What's Really Happening in Syria?

Questions we should ask ourselves regarding events in Syria in particular, and the MENA (Middle East & North Africa) in general to understand what's really happening:


1) Who are those appearing in foreign media as taking to the streets protesting against Syrian Govt?
2) Where are these protests taking place in Syria?
3) What are they calling for?
4) What are their means when protesting?
5) Who supports them?
6) Why they have an unchallenged priority in coverage above other could be more important news?


First we need to know that Syria is a very diversitified society that has a minority of every ethnic or religious sect known to the wider region, we should also keep in mind that the Syrians have seen most of the aggressors during history and managed to get their independence hence they became ulta-sensitive towards any foreign intervention in their internal matters, they'll simply regather, forget their differences and fight the foreign intervention.


Let's try to answer these questions.


1) Who are those appearing in foreign media as taking to the streets protesting against Syrian Govt? 
Daily so many news channels show footage of large numbers of crowds protesting in several cities in Syria against the govt, many of these news channels took on its shoulders to keep posting these protests all day, all week and rebroadcast it several times, and in many times keep the 'Live' symbol appearing to give an illusion that these are live endless protests. 


By the look at the protesters, most of them will not show faces, recording their protests from behind, or from a distance, but in case we believe that these protesters are Syrians and are actually in Syria, who are they?


Based on the narrations while broadcasting these protests it hints that it covers most of the Syrian territories making it appear like a mass popular movement. Obviously those participating in the protests are from poor and poorest areas based on their looks, cloth and neighborhoods. So these are poor people protesting, and not educated elite or organized political parties or unions.


2) Where are these protests taking place in Syria?
As in our above answer (1), we hinted that it meant to show that it covers all over Syria, but does it? For the past 5 months, ie after the famous Hama 900,000 protesters (number refuted by logic and many media analysts since the entire population doesn't exceed 2 million all over the province) we stopped seeing mass protests in known cities, or centers of provinces. The only reported protests are taking place in remote villages with names like: Kafr Nibl (كفر نبل), Ibtaa (ابطع), Bayyada (بياضة), Dael (داعل).. Now thanks to Google and their revolutionary product: Google Maps, I invite the readers to locate these protest hotbeds on the map.


As we see, remote villages, mostly near borders with other countries, with extremely low populations -not exceeding 5,000 in most cases- are seeing protests demanding the change of the regime!


In a 'Democracy' that's absurd, because they don't stand a chance in a country of 23 million population, in a 'Republic' their rights will be respected, their voices will not be heard. 


3) What are they calling for?
What are these 'protests' demanding? To take to the streets against an 'oppressing brutal regime' there should be grieve demands to allow undesirable consequences that pushes people to protest, so in this case their demands should be very much life touching to take the chance of losing life for?!


At the beginning of protests in March, when events in Syria started unfolding, people were asking for the replacement of the governor and a security chief in Daraa city to the south of Syria, near Jordanian borders. The governor was replaced, the security chief was replaced, but protests turned violent, the court house after replacing the governor was attacked, torched, public and security buildings attacked, rioters used sniper rifles and pump-actions to attack army & security posts in the city, demands increased and the ousting of the president started to be heard with the infamous slogan: "The People Demand the Downfall of the Regime" "الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام".. the same slogan used all over the 'Arab Spring' affected countries from Egypt to Tunisia to Libya to Yemen..


To demand the downfall of the 'regime' requires grave reasons and mass protests and not to start with small local issues and tiny protests accompanied with violent riots.


If we add over 9 million Syrians rallying in support of the president during the month November in the main cities of Syria, to add that many cities never witnessed a single protest, not even with a 100 person protesting, something is wrong about labeling it popular protests. We should know that Damascus, Aleppo, Latakia, Tartous, Al Rigga, Hasaka Suwaida, Qunaitra didn't witness any anti-govt protest, that's a huge indication justifying the doubtful reasons behind 'anti-govt protests'. Keep in mind that Damascus and Aleppo by themselves have about half of the population of the whole of Syria.


Yet, president Assad took brave and very substantial steps towards reforming the entire political system in Syria, starting with dismissing the previous government, forming a new one, forming committees that introduced new laws governing Media, Parties, Constitution, Elections, Local Administration.. etc. Most finished their work and the progress in others is admirable.


So what do these people really want, protesting in small numbers in remote cities, mostly close to the borders? Should their demands of the downfall of the entire 'regime' be taking seriously? Name a country that does so, and we'll look into their experience.


4) What are their means when protesting? 
A protest is known to be peaceful, but when weapons from kitchen knives to AK47 rifles and more, that is called violent riots and their participants could be referred to as armed gangs.


Placards calling for better politics/ life enhancing slogans can be found in a peaceful protest, placards calling for the hanging of the president of a country, is a provocative criminal call.


Marching in a number throughout a road in a city calling for demands can be called a peaceful protest, not mentioning the requirement of a license from authorities, while gathering in groups then attacking an army base, a public building, destroying properties, killing police officers cannot be seen as a 'peaceful protest', it should be called: A Terrorist Act, or in a softer note: An armed mafia attack.


5) Who supports them?
As we said earlier above, Syrians are ultra sensitive to foreigners meddling with their internal country matters, think of an enemy state supporting riots in Syria?!


Whatever the cause of protests can be understood, but when it comes to be supported by weapons, money and covered in media by enemy states, especially in Syria that's seen as a terrorist plot, conspiracy theories will come on mind, because it is not thought of a Syrian taking aide from an enemy state to topple his own regime for whatsoever reason, except under the perspective of a conspiracy plot to invade his country.


The United States of America is not considered a friendly country in Syria keeping in mind its decades long support of israel that occupies Syrian land among other Arab lands, and oppress Syrians among oppressing other Arabs in its apartheid policies. Thus any support by the USA to any group or individuals in Syria is looked upon with suspicion of spying to helping in invading. Syrians also saw what the USA has down for 8 years after invading Iraq to devastating the entire country, killing a million Iraqi and displacing over 4 millions, they also saw what happened when USA and friends in NATO protected Libyans by securing their way to heavens in a genocide. 


6) Why they have an unchallenged priority in coverage above other could be more important news? 
Syria is a very important geopolitical country, its stance against israel, thus imperialism, makes it the most important part of a chain of countries that still stands out of the USA hegemony. Destroying Syria is to USA as destroying Nazi Germany to the Allies during WWII.


Al Jazeera was chosen to be a mouthpiece for NATO backed 'revolutions' in the Arab World, dubbed the 'Arab Spring', for its built up credibility over 11 years, and its acceptance by most of the Arabs as a trustworthy news source, add to it the proclaimed role it had in anti-Mubarak of Egypt protests and others. The role of Al Jazeera was essential to continue the chain of countries split and visited by the 'Arab Spring'. Its role was defaced by Syrians and namely a private-owned satellite channel in Syria 'Addounia' that also was subject to an unprecedented sanction by the EU to block its satellite broadcasting on the European Satellites just because it was able to deface the Al Jazeera and show the warmongering and propaganda it was spreading in order to achieve the biggest goal, 'The New Middle East' by a "creative chaos" that will lead to the New World Order, eventually.


Foreign and other Arab based media started quoting Al Jazeera for news, which Al Jazeera was quoting vague unknown 'Activist' mostly based in Europe telling events and 'brutality' of the Syrian government and security forces 'oppressing' the 'peaceful protesters'. So much of credibility falls when you just follow the line of reporting. Some news houses had to apologize for misinformation and wrong reporting more than once, then they were forced to just follow the leader 'Al Jazeera' which also follows its leaders in the US Secretary of State Near East Office under the official Jefferey Feltman. Among those news houses complicit we can find: Reuters (and what it represents in the media world), CNN, FoxNews (of course), Washington Post, LA Times, NY Post and many others. Al Arabiya pan Arab news channel is just a smaller clone of Al Jazeera.


Same could be applied to tools used by the US Administration that it can have access to.


From all of the above, we come to the concluding question: Is what's happening in Syria peaceful protests against demanding better political contribution against a brutal regime? Or if we look down from an upper level, it is a plot to destroy and slice those countries not fully under the US hegemony and replace their existing governments with ones that are puppets used by the US administrations? 

I'll leave the answer to you.

The Economist Misleading Readers About Syria

Now switch each info here with the opposite term and you get facts instead of wishful warmongering.


Start with the title: Time is running out for Obama to pull his troops in a humiliating way from Iraq, not for Assad, who's playing with this time.


Assad's regime has become bloodier and lonelier? If we exclude NATO and allies from the region we still have: India & China (half of the world's population & very strong economies), Russia a huge potential strong player both with military & economy, a fleet just anchored at Tartous, Syria yesterday to show solidarity, let's add a few countries: ALBA (South America group of countries including Brasil, Argentina, Cuba, Venezuela...), South Africa, and some others, who's becoming lonelier?


Bloodier? Well yes, if we take what Secretary Clinton said: the opposition are well armed, well financed & she fear moving to sectarian civil war & add to it when her spokeswomen earlier called on militants not to hand over their weapons & benefit an amnesty, plus what Turkey's stance which sponsor a terrorist group linked to part of the Syrian oppositions abroad that tells us who is bloodier, note here that Turkey is from NATO.


The most calm person and confident of his position is Assad himself, with Iran confirming its stance firmly behind him esp in case of war vowing to join & Iran's opposition lead figure former president Khatami committing to stand with his govt in case of war. Think Iraq after US withdrawal being very allied with Iran thus Syria, their opposition to the Arab League suspending Syria's seat and their decision to allow Syrian goods in Iraq exempting it for 6 months from standards checking in defiance to US position and calls to sanction Syria! 


The Arab League offered to mediate? Maybe you need to read their continuous statements and their weird decisions pushed by the GCC bloc, they never meant to mediate except to dictate their conditions thinking by pressure Assad would accept to split from Iran’s alliance that with a free Iraq paves the way for the strongest gigantic allies in the region!


You say as peaceful protesters gathered steam, and we first don’t see peaceful protesters except more terrorist attacks on govt buildings, even now bragging about attacking such buildings like today’s incident against Baath Political Party building in Damascus with RPGs! And gathering steam? Excuse me? In July, 2011 Aljazeera News Channel & sisters of warmongers reported in 2 cities alone 1.3 million protesters while in last Friday the total protests all over the country didn’t gather more than 25,000 protester!


Turkey turned against him, that’s correct, because he refused their dictation of placing members of a terrorist organization in a proposed new Syrian govt combining 50% of it; this terrorist group is called the Muslim Brotherhood, surprisingly, all Al Qaeda members came from this organization; as well as Turkish ruling party the AKK.


While at the same time we can’t count Jordan except a trouble maker tiny southern member known for its since ever alliance with the USA, and having the late father of the current king on the payroll of the CIA with a monthly salary of $1 Million…
Today’s foes and friends of president Assad we can split them in two camps: The NATO & allies and everybody else, consider in the first camp: NATO member countries, israel, and Arab countries with US bases on their soil, while the other camp consists of sovereign states with no US bases on their soil.. 


China and Russia are not worrying for president Assad as both countries for the first time used a double veto at UNSC last month for the sake of Assad theoretically, but practically they used it to put an pause on US’s mad dog policy invading and destroying countries one after another with Syria as a last post in the region before reaching the very borders of Russia and China (National Security Concerns).


Syria is different from Iraq and totally different from Libya, Iraq had an 8 years devastating war with Iran then moved into lengthy sanctions after invading Kuwait plus a one third of the country’s territories under a No Fly zone self autonomy part (Kurdistan) with no upgrade to weaponry for 2 decades, while Libya’s Gaddafi handed over his country’s power points to the US & friends losing all power, with a different geographical features putting all important cities on a coastal line so long and so thin, unlike Syria’s complicated terrain plus its dangerous proximity to israel, no need to mention here the missile’s capability of Syria putting tiny israel in life-threatening drama in case Assad decides to retaliate against any aggression on his country, which he stated bluntly more than once.


So, put your info correct for your readers & stop warmongering, it’s not good for US & Europe’s economies, having US citizens losing 1.2 million houses to banks last year alone, your people’s concern is how to support OWS not how to distract by waging another losing war overseas.


Our above comments were in reply to an article by The Economist warmongering about Syria while distracting their readers away from the real struggle Western citizens face by feeding them with misleading information, it appears here: http://www.economist.com/node/21538759/comments?page=3#comment-1134304

Our Comments on A CNN Article Distracting The Real US Tax Payers Struggle Away from OWS into Syria

I really admire his (President Assad's) insistence to warn regional countries and international society despite their eagerness to just invade one country after another.. He's doing what he has to do so nobody will blame him in the future when 'very dire' repercussions occur.

And to those who still think it's a peaceful opposition protests against a regime using tanks against them, go visit Homs City, central of Syria where people are kidnapped on remote countryside roads just because of their sect, slaughtered with butcher knifes and sent in pieces to their families, then deny the existence of salafi groups, even secretary Clinton admitted they are well armed, well financed and just waiting to launch a civil war in entire of the country.

Libya scenario won't reoccur in Syria as far as warmongers wishful thinking takes them, civil war won't happen in Syria as Clinton's wishful thinking takes her, if it was to happen it would've happened 8 months ago when the 'peaceful protesters' started killing indiscriminately, the more killings happening there is only uniting the people behind their army that barely saw a crack out of 560,000 troops, 60,000 security members.. 

Stop playing stupid and open both eyes, saving israel's greed isn't worth all the blood spilled and all the money wasted, 1,200,000 families lost their houses in USA itself last year to banks, wake up, your struggle is with the soul of OWS and don't let them distract you by opening wars in far countries and feeding you with misleading Hollywood style media.

Our above comment appeared on a CNN.com article found here: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/20/world/meast/syria-violence/index.html

Syria: A Corner Shop Supplies the World's Press

Syria: A corner shop supplies the world's press


The "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights", in the use of the world press, consists of a small and lonely business. It is not able to name sources neither to confirm anything they publish to the world press. It communicates only via Skype and Email but is still financial supported by the "unknown members” this business and their website. Nobody knows each other in reality but they suggest that all people (members) are just normal people.


Qui bono - who use the strange stories about Syria? 


The "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" which uses a Facebook Page with less friends on this social network seems to be the "primary source for information about the anti-Assad rebellion" as the "Middle East Online" wrote about it. And indeed it looks like all German corporate and state media operate with this Facebook Page and its members and pray the same like the operator of this site who calls himself Rami Abdel Rahman (by the way it seems to be no surprise that he calls himself “Rahman”).


He lives in Coventry and says that there is no observation point which “resists” in London. The lies which are confirmed as lies by this Facebook Page out of Coventry goes into the thousands and it looks like the operator and its members doesn’t shy away about a new edition of the incubator lie which blew up very quickly. It’s sure a good question why this questionable source is presented and promoted by the German State-TV ARD as a neutral human rights organization. 


The virtual "observatory" 


According to "Middle East Online" (http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=47427) this "observation point" is just a "one man show". 
Quote:


"Thousands of miles from home Rami Abdel Rahman operates a network of 200 activists in Syria who report to him. This allows him to spread the latest news about bloodshed in Syria."


"'We are all normal people with normal everyday life. We have no office. We work from home or from work. “ says Abdel Rahman, 40, in a telephone interview from Coventry in England. The so called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) appeared on the scene as the primary source of information for the media world since the anti-government movement broke out in Syria in mid-March." 


Without any problems they publish confessions that these so called "activists" in Syria get their findings mostly out of hospital lists and messages to bring them on the first few pages of the newspapers. Great – these „activists" know through the name of a person what happened and recapitulate these “findings” to their site and the media worldwide. All members of this questionable small network are somehow confidential and do not know each other. 


The contacts go through Skype, Gmail and non-registered phone numbers. Abdel Rahman's critics questioned his trustworthiness and accuse him of being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood – meanwhile Damascus is accusing him that his mission is about destabilizing the country." 


Let us recall this statement from Rahman for example: 


"... I am independent. We receive no money ... The Centre and the website is funded by its members .... " 


“Middle East Online” contacted him and reported about this: 


“The observatory was founded 5 years ago. The unknown Abdel Rahman went to Coventry in 2000 because he could be arrested at home because of his activities. He runs a small shop that sells books and clothing ..” 


This is the tragic truth. From this really questionable mini-source on its private cloud are the horror stories which spread through the world press. For example the (German) GEZ stations spread this lies from this “grocery store” - despite their own huge number of foreign offices.


The parallels to the war in Libya


These parallels are dramatic and can guess really bad stuff behind it. Also in February 2011 the United Nations failed to check the dubious opposition organizations abroad from Switzerland and London which sold these air numbers as a massacre. No one reviewed these allegations and finally a War ensued.


The members of these networks and of the "National or transitional councils" (at least 2 about Syria – in contrast to what Westerwelle thinks or sells) are unknown and as always this is said to be for "security reasons”. Otherwise their links to the West would become public. The main operators always sit in the west and own passports from NATO countries.


Like this shady Rami Abdel Rahman which is supported through unknown sources to run his finally non-existent “observatory”.


Translated by Matthias Klostermayr from 
http://hinter-der-fichte.blogspot.com/2011/11/syrien-tante-emma-laden-versorgt-die.html?spref=tw

Syria And The Arab League Conspiracy

The decision of the Arab League against Syria last Saturday was not really surprising. The Arab League decided to temporarily exclude Syria from the AL activities, even without a unanimous decision in clear contradiction with the internal charter of the very same League which requires unanimous approval from all countries except the subject country. Furthermore, an Arab country earlier sent an inquiry to the legal advisory board of the Arab League asking whether it’s legal to vote by majority to suspend a single country from the League and the reply came it was not legal based on the charter unless a unanimous vote by the League at the level of heads of states, and not at the level of ministers like what happened, the legal advisory conclusion was ignored.  Some countries like Yemen, Lebanon and Algeria voted against while the Iraq abstained from voting. The decision came too quickly and without the possibility to take the chance to get a real view about the true situation in Syria. The Syrian offer to welcome a delegation from the Arab League and to show the situation in the country has not been accepted – so it looks like a lot of the countries in the Arab League just followed the questionable media coverage and advises from other non-Arab countries. Up to the 16^th November Syria wants to maintain the offer until the government in Damascus will draw their conclusions on this date.

After the suspension, as it was published in some German newspapers or even the freezing of the Syrian membership, the disappointments of Syrians are very huge. No one could understand it and can believe that Syria as a founding member of the Arab League could be simply excluded this weekend. Even within the Arab League it seems like an American policy is applied, which more and more reveals how many states and governments have sold themselves - especially looking at the known Gulf States. While the people ran on the streets in rebellion over the decision and gave free rein to their rage, they also made clear their support of the Government and spoke out against the foreign interference. Syria also called on to a special summit of the member states of the Arab League.

The Syrian side expressed that the decision taken on Saturday is far away from being a legal step and that this statement truly gives a glance at the status of the Arab League. Meanwhile the Arab side also seems to have learned well from the NATO- war criminals and it has become irrelevant what requirements are laid down in writing somewhere as long as American policy is pushing and wants to have their goals achieved. The rage of the Syrians is large; it seems like the majority of them don’t want to see themselves as Arabs anymore. Some embassies and diplomatic missions in Syria were attacked, to give free rein to the Syrians’ frustration.

Among the targets of the demonstrators were the embassies of Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Meanwhile the consulates of Turkey and France in Aleppo were a bit damaged.

 In the European press, the news of the expulsion of Syria goes through the press. It congratulates the Arab League for this courageous step, taking it as a correct one though bit too late, and hopes to the government in Damascus will be isolated more quickly now – by the help of Arab States, of course. One speculation is already on its very quick way - the hope that the internal collapse of Syria can continue to grow and that the Syrian people suffer more and more. Of the millions of people who meet this Saturday night on the streets in all Syrian provinces to show their support for the reform process by their government continued yesterday until the early evening hours. You cannot read about this in German news as usual when it comes to these Pro-Assad movements.

Its looks like the voices of millions of Syrians in and outside Syria are worthless and too cheap when it comes to an accurate media coverage about the events and situation in this country. Driven by blind arrogance and ignorance, the western media seems to follow the questionable politics of their countries. Again and again you read in western newspapers about dead protesters who are sold as peaceful citizens. The Syrian government is meanwhile sold to the readers and viewers in Europe as a brutal monster – which is far away from the truth that is happening in Syria. You hardly read a word about killed soldiers, policemen and family people by those “peaceful protesters”. All governments in the west are jumping on the same train. After all it seems like they found another way trying to break down the so called “axis of evil” so that the way to Iran becomes easier. When you compare the situation in the west about the Iran you remember the many similar articles and publications before the “events” in and with Iraq, Afghanistan… and the list goes on.

The decision of the Arab League boosted the German foreign minister again in his efforts to bring about a resolution against Syria in the UN Security Council this weekend. Today the foreign ministers of the EU meet and have a great work through the whole program. Of course it cannot miss Syria or Iran. Against Syria, the EU wants to adopt another round of sanctions. Further 19 individuals and companies should land on the so-called black list. It is totally obvious that these sanctions will again hit the population. That's their goal: to grind down the citizens until they rebel against their own government because of the harder life they have to life finally.

It played a very bad game and all mix very diligently with the systematic destruction of Syria. Since everyone seems to fancy Tunisia and Egypt, interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states like Iraq and Afghanistan began much earlier. What we have learned today in the ranks of governments?  Nothing at all. It continues to work diligently on his wartime propaganda and creating a failed state after another.

It is still unclear whether the premise of a military intervention in Syria will be on the table now. Although Egypt has, for example, argued against outside interference in Syria, but what this voice is worth if the NATO warmongers decide to “protect the civilian population in Syria”. No one should believe this old wives’ tale anymore, especially after what they did in Libya.

 How many brutal massacres are already on the account of NATO and, above all, how many are yet to come? The population in Syria is living in safety for the most parts. The Syrian people who have to live in insecure areas are waiting for the army and to liberate their areas. Unfortunately this is not reality in Europe.

It remains to be seen how the situation is now being developed further. However, one should expect that there will be no delegation of the Arab League to Syria, just as there will be a departure from previous warmongering course. The goal is to let Syria bleed and starve to wear down from the inside out. But even if we stick to this plan, should the Western states have not reckoned with the Syrian people and without Russia, China and other friendly states. It can only be hoped that there will be no more dirty war against Syria.

Our Reply on 'Flower of Syria' Article - LA Times Warmongering

Aren't you sick of your own warmongering & propaganda? Do you remember the famous 'Gay Girl in Damascus'?

Zaynab became a high profile not by govt but by Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group tried to mobilize the crowds against the secular govt based on such a lie like this. To add inslut to your injury in this case, the 'body mutilated and burnt' was a mannequine cut and burnt and filmed to be a human body, but a closer look will show you the metal joint under the armpit.. silly, but that's mere proapaganda.

Such stories are good for foreigners and expats but not for Syrians inside or experts on warfare and propaganda.. That's a totally different level.

Sedition is exactly what NATO agents were trying their best to raise using a number of Gulf Based Clerics followers of an offshoot of an Islamic extremist group called Salafis, same found in Qandahar, Afghanistan throwing acid on the faces of young girls going to school, to drug lords having their trade flourish during unrests, to weapon dealers and their ability to smuggle weapons paid in cash abroad.. etc.

There'll be no civil war along sectarian lines in Syria, the country offered a safe haven to each sect that faced annihilation & massacres in their own countries which explains the number of sects inside this country.

Just for your info, the president's religion is Muslim with no extras as he declares himself.

The above comment in reply to what LA Times article titled: 'Flower of Syria' http://discussions.latimes.com/20/lanews/la-fg-syria-zaynab-20111111/10

Al Jazeera Tries to Defend its ill Reporting from Syria & We Strip It Naked

As usual & expected from NATO Warmonger channel Al Jazeera one sided stories: All media especially Al Jazeera was present in Libya, and restricting journalists there as we all know was by NATO rebels & not by Gaddafi, yet all information warmongers like AJA was reporting was 99% fiction & biased against Gaddafi, the fact that Seiful Islam, Gaddafi son was reported captured & redistributed in a crucial time to hit his supporters to the extent that an ICC official comes out & asks NTC to deliver him without harm then the same person drives to Bab Al Azizieh by his car & not detained and in the same square reported to be taken over by NATO rebels tells a lot about independent foreign journalists, especially Al Jazeera.

Despite the fact the regime in Syria successfully discredited all the reports the Al Jazeera & sisters from the NATO Allies in the case of Zainab Al Hosni, we see Nir Rosen, one of your heavily involved journos in Syria talk about another body shown on his channel & asks who she was, indicating that he didn't watch Addounia TV mocking his channel & all other warmongers when showing & proving that the 'other body' reported was nothing but a mannequin cut & burnt and even in a closer look when Addounia froze the cam, the steel joint for the armpit was so clear in the images, but why bother, who will watch banned Addounia channel on the European satellite in the name of free media and discredit Al Jazeera Stories..!

Credible media channels would feel ashamed when caught misleading audience once and tend to be more careful in scrutinizing any new material before airing it in order to regain trust of its audience, this didn't happen in the Al Jazeera case where hundreds of Youtube videos, shaky films, photos and 'eye witness' stories were refuted with undoubted evidences by State TV & Addounia and tens of activists took efforts to clarify to the world that what is shown falls in the propaganda and not fact reporting media games.

Live protests in July of protesters wearing heavy winter clothes and cloudy skies, reports of Al Hourani Hospital in the city of Hama being razed by 'indiscriminate tanks shelling' that razed also other cities like Talk Kalakh, Baniyas, Jisr Al Shughour, Harem, Bu Kamal, Der Ezzor, Daraá; Navy Ships bombing Al Raml Palestinian camp in Latakkia, and so many other daily stories were all lies and a visit to all these areas prove that not a single tank used a single projectile against a single target in any of these areas or anywhere else in Syria, yet the story moves from one place to another without learning from previous lessons, it only proves that either the guys editing the news in Al Jazeera & NATO sisters don't do their homework in verifying the info before broadcasting it, or they follow a certain plan to keep broadcasting lies disregarding their authenticity, or finally they disrespect their viewers minds and self-analytic.

Also, can you tell the viewers where did 900,000 protesters in Hama & 400,000 protesters in Der Ezzor disappear? How did they fit in the Assi square in Hama & in the main square in Der Ezzor, respectively when each cannot fit more than 40,000 human beings packed 4 in each square meter?! Since you reported these masses in July and after the city was opened and cleansed from NATO agents all these 'masses' disappeared, and if you say that army or whatever security force can keep 1.2 Million people at home and away from protesting, you'll be insulting your own intelligence. 

And when you see over 2 million pro-govt citizens fill Omayyad Square which is 14 meters wider than Tahrir square in Cairo in diameter, add to it the very wide 7 attached roads you say 'thousands rallied in support of Assad' I tell you guys, you lost it big time. And when you say in your reporting of Aleppo 1.5 Million in Saad Allah Jabri Square, that these people rallying in support of president Assad because they "feel obliged to rally for the regime that has given them advantage over the rest of the country and that it has protected their business interests" that's a total stupidity, sorry to say; tens or even hundreds can be described like this and people might buy it, but if the 'regime managed to protect the interest' of 1.5 million in one city alone Aleppo, that means the 'regime' is doing a great job serving the whole country that its total population doesn't exceed 23 million, out of which over 55% under the age of 15!!!

In Syria, and among the public Al Jazeera managed to set a new standard, now when someone wants to discredit a friend's story he'd tell him: You become a more liar than Al Jazeera.

Keeping such media outside the country at a very sensitive time has served to protect the truth of events and not just to keep the president seated as you mentioned in your reportage. 

Sad to say that in spite the fact that the Syrian govt has recently allowed all foreign media to re-enter Syria based on the Arab League initiative, I personally wouldn't advice you as Al Jazeera to go there as it'll useless, you already lost credibility big time, and to regain it will require so long time until all the existing generations that witnessed your biased, discredited, one sided reporting, all of them forget this warmongering propaganda you demonstrated and a new generation comes up and might accept to watch your news again.

Above comments appeared on Al Jazeera English report called 'The message from Damascus - Listening Post with this link: http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/listeningpost/2011/11/2011115112724457105.html