The New Dark Age

15 June 2011 — williambowles.info

Turkey Spurns Assistance as Syria’s Attack on Town Forces More to Flee
Bloomberg
“Maybe this stems from Syria’s special status and Turkey doesn’t want to involve the international community, but this is an international crisis.” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit the camps holding Syrian refugees on his country’s …
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-15/turkey-spurns-assistance-as-syria-s-attack-on-town-forces-more-to-flee.html

Libya, Syria and Middle East unrest – live updates
The Guardian
They were shot while getting on motorbike on the al-Abyad bridge in the city, according to the opposition group the Local Coordination Committees of Syria [LCCS]. It said witnesses claim their bodies were left on the bridge because of the heavy gunfire …
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/jun/15/syria-libya-middle-east-unrest-live

Why so many hacks fell for the ‘gay girl’ in Syria
Spiked journalists are demanding of Tom MacMaster, the American self-confessed nerd based in Scotland who for six months pretended to be a dissident dyke in Syria. ‘Doesn’t he know the damage he has done to gay people in the Middle East and to the reputation …
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/10608/

Analysis: Why UN won’t act against Syria
CNN
Despite months of a similar violent crackdown in Syria, there has not been a peep from the UN Security Council. Russia and China are getting their diplomatic revenge for the way the Libya resolution quickly turned into NATO bombing. …
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/06/14/un.syria.roth/

CNN reporter, briefly in Syria, hears ‘horror’ stories
CNN International
Near Kherbet Al-Jouz, Syria (CNN) — As the Syrian military on Tuesday continued its relentless advance against protesters, citizens who had fled their homes for safety related “horror story upon horror story” to a reporter who managed to enter the …
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/06/14/syria.unrest/

Lebanon Tribunal Likely First Test of New Hezbollah-led Government
Voice of America
Analysts say the new government’s fortunes and longevity could be tied to those of neighboring Syria, one of the group’s main patrons, but its political ascendance is unlikely to cause any dramatic geopolitical shifts in the region. …
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Lebanon-Tribunal-Likely-First-Test-of-New-Hezbollah-led-Government-123850774.html

Barak: Syria’s Assad has lost his legitimacy
Ha’aretz
The defense minister says during press conference that Syria’s embattled leader would remain very weakened if he were to remain in power. By Amos Harel Tags: Syria Bashar Assad Ehud Arab Spring Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday that Syria’s …
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/barak-syria-s-assad-has-lost-his-legitimacy-1.367715

Arab League issues first condemnation of Syria violence
The Guardian
The Arab League’s outgoing secretary general, Amr Moussa, who has said Arab states are monitoring the crisis in Syria. Photograph: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Retuers The Arab League has publicly criticised the violence in Syria
for the first time, …
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/14/arab-league-condemnation-syria-violence

SYRIA: Detention and killing of children prompt charges and countercharges
Los Angeles Times
Anti-government protesters in Syria have championed the cases of children detained and killed during the past month, trying to raise awareness and prevent more deaths. In response, President Bashar Assad’s regime launched a propaganda a campaign of its …
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2011/06/syria-children-killed-khatib.html

Syria’s Ruling Alawite Sect – NYTimes.com
By By ROBERT MACKEY
While many non-Muslims are now aware that there is a sectarian divide in Islam between Sunnis and Shiites, it is less commonly known that Syria is ruled largely by members of an esoteric Islamic sect, the Alawites, whose belief in the …
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/syrias-ruling-alawite-sect/

Syria « zunguzungu
By zunguzungu
If you’re interested in what’s actually happening in Syria, this hour-long podcast by UCLA History James Gelvin is remarkably informative and cogent. Then there’s Joshua Landis’ Syria Comment. After that, this Human Rights Watch report …
http://zunguzungu.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/syria/

Obama Can Stop the Killing in Syria – By Tony Badran | Foreign Policy
By TONY BADRAN
into Iraq along with weapons and funds to the insurgents. Hopefully this man will meet the fate of Mussolini. Strung up in a public square with his balls cut off and shoved in his mouth. Free Syria. REPLY. Friends’ Activity Most Liked …
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/06/14/obama_can_stop_the_killing_in_syria

U.N. Takes No Action Amid Slaughter in Syria, Christian News
More than 1100 people have been killed as a result of Syria’s government crackdown, surpassing the death toll of Egypt’s revolution this past winter. Over 80 of the deceased are children.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/un-takes-no-action-amid-slaughter-in-syria-51179/

The PJ Tatler » US vs. Russia in Syria chess game
By Roger L Simon
The course of events over Syria will certainly impact profoundly on the US-Russia reset. The Obama administration seems to have done its homework and concluded that it is worth taking that risk for the sake of ensuring Israel’s security …
http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/06/14/us-vs-russia-in-syria-chess-game/