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Thanks for the input, I suspected it was unreliable due to the source. On Saturday, April 25, 2015, Michael Karadjis <mkarad...@gmail.com> wrote: > Amith > > it is a complete farce. > > This is part of an ongoing disinformation campaign by Times of israel and > the Jerusalem Post. They seem to have a Druze contact who is in touch with > a couple of individual Syrian exiles, who either don't exist at all (there > is zero evidence on the web for this Nabhan character), or who do exist, > but have no relation whatsoever to any Syrian opposition movement (still > less the FSA), yet JP introduces them as "Syrian opposition leaders", > notably someone called "Labwani". > > Last time it was the Jerusalem Post. The false flag story appears to be in > the same style; again there is the "Druze" intermediary. The Post story is > more honest, because it merely calls this unknown Nabhan character "one > opposition political activist" rather than lying that he has some position > in the FSA. It does not mention Labwani, but contains a prominent photo of > him, where the caption falsely calls him a "Syrian opposition leader" > though he has no position at all in any Syrian opposition leadership body. > All lies. > www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Syrian-rebel-groups-congratulate-Netanyahu-on-his-election-victory-394565 > > When Labwani put forward his Golan plan last year (for the US to turn the > Golan into an “international peace park” because Assad has “never lifted a > finger” on the Golan so it is effectively lost anyway), it was rejected by > the Syrian opposition and most oppositionists, as ironically, the Times of > Israel at that time reported: > > “Labwani’s unusual statement were not well-received in Syria’s opposition, > however. According to the Jordanian daily Al-Arab Al-Yawm, dozens of Syrian > oppositionists signed a petition against Labwani, including Salameh Kaileh, > Walid Al-Bunni and Fady Jomar. > > “Freedom achieved through the enemies is not freedom,” read the petition, > according to the daily. > > “Arab nationalist pundit Abdel Bari Atwan also weighed into the debate, > attacking Labwani for granting Assad “the biggest gift possible on the > [third] anniversary of the revolution.” > > “[Labwani] exposed a plan revolving around selling the occupied Syrian > Golan Heights to Israel in return for peace with it. He served a powerful > blow Arab and Islamic hopes of regaining the stolen rights in Palestine.” > > > http://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-dissident-offer-golan-heights-if-israel-removes-assad/ > > More interesting is the purpose of this sick disinformation campaign, > which can only be negative for the FSA inside Syria, give more ammunition > to groups like Nusra to falsely accuse the FSA (like lots of western > "leftists" do) of being "imperialist and zionist agents" and use this in > their turf wars against the FSA. > > Oh and the FSA losing ground? Mainly since the onset of US airstrikes in > September, which benefited the Assad regime while giving a huge political > boost to Nusra. The first half of 2014 was if anything a period of re-rise > of the FSA. But the relative loss of ground since September should also not > be exaggerated: the FSA controls the south and has scored impressive recent > victories (the historic city of Busra al-Sham and then the Jordanian > border), and despite setbacks to Nusra in Idlib and Aleppo in the > northwest, still playys a prominent part there, including in recent major > victories such as the seizure of Idlib. > > -----Original Message----- From: A.R. G via Marxism > Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 4:40 PM > To: Michael Karadjis > Subject: [Marxism] Syrian Rebel Group in Decline vows normalization > withIsrael > > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > > http://www.timesofisrael.com/on-independence-day-moderate-syrian-rebels-send-warm-wishes/ > > It is from a setter publication so I do not necessarily vouch for its > accuracy. > > Nonetheless I think it is a remarkable sign of how much ground the FSA has > lost in Syria that it believes pledges its allegiance to the Zionist regime > outweighs its legitimacy in the eyes of the hundreds of thousands of > Palestinians in Syria and others who have overwhelmingly opposed any sort > of normalization with the regime that expelled them and continues killing > them (referring to Israel in this case, not Assad) > > - Amith > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/mkaradjis%40gmail.com > -- - Amith _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
