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US Envoy: It is up to the Syrians to find alternatives to Assad

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US ambassador to Lebanon Maura Connelly, said in an interview with LBC television , that all efforts must be exerted to convince Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down adding “It is not up to the US to impose alternatives on Syria; only the Syrian people are authorized to do so.”

Connelly also said that she was afraid Al-Qaeda and extremist groups might try to hamper the political transition in Syria.

On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned during a US Senate hearing against sending arms to the Syrian opposition out of concern that weapons could fall into the hands of Al-Qaeda.

Connelly added that the US understands Lebanon’s situation amid the Syrian crisis and its relations with Syria, “however, we must look at what Lebanon did and the role it played with regards to the Syrian refugees.”

Asked about Lebanon’s position toward Syria, Connelly said: “I don’t think that anyone in Lebanon approves of the violence in Syria.”

Regarding international sanctions against the Syrian regime, Connelly assured that the US was in contact with the Lebanese banking sector and the Central Bank of Lebanon, and that she was confident the Lebanese banking sector was aware of its responsibilities regarding US and European sanctions against Syria.

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11 responses to “US Envoy: It is up to the Syrians to find alternatives to Assad”

  1. leobetapar Avatar
    leobetapar

    she has an appointment with the high commissionaire al quaediste.
    And there was people denying that al quaeda is a conspiration made of puppet manipulate by USA in the aim to shut up their people ,now the usa gov directly use al quaeda to push down an highly respected laics regime

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Ooooo … like THAT word … “Pea Soup CONSPIRATION” !!!!  Hahahhahahahaa
      “Conspiration Revolation” …. hahahahahaa

  2. leobetapar Avatar
    leobetapar

    she has an appointment with the high commissionaire al quaediste.
    And there was people denying that al quaeda is a conspiration made of puppet manipulate by USA in the aim to shut up their people ,now the usa gov directly use al quaeda to push down an highly respected laics regime

  3. Avatar
    Anonymous

    she has an appointment with the high commissionaire al quaediste.
    And there was people denying that al quaeda is a conspiration made of puppet manipulate by USA in the aim to shut up their people ,now the usa gov directly use al quaeda to push down an highly respected laics regime

    1. Avatar
      Anonymous

      Ooooo … like THAT word … “Pea Soup CONSPIRATION” !!!!  Hahahhahahahaa
      “Conspiration Revolation” …. hahahahahaa

  4. wargame1 Avatar
    wargame1

    The lady is right but hey how about Iraq , Afghanistan and Libya ?? Why this lovely thinking became ugly over there? Yes Syrians will free their country inshallah. The free Syrian Army need arms which will also be managed by defeating Assad force in place to place and get the booty from them. Its a long struggle so a moral support is also good. 

    The arms falling in the hands of Alqaeda??? then dont give them arms. Alqaeda is a very effective tool to manipulate political game. We heard that NATO and Alqaeda is jointly operating in Libya!!! I think those alqaeda are Iran and NATO friendly. 

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    Anonymous

    The lady is right but hey how about Iraq , Afghanistan and Libya ?? Why this lovely thinking became ugly over there? Yes Syrians will free their country inshallah. The free Syrian Army need arms which will also be managed by defeating Assad force in place to place and get the booty from them. Its a long struggle so a moral support is also good. 

    The arms falling in the hands of Alqaeda??? then dont give them arms. Alqaeda is a very effective tool to manipulate political game. We heard that NATO and Alqaeda is jointly operating in Libya!!! I think those alqaeda are Iran and NATO friendly. 

  6. wargame1 Avatar
    wargame1

    Let us compare to Libyan situation with Syria. It doesnt give a straight conclusion but the difference is obvious . 

    Within 7 days of the fake Libyan uprising the Arab league suspended Libya and call on UN. Within 14 days UN passed the resolution against Libya and went for action within a month. But long before that fake uprising the arms insurrection by the NATO/Iran alliance started! 

    Please note I do not support these NATO American action on Afghanistan , Iraq , Libya and not on Syria because we have seen it already . Its pure death and destruction to steal resources. 

    So after the Libyan invasion we clearly know that Iran and Hezbollah are with NATO on the same operation and for Gods sake do not ignore their own admission so you will be not in denial. So we see how prompt the Arab League and NATO were concerning Libya. 
    On 25 Feb 2011, ten days after the NATO-backed “rebels” started their terrorism, Hassan Nasrallah released a statement on Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV channel saying, “Anyone with honor and consciousness in this world cannot, and should not, keep silent on the massacres the Gaddafi regime is committing across the country on a daily basis, namely in Benghazi. Hezbollah expresses support to the revolutionists in Libya, and we pray that they will triumph over this arrogant tyrant.” 

    Iran “discreetly” provided humanitarian aid to Libyan rebels before the fall of Tripoli, Jam-e-Jam newspaper quoted Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi as saying. 

    “We were in touch with many of the rebel groups in Libya before the fall of (Moamer) Kadhafi, and discreetly dispatched three or four food and medical consignments to Benghazi,” Salehi told the daily. 

    “The head of the National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustafa Abdel Jalil, sent a letter of thanks to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for having been on their side and helping,” he added. 

    Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi spoke with N.T.C. Chairman Mustafa Abdul-Jalil over the phone on Tuesday, congratulating the rebels on their “victory over dictatorship.” He also invited Abdul-Jalil to Teheran on a state visit in order to “deepen bilateral ties.

    ”Now compare to Syria. The uprising started 11 months before , Arab league after 9 months started thinking whether to suspend Syria or not. Then they send observers …taking time to make decision. Then the UN veto game started. USA gave more than 66 veto against the Palestinians in favor of Israel. So the veto system is a fraud , it will continue on and on. Now we need to find out the involved party in Syria. Syrian regime is backed by Russia , China, Iran and Hezbollah. Russia and China wast no time to recognize Libyan NTC right after the invasion. Therefore Russia and China were not opposing the Libyan invasion but they at least had to do some leap service. Now if we expect that USA , NATO is interested to give arms support to Syrian resistance then we need to see the conflict of interest. Its clear that a NATO /US support to Syrian resistance will directly affect the Iranian/Hezbollah interest in Syria. Not only Syria but in Afghanistan , in Iraq too where Iran is with USA , Nuri al Maliki and Karzai government both are pro Iranian Shia government. 

    The problem with the Syrian uprising is …this story is out. There are more than 50000 video on the net on Assads torture, Attack, Free syrian army attack , Protest etc. Now if UN , Arab league , USA etc blatantly show their support to Assad regime then their “Good cop” Image will be exposed. So all the party are buying time for Assad. If they had any plan to invade Syria then it woudnt take 11 months. Hilary Clinton is now concerned about Al Qaeda in Syria.

    I have mentioned before that the reason Assad government bring Alqaeda is to demonize the Syrian resistance. The imposter Iman Al zawaheri also voice his support to Syrian resistance. The Afghans and the Muslims have nothing to do with this Iman Al zawaheri. Now Hilary clinton is saying that if they support Syrian resistance it will be as they are supporting Alqaeda and Hamas !!! why Hamas and why doesnt she mention about Hezbollah?? Because Hamas recently showing its support to Syrian resistance. So the Syrian people will have to struggle and in the futire there will be some rift among the parties who are at the moment on the same boat. But there will be a rift in the future then the game will be totally different. At the moment NATO/USA/Israel/Iran/Russia/China etc are on the same boat but we will see a lot of political smoke screen.

  7. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Let us compare to Libyan situation with Syria. It doesnt give a straight conclusion but the difference is obvious . 

    Within 7 days of the fake Libyan uprising the Arab league suspended Libya and call on UN. Within 14 days UN passed the resolution against Libya and went for action within a month. But long before that fake uprising the arms insurrection by the NATO/Iran alliance started! 

    Please note I do not support these NATO American action on Afghanistan , Iraq , Libya and not on Syria because we have seen it already . Its pure death and destruction to steal resources. 

    So after the Libyan invasion we clearly know that Iran and Hezbollah are with NATO on the same operation and for Gods sake do not ignore their own admission so you will be not in denial. So we see how prompt the Arab League and NATO were concerning Libya. 
    On 25 Feb 2011, ten days after the NATO-backed “rebels” started their terrorism, Hassan Nasrallah released a statement on Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV channel saying, “Anyone with honor and consciousness in this world cannot, and should not, keep silent on the massacres the Gaddafi regime is committing across the country on a daily basis, namely in Benghazi. Hezbollah expresses support to the revolutionists in Libya, and we pray that they will triumph over this arrogant tyrant.” 
    Iran “discreetly” provided humanitarian aid to Libyan rebels before the fall of Tripoli, Jam-e-Jam newspaper quoted Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi as saying. 

    “We were in touch with many of the rebel groups in Libya before the fall of (Moamer) Kadhafi, and discreetly dispatched three or four food and medical consignments to Benghazi,” Salehi told the daily. 

    “The head of the National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustafa Abdel Jalil, sent a letter of thanks to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for having been on their side and helping,” he added. 

    Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi spoke with N.T.C. Chairman Mustafa Abdul-Jalil over the phone on Tuesday, congratulating the rebels on their “victory over dictatorship.” He also invited Abdul-Jalil to Teheran on a state visit in order to “deepen bilateral ties.”Now compare to Syria. The uprising started 11 months before , Arab league after 9 months started thinking whether to suspend Syria or not. Then they send observers …taking time to make decision. Then the UN veto game started. USA gave more than 66 veto against the Palestinians in favor of Israel. So the veto system is a fraud , it will continue on and on. Now we need to find out the involved party in Syria. Syrian regime is backed by Russia , China, Iran and Hezbollah. Russia and China wast no time to recognize Libyan NTC right after the invasion. Therefore Russia and China were not opposing the Libyan invasion but they at least had to do some leap service. Now if we expect that USA , NATO is interested to give arms support to Syrian resistance then we need to see the conflict of interest. Its clear that a NATO /US support to Syrian resistance will directly affect the Iranian/Hezbollah interest in Syria. Not only Syria but in Afghanistan , in Iraq too where Iran is with USA , Nuri al Maliki and Karzai government both are pro Iranian Shia government. The problem with the Syrian uprising is …this story is out. There are more than 50000 video on the net on Assads torture, Attack, Free syrian army attack , Protest etc. Now if UN , Arab league , USA etc blatantly show their support to Assad regime then their “Good cop” Image will be exposed. So all the party are buying time for Assad. If they had any plan to invade Syria then it woudnt take 11 months. Hilary Clinton is now concerned about Al Qaeda in Syria. I have mentioned before that the reason Assad government bring Alqaeda is to demonize the Syrian resistance. The imposter Iman Al zawaheri also voice his support to Syrian resistance. The Afghans and the Muslims have nothing to do with this Iman Al zawaheri. Now Hilary clinton is saying that if they support Syrian resistance it will be as they are supporting Alqaeda and Hamas !!! why Hamas and why doesnt she mention about Hezbollah?? Because Hamas recently showing its support to Syrian resistance. So the Syrian people will have to struggle and in the futire there will be some rift among the parties who are at the moment on the same boat. But there will be a rift in the future then the game will be totally different. At the moment NATO/USA/Israel/Iran/Russia/China etc are on the same boat but we will see a lot of political smoke screen. 

  8. ba Avatar
    ba

    Why all the fuss about Syria? Why dont they summon the Bahrain ambassador ? Why dont they send weapons to the people in Bahrain? Why dont they even talk about it? How is one a true movement by the people and the other not? Bahrain is just like Syria! 70 to 80% Shia and a small Sunni Minority. Its because Syria and Iran are buddy buddy  and no one give a dam about the people or what they want. I personally am not Shia and I dont Support one side against the other but I also dont think with my heart. All Lebanese want revenge from Syria and Iran but this is not how we get it. Nothing is changing in Lebanon when Syria falls and when Iran falls without a major war and thats what I dont want.

    Al-Qaeda is a U.S tool. During the Iraq war they said Syria and Al-Qaeda were working together. Syria was allowing them to train and cross into Iraq to fight the insurgency. Now Al-Qaeda is working against the regime witch supposedly was supporting it. If Al-Qaeda was training in Syria and crossing into Iraq dont you think it would be better if you said they were fighting with the regime against the opposition? Seriously as soon as clinton said Al-Qaeda was in Syria Al-Zawahiri makes a statement declaring Jihad against the regime wow what a coincidence.

    Tom Osman was a CIA officer in Afghanistan  ( CIA code name for Osama Bin-Laden ) Al-Qaeda was created under the Carter administration before the USSR ever invaded the country. Zbigniew Brzezinski was the man responsible and up until Sep 11 2001 he always spoke about how they created and financed it to destabilize Afghanistan ( a puppet regime to the U.S.S.R at the time ) and force a Russian invasion. After the Afghan war Tom Osman traveled normally and regularly to London, KSA and UAE up until 1 year before the 9-11 attack and after a number of attacks on U.S targets.
    The U.S should sponsor some of his inner circle and have him thrown out along with his brother and put the pressure on the opposition to agree and have elections, unity government and whatever else…. Sending weapons will only ruin the country in the long run. Not supporting overthrowing him and helping them choose the new interim leader will cause problems and divisions between the opposition. Contact a few strong allawite Generals and remove him in a week or allow the country to go into chaos. Without his army he has nothing. His brother maher commands 1 regiment witch is not enough to stand up to the 250,000 active duty solider and over 1 million reserve. Get Assad and his brother out and you dont need to send weapons. In Libya high ranking generals were part of the rebellion from day one because they were promised a role in the new Libya.  Issue a criminal warrant for Bashar and his brother by the international court and then try to cut a deal with the rest of the regime and offer the two an exit option. So either youre overthrown by your own people(inner circle) before they are also wanted for crimes, Or by the opposition or you can leave the country with your family and people and a unity government will replace you. Keep the streets free of militias and weapons.

    The oppositions is barely holding together and the last thing you need is to arm them and then after Bashar leaves you just walk away.

    If youre going to send weapons then send the weapons to one group. Try to convince a general to defect with his men and give him the support. I find it hard to imagine how the rebellion can continue without a buffer from Turk and or Jordan so these Generals can actually defect and organize.  
     

  9. Bad Ass Avatar
    Bad Ass

    Why all the fuss about Syria? Why dont they summon the Bahrain ambassador ? Why dont they send weapons to the people in Bahrain? Why dont they even talk about it? How is one a true movement by the people and the other not? Bahrain is just like Syria! 70 to 80% Shia and a small Sunni Minority. Its because Syria and Iran are buddy buddy  and no one give a dam about the people or what they want. I personally am not Shia and I dont Support one side against the other but I also dont think with my heart. All Lebanese want revenge from Syria and Iran but this is not how we get it. Nothing is changing in Lebanon when Syria falls and when Iran falls without a major war and thats what I dont want.

    Al-Qaeda is a U.S tool. During the Iraq war they said Syria and Al-Qaeda were working together. Syria was allowing them to train and cross into Iraq to fight the insurgency. Now Al-Qaeda is working against the regime witch supposedly was supporting it. If Al-Qaeda was training in Syria and crossing into Iraq dont you think it would be better if you said they were fighting with the regime against the opposition? Seriously as soon as clinton said Al-Qaeda was in Syria Al-Zawahiri makes a statement declaring Jihad against the regime wow what a coincidence.

    Tom Osman was a CIA officer in Afghanistan  ( CIA code name for Osama Bin-Laden ) Al-Qaeda was created under the Carter administration before the USSR ever invaded the country. Zbigniew Brzezinski was the man responsible and up until Sep 11 2001 he always spoke about how they created and financed it to destabilize Afghanistan ( a puppet regime to the U.S.S.R at the time ) and force a Russian invasion. After the Afghan war Tom Osman traveled normally and regularly to London, KSA and UAE up until 1 year before the 9-11 attack and after a number of attacks on U.S targets.
    The U.S should sponsor some of his inner circle and have him thrown out along with his brother and put the pressure on the opposition to agree and have elections, unity government and whatever else…. Sending weapons will only ruin the country in the long run. Not supporting overthrowing him and helping them choose the new interim leader will cause problems and divisions between the opposition. Contact a few strong allawite Generals and remove him in a week or allow the country to go into chaos. Without his army he has nothing. His brother maher commands 1 regiment witch is not enough to stand up to the 250,000 active duty solider and over 1 million reserve. Get Assad and his brother out and you dont need to send weapons. In Libya high ranking generals were part of the rebellion from day one because they were promised a role in the new Libya.  Issue a criminal warrant for Bashar and his brother by the international court and then try to cut a deal with the rest of the regime and offer the two an exit option. So either youre overthrown by your own people(inner circle) before they are also wanted for crimes, Or by the opposition or you can leave the country with your family and people and a unity government will replace you. Keep the streets free of militias and weapons.

    The oppositions is barely holding together and the last thing you need is to arm them and then after Bashar leaves you just walk away.

    If youre going to send weapons then send the weapons to one group. Try to convince a general to defect with his men and give him the support. I find it hard to imagine how the rebellion can continue without a buffer from Turk and or Jordan so these Generals can actually defect and organize.  
     

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