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July 19th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“It is clear that the Assad regime is losing control of Syria,” said
Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the National Security Council, adding that the
sooner a workable transition takes place, “the greater the chance we
have of averting a lengthy and bloody sectarian civil war”.
Leon Panetta, the US defence secretary, said that the country was “rapidly
spinning out of control”, adding that the international community must “bring
maximum pressure on Assad to do what’s right, to step down and to allow for
that peaceful transition”.
Western leaders were careful not to condone the act of terror that killed
three senior Syrian ministers, while arguing that it hastened the need for
international unity.
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, said: “This incident, which we
condemn, confirms the urgent need for a Chapter VII resolution of the UN
Security Council on Syria”.
Laurent Fabius, the French foreign minister, said: “The French government
has always condemned terrorism. That said, given the level of violence, this
makes it even more necessary and urgent to find a political transition.”
The West hopes that a unified resolution would provide a final push to the
tottering regime and end the violence that has rocked Damascus.
After meeting Mr Putin on Tuesday, Kofi Annan, the international envoy to
Syria, concluded that there was scope for compromise with Russia, which has
blocked two UN resolutions so far.
Mr Annan requested the delay of a UN vote on a British-drafted resolution
threatening tough sanctions yesterday, because, according to a Western
diplomat, he thought “Putin wants unity at the Security Council”.
Publicly, Russia has so far been bluntly hostile to Britain’s proposal, which
would trigger tough economic and travel sanctions if Mr Assad refused to
withdraw his military forces from major population within ten days.
Moscow has argued that it could be used as a pretext for armed intervention,
though the British draft specifically excludes that option. Mr Putin may
however be taking the view that he has more to lose by supporting Mr Assad.
Possible compromises include extra wording on ruling out military
intervention, or a resolution that merely threatens the use of sanctions at
a later date.
The deadline for the vote is Friday, when the mandate of the UN Supervision
Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) ends. Without a resolution, the UN would probably
have to hurriedly withdraw its 300 unarmed observers in Damascus.
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