Interview mit Rafael Correa :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWfFE1J7enU&feature=share&list=UUtf05Vriu2dW1ASkPHf8OtA

Gegen Krieg und NATO-Intervention in Syrien

Joachim Guilliards Vortrag

Solidarität mit Syrien

gegen Krieg und NATO–Intervention

Hier zu sehen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsRKVvrSfv8&feature=youtu.be

World Peace Council Reaffirms Its Solidarity with Syria

   Damascus, Apr 30 (Prensa Latina) The World Peace Council expressed its solidarity with the Syrian people in their confrontation with armed opposition groups trying to overthrow the government, while rejecting any interference in the internal affairs of the country.

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At a meeting Monday in the Turkish city of Istanbul, entitled Peace in Syria, the Council consisting of some 140 organizations from more than 80 countries, expressed opposition to the aggressive policies against Levante this nation.

At the same time, dismissed the arguments of some international actors to ensure the use of chemical weapons by Damascus, highlights state television Tuesday.

Such statements were denounced as a campaign to serve as a pretext to launch an armed aggression against the country, he said.

Participants at the meeting condemned the unilateral economic embargo imposed on the Syrian people by the United States and the European Union, in order to hasten the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad.

At the same time, Western countries blamed the humanitarian crisis due to their defense of the mercenary bands who commit acts of sabotage against factories of food and medicine, said the television. sus/tgj /lr
Modificado el ( martes, 30 de abril de 2013 )

Nein zum Aggressions-Kurs Erdogans

1. Mai in Istanbul: Zehntausende sagen NEIN zu Erdogans Aggressionskurs gegenüber dem Nachbarland Syrien

Glaubt nicht der schwarzen Propaganda, nicht hierzulande, nicht anderswo!

Trotz Sperrung der öffentlichen Transportwege, trotz des voraus gegangenen Gerangels um den Taksimplatz, trotz massiver Polizeipräsenz, trotz Körperkontrolle und Polizeivergitterung finden sich Zehntausende auf dem Kadiköy-Platz ein, um friedlich, in guter Gesellschaft den Mai-Feiertag für ihre uneingeschränkte Solidarität mit der syrischen Nation zu nutzen . "Lang lebe der erste Mai und die aufgeklärte und unabhängige Türkei" lautet die immer wieder skandierte Parole. Der Protest des ersten Redners gilt den Polizei-Übergriffen gegen jene Demonstranten, die sich trotz Demonstrationsverbot auf dem traditionsreichen Taksimplatz eingefunden haben. Der durch Baustellen beeinträchtigte traditionsträchtige Platz wäre auch für die TKP der richtige Ort gewesen. Die Platzfrage aber sollte nicht die Inhalte verdrängen dürfen. Daher trugen sie ihr NEIN gegenüber der diktatorischen, aggressiven und unsozialen Politik Erdogans auf die asiatische Seite der 20 Millionenstadt. Sie rufen NEIN zum Bündnis der AKP Regierung mit dem US-Imperialismus, NEIN zur Aggression gegen das Nachbarland Syrien. Der Anwalt Adel Omar aus Damaskus überbringt die Dankesgrüße der starken Kommunistischen Partei Syriens auf Kurdisch. Schon vor der Übersetzung seiner Worte ins Türkische durch die Soziologieprofessorin Zeynep Bespinar erhält er Applaus für das gemeinsame Anliegen einer den Völker dienenden Friedenspolitik. Viele Mitglieder und Sympathisanten der Türkischen Kommunisten sind Kurden. Den neuerlich angekündigten „Friedensprozess“ Erdogans gegenüber den Kurden empfinden sie aber als heuchlerisch und den gemeinsamen Interessen nicht dienlich. Ganz entschieden lehnen sie alle gemeinsam die Islamisierungspolitik der türkischen Regierung ab. Sie arbeite einer Faschisierung in die Hände. Ein kurdischer Vertreter der jungen Arbeitslosen verleiht vom Podium herab seiner Überzeugung Ausdruck, die Regierung Erdogan werde ihre Problem nicht lösen. Dazu bedürfe es eines entschiedenen Kurswechsels. Ob Oberschüler, ob Studenten, ob Industriearbeiter oder Fakultätsmitglieder diverser Hochschulen, ob freie Journalisten, oder Musiker und Kulturschaffende, ob streikenden Mitarbeiter der türkischen Luftfahrtgesellschaft, ob prekär Beschäftigte, ob Jung ob Alt, sie alle eint heute eine Botschaft: Der Islam ist nicht die Lösung. Ein Politikwechsel mit Zielrichtung Frieden und Sozialismus weisen den Weg zur Überwindung des Desasters, das der neoliberalistische Imperialismus in der Türkei und anderswo hinterlässt.

Zehntausende gehen heute mit neuer Energie beflügelt nach Hause. Sie sind überzeugt, dass man gemeinsam für ein besseres Leben kämpfen kann und muss. Die gemeinsam von populären türkischen Musikern vorgetragene Maihymne wirkt elektrisierend.

Fernsehbilder von der Umgebung des Taksimplatzes, die sie später am Bildschirm wie in einer Endlosschleife präsentiert bekommen, sprechen zwar eine andere Sprache, die Sprache der Gewalt, die Sprache der Ausschreitungen. Aber man weiß, wer diese Bilder bestellt hat und wer sie bitter benötigt um die arbeitenden Bevölkerung zu spalten, hier wie anderswo. Überzeugen können diese Bilder nicht! Sie können die Macht des einen Prozent über Millionen Menschen auf die Dauer nicht aufrechterhalten

Die Hoffnung auf ein besseres Morgen können sie, insbesonders an diesem Tag, nicht zunichte machen.

Bericht Irene Eckert, 1. Mai Istanbul-Kadköy

Festival in Antakya in Solidarity with Syria

Date and Time:29 April 2013 - 9:23 -  Print This Post

The Turkish Peace Association and the International Peace Council held a huge festival in Antakya on Sunday to express solidarity with Syria in the face of the plot to which it was exposed.

The event was attended by social figures and MPs in addition to huge numbers of citizens.

The participants hailed the Syrian leadership and people, stressing that Syria is resisting the international imperialism and defending its independence and sovereignty.

They said that the future of the region should be determined only by its peoples, adding that the region’s peoples will foil the conspiracy against Syria.

The festival included popular songs by Turkish band and famous Turkish singers.

5000 Bürger der Provinz Hatay sagen Nein zur Aggression gegen Syrien!

5000 Bürger der Provinz Hatay sagen Nein zur Aggression gegen Syrien!

Die Menschen der Region Hatay verteidigen die nationale Souveränität des syrischen Volkes, ihrer Freunde und Nachbarn. Populäre Rockstars, Sänger und Musiker,Schauspieler wie Yasar Aydin, Edip Akbayram, Metin Coslem unterstützen die Sache des Volkes hier, und Lokalpolitiker schließen sich dem klaren Votum der Menschen an. Stoppt die Aggression gegen Syrien! Wir wollen in Frieden mit unseren Nachbarn leben! Zieht die Patriot-Raketen zurück, sie dienen diesem Frieden nicht! Wir brauchen offene Grenzen! Wir wollen, dass der Handel wieder floriert, wir wollen syrische Touristen, Nachbarn, Freunde, Verwandte bei uns willkommen heißen, wie eh und je. Wir wollen die Transportwege offen sehen, die uns mit Nordafrika verbinden!

Adel Omar, Oppositionspolitiker, Repräsentant der syrischen Kommunistischen Partei, Anwalt und Journalist, sagt unter der jubelnden Zustimmung eines überwiegend jungen Publikums: Man macht keine Revolution mit der Nato!! Er trägt ein Che Guevara Käpi, das ihm ein ermordeter Freund hinterlassen hat.

Adel Omar ist Patriot. Er ist jung, großgewachsen, charmant und gebildet. Deutsch hat er am Goethe-Institut in Damaskus gelernt. Heute verteidigt er seine Heimat mit Kopf und Herz gegen die ausländischen Aggressoren. Er weiß, dass er dabei sein Leben aufs Spiel setzt. Dieser Krieg ist anders. Er wird nicht an offenen Fronten, sondern heimtükisch geführt. Heckenschützen besetzen die Häuser und nehmen die Einwohner als Geiseln. Die syrische Armee, die Polizei haben wenig Chancen die Täter zu verfolgen ohne zivile Opfer zu verursachen. Damit kalkulieren die gedungen Mörder.

Abels Weg nach Antakya führte über den Umweg Beirut und Istanbul. Der direkte Wege über seinen Heimatort jenseits der türkischen Grenze ist ihm versperrt. Seine eindringliche Botschaft heißt: Wir brauchen keine humanitäre Hilfe. Unser Mitttel und unser Mut reichen aus, um uns zu verteidigen, um uns schützend vor unsere Regierung, vor unser Staatswesen zu stellen. Wir brauchen eure politische Solidarität, euer Verständnis für unsere Situation. Eure Stellungnahme gegen die wirklichen Aggressoren.

Mein Land ist einer äußerst gefährlichen und raffinierten Aggression ausgesetzt, erklärt er später in Interviews mit lokalen Instanzen, Parlamentariern, mit Bürgermeistern in der Region. Unsere Souveränität, unsere Unabhängigkeit, unsere territoriale Integrität ist bedroht. Uns wird sogar der Status als Rechtssubjekt streitig gemacht. Wir können nicht einmal völkerrechtlich Klage erheben. Wir werden wirtschaftlich stranguliert. Die Freiheit und Würde unseres Volkes ist bedroht. Die Akteure des anschwellenden Guerrilla-Feldzugs gegen unser Land haben erst heute früh einen Bombenanschlag auf unseren Premierminister verübt. Sein Sicherheitsmann ist dabei umgekommen. Inzwischen sterben täglich bis zu 500 Märtyer. Verantwortlich dafür sind der US-Imperialismus im Bunde mit dem zionistischen Israel und der EU. Diese imperialistischen Akteure finden Unterstützung durch reaktionäre arabische Regimes, durch die Türkei, dem loyalen Arm der Nato in der Region. Dieser Krieg ist kein Bürgerkrieg. Es ist kein Krieg den Syrer untereinander ausfechten. Nein! Unter trügerischen, fadenscheinigen Parolen wie “Förderung von Menschenrechten” und der bösartigen Parole “Befreiung des syrischen Volkes von ihrem Dikator” wird eine Aggression gegen unser Volk betrieben und ein schwarzer Propagandafeldzug gegen unseren Präsidenten geführt. Deswegen ist jetzt nicht der Moment unseren Staatschef zu kritisieren. Musste man ihm in der Vergangenheit auch politische Fehler ankreiden, muss man immer noch fordern, dass die Korruption bekämpft wird und dass unbelastete Minister in die Regierung aufgenommen werden, so war doch Präsident Bashar al-Assad nie ein Diktator oder Mörder. Nehmt solche Anschuldigungen aus euren Solidaritätsparolen! Sie sind falsch und helfen nicht den Menschen in Syrien. Adel wurde jubelnd von den Tausenden Konzertbesuchern begrüßt und jubelnder Beifall folgte seiner Rede. Adel hat bereits drei Bombenanschläge überlebt, die von Muslimbrüdern auf ihn verübt wurden. Er gilt den Kontras als Zielscheibe, weil er sich heute im Ausland schützend vor seine Regierung stellt und Zeugnis ablegt über das verhängnisvolle Wirken sogenannter Rebellen. Adel ist fassungslos darüber, dass die Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung ihren guten Namen dafür missbraucht, auf einer Konferenz in Düsseldorf einen Verterter der Muslimbrüder zu Wort kommen zu lassen und ihm Raum gibt, Waffen für deren frevelhaftes Tun einzufordern. Alles andere als Revolutionäre seien diese Mordgesellen, die ihm und seinen Landsleuten nach dem Leben trachten, ihr Eigentum stehlen, ihre Häuser in die Luft jagen. Diese Burschen seien konterrevolutionäre Banden, vom Ausland gedungene Mörder. Keinerlei progressive Symbolik, kein menschliches Vorgehen kennzeichne ihre Methoden. Ein Foto dieser Art “Guerrila” in der Jungen Welt vom 15. April empört ihn wie der ganze Bericht auf Seite 3 dieser sich links und alternativ gebenden Zeitung. Tränen stehen ihm bei der Lektüre in den Augen. Der junge Mann, dessen Familie bereits aus Syrien vor den Kontras geflüchtet ist, während er in Damaskus weiterhin mutig stand hält und sein Leben riskiert, ist fassungslos ob der von deutschen Linken dargebotenen Begriffslosigkeit.

Soccorro Gomez, ehemalige Justizministerin im Amazonasstaat Brasiliens, heute Vorsitzende des Weltfriedensrates, erklärt unterdessen: Die Aggresion gegen Syrien ist ein Angriff auf die ganze Region. Antakkya bildete vormals eine zentrale Transportachse zum Nahen Osten bis nach Nordafrika. Das Transportwesen dieser zweitwichtigsten Handelsroute für die Türkei liegt jetzt darnieder, die übrige Industrie auch, da die “Rebellen” die Grenze kontrollieren und die ganze Region terrorisieren. Der heimtückische Angriff auf Syrien gilt letzlich der ganzen menschlichen Gemeinschaft, meint die erfahrene indigene Politikerin. Die Welt muss im Eigeninteresse ihre Stimme erheben. Das gleiche Vorgehen wie in Syrien, kann und wird, wenn unwidersprochen, einem missliebigen Land nach dem anderen widerfahren. Dieser Gefahr müssen die friedliebenden Völker gemeinsam Einhalt gebieten. Kenntnisse darüber, was wirklich in Syrien dieser Tage geschieht, ist die Grundvorrausetzung für den erforderlichen Aufschrei gegenüber dem heimtückischen Feldzug gegen das immer wieder kolonisierte Land unterstreicht Frau Gomez. Eine starke ausländische Vertretung von Friedenskräften, die herzlich willkommen war, wird dafür Sorge tragen, dass zumindest das Wissen in die Welt hinausgeht. Asiatische und russische Medien berichteten schon breit über die Tage lange Konferenz, deren Abschluss und Höhepunkt das Konzert in der Provinz Hatay bildete. In Istanbul war sie am 25. April im Nazim Hikmet Kultur-Zentrum eröffnet worden. Zahlreiche freiwillige, meist jugendliche Helfer unterstützten die türkischen Organisatoren der Friedensgesellschaft und den Weltfriedensrat als Schirmherrn bei ihrer großartigen Arbeit. Besuche bei Vertretern von Gewerkschaften, Ständekammern der Anwälte und der Ärzte in der 20 Milionenstadt Istanbul und Begegnungen mit Parlamentariern und Bürgermeistern gehörten mit zum umfangreichen Programm. Die Aufgeschlossenheit dieser Kreise gegenüber dem vorgetragenen Anliegen war bemerkenswert. Konsensfähig ist demnach die Parole:

Es lebe die wirkliche Völkerverständigung und die echte anti-imperialistische Solidarität!

SYRIA: NATO'S NEXT WAR By Prof Michel Chossudovsky

Modeled on the Saddam Hussein WMD narrative, the propaganda ploy concerning the alleged threat of Syria’s chemical weapons has been building up over several months.

The Western media suggests –in chorus and without evidence– that  a “frustrated” and “desperate” president Bashar al Assad is planning to use deadly chemical weapons against his own people. Last week, U.S. officials revealed to NBC News that “Syria’s military has loaded nerve-gas chemicals into bombs and are awaiting final orders from al-Assad”.

Western governments are now accusing Syria of planning a diabolical scheme on the orders of the Syrian head of State. Meanwhile, the media hype has gone into full gear. Fake reports on Syria’s WMD are funneled into the news chain, reminiscent of the months leading up to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.

The evolving media consensus is that  “the regime of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad appears to be entering its twilight”  and that the “international community” has a responsibility to come to the rescue of the Syrian people to prevent the occurrence of a humanitarian disaster.

“…Fears are growing in the West that Syria will unleash chemical weapons in a last-ditch act of desperation”

Recent reports that the embattled government of Syria has begun preparations for the use of chemical weapons [against the Syrian people] . After two years of civil war and more than 40,000 deaths, events in Syria may be heading to a bloody crescendo.  (WBUR, December 11, 2012)

Syria versus Iraq

Antiwar critics have largely underscored the similarities with the Iraq WMD ploy, which consisted in accusing the government of Saddam Hussein of possessing Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). The alleged WMD threat was then used as a justification to invade Iraq in March 2003.

The WMD Iraq ploy was subsequently acknowledged in the wake of the invasion as an outright fabrication, with president George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair actually recognizing that it was a “big mistake”. In a recent statement Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu called  for ‘lying’ Blair and Bush to face trial in the Hague`s International Criminal Court

The Syria WMD saga is in marked contrast to that of Iraq. The objective is not to” justify” an all out humanitarian war on Syria, using chemical weapons as a pretext.

An examination of  allied military planning as well as the nature of US-NATO support to the opposition forces suggests a different course of action to that adopted in relation to Iraq (2003) and Libya (2011).

The purpose is indeed to demonize Bashar Al Assad but the objective at this stage is not the conduct of an all out “shock and awe” war on Syria, involving a full fledged air campaign. Such an action would, under present conditions, be a highly risky undertaking. Syria has advanced air defense capabilities, equipped with Russian Iskander missiles (see image) as well as significant ground forces. A Western military operation could also lead to a response from Russia, which has a naval base at the port city of Tartus in Southern Syria.

Moreover, Iranian forces from its revolutionary guards corps (IRGC) are present on the ground in Syria; Russian military advisers are involved in the training of the Syrian military.

In recent developments, Syria took delivery of the more advanced Russian Iskander missile system, the Mach 6-7,  in response to the deployment of US Made Patriot missiles in Turkey.  Syria already possesses the less advanced E-Series Iskander.  Syria is also equipped with the Russian ground to air defense missile system Pechora-2M.  (see video below)

Iskander Mach 6-7

Description

The Pechora-2M is a surface-to-air anti-aircraft short-range missile system designed for destruction of aircraft, cruise missiles, assault helicopters and other air targets at ground, low and medium altitudes.

Ground to air defense Russian Pechora 2M deployed to Syria

Non-Conventional Warfare

At this juncture, despite US-NATO military superiority, an all out military operation, for the reasons mentioned above, is not contemplated.

Non-conventional warfare remains the chosen avenue. Reports confirm that NATO-led military operations would be largely in support of rebel forces, its command structure, communications systems, recruitment, training, the transfer to rebel forces of more advanced weapons. Part of this undertaking including the training of rebels is being carried by private mercenary companies.

A limited and selective air campaign in support of the rebels, using Syria’s chemical weapons bunker stockpiles as a pretext could be contemplated, but even this would be a risky undertaking given Syria’s air defense capabilities.

What was on the drawing board of a recent “Semi-Secret” Meeting in London, hosted by General Sir David Julian Richards, head of Britain’s Defense Staff  is a coordinated military agenda characterised by “air and naval support, plus military training for the opposition”.

The meeting in London included the participation of  the military chiefs of France, Turkey, Jordan, Qatar, the UAE and the US. No further details were made public (See Felicity Arbuthnot, Secret Meetings in London Plotting to Wage War on Syria without UN Authorization, Global Research, December 11, 2012

The thrust of this London gathering behind closed doors (reported on December 10, 2012) was to support a unified military command structure of opposition forces designed to “unify insurgent ranks” fighting government forces. In practice, this will require a renewed influx of mercenaries under the supervision of Western special forces which are already on the ground inside Syria.

Staging a Humanitarian Disaster?

The training component of  US-NATO action is of crucial importance. How does it relate to the Syria ‘chemical weapons’ issue?

The Western military alliance does not contemplate at this stage an all out war in response to Syria’s possession of chemical weapons. What is contemplated is the need to train the opposition rebels in the handling of chemical weapons.

This specialized training program which was confirmed is already ongoing, implemented with the support of specialized private mercenary and security companies on contract to the Pentagon:

“The United States and some European allies are using defense contractors to train Syrian rebels on how to secure chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria, a senior U.S. official and several senior diplomats told CNN Sunday. ( CNN Report, December 9, 2012)

What is unfolding is a diabolical scenario –which is an integral part of military planning– namely a situation where opposition terrorists advised by Western defense contractors are actually in possession of chemical weapons.

This is not a rebel training exercise in non-proliferation. While president Obama states that “you will be held accountable” if “you” (meaning the Syrian government) use chemical weapons, what is contemplated as part of this covert operation is the possession of chemical weapons by the US-NATO sponsored terrorists, namely “by our” Al Qaeda affiliated operatives,  including the Al Nusra Front (see image on right), which constitutes the most effective Western financed and trained fighting group, largely integrated by foreign mercenaries. In a bitter twist, Jabhat al-Nusra, a US sponsored “intelligence asset”, was recently put on the State Department’s list of terrorist organizations.

The West claims that it is coming to the rescue of the Syrian people, whose lives are allegedly threatened by Bashar Al Assad.  The truth of the matter is that the Western military alliance is not only supporting the terrorists, including the Al Nusra Front, it is also making chemical weapons available to its proxy “opposition” rebel forces.

The next phase of this diabolical scenario is that the chemical weapons could be used by the US-NATO recruited “opposition” terrorists against civilians, which could potentially lead an entire nation into a humanitarian disaster.

The broader issue is: who is a threat to the Syrian people? The Syrian government of Bashar al Assad or the US-NATO-Israel military alliance which is recruting and training “opposition” terrorist forces.

The Syria Chemical Weapons Pretext: Background

The Syria Chemical Weapons Saga was launched last Summer. In  early August, the Pentagon announced that it would send “small teams of special operations troops” into Syria with a view to destroying Syria’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). These teams would in turn be supported by “precision air strikes”, namely air raids. An all out aerial attack was not contemplated. According to the Pentagon, the precision strikes were intended to “destroy the chemical weapons without dispersing them in the air”, a highly risky undertaking…

Ironically, at the outset of this diabolical plan, the US special forces incursion and air operation were not to be directed against the Syrian regime. In fact quite the opposite. The stated intent of the operation was to protect civilians against “opposition” rebels, rather than government forces.

No accusations were directed against President Bashar al Assad to the effect that he was underhandedly conniving to use WMD against Syrian civilians. According to the Pentagon, the operation was to ensure that Syria’s WMDs, which allegedly “are left unguarded” in military bunkers around the country do not fall in the hands of opposition jihadist rebels who are fighting government forces:

Pentagon planners are more focused on protecting or destroying any Syrian stockpiles that are left unguarded and at risk [of] falling into the hands of rebel fighters or militias aligned with Al Qaeda, Hezbollah or other militant groups. ( U.S. has plans in place to secure Syria chemical arms – latimes.com, August 22, 2012

What the Pentagon was saying in August, was that these WMD could fall in the hands of  the “pro-democracy” freedom fighters recruited and financed by several of America’s close allies including Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, in liaison with Washington and NATO headquarters in Brussels.

In essence, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was refuting his own lies. In August he acknowledged the terrorist threat, now he is accusing Bashar Al Assad. Tacitly acknowledged by Washington, the majority of the Syrian freedom fighters are not only foreign mercenaries, they also belong to extremist Islamist groups, which are on the State Department’s list of terrorist organizations.

Israel is a partner in the Syria chemical weapons operation in liaison with NATO and the Pentagon.

Training Terrorists in the Use of Chemical Weapons

If the Obama administration were genuinely concerned in preventing these chemical weapons from falling “in the wrong hands” (as suggested by the Pentagon in August), why then are they now training “opposition rebels” –largely composed of Salafist and Al Qaeda affiliated fighters– to gain control over government stockpiles of chemical weapons?

The training [in chemical weapons], which is taking place in Jordan and Turkey, involves how to monitor and secure stockpiles and handle weapons sites and materials, according to the sources. Some of the contractors are on the ground in Syria working with the rebels to monitor some of the sites, according to one of the officials.

The nationality of the trainers was not disclosed, though the officials cautioned against assuming all are American. (CNN, December 09, 2012)

While the news report does not confirm the identity of the defense contractors, the official statements suggest a close contractual relationship to the Pentagon:

The US decision to hire unaccountable defense contractors to train Syrian rebels to handle stockpiles of chemical weapons seems dangerously irresponsible in the extreme, especially considering how inept Washington has so far been at making sure only trustworthy, secular rebels – to the extent they exist – receive their aid and the weapons that allies in the Gulf Arab states have been providing.

It also feeds accusations that the Syrian Foreign Ministry recently made that the US is working to frame the Syrian regime as having used or prepared for chemical warfare.

“What raises concerns about this news circulated by the media is our serious fear that some of the countries backing terrorism and terrorists might provide the armed terrorist groups with chemical weapons and claim that it was the Syrian government that used the weapons,” the letters said.”( John Glaser, Us Defense Contractors Training Syrian Rebels, Antiwar.com, December 10, 2012, See also CNN Report, December 9, 2012)

The central question is: what is the nature of this gruesome covert operation? Is the purpose of the US-NATO led operation to “prevent” or “encourage” the use of chemical weapons by the Free Syrian Army (FSA)?

The above report confirms that the US and NATO are training terrorists in the use of chemical weapons. Does this type of specialized training require the actual handling of toxic chemicals? In other words, is the Western military alliance, through its appointed defense contractors, making chemical weapons available to terrorists for training purposes?

Knowing that the Syrian insurgency is in large part made up of jihadists and Al Qaeda affiliated formations, this is hardly a means to “preventing” the actual use of chemical weapons against civilians. Moreover, amply documented, many of the “opposition” rebels who are receiving training in chemical weapons, have committed countless atrocities directed against Syrian civilians, including the massacres in Houla:

“Terrorist groups may resort to using chemical weapons against the Syrian people… after having gained control of a toxic chlorine factory [in Aleppo],” the foreign ministry said Saturday.” (Press TV, December 8, 2012)

It should be noted that the use of chemical weapons by opposition forces does not require that the rebels actually secure control over government stockpiles. Chemical weapons could easily be made available –from Western stockpiles– to the defense contractors involved in the specialized chemical weapons training programs.

Needless to say, the chemical weapons training and the involvement of private mercenary outfits on contract to NATO and the Pentagon, increase the risk; they create conditions which favor the use of chemical weapons by opposition forces, thereby potentially triggering a nationwide humanitarian disaster.

The US-NATO coalition has clarified at its “semi-secret” meeting in London (reported on December 10), however, that it does not contemplate “boots on the ground”. The special forces will be working with the opposition insurgency against government forces.

In the absence of an all out US-NATO military operation, the focus is on non-conventional warfare. In this context, one of  several diabolical “options on the table” would be to create conditions whereby chemical weapons “fall in the hands” of the terrorists thereby potentially triggering a nationwide humanitarian disaster.

While this option, were it to be carried out, would not require a US-NATO military intervention, the humanitarian catastrophe would set the stage for the collapse of the Syrian government, namely the long sought objective of “regime change”.

The Libya or Iraq model is not an option. The strategic choice of the Western military alliance points towards the possible staging of a humanitarian catastrophe?

In the logic of war propaganda and media disinformation, the deaths of civilians resulting from the use of chemical weapons would be blamed on President Bashar Al Assad, with a view to enforcing subsequent actions by the US-NATO military alliance.

We are not suggesting that this option will inevitably be carried out. What we are saying is that the option of chemical weapons in the hands of the rebels which could potentially trigger a humanitarian disaster is on the US-NATO drawing board.

How can we ensure that this gruesome and diabolical option be thwarted and definitively shelved?

The issue must be brought into the open. Public opinion must be mobilized against the US-NATO-Israel led war.

Denounce the Déjà Vu WMD lies.

Challenge the mainstream media consensus.

Reveal and refute the lies and fabrications concerning Syria’s chemical weapons program.

Spread the word, far and wide,

Bring the issue to the forefront of public debate, Confront the war criminals in high office. 1744

Articles by:Prof Michel Chossudovsky

About the author:

Michel Chossudovsky is an award-winning author, Professor of Economics (emeritus) at the University of Ottawa, Founder and Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Montreal and Editor of the globalresearch.ca website. He is the author of The Globalization of Poverty and The New World Order (2003) and America’s “War on Terrorism”(2005). His most recent book is entitled Towards a World War III Scenario: The Dangers of Nuclear War (2011). He is also a contributor to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. His writings have been published in more than twenty languages. He can be reached at crgeditor@yahoo.com

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