US disagrees with Russian assessment of Syrian opposition

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The United States on Thursday disagreed with Russia’s assessment that attacks by renegade Syrian troops risked plunging Syria into civil war, blaming the regime in Damascus for the violence.

“We think that’s an incorrect assessment,” US State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner told reporters after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the assessment.

“If it (Russia) characterizes it as a civil war, we view that it is very much the (President Bashar al-) Assad regime carrying out a campaign of violence, intimidation and repression against innocent protesters,” Toner said.

“We don’t view it as a civil war,” he said when asked again if he disagreed with Lavrov, who was reacting to Wednesday’s attack by Syrian army defectors known as the Free Syrian Army on a military intelligence base outside Damascus.

A US State Department official told reporters later on condition of anonymity that the Russian comments only fueled the propaganda of the Assad regime which claims that the uprising is led by thugs and terrorists.

“Civil war …. just plays in the Syrian government’s hands that this is some terrorist movement against the government, and that’s just not the case,” the official said.

“It’s been from the very inception a peaceful movement,” he said.

“We have seen violence, we do believe it takes the country down a dangerous path, but the Syrian regime’s oppression, repression and killing of innocent civilians has exacerbated the situation and led to this,” the official said.

AFP

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9 responses to “US disagrees with Russian assessment of Syrian opposition”

  1. antar2011 Avatar

    it is the silence of the world community the first 7 months of the revolution lead the members who deserted the army to fight back.
    who wouldn’t fight back when women, children, old men are going down in cold blood because they dared to call for a change?

    i blaim the international community if things went into a full on war….what we see at the moment is the start but hope things will get better.

  2. antar2011 Avatar

    it is the silence of the world community the first 7 months of the revolution lead the members who deserted the army to fight back.
    who wouldn’t fight back when women, children, old men are going down in cold blood because they dared to call for a change?

    i blaim the international community if things went into a full on war….what we see at the moment is the start but hope things will get better.

  3.  Avatar

    it is the silence of the world community the first 7 months of the revolution lead the members who deserted the army to fight back.
    who wouldn’t fight back when women, children, old men are going down in cold blood because they dared to call for a change?

    i blaim the international community if things went into a full on war….what we see at the moment is the start but hope things will get better.

  4.  Avatar

    it is the silence of the world community the first 7 months of the revolution lead the members who deserted the army to fight back.
    who wouldn’t fight back when women, children, old men are going down in cold blood because they dared to call for a change?

    i blaim the international community if things went into a full on war….what we see at the moment is the start but hope things will get better.

  5. Patience2 Avatar

    If you examine Russian history you’ll see why the Russians must take this ugly position(as do their bro’s, the Chinese).

    1. antar2011 Avatar

      i have studied part of Russian history mainly pre-WW1 till WW2…i know what you are talking about….unfortunately.

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    If you examine Russian history you’ll see why the Russians must take this ugly position(as do their bro’s, the Chinese).

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      i have studied part of Russian history mainly pre-WW1 till WW2…i know what you are talking about….unfortunately.

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