{"id":10877,"date":"2011-07-21T19:55:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T23:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?p=10877"},"modified":"2011-07-21T19:55:01","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T23:55:01","slug":"new-opposition-tv-station-hama-free-homs-and-deir-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/new-opposition-tv-station-hama-free-homs-and-deir-shut-down\/","title":{"rendered":"New Opposition TV Station; Hama Free? Homs and Deir Shut Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/syriaalshaab.tv\/\">New Syrian TV channel \u2013 for the opposition called<\/a> &#8220;Syria of the People&#8221;,????? ?????<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syriatruth.org\/images\/stories\/syria_ashaab_tv_hawwa_and_abdah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"282\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.syriatruth.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=2527:-qq-&amp;catid=35:2010-12-23-21-33-52&amp;Itemid=105\">Al-Haqiqa <\/a>(An frequently unreliable source) and pro-Syrian government sources claim the new station which airs from London is funded entirely by Saudi Arabia and the Association of Muslim Scholars, is connected to Amir Bandar bin Sultan and is close to the Muslim Brotherhood. Its main spiritual inspiration is Said al-Hawwa,  who was the general supervisor of the Muslim Brotherhood from 1979 to 1982 and &#8220;spiritual father&#8221; of the Fighting Vanguard that led the uprising in Hama. They state that all the guests to appear on the channel so far are &#8220;Takfiri,&#8221; meaning that they espouse Said Qutb&#8217;s radical philosophy of declaring fellow Muslims apostates.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone wanting to know more about Said Hawwa should read these two articles about him:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Itzchak Weismann, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.edu\/mideast\/Additional%20pages%20-%20non-catagory\/Hawwa_Bio_Weismann.pdf\">Sa\u2018id Hawwa: The Making of a Radical Muslim Thinker in Modern Syria,<\/a>\u201d <em>Middle Eastern Studies<\/em> 29 (1993), 607-611.<\/li>\n<li> Itzchak Weismann, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.edu\/mideast\/Additional%20pages%20-%20non-catagory\/Hawwa_Islamic_RevivalismInBaathistSyria_Weismann.pdf\">Sa\u2018id Hawwa and Islamic Revivalism in Ba\u2018thist Syria<\/a>,\u201d<em> Studia Islamica<\/em> 85 (1997), 131-154.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">???? ????? ??? A.N.N<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">???? ????? ????? ?? ????? &#8220;??????? ????????&#8221; ??????? ?? ???? ?? ??????   ??????? ????????? ???????? ? ???? ???? ???? ???????? ?? ???? ??? ??????   ?????? ??? ??? &#8220;????? ?????&#8221; ? ????? ??????? ?? ???????? ? &#8221; ?????   ??????? ???????? &#8221; ???? ???? ?? ???????? ???? ??? ? ????? ???? ?????  ????? ????? ?????? ???? ?? ????? . ???? ???? ??  ??????? ?????? ??? ????  ????? ??????? ???? ??? ?? ???????? ???????  ?????? &#8221; ????? ?????  ??????&#8221; ? ????? ???? ??? ???? ?? ???? ?????  ???????? ?? ?????? ????????  ????????? ??? ????? ???????? ?????? ? ??????? ?? ?????? ???????.<\/p>\n<p>?????? ???? ???? ???? &#8220;????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ????????? ?????   ?? ??????? ???????? ????????? ??????? ??????????? ????? ?????  ??????????  ?????? ????? ?????? ??? ??????? ?? ?????? ???? ??????  ????????????  ?????? ???????? ????? ??? ???? ?????? ????????? ????????  ?????? ?????? ??????? ???????? ?????? ?????? ??????? ??????  ??????  ??????&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>??? ? ????? ?? ?? ??? ?????? ?????? ?? ???? ??  ???????? ???? ????? ?  ???? ?????? ?? ????? ??????? ???????? ?????? ???  ????? ???? ?????? ? ???  &#8221; ??? ?????? ??????&#8221; ?? ????? ??? ?????? ??? !  ???? ?? ?????? ?? ????  ?????? ????? ????????? ??? ???? ?????? ?????? ??  ?? ????????? ?????????? ? ?? ???? ????? ???? ??? ???? ????? ??????  ???  ???? ??????? ???? ???? ????? ???? ???? ????? ???? ??? ???? ???  ??????  ???? ??????? ???????? ???? ?????? 1979 ? 1982 ? ???? ????? 1985  ???  1987 ? ????? ?????? ???????? ?????? ?????????? ???????? ???? ??????  &#8220;??????? ????????!<br \/>\n? ????????&#8221; ?? ????? ???? ???? ??????? ????????  ?? ??????. ??? ???????  ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ??? ?????? ?????????? ?? ????  ????? 1973 ????????  ??&#8221;??????? ????? ????????&#8221;&#8230;..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/07\/20\/world\/middleeast\/20hama.html?ref=world\">In Scarred Syria City, a Vision of a Life Free From Dictators<\/a><br \/>\nBy ANTHONY SHADID in New York times<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lens.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/07\/19\/a-western-photographer-in-hama-syria\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/packages\/flash\/Lens\/2011\/07\/20110719-KM-Moises\/480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, Hama represents the  competing visions of the protesters and the government: liberation or  chaos&#8230;..<br \/>\n\u201cSyria is colonized by its own sons,\u201d one resident quipped.<\/p>\n<p>Hama is bracing for an attack by a government that may regret its decision to withdraw on the first week of June, after an especially bloody Friday. But the authorities seem at a loss over how to retake control of the rebellious city that is Syria\u2019s most religiously conservative. Railing from fences was torn down and stones from sidewalks unearthed to build scores of barricades, which block entrances to most neighborhoods. Refuse has accumulated along streets where every trash bin seems part of a barrier. &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHama is the cemetery of the nation,\u201d say graffiti here. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The protesters, though, hold little sway with the government, which has negotiated with the city to a surprising degree. These days, Hama is represented by Mustafa Abdel-Rahman, the 60-year-old cleric in charge of the Serjawi Mosque. Residents say he consults with worshipers at his mosque, along with doctors, lawyers and engineers in the neighborhoods, over ways to defuse tension. Under the latest deal, the government agreed to release prisoners if protesters dismantled checkpoints on the main roads. The protesters did, though in the end, only a fraction of the more than 1,200 detainees were freed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will keep taking people, definitely,\u201d said Tarek, a 22-year-old protester. \u201cWe can\u2019t trust them. We just can\u2019t trust them anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Revolt\u2019s Microcosm<\/p>\n<p>Over these six weeks, Hama has, in a way, emerged as a microcosm of the revolt \u2014 what the protesters see as competing visions of liberation and what the government labels chaos. As in other places, the government has spoken of armed gangs and Islamists roaming the city\u2019s streets, though over two days, not a single weapon was seen, save a slingshot. Islamists populate and perhaps dominate the ranks of protesters, and by some estimates, a fourth of the city has fled, fearing a showdown more than the brand of rule the Islamists might impose.<\/p>\n<p>The government has spoken of losing control, though the city still functions. Shops have reopened, people walk the streets, and the municipal administration \u2014 from courts to trash collection \u2014 began working again Saturday after a two-week strike. Gardeners watered city squares, and cars obeyed traffic signals along streets where not a single government building was damaged beyond a few broken windows. Although the security forces have disappeared \u2014 all 16 branches of them, by some residents\u2019 count \u2014 the traffic police still come to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t feel secure unless the security forces are gone,\u201d Abu Muhammad said.<\/p>\n<p>But episodes of lawlessness and vengeance have punctuated the city\u2019s experiment. An informer was hanged from an electricity pylon last month; the bodies of three or four others were thrown into the Orontes River, residents say. A week ago, three Korean-made cars were stolen from a dealership, residents said, and some businessmen have complained about the checkpoints and a two-week strike that shut down Hama. Many frowned upon the dismantling of street lights and other infrastructure to build the barriers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no destruction with the protests, why does there have to be with the checkpoints?\u201d asked a 40-year-old trader who gave his name as Ahmed. \u201cWithout a doubt, people are angry. I am myself. There are thugs out there, without question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least anecdotally, his seemed to be a minority opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Festive Protesters<\/p>\n<p>The scenes on Saturday night were less chaotic than festive, as crowds lined the streets to watch a spontaneous protest celebrating the freedom of the few prisoners released. The demonstrators headed to the governor\u2019s building, which was adorned in a slogan that still said \u201cAssad\u2019s Syria.\u201d Youths jumped in their cars, speeding through pulsating streets, trading rumors and news over cellphones that rang incessantly. They joked with one another at checkpoints.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNext time I see you, we\u2019ll be playing cards together in jail,\u201d one said.<\/p>\n<p>Around midnight, a protester named Obada joined his friends in what seemed to be a cross between a dorm room and a safe house. The coals for water pipes smoldered in the corner, near computers, headphones, a big-screen television, a scanner, sound-mixing equipment and stacks of compact discs documenting protests, arrests and clashes with the security forces.<\/p>\n<p>Each took a turn to celebrate what their uprising meant. \u201cThere\u2019s no fear,\u201d said Mustafa, 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can walk in the streets with security,\u201d added his friend, Mahmoud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve come closer together,\u201d volunteered Fadi, typing on his computer. Another friend, Bassem, shook his head. \u201cWe\u2019re not free yet,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/plotting-a-post-assad-road-map-for-syria\/2011\/07\/20\/gIQANBQcQI_story.html\">Plotting a post-Assad road map for Syria<\/a><br \/>\nBy David Ignatius, July 20, 2011, Washington Post<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;&#8230;A second White House official summarizes the new approach this way: \u201cThe Assad ship is sinking. The most important thing is to get people to realize this, so that, hopefully, they will jump off the ship and get on the lifeboat.\u201d For the United States, this means working with Syrian dissidents, and also with Turkey and other regional powers that can help broker change.<\/p>\n<p>The administration wants to encourage the Syrian opposition inside the country to unite, develop a clear agenda and build an inclusive leadership. Leading that effort is Robert Ford, the U.S. ambassador in Damascus; an administration official describes him as a \u201cvehicle for transition.\u201d In meetings with dissidents, Ford is said to have stressed that the opposition must reach out to minorities, such as Christians, Druze and Alawites, who fear that a post-Assad regime will be dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood.<\/p>\n<p>With U.S. encouragement, the opposition hopes to hold a meeting inside Syria over the next several weeks to frame a unified agenda. It tried to hold such an internal gathering last week, in coordination with an exile meeting in Istanbul of the so-called National Salvation Council, but Syrian authorities blocked it.<\/p>\n<p>A road map for the opposition was sketched in an interview by Radwan Ziadeh, a visiting scholar at George Washington University who closely follows the dissident groups. He said he has contacted people who might attend the planned meeting inside Syria, including prominent human-rights activists Riad al-Seif and Walid al-Bunni, as well as Druze, Christian and Alawite figures he named. The aim, said Ziadeh, is \u201csolid leadership that can emerge inside the country\u201d and draft a new \u201cDamascus Declaration\u201d as a platform for transition&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian equation is shaped by two \u201cX-factors.\u201d The first is whether the army will split, with influential officers moving away from the regime. &#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>The second wild card is sectarian violence between dissident Sunnis and the ruling Alawite minority. &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2019s judgment is that \u201cAssad is a guy who has taken all the wrong steps in response to protest,\u201d says a White House official. The thinking in Washington now is about getting to the post-Assad era, quickly and peacefully.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/n.php?n=turkey-to-us-one-sided-approach-won8217t-bring-solution-2011-05-29\">Turkish FM chides US over its Israel approach<\/a> Hurriyet<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;.Assad late to reform<\/p>\n<p>The foreign minister also responded to a question on ongoing revolts in neighboring Syria, whose leadership has so far failed to heed the demands of the people and launch a substantial reform campaign. More than 1,000 civilians have been killed by security forces in recent weeks, resulting in international anger toward Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf some of these reforms had been done three months ago, so many lives would not have been lost. If some of the things being done now, such as removing the state of emergency and giving Kurds their identity, had been done in January, there would not have been this much tension,\u201d Davuto?lu said.<\/p>\n<p>Although Turkey sought to be a guide for its neighbor in terms of the reforms, Davuto?lu said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was continuing to seek more time for reforms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe prime minister spoke to Bashar al-Assad. We are saying that the situation cannot continue,\u201d Davuto?lu said.<\/p>\n<p>Suggesting that leaders who resist change or only reform slowly risk losing their ability to persuade as they create tension, Davuto?lu said, \u201c[We are] still expecting the Syrian leadership to lead toward a peaceful transition period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if they say that they will continue the status quo through oppression if necessary, then serious tensions will be unavoidable. Other factors will come into play. We suggest peaceful changes for both the administration and the opposition,\u201d he said&#8230;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayszaman.com\/news-251196-us-syrian-expats-raise-concerns-during-meeting-with-assad.html\">US-Syrian expats raise concerns during meeting with Assad<\/a><br \/>\n21 July 2011, Thursday \/ CEL?L SA?IR , ?STANBUL &#8211; Zaman<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Amidst escalating tensions in his country, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with two groups of prominent Syrian expats from the United States over the past two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was one of some 30 Syrian-Americans invited to go to Syria to meet with President Assad and share with him our thoughts and concerns,\u201d one of the participants, who asked not to be named, told Today&#8217;s Zaman&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201conly 10 percent of Syrians, who are beneficiaries of corruption, do not want reform, but the 90 percent majority, who are pro-reform, have managed to sharply split into different groups. One group wants to see reforms happen gradually under President Assad&#8217;s leadership, while another first wants him to step down and wants reforms second; those who see continued demonstrations and protests as a must, even with the tension and dire economic consequences they are leading to, and those who see that enough has been achieved already and believe an interruption of protest for a couple of months is what is needed to grant the government the chance to deal with the proposed reforms.\u201d&#8230;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.syria-news.com\/readnews.php?sy_seq=135256\">In Deir as-Zor, one person was killed<\/a> on Thursday for refusing to close his shop for a general strike, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syria-news.com\/readnews.php?sy_seq=135256\">according to Syria News. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Hama.News.Network.HNN\">In Hama, armed men<\/a> also enforced a general strike, according to government sponsored Facebook Sites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Homs, <\/strong>all government departments in the city have been closed down and the city has observed a general strike for four days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dp-news.com\/en\/detail.aspx?articleid=90772\">New Political Life demands New Parties in Syria<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>DAMASCUS- In a dialogue symposium under the title \u201cReform  Process\u2026Political, Religious and Legal Vision\u201d at Damascus University,  Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem on Wednesday said the  new political life in Syria demands new parties to be formed with a  political, economic and social program so that each citizen can join  whatever party he chooses.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign and Expatriates Minister al-Moallem referred to the currently  prepared new information law which will provide press space for  to-be-formed parties.<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed out to the new elections law taking, into  consideration that the new parties will compete in the elections for the  coming parliamentary term. \u2026.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Syrian stock market<\/strong> composite index down 43 percent<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoninstitute.org\/templateC06.php?CID=1678\">Andrew Tabler at WINEP:<\/a> &#8220;Fortunately, cash-strapped Iran does not have the resources to indefinitely bail out Assad if the United States organizes a Western effort to hit Syria in its Achilles&#8217; heel &#8212; namely, its energy revenues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\" http:\/\/www.washingtoninstitute.org\/templateC06.php?CID=1681\">Shenkar at WINEP:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\" http:\/\/www.washingtoninstitute.org\/templateC06.php?CID=1681\">&#8230;.no matter how much most Americans<\/a> might detest a government that has helped kill American troops in Iraq, while supporting attacks against U.S. allies in Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories&#8230;.. it is tempting to expel  Moustapha, but for the time being patience may be the best counsel. As  for the U.S. envoy in Syria, so long as Ford continues to be effective  on the ground, he should stay in Damascus. If, as promised, the Assad regime curtails his activities or movement, however, Washington should  recall him. If and when this occurs, the administration should also take  the opportunity to expel Moustapha.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/news\/diplomacy-defense\/netanyahu-to-arab-media-people-of-syria-deserve-a-better-future-1.374227\">Netanyahu said <\/a>that Israel hopes to establish peace with Syria and that he believes that the young people of Syria deserve a better future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icontact-archive.com\/Bm8lHV2mhxCcOgrfaR4ODB3-1sjRhsx3?w=4\">Britain&#8217;s foreign minister William Hague<\/a> said today that &#8220;more pressure is needed to stop the government&#8217;s crackdown on pro-democracy activists&#8221;, and &#8220;the situation remains very serious and if anything is deteriorating. Certainly there will be a time for further sanctions and we need to be discussing now what those would be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/cyprus-revoke-citizenship-assads-cousin-placed-eu-blacklist-184744359.html\">&#8220;Cyprus to revoke citizenship for Assad&#8217;s cousin placed on EU blacklist&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/opinion\/commentary\/la-oe-harte-population-20110721,0,715317.story\">The World&#8217;s Biggest Problem? Too Many People<\/a>, By: Mary Ellen Harte and Anne Ehrlich | Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Our unsustainable population levels are depleting resources and denying a decent future to our descendants. We must stop the denial.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Syrian TV channel \u2013 for the opposition called &#8220;Syria of the People&#8221;,????? ????? 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