Mon Apr 30, 2012 - Syrian state newspapers said on Sunday that al-Qaeda is leading the terrorist attacks in the country with the support of the United States and some Arab governments.
Press TV: This isn't the first time al-Qaeda has been implicated in the terrorist attacks and unrest in Syria. Do you think that al-Qaeda is being used as a proxy to stir up the fragile situation in Syria?
Phelan: Well, there's absolutely no question about it. It's not just the Syrian government who has laid the blame for much of these attacks on al-Qaeda, al-Qaeda themselves have claimed responsibility, numerous times, for the terrorist attacks that have taken place in Syria, and certain members of the leadership have declared their support for the illegal insurrection in Syria.
Their links to the West are again no secret. Their links to the West, again, go back a very long way. Hillary Clinton herself has stated on public record that the United States is responsible for supporting al-Qaeda in, most famously, Afghanistan back in the 80s.
That relationship continues, the most recent example being in Libya. Of course, the Libyan Islamic fighting group is very well known to be a wing of al-Qaeda in Libya.
This is no secret. It's not a claim made by the Syrian government. It just shows how obscene it is that today we had an attack in the very heart of Damascus, in a densely populated area, with an RPG on their central bank.
How obscene is it that there isn't an immediate condemnation by the United Nations and an immediate demand that those complicit in the attack, i.e. those supplying the RPGs and other weapons to these terrorists, be immediately stopped by any means necessary and that justice be served?
What do I mean by that? I mean those who are complicit in these attacks are, of course, the NATO powers, Israel - which is a de facto NATO member - and its allies in the Persian Gulf, and that an arrest warrant for their leadership, i.e. the leadership in the United States, Britain, etc, should be immediately issued; and that their ability to create such bloodshed possible should be stopped by any means necessary.
'By any means necessary' I mean that far from the wishy-washy calls from [Bashar] Assad's government to stop the violence - in fact, Assad's government should be authorized by the United Nations to fulfill its obligations under international law to protect its people, civilians and military alike and, of course, this would have to be with the use of force because terrorists who are actively committing violence cannot be stopped by asking them to have a cup of coffee.
These terrorists have refused time and time again and made clear that they continue to refuse to talk. So the only way for the Syrian people to be defended from them is the use of force.
So, the situation now is very critical. In the interests of protecting the Syrian people, there really can't be halfway measures.
I'd just like to add, also, that it's really obscene that Major General Robert Mood from Norway has been appointed as the head of the UN observer mission to Syria. How is it that a high ranking member of the military of one of NATO's founding members is expected to lead a peace mission of he, of course, has a vested interest in carrying out the agenda of his country which, as I mentioned, is a NATO member? NATO has been cleared from the outset which is, of course, to force a regime change by no other means than violence. www.presstv.ir/detail/238886.html
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