http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/19/syria-damascus-firefight-reports?newsfeed=true The Rebels tactics changed and now instead of trying to hold onto towns and villages with little support and being retaken by the army they have now decided to bomb and do indescriminate attacks to government buildings. Seems the promised Saudi and Qatari arms and bomb experts have arrived in Syria and are now stepping up the campaign to bomb Assad out of office. Bravo Saudi Goldfinger and Cousin Al Thani in Doha
.http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/03/21/202177.html So it seems the claims that Assad had done these bombings were lies and in fact if this is true which seems likely since Qatar and Saudi are arming the rebels that these are the guys to blame for the bombings.
There's more to this rebellion than meets the eye. There's more to the entire Arab Spring than meets the eye. Maybe officials should spend as much time investigating the rebellion and the entire Spring as they do Assad's crappy regime.
Saudi and Qatar Who are being targeted? Everyone who is not Wahabi. The Wahabi jihadists have been unleashed over the last 10 years funded by Saudi in Pakistan. You have to be totally blind not to see it. Who is supporting them blindly in their mission to spread Wahabism and kill the kufar? Uncle Sam and his cousins makes no sense but that's the way it is
The Free Syrian Army is mainly armed with AK-47s and RPG-7s.[64] Because defecting soldiers lack air cover, deserting soldiers have to abandon their armoured vehicles. Soldiers defect carrying only their army issued light arms and hide in cities, suburbs or the cover of the countryside.[12] Raids on government checkpoints and arms depots are carried out to supply the free army with ammunition and new arms. The FSA also purchases weapons on the Syrian black market which is supplied by arms smugglers from neighboring countries and corrupt loyalist forces selling government arms. There have been reports that whole arms depots have been offered for sale, although these offers were refused because of fears of a potential trap.[65][66] Besides AK-47s, some free army soldiers also have M16s, FN FALs, shotguns,[67] G3 assault rifles,[68] and PK machine guns.[69] Because the free army has a limited supply of weapons, Colonel Riad Asaad has asked the international community to help supply them with arms so that they can protect the Syrian people.[70][71] As of winter, the FSA had not secured outside funding or arms supplies.[72] The Free Syrian Army is mainly armed with light weapons, however, it has a few heavy weapons which it has captured. In February, video footage was posted online showing a captured government tank, being used in Homs by the FSA forces. The tank carried flags of the Syrian opposition and was seen firing with armed men in civilian clothes backing it up and taking cover behind it.[73] The Free Syrian Army appears to have confirmed that they have a few tanks, as a spokesman stated that when 100 soldiers defected one day, they brought three tanks with them.[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Syrian_Army#Weapons
Every country wants to rule other countries Even other are shall or big countries they want to rule, because of other's are improving the technology as better compare to us. so we are thinking that if any country need any better technology they have to depend on us, that why the wars are going
Syria is about drought, unemployment, declining oil revenues and fear that the Druze and Alawites will be subject to persecution and discrimination again if the Bathists give up power.
Its crystal clear the "west" is trying disorient Syria so when an attack on IRAN happens the fallout to Israel will be minimal. *I call it the "west" even though it is not a collective western pursuit and Some middle eastern countries are involved. If someone can come up with a better name let me know
http://www.politicalforum.com/curre...rotests-underlying-causes.html#post1061048061 Syria's problems center on drought, poverty, unemployment, declining oil revenues and minority rights. Why be dragged around by the lies of DEBKA and PressTV??
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MINORITY RIGHTS IN SYRIA http://www.minorityrights.org/5271/syria/alawis.html EXCERPT: Under Sunni-dominated Syria, the Alawi minority faced discrimination as heretics. However, once Hafez al-Assad, an Alawi, seized power in 1970, group members rapidly gained privileged status. Assad surrounded himself with Alawis, especially stocking them in key state security roles. The Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni organization, targeted Alawis for violence during the 1970s, but the regime crushed the group in a 1982 massacre. Alawis maintained their privileged status when Assad's son Bashar assumed the presidency following his death in 2000. It is important to note that whilst government is dominated by Alawi leaders, there are also Alawis among the opposition. As one human rights activist told the International Crisis Group in 2003, It is not the case of a confessional community that governs; instead it is the case of a group that uses a confessional group to govern.' Current issues Alawis remain dominant in Syria, although they only make up 11 per cent of the population. Religious disdain for and resentment of Alawis among many in the 74-per-cent Sunni country, and Alawi memories of state discrimination before 1970, provide an added incentive for Alawi officials in the regime to fear the possibility of Syria's democratization.
The causes of trouble in Syria are poverty, unemployment, declining oil revenues, drought that is driving farm labor into crowded, impoverished cities and minority rights. Its NOT the US or Saudi Arabia or the Wahhabis.
Syria: Why al-Qaeda Is Winning By Ed Husain Our collective excitement at the possibility that the Assad regime will be destroyed, and the Iranian ayatollahs weakened in the process, is blurring our vision and preventing us from seeing the rise of al-Qaeda in Syria. In March of this year, jihadis mounted seven attacks against Assad. By June, they had led 66 “operations,” and over half of these were on Syria’s capital, Damascus. The Syrian opposition is benefiting hugely from the terrorist organization’s determination, discipline, combat experience, religious fervor, and ability to strike the Assad regime where it hurts most. The territory in the Middle East that al-Qaeda covets most is of course Saudi Arabia, but Syria is next on the list. Now, Syria is not Syria to jihadis, but part of Bilaad al-Shaam, what the region was called when when borders did not divide the lands we now call Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and, crucially, Israel and the Palestinian territories. To al-Qaeda, these modern-day countries are based on artificial borders created after the First World War by the British and French, descendants of the eleventh-century Crusaders who occupied Jerusalem. Yes, al-Qaeda has a long historical memory, but it also has plans for its future. And in Bilaad al-Shaam, the future is looking good for al-Qaeda. As long as Assad governs Syria, brigades of Arab and other Muslim fighters will continue to gather in Bilaad al-Shaam to support the jihad of the Sunni Muslims against an Alawite infidel, as they see it. Assad offers them a rallying point. In the process, al-Qaeda’s local franchises will win support and create alliances with Syria’s tribes and Sunni religious leaders. In the event of Assad’s falling, al-Qaeda will probably gain de facto control of parts of Syria to serve as a new strategic base for jihadis in the Middle East, or at least enjoy tribal protection in the broader regions with Iraq and Jordan. A new government in Syria not only will be indebted to these fighters, but also will be in need of their cooperation to minimize the potential of militias fighting each other. Just as Syria is not Syria to al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda is not al-Qaeda as we know it to the rebel forces of the Free Syrian Army. For Syrian opposition soldiers, the al-Qaeda fighters are welcome Arab and Muslim volunteers, mujahideen, religious brethren who call themselves Jabhat al-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Shaam (Front for the Victory of the Levantine people), among other names. Not since the days of the Afghan jihad against the Soviets has global jihadism found this rare combination of native Sunni Muslim hospitality, a powerful cause, available cash, eager Arab support, Western acquiescence, and the constant arrival of young Muslims to fight under its banner to create an Islamist government. While exact numbers of jihadist fighters are hard to come by, it is a fact that in every crucial battle of the last three months, from Aleppo to Homs to Deir al-Zor to Damascus, al-Qaeda has been prominent. For the foreseeable future, the Assad government will continue to face violent uprisings in city after city. It will lose control over its borders with Jordan, Iraq, Turkey, and Lebanon, and foreign fighters will arrive in droves because jihad in Bilaad al-Shaam holds several powerful promises.http://www.cfr.org/syria/syria-why-...ign=Feed:+cfr_main+(CFR.org+-+Main+Site+Feed)
