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July 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The resolution would have triggered economic and travel sanctions if President
Bashar al-Assad refused to withdraw his troops to barracks and stop using
heavy weaponry within ten days.
The West hoped that with the support of key Syrian ally Russia, the resolution
would end the violence and hasten the end of the Assad regime.
Eleven countries on the 15-nation council voted in favour, with two
abstentions.
Russia had objected to any resolution drafter under Chapter VII of the UN
charter, which has previously been used to justify military intervention,
even though the wording was careful to exclude that option.
Russia’s decision was expected though there had been a brief glimmer of hope
that it might support the resolution and distance itself from Mr Assad after
Kofi Annan, the international envoy to Syria found some encouragement in a
Tuesday meeting with Vladimir Putin, the Russian president.
A second vote is likely to be required later on Thursday to extend the mandate
of the UN military observer mission in Syria, which expires tomorrow.
The mission is likely to take on a more political complexion after observers
were often prevented from travelling safely around the country,.
Earlier, the Chinese foreign ministry issued a statement that indicated it
would use its veto.
It said that China opposed all forms of terrorism and violence and that it “strongly”
condemned the bombing Wednesday in Damascus that killed Syria’s defence
minister and his deputy.
“China is deeply worried about the rising tensions in Syria,” the
statement said. “China once again called on all related parties in
Syria to cease fire immediately.”
Unlike Russia, China does not have longstanding strategic ties to Assad’s
government, but Beijing opposes setting precedents that could potentially be
applied to its troubled western regions of Tibet and Xinjiang. China feels
burned by Western intervention in Libya, believing that the U.S. and
European powers over-interpreted a U.N. resolution to attack the government
of Col Muammar Gaddafi, not just protect Libyan civilians.
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