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Het zit je kennelijk erg diep dat de man toch nog erg populair is bij de Syrische bevolking.quote:Op donderdag 31 maart 2011 12:41 schreef Charismatisch het volgende:
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De geheime agenten hebben vrouwen, kinderen, ouders etc.
Die zijn allemaal voor het regime omdat ze weten dat mocht het regime vallen, ze zich moeten verantwoorden voor hun misdaden.
Niet echt. Het is voor mij wat Syri betreft sowieso een win-win situatie. Natuurlijk heb ik liever dat de dictator vertrekt omdat ik een gruwelijke hekel heb aan baathisten, maar mocht ie blijven dan ga ik er niets op achteruit. Deze dictator zit namelijk (vanwege zijn geloof) in het juiste kamp (Iran, Hezbollah). Ik ben meer anti-Saoedi Arabi en hun dictatoriale bondgenoten in die regio. Ik was dan ook zeer tevreden dat Mubarak van Egypte optiefte. En ik zal ook geen traan laten om Saddam Insane de baathist. Bij Bashar al-Assad is het meer 50/50.quote:
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Het zit je kennelijk erg diep dat de man toch nog erg populair is bij de Syrische bevolking.
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Protests Break Out After Friday Prayers in Syria
01/04/2011 15:03:00
Protests broke out in three Syrian cities against Baath Party rule after prayers on Friday, Syrian activists said.
Two days after President Bashar al-Assad termed mass protests demanding freedoms a foreign conspiracy, protests against Baath Party rule broke out after Friday prayers in three Syrian cities.
Hundreds of people took to the streets in and around Damascus, Alarabiya reported, where security forces fired tear gas at protesters. The suburb of Douma, and the coastal cities of Latakia and Banias, also witnessed such protests.
An activist, who preferred to remain anonymous told AFP that the real cause, the ultimate cause, is that they have been... beaten in their own streets, silenced, for more than 40 years.
He went on to say: "But the most pressing cause, in today's rallies, is the President's speech, which dashed all our hopes and expectations. We have been hearing the same speech for decades."
The protests after weekly Muslim prayers are being staged for a third week in succession.
President Assad, is facing domestic pressure unprecedented in his 11-year rule, failed to lift almost 50 years of emergency rule on Wednesday in his first address to the nation since the protests demanding greater freedoms erupted more than two weeks ago.
He instead said there was a "conspiracy" targeting unity in Syria, blaming the country's "enemies" for taking advantage of the needs of the people to incite division in the country ruled by emergency law since the Baath party seized power in 1963.
The Syria Revolution 2011 has called for rallies at all mosques after noon prayers until their demands for "freedom" are met. It offered tips for sending out mass text messages and protection from tear gas.
The three-week protests have turned deadly, with activists estimating over 150 people killed in clashes with security forces, mainly in the southern governorate of Daraa, a tribal area at the Jordanian border, and the coastal city of Latakia.
Officials however put the death toll at about 30 and have accused Muslim extremists and "armed gangs" of pushing peaceful rallies into violence with the aim of inciting sectarian unrest in Syria, which prides itself on coexistence in a region torn by confessional strife.
In a conciliatory move, on Thursday President Assad ordered a string of reforms, including a study of new laws on the media and political pluralism and plans to tackle the plight of 300,000 Kurds who have been denied Syrian citizenship for close to half a century.
http://tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=1&i=5745
01/04/2011 15:03:00
Protests broke out in three Syrian cities against Baath Party rule after prayers on Friday, Syrian activists said.
Two days after President Bashar al-Assad termed mass protests demanding freedoms a foreign conspiracy, protests against Baath Party rule broke out after Friday prayers in three Syrian cities.
Hundreds of people took to the streets in and around Damascus, Alarabiya reported, where security forces fired tear gas at protesters. The suburb of Douma, and the coastal cities of Latakia and Banias, also witnessed such protests.
An activist, who preferred to remain anonymous told AFP that the real cause, the ultimate cause, is that they have been... beaten in their own streets, silenced, for more than 40 years.
He went on to say: "But the most pressing cause, in today's rallies, is the President's speech, which dashed all our hopes and expectations. We have been hearing the same speech for decades."
The protests after weekly Muslim prayers are being staged for a third week in succession.
President Assad, is facing domestic pressure unprecedented in his 11-year rule, failed to lift almost 50 years of emergency rule on Wednesday in his first address to the nation since the protests demanding greater freedoms erupted more than two weeks ago.
He instead said there was a "conspiracy" targeting unity in Syria, blaming the country's "enemies" for taking advantage of the needs of the people to incite division in the country ruled by emergency law since the Baath party seized power in 1963.
The Syria Revolution 2011 has called for rallies at all mosques after noon prayers until their demands for "freedom" are met. It offered tips for sending out mass text messages and protection from tear gas.
The three-week protests have turned deadly, with activists estimating over 150 people killed in clashes with security forces, mainly in the southern governorate of Daraa, a tribal area at the Jordanian border, and the coastal city of Latakia.
Officials however put the death toll at about 30 and have accused Muslim extremists and "armed gangs" of pushing peaceful rallies into violence with the aim of inciting sectarian unrest in Syria, which prides itself on coexistence in a region torn by confessional strife.
In a conciliatory move, on Thursday President Assad ordered a string of reforms, including a study of new laws on the media and political pluralism and plans to tackle the plight of 300,000 Kurds who have been denied Syrian citizenship for close to half a century.
http://tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=1&i=5745
At least 12 killed in anti-government rallies in Syria
Deaths in Syrian protest march for freedom
Cairo/Damascus - At least 12 people were killed in two Syrian cities Friday, activists said, when demonstrators took to the streets in anti-government protests in response to calls for nationwide rallies.
Independent verification of the toll is difficult, as foreign journalists are either barred from Syria, or largely confined to Damsacus.
http://www.monstersandcri(...)ent-rallies-in-Syria
Several deaths have been reported as anti-government protests got under way in several Syrian cities after Muslim prayers on Friday, activists have said.
Protest marches against Baath Party rule demanding freedoms broke out in cities in the north and south, including the flashpoint city of Daraa.
Hundreds of people took to the streets in and around the capital, Damascus, on Friday afternoon as security forces and ruling party loyalists attacked protesters with batons in Rifaii mosque in the city.
http://english.aljazeera.(...)141132440493496.html
Deaths in Syrian protest march for freedom
Cairo/Damascus - At least 12 people were killed in two Syrian cities Friday, activists said, when demonstrators took to the streets in anti-government protests in response to calls for nationwide rallies.
Independent verification of the toll is difficult, as foreign journalists are either barred from Syria, or largely confined to Damsacus.
http://www.monstersandcri(...)ent-rallies-in-Syria
Several deaths have been reported as anti-government protests got under way in several Syrian cities after Muslim prayers on Friday, activists have said.
Protest marches against Baath Party rule demanding freedoms broke out in cities in the north and south, including the flashpoint city of Daraa.
Hundreds of people took to the streets in and around the capital, Damascus, on Friday afternoon as security forces and ruling party loyalists attacked protesters with batons in Rifaii mosque in the city.
http://english.aljazeera.(...)141132440493496.html
Meer van AJE:
[1]Syrian forces reportedly fired tear gas at protesters in the suburb of Douma, and in the coastal cities of Latakia and Banias.
[2]Our correspondent said at least four person was killed and 30 injured in the village of Sanamin, besieged by the Syrian army, when people from nearby villages were barred from paying their respects to those killed earlier in the week.
[3]Protest organisers quoted by the AFP news agency said rallies were also being staged for the first time in the mainly Kurdish-populated northeast." Several hundred people marched peacefully in the streets of Qamishli and Amuda … chanting 'we don't only want citizenship but freedom as well'," Radif Mustafa, a Kurdish rights activist, told AFP.
Latakia (stad met diverse bevolkingsgroepen) na de speech van Assad (2 dagen geleden):
[1]Syrian forces reportedly fired tear gas at protesters in the suburb of Douma, and in the coastal cities of Latakia and Banias.
[2]Our correspondent said at least four person was killed and 30 injured in the village of Sanamin, besieged by the Syrian army, when people from nearby villages were barred from paying their respects to those killed earlier in the week.
[3]Protest organisers quoted by the AFP news agency said rallies were also being staged for the first time in the mainly Kurdish-populated northeast." Several hundred people marched peacefully in the streets of Qamishli and Amuda … chanting 'we don't only want citizenship but freedom as well'," Radif Mustafa, a Kurdish rights activist, told AFP.
Latakia (stad met diverse bevolkingsgroepen) na de speech van Assad (2 dagen geleden):
Oorlog is de verderzetting van de politiek maar met andere middelen - Clausewitz
Beest Assad heeft gisteren 9 mensen vermoord en vandaag 37 mensen gearresteerd:
http://www.nu.nl/algemeen(...)taties-in-syrie.htmlquote:Tientallen arrestaties in Syri
DAMASCUS - De Syrische veiligheidsdiensten hebben zaterdag 37 mensen aangehouden. Dat gebeurde een dag nadat in de stad Douma, ten noorden van de hoofdstad Damascus, zeker negen mensen waren omgekomen bij demonstraties tegen het regime van president Bashar al-Assad.
Zowel in de zuidelijke stad Deraa, een van de belangrijkste centra van de onrust van de laatste weken, als in Douma en de noordelijke industriestad Homs werden mensen opgepakt.
Een inwoner van Douma zei dat de situatie daar zaterdag rustig was. De veiligheidsdiensten gaven daar de lichamen van sommige slachtoffers van het geweld van vrijdag niet vrij, kennelijk om te voorkomen dat hun begrafenis op nieuwe protesten zou uitlopen.
De Syrische staatsmedia maakten vrijdag melding van de protesten, maar die zouden overwegend kalm zijn verlopen. Slechts n meisje zou zijn omgekomen.
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Online link van een Syrische nieuwsbrief (bevat veel nuttige links):
http://www.icontact-archi(...)aR4ODPE4apyGfGBz?w=3
http://www.icontact-archi(...)aR4ODPE4apyGfGBz?w=3
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Ik zie dat CLF online komt maar niet meer in dit topic post. Volgens mij is hij nu in Syri. Hoezo post je niets meer CLF? Ben je bang dat je iets verkeerds post en de thugs van jouw geliefde leider je in een cel gooien en gaan martelen?
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ja, ik meen mij te herinneren dat hij aangaf binnenkort naar Syrie te gaan.quote:Op zondag 3 april 2011 19:24 schreef Charismatisch het volgende:
Ik zie dat CLF online komt maar niet meer in dit topic post. Volgens mij is hij nu in Syri. Hoezo post je niets meer CLF? Ben je bang dat je iets verkeerds post en de thugs van jouw geliefde leider je in een cel gooien en gaan martelen?
En ik weet wel heel zeker dat hij beseft dat je dit subforum niet vanuit Syrie moet bezoeken en zeker niet dit topic. Leuk dat hij voor zijn eigen grote persoonlijke voorbeeld en roerganger Al-Assad nu bang is en maar veilig hier wegblijft. Tot zover de Syrische heilstaat dan maar he.
Straks weer veilig vanuit NL allemaal pro-assad filmpjes posten en hier heel de dag rondhangen
Oorlog is de verderzetting van de politiek maar met andere middelen - Clausewitz
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ja, ik meen mij te herinneren dat hij aangaf binnenkort naar Syrie te gaan.
En ik weet wel heel zeker dat hij beseft dat je dit subforum niet vanuit Syrie moet bezoeken en zeker niet dit topic. Leuk dat hij voor zijn eigen grote persoonlijke voorbeeld en roerganger Al-Assad nu bang is en maar veilig hier wegblijft. Tot zover de Syrische heilstaat dan maar he.
Straks weer veilig vanuit NL allemaal pro-assad filmpjes posten en hier heel de dag rondhangen
Hieronder een email met de eisen van de Syrische oppositie:
quote:Demands of Syrian Freedom Protesters
Some observers and some of the Syrian people still think that the protesters demands are not clear. In some cases they think these demands are not fair demands due to the intentional distortion of Syrian official media.
Therefore, we believe that it is a priority to clarify these demands to the Syrian people and make the demands united for all protesters.
These demands are addressed to the Syrian Regime. We believe that all the chanting of "Regime Collapse" here and there were results of the people's desperation of the Regime's positive response. However, we don't think any of the Syrian people will demand regime collapse if they respond to these demands.
First - Immediate Actions:
1. The release of all political and opinion prisoners and detainees and allowing all exiled Syrians to comeback home without any conditions, restrictions or exceptions.
2. The lifting of the State of Emergency and Martial Law in a clear, unequivocal statement without replacing it with any similar laws. This shall also include the dismantling of the illegal state security court and all exceptional courts and the canceling of all rulings of these courts.
3. Withdrawing of all armed secret service (Intelligence) forces from Syrian cities; especially Deraa, and retaining only normal police forces for security reserve, removing the siege from Deraa and other cities, compensating affected people for all damages, compensating the families of martyrs and the prosecution of those responsible parties after conducting an immediate, transparent investigation that can be monitored by local and Arabian Human Rights organizations.
4. The issuing of an explicit Republican Decree to guarantee the right of peaceful demonstration and the criminalization of any assaults or threats directed at demonstrators.
5. To termination of all threatening and intimidating acts against our sons and daughters in our schools whether by school staff or secret service agents in and around the schools and to refrain from obliging them to participate in demonstrations supporting the regime.
6. The cancellation of all the secret service agencies authority to arrest people based on their political and religious beliefs. The restructuring of the various secret service agencies into one National Security Agency under the supervision of the Ministry of Interior and the application of modern work standards that guarantee human and constitutional rights.
Second - Acts with a defined timetable:
1. The amending of the constitution, specially article eight, to accommodate a multiparty democracy and guarantee basic human rights and peaceful transition of authority.
2. The Establishment of a truly independent judiciary system, with immunity and integrity, free of political influence by applying radical actions that shall be developed jointly with local human rights organizations and concerned syndicates.
3. To allow complete freedom of information in all media and to guarantee the freedom of expression.
4. The issuance of a modern law that allows for the creation of political parties and social organizations that complies with this new era, addresses the ambitions of the youth and allows the building and activation of civil society organizations.
5. The creation of a modern, multiple party election law and the holding of free and fair elections for municipal councils and Parliament that guarantee fair representation of all segments of the Syrian people. The formation of a Parliamentary Government that can fight corruption and poverty, hold corrupt people accountable for their acts and achieve real development.
6. The resolution of the Kurdi issue by returning Nationality to the deprived and concealed Kurdi citizens, the reallocation of lands to their owners and the improvement of their living standards.
7. Immediate action to be taken to clear the existing corruption in Syria by dismantling the sponsoring networks and guarding powers. The holding to account the corrupt people for their crimes and the confiscation of all ill-gotten wealth. The review of all contracts that are unfair to the state and Syrian society, especially the mobile networks contracts.
8. The announcement of an accurate and transparent plan to eliminate poverty and unemployment in Syria. Such a plan shall be evaluated semiannually by Parliament.
9. The convening of a National General Conference for all national powers to discuss all pending issues and agree on a national plan for reform in Syria.
These demands are essential to end the current crisis and they are fair demands for the Syrian people who have suffered decades of suppression, corruption, the stealing of Syrian wealth and violations of human rights.
Long live a free and proud Syria and long live a free and proud Syrian people!
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Ik merk eigenlijk zeer weinig van de onrusten in Syrie, op wat kleinschalige pro-bashar demonstraties na. Woon sinds Augustus vorig jaar in Damascus. Ik zal wat foto's en video's plaatsen van de demonstraties (internet is traag dus kan ff duren).
Zoals gewoonlijk is de dictator altijd te laat. 
quote:Syria's Assad makes overture to Kurds after demos
The Associated Press Published: Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 6:52 a.m.
Syria's president has granted thousands of Kurds living in a northeastern province Syrian citizenship in the latest overture by Bashar Assad to try and quell extraordinary anti-government protests.
State-run TV says that Assad issued a decree on Kurdish citizenship on Thursday.
It says he also sacked the governor of the central province of Homs that has witnessed clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in the past three weeks.
Assad has struggled to subdue the protests that erupted in a southern city on March 18 and spread to other parts of the country.
Kurds are the largest ethnic minority in Syria but many of them have long been denied citizenship. Assad's move would fulfill their longtime demand.
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Email over dag 23 van de Syrische revolutie:
quote:Syrian Revolution News Round-up
Syria: Rise of the Obscurantists!
Encouraged by regional support, overt and tacit, and international confusion, Assad reaches out to some Islamists!
A relatively quiet day that started with protests in the diverse (Druzes, Christians, Sunnis, Iraqi refugees) Damascene suburb of Jeramana, that was quickly dispelled by security forces who went to organize a pro-Assad rally, and ended with clashes between Kurdish protesters and security officers in Wadee Al-Masharee Suburb that reportedly left 7 protesters dead, although no further details are available about the incident.
Meanwhile, eyewitnesses from Kafar Batna, the Damascene suburbs that witnessed major protests yesterday leading to a number of fatalities, which, we were told at the time, included a number of security officers, denied the validity of these claims and asserted that no security officer was killed by inhabitants of Kafar Batna and that all fatalities were from the ranks of the local population.
For their part, protest leaders in Deraa City refused to meet their newly appointed Governor, and continued their sit-in in Alomari Mosque, as inhabitants of nearby Jassem demonstrated against offers of reconciliation sent by state through intermediaries.
Before Bashar Al-Assad speech last week, a member of parliament, Youssef Abou Roumiyeh, addressed his colleagues, accused security officers of being responsible for the massacres in Deraa and called on Bashar to apologize to the people of Deraa, open an inquiry in the matter, and listen to their legitimate demand. A video of his speech has making the rounds pn the internet over the last few days, now Syrian authorities are said to be questioning Abou Roumiyeh to ascertain how the video, taking from the closed circuit TV in the parliament, has made its way to the Internet.
The Turkish FM support of Assads shadow reforms, which he expressed during his visit to Damascus earlier today, have generated much dismay among protest leaders who were hoping for more a sympathetic Turkish role. This latest development is adding much to the frustration of protest leaders who view regional and international responses as being below their expectations so far, especially considering the number of casualties involved, with more than 150 confirmed fatalities. Syrias protest leader are hoping for an emergency session of UNHRC to discuss the current situation in Syria, which can be leveraged by the international community to send a clear message to the Assads on the use of violence against unarmed protesters, especially at a time when the Assads have the audacity to lobby for Libyas position on the Council.
Lastly, Bashars decision to reverse his regimes decision on Niqab ban, to reinstate Niqab-wearing teachers to their former possession, and to endear himself to loyal Islamists by giving them more access to the state media (in fact, Sheikh Ramdan Al-Bouti asserted in his sermon last Tuesday, which aired on Syrian TV, that Assad promised him to launch a religious channel as well as an institute for training future Imams who wont deviate right or left), should serve to underscore the kind of reforms the Assads have in mind. By encouraging the most obscurantist elements to plan a more visible role in society, they hope to bolster their claim that their presence is needed to keep society in check. Problem with this policy is that protesters hate these elements as equally as they do the Assads.
Speech by Imam Mouath Khateeb in Douma It does not matter if a man is Sunni, Shiite, Alawite, Druze or Ismailite, an Arab or a Kurd, the value of the human being in the eyes of God lies in his piety. We are all one body. I say to you, the Alawites are much closer to me than many people. I know their villages, their impoverished villages where they live under oppression and toil hard. We speak for the freedom of every human being in this country, for every Sunni, every Alawite, every Ismailite, every Christian, every Arab and every member of the great Kurdish nation who bore Islam in her heart since ever We suffer for every fallen brother who was just practicing his God-given right Freedom is born with every one of us and not a gift bestowed on us by anybody. Freedom is a blessing from God, not something possessed by a ruler, a government or state the hearts of the Syrian people cry blood for every mother, for every martyrs wound for this great people who went out to practice their right to demonstrate, not carrying any weapons, while shouting Peacefully, Peacefully I am really sorry that the media is falling woefully behind. What can they come and see what peoples conditions are like, what their demand are I was at the Rifai Mosque and I saw how the electric batons were used against the youth just because they were asking for freedom. We want these people to be held accountable. This country is going through great turmoil, and we call on the state, where we hope some wise people can prevail; and put an end to this and open the gate to freedom gradually and according to a sound program all that we demand now is opening an investigation, holding every wrongdoer accountable, announcing timetable for reforms for which we eagerly await.. God bless you all.
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Schijnt dat 100 doden zijn gevallen in Dara.
All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers. ~Franois Fnelon
Syria: government troops in violent reaction to fresh protests
Supporters of Syria's president Bashir al-Asad opened fire during fresh protests on Friday killing at least 22 people, as tentative government concessions showed no signs of winning over the opposition.
Witnesses said the worst clashes began after demonstrators marched from three mosques in the southern city of Deraa after Friday prayers.
Security forces in plain clothes fired tear gas then rubber bullets and finally live ammunition on stone-throwing youths. At least 17 people were reported killed.
There were protests in cities across Syria sparking violent responses from the authorities. Three people were killed in the town of Harasta, two in Homs and, significantly, there was a report that water cannon had been used to put down a demonstration in Hama, the town where Mr Asad's father and predecessor, Hafez al-Asad, killed 20,000 people in putting down an Islamist uprising in 1982.
Mr Asad has promised constitutional reform and hinted at lifting emergency laws in place since his father came to power in 1963. On Thursday, he sought to conciliate the country's Kurdish minority by granting citizenship to a group of 150,000 who had no nationality papers.
He has also sacked hard-line governors, including that of Deraa, which has seen the most open displays of opposition and the most lethal suppression of protest. More than 70 people have died across the country in the last month.
Supporters of Syria's president Bashir al-Asad opened fire during fresh protests on Friday killing at least 22 people, as tentative government concessions showed no signs of winning over the opposition.
Witnesses said the worst clashes began after demonstrators marched from three mosques in the southern city of Deraa after Friday prayers.
Security forces in plain clothes fired tear gas then rubber bullets and finally live ammunition on stone-throwing youths. At least 17 people were reported killed.
There were protests in cities across Syria sparking violent responses from the authorities. Three people were killed in the town of Harasta, two in Homs and, significantly, there was a report that water cannon had been used to put down a demonstration in Hama, the town where Mr Asad's father and predecessor, Hafez al-Asad, killed 20,000 people in putting down an Islamist uprising in 1982.
Mr Asad has promised constitutional reform and hinted at lifting emergency laws in place since his father came to power in 1963. On Thursday, he sought to conciliate the country's Kurdish minority by granting citizenship to a group of 150,000 who had no nationality papers.
He has also sacked hard-line governors, including that of Deraa, which has seen the most open displays of opposition and the most lethal suppression of protest. More than 70 people have died across the country in the last month.
