Dr. Ismail Salami
As part of the sinister plan for Syria at work, French military
agents have recently held face-to-face meetings with the foreign-backed
militants inside the country in a bid to “assess the situation on the
ground.”
A report carried by French paper Le Figaro on Friday indicates that
“Their main task was to know who controls the battlegrounds around
Damascus.”
It seems that a West-orchestrated plan to invade the country is under
way and that they are teaming up and gearing up for united military
action against the country.
The report adds that the meetings were held last month with the full
knowledge of the French government and that the French government wants
to know the “operational capacity of each group” and their “political
colors.”
To make matters worse, NATO has agreed to deploy Patriot missiles on
the Syria-Turkey border under the pretense of defending Turkey as
Britain has warned Syria of ‘serious consequences’ if the regime used
chemical weapons. All the pieces of the puzzle are being meticulously
put together by the ‘foes of Syria’ to lend a cloak of legitimacy to an
imminent invasion of the country: that Syria mulls using chemical
weapons against its own people and the militants, that the war may spill
over into Turkey and that Turkey should be able to defend herself
against any potential attacks.
While in Brussels for a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting, William Hague, British foreign secretary, said
that Britain had delivered a stark message to President Bashar
al-Assad, echoing the words of the Obama administration on Monday.
“We are worried about chemical weapons,” said Mr. Hague. “We have
become more concerned about them in recent days for the same reasons the
US has. We have already sent our own, clear, private message directly
to the Syrians about the serious consequences that would follow from the
use of those weapons.”
Syria has blasted NATO’S decision to deploy Patriot missiles as
“psychological warfare,” saying the new deployment would not deter it
from seeking victory over the militants it views as terrorists.
Despite some western countries claiming that NATO’s decision to
deploy the missiles shows a low appetite on their part for military
intervention, it is to be seen as a strong naked message that the West
is indeed gearing up for military intervention.
Syria said the NATO deployment shall not make Assad change course,
calling the talk of chemical weapons part of a conspiracy to justify
future intervention.
“The Turkish step and NATO’s support for it are provocative moves
that constitute psychological warfare,” Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister
Faisal Mekdad said
in an interview with Lebanon’s Al-Manar TV. “But if they think this
will affect our determination and work for a decisive victory in this
fight against terrorism, they are very wrong.”
He added, “In the event that [foreign powers] actually considered an
aggression, they should consider the consequences. I believe the cost
will be high…. They need to understand that they are putting the entire
region and its environs to danger, if they tried to commit such a
folly.”
That Assad will use chemical weapons against his own population or
even the militants is a threadbare claim and a feeble excuse concocted
by the West to embark on their initial militaristic voyeurism and
eventual military expedition. In fact, it is very much reminiscent of
Washington’s claim that Iraq was in possession of Weapons of Mass
destruction before it launched a military invasion of the country and
brought about a human loss of inconceivable degree. Sadly some realities
are soon forgotten. An opinion conducted by Opinion Research Business
(ORB) on August 12–19, 2007, indicated a human loss of 1,033,000 in Iraq
War. Although the range varies between 946,000 to 1,120,000 deaths, the
sheer idea of such colossally disastrous human loss is beyond
imagination. According to ORB, “48% died from a gunshot wound, 20% from
the impact of a car bomb, 9% from aerial bombardment, 6% as a result of
an accident and 6% from another blast/ordnance.”
Russia’s new ambassador to NATO, Alexander Grushko, has de plano
perceived some pernicious amount of threat in the move and said, “This
is not a threat to us, but this is an indication that NATO is moving
towards engagement and that’s it. We see a danger of further involvement
of NATO into the situation in Syria as a result of provocation or some
border incidents.”
It is cruel but highly likely that West may provide the militants
with chemical weapons so they may use them against the Syrians and shift
the blame on the Syria government so that they can carry on with their
long-though-out plan of invading the country. This idea is further
consolidated when we focus on the attention recently accorded to this
issue by the US and some western countries. US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama have for their parts vowed to
take action if Syria uses chemical weapons in the country. NATO
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned on Tuesday that any use
of chemical weapons by Syria against gunmen would prompt an immediate
military response.
The sad truth is that they have already formed their coalition
against Syria with even Israel being part of this coalition. According
to Hebrew-language Maariv newspaper, Tel Aviv is preparing for such a
scenario amid increasing speculation that the US military will intervene
in Syria “within days” if chemical weapons are used.
The ‘chemical weapons’ scenario seems to be the best cue for
Washington and their western allies in order to gorge the international
community on a tacit consent to another military adventurism in the
Middle East.
