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*** 16-Mar-17 World View -- Terrorist bombings in Damascus, airstrikes in Idlib, break Syria's ceasefire
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Terrorist bombings in Damascus, airstrikes in Idlib, break Syria's ceasefire
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Aftermath of terrorist bombing in Damascus (CNN)
Wednesday was another day of a great deal of bloody violence across
Syria, at a time when there's supposed to be a ceasefire in effect and
peace talks in process.
A suicide bomber blew himself up at old Justice Palace building,
Syria's central court, in the heart of Damascus. The terrorist, who
was dressed in a military uniform and was carrying a gun and a
grenade, was stopped by the guards at the external door of the old
Justice Palace building. After he handed over his gun and grenade to
the guards as he was told to do, he ran quickly towards the door of
the lobby of the Justice Palace, where there was a large were a large
group of people, and blew himself up. At least 32 people were killed
and 100 wounded.
An hour later, another suicide bomber struck at a restaurant at the
outskirts of Damascus, killing a large number of civilians, mostly
women and children.
On Saturday, 74 people were killed and 120 more were injured. The
casualties were mostly Shia pilgrims visiting one of Shia Islam's
holiest sites, the Bab al-Saghir cemetery. Two weeks earlier, a
complex, well-planned terror attack in Homs on one of Syria's most
highly secure military installations killed 32 people. An indigenous
Sunni jihadist group, Levant Liberation Committee (LLC), formerly the
al-Qaeda linked al-Nusra, took credit for Saturday's attack and the
attack in Homs.
Nobody has taken credit for the latest terror attacks in Damascus on
Wednesday. LLC issued a statement denying responsibility for
Wednesday's attacks, saying that its targets are restricted to
security and military installations, but that's obviously a lie since
Saturday's attack was on innocent Shia pilgrims visiting a cemetary.
A delusional Syrian official said that "the terrorist bombings reflect
the state of collapse within the ranks of the terrorist organizations
as a result of the resilience of the Syrian people and the victories
of the Syrian Arab Army and its allies." He added that Saudi Arabia,
Qatar and Turkey are to blame for the terror attacks.
According to Democratic Senator Tim Kaine on Wednesday:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"The Syrian civil war -- one of the world's worst
> humanitarian crises since World War II -- continues to be the most
> dangerous and destabilizing conflict in the Middle East today.
>
> Six years in, Assad has created a safe haven for ISIS and
> Al-Qaeda, while he commits unspeakable acts of violence against
> his own people."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
In other ceasefire activity, 21 people were killed in Idlib by Syrian
and/or Russian warplanes.
SANA (Damascus) and SFGate and AFP
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**** Russian troops join Americans, Kurds, Sunni rebels in Manbij, Syria
****
As we've been reporting, American troops have been deployed to the
Syrian city of Manbij to keep the Sunni rebels loyal to Turkey and the
Kurdish militias, both allies of the United States, from killing each
other.
Now Russian troops are also in Manbij, and according to a US official
on Wednesday, the American and Russian troops can clearly see each
other. According to a military spokesman:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"They can observe each other's movements. They can
> see each other. They are not talking to each other, and they are
> not hanging out together."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
A plan to deploy an additional 1,000 ground troops to northern Syria
is awaiting approval by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and President
Trump. The additional troops will be used for the operation in Raqqa,
considered to be the capital city of the so-called Islamic State (IS
or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh). AFP and Military Times and Washington Post
Related Articles
****
**** Syria's Bashar al-Assad says that the Americans are invaders
****
In an interview with Hong Kong based Phoenix TV, Syria's president
Bashar al-Assad said that the American troops are invaders:
> [indent]<QUOTE>Question 8: Now, US troops are in Manbij. Is the
> greenlight from your side? Did you open the door for these
> American troops?
>
> President Assad: No, no, we didn’t. Any foreign troops coming to
> Syria without our invitation or consultation or permission, they
> are invaders, whether they are American, Turkish, or any other
> one. And we don’t think this is going to help. What are they going
> to do? To fight ISIS? The Americans lost nearly every war. They
> lost in Iraq, they had to withdraw at the end. Even in Somalia,
> let alone Vietnam in the past and Afghanistan, your neighboring
> country. They didn’t succeed anywhere they sent troops, they only
> create a mess; they are very good in creating problems and
> destroying, but they are very bad in finding
> solutions."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
In the same interview, al-Assad was also asked how long the war would
last, and he gave a totally delusional answer:
> [indent]<QUOTE>Question 14: "How many days do you think this war is
> going to last?"
>
> President Assad: "If we presume that you don’t have foreign
> intervention, it will take a few months. It’s not very complicated
> internally. The complexity of this war is the foreign
> intervention. This is the problem. So, in the face of that
> intervention, the good thing that we gained during the war is the
> unity of the society. At the very beginning, the vision for many
> Syrians wasn’t very clear about what’s happening. Many believed
> the propaganda of the West about the reality, about the real
> story, that this is against the oppression. If it’s against the
> oppression, why the people in Saudi Arabia didn’t revolt, for
> example? So, now what we gained is this, this is our strongest
> foundation to end that war. We always have hope that this year is
> going to be the last year. But at the end, this is war and you
> can’t expect what is going to happen precisely."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
So it's good to remember how we got here. The civil war in Syria was
caused by al-Assad when he unleashed his army and air force against
peaceful protesters in 2011. Up to that point, Turkey and Saudi
Arabia were friendly with al-Assad. Things really turned around in
August 2011, when al-Assad launched a massive military assault on a
large, peaceful Palestinian refugee camp in Latakia, filled with tens
of thousands of women and children Palestinians.
Al-Assad's unprovoked attack on this refugee camp, and the slaughter
of thousands of Palestinian women and children, drew young jihadists
from around the world to Syria to fight al-Assad, resulting in the
formation of the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or
Daesh). Sunnis in Syria itself turned against al-Assad, forming
either "moderate" rebel militias or joining the jihadist Al-Nusra
Front, which is now the Levant Liberation Committee (LLC). Al-Assad
is responsible for displacing millions of Syrians, including over a
million that have flowed into Europe as refugees.
There is zero probability that the Syrian civil war will end as long
as al-Assad is in power. Generational Dynamics predicts that the
Mideast is headed for a major regional war, pitting Jews against
Arabs, Sunnis against Shias, and various ethnic groups against each
other. SANA (Damascus)
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Syria, Damascus, Homs, Bashar al-Assad,
Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Nusra Front, Shia, Alawite, Sunni,
Levant Liberation Committee, LLC, Tim Kaine, Jim Mattis,
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Liberation of the Levant Organization,
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, JFS, Front for the Conquest of Syria,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Russia, Iran, Idlib, Raqqa, Manbij, Latakia
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Terrorist bombings in Damascus, airstrikes in Idlib, break Syria's ceasefire
- Russian troops join Americans, Kurds, Sunni rebels in Manbij, Syria
- Syria's Bashar al-Assad says that the Americans are invaders
****
**** Terrorist bombings in Damascus, airstrikes in Idlib, break Syria's ceasefire
****
Aftermath of terrorist bombing in Damascus (CNN)
Wednesday was another day of a great deal of bloody violence across
Syria, at a time when there's supposed to be a ceasefire in effect and
peace talks in process.
A suicide bomber blew himself up at old Justice Palace building,
Syria's central court, in the heart of Damascus. The terrorist, who
was dressed in a military uniform and was carrying a gun and a
grenade, was stopped by the guards at the external door of the old
Justice Palace building. After he handed over his gun and grenade to
the guards as he was told to do, he ran quickly towards the door of
the lobby of the Justice Palace, where there was a large were a large
group of people, and blew himself up. At least 32 people were killed
and 100 wounded.
An hour later, another suicide bomber struck at a restaurant at the
outskirts of Damascus, killing a large number of civilians, mostly
women and children.
On Saturday, 74 people were killed and 120 more were injured. The
casualties were mostly Shia pilgrims visiting one of Shia Islam's
holiest sites, the Bab al-Saghir cemetery. Two weeks earlier, a
complex, well-planned terror attack in Homs on one of Syria's most
highly secure military installations killed 32 people. An indigenous
Sunni jihadist group, Levant Liberation Committee (LLC), formerly the
al-Qaeda linked al-Nusra, took credit for Saturday's attack and the
attack in Homs.
Nobody has taken credit for the latest terror attacks in Damascus on
Wednesday. LLC issued a statement denying responsibility for
Wednesday's attacks, saying that its targets are restricted to
security and military installations, but that's obviously a lie since
Saturday's attack was on innocent Shia pilgrims visiting a cemetary.
A delusional Syrian official said that "the terrorist bombings reflect
the state of collapse within the ranks of the terrorist organizations
as a result of the resilience of the Syrian people and the victories
of the Syrian Arab Army and its allies." He added that Saudi Arabia,
Qatar and Turkey are to blame for the terror attacks.
According to Democratic Senator Tim Kaine on Wednesday:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"The Syrian civil war -- one of the world's worst
> humanitarian crises since World War II -- continues to be the most
> dangerous and destabilizing conflict in the Middle East today.
>
> Six years in, Assad has created a safe haven for ISIS and
> Al-Qaeda, while he commits unspeakable acts of violence against
> his own people."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
In other ceasefire activity, 21 people were killed in Idlib by Syrian
and/or Russian warplanes.
SANA (Damascus) and SFGate and AFP
Related Articles
- Al-Nusra descendant claims credit for massive terror attack in Damascus, Syria (13-Mar-2017)
- Syria's so-called ceasefire collapses after terrorist bombings in Homs (26-Feb-2017)
- Generational theory: Bashar al-Assad's miscalculation (11-Sep-2016)
****
**** Russian troops join Americans, Kurds, Sunni rebels in Manbij, Syria
****
As we've been reporting, American troops have been deployed to the
Syrian city of Manbij to keep the Sunni rebels loyal to Turkey and the
Kurdish militias, both allies of the United States, from killing each
other.
Now Russian troops are also in Manbij, and according to a US official
on Wednesday, the American and Russian troops can clearly see each
other. According to a military spokesman:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"They can observe each other's movements. They can
> see each other. They are not talking to each other, and they are
> not hanging out together."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
A plan to deploy an additional 1,000 ground troops to northern Syria
is awaiting approval by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and President
Trump. The additional troops will be used for the operation in Raqqa,
considered to be the capital city of the so-called Islamic State (IS
or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh). AFP and Military Times and Washington Post
Related Articles
****
**** Syria's Bashar al-Assad says that the Americans are invaders
****
In an interview with Hong Kong based Phoenix TV, Syria's president
Bashar al-Assad said that the American troops are invaders:
> [indent]<QUOTE>Question 8: Now, US troops are in Manbij. Is the
> greenlight from your side? Did you open the door for these
> American troops?
>
> President Assad: No, no, we didn’t. Any foreign troops coming to
> Syria without our invitation or consultation or permission, they
> are invaders, whether they are American, Turkish, or any other
> one. And we don’t think this is going to help. What are they going
> to do? To fight ISIS? The Americans lost nearly every war. They
> lost in Iraq, they had to withdraw at the end. Even in Somalia,
> let alone Vietnam in the past and Afghanistan, your neighboring
> country. They didn’t succeed anywhere they sent troops, they only
> create a mess; they are very good in creating problems and
> destroying, but they are very bad in finding
> solutions."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
In the same interview, al-Assad was also asked how long the war would
last, and he gave a totally delusional answer:
> [indent]<QUOTE>Question 14: "How many days do you think this war is
> going to last?"
>
> President Assad: "If we presume that you don’t have foreign
> intervention, it will take a few months. It’s not very complicated
> internally. The complexity of this war is the foreign
> intervention. This is the problem. So, in the face of that
> intervention, the good thing that we gained during the war is the
> unity of the society. At the very beginning, the vision for many
> Syrians wasn’t very clear about what’s happening. Many believed
> the propaganda of the West about the reality, about the real
> story, that this is against the oppression. If it’s against the
> oppression, why the people in Saudi Arabia didn’t revolt, for
> example? So, now what we gained is this, this is our strongest
> foundation to end that war. We always have hope that this year is
> going to be the last year. But at the end, this is war and you
> can’t expect what is going to happen precisely."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
So it's good to remember how we got here. The civil war in Syria was
caused by al-Assad when he unleashed his army and air force against
peaceful protesters in 2011. Up to that point, Turkey and Saudi
Arabia were friendly with al-Assad. Things really turned around in
August 2011, when al-Assad launched a massive military assault on a
large, peaceful Palestinian refugee camp in Latakia, filled with tens
of thousands of women and children Palestinians.
Al-Assad's unprovoked attack on this refugee camp, and the slaughter
of thousands of Palestinian women and children, drew young jihadists
from around the world to Syria to fight al-Assad, resulting in the
formation of the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or
Daesh). Sunnis in Syria itself turned against al-Assad, forming
either "moderate" rebel militias or joining the jihadist Al-Nusra
Front, which is now the Levant Liberation Committee (LLC). Al-Assad
is responsible for displacing millions of Syrians, including over a
million that have flowed into Europe as refugees.
There is zero probability that the Syrian civil war will end as long
as al-Assad is in power. Generational Dynamics predicts that the
Mideast is headed for a major regional war, pitting Jews against
Arabs, Sunnis against Shias, and various ethnic groups against each
other. SANA (Damascus)
Related Articles
- Investigation reveals depraved new atrocities by Syria's Bashar al-Assad (08-Feb-2017)
- After Syria's so-called ceasefire, tensions grow over the future of Bashar al-Assad (13-Feb-2017)
- US increasingly expresses total disgust with Syria regime for Bashar al-Assad's atrocities (21-Sep-2016)
- Furious UN envoy Staffan de Mistura excoriates Syria's Bashar al-Assad (19-Aug-2016)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Syria, Damascus, Homs, Bashar al-Assad,
Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Nusra Front, Shia, Alawite, Sunni,
Levant Liberation Committee, LLC, Tim Kaine, Jim Mattis,
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Liberation of the Levant Organization,
Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, JFS, Front for the Conquest of Syria,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Russia, Iran, Idlib, Raqqa, Manbij, Latakia
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