Violence continued in Syria despite a ceasefire agreement, leading to the deaths of over 100 people on all sides, according to unverified accounts of Syrian opposition activists.
Amateur video from centers of fighting like Homs and Hama show dead bodies allegedly killed by shelling by Syrian forces and a possible mass execution of 13 people. Neighboring Turkey said Saturday that refugee arrivals from Syria have doubled since President Bashar al-Assad agreed to implement a peace plan proposed by UN envoy Kofi Annan.
That plan included not only a ceasefire – set to take place fully by April 12 – but a requirement for the Syrian military to withdraw from the cities by April 10. But the U.S. on Friday released satellite images allegedly showing Syrian forces and tanks still surrounding residential areas. According to the imagery, some forces were simply moved from one town to another.
“The regime and the Syrian people should know that we are watching. The regime cannot hide the truth,” said U.S. ambassador to Syria Robert Ford.
But the Assad regime isn’t the only one failing to respect a cessation of belligerent actions. While both the Britain and the U.S. and Russia have agreed to Annan’s plan, all continue to flood Syria with aid and prolong the conflict. Washington has been sending aid, including communications equipment, to the rebel fighters and Moscow continues to send the Assad regime weapons and military support.
Isn't fighting a thing that needs tow parties?
Why in the news here is only the party of "cities attacking government troops"?
There is no need to shell towns with unarmed peaceful citizens – they just could be catched without shelling.
The lies spread in millions by war mongering news media are of unbelievable stupidity. But obviously it is not stupid enough to be believed by the public.
That is very true, every war takes two sides or even five or even more to start, it also takes all parties to stop the bloodshed.
According to all the news and all other legal documents produced, the Syrian government has been trying to stop the bloodshed, they have proposed and implemented the constitutional changes reforming the social political situation in Syria, shaping it to a new level of freedom, they have asked from day one, for whatever the group, to join the talks for peace yet for such idea to be considered by the rebels. Thus far and with the latest economic and militaristic help considered by the "Friends of Syria" for rebels, is for rebels to continue their fight, in such condition off course there is any peace tales taking place by either side of the conflict, is like more gasoline thrown on a already burning country.
At the same time it was not the Syrian Government who started this war, nor the Syrian government ambition is to retake Lebanon nor militarizing the Mediterranean or the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean sea and Persian gulf is already militarized and thereby occupied by US and EU, this war is conducted by those who have regional – geo political and economical interests, yet, according to all the information coming out of Syria and elsewhere, non of the members of what is called “Friends of Syria” have accepted nor willing to talk about the peace with the legitimate government of Syria. NO matter what US government says the Syrian government is as legitimate and have the majority support of the Syrian people, therefore, when US and its allies talks about regime change the entire talks of "freedom and democracy” and all other subject – matters becomes a false virtue by those whom are after regime change and nothing more.
Nonetheless, the matter of democracy and other social issues put-forward by the rebels and their benefactor becomes a vague gesture and a matter of formality and nothing more.
The idea behind Syrian conflict is nothing but for US-NATO – Turkey, hand in hand with Saudis and others to militarize the entire area from Lebanon to Pakistan and for US building a new military base and occupying the entire area, to eliminate those whom are against such idea, that was then (Afghanistan occupation – Iraq war was the beginning) and is the idea by Paul Wolfowitz using the US military and the Bush regime to implement his idea, this is now 2012 and that idea is continued by a democratic president with Hillary Clinton hand in hand with true tyrants in the region helping out the outcome.
So good luck with your Globalization Research and good luck with the idea of Globalization beneficiaries (Bankers and all other economic institutions) wanting to implement a falsified democracy based on starting wars for Globalizing the world.
Globalization although is mouthful, easy to said yet is not that easy to implement, the word is a questionable gesture from when it was started, the question is: why globalization, who are benefiting, and what is the reasons, why cannot be a normal economic relation between countries, whom are Saudis and what they want, what is their connection with US and EU in terms of social politics, economics and above all why there is a very – very good relation between a democratic US – EU and Saudis or for that matter UAE which are mostly feudalist regime, a regimes with documented brutal system in social justice and other social matters. Would they start reforming their constitutions to become more visible as a democratic society, freedom of speech, freedom of all political parties, freedom of women and a transparent social justice system, would they…? These matters all ready exist in Syria, so why these government whom are called “Friends of Syria” don’t act on the social facts wanting to change their agenda from helping the rebels to peace talks, please get back to us when you have finished your research on that.
The FedGov clearly desires to use the inevitable failure of the "cease fire" as a basis for intervention, a la Libya.