Syria Behind Torching of Danish Buildings?
Walid Jumblatt has told World Net Daily’s Aaron Klein that Syria played an active role in torching “Danish government offices in Damascus and Beirut”. Here’s the heart of the interview:
“Syria is stirring trouble in the region. Regarding the burnings and protests in Damascus, it is very bizarre that a so-called secular totalitarian regime that controls everything was not able to control these demonstrations,” said Jumblatt, Druze leader and head of Lebanon’s Progressive Socialist Party. “The violence and burnings in Lebanon were the work of Syrian soldiers and workers dressed in civilian clothes.”
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Jumblatt accused Syria of using plain-clothes soldiers to torch Beirut’s Danish consulate. “Those involved, including some arrested, were found to be people working for Syria, including Syrian soldiers disguised as civilians,” said Jumblatt. “They were sent from remote areas in the south, a kind of orchestration. Even though clerics of al-Jamal Islaimya (an extremist Lebanese splinter faction) denounced violent protest, they couldn’t control the Syrian saboteurs.”
It isn’t plausible to believe that the police state known as Syria couldn’t control a group of citizens much less believing that they couldn’t prevent the large-scaled riots that torched the Danish embassy in Damascus.
“Remember Assad’s warnings to the international community that if he is put under pressure, chaos will prevail in the region,” said Jumblatt. Also, I think Assad doesn’t want to be isolated in the Muslim world, so he is pretending to be on the side of the Muslim cause by rioting against the cartoons.”
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Jumblatt noted Iran is looking to escape sanctions for its alleged nuclear ambitions. The Lebanese leader accused Syria of using plainclothes soldiers to torch Beirut’s Danish consulate.“Those involved, including more than 300 arrested, were found to be people working for Syria, including Syrian soldiers disguised as civilians,” said Jumblatt. “They were sent from remote areas in the south, a kind of orchestration. Even though clerics of al-Jamal Islaimya (an extremist Lebanese splinter faction) denounced violent protest, they couldn’t control the Syrian saboteurs.”
Asked if he thought pro-Syrian Lebanese President Amil Lahoud was involved in plotting the anti-Western riots, Jumblatt replied: “Lahoud is just a Syrian tool. We don’t have a Lebanese president. … [Lahoud] is directed and ordered by the Syrian regime. That is our biggest problem.” Jumblatt warned Syria might use the cartoon riots as pretense to attack U.S. and European interests in Iraq:
“Syria allows insurgents to cross into Iraq and out. They are sending agents there. These same agents are sabotaging the peace in Lebanon. I do think Syria could use the violence to attack U.S. troops and innocent Iraqis.”
In short, Syria’s Assad and Iran’s Ahmadinejad have Danish and Norwegian blood on their hands. Their goal is simple: Do whatever it takes to distract the international community from paying attention to Iran trying to get nukes and Syria assassinating Rafiq Hariri.
Cross-post at LetFreedomRing