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August 2nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Just how high the stakes are in Aleppo was shown by the deployment of jet
fighters to carry out air strikes for the first time. The United Nations
confirmed that its observers had seen the Syrian air force in action in the
city on Tuesday. The monitors also reported that rebels were using tanks and
other heavy weapons in the battle for control of Syria’s commercial capital,
the home of 2.5 million people.
The outcome of this confrontation is hanging in the balance. Moving between
rebel positions in a white van that had, in happier times, been a tourist
bus, we encountered the destruction caused by a tank shell.
In the smoke and dust, people were trying to retrieve the contents of a
devastated row of shops. At that moment, a second tank round slammed into a
block of flats 50 yards away. The shock waves from the blast sucked air from
our lungs as a cloud of black smoke enveloped the target.
Mr Assad’s Russian-equipped army, using the tools developed for war on the
plains of Europe, is focusing its attack on the Salahaddin area, a
middle-class residential district next to the stadium. This was the third
day of fighting in the street leading to what was once Aleppo’s showcase
football venue.
On the rebel side, the pace is frantic. One of their hardest tasks is to
retrieve injured men who have crept forward for a better shot at government
troops. “It’s very difficult to get the injured – we have to go round
the block and come from another way, where no one is in control,” said
Abdullah Yassin, a Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighter. One team left on a rescue
mission, covered by a barrage of fire from a heavy machinegun. They returned
later, but without their wounded comrades.
Close-quarter combat in these streets is a crucial test for the FSA. Although
Salahaddin is friendly territory, the rebels have only a tenuous grip on
other districts, such as Fardos and Marjeh, leading to the guerrilla supply
lines in north-eastern Aleppo.
Getting to Salahaddin means driving down backstreets where the stench of
uncollected rotting garbage fills the senses.
Much of central Aleppo is a no-man’s land, with the outcome of the battle
still unpredictable. Even in areas that the rebels claim to have conquered,
pro-regime militias pose a pervasive threat.
At Marjah Medical Clinic, however, insurgent fighters were jubilant. Abu Hamid
placed his foot on the head of a bust of Hafez al-Assad, the Syrian leader
from 1970 until 2000, and founder of the ruling dynasty. Someone had written “I’m
sorry I’m a donkey” in marker pen on the bust.
“I am happy to rest my feet on Hafez al-Assad’s head,” said Abu
Hamid. “He has caused me much pain and I am happy to get something back.”
Hundreds have been injured during the battle for Aleppo. The lightly wounded
are treated in the city, the more seriously injured are smuggled out to
Turkey. Munsel Yarud, 28, who had been drafted into the fight from his
native city of Hama, which was also besieged after rising up against Mr
Assad, said his stomach wound had not put him off the struggle. “It may
be months until I recover, but I will go back and fight until we bring this
dictator down,” he said.
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