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February 28th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
At this point, the operation began to go wrong. Three of the Syrians
accompanying the journalists were killed and the party was forced to split
up. Mr Conroy was taken onwards along a smuggling route and over the border
into Lebanon. Wissam Tariff, spokesman for Avaaz, a campaign group which
aided the evacuation, said that three more Syrians were killed when this
group came under fire later.
Meanwhile, the other three journalists and the Syrians accompanying them
apparently tried to retreat back into Homs. Mr Tariff said that a further
seven Syrians among this group died in the shelling that followed.
He paid tribute to the “courageous and enthusiastic Syrian youths”
who helped the evacuation, adding: “Many had lost already lost mothers,
brothers and friends. Faced by a violent siege, and constant shelling they
started to work to get people out. Over the past week they formed an amazing
coordinated network to save the lives of innocent civilians. But they paid a
heavy price.”
Only Mr Conroy, who was less badly injured than Miss Bouvier, was able to
leave the country. Wounded Syrian civilians have been taken out along the
route he used, while desperately needed medical supplies have been brought
in to Homs.
But three ambulances from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent – the local affiliate
of the International Committee of the Red Cross – were allowed to enter Baba
Amr last Friday to evacuate casualties, including Mr Conroy and Miss
Bouvier.
On that occasion, the ICRC said the journalists had “refused” to
leave. They might have suspected that local volunteers from the Red Crescent
were aligned with the Syrian regime.
Having turned down that option, the journalists embarked on the attempted
evacuation to Lebanon on Sunday. However, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent
returned to Baba Amr again on Monday. Its volunteers did so after being
assured by the French Embassy and Le Figaro that the journalists would be
willing to leave.
Once again, however, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent was rebuffed. Its personnel
did not see the journalists, but were told by intermediaries that neither
Miss Bouvier nor Mr Conroy was willing to go in the four ambulances
available.
In fact, Mr Conroy had already left Baba Amr by this time. Miss Bouvier’s
whereabouts, however, were uncertain.
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France fuelled confusion over her fate and those
of Mr Daniels and Mr Espinola.
“I am happy that this nightmare has come to an end,” he told
journalists at Montpellier during a campaign rally, saying that Miss Bouvier
had left Syria. “I am very happy for her because she had multiple
fractures,” said Mr Sarkozy.
However, the president later retracted his remarks, adding: “I can say
nothing, I apologise, the situation is extremely complex.” The French
foreign ministry said it was unable to confirm any reports about Miss
Bouvier’s location. Meanwhile, Le Figaro said it was “false to say she
is ‘safe and sound’ in Lebanon.”
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