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*** 7-Oct-16 World View -- UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura predicts total destruction of Aleppo by Christmas
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** UN envoy Staffan de mistura asks al-Nusra fighters to leave Aleppo
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Staffan de Mistura (Reuters)
Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations envoy for Syria, gave a
passionate speech on Thursday, where practically begged both sides to
stop the genocide going on in east Aleppo in Syria.
De Mistura's point was that there are over 275,000 people in ease
Aleppo, but only about a thousand of them are members of Jabhat
al-Nusra (al-Nusra Front) which recently renamed itself Jabhat Fateh
al-Sham (JFS) when it cut its ties to al-Qaeda.
De Mistura begged the al-Nusra fighters to leave the city, rather than
to allow the destruction of Aleppo and the deaths of many of the
275,000 residents. Addressing himself directly to the al-Nusra
fighters, de Mistura said:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"Can you please look at my eyes, and those of the
> Aleppo people. Of the 275,000 civilians that are there where you
> are, and confidently those 275,000 people that you're going to
> stay there, and that you remain there and keep hostage of your
> refusal to leave the city, because 1,000 of you are deciding on
> the destiny of 275,000 civilians. I would like you to reply to
> this question -- not to me, but to those 275,000 people -- and if
> you did decide to leave, in dignity, and with your weapons, to
> Idlib or anywhere you wanted to go, I personally am ready
> physically to accompany you."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
It's a very dramatic offer, but the probability that it will be taken
up is pretty close to zero. Even if 1,000 fighters left the city,
Syria and Russia would claim that there were still more "terrorists."
In the event that de Mistura played the part of a Pied Piper leading
fighters out of Aleppo, it's even possible that Russian and Syrian
warplanes would target him and kill him, and then say that it was Nato
warplanes that killed him. Reuters and Asharq Al-Awsat
Related Articles
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**** Staffan de Mistura predicts total destruction of Aleppo by Christmas
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Russia and Syria have repeatedly been accused of war crimes and
genocide in recent days by United Nations officials, in reaction
Russian and Syrian warplanes indiscriminately attacking civilian
neighborhoods and hospitals with barrel bombs, chemical weapons
(chlorine gas), phosphorous bombs, cluster bombs and bunker bombs,
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura renewed those accusations on Thursday
by comparing the actions of Syria and Russia to the genocides at
Srebrenica and Rwanda.
He said that, unless there's a "game changer," the city of Aleppo will
by "totally destroyed" by Russia and Syria within 2 to 2 1/2 months,
presumably killing most of the 275,000 residents, who are "civilians,
not terrorists."
De Mistura said:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"There is only one thing that we are not ready to do -
> be passive, resignate ourselves to another Srebrenica, another
> Rwanda, which we are capable sadly today to recognize - written on
> that wall in front of us - unless something takes place.
>
> That doesn't mean that we will not -- and we will -- put this into
> context of a political process, because it's clear anything we do
> is not only about Aleppo is going to be also part of a political
> process that we will relaunch, we need to relaunch, we need a
> political horizon, based on what happens in the Security Council.
>
> Unless there is any major game changer that may change the
> equation, this cruel, constant use of military activities,
> bombing, fighting destruction in eastern Aleppo will continue.
> Let's be honest, there is nothing that tells us that it will not
> continue. ...
>
> The bottom line is - in maximum 2 months, 2 1/2 months the city of
> eastern Aleppo at this rate may be totally destroyed. We're
> talking about old city in particular. And thousands of Syrians -
> civilians, not terrorists -- will be killed. And many of the
> wounded. And thousands and thousands of them may try to become
> refugees in order to escape from there.
>
> This is what you, we, the world will be seeing when we will be
> trying to celebrate Christmas, or the end of the year, if this
> continues at this rate, unimpeded. Homs [Syrian city] multiplied
> by 50."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
It's been very clear for a long time that the depraved psychopath
Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria, would very much like to see
275,000 residents of Aleppo killed, even though only all but a few
thousand are innocent civilians. Syrian and Russian warplanes have
been bombing hospitals, schools and civilian neighborhoods even in
cities where al-Nusra was never present.
So de Mistura's passionate plea has no possibility whatsoever of
making a difference.
At Friday's emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Russia will
undoubtedly say that there more than just a few thousand of the
275,000 residents are "terrorists." Russia may even claim that almost
of the 275,000 residents are "terrorists." AFP and BBC
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Staffan de Mistura, Russia, Aleppo,
Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Nusra Front,
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, JFS, Front for the Conquest of Syria
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- UN envoy Staffan de mistura asks al-Nusra fighters to leave Aleppo
- Staffan de Mistura predicts total destruction of Aleppo by Christmas
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**** UN envoy Staffan de mistura asks al-Nusra fighters to leave Aleppo
****
Staffan de Mistura (Reuters)
Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations envoy for Syria, gave a
passionate speech on Thursday, where practically begged both sides to
stop the genocide going on in east Aleppo in Syria.
De Mistura's point was that there are over 275,000 people in ease
Aleppo, but only about a thousand of them are members of Jabhat
al-Nusra (al-Nusra Front) which recently renamed itself Jabhat Fateh
al-Sham (JFS) when it cut its ties to al-Qaeda.
De Mistura begged the al-Nusra fighters to leave the city, rather than
to allow the destruction of Aleppo and the deaths of many of the
275,000 residents. Addressing himself directly to the al-Nusra
fighters, de Mistura said:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"Can you please look at my eyes, and those of the
> Aleppo people. Of the 275,000 civilians that are there where you
> are, and confidently those 275,000 people that you're going to
> stay there, and that you remain there and keep hostage of your
> refusal to leave the city, because 1,000 of you are deciding on
> the destiny of 275,000 civilians. I would like you to reply to
> this question -- not to me, but to those 275,000 people -- and if
> you did decide to leave, in dignity, and with your weapons, to
> Idlib or anywhere you wanted to go, I personally am ready
> physically to accompany you."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
It's a very dramatic offer, but the probability that it will be taken
up is pretty close to zero. Even if 1,000 fighters left the city,
Syria and Russia would claim that there were still more "terrorists."
In the event that de Mistura played the part of a Pied Piper leading
fighters out of Aleppo, it's even possible that Russian and Syrian
warplanes would target him and kill him, and then say that it was Nato
warplanes that killed him. Reuters and Asharq Al-Awsat
Related Articles
- US cuts off talks with Russia, signaling turning point in Syria (04-Oct-2016)
- Syria's Al-Nusra splits with al-Qaeda, becoming Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (29-Jul-2016)
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**** Staffan de Mistura predicts total destruction of Aleppo by Christmas
****
Russia and Syria have repeatedly been accused of war crimes and
genocide in recent days by United Nations officials, in reaction
Russian and Syrian warplanes indiscriminately attacking civilian
neighborhoods and hospitals with barrel bombs, chemical weapons
(chlorine gas), phosphorous bombs, cluster bombs and bunker bombs,
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura renewed those accusations on Thursday
by comparing the actions of Syria and Russia to the genocides at
Srebrenica and Rwanda.
He said that, unless there's a "game changer," the city of Aleppo will
by "totally destroyed" by Russia and Syria within 2 to 2 1/2 months,
presumably killing most of the 275,000 residents, who are "civilians,
not terrorists."
De Mistura said:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"There is only one thing that we are not ready to do -
> be passive, resignate ourselves to another Srebrenica, another
> Rwanda, which we are capable sadly today to recognize - written on
> that wall in front of us - unless something takes place.
>
> That doesn't mean that we will not -- and we will -- put this into
> context of a political process, because it's clear anything we do
> is not only about Aleppo is going to be also part of a political
> process that we will relaunch, we need to relaunch, we need a
> political horizon, based on what happens in the Security Council.
>
> Unless there is any major game changer that may change the
> equation, this cruel, constant use of military activities,
> bombing, fighting destruction in eastern Aleppo will continue.
> Let's be honest, there is nothing that tells us that it will not
> continue. ...
>
> The bottom line is - in maximum 2 months, 2 1/2 months the city of
> eastern Aleppo at this rate may be totally destroyed. We're
> talking about old city in particular. And thousands of Syrians -
> civilians, not terrorists -- will be killed. And many of the
> wounded. And thousands and thousands of them may try to become
> refugees in order to escape from there.
>
> This is what you, we, the world will be seeing when we will be
> trying to celebrate Christmas, or the end of the year, if this
> continues at this rate, unimpeded. Homs [Syrian city] multiplied
> by 50."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
It's been very clear for a long time that the depraved psychopath
Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria, would very much like to see
275,000 residents of Aleppo killed, even though only all but a few
thousand are innocent civilians. Syrian and Russian warplanes have
been bombing hospitals, schools and civilian neighborhoods even in
cities where al-Nusra was never present.
So de Mistura's passionate plea has no possibility whatsoever of
making a difference.
At Friday's emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Russia will
undoubtedly say that there more than just a few thousand of the
275,000 residents are "terrorists." Russia may even claim that almost
of the 275,000 residents are "terrorists." AFP and BBC
- Russia continues large air defense military buildup in Syria (06-Oct-2016)
- US, UK, UN officials accuse Syria and Russia of barbarism and war crimes (27-Sep-2016)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Staffan de Mistura, Russia, Aleppo,
Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Nusra Front,
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, JFS, Front for the Conquest of Syria
Permanent web link to this article
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John J. Xenakis
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Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
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