aircraft, would help protect Jordan amid the civil war in neighboring Syria.

“This detachment that participated in the exercise and remained in Jordan includes Patriot missile systems, fighter aircraft, and related support, command, control, and communications personnel and systems,”
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Zitat:Die Kämpfer als "Terroristen" zu bezeichnen ist sicherlich eine Wertung, aber die ist ganz bestimmt nicht weniger irreführend ist, wie sie als "FSA Rebellen" zu bezeichnen.

Zitat:Report: Syrian rebel forces trained by West are moving towards Damascus
By JPOST.COM STAFF
08/23/2013 10:17

Le Figaro reports rebel soldiers trained by US, Jordan, Israel crossed border to Syria on Aug 17.

Guerrilla fighters trained by the West began moving towards Damascus in mid-August, French newspaper Le Figaro reported on Thursday.
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The first group of 300 handpicked Free Syrian Army soldiers crossed the border on August 17 into the Deraa region, and a second group was deployed on August 19, the paper reported.
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Zitat:Die Rakete steckte noch im Krater. Das 6,30 Meter lange Geschoss, das teils kyrillische Buchstaben trug, war in den Terrassenfliesen eingeschlagen, hinter einem Wohnhaus in Muadamija, einem Vorort von Damaskus. Ähnliche Trümmer landeten anderswo auf dem Dach eines Hauses und in den Etagen darunter sowie in einem offenen Feld. Inklusive die eines Sprengkopfes, 70 Zentimeter lang - groß genug, um "56 Liter Flüssigkeit" zu fassen, "plusminus sechs Liter".

Diese Flüssigkeit war Sarin. Das Giftgas fand sich in Bodenproben an den Einschlagstellen und in Blut-, Haar- und Urinproben der Bewohner, die teils schwer verletzt überlebten. Gesamtmenge des eingesetzten Sarins: bis zu 350 Liter.

Zitat:Syrische ChemiewaffenAmerika: Nur Assad ist zu solch einem Angriff fähig

16.09.2013 · In Syrien ist nach Einschätzung der UN-Inspekteure am 21. August Sarin-Gas eingesetzt worden. Für Amerika und Frankreich steht fest: Machthaber Assad hat das befohlen. Russland sieht dagegen keine klaren Hinweise auf die Verantwortlichen.
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Zitat:Das waren nicht die ersten von den US Ausbildern trainierten Terroristen und auch nicht die letzten von den US Ausbildern trainierten Terroristen. Aber es waren eben jene, die vermutlich an den aktuellen Angriffen auf Stellungen der syrischen Armee in Daraa beteiligt waren. Daher habe ich das erwähnt. Und ich werde bei Zeiten wieder erwähnen, dass die USA Ausbildungslager für Terroristen in Jordanien unterhalten, denn die USA unterhalten Ausbildungslager für Terroristen in Jordanien. Dort bilden sie Terroristen aus. Also die US Ausbilder. Verstehst Du mich?

Zitat:Syrian rebel groups sought sarin gas material, Turkish prosecutors say
By Patrick J. McDonnell
Los Angeles Times

Published: September 13, 2013

BEIRUT — Prosecutors in southern Turkey have alleged that Syrian rebel groups were seeking to buy materials that could be used to produce highly toxic sarin gas, Turkish media reported Friday.

An indictment issued in the southern city of Adana alleged that a Syrian national identified as Hytham Qassap, 35, was in Turkey trying to procure chemical materials for a pair of well-known Islamist rebel blocs, Al Nusra Front and the Ahrar al-Sham Brigades, the reports said. Washington has designated Al Nusra Front as a terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda.
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Zitat:Syria: Fabricating Chemical Lies. Who is Behind the East Ghouta Attacks?
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky

Global Research, September 17, 2013
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According to CNN, the rebels had been trained in the use of chemical weapons by Western military advisers. An earlier UN mission had confirmed that the rebels were in possession of sarin gas.
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While UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon did not confirm who was responsible for the chemical attacks, the Western media went into high gear, accusing the government of Bashar al Assad
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A day before the release of the UN Mission Report, the preliminary Report of The International Support Team for Mussalaha in Syria (ISTEAMS) entitled The Chemical Attacks in East Ghouta Used to Justify a Military Intervention in Syria was released.

Under the helm of Mother Agnes Mariam, the ISTEAMS Team based in Geneva has been working under the auspices of the International Institute for Peace, Justice and Human Rights. It has also collaborated with the UN Human Rights Commission, to which many of its findings were submitted.

In a bitter irony, this detailed report –which documents the deaths of innocent children in East Ghouta– has neither been been acknowledged by the Western media nor by the member governments of the United Nations Security Council. (preliminary ISTEAMS report).
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While the ISTEAMS Report does not establish who was behind the mass killings of innocent children, it confirms that the videos released on August 21 including those presented on September 5 to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee had been deliberately manipulated, that the bodies of dead children had been moved from one location to another in a staged event.
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The ISTEAMS study demonstrates the following: the East Ghouda tragedy was a carefully planned staged event involving the US sponsored “opposition rebel forces”.
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Zitat:Präsident Rowhani stellt sich gegen Assad

Bislang stützte der Iran den syrischen Herrscher Baschar Al-Assad fast uneingeschränkt. Doch der neue Staatschef Hassan Rowhani will von einer Nibelungentreue nun nichts mehr wissen. [...] Und so schlug Rowhani in einer sehr sorgfältig intonierten Rede vor Offizieren der Revolutionären Garden weitere Pflöcke ein. Deren Führung, die direkt dem Obersten Revolutionsführer Ali Chamenei untersteht, hatte noch letzte Woche verkündet, man werde Assad „bis zum letzten Atemzug“ verteidigen. Rowhani dagegen ließ die Hardliner der Elitebrigaden wissen, sie sollten sich nicht in die Politik einmischen, und Iran werde auch einen anderen Staatschef in Syrien akzeptieren als Assad. [...]

Seit dem Amtsantritt des neuen Präsidenten und den Giftgasvorwürfen gegen Damaskus treten die widerstreitenden Interessen des Iran in der Syrienkrise immer offener zutage. Teheran lehnt den Einsatz von Chemiewaffen kategorisch ab und fordert energisches Einschreiten der internationalen Gemeinschaft gegen solche Kriegsverbrechen. Seine Bevölkerung war im irakisch-iranischen Krieg selbst Opfer von Giftgasangriffen Saddam Husseins. Bis heute leiden noch fast 50.000 Menschen an den Spätfolgen. Darüber hinaus möchte die Islamische Republik ihr Verhältnis zum Westen und allen voran zu den Vereinigten Staaten entspannen, ein Ziel, bei dem eine weitere, absolute Nibelungentreue zu Assad nur hinderlich wäre. [...]

Zuletzt im Juli erhielt Damaskus einen neuen 3,6 Milliarden Kredit zum Einkauf von Diesel und Benzin.