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Buthaina’s
lessons in Human rights …
Before you accuse
the US and Israel of targeting and massacring Arabs take a deep breath
Miss Shaaban and ponder upon the crimes against humanity perpetrated by
Syria’s baathist regime against the Syrians and the Lebanese. When your
house is made of glass you should not throw pebbles on other peoples’
dwellings. Lying , bluffing and faking crocodile tears is becoming
nowadays the trademark of the defenders of the Syrian totalitarian and
ruthless regime.
Having been snubbed by the US media and having failed to secure
meaningful meetings with the US lawmakers Buthaina Shaaban was full of
fury and admitted the other day on a Lebanese satellite channel that she
is quite frustrated and disappointed with the ineffective Arabist lobby
not only in the US but in Europe as well . As a matter of fact , her
European tour was a flop . She was scheduled to give a speech at a
gathering in Germany and as soon as she got to the podium an angry crowd
jeered, booed and derided her.They were a group of Syrian Kurds dressed in
white shirts tainted with blood to remind her of the harsh and brutal
repression of their brethren in Qam! ishli.-Syria . She was rushed out
from the back door.
You want to talk about war crimes Miss ? let’s talk about Hama* . You used
strong terms about the US forces in Iraq “ethnic cleansing” , “hidden
graves ” etc… It was a Tuesday , February 2,1982, 1:am . That was the
time set by Hafez El Assad for the “clean up” operation to commence in
Hama . As the day broke thousands of Syrian troops surrounded the city *…
You should know the details of this massacre better than us , an
estimated 22000 dead , most of them innocent people, massacred a! nd
dumped with bulldozers in pre-dug pits then covered with earth and left
unmarked * Allow me to correct you Miss ,when you say that “ …where in
the 21st century the Arabs have been officially chosen as the
new victims… the falling victims to hatred, killing , ethnic cleansing
,torture and massacres” you’re forgetting that in the 20th
century the Syrian baathist regime had already obliged humanity with
worse crimes against the Syrian and Lebanese Arabs . Needless to tell you
that You are utterly insulting the American Media when you write- quote:
“ would the
American media keep the crime in total blackout if the victims were not
Arabs?” Enlighten us instead about the free Syrian media . By the way ,
what ever happened to the voices advocating reform in Syria during the
Spring of Damascus ? Arif Dalilah, Riad Saif, Riad el Turk, Mamoun al
Homsi,Aktham Nuayssa and the hundreds of other outspoken critics of the
Syrian regime? Are they still rotting in the Syrian 5 stars prisons ? You
accuse the US of violating people’s right and sovereignty and you also
accuse them of violating international legitimacy . Why on earth the
state of emergency is still in force in Syria since 1963 ? Why internal
opposition is b! anned and retaliation against families of Syrian
dissidents living abroad is still commonplace in your country ? Why are
you still suppressing the Syrian Kurdish minorities ? Why have you been
wrecking havoc with Lebanon since 1973 ? Haven’t you stolen enough tens of
billions of dollars from our country to finance your WMD arsenal? Don’t
you understand that with a national debt exceeding 200% of GDP we became
technically broke thanks to you guys ? What have you done with the
hundreds of Lebanese prisoners of conscience that you kidnapped and
tortured in Mazze and Sidneya dungeons? You have guts as a Syrian
official to write about human rights violations at the Abou Ghraib prison
. You really have guts to talk about violating peoples' rights and
usurping sovereignty . Syria has been occupying my country in clear
violation of UN resolution 520 ! and you think the world is buying your
call for safeguarding international legitimacy in Iraq ? Pity the free
world for chosing to look the other way for 27 long years .The Syrian
thugs were left unchecked to plunder Lebanon's resources , hold a free
country hostage and blackmail with their terrorist proxies the whole
world. Do me a favour dear , inform your boss that the clock is ticking .
He is in the crosshair . His manoeuvring tactics have been exhausted . He
is not left with too much yime , neither Europe nor China and certainly
not Cuba will be rushing to his rescue.
Anwar Wazen
Brussels
aewazen@msn.com
June 5, 04
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