Media Release
Sydney
Australia
Thursday 3rd
August 2006
Syria
continues to meddle in Lebanese affairs……………
In
the most hectic time of recent history, becoming a spectator from the
sidelines is hardly the preferred position of a Syrian regime reputed to
be the world’s biggest exporter of terrorism, especially when the regional
complexion is changing by each hour of every day.
Whether by design or otherwise,
Syria cannot help itself, as it is up to its neck in the struggle for
supremacy in reshaping the face, the culture and the image of life in the
middle east, certainly for the present and undoubtedly for the foreseeable
future.
Seething still, at the forceful
and humiliating exit of its military personnel from Lebanon, Syria is
anything but neighborly or conciliatory. After such a humbling and
deflating experience at the hands of the people of Lebanon during the rise
and march of the one and half million loyal Lebanese onto Liberty Square
in their Capitol, Beirut, to reclaim their dignity and independence from
their ruthless occupiers. Syria cannot rest until it shows its anger to
the world.
As identified by the United
Nations Investigation Team, in a deliberate and carefully planned
campaign, like a volcano reaching boiling point, the Syrian regime
exploded, with a rush of blood to the head, orchestrated through its
Lebanese puppets and executed its anger on the 14th of February
2005, assassinating Former Prime Minister Hariri, Finance Minister
Fleihan and 20 other people with them on the streets of Beirut.
Syria’s insatiable appetite for
destruction and killing could not be satisfied as it continued to hunt and
assassinate the likes of freedom fighting journalist, Liberation hero and
spokesman annahar newspaper general manager Gibran Tueini MP, his fellow
journalist Samir Kassir and Political heavyweight George Hawi, followed
quickly by the attempted assassination of media Icon May Chidiac.
Syria’s embarrassment at
leaving Lebanon has created an even greater hatred for its foes in Lebanon
and given it more impetus in planning to retaliate with its partner in
crime, Iran, through their mutual love child Hezbollah.
Failing to adhere to UNSCR1559,
Syria has breached its commitment to the international community by
entering Lebanon on a daily basis through no less than 36 locations on the
Lebanese/Syrian border. Syria authorizes its military and militias to
enter Lebanon, build sand dunes for training and returns back to Syrian
territory by daybreak the next morning. Syria has completely taken control
of five to fifteen kilometers inside Lebanese territory along its borders
to the degree that Lebanese farmers are unable to reach their farmland for
their daily work.
The World Council for the
Cedars Revolution (WCCR) has met UN Ambassador Terj Rod Larson and has
written to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, requesting urgently an
international military force in conjunction with the Lebanese armed forces
to be deployed along the Lebanese / Syrian border in order to protect
Lebanon’s territorial integrity.
The WCCR expresses in the
strongest possible terms its disapproval of the conflict in Southern
Lebanon and deplores the loss of life on both sides of the conflict. Once
again we call for the international military force to deploy along the
Lebanese/Israeli border for the protection of the sovereignty of both
nations.
The WCCR has already submitted
a draft resolution to the UNSC calling for the forceful implementation of
UNSCR1559.
For and on behalf of the World
Council for the Cedars Revolution
WCCR Press Office
Media officer
