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June 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“The suffering of the Syrian
people, the suffering of men, women and children, some of them trapped by
fighting, is getting worse,” Maj Gen Mood told reporters.
Maj Gen Mood did not attribute the suspension of the mission to any single
incident, but said that among the issues was the inability of the observers
to get through an angry crowd that mobbed their motorcade in the town of
Haffa on June 12, when their motorcade was attacked by mobs with stones and
metal rods and blocked by gunfire. The source of the gunfire was not clear.
Activists blamed regime loyalists for the attack. The violence raised
questions about the ability of about 300 unarmed monitors to provide a
useful assessment of a country that is spiraling toward civil war.
Reviving the mission would require a reduction in violence and a commitment
from both the Syrian government and the opposition to “freedom of
movement” for the UN observers, Maj Gen Mood said.
While the Syrian government had given him such assurances in the last few
days. “I have not seen the same clear statement from the opposition yet.”
Syria’s UN ambassador, Bashar Ja’afari, said that Maj Gen Mood’s briefing was “well-balanced,”
and called on all interested parties to push for the resumption of Maj Gen
Mood’s mission.
UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous, who also briefed the council, added: “For
the time being we have decided, however not to touch, not to modify, but to
rather retain the integrity of the mission and its mandate. We must be aware
that a number of diplomatic initiatives are under way, bilateral and
multilateral.”
The diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity said Mood told the council
that the observers are trying to facilitate a local cease-fire in Homs.
The diplomat added that Mood told the council there has been little or no
effort to ensure civilian protection by the Syrian government, and there has
been no increase in the pace and scale of release of people who are
arbitrarily detained.
Mood told the council, the diplomat said on condition of anonymity, that twice
Syria announced the release of 500 detained persons, but the observers saw
two groups of 230 and 100-plus released and few key leaders.
Mood said that on a smaller scale the opposition is depriving liberty to
individuals too, the diplomat said.
Opposition groups say more than 14,000 people have been killed since the
Syrian uprising began in March 2011.
Source: agencies
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