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May 29th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“Our allies and partners around the world will be taking similar action and
announcing it today – including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United
States, Canada and Australia.”
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said in Canberra: “This is the most
effective way we’ve got of sending a message of revulsion of what has
happened in Syria.” In a statement, he called the Houla killings a “hideous
and brutal crime” and said Australia would not engage with the Syrian
government unless it abides by a U.N. cease-fire plan.
Australia gave Syrian Charge d’Affaires Jawdat Ali, the most senior Syrian
diplomat in Australia, and another diplomat from the Syrian Embassy, 72
hours to leave the country.
In France, Syria’s former colonial ruler, President Francois Hollande told
reporters Tuesday that Ambassador Lamia Shakkour will be notified “today or
tomorrow” that she must leave.
Hollande said that after high-level discussions with British Prime Minister
David Cameron and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, it had been decided to
deploy “a certain number of … pressure tactics,” against Syria, including
the expulsion of the ambassador. He said the move was coordinated “with our
partners,” but didn’t elaborate on how or when exactly the decision was made.
Germany on Tuesday announced Syria’s ambassador, Radwan Loutfi, had 72 hours
to leave. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Germany and its allies
hope “that this unambiguous message does not fall on deaf ears in Damascus.”
“The Syrian regime bears responsibility for the terrible events in Houla,”
Westerwelle said in a statement. “Those who, in defiance of Security Council
resolutions, use heavy weapons against their own people there and elsewhere
in Syria, must expect serious diplomatic and political consequences.”
Westerwelle said Germany will push for the U.N. Security Council to consider
the situation in Syria again.
“It has been clear not just since Houla that Syria has no future under Assad,”
Westerwelle said. “He must clear the way for peaceful change in Syria.”
The Italian Foreign Ministry said Ambassador Khaddour Hassan was called to the
ministry and informed that he must leave.
Spain said it was giving Syrian Ambassador Hussam Edin Aala and four other
diplomats based in Madrid three days to leave the country.
In Canada, Foreign Minister John Baird said in a statement that the Syrian
diplomats and their families have five days to leave Canada. Another Syrian
diplomat expected in Canada will be refused entry.
Baird said these “Syrian representatives are not welcome in our countries
while their masters in Damascus continue to perpetrate their heinous and
murderous acts.”
In Vienna, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nikolaus Lutterotti said the Syrian
ambassador is being summoned to the ministry where officials will deliver a
very hard protest about the massacre.
When asked if the expulsions were EU-wide, Lutterotti said this had not yet
been decided. He said the ambassador to Austria would not be expelled as he
holds an additional function as the representative to the UN organizations
in Vienna.
The U.N. estimates 9,000 people have been killed since the uprising began in
March 2011.
Hollande said Tuesday that Paris will host a meeting in early July of the
so-called Friends of Syria seeking a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
The ambassador’s expulsion came amid increasing diplomatic efforts to end
the bloodshed in Syria and put pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The United States, Britain and France are among that have closed their
embassies in Syria since the crackdown on protesters began last year.
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