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April 25th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Fawzi also cited credible reports that “people who approach the observers
may be approached by security forces or Syrian army and harassed or arrested
or even worse, perhaps killed.”
Annan did not mention either the satellite photos or the harassment and
possible killing of people who talked to the observers in the text of his
closed briefing, which was obtained by The Associated Press, but he stressed
that “the government cannot cease action in one area to resume it in
another.”
He told the council the Syrian foreign minister had informed him in a letter
on April 21 of the withdrawal of troops and heavy equipment from populated
areas and the handover of responsibility to police for maintaining law and
order. He said he replied that this means troops should be back in barracks
and weapons placed in storage “rather than operationally deployed,”
and that civilians should not be endangered by police actions.
Annan said the minister’s letter is “encouraging” and would make “a
real difference … if it is scrupulously applied.” But he added
pointedly, “It should be understood that the only promises that count
are the promises that are kept.”
US Ambassador Susan Rice told reporters after the briefing that “several
council members expressed their scepticism on the Syrian government’s
intentions and the veracity of statements contained in the Syrian foreign
minister’s letter.”
Russia’s UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, whose country is Syria’s most important
ally, noted that some council members said “they have information”
that Syria has not withdrawn its troops and heavy weapons.
“If this is the case, if the promise in the letter has not really been
carried out, that would mean it is a breach of the promise they have made on
Saturday,” Churkin told reporters. “I’m certainly going to bring
it to the attention of Moscow that there is an issue that needs to be looked
at.”
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters in Washington that “the
responsibility rests with Assad and with his supporters and his military to
demonstrate a commitment to the Annan plan by silencing the guns.”
“Unfortunately, the Assad regime has broken its commitments time and
again,” she said. “So even as we work to help deploy the monitors,
we are preparing additional steps in case the violence continues or the
monitors are prevented from doing their work.”
Annan said that in addition to the reported military attacks, Syria’s
implementation of the other points in his peace plan – including
unrestricted access for journalists and humanitarian workers and allowing
peaceful demonstrations – “remains partial.”
Annan welcomed the council’s initial authorisation of a 30-member advance team
of UN observers, and its approval of a 300-strong UN observer team,
stressing the importance of getting “eyes and ears on the ground”
with the ability to move freely and swiftly.
Rice said UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous told the council that 11
observers are currently in Syria including two in Homs and two in Hama. He
predicted 30 observers will be on the ground by April 30 and 100 observers
within a month, she said.
Ladsous reported that the Syrian government refused at least one observer
based on his nationality and stated that it will not accept any observers or
civilians for the mission from countries that are members of the Friends of
Democratic Syria, Rice said. The group includes more than 70 countries
including the U.S., many European countries and a number of Mideast nations.
“He underscored that from the UN’s point of view, this is entirely
unacceptable,” Rice said.
Annan said available reports suggest the level of violence has decreased since
April 12 with the exception of the spike on Monday.
He said the reported events in Hama on Monday “are a reminder of the
risks that Syrians face if our effort to create a sustained cessation of
violence does not succeed.”
“But we have also seen events change – at least temporarily – in Homs,
where violence has dropped significantly in response to the presence of a
very small number of observers,” Annan said.
Source: agencies
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