Displaced Syrians 'losing faith' in opposition
http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=44372
16 December 2011
By Taylor Luck
MAFRAQ/RAMTHA - Displaced Syrians say they are losing faith in opposition groups' ability to form a united front to oppose the regime of President Bashar Al Assad, urging international intervention as the "only hope" to end the conflict in their country.
Syrians residing in the northern cities of Mafraq and Ramtha expressed a growing sense of frustration towards political groups they claim are "failing" in their efforts to drum up international support to bring an end to violence that has claimed the lives of over 5,000 civilians.
"People have been dying day after day, week after week, month after month and all we have had so far is talk," said Abu Muhammad, a Homs resident who fled to Mafraq, some 90 kilometres north of Amman, earlier this month.
"By the time they are done talking, Syria will have bled dry," the 76-year-old noted.
Syrians who have fled the violence that has been ongoing since February claim that the Syrian National Council (SNC) - an opposition coalition comprising several political parties, Kurdish groups and dissidents - has little legitimacy among average Syrians, who accuse the organisation of acting in the interest of "personal agendas".
"We look at this council and see the faces and names of people who left Syria decades ago and have no idea what life is like on the ground," said Nidhal Ahmad, a 43-year-old Homs resident.
"Since when did we put Burhan Ghalioun in charge of our future?" he remarked, referring to the Paris-based Syrian political scientist who was named chair of the council in August.
While displaced Syrians face a worsening situation - dwindling savings, need for costly medical care, and limited contact with loved ones back home - opposition forces have failed to mount a campaign to raise international political and monetary assistance, they said.
"When the revolutions started in Tunisia and Libya, the opposition secured support for civilians and refugees; how come we have to rely on Jordanian organisations for help?" remarked Um Muath, a mother of four.
Ongoing violence across Syria and opposition inaction has created a growing sense of "resentment" among displaced Syrians towards a political class they reject as "illegitimate".
"We have been out in the streets day after day facing bullets and tanks, demanding our basic rights for freedom," said Ayman Luoay. "What have they done for us?"
Displaced Syrians say they have particularly little faith in the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, which has been quietly positioning itself as a leading opposition voice from its base in Istanbul.
"How can they speak in our name when they haven't even lived in the country for over 30 years?" Laith, a 24-year-old from the Syrian border town of Daraa, remarked.
Syrians labelled the Islamists as "latecomers" attempting to take advantage of the crisis to build on the movement's democratic and political gains in Egypt and elsewhere.
"We all know that the Muslim Brotherhood have their eyes set on ruling the country, not saving it," said Abu Muhammad.
"If they expect to come back to Damascus after the fall of Assad to a people waiting with open arms, they will be very mistaken."
Free Army
Disillusioned with political actors, displaced Syrians maintain that the Free Syria Army - a coalition of military defectors operating within Syria - remains their "only hope" of bringing an end to the 10-month crisis.
Due to decades of living under one-party rule, Syrians say they are much more willing to throw their support behind a nonpolitical force solely dedicated to freeing the country than any ideologically driven group.
"These are our sons and brothers. These are the people who will lead our revolution, not some washed-up politicians in Paris," said Muhammad Abu Ali, a father of nine who arrived in Jordan late last month.
Syrians said they identify with the soldiers, who they claim are underfed and underpaid, and are showing a growing unwillingness to carry out orders to kill civilians.
"I have seen with my own eyes soldiers refusing to shoot peaceful protesters," said Um Majdi, a Homs resident now residing in a two-room apartment in Mafraq.
"They paid with their lives."
Syrians admit that due to a slow rate of defection - soldiers are currently leaving by the dozens rather than hundreds or thousands - the movement has yet to gain the momentum it needs to pose a real threat to the regime.
"There are thousands of soldiers ready to defect, waiting for the opportunity, but they are afraid," said Abu Yasser, a Daraa resident who has three brothers serving in the army.
Syrians claim that a buffer zone or the enforcement of a no-fly zone would give thousands of Syrian soldiers and officers the chance to defect, organise and launch a campaign against Assad loyalists.
"If the international community sets up a no-fly zone, within 48 hours the Free Syria Army will topple the regime," predicted Amar Mahmoud, an engineer from Homs.
Syrians in Jordan hope that by replicating the experience of Libyan revolutionaries - allowing army deserters to organise within areas along the Syrian-Turkish border in the north and the Syrian-Jordanian border to the south under the backing of international military support - the movement can topple four decades of Baath party rule.
"For months we have called on the Arab League, on Syria's neighbours and on the international community to give us the chance we need by establishing a no-fly zone," said Ahmad, a 33-year-old truck driver.
"But it seems the international community is failing us."
As the international community continues to struggle to form a strong consensus, Arab foreign ministers are set to gather once again on Saturday to discuss the ongoing crisis, but Syrians, who have been hardest hit by the violence say they are losing both time and patience.
"The Syrian people are done with the talk, done with statements, done with politics," said Abu Ibrahim, a 34-year-old software engineer.
"The Syrian people want freedom, and they are willing to die to get it."
Profile of Muhammad Bassam al-Imadi, leader of al-Leeqa, as pro-Syrian media describes
"سيريانديز" تكشف أوراقه... محمد بسام العمادي "حرامي" اتهم بالغش والتدليس واستغلال منصبه الوظيفي والنصب على مطاعم السويد
"Syriandays" reveal his cards ... Muhammad Bassam al-Emadi, "thief" was accused of cheating, fraud and exploitation of his career and the monument to Sweden Restaurants
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As the Syrian opposition abroad to gather in their ranks included those sentenced for felonies and the provisions do not lack the seduction of minors, abuse you, "and a single falcon," and traitors, such as "servants" and rustlers public money and led by "Bassam Ja'ara" Here is "fraudster" Muhammad Bassam al-Emadi, a former Syrian Ambassador to Sweden, joined the convoy after announcing the split from the regime as he put it and start the process of lip service on the satellite channels and pipe mouthpiece like him, he wants buffer zones on the border of Turkey and Jordan on the grounds that this would break the Syrian army as revealed to him His intelligence .. But who is Muhammad Bassam al-Emadi?
Despite the emergence of "Al Emadi," nine months after the start of the events in Syria guise of fraud that announced his resignation from his post as ambassador Syria to Sweden in 2009, and that against the regime and the Syrian government, but he did not Ichi that permitted this, but too late for his convoy, which has written volumes for ways to protect the Syrian people, knowing that this was just the tip of the iceberg Tigris and Ahtealh, and the evidence that the Syrian Foreign and once claiming to resign and then Alaenchenakkak took the initiative to open the file and expose his cards and said that he was dismissed from his work on the impact of charges of fraud, fraud and robbery of public funds.
Site "Syriandays" The truth, I looked in the network kindly to this person, "Muhammad Bassam al-Emadi," did not find only the report of the new AMD processors websites content transfer "of Al-Emadi," to the central body of control and inspection for several charges, and held the report entitled: "Muhammad Bassam al-Emadi thief accused of fraud and fraud and the exploitation of his career, and information on his flight to the Gulf state "
The report says: "The central body of control and inspection had been sent a letter to the Prime Minister called for a warrant remand the movable and immovable property of the Syrian Ambassador in Sweden, Muhammad Bassam al-Emadi. The Commission asked in her referral Emadi to justice on charges of fraud and deceit and the exploitation of his career for profit-PC, also demanded the expulsion of his career. where the investigation had begun in secret since September 2008, he was summoned to Damascus the summer of that year on the back of the case. and a decision is also issued the expulsion of Al-Emadi of his work, but the information cross-cited in the report says that "Al Emadi," managed to escape to the Gulf state before his arrest, and you only did the report mention that information, but noted that "Al Emadi," was involved the sale of documents and official information of the points of foreign intelligence for the U.S. Embassy in Sweden, as well as his involvement spying for foreign hostile.
Not only did the site "Syriandays" remembrance of the report and brought him the information, but to work on contacting relevant Arab community of Syrian and Sweden during the screening, all mentioned, it was found that the "Al Emadi," married to a woman of foreign nationality and that is what is not allowed nor approved by the labor law in the diplomatic corps in particular the work the position of "ambassador" as well as that for the duration of his position of "ambassador" Syria to Sweden did not leave an impact politically, socially or even fingerprint Suribh featured during the period he spent in his diplomatic career, but as confirmed relevant Arab community Syrian in Sweden, that "Al Emadi," was exploiting his position and reviews the forces of power in its diplomatic goals of personality, was the most important, access to restaurants, entertainment venues and doing the work of the monument to their owners, including meals free of charge using the described diplomacy as "ambassador."
In the face of Ka committed by acts of harm to him Kasuri first and his diplomatic representative of Syria resorted concerned to Stockholm and the investigation and take necessary action against him was dismissed from his post, but the big surprise was happy made by Syrian members of the Syrian community in Sweden when the action has been taken equitable right " Emadi, "where by many to be the procedure the judge removed him from his post as ambassador stricken grin luck came his removal to the Syrians, because everyone knows his command and his actions inappropriate his job as an ambassador representing the Syrians in exile.
This was recorded "Al Emadi," the first appearance of media has Kpoq of the trumpets of freedom, led by militia Istanbul, led by "pipe" yesterday on the screen of al-Jazeerah after his appearance on the pages of "The Times" British appearance of the Antichrist is a professional, where he took the stronghold of left and right to freedom and demanding Boqsaha to the Syrian people, but soon embraced the doctrine of buffer zones and the air embargo against Syria.
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