Brandon
Turbeville
Activist
Post
July 25, 2013
In yet
one more example of the tragic nature of the
Anglo-American
destabilization campaign[1] against Syria, United Nations Secretary Ban
Ki-moon has raised the official death toll in Syria to 100,000 from the previous
number of 93,000 which was established last month.[2]
Ki-moon called on
both the Syrian government and the
foreign-backed
death squads[3] to halt the violence and has issued calls for a peace
conference in Geneva “as soon as possible.”[4]
Ironically, Ki-moon made
these statements just before talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry who
was standing nearby as the UN Secretary made his remarks. Kerry then stated that
he had spoken with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov yesterday and that
both Russia and the United States were committed to bringing peace to
Syria.[5]
Both the United States and Russia are attempting to
convene a peace conference in Geneva along with the United
Nations in order to discuss the formation of a “transitional government.” Russia
agreed to call for such a government in mid-June 2013. Russian President Putin
then signed a statement at the G8 summit which called for “a transitional
governing body with full executive powers, formed by mutual consent.” The
statement, however, stopped short of calling for Assad to step down, a fact that
sent warmongers such as David Cameron into fits of rage.[6]
Still, politically speaking, it has become increasingly difficult
to paint the death toll in Syria as entirely the fault of the Syrian government,
a goal of the mainstream Western media since the beginning of the conflict. In
fact, while civilian deaths have occurred unintentionally as a result of battle,
not
one shred of evidence has ever been produced to show that the Syrian army
has engaged in the intentional killing of civilians.[7] The “rebels,” however,
have themselves provided innumerable videos and
reports
of their own heinous acts against innocent civilians including women and
children. [8]