{"id":18102,"date":"2013-10-01T11:07:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T09:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.co.za\/?p=18102"},"modified":"2013-10-01T11:08:15","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T09:08:15","slug":"hoofstroommedia-berig-nie-oor-vn-se-gifgasaanval-verslag-nie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/?p=18102","title":{"rendered":"Hoofstroommedia berig nie oor VN se gifgasaanval-verslag nie"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18103\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/raqqa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18103\" alt=\"Raqqa\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/raqqa.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raqqa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"Six weeks ago, a two-man delegation arrived in secret in Damascus: civilians from Aleppo who represented elements of the Free Syrian Army, the rebel group largely composed of fighters who deserted the regime's army in the first year of the war.\">Ses weke gelede het &#8216;n tweemanafvaardiging in die geheim in Damaskus aangekom uit Aleppo. Di\u00e9 twee is deur die Siriese rebelle afgevaardig. <\/span><span title=\"They came under a guarantee of safety, and met, so I am told, a senior official on the staff of President Bashar al-Assad.\">Hulle het onder &#8216;n waarborg van veiligheid met die personeel van president Bashar al-Assad kom onderhandel. Hulle <\/span><span title=\"And they carried with them an extraordinary initiative \u2013 that there might be talks between the government and FSA officers who \u201cbelieved in a Syrian solution\u201d to the war.\">glo in &#8216;n &#8220;Siriese oplossing&#8221; om die burgeroorlog tot &#8216;n einde te bring, skryf Robert Fisk in die Independent.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"The delegation made four points: that there must be an \u201cinternal Syrian dialogue\u201d; that private and public properties must be maintained; that there must be an end to \u2013 and condemnation of \u2013 civil, sectarian, ethnic strife; and that all must work\">Die afvaardiging het vier punte voorgehou: Dat daar &#8216;n &#8220;interne Siriese dialoog&#8221; moet wees; dat private en openbare eiendom gehandhaaf word; dat daar &#8216;n einde moet wees aan burgerlike, sektariese, etniese twis, en dat almal moet werk <\/span><span title=\"for a democratic Syria where the supremacy of law would be dominant.\">vir &#8216;n demokratiese Siri\u00eb waar die oppergesag van die reg heers. <\/span><span title=\"There was no demand \u2013 at least at this stage \u2013 for Assad's departure.\">Daar was, interessant genoeg, ook geen eise vir Assad se vertrek nie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"The reply apparently came promptly.\">N<\/span><span title=\"And now, it seems, another remarkable development is under way: in seven rebel-held areas of Aleppo, most of them under the control of the FSA, civil employees can return to work in their offices, and government institutions and schools can reopen.\">og &#8216;n merkwaardige ontwikkeling is dat in sewe gebiede van Aleppo, die meeste van hulle onder die beheer van die rebelle, werknemers sal kan terugkeer om te werk in hul kantore, en regeringsinstellings en skole sal kan heropen. <\/span><span title=\"Students who have become militiamen over the past two years will be disarmed and return to their classrooms.\">Studente wat oor die afgelope twee jaar deelgeneem het aan geweld sal ontwapen word en terugkeer na hul klaskamers .<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"Some members of the FSA have formed what they call the \u201cNational Union for Saving Syria\u201d, although members of the political opposition in areas outside government control disrupted meetings by condemning the government army and, according to those involved in the \u201cUnion\u201d, making\">Rebelle het, wat hulle noem, die &#8220;Nasionale Unie vir die behoud van Siri\u00eb&#8221; tot stand gebring, weens groeiende kommer oor die teenwoordigheid van al-Kaida in die land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"And the advantages to Assad are clear.\">Die voordele vir Assad is duidelik. <\/span><span title=\"If FSA men could be persuaded to return to the ranks of the regime's army in complete safety, large areas of rebel-held territory would return to government control without a shot being fired.\">As rebelle oorreed kan word om terug te keer na die geledere van die regime se weermag met waarborge vir hul veiligheid, sal groot dele van die rebelle hul stryd laat vaar en sal die regering beheer neem sonder dat &#8216;n skoot verder geskiet is. <\/span><span title=\"An army reinforced by its one-time deserters could then be turned against al-Nusra and its al-Qa'ida affiliates in the name of national unity.\">S\u00f3 &#8216;n weermag sal al-Kaida in die naam van nasionale eenheid gou-gou die loef afsteek.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"The Islamist fighters in the Syrian opposition are certainly a source of deep concern to everyone involved in the war \u2013 not least, of course, the Americans, who continue to dither over whether they should give weapons to the rebels.\">Die Islamitiese vegters in die Siriese opposisie is beslis &#8216;n bron van ernstige kommer vir almal wat betrokke is in die oorlog. Die<\/span><span title=\"Had the US administration followed John McCain's advice, for example, some of the arms that might have been given to the FSA would already be in the hands of al-Nusra now that three units within the FSA have gone across to the Islamists.The Islamist\"> Islamitiese <\/span><span title=\"fighters in Syria are meanwhile turning into a serious threat to the very existence of the country's Christians.\">vegters in Siri\u00eb is besig om in &#8216;n ernstige bedreiging vir die voortbestaan \u200b\u200bvan die land se Christene in te hou. <\/span><span title=\"Bishops and patriarchs from across the region met in Beirut last Friday to lament the exodus of the Christians of the Middle East; Catholic Maronite Cardinal Bechara Rai of Lebanon described how for Christians, \u201cthe 'Arab Spring' had turned to winter, to iron and\">Biskoppe en patriarge van regoor die streek het juis in Beiroet verlede Vrydag oor die groot uittog van die Christene van die Midde-Ooste besin<\/span><span title=\"fire\u201d.\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"The prelates were particularly upset at the massive damage to churches in Raqqa \u2013 now under the control of the al-Nusra group \u2013 and at the al-Nusra attack on Maaloula.\">Groot skade is aan kerke in Raqqa &#8211; nou onder die beheer van al-Kaida &#8211; asook in Maaloula aangerig en het Christene uitgesonder vir vernedering.<\/span><span title=\"In Christian homes, crucifixes had been smashed, but the al-Nusra invaders seemed to take a perverse pleasure in wrecking their homes.\">In Christelike huise is kruise verpletter, en die indringers het &#8216;n perverse plesier daarin geneem om die inhoud van die huise totaal te vernietig sodat huisgesinne met klein kinders opeens dakloos gelaat is en sonder kos.<\/span><span title=\"In one basement flat they had emptied the fridge of food and stuffed it full of shoes.\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"Curious facts colour UN's report\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span title=\"So now the world has convinced itself that the Assad regime fired the sarin gas shells on 21 August, it really is time to read the full version of the UN chemical weapons inspectors' report from Syria.\">Die volledige weergawe van die VN se chemiese wapeninspekteurs se verslag van Siri\u00eb is nie deur die hoofstroommedia bekendgemaak nie. <\/span><span title=\"The details of the death and suffering of the innocents of the Ghouta area of Damascus are fearful.\">Die besonderhede van die dood en lyding van onskuldiges van die Ghoutagebied van Damaskus is vreeslik. <\/span><span title=\"Two brothers, it transpires, were the only survivors of their family of 40 who all lived in the same building.\">Twee broers, blyk dit, was die enigste oorlewendes van hul familie van 40 wat in dieselfde gebou gewoon het. Die verslag lui as volg:<\/span><span title=\"But one or two paragraphs need re-reading.\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"\u201cA leader of the local opposition forces (sic) who was deemed prominent in the area\u2026was identified and requested to take 'custody' of the [UN] Mission,\u201d it says.\">&#8220;&#8216;n Leier van die plaaslike opposisie (sic) wat geag word as prominent in die gebied &#8230; is ge\u00efdentifiseer en versoek om die [Verenigde Nasies] Missie te vergesel,&#8221; s\u00ea hy. <\/span><span title=\"Naturally the UN inspectors would want to be kept safe.\">Natuurlik moet die VN-inspekteurs se veiligheid verseker word. <\/span><span title=\"But they were, in effect, in the hands of the rebels.\">Maar hulle was in werklikheid in die hande van die rebelle. <\/span><span title=\"A list of questions for survivors was also \u201ccirculated to the opposition contacts\u201d.\">&#8216;n Vraelys vir oorlewendes is ook glo &#8220;versprei na die opposisie kontakte&#8221;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"Rather more worrying, however, is a short paragraph on page 22.\">Nog meer kommerwekkend is &#8216;n kort paragraaf op bladsy 22 . <\/span><span title=\"At the sites where sarin gas missiles landed, it says, the inspectors found that \u201cthe locations have been well traveled (sic) by other individuals prior to the arrival of the Mission\u2026 During the times spent at these locations, individuals arrived carrying other suspected\">Op die plekke waar Saringasmissiele geland het, het die inspekteurs bevind dat &#8220;die plekke is goed deurreis (sic) is deur ander individue voor die aankoms van die Missie &#8230; Tydens die tye wat by hierdie plekke deurgebring is, het individue aangekom om van die vermeende <\/span><span title=\"munitions indicating that such potential evidence is being moved and possibly manipulated.\u201d\">ammunisie te skuif wat aandui dat sulke potensi\u00eble bewyse verskuif kon gewees het en moontlik gemanipuleer&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"Manipulated?\">Gemanipuleer? <\/span><span title=\"Odd, but I don't remember that quotation in the media accounts of the inspectors' report\u2026\">Die hoofstroommedia het duidelik nie die inspekteurs se verslag goed gerapporteer nie.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ses weke gelede het &#8216;n tweemanafvaardiging in die geheim in Damaskus aangekom uit Aleppo. Di\u00e9 twee is deur die Siriese rebelle afgevaardig. Hulle het onder &#8216;n waarborg van veiligheid met die personeel van president Bashar al-Assad kom onderhandel. Hulle glo in &#8216;n &#8220;Siriese oplossing&#8221; om die burgeroorlog tot &#8216;n einde te bring, skryf Robert Fisk &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/?p=18102\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hoofstroommedia berig nie oor VN se gifgasaanval-verslag nie&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,11],"tags":[5359,13142,9616,11969,13140,13141,11910,13143,10641,13144],"class_list":["post-18102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c33-hoofartikels","category-s7-menings","tag-al-kaida","tag-aleppo","tag-christene","tag-damaskus","tag-geheime-sending","tag-president-bashar-al-assad","tag-rebelle","tag-sarin-gifgas","tag-sirie","tag-vn-verslag-gemanipuleer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}