‘They are killing each other’: Western weapons for Syrian rebels will intensify war

 

The US decision to arm the Syrian rebels fighting government troops has sparked feuds among various rebel factions dominated by radical Islamist fighters. RT contributor Afshin Rattansi warns against the move, as internal schisms among the rebels deepen.

A power struggle may also be brewing in the rebels’ ranks: Fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front have reportedly assassinated a large number of officers of the Free Syrian Army.

RT: The Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front is now said to be targeting Free Syrian Army (FSA), but these two share a common goal – to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. Is there some sort of power struggle we are seeing within the rebel ranks?

Afshin Rattansi: The rebel ranks were in Istanbul recently, where they could make no type of agreement between themselves. Now they are actually killing each other. This power struggle has been going on for months and months.

And presumably President Obama and the NATO powers are saying that they will give weapons to the Free Syrian Army. Well, if Al-Nusra Front is murdering members of the Free Syrian Army, then presume they take some of those arms and use them. Disunity in the rebel ranks is high, and is now extending to attacking Kurds in the northern part of Syria.

CIA drone war - How has the US got away with it?

Published on Jun 17, 2013 : Over the past decade the CIA has launched hundreds of drone attacks on Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan, killing nearly 1,000 civilians, and making daily life a living hell for those on the ground. We explain exactly what drones are and how the US has been getting away with these attacks for so long.

Working around 10 Downing Street Memo!

It's an open secret that some Nations are arming Syrians 'rebels' (Incl America?), the current noise is to increase the stakes to the extend of imposing a no fly zone?

Syrian civilians will be sitting ducks?

Indications are US & Allies are working out the '10 Downing Street memo' instructions for Syria. Have a policy to armed Syrians rebel, and have everything else to work around that policy!

Can we trust US intelligence on Syrian chemical weapons?

Published on Jun 14, 2013 : Barack Obama has announced that the US will support the rebels in Syria with weapons. Russia have said that the evidence used to justify this is not convincing, yet both France and Britain are on board that Assad has used chemical weapons. We want to hear your thoughts. Can a military intervention be justified on these assertions?

AJE Iranian election campaigns?

Never mine about their rights, don't talk about it!
Forget all the wrongs done by the US on them...
Don't talk of compensations & not even of releasing
or allow them to liquidate their frozen assets...
Just campaign for forces - pro getting the US sanctions lifted?

We know what you expect from some one you termed moderate? 

Hasan Rouhani leads vote count in Iran

Published on 15 Jun 2013 : In early results for Iran's presidential election, Hassan Rouhani has a significant lead. The cleric is the only relative moderate centrist running against his conservative rivals.

AJE, voice of US State Dept - Going after Hezbollah?

1] Attempts at listing Hezbollah a a terrorists organization by EU, not very successful & popular with the people, many knew by heart the history of formation of Israel - is this a desperate move by AJE to ensure that?
2] US & Israel have not been 100% successful to create a global Sunni hatred towards Iran & Hezbollah - is this a double sided sword move by AJE to achieve that?
3] Lebanon has not seen much successful moves to create sectarian violence there, lately - is this a triple agenda by AJE to realize that goal? GIVING THEIR MERCENARIES A BOOST?

Syria rebels mull next move after Qusayr fall

Published on 6 Jun 2013 The Syrian town of Qusayr was lost by the rebels 24 hours ago, a big strategic win for the Assad government. By holding Qusayr, the government is now in control of vital roads and supply routes. As the Free Syrian Army retreats, the focus turns to Syria's other frontlines. It is likely that Assad loyalist supported by Hezbollah fighters will try to secure towns in and around Homs, as well as the rebel stronghold of Aleppo. Rebel forces have been in control of the main military airports in Aleppo for the past few months.

Selling Usury?

International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings Highlights

Published on 7 Jun 2013: Gerry Rice, Director of IMF's External Relations Department, provides highlights of the main messages, issues and events taking place during the 2013 World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings

Afghanistan: The price of revenge - Episode 2

Published on 7 Jun 2013 AJE Analysis : After years of violence and bloodshed, the lives of more than 3,000 soldiers have been lost, and the US leaves behind a country on the brink of civil war.

Syrian civil war widens worryingly?

Cystalizing & moving towards end of history? Syrian forces regain main Golan Heights crossing

Published on 6 Jun 2013 : The Syrian conflict is edging closer to Israel. Syrian government forces have retaken a crossing between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Rebels had seized Quneitra earlier on Thursday. The fighting took place close to the headquarters of a United Nations peacekeeping force. Two UN peacekeepers were wounded, prompting Austria to announce it was withdrawing its troops.

Assad claims, Russia denies, and fighting in Syria continues

Published on 30 May 2013 : The boasts expressed by Syria's president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday that his country had taken delivery of an entire system of advanced Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missiles have done nothing to ease tension in the Syrian crisis.

New Film Exposes the Israeli Weapon and Security Industry

Published on 19 May 2013 - Yotam Feldman: the Israeli economy has become dependent on the massive security market. Governments act in hypocrisy when they purchase Israeli arms used against Palestinians, but criticize Israeli violence.

Israeli Strikes in Syria Pose Dilemma for Arab States

Published on 6 May 2013 : The response to Israeli airstrikes against Syrian government targets highlights the intricate web of loyalties ensnaring neighboring Arab states. VOA's Elizabeth Arrott has more from Cairo.

Dozens die in quake near Iran nuclear plant

Published on 9 Apr 2013 : A powerful earthquake has struck close to Iran's only nuclear power station, killing at least 32 people and injuring 850 more as it devastated small villages, according to state media reports.

Tuesday's 6.3 magnitude quake totally destroyed one village, a Red Crescent official told the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA), but the nearby Bushehr nuclear plant was undamaged, according to a local politician and the Russian company that built it.

Many houses in rural parts of the province are made of mud brick, which can easily crumble in a quake.

     

Malaysia PM dissolves parliament

Published on 3 Apr 2013 : Malaysia's parliament has been dissolved ahead of a general election expected to be held later this month. The party of the prime minister, Najib Razak, has ruled for more than 50 years. The next election is expected to be a tight contest.

Syrian opposition elects US-educated tech exec as interim PM

 

The Syrian opposition coalition has elected Western-educated former businessman and US citizen Ghassan Hitto to oversee a provisional government for Syria's rebel-held areas in a vote in Istanbul on Tuesday.

The Syrian opposition coalition has elected Western-educated former businessman and US citizen Ghassan Hitto to oversee a provisional government for Syria's rebel-held areas in a vote in Istanbul on Tuesday.

Hitto, who is viewed as a ‘consensus candidate’ among Syria’s liberal and Islamist factions, received 35 votes out of 49 ballots cast during the Syrian National Coalition meeting.

Opinion: Diplomatic moves pave the way for Easter “Surprise” for Iran

Inspirational speech, a long delayed apology and a Passover gift for Iran.

How to get flight corridors to achieve a surgical strike on Iran’s nuclear ambitions in the immediate future.

On 20 March I received intel from a News Agency insider that the Israeli government are planning an Easter exploit on Iran, that the US was desperately trying to cool things down and planning how best to keep out of it, as was the UK.

Without further verification this would be hard to publish on its own other than as an “insider rumour”,  however as further reaction and results come in from Obama’s visit to Israel, the news stories themselves seem to be verifying it.

Firstly lets look at the nature and the text of Obama’s speech- Essential theme of duality; going beyond, and avoiding mistakes that have attracted criticism in the past (such as his connection of the “holocaust” to the creation of Israel in 2010) to the point of confirming dubious rhetoric that he knows to be false;

“When I consider Israel’s security, I also think about a people who have a living memory of the Holocaust, faced with the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iranian government that has called for Israel’s destruction.”— Obama

Malaysian-trained MNLF fighters 'on attack' : a blow back?

Published on 15 Mar 2013 : The former head of a Filipino separatist group, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), has told Al Jazeera that despite support from Malaysia in the 1960s, some of his fighters have now turned against the Malaysian government. According to Nur Misuari, the MNLF fighters have joined the Royal Army of Sulu, which has been fighting for control of Malaysia's eastern Sabah state. Al Jazeera's Jamela Alindogan reports from the Philippine capital, Manila, on whether Malaysia's foreign policy in the 1960s has backfired.

Iran and Armenia Find Solidarity in Isolation.

Published on 12 Mar 2013 : While the West seeks to isolate Iran over its disputed nuclear program, landlocked Armenia seeks to build relations with its neighbor without violating international sanctions.

Iran, Pakistan press pipeline despite US sanctions threat

Published on 11 Mar 2013 : Iranian and Pakistani leaders inaugurated the construction of a much-delayed section of a $7.5 billion gas pipeline linking the two neighbours Monday, defying the threat of US sanctions.

Catastrophic spiral in Mali. Opinion.

Published on 18 Feb 2013 : PressTV - talk to a member of Women of Africa, Alice Ukoko, about another military intervention by NATO countries in Africa.

Bulgaria blames Hezbollah for Burgos bomb.

Published on 5 Feb 2013 : Bulgaria has accused the Lebanese-based militant organisation Hezbollah of being behind the Burgos bus bombing last July, which killed five Israelis.

Chuck Hegel - are they electing Defense Minister for the Knesset?

Published on Feb 5, 2013 - US Defense Secretary Nominee, looks like a pussy - being bullied by the pro Jewish Republicans Senators.