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the impacts of the syrian army? if it spreads come is a likely to strain -- change the strategic calculus to the military campaigns. i think we read over and over again in the media and see ample evidence in facebook and other locations of the debt and intensity of conflicts with an opposition, but i think we have to be careful how we read that. i agreed to be careful not to exaggerate the extent to which produce them -- increasingly coherent structures of opposition activity in protest activity in syria are in fact taking hold, are in fact consolidating and beginning to go here are around a relatively narrow set of forms for the management and governance of the uprising. we have the syrian national council. there are some out liar groups related to older efforts to bring to the other opposition figures within syria. we have the national coordinating committee which just taken a somewhat more accommodationist stance for the regime. we have the local court native communities, which are organized through -- but there
the impacts of the syrian army? if it spreads come is a likely to strain -- change the strategic calculus to the military campaigns. i think we read over and over again in the media and see ample evidence in facebook and other locations of the debt and intensity of conflicts with an opposition, but i think we have to be careful how we read that. i agreed to be careful not to exaggerate the extent to which produce them -- increasingly coherent structures of opposition activity in protest...
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army sometimes the syrian army but the gangs that work for the syrian government a shabby and on the other side the free syrian army and a lot of mercenaries some of them imported from the gulf countries there are advising the free syrian army free syrian army is basically a small collection of gangs of patrols of the contingents like five ten fifteen people maximum. some of the defectors of the syrian army better there are a lot of advisers from abroad as well so when the syrian government says that this is a nice are actually funded by foreign powers they are. basically correct to a certain this extent there is only dishes bought for their movement against the bashar assad government it's true but this they have been legally hijacked but do use our of the armed authorisations finest from abroad because the agenda of all these leaders a school politically different from the so-called syrian people have a they're. just discovered yesterday speaking of armed operations of finance from abroad a lot of people are pointing to what's happening in syria and the attempt at this resolution t
army sometimes the syrian army but the gangs that work for the syrian government a shabby and on the other side the free syrian army and a lot of mercenaries some of them imported from the gulf countries there are advising the free syrian army free syrian army is basically a small collection of gangs of patrols of the contingents like five ten fifteen people maximum. some of the defectors of the syrian army better there are a lot of advisers from abroad as well so when the syrian government...
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army and wing of the syrian opposition has claimed responsibility for two massive explosion. in the city of aleppo the blasts have killed at least twenty five and injured some one hundred and seventy five explosions hit a military intelligence complex and a security force base aleppo syria's northern city has been relatively quiet since mass antigovernment protests started in march the government claims it's fighting a foreign funded insurgency and blamed terrorists for several bombings in the capital damascus late last year the violence has escalated in syria since the past week with opposition forces claiming assad's forces are shelling several areas including the flashpoint city of arms and activists are accusing the government of a massacre saying hundreds of civilians have been killed let's get more of the situation from journalist lizzie feelin now joining us joining us live from london i thanks for coming our to you today the free syrian army now claiming responsibility for these enormous blasts in syria today do you think there's any chance that could change nato stat
army and wing of the syrian opposition has claimed responsibility for two massive explosion. in the city of aleppo the blasts have killed at least twenty five and injured some one hundred and seventy five explosions hit a military intelligence complex and a security force base aleppo syria's northern city has been relatively quiet since mass antigovernment protests started in march the government claims it's fighting a foreign funded insurgency and blamed terrorists for several bombings in the...
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today the free syrian army now claiming responsibility for these enormous blasts in syria today do you think there's any chance that could change nato states attitude towards the armed opposition groups in the country. well i mean i would say that this attack was directed from. paris and new york it's quite clear that the explosions i mean the explosions themselves were huge i've spoken to people in aleppo today who are in fear for their lives and there were people up to twenty kilometers away who felt the explosions so let's look at the evidence for the fact that this attack was actually directed externally of course that was carried out by so-called free syrian army insurgents but first of all i'd just like to say that this is clearly a response to the russian and chinese veto is a message from the west that if we don't get our way through the united nations security council we are going to go ahead with these stabilizing the country syria by any means possible so first of all we've had. in the first minutes after the explosion an hour and a half an hour ago we had the western. media
today the free syrian army now claiming responsibility for these enormous blasts in syria today do you think there's any chance that could change nato states attitude towards the armed opposition groups in the country. well i mean i would say that this attack was directed from. paris and new york it's quite clear that the explosions i mean the explosions themselves were huge i've spoken to people in aleppo today who are in fear for their lives and there were people up to twenty kilometers away...
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to prominence in a sense the syrian story is very similar the free syrian army is not a credible address it is not a single police where it belongs. to foreign journalists have been killed in syria's flashpoint city of homs the opposition claims the american and french citizens died when an army shell hit and makeshift media center the same accusations were leveled against the regime just over a month ago when the french government was killed in a similar incident but later it turned out the and he government rebels were the heinie attack homs has been the scene of fierce fighting between the army and the rebels for more than two weeks now. and the friends of syria group set up by america and its allies meets and chin is you up on friday they are opening seeking president assad's downfall and moscow has dismissed the gathering as a biased effort to resolve the crisis the head of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament has told r.t. the meeting will not paint an accurate picture. judging by the statements we have been hearing in the form out of the so-called fr
to prominence in a sense the syrian story is very similar the free syrian army is not a credible address it is not a single police where it belongs. to foreign journalists have been killed in syria's flashpoint city of homs the opposition claims the american and french citizens died when an army shell hit and makeshift media center the same accusations were leveled against the regime just over a month ago when the french government was killed in a similar incident but later it turned out the...
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army on their border to establish a safe zone it was the free syrian army the free syrian army our soldiers that have defect now because they will not ok so that i am proposing you don't know what we are and you are saying we should not i'm generalizing harm them. really important we don't know who they are but yet you think we should have our allies arm that did you notice anything about that discussion about the two positions one reflecting the mainstream one reflecting a contrarian point of view one lobbying for intervention to do something to get involved and someone on the outside who reports on the effects of that intervention saying hold your horses look at the unintended consequences this could create does it remind you of anything else something we cover much more frequently on this show why don't i play you a little but how about fed reserve chairman alan greenspan former one talking about why the us is credit rating doesn't matter. i was because we can always print more money to do that so. i love his face but let's stick on this ok let's let's listen to new york times columnist
army on their border to establish a safe zone it was the free syrian army the free syrian army our soldiers that have defect now because they will not ok so that i am proposing you don't know what we are and you are saying we should not i'm generalizing harm them. really important we don't know who they are but yet you think we should have our allies arm that did you notice anything about that discussion about the two positions one reflecting the mainstream one reflecting a contrarian point of...
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the syrian army is so much larger than that again army is not something that they can handle through arming the opposition this is just a stepping stone towards more serious steps that they would take. which means military intervention through turkey probably because the opposition would just lead to mortar along that city violence that the syrian army it would have to deal with with increasing violence so it cannot lead to anything. constructive and finally the state support france's call for creating humanitarian corridors in syria is that a step closer to though toward military intervention. again all of us have to guess if they're bluffing or if they're serious many are hoping that they are bluffing that this is just another step in the typical i don't you know felt like more pressure on the sudan regime they've been doing that for forty years they have so many instruments to do it. but this is starting to sound very serious there's no going back if they if you again he's got to have to do that any in turkey they have so much opposition. to any midstream void within syria the opp
the syrian army is so much larger than that again army is not something that they can handle through arming the opposition this is just a stepping stone towards more serious steps that they would take. which means military intervention through turkey probably because the opposition would just lead to mortar along that city violence that the syrian army it would have to deal with with increasing violence so it cannot lead to anything. constructive and finally the state support france's call for...
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free syrian army representative admitted responsibility before the organization later denied it blaming the government forces a claim. killed by regime. insurgents and terrorists have committed this attack only an insane person could say that the government is killing its officials and officers and destroying its own administrative buildings these armed terror groups were created to commit these crimes and they have committed them in the past and will continue to do so if the west and then are supported by the us is aware of syria's power it realizes that there are people in syria. against the ideology and that's why the u.s. supports undermines their right so that the action instead of the americans was. last sunday the arab league vote still for full political and financial support for the opposition to unify its ranks it is similar call from the leader of al qaida urging muslims to unite efforts to help overthrow bashar al assad recent reports suggest iraqi weapons qatari troops and libyan rebels are role in syria on the opposition side this makes for a volatile and highly dangerous
free syrian army representative admitted responsibility before the organization later denied it blaming the government forces a claim. killed by regime. insurgents and terrorists have committed this attack only an insane person could say that the government is killing its officials and officers and destroying its own administrative buildings these armed terror groups were created to commit these crimes and they have committed them in the past and will continue to do so if the west and then are...
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the free syrian army claims it's received weapons and missiles from french and u.s. sources government accuses the rebels of being terrorists acting out of foreign plot and as for national reports from syria there are growing fears within the country that outside interference is feeding. but the borders doors and windows do est despite international isolation syria's borders have remained opened and easy to pass through and that may have played a crucial role in the militarization of the country's conflict almost immediately after the crisis began here last march there were reports of weapons being smuggled through to arm president al assad's opponents one thousand dollars for a truck full of weapons capable of delivering wholesale destruction and death that's how much al qaeda will pay to smugglers usually iraqi or lebanese drivers according to ziad ismail chief of the customs service on the border with lebanon. these people bring we are here to destroy our nation to try to get syrian people on the syrian territory to enemies. syria has more than two thousand kilome
the free syrian army claims it's received weapons and missiles from french and u.s. sources government accuses the rebels of being terrorists acting out of foreign plot and as for national reports from syria there are growing fears within the country that outside interference is feeding. but the borders doors and windows do est despite international isolation syria's borders have remained opened and easy to pass through and that may have played a crucial role in the militarization of the...
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and the neighborhoods or towns that the syrian army pulled out of on the contrary what we saw was an armed and full question why armed gangs that terrorized the people and wreak hey book on the area so of course what they want to do is stop all the syrian regime and why do they want to topple the syrian regime do they stand for freedom or democracy as they claim on the contrary what they want is to have a puppet regime and the moscow that would obey the dictates of washington and the nato let me just add very quickly that the syrian opposition so far has been refusing vehemently to speak to the syrian government so it is not the syrian government that has been refusing to speak to the opposition on the contrary the syrian government has been calling for dialogue over and over again for the last few months. but we have seen that kinds of opposition in the media from i mean i do apologize for interrupting you here but if you as you say the opposition has been reluctant if not defined in joining us with the sort of the opposition not coming to the negotiating table with the government m
and the neighborhoods or towns that the syrian army pulled out of on the contrary what we saw was an armed and full question why armed gangs that terrorized the people and wreak hey book on the area so of course what they want to do is stop all the syrian regime and why do they want to topple the syrian regime do they stand for freedom or democracy as they claim on the contrary what they want is to have a puppet regime and the moscow that would obey the dictates of washington and the nato let...
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it was the tanks of the syrian army. and the guns of the syrian army. i saw the army itself killing their own people. >> are plain clothed government forces. you're in damascus. what's happening there now? >> in damascus itself, it is just like, you know, empty city. after 4:00 in the afternoon, nobody in the streets. you go a few kilometers to the damascus countryside, then you are just visiting hell. again, what is happening in homs is happening over there in other places a little while from damascus. firing at people, snipers everywhere, everywhere, snipers. and tanks firing again at people there and people are getting killed. let me say one word. i think the entire world should be ashamed of what's happening here. everybody is just silent and looking at us being slaughtered every moment, for no reason, just for asking for our freedom. everybody's just looking at us like this, we are slaughtered. russia has gone for a veto, china has gone for a veto. the rest of the world are condemning this veto and what else? looking at us? we thank you. i want to
it was the tanks of the syrian army. and the guns of the syrian army. i saw the army itself killing their own people. >> are plain clothed government forces. you're in damascus. what's happening there now? >> in damascus itself, it is just like, you know, empty city. after 4:00 in the afternoon, nobody in the streets. you go a few kilometers to the damascus countryside, then you are just visiting hell. again, what is happening in homs is happening over there in other places a little...
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army within but it is ok but if you want if you. really do it by mathematics then maybe most of the victories are sunni because the regime is not ok at least the leadership is that if i go to you the secretary in differences is something that is downplayed a lot in west.
army within but it is ok but if you want if you. really do it by mathematics then maybe most of the victories are sunni because the regime is not ok at least the leadership is that if i go to you the secretary in differences is something that is downplayed a lot in west.
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free syrian army recruits entered to admit its responsibility before the organization laid to deny did blame and government forces claim ridiculed by the regime i want the insurgents and terrorists have committed this attack only an insane person could say that the government is killing its officials and officers and destroying its own administrative buildings these armed terror groups were created to commit these crimes and they have committed them in the past and will continue to do so. if the west and the arab street supported last sunday the arab league for food political and financial support for the opposition to its ranks it is similar call from the leader of al qaida. to unite to help overthrow bashar al assad recent reports suggest iraqi weapons qatari troops and libyan rebels a role in syria on the opposition side this makes for a volatile and highly dangerous makes one of many western powers interested in fomenting unrest and syria and so they'll turn a blind eye to extreme weapons coming in through borders like lebanon and turkey to create the very militants i won't call th
free syrian army recruits entered to admit its responsibility before the organization laid to deny did blame and government forces claim ridiculed by the regime i want the insurgents and terrorists have committed this attack only an insane person could say that the government is killing its officials and officers and destroying its own administrative buildings these armed terror groups were created to commit these crimes and they have committed them in the past and will continue to do so. if...
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army now also signed a major deal which would see the two nations work more closely and civil nuclear technology and announce joint plans to develop new on man stealth aircraft. armed gunmen from the radical islam a sect of boko haram have stormed a nigerian prison freeing one hundred nineteen inmates one guard was killed in the ensuing gun fight after the group blasted through the prison gate and using explosives authorities have recaptured around twenty five of the escaped prisoners the sect has been blamed for killing almost three hundred people this year alone as it fights to establish a real law and nigeria. leaders from afghanistan pakistan and iran are is in islamabad for talks on ending the decade long war with the taliban in afghanistan afghan president hamid karzai wants pakistan's help to organize talks with the group and the nato chief said he did you know if negotiations were possible but vow to continue military pressure on the taliban nato and the u.s. are training three hundred fifty thousand afghan police and the soldiers to take over when they withdraw in two thousan
army now also signed a major deal which would see the two nations work more closely and civil nuclear technology and announce joint plans to develop new on man stealth aircraft. armed gunmen from the radical islam a sect of boko haram have stormed a nigerian prison freeing one hundred nineteen inmates one guard was killed in the ensuing gun fight after the group blasted through the prison gate and using explosives authorities have recaptured around twenty five of the escaped prisoners the sect...
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the syrian army -- i'm not going to call it the syrian army, they have no humanity in them, they kill anything in front of them. they are hitting civilian houses. >> danny, do you think the arab league can do anything to help you? they are calling for a joint mission, monitoring mission, inside where you are. do you think they can save you? >> we don't want the monitors anymore. they sent the monitors last time, and we did not get anything out of it. we wanted the u.n. to take this case. we wanted the u.n. to interfere in this. if we get the airplanes here, bombard the regime. we want someone to do something about this. we're going to get killed. i'm sure i'll get killed tomorrow if the army gets in here. no one's doing anything about this. we don't want the monitors or the arab league. they are going to do nothing about this. we want the u.n. to interfere, the u.n. to do something. >> and danny, finally -- >> all these people are being killed. >> can you tell me how you are living, do you have food, do you have water, clearly, you are in a building, so there is some shelter there. >>
the syrian army -- i'm not going to call it the syrian army, they have no humanity in them, they kill anything in front of them. they are hitting civilian houses. >> danny, do you think the arab league can do anything to help you? they are calling for a joint mission, monitoring mission, inside where you are. do you think they can save you? >> we don't want the monitors anymore. they sent the monitors last time, and we did not get anything out of it. we wanted the u.n. to take this...
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army also sign a major deal which would see the two nations work more closely in civil nuclear technology. armed gunman the from the radical islamist sect boko haram have stormed the nigerian prison freeing one hundred nineteen inmates one guard was killed in the ensuing gun fight off the group youngsters through the prison gate using explosives authorities have recaptured around twenty five of the scape prisoners the sect blamed for killing around three hundred people this year alone as it fights to establish sharia law in nigeria. there secretary general anders rasmussen has vowed to continue putting a victory pressure on a town about to make a share today of the decade long conflict in afghanistan the u.s. and afghan governments have already begun three way meetings with the taliban in coach peace talks later in the u.s. racing to train three hundred fifty thousand police and soldiers to take over after american troops withdrawing twenty fourteen. well rasmussen that was speaking during a meeting in greece a country still negotiating for a bailout to save its tanking economy here is on
army also sign a major deal which would see the two nations work more closely in civil nuclear technology. armed gunman the from the radical islamist sect boko haram have stormed the nigerian prison freeing one hundred nineteen inmates one guard was killed in the ensuing gun fight off the group youngsters through the prison gate using explosives authorities have recaptured around twenty five of the scape prisoners the sect blamed for killing around three hundred people this year alone as it...
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>> well, the syrian national council, the main coalition has voiced backing for the free syrian army which is on the ground in syria, fighting against assaad's forces. >> that's the call you made over and over again. whatever the council says is undermined by the fastball that the syrian national council is a fragmented group. >> well, i don't agree that it's a fragmented group. ok, it may be true that it's a coalition of various political forces, but you got to realize syria for the last 40 years as hived -- has lived under a dictatorship. political parties haven't been allowed to form and to develop in a natural sort of way. so perhaps it might be understandable for there to be certain frictions or certain divisions but if you look at the picture as a whole, the syrian opposition is united for assaad to step down for a transition to step down. and that's what the international community wants. >> but democratic transition, that could have been done, you know, 11 months ago. calling for assaad to step down, that could have been done 11 months ago. let's just consider next week. what
>> well, the syrian national council, the main coalition has voiced backing for the free syrian army which is on the ground in syria, fighting against assaad's forces. >> that's the call you made over and over again. whatever the council says is undermined by the fastball that the syrian national council is a fragmented group. >> well, i don't agree that it's a fragmented group. ok, it may be true that it's a coalition of various political forces, but you got to realize syria...
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these armies are nothing. the syrian army is exhausted. the syrian army is split. the rank-and-file are sunnis and are eager to defect. >> what happens, though, if there is military intervention? you know you look at iraq which is as many say still struggling with potentially a civil war, insurgents. you go in and you get rid of something and who is responsible for putting something in its place? >> the future is always uncertain, but i think iraq is much more of a success story than its critics would like to say. i know there was a book of the hero of the iraq war, petraeus and we can take some pride on what happened in iraq. >> paula let me ask you a question about the satellite images we've gotten today that have been released from the u.s. military of syria. why has that -- why did they choose to do that? is that sending a message of hey we're watching you, we can see what's going on. which means, we can come in and drop bombs on you if we wanted to? >> sure it's a signal we have visibility on what's going on on the ground there. other than satellite imagery we
these armies are nothing. the syrian army is exhausted. the syrian army is split. the rank-and-file are sunnis and are eager to defect. >> what happens, though, if there is military intervention? you know you look at iraq which is as many say still struggling with potentially a civil war, insurgents. you go in and you get rid of something and who is responsible for putting something in its place? >> the future is always uncertain, but i think iraq is much more of a success story...
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i don't see this actually being very good for the syrian people at all the free syrian army is the armed opposition it's conducting very violent acts against civilians in syria against both the government and you know innocent syrians we don't know who the body counts you know what politics people have who are killed and it's just purported reported by the media that these are like anti assad civilians but they're not they're also pro assad civilians and so i don't think the syrian people are really going to appreciate you know an outside exile group that's doing acts of violence you know suddenly undemocratically declaring that they represent the people and that they should be recognized as syria's true leaders but you know again this this probably reeks of you know suggestions of washington suggestions coming from the capitals of europe you know arming and training these people in different quote unquote democracy exercises training they're going to basically say to them look you have to get legitimacy you have to convince people you're really representative but they're convincing the
i don't see this actually being very good for the syrian people at all the free syrian army is the armed opposition it's conducting very violent acts against civilians in syria against both the government and you know innocent syrians we don't know who the body counts you know what politics people have who are killed and it's just purported reported by the media that these are like anti assad civilians but they're not they're also pro assad civilians and so i don't think the syrian people are...
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army have in fact come from across the border. they appear shoot and kill and then they disappear immediately they arrive from abroad but they are not from jordan they use this country's border many of them are from africa. we are showing their weapons and legibly seized in military operations now. in the army we don't have weapons from israel and america sniper guns and night vision binoculars advanced developed weapons we don't have it in syria this what we confiscated was killing innocent people and to kill even more so while the international community condemns the other saw the regime and supports its opponents many believe all sides in the conflict should be held responsible for violence across syria and with so many foreign weapons involved it's clear that the crisis thresh is far beyond these borders raef an ocean r.t. reporting from syria. and still to come in the program just a little bit later for you were that of comparing conflicts. but they now call homes the capital of the revolution just as they once called polluti
army have in fact come from across the border. they appear shoot and kill and then they disappear immediately they arrive from abroad but they are not from jordan they use this country's border many of them are from africa. we are showing their weapons and legibly seized in military operations now. in the army we don't have weapons from israel and america sniper guns and night vision binoculars advanced developed weapons we don't have it in syria this what we confiscated was killing innocent...
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backed free syrian army has been making efforts to prevent people from voting in the city of homes homes has been torn apart by a battle between opposition fighters and government forces and made the bloodshed more extremist penetrating the country to help bring down assad by the way that's according to the head of the u.s. intelligence who testified recently and raised concerns about. fighters in syria responsible for a series of deadly suicide bombings in damascus and aleppo effectively targeted syrian military and intelligence facilities so even despite their own intelligence washington along with its allies who call themselves friends of syria are inching closer to arming this very much fractured force which is the syrian opposition. most recent reports suggest that they're already or arming them free syrian army general told the reuters journalist that the militia group has received arms from french and american sources arms including aircraft anti-aircraft missiles the general did not wish to be named if true the so-called friends of syria are basically ignoring the huge part of th
backed free syrian army has been making efforts to prevent people from voting in the city of homes homes has been torn apart by a battle between opposition fighters and government forces and made the bloodshed more extremist penetrating the country to help bring down assad by the way that's according to the head of the u.s. intelligence who testified recently and raised concerns about. fighters in syria responsible for a series of deadly suicide bombings in damascus and aleppo effectively...
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offer terms which are present most of the crowd collaborating with the rebels the free syrian army is not something which is representative of the opposition the purpose of of this of it's of action is to create political instability which will subsequently lead to a jew dealing gentil by the syrian government destabilizing syria as a nation state what they don't like about syria is that syria is not a proxy us state it's still the line with what she did so it's not a big all those oh it's a secular government it's a country of tremendous religious tolerance. and still ahead on r t if the arab spring has already run its course in libya but a year on claims of post missionary atrocities casts a dark cloud over anniversary celebrations. the thai police say it's israeli diplomats were the target of a group of iranians arrested after prematurely setting off explosives in bangkok where the claims are expected to further fuel and the range of rhetoric the television has ratcheted up after a bomb attacks targeted israelis in georgia and india and israel has also called at the international c
offer terms which are present most of the crowd collaborating with the rebels the free syrian army is not something which is representative of the opposition the purpose of of this of it's of action is to create political instability which will subsequently lead to a jew dealing gentil by the syrian government destabilizing syria as a nation state what they don't like about syria is that syria is not a proxy us state it's still the line with what she did so it's not a big all those oh it's a...
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of bashar al assad has attacked the city of daraa targeting free syrian army soldiers and as a respond the sources say. rebels are firing checkpoints inside the city and also targeting ministry and police buildings ati has actually just traveled to the city of daraa on wednesday and we've been able to speak to the governor over this area on the ground with many military there and they've told us that there is no free syrian army in this region right now and actually in generally they say that it doesn't exist such a thing as a well coordinated opposition military force they've confirmed that they're fighting every day the ministry of ration but they're fighting against separate armed groups which are. mostly consisted they say of army defectors and foreign soldiers. all that sort of a country now which of the arab spring has already passed through amnesty international has accused libya's ruling national transitional council of failed. to stop human rights abuses it says thousands of moammar gadhafi supporters are being held without charge and tortured by former rebels also in septembe
of bashar al assad has attacked the city of daraa targeting free syrian army soldiers and as a respond the sources say. rebels are firing checkpoints inside the city and also targeting ministry and police buildings ati has actually just traveled to the city of daraa on wednesday and we've been able to speak to the governor over this area on the ground with many military there and they've told us that there is no free syrian army in this region right now and actually in generally they say that...
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of bashar al assad has attacked the city of daraa targeting free syrian army soldiers actually just travel to the city of daraa on wednesday and we've been able to speak to the governor over this area on the ground and with many military there and they've told us that there is no free syrian army in this region right now and actually in generally they say that it doesn't exist such a thing as well coordinated opposition military force they've confirmed that they're fighting over every day the military operations but they're fighting against separate armed groups which are. mostly consisted they say of army defectors and foreign soldiers well the u.n. general assembly is to vote on a non-binding resolution on syria sponsored by arab nations to put pressure on the ruling regime with a texas thought to be similar to the one vetoed by russia and china at the security council more than a week ago and moscow has warned it won't back the new document unless it stops putting all the blame for violence on the authorities making no mention of armed opposition groups operating in syria. those
of bashar al assad has attacked the city of daraa targeting free syrian army soldiers actually just travel to the city of daraa on wednesday and we've been able to speak to the governor over this area on the ground and with many military there and they've told us that there is no free syrian army in this region right now and actually in generally they say that it doesn't exist such a thing as well coordinated opposition military force they've confirmed that they're fighting over every day the...
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desire to arm the free syrian army from the west and to basically support them to give them kind of sectioned off training areas where they can develop a strong opposition apart from the kind of threat of a sad all suggest that you know the west isn't willing to have you know encourage any kind of dialogue or discourse of tool ultimately they want you know they've now polarized the situation they've now said you know. these evil we need to get rid of him they use those kind of terms evil you know the. ogre or bogeyman and you know the syrian people are vulnerable victims who need to be protected by the west now i think we saw the same thing with good afi and it's always very striking that you know it was only two years ago that assad was seen as the great reformer in syria the west were basically queuing up to talk to him. or asia times correspondent pascoe bar says unlike libya syria won't fall under western influence through intervention because it has a stronger position in the region. well this takes in syria saw much higher compared to libya because this is that directs each act a direct
desire to arm the free syrian army from the west and to basically support them to give them kind of sectioned off training areas where they can develop a strong opposition apart from the kind of threat of a sad all suggest that you know the west isn't willing to have you know encourage any kind of dialogue or discourse of tool ultimately they want you know they've now polarized the situation they've now said you know. these evil we need to get rid of him they use those kind of terms evil you...
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story is very similar the free syrian army is not a credible address it is not a single police where it belongs so yes certainly the entry of al qaeda is going to have a mock effect in the nature of the insurgency so therefore does that not justify official intervention i don't think the syrian national council says it's starting to believe that military intervention was always the only solution to the crisis now we're hearing that washington isn't ruling out what it calls additional measures do you think that well justifies foreign intervention on an official basis . quite the contrary i mean the first thing to appear tension do is that the syrian national council always wanted foreign intervention you know they had followed the script of libya in other words you have an uprising in the city and then you call for the cruise missiles an f. sixteen zero the united states in it to give you. then you can write into damascus on the back of a cruise missile that was always in a sense the strategy for the syrian national council that was not necessarily the strategy for the mass of people
story is very similar the free syrian army is not a credible address it is not a single police where it belongs so yes certainly the entry of al qaeda is going to have a mock effect in the nature of the insurgency so therefore does that not justify official intervention i don't think the syrian national council says it's starting to believe that military intervention was always the only solution to the crisis now we're hearing that washington isn't ruling out what it calls additional measures...
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army and the military forces by the syrian government the syrian government has cording to its official sources has reported many casualties on the ground that have fallen in the last two days the most it's really hard to determine what's really going on on the ground there because of safety issues to reach the place and confirm the. definite numbers. according to that's what according to activists say that the syrian military has basically. some parts of the city the government has completely refuted any type of involvement that they have actually. shelled on its own people in the city of the most they blame it on the terrorist groups that have been taking active role in the city they are spread all over the place there and causing many casualties the government also has issued a statement today that the security forces were able to kill tens of terrorists that belong to these terrorist groups that they also believe that are being backed by foreign foreign influence on the ground well powell should use the clout to put pressure on both the syrian government and the opposition to lay do
army and the military forces by the syrian government the syrian government has cording to its official sources has reported many casualties on the ground that have fallen in the last two days the most it's really hard to determine what's really going on on the ground there because of safety issues to reach the place and confirm the. definite numbers. according to that's what according to activists say that the syrian military has basically. some parts of the city the government has completely...