http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-is-syrian-national-council.html What is the Syrian National Council<http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-is-syrian-national-council.html> The brave Syrian opposition figure, Haytham Al-Manna`, gives the best definition I have seen of the Syrian National Council: and he should know because he has been negotiating with them for a month now, prior to signing the agreement that Burhan Ghalyun quickly reneged on. Here is what Al-Manna` said: "ÞÇá ãäÇÚ<http://www.daralhayat.com/portalarticlendah/346262>: «ÇáãÌáÓ ÇáæØäí ãßæä ãä ËáÇËÉ ÊíÇÑÇÊ ÓæÑíÉ: åí ÇáÊíÇÑ ÇáÏíäí Ãí ÇáÅÎæÇä ÇáãÓáãíä æÛíÑåã. æÇáÊíÇÑ Çáíãíäí ÇááíÈÑÇáí. æÇáíãíä ÇáãÊØÑÝ ÇáÅÓáÇãí æÍÊì æÞÊ ÞÑíÈ ßÇä åÐÇ ÇáÊíÇÑ íßÝÑ ÇáäÕíÑííä æÇáÔíÚÉ æÛíÑåãÇ»."
*(Manna` said: The [Syrian] National Council consists of three Syrian currents: the religious one, i.e., the Muslim Brotherhood and others. And the Right-wing liberals. And the far-right Islamist current, which until very recently was declaring the unbelief of `Alawites and Shi`ites and others.) * * * *You expect me or you expect other progressives to legitimize such lousy political forces--all three of them??? You must be kidding me.* Posted by As'ad AbuKhalil ------------------------------- Arab League meeting on Syria that was scheduled for Saturday has been postponed due to the Orthodox Christmas taking place on the same day,meeting in Cairo is now scheduled for Sunday. --------------------------------------------------------- http://syrianrevolutiondigest.blogspot.com/2012/01/arab-league-monitors-meaningless-in.html Arab League Monitors Meaningless In Action!<http://syrianrevolutiondigest.blogspot.com/2012/01/arab-league-monitors-meaningless-in.html> *As the monitors monitor and opposition groups oppose, even themselves, in Syria, the Assads and their loyalists keep killing and the protesters keep protesting, and this remains the real story.* *Tuesday 3, 2012* *Todays death toll:* 23. The *Breakdown*: 11 in Hama City, 1 in Qamhaneh (Hama Province), 4 in Homs City, 3 in Idlib Province, 2 in Rural Damascus, and 1 in Deraa/Hauran Province. 18 loyalists have reportedly been killed in overnight clashes between loyalists and defectors on the highway connecting the towns of Jassem and Ankhel in the Deraa/Hauran Province. Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Riyad Al-Assaad gave Arab League monitors days to bring the violence against civilians and protesters under control, else he promised to unleash major new resistance operations against loyalists. The Executive Office of the Syrian National Council officially *voted to reject<http://www.elaph.com/Web/news/2012/1/706847.html?entry=homepagemainmiddle> * the proposed unity agreement with the National Coordinative Body for Democratic Change, following the popular backlash against it by protesters. A previously unknown group calling itself The Movement to Counter the Shia Expansion in Syria *took responsibility<http://syria-politic.com/ar/Default.aspx?subject=284#.TwPQ79rNk-V> * for the kidnapping of 5 Iranian engineers in Homs City back in December 21, saying that the move comes a warning to both Iran and Hezbollah to refrain from supporting the Assad regime. The announcement was made through a fax sent to *Agence France Press* offices in Nicosia. There is no independent confirmation of the existence of the group, the kidnapping itself has only been *reported<http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007270222> * in Iranian press. However, claims that the engineers will be tortured to admit that they are members of the IRCG seem meant as preemptive move. Protesters have always have always asserted that the Iranian advisers were working closely with loyalist Assad militias in orchestrating the crackdown. Mondays death toll was raised to 24. *The General Strike continues to be observed by protest communities throughout the country. * *Links* *Syrian army deserters 'kill 18'<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16397975> * *Syria pipeline attacked amid ongoing killing<http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/03/world/meast/syria-unrest/?hpt=hp_t3> * *Syrian rebel leader threatens to escalate attacks<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/03/us-syria-idUSTRE7BO0B620120103?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29> * *Syria: How the Arab League's Monitors Are on a 'Mission: Impossible'<http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2103511,00.html#ixzz1iS2muqOD> * Ammar Abdulhamid, a U.S.-based Syrian dissident who has been closely following events in his homeland through a vast network of sources, puts the figure much higher at 315. *Arab League Mulls Syria Mission Pullout<http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/129363/arab-league-mulls-syria-mission-pullout.html> * *HOMS CITY*: *Baba Amr*: handing over an armored vehicle that was captured by local FSA members during the loyalist invasion of Bab Amr to the AL monitors as per their request http://youtu.be/3J-YyXV7kmI But these armored vehicles are still controlled and operated by loyalist troops http://youtu.be/8H3RTVCIyUY A victim of snipers attack http://youtu.be/d2TTRV7MsJE *Khalidyeh* a victim of torture http://youtu.be/Ef28a6EnQBw Preparing the body for him for burial http://youtu.be/D1fV048QKlw The funeral http://youtu.be/TeXS7l4CsGg A funeral in *Wadi Arab* http://youtu.be/OoomHg4wpyA A tank in *Bab Dreib* despite the assertion by Arab League Secretary General, Nabil Al-Arabi, that tanks have been pull out to the outskirts of the city http://youtu.be/EWJ99wFrOdE *Rallies* *Shammas* http://youtu.be/9jW-JUPzmjY *Bab Houd* http://youtu.be/GWfmibiReC0 *Bab Al-Sibaa* http://youtu.be/yHdcjv0H_7U * Waer* http://youtu.be/uAAPmJtUz8M *Bab Dreib* http://youtu.be/1GIvAEZG3dI *Nighttime* *Deir Baalbah* http://youtu.be/v7JYXYedg6Y *Baba Amr* http://youtu.be/Kp2l-S9jSGc *Khaldiyeh* http://youtu.be/6WoOBYFa8sI * Ghoutah* http://youtu.be/9URSm26okxc *Karm Al-Zeitun* http://youtu.be/Gku1PKk7xkU *Safsafeh* http://youtu.be/q72TFqhMkzc * Inshaaat* http://youtu.be/FjRKxtbMYlE *Qarabees* http://youtu.be/AGe1iZt3jPw *Qoussour* http://youtu.be/8rHZAtonmh8 *Waer* http://youtu.be/weO_WyIyHyc *Malaab* http://youtu.be/yLBkAoO3aw8 *Karm Al-Shami* http://youtu.be/P5Kwx5Chbbw *Bab Dreib* http://youtu.be/1uKJW5Fivgo ** *HOMS PROVINCE*: *Rastan* People wait for AL monitors http://youtu.be/Hur7oEQ4rNs When they arrive, locals show them samples of the artillery shells used by loyalists http://youtu.be/u62jsAKW5i4 A local complain that loyalist troops have confiscated his house http://youtu.be/ZvgQcAiBYKU Another asks if the visiting monitor agrees with the Nabil al-Arabi about tanks and troops being pulled out of cities http://youtu.be/NV2UQdpvC7Y Near *Rastan*, the local gas pipeline comes under renewed attack http://youtu.be/W6c2_pKOQu0 , http://youtu.be/W4bj6jsi5sA Locals talk to the monitors and disavow responsibility for the attack, saying their town is completely under siege and no one can wiggle out to mount such an operation http://youtu.be/EkkjEY4aL9I Funeral in *Tal Kalakh* http://youtu.be/gpTJCPfcy-k *Rallies* *Dar Al-Kabireh* http://youtu.be/JdH8_Vi2wDg *Qseir* http://youtu.be/9tswsbMXPRo *Houleh* http://youtu.be/vlCfXYULtjs *Talbisseh* http://youtu.be/KErZWBCxyGg *Tadmor* http://youtu.be/IZ95mPh6lmI *Tal Al-Shur* http://youtu.be/2revyAaG9D0 *Ghanto* http://youtu.be/oJKWKB2ElwI *HAMA CITY*: People say goodbye to AL monitors http://youtu.be/F_jkHokjK00Earlier, they locals told the delegates where they could find snipers http://youtu.be/d6l-mvrsizE where they could find the wounded http://youtu.be/3xHm3J0x0WE where they could find mass graves http://youtu.be/dAVj3RPyeI4 An activist tells one of the monitors to contact them using Skype http://youtu.be/UmUAQd_NSMM Other show them the impact of pounding on their neighborhoods http://youtu.be/DTS-xDAXoJA they show them the bullet holes on buildings http://youtu.be/omDiygShiTs Protesters in *Jisr Al-Mizrab* come under fire even as AL monitors tour another part of town (Hamidiyeh) http://youtu.be/aIc5OVCk8p8 *Rallies* *Aleppo Road *http://youtu.be/z7Gv74eoR-8 *Hamidiyeh* http://youtu.be/Jw0iNTj65sw , http://youtu.be/e5QzrWASJ4E *Bab Qibli* http://youtu.be/q1T4xacII8A *Sheikh Anbar* http://youtu.be/SeAzTeMm21s * Frayeh* http://youtu.be/1wZNIlf7GUs *HAMA PROVINCE*: *Rallies* *Hilfaya* http://youtu.be/TYGT2LVNu8Y *Karnaz* http://youtu.be/gBu6QZq9evI *Taybat Al-Imam* http://youtu.be/k-BqaAHlvMc * Kafrenboudeh* http://youtu.be/DhYG9bEj7pM *Madeeq* http://youtu.be/KO6lz1RaWwk *Kafar Zeiteh* http://youtu.be/gZbM8VEa8yw *IDLIB*: *Idlib City* a funeral in the morning http://youtu.be/InkTfr4nV8Qa funeral in the evening http://youtu.be/DUp09GDOAoc for this defector http://youtu.be/XkwXZjp-fdc *Rallies* *Zardana* Banner We are free inasmuch as we have power, and powerful in as much as we have freedom http://youtu.be/TfxtvrJeWjs * Kafroumah* http://youtu.be/IvLt7dp9kDo *Ariha* http://youtu.be/c4gAhV-QNGk * Saraqib* http://youtu.be/IL5ZVjT0XjY Young revolutionaries look on http://youtu.be/mXBKHmlYLdA *Kafar Yahmoul* http://youtu.be/zwalkGAid18 *Jabal Al-Zawiyeh* http://youtu.be/_gxWJvmvPPA *Sarmeen* http://youtu.be/n_TXipkZvTU *Binnish* http://youtu.be/csHXYnE19Tw , http://youtu.be/Ym7E3eZ8vSg *Taftanaz* http://youtu.be/LnmS4cr2D8o *DAMASCUS CITY*: *Daraya* People hold their daily rally http://youtu.be/BEMSm7JjD_c Hoisting independence flags all over the suburb http://youtu.be/W-cuCQ9-Jkg , http://youtu.be/xCZFX4wkJrE Banner You will fall http://youtu.be/TLb4WZYuVd4 At night, locals organize a larger rally http://youtu.be/rrTRir4WOoY A martyr from *Qaboun* http://youtu.be/uYHz1xxZ-xQ A nighttime funeral in * Jobar* http://youtu.be/kE0EJ9lbWQM , http://youtu.be/jzO-lZDjjYc *Rallies* *Moadamiyeh* http://youtu.be/5eFmcFwrQF8 , http://youtu.be/8tmjsKad25o *Al-Hajar Al-Aswad *http://youtu.be/qd4SD5w-Ku0 *Barzeh* http://youtu.be/09f1PRKfSqU , http://youtu.be/fLxyXP1E-CM *Midan* http://youtu.be/XpwfgkJxXoc *Kafar Sousseh* http://youtu.be/qKNQrP8nBL4 * Qadam* http://youtu.be/0X0FEzWmWDc *DAMASCUS NORTH*: *Rallies* *Qarrah* http://youtu.be/u9GLAgb4pR4 *Yabroud* http://youtu.be/ZuXrcfUa4Zo *Dmeir* http://youtu.be/p9KsCt55GGk *DAMASCUS EAST*: A funeral for this martyr http://youtu.be/pn-XltiHDXAled to a huge rally in *Kafar Batna* http://youtu.be/RO4VUhd4p0M IN *Douma*, locals staged an impromptu rally top protest the arrest of woman activist Fatin Rajab http://youtu.be/dUv82KaOS6o a martyr from *Madeerah* http://youtu.be/uFRpNieHLM8 *Rallies* *Zamalka* http://youtu.be/JBd56cWizs0 , http://youtu.be/7qawWDk5nsU *Saqba* http://youtu.be/eNmSGCIpmTQ *Harasta* http://youtu.be/KncrsWGplu4 , http://youtu.be/Gx_Gcpb0o7c *Harran Al-Awameed * http://youtu.be/2-n2LRPneWA *Douma* http://youtu.be/qjFNSxalxso *Assal* http://youtu.be/5yU5je7BYgE *DAMASCUS SOUTH*: An all-women rally in *Artouz* http://youtu.be/4-a-GpT4Mek , http://youtu.be/xmErTulHaqg *DAMASCUS WEST*: *Rallies* *Madaya* protesters destroy a bust of Hafiz Al-Assad and put up banner calling on opposition groups to unite http://youtu.be/ihutPiaSKHo *Zabadani* http://youtu.be/GfCCqSE_-8c *Hameh* http://youtu.be/T6F-JDUnruE *DERAA CITY*: *Al-Sabeel Neighborhood* Local informs AL monitor that loyalists are sending fake delegations to identity and arrest local activists http://youtu.be/F1CzcR8nCgM Activists from Damascus have made similar claims as well. Another *Al-Sabeel* resident complain against the brutal treatment that locals receive from loyalist troops http://youtu.be/buTNRcE4BpU Other locals show monitors the empty tear gas canisters used against them http://youtu.be/s09Kw_3BI-0 *Rallies* *Al-Balad *http://youtu.be/yl9OjIwdWQE *Mahata* http://youtu.be/Dn6o01nvFBk *Dahiyeh* http://youtu.be/jB3qU895sSw *DERAA/HAURAN*: AL monitors arrive to meet locals in *Tafas* http://youtu.be/h1-pYvjfJu8 An activist repeatedly asks one of the monitor if he thinks the gathered crowd represent an armed gang, but he gets no response http://youtu.be/gC6AuT04Mng People stage a celebratory rally after the AL monitors leave town http://youtu.be/xwCzJ4a8kxk In *Ankhel*, and following a fierce night of combat on the road connecting the towns of Ankhel and Jassem, locals stage a small rally of defiance using a model of the famous Clock-Tower of Homs City by way of showing support http://youtu.be/9lFpeqK4H_o *Rallies* *Dael* http://youtu.be/ljzzRbiduNM *Hraak* http://youtu.be/eD-S6mFN-Ik *Sourah* http://youtu.be/r255WOMGdNw *Jizah* http://youtu.be/jqfqCtD1ch0 *Tseel* http://youtu.be/s9-rELnb6Nc *Bosra Al-Sham* http://youtu.be/uD2Au2PsiBU *Khirbet Ghazaleh* http://youtu.be/bZ6TlR_tNcQ ** *ALEPPO CITY*: *Salaheddine* http://youtu.be/wAE9SoER2nc , http://youtu.be/kPJRqx0fW6c *Sakhour* http://youtu.be/TJAmRXSpUG8 , http://youtu.be/xGtm5ggSIYM *Ashrafiyeh* http://youtu.be/C4Md5i0z0_4 *ALEPPO*: *Anadan* http://youtu.be/s_oIh1I5yqA *Atareb* http://youtu.be/gFSTtfS7P5s *Jineh* http://youtu.be/LvM637WmBbA *Deir Jamal* http://youtu.be/ZG_XrzmQXfo *DEIR EZZOR*: *Qouriyeh* candlelight vigil http://youtu.be/ZIqBXUy3VKk *HASSAKEH*: *Qamishly*: Burhan Ghalioun, cant you hear? 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