Syria: Russian Intervention Exposes Coalition
Lies. “The Terrorists R US”By
Felicity Arbuthnot
October 08, 2015 "Information
Clearing House" - "Global
Research" -Oh
what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive.” (Walter Scott, 1771-1832, “Marmion.”)
How speedily the lies
of the “international community” in general and those of the US and
UK in particular about the Syrian situation are unraveling since the
participation of Russia.
Take UK Prime
Minister David Cameron. On 24th September last year he
addressed the United Nations, committing British aircraft to
targeting IS/ISIL/ISIS in Iraq adding unequivocally that there would
be no similar action in Syria and absolutely no “boots on the
ground.”(1)
Referring to
Iraq he added that the West should not be frozen by “past mistakes.”
If Iraq is a “mistake” Heaven alone knows what a catastrophe would
look like.
Cameron of course was being economical with the
truth. In 2013 Parliament voted not to be involved in Syria, making
Cameron the first Prime Minister in 200 years to lose a
Parliamentary war vote. It would anyway have been another illegal
action, since they had not been invited by the Syrian President or
government and had no UN mandate. However, in July this year it
transpired that pilots of Britain’s Air Force have been “embedded”
with US and Canadian Air Squadrons and been involved in flying:
“intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike missions …”
according to the Ministry of Defence. (2)
On 7th September Cameron also announced
that a British drone strike in Syria had killed two UK citizens
fighting with ISIS. What an irony, the UK has enjoined wiping out
entire nations having accused their leaders of “killing their own
people”, terrorists or not, now Cameron kills his “own people” in
what Michael Clarke, Director General of London’s hawkish Royal
United Services Institute has called a “targeted assassination.”
Those killed were : “… targeted in an area that
the UK does not currently regard, legally, as an operational theatre
of war for UK forces”, Clarke commented, adding: “The government
insisted that, unlike CIA drones, they were never used for targeted
assassinations in territories where we were not militarily engaged.”
(3) Another government lie pinned.
As for “no boots on the ground”, another seemingly
whopping untruth. As Stephen Lendman has written (4): “On 2nd
August The Sunday Express revealed: ‘SAS dress as ISIS fighters in
undercover war on jihadis’ expanding that:
“ ‘More than 120 members belonging to the
elite regiment are currently in the war-torn country’ covertly
‘dressed in black and flying ISIS flags’ engaged in what is
called Operation Shader – attacking Syrian targets on the
pretext of combatting ISIS.”
A mirror image of Basra, Iraq, exactly ten years
ago, September 2005, when British Special Forces, dressed in Arab
clothing, were arrested by Iraqi police in an explosive laden car.
Had the car detonated, “Iraqi insurgents” would, of course, have
been blamed. The British military demolished the police station in
order to free the would-be bombers. (5) How many were not caught and
“insurgency” for which Iraqis were blamed, killed, tortured, was
actually “made in Britain” and the US, as Syria now?
In August it was reported that SAS troops in Syria
“dressed in US uniforms, joined US special forces” in the
assassination of alleged ISIS financier Abu Sayyaf and the
kidnapping of his wife (Independent, 10th August.) It
appears the British government only ever acts with, or at US behest,
whilst sidelining it’s own Parliament.
Moreover: “Around 800 Royal Marines and 4,000 US
counterparts were on standby to intervene on short notice if
ordered”, wrote Lendman.
No wonder the Russians are being castigated for
targeting the wrong kind of terrorists. In addition to being
non-discriminatory and regarding a terrorist as simply that, they
might also take the black flag waving SAS soldiers in fancy dress as
terrorists. A “tangled web”, indeed.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is anything
but selective about the head chopping, culture erasing monsters
besieging Syria – CIA trained or not – stating last week: “If it
looks like a terrorist, if it acts like a terrorist, if it walks
like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it’s a terrorist,
right?” (6)
In a response which stunningly illuminated
Washington’s selective stance towards terrorism US Secretary of
State, John Kerry stated: “What is important is Russia has to not be
engaged in any activities against anybody but ISIL”, he said:
“That’s clear. We have made that very clear.” Breathtaking, it is
for the Syrian government to specify the parameters.
The US and UK
of course are both bombing and supporting insurgents entirely
illegally in Syria, having no UN mandate and no request from the
country’s governing body. Did Kerry even blush when Lavrov remarked
– over the unspoken questions as to whether Russia would extend it’s
air coverage to terrorist groups in Iraq – that they had no such
plans: “We are polite people, we don’t come if not invited”, he
said.
Vladimir
Putin had said: “We have … an invitation and we intend to fight
against terrorist organizations and them only”, possibly referring
to allegations that the US has been targeting Syrian government
sites and military personnel.
Russia’s
diplomatic envoys were reasonably polite to the US too. Before
embarking on air strikes, according to US State Department spokesman
John Kirby: “A Russian official in Baghdad this morning informed US
Embassy personnel that Russian military aircraft would begin flying
anti-ISIL missions today over Syria.
“He further
requested that US aircraft avoid Syrian airspace during these
missions.” Russia had, in effect given the US one hour’s notice to
leave Syria. The US speedily responded with a report of Russian
attacks causing civilian casualties. Sadly it transpired that at the
time of the reported attacks, Russian ‘planes had not yet left the
ground. By 2nd October, it seems panic has set in amongst
the “US led coalition” which: “ … released a joint statement calling
on Moscow to immediately cease attacks on the Syrian opposition and
to focus on fighting ISIS.” (Guardian 2nd October 2015.)
The statement
was issued by France, Turkey, the United States,
Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Britain.
However the US cat had already escaped from the
Pentagon bag and made it’s way to no less than the Wall Street
Journal which, the previous day had a header: “Russian Airstrike in
Syria Targeted CIA-Backed Rebels, U.S. Officials Say.
“One area hit was location primarily held by
rebels receiving funding, arms, training from CIA and allies.”
Oooops.
Michel Chossudovsky has succinctly unraveled (7)
the unholy morass of the various groups coupling his piece with the
WSJ story:
“Affiliated to Al Qaeda, Al Nusra is a US sponsored “jihadist”
terrorist organization which has been responsible for countless
atrocities. Since 2012, AQI and Al Nusra — both supported by US
intelligence– have been working hand in glove in various
terrorist undertakings within Syria.
“In recent developments, the Syrian government
has identified its own priority areas for the Russian
counter-terrorism air campaign, which consists essentially in
targeting Al Nusra. Al Nusra is described as the terrorist arm
of the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
“While Washington has categorized Al Nusra as
a terrorist organization (early 2012), it nonetheless provides
support to both Al Nusra and it’s so-called ‘moderate rebels’
in the form of weapons, training, logistical support,
recruitment, etc. This support is channeled by America’s Persian
Gulf allies, including Qatar and Saudi Arabia as well as through
Turkey and Israel.
“Ironically, The UN Security Council in a May 2012 decision’,
namely the ISIL …”
At the
Russian intervention, US Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power took
to Twitter, stating: “We call on Russia to immediately cease attacks
on Syrian opposition and civilians.” Such action, she warned: “will
only fuel more extremism and radicalization.” Chutzpah outdone –
until 2003 and the US-UK blitzkrieg there were no US sponsored organ
eating, dismembering lunatics. Syria and Iraq were of the most
secular countries in the region.
Syria, from
lies, to heartbreak, to cultural destruction has become a microcosm
of the demented, ridiculous “war on terror.” The lies and subterfuge
to justify the horror have become more desperate but only the most
obtuse can avoid noticing that terrorists R US.
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