UNITED
NATIONS, April
24 -- Both the
US and Russia
expressed
concern at the
Al Nusra Front
in Syria at
the UN on
Wednesday. But
which was more
realistic?
US
Ambassador
Susan Rice
said that Al
Nusra is a
threat to the
Syrian
revolution.
But even
anti-Assad UN
sources have
estimated to
Inner
City Press
that Al Nusra
is half of the
effective
force of the
armed
opposition in
Syria.
Russian
Ambassador
Vitaly Churkin
got more
specific. He
criticized the
European
Union's
decision to
accept and buy
oil exports
from what
Churkin called
the “so called
liberated
areas” of
Syria -- the
money, he
said, will go
to the
strongest
armed groups,
like Al Nusra.
Where
does the EU
think the
money will go?
What
safeguards if
any are in
place?
Churkin
denounced
what he called
the armed
opposition's
kidnapping of
bishops
in the
so-called
liberated
zones, and
called the
pending UN
General
Assembly
resolution,
drafted by
Qatar and a
few others,
extremely
negative.
Inner
City Press first
reported
the Qatari
draft
resolution
and put later
drafts
online;
then Inner
City Press
obtained and exclusively
published
letters raised
objections to
the draft,
from six Latin
American
countries,
Malaysia,
India and
South Africa,
here.
While
some were
saying that
Qatar is being
urged, “even
by the P-3
[France, UK
and US],
Luxembourg,
Germany and
Italy,” to
withdraw
the draft
resolution,
Inner City
Press asked a
supporter who
said,
“no way, that
would look
terrible.”
So
when's the
vote? And will
Qatar's
proposed
language on
recognitions
of the
opposition be
removed? Watch
this site.
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