Tag Archives: Syria

The fog of war

Posted on Saturday 16 June 2012 by Rob Godfrey

Last Tuesday the UN issued a report stating that children in Syria were being tortured in detention and slaughtered in massacres, and this was being done almost entirely by members of the Syrian army (you can find the report here … Continue reading →

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The germs of Syria congratulate the rats of Libya

Posted on Monday 22 August 2011 by Rob Godfrey

And so do I: God bless Libya and the Libyans! It ain’t quite over yet, and it’s easy to be cynical. In fact, I’m too tired to counter the usual stuff in any detail, so here’s a quickie… The West’s … Continue reading →

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Let’s assume Reem Haddad is lying

Posted on Tuesday 14 June 2011 by Rob Godfrey

Ha, here’s a funny one: a western news anchor finally giving Reem Haddad a hard time… To be fair to Reem Haddad, the Syrian authorities might be holding her nearest and dearest, and she’s forced to be a spokesperson. However, … Continue reading →

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The Hama massacre

Posted on Saturday 11 June 2011 by Rob Godfrey

The reason that there’s so much media attention at the moment on the uprising in Syria is mostly because of the Hama massacre, which occured in 1982, when the Syrian president Hafez al-Assad (father of the present Syrian president) ordered … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Rose strikes again

Posted on Thursday 9 June 2011 by Rob Godfrey

Following a rollocking by Michael Weiss in the Daily Telegraph earlier this week (see The BBC swallows Assad-controlled Syria media rubbish whole. Then reports it as news), the BBC have now started to take a harder line with their coverage … Continue reading →

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Vile regimes and the face they show to the rest of the world

Posted on Sunday 27 March 2011 by Rob Godfrey

Do the people who speak for scumbag regimes actually believe what they tell the outside world? Methinks not. The following Al Jazeera piece shows Reem Haddad, a spokeswoman for the Syrian Information Ministry, defending the fact that Syrian police shot … Continue reading →

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