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| Syria's President Bashar al-Assad addressed the Parliament on March 30, 2011. (Getty) |
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NY Daily News (New York, USA)
It looks like they have finally had enough, and how could they not? The people of Syria, their will stiffened, are coming out in growing numbers to protest the rule of Bashar al-Assad - the man who calls himself president but has no more democratically legitimate claim to that mantle than you do.
But far more than Assad's legitimacy is at issue. There is also the brutality with which he has thrown into prison, or into graves, any who dared to challenge the state.
There is his attempt to suffocate expression by banning Facebook, YouTube, Wikipedia and other sources of communication.
There is his ongoing crackdown on mostly peaceful protests, in which dozens of ordinary Syrians have been killed and hundreds have been thrown into jail without charges.
The Syrian opposition last week released what it claimed was an official document detailing the regime's internal strategy for snuffing out dissent.
Among the orders: "Link the anti-regime demonstrations and protests to figures hated by the Syrian populace such as the usual Saudi and Lebanese figures, and connecting the lot of them to Zionism and to America."
And this, aimed at security forces who open fire on protests: "The number of people killed must not exceed 20 each time, because it would let them be more easily noticed and exposed, which may lead to situations of foreign intervention."
Perhaps heeding orders, security forces killed about 14 in their latest spree; in response, the mourners came out in force. It is a cycle: The more they kill, the more come out. The more they kill, the bolder the people get.
According to press estimates - which, thanks to Assad's repression, are sketchy - more than 10,000 filled the central square in the city of Homs yesterday. The security forces fired their weapons into the air. The people did not disperse.
And so there are finally signs Assad may be feeling some heat himself. In a televised address Saturday, he pledged to lift the country's 48-year-old state of emergency before the end of the week. The people are not fooled. Let us hope they will not have the nerve beaten out of them - but that their "leader" has the gun pried from his hands.
8 comments:
I ever think this will happened not only in Syria these protests were spread nearly all over the world mainly Africa, Middle East & west Asia.
The dictators represent the evil on this Planet.
Most of the muslim countries are like that - backwards, corrupted and repressive. Without oil, they'll have nothing.
The dictators are everywhere on earth; they have had in the past,in
the present day,and in the future.
Because they were/are greedy,dull or
dumb.They addicted to power and money.
The wise men and the dumb men never
changed their minds.
Var Kim Hong does recognize that Cambodia, if compared to the colonial Service Geographique de l’Indochine scale map 1/100,000 and the 1985 delimitation treaty, will loses 9,000 hectares; and compared to U.S Army Mapping Service scale map 1/50,000 with the 1985 Treaty, would lose about 7,900 hectares to Vietnam. This statement was confirmed by Var Kim Hong to Mr. Touch Bora Esq through a telephone conversation on 30 August 2002 at 4:30 p.m. (Sydney time), which Mr. Touch Bora Esq wrote in his letter dated on 9 September 2002 sent to Sam Dach Ta Noroudom Sihanouk concerning over border affairs.
In fact, the loss is absolutely more than the 1000 square kilometers stated by MP Sam Rainsy in his statement, if we add the size of the historical water of 30000 square kilometers awarded to Vietnam under the 1982 Agreement which has been into affect and now already become under the full control of Vietnam. And this would not be the last if the equidistance principle be used to delimit the maritime boundary, Cambodia will lose an additional area of sea and seabed measuring at least 860 square nautical miles from the Brevie Line to the north, analyzed by Mr. Touch Bora Esq or another 10000 square kilometers confirmed by Mr. Sean Pengse, the President of the Cambodian Border Committee Worldwide, which exclusively include another Koh Poula Wai to Vietnam added to the previous lost islands- Koh Tral (Dao Phu Quoc) and Koh Poulo Panjang (Dao Thu Chu).
This is why sVar Kim Hong said in front of Students´s Movement for Democracy (SMD), and Sam Dach Ta Norodom Sihanouk on 22 Janaury 2000 during our audience with him concerning the border resolution with Vietnam that; “If we want peace, we must sacrifice our flesh to the tiger.” The truth is discovered now that, “Sacrifice the flesh to tiger actually means cutting our land to the Viet.” This word was clearly spoken out from his mouth and there were Sam Dach Ta as witness and 31 members.
We must condemn this Var Kim Hong for his role in helping the traitorous regime of Hun Sen.
Smart Khmer Girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 10,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 10,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 10,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 10,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
what do you thinks vietname ? a bout CHAMPA LAND and where all champa people ? and time you must rethinks do you want to give back to islam people or not it up to you but time is caming we must be show to the world fuck you vietname
what do you thinks vietname ? a bout CHAMPA LAND and where all champa people ? and time you must rethinks do you want to give back to islam people or not it up to you but time is caming we must be show to the world fuck you vietname
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