Syria Threatens More Border Swarms

Middle East • June 2011 • Views: 646

DAMASCUS, Syria – A Syrian government newspaper says marches to the border will continue and warns Israel the day will come when thousands of Syrians will return to their occupied villages.

Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian and Syrian protesters Sunday, killing as many as 23 people who tried to cross into the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

The Tishreen newspaper said the march was only an “introduction” adding Syrians and Palestinians were now determined to recover their territory through resistance.

It says Israel should not be surprised when 600,000 Syrian refugees march back to their villages and farms from which their families were forcefully uprooted.

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10 comments

Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 7, 2011 8:33:17am

I wonder what US policy would be if the Mexican gov't was talking about sending 600,000 to take back their "occupied villages" in Texas...

Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 7, 2011 8:48:07am

re: #1 LudwigVanQuixote

I wonder what US policy would be if the Mexican gov't was talking about sending 600,000 to take back their "occupied villages" in Texas...

Especially if they are being gunned down by the thousands by Mexican military.

funky chicken Tue, Jun 7, 2011 10:02:58am

re: #1 LudwigVanQuixote

I wonder what US policy would be if the Mexican gov't was talking about sending 600,000 to take back their "occupied villages" in Texas...

Which is why our State Dept hasn't had much to say about the dead "protestors"

Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 7, 2011 10:25:47am

The UN is "deeply troubled" by the IDF shooting the border swarm, but apparently not by the Syrians shooting 100 times more people.

SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 7, 2011 10:26:45am

Why 600,000?

SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 7, 2011 10:27:59am

re: #4 Alouette

The UN is "deeply troubled" by the IDF shooting the border swarm, but apparently not by the Syrians shooting 100 times more people.

Basically, Assad has a blank check to kill as many people as he can manage to before going down. He's trying to extend the line of credit a little by screaming "Look over there!" and pointing at Israel.

Bloody son of a bloody father. The world will be glad to be rid of him.

Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 7, 2011 10:31:43am

re: #5 SanFranciscoZionist

Why 600,000?

Probably the number of Palestinian "refugees" and their descendants unto the 4th generation that the Syrians have been keeping penned up in camps instead of integrating into Syrian society.

lawhawk Tue, Jun 7, 2011 11:51:41am

AI and other groups are calling on the UN to bring Syria before the ICC to account for its mass murder of Syrians in the ongoing crackdown. That's not nearly enough, and with cracks possibly beginning to appear in both the diplomatic corps and the military, Assad's days are hopefully numbered.

However, Assad wont go down without significantly adding to the body count. The events in Jigh al Shugur would give him carte blanche to engage in Hama-style massacres in the area as reprisal for going after security forces as his media outlets claim (but which are disputed by the locals who note that military units were defecting and were hit by loyalists, and that the total numbers are less than what was claimed).

sliv_the_eli Tue, Jun 7, 2011 12:14:38pm

re: #4 Alouette

The UN is "deeply troubled" ~~by the IDF shooting the border swarm, but apparently not by the Syrians shooting 100 times more people~~.

There, fixed that.

Bob Levin Tue, Jun 7, 2011 4:41:16pm

The whole of the affair was a mess from Syria's perspective. The 'protesters' only motivation, it seems, was the money being offered--essentially being paid to die--walking across their own mine field. The residents of the closest Syrian city also attacked the 'leaders' of the event, for disrupting their lives in a deadly way.

The Syrians are nearing a point where they don't care whether or not they live or die. The Syrian state newspaper is desperately trying to spin this into something. The commemorative days of the 6 Day War are nearly over, and I would be surprised if there are any further significant developments.

It doesn't look like the Arab people are going to be distracted from what is truly inflaming their passions--their own corrupt, tyrannical leaders.

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