Who is killing the Syrian people? Its very clear...

It is important to watch the whole way through - not only to see the level of brutality, however to listen to the chants from Pro-Bashar forces.

The revolution will continue...

English subtitles, just click "CC" in the video player: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTUJnGcLo7U&feature=player_embedded

 

Hamza al-Khateeb, age 13, May you rest in peace

"Arrested during a protest in Saida, 10km east of Daraa, on April 29, Hamza's body was returned to his family on Tuesday 24th May, horribly mutilated."

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/05/201153185927813389.html

May you rest in peace Hamza. Allahi Yirhamak..

To Support Bashar is to Support Israel: Confirmed by Rami Makhlouf

Attempting to alleviate Western pressure on his first-cousin, Bashar Al-Assad, and the brutal regime that has made him one of the richest men in the world, Rami Makhlouf confirmed what those opposed to the regime have said all along: 

“If there is no stability here, there’s no way there will be stability in Israel,”

رامي مخلوف : إذا لم يكن استقرار في سوريه لن يكون هناك استقرار بالمطلق في اسرائيل

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/world/middleeast/11makhlouf.html?_r=2&hp

Important statement, as the regime has been aggressively accusing the Syrian pro-democracy protestors of being Israeli and Western agents and has been hiding behind the myth that they are the last resistence to Israel, in order to garner support from the general Arab populous.

When pushed further, Rami stated:

“I didn’t say war,” he said. “What I’m saying is don’t let us suffer, don’t put a lot of pressure on the president, don’t push Syria to do anything it is not happy to do.”

Of course he didn't mean war. The regime would not stand a chance against the Israeli Army and would compromise their ability to rule Syria. Indeed, we have seen how much of a capable fighting force they are (the Republican Guard headed by Maher Al-Assad, and other special forces) when facing unarmed protesters.

Rami's words are carefully scripted for US, European and Israeli policy makers - in translation:

• Only the regime can ensure the demands for the return of Golan are muted
• Only the regime can ensure that Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation stays under control  
• Only the regime can ensure that Israeli borders will remain quiet
• Only the regime can ensure that the Syrian army is focused on smuggling and on crowd control 

We've known this all along; finally we are happy to see that the regime themselves are making it public.

They call us Infiltrators? [Mondaseen song w/ subtitles]

They called us Infiltrators...
They called us Vandals...
They called armed gangs...
They called us salafi extremist...
They called us so many things...

But they forgot to call us SYRIANS...SYRIANS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPQXt6yvXVQ&feature=youtu.be

5 Immediate Action Steps to Demand from the West!

For few weeks now, the West has been debating what to do about Syria. So far, apart from condemnation, only limited US and EU sanctions (agreed to today) against the Syrian regime have transpired. The Europeans are still “contemplating” whether to add Bashar al-Assad to the list.

 

A few days ago, British Defense Secretary flatly said they had very few choices - This is not  exactly true. And the West, collectively, has a moral imperative to match its rhetoric with some concrete action to curb the brutality of Bashar Assad’s ruthless regime. 

It should be made absolutely clear, as the Turkish Prime-Minister did, that a Hama-1982-style solution will not be tolerated by the international community - Not in Dara’a. Not in Banias. Not in Rastan. Not in Lattakia. Not in Homs. Not in Douma. Not in any other Syrian city or town.

Today, the situation in Syria is getting more an more desperate...

• 700+ Killed
• 7000+ Wounded
• 8000+ Detained

...And these numbers reflect ONLY what we think we know…

If you are in the US, or France, Italy, UK, or anywhere, there are 5 things we must demand in support of the peoples democracy movement in Syria to isolate the brutal regime:

1. Recall their ambassadors from Syria 
2. Expel Syria's ambassadors from all nations
3. Expand the list of security officials subject to travel and financial sanctions for their role in human rights abuses to include other senior officials and Assad family members. This is a family run business afterall and we demand a freeze and/or seizure on their assets in the West :
1. Bashar Al-Assad, the President   
2. Asma Akhras Al-Assad, the Presidents wife
3. Maher al-Assad, the president’s brother and head of the Republican guard 
4. Asef Shawkat, married to Bashar’s sister & deputy chief of staff of the armed forces
5. Bushra Al-Assad, the presidents sister
6. Rami Makhlouf, first cousin of Bashar & economic kingpin
7. Abdul Fatah Qudsiya, head of Military Intelligence
8. Jamil Hassan, head of Air Force Intelligence
9. Zuhair Hamad, head of the General Security Directorate (GSD)
10. Mohammed Mansoura, head of the Political Security Directorate (PSD)
11. Ali Habib Mahmoud, Minister of defence
12. Mohammed Nasif Kheirbek, married into Al-Assad’s family, deputy vice-president for security affairs
13. Nasif Kheirbek, head of internal security forces, General Security Directorate (GSD)
14. Ali Mamluk, presidential adviser on security affairs
15. Hisham Ikhtiar, director of the National Security Bureau (NSB)
16. Zuhair Shalish, Bashar’s cousin, head of Presidential Security
17. Atif Najib, the president’s cousin and a political operative in Daraa province
18. Rustum Ghazali, former head of military intelligence in Lebanon
19. Riad Haddad, Head of the Military Political Department
20. Mohammed Ibrahim El-Chaar, Minister of Interior
21. Atef Najib, former head of political security in Deraa
22. Hafez Makhlouf, officer in General Intelligence Unit in Damascus
23. Mohammed Dib Zeitoun, head of Political Security
24. Amjad Al-Abbass, head of Political security, Baniyas
25. Fawas Al-Assad, head of Shabiha militia
26. Mundir Al-Assad, part of Shabiha
4. Indict these officials and Assad family members for war crimes - refer them to the International Criminal Court. This truly scares them!
5. Impose harsh sanctions on Western companies providing the regime with tools of repression

Please call your elected officials in the West with these demands. Call, email and harass them. It will take you a few minutes and may save lives. 


Its about time we push Western governments to support our movements in a way that we want.

We do not want general sanctions that hurt the Syrian people. 

We want political pressure to isolate the regime so the Syrian people can carry out their gallant revolution.

Syrian Martyr's Day, May 6 & National Day of Protests in US, May 7 - عيد الشهداء

May 6th is the Syrian Martyrs' Day.

عيد الشهداء

Martyr's Day is a national holiday in both Syria and Lebanon. On this day in 1916, seven prominent Arab leaders were executed by the Ottomans in Damascus and Beirut. They had refused to renounce their nationalist ideals and plans towards a democratic and independent Syria and were hung in public. The seven brave souls will never be forgotten:

• Abdelhamid al-Zahrawi
• Shafiq al-Muayyad
• Abdel Wahab al-Englizi
• Rushdi al-Shamaa
• Omar al-Jazairi
• Shukri al-Assali

This Saturday May 7th, there will be large demonstrations all over the US for our Martyrs of the 2011 Syrian Revolution. Visit https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=218352198176321 for details.

We will honor our martyrs by reciting the names who have sacrificed for Syria, and show their families they are not alone and that the sacrifices of their sons and daughters, like those who came before them generations ago, will not be forgotten.

Why Syria needs the Revolution? Questions to ask...

Well said Dr. Hashami. Thank you for your eloquence; couldn't have posed better questions myself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5EoqokDL3a8#at=14

When talking to supporters of the regime, ask them these (Dr. Hashami's) questions - make them confront the answers:

• Don’t those in the opposition have the right to speak on behalf of their country? Isn’t Syria their land like yours?
• The opposition and those in the regime should have the same rights. Rights of freedom of speech. Rights of opposition…
• The whole world sees what is happening in Dera’a...so… ask yourself…look deep inside yourself to ask these questions…
• Do you want the Syrian people to continue to only ‘pick’ their president from one candidate?
• Do you want the people’s parliament to clap like little children, rather than in the UK where the president decisions are critiqued and discussed…
• Do you want to have not one free newspaper?
• Do you want to have your TV belonging to the state?
• Do you want a place that attacks 80, 85 year-olds, for taking part in a protest?
• Do you want that your children, and grandchildren live in a place like this, in times like this?

WHY?

• Why wouldn’t you like be like Lebanon, free, with a free press, free channels?
• Why wouldn’t you like today’s Egypt? Today, free press, free newspapers, where people can form political parties?
• Why wouldn’t you like to be like Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway? Why?
• Why do you want Syrians to always have to live in fear?
• Why do you want to live under the security forces who forcefully rule over the citizen and scare them? Why if you say one word they will use that against you?
• Why do want a million Syrians living outside of their land, not able to return? Why?
• Why not ask Bashar Al-Assad to stop this. Stop this! Change the system to make it like England where he lived?
• Why not say, deny, the truth?
• Why can’t we live free like other people! Why?

The answers to these questions, are why we need a revolution.