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June 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Britain, France and the United States said they were working to introduce a
United Nations Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on the Syrian
government that would be binding for all member states.
Previous such attempts have been blocked by Russia and China.
At the same time, Mr Annan has responded to Western warning that they were
close to writing off his plan, which came into force in April, by
acknowledging the need for major modifications to save it from total failure.
He has suggested forming a “contact group” bringing together Western
and Middle Eastern states, as well as Russia and China, in the hope of
ending the international rift over Syria and paving the way for Mr Assad’s
departure.
But a row immediately erupted after he proposed to include Iran in the group,
justifying the move on the grounds that it was “an important country in
the region” whose involvement was key to bringing about a solution to
the conflict.
Western powers categorically rejected the notion, with Mrs Clinton accusing
Iran of “helping to stage-manage the repression” in Syria in order
to prop up Mr Assad, a fellow Shia and a key ally of Iran. Britain and
France were similarly vocal in their opposition.
“Iran is a country which is supporting some of the unacceptable violence
and supporting the Syrian regime in what it’s doing to the Syrian people,”
Alistair Burt, the Foreign Office minister responsible for the Middle East,
said.
Mrs Clinton suffered a major setback of her own as Russia rebuffed her pleas
to support a regime change in Damascus.
Hoping to exploit Moscow’s growing unease over its proximity to Mr Assad, she
tried to win Russian support for a US initiative to end the violence in
Syria built around the Syrian leader’s departure.
To make the proposal more palatable, she told Russian officials that Mr
Assad’s resignation would not be a condition for a settlement in Syria but
rather its ultimate goal.
Although Russia has distanced itself from Mr Assad, its fundamental position
on the crisis has not changed and Mrs Clinton’s top Syria aide, Fred Hof,
left Moscow empty-handed.
Russia and China, which say the Assad regime and the rebels are equally
responsible for the violence, confirmed that they would thwart any attempt
at forcing Mr Assad from office. In a blow to Western hopes, both states
also signalled their continuing opposition to UN sanctions.
Meanwhile in Syria itself, explosions and gunfire could be heard from the
heart of Damascus as clashes erupted in three of the city’s suburbs. The
battles were among the fiercest of the uprising.
Fighting was reported across the country, but a government artillery offensive
on the rebel-held district of Khaldiyeh in Homs will alarm the international
community the most.
Opposition activists in the city said that shells were falling on the area at
more than five a minute, raising fears that government forces were preparing
to launch an infantry assault to retake the district.
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