The official representative of the Syrian people is the
Syrian people. They communicate with the world through daily protests, banners
and by fighting back against all odds.
Monday October 10, 2011
Sunday’s death toll now
stands at 19 civilians and 17 loyalist troops, most of whom fell in Homs City
after a night of random shelling by loyalists and push back by defectors --- Economic sources in Syria say regime already
spent $4 billion of reserves to cover expenses of variety of governmental
institutions.
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The Argument over Intervention
When the time comes to talk about politics, Col.
Al-Assaad reveals an inclination toward cooperating with the National Council
which will become the opposition's political façade. Al- Assaad says: "We
are hoping the National Council will coordinate with us and be the political
façade for the process of bringing down the regime after which the process of
building a national state that is definitely civilian will start." In
reply to a question about the extent of coordination with the council, he said:
"There are so far contacts with some figures. They are establishing their
own bodies. They established the foreign affairs committees. When the time
comes to establish the defense committee, then they must coordinate with us. We
must be in this committee." He pointed out that the army command tried
to contact all the Syrian opposition parties "and tried to bring all these
parties together." Al-Assaad thanks God that agreement was reached to
establish this command "after concessions were made by some."
This
diplomatic outreach by Col. Al-Ass’aad to the SNC notwithstanding, the man is
clearly and unequivocally asking
for international military support, including providing material support to the
Free Syrian Army, as well as imposing a no-fly zone, a sea blockade and a safe
haven along the Turkish border. The titular leader of the SNC, however, Burhan
Ghalioun, is rejecting
any form of foreign military intervention, including by NATO, all while calling
for the protection of civilians. These two discourses are irreconcilable, but
it’s clear that it falls on the shoulders of the SNC leadership to modify their
discourse and philosophy in order to provide the political cover that the Free
Syrian Army needs, otherwise, it might just form its own.
It
should be borne in mind here that Col. Al-Ass’aad is considered a national hero
by the protesters and his FSA has more popular credibility and legitimacy than
the SNC at this stage, while Mr. Ghalioun’s popular standing seems to decrease
with very public utterance he makes. His recent attempt at rectifying his
public image by coming out and for the first time describing Bashar Al-Assad as
criminal is too cynical and late to reverse the tide. Mr. Ghalioun’s path to
real legitimacy among the protesters must go through Antakya where Col.
Al-Ass’aad resides. A direct meeting between the two men and their teams is
needed and solid agreement needs to be hammered out between the SNC and SFA.
The SNC needs to start the real issues, rather than continue to wrangle over
names and roles.
Finally,
and in order to be on the right side of the Revolution, Mr. Ghalioun and others
in SNC better heed these two messages, the first sent today by the protesters
in Baba Amr Neighborhood in Homs, where the large banner carried by protesters
calls for “military strike against the regime” http://youtu.be/h2mk9vEiaxo, while the
second is sent in French by an inhabitant of Rastan to President Sarkozy
http://youtu.be/BQ2gd5Zf1CI
News from the Domestic Front
First Lieutenant Muhammad Taysir of the Free
Syrian Army announces an operation against loyalist militias in the town of
Bdama in the Idlib Province, in which 10 loyalists were killed http://youtu.be/OFzh_NJaqdw
Troop movements along the highway to Homs
City http://youtu.be/0u5jtC9T5iE And
in Khaldiyeh and Qoussour neighborhoods http://youtu.be/MdWrEpGmXbE Gunfire in Khaldiyeh/Qoussour
http://youtu.be/FTE1JjVZl4Q
, http://youtu.be/ZIBP_UXR8wE Deir
Baalbah http://youtu.be/6BfDYEF1TUg
Homs/Deir Baalbah an example of the
shells used against the locals http://youtu.be/v0Xl0ya2xOo
Gunfire heard in the town of Qseir
throughout the night http://youtu.be/Pf_xZtMY1EQ
Videos from the impact of shelling on the town
of Talbisseh in the Homs Province http://youtu.be/uaCjYTtXCwo
Homs http://youtu.be/kYPYd1inSQ0 Sniper
action http://youtu.be/tkobbFhcG3s A
tank in the streets http://youtu.be/o8NbAxgH6PA
Night shelling http://youtu.be/t5wlRtKlM2A
Eyewitness: a professor of math at the University
of Damascus started her class earlier on October 10 by writing the following
statement on the blackboard: “stories of armed gangs are lies, army troops and
the security forces are the ones killing protesters.” The professor then wrote
her name and announced her resignation from the University, to rapturous
applause. When a security officer tried to arrest her, students held him off
and helped the professor escape. Her fate and whereabouts are unknown. This is
just one example of many daily instances of rejection taking place all over the
country.
Other major demonstrations took place in:
Homs City: Bab Houd http://youtu.be/FvidEQh88hs Insha’aat
http://youtu.be/jdD08kmqzJw Qoussour
http://youtu.be/tbwe7DheflA Ghoutah
http://youtu.be/4nvey-D_QRA Wa’er
http://youtu.be/1ovF13jun9E
Homs Province: Houleh http://youtu.be/G5UnWPdPLAk Qseir
http://youtu.be/6Tuc_7-sfQY Palmyra
(Tadmor) http://youtu.be/TNk_Qe-T0F4
Idlib: M’arr Shoureen http://youtu.be/3irwyz5wyP8 Kafroumah
http://youtu.be/WoRKqbzhZ30 Qastoun
http://youtu.be/zQRXxoJg7YY Idlib
City http://youtu.be/8WxLaawe2rI
, http://youtu.be/uqAMNVqvv-Q Talmans
http://youtu.be/bOdusuEVIFk
Hama: Taybat Al-Imam http://youtu.be/-iOIKPi1lng Morek
(funeral) http://youtu.be/gZqc1bIya4k
Damascus: Zamalka http://youtu.be/ZWaKK4ay-Hs Kanaker
tanks laying siege to the town http://youtu.be/6-4haslgmio
Moadamiyeh http://youtu.be/fYCwFpWQDeA
Deir Ezzor: Deir Ezzor City http://youtu.be/MJyUzgY4OBs
Deraa/Hauran: Basr Al-Harir http://youtu.be/cBmzXZ4hCRc Tseel
http://youtu.be/aal5SgX_lGw Da’el
(Banner: the Grand Mufti is hallucinating, he says he an army that can blow up
Europe, but his army is killing the Syrian people) http://youtu.be/jAb9a1GGwAU Hraak
http://youtu.be/y5E3fI0prQ0 Ankhel
http://youtu.be/MJcjx7p3Ys8 (daytime)
http://youtu.be/pgwA0ve9lB0 Kafar
Shams http://youtu.be/7h458__yvXk
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