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Syria who had always regarded [[Lebanon]] as part of "'''Greater Syria,'''" moved in during 1976 on the pretext of being a "peacekeeping" force. It proceeded to occupy large areas of the country. Any hopes that the Lebanese government might have had of regaining control of its own country were finally dashed and were not resuscitated until the Israeli operation "Peace for Gallilee."<ref>Yitschak Ben Gad, ''Politics, Lies, and Videotape. 3,000 Questions and Answers on the Mideast Crisis,'' (1991),
Syria who had always regarded [[Lebanon]] as part of "'''Greater Syria,'''" moved in during 1976 on the pretext of being a "peacekeeping" force. It proceeded to occupy large areas of the country. Any hopes that the Lebanese government might have had of regaining control of its own country were finally dashed and were not resuscitated until the Israeli operation "Peace for Gallilee."<ref>Yitschak Ben Gad, ''Politics, Lies, and Videotape. 3,000 Questions and Answers on the Mideast Crisis,'' (1991),
[https://books.google.com/books?id=zRyAT5qNtjQC&pg=PA38 p. 38]</ref>
[https://books.google.com/books?id=zRyAT5qNtjQC&pg=PA38 p. 38]</ref>
Syria has committed many atrocities in Lebanon and on Lebanese.<ref>[http://www.clhrf.com/freeopinionresponses04.htm Reply to Miss Shaaban's op-ed which appeared in the Daily Star on June 5th.] Anwar Wazen, June 5, 2004. Posted Jun 6, 2004.<blockquote>
<font size=1>Buthaina’s lessons in Human rights …
Before you accuse the US and Israel of targeting and massacring Arabs take a deep breath Miss Shaaban and ponder upon the crimes against humanity perpetrated by Syria’s baathist regime against the Syrians and the Lebanese. When your house is made of glass you should not throw pebbles on other peoples’ dwellings. Lying, bluffing and faking crocodile tears is becoming nowadays the trademark of the defenders of the Syrian totalitarian and ruthless regime.
.. . She was scheduled to give a speech at a gathering in Germany and as soon as she got to the podium an angry crowd jeered, booed and derided her. They were a group of Syrian Kurds dressed in white shirts tainted with blood to remind her of the harsh and brutal repression of their brethren in Qamishli.-Syria . She was rushed out from the back door.
You want to talk about war crimes Miss ? let’s talk about Hama*l. You used strong terms about the US forces in Iraq “ethnic cleansing” , “hidden graves” etc… It was a Tuesday , February 2, 1982, 1:AM . That was the time set by Hafez El Assad for the “clean up” operation to commence in Hama.
As the day broke thousands of Syrian troops surrounded the city *… You should know the details of this massacre better than us, an estimated 22,000 dead, most of them innocent people, massacred and dumped with bulldozers in pre-dug pits then covered with earth and left unmarked.
Allow me to correct you Miss ,when you say that “…where in the 21st century the Arabs have been officially chosen as the new victims… the falling victims to hatred, killing , ethnic cleansing ,torture and massacres” you’re forgetting that in the 20th century the Syrian baathist regime had already obliged humanity with worse crimes against the Syrian and Lebanese Arabs. Needless to tell you that You are utterly insulting the American Media when you write- quote: "would the American media keep the crime in total blackout if the victims were not Arabs?"
Enlighten us instead about the free Syrian media. By the way, what ever happened to the voices advocating reform in Syria during the Spring of Damascus ? Arif Dalilah, Riad Saif, Riad el Turk, Mamoun al Homsi, Aktham Nuayssa and the hundreds of other outspoken critics of the Syrian regime?
Are they still rotting in the Syrian 5 stars prisons?
You accuse the US of violating people's right and sovereignty and you also accuse them of violating international legitimacy . Why on earth the state of emergency is still in force in Syria since 1963? Why internal opposition is banned and retaliation against families of Syrian dissidents living abroad is still commonplace in your country?
Why are you still suppressing the Syrian Kurdish minorities?
Why have you been wrecking havoc with Lebanon since 1973?...
What have you done with the hundreds of Lebanese prisoners of conscience that you kidnapped and tortured in Mazze and Sidneya dungeons?
You have guts as a Syrian official to write about human rights violations at the Abou Ghraib prison. You really have guts to talk about violating peoples' rights and usurping sovereignty.
Syria has been occupying my country in clear violation of UN resolution 520 and you think the world is buying your call for safeguarding international legitimacy in Iraq ? Pity the free world for chosing to look the other way for 27 long years...</font></blockquote></ref>
Following the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Syrian and Israeli forces clashed in eastern Lebanon. However, Syrian opposition blocked implementation of the May 17, 1983, Lebanese-Israeli accord on the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon.
Following the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Syrian and Israeli forces clashed in eastern Lebanon. However, Syrian opposition blocked implementation of the May 17, 1983, Lebanese-Israeli accord on the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon.