"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

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NEWS AND ARTICLES / HABERLER VE MAKALELER

Monday, August 22, 2011

Syria looks over its shoulder (Sami Moubayed- Asia Times)

"...Earlier this month, Russia's envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin told the popular Russian newspaper Izvestia that the organization was planning a military campaign against Syria, similar to the Libyan one. This was "leaked" shortly after international pressure mounted on Damascus when the Saudi, Tunisian, Swiss, Bahraini and Kuwaiti ambassadors were withdrawn from the Syrian capital.


Then came a wild story in Debka, a Jerusalem-based "Israeli military intelligence" website, saying that NATO was planning to arm Syrian rebels ahead of an upcoming attack on Syria itself. According to the controversial report, large caches of weapons, including anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, mortar bombs, and heavy machine guns, will be sent to Syrian cities, all escorted by the Turkish army, for use against the Syrian government..."