Buat Dipo yang sedeng dan pikopat itu, misalnya, semua juga salah "Barat" kok
--- In [email protected], item abu <itemabu@...> wrote: > > Jadi pembantaian thd warga sipil yg sama2 dilakukan oleh pemerintah Syria dan > pejihad Islam itu adalah salah Amrik. > > Orang Islam itu emang ga ada yg bejad, kata orang2 Islam di milis ini, > hehehe... > > > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Sunny <ambon@...> > >To: Undisclosed-Recipient@... > >Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 3:08 AM > >Subject: [proletar] Turkey's second thoughts on Syria > > > > > >Â > >http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2012/1102/re3.htm > >14 - 20 June 2012 > >Issue No. 1102 > >Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 > >Turkey's second thoughts on Syria > >Opponents of the Turkish government are blaming the US and Turkey for the > >crisis in Syria, writes Sayed Abdel-Maguid in Ankara > > > >---------------------------------------------------------- > > > >US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has many friends in Istanbul, a city > >that she has visited both as first lady during the Clinton administration > >and more lately as a senior member of the Obama administration. However, as > >she looked out of her hotel window over the Bosphorus this week, discontent > >was brewing in the streets below. > > > >In Istanbul's famous Taksim Square, secularist protesters had organised a > >rally to question the government's support for US policy on Syria, with some > >protesters going as far as to claim that the turmoil in Syria was a ploy by > >the US to throw the region into chaos. > > > >The Anatolian Youth Association, a sworn opponent of the ruling Turkish > >Justice and Development Party (JDP), maintains that the mayhem currently > >taking place in Syria has been at least in part fuelled by the misguided > >policies of the Turkish government. > > > >Protesters rallying next to the Monument of the Republic in Istanbul warned > >the Arab countries against inaction over Syria, saying that the continuing > >bloodshed in the country was the result of US policies. > > > >Some protesters accused the CIA of backing the Free Syria Army, now locked > >in deadly conflict with army units loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. > > > >Most of the demonstrators in Istanbul were secularists concerned about the > >future of the region. Many are known to oppose the policies of Turkish Prime > >Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose model of government Washington thinks > >best for the region. > > > >It is curious to see Al-Assad being supported by Turkish secularists, who > >generally disagree with his heavy-handed tactics. But this is not the only > >anomaly seen these days, since the Israelis, who also have no reason to love > >al-Assad, also dread seeing his rule come to an abrupt end. > > > >As a result, Washington's policies on Syria are not getting the kind of > >regionwide support Clinton had hoped for, with the Turks having second > >thoughts and the Israelis being apprehensive. > > > >According to former Turkish foreign minister Yasar Yakis, Israel is alarmed > >by the events in Syria. With the Muslim Brotherhood now in control of the > >Egyptian parliament, Israel is not eager to see the Islamists succeeding in > >Syria as well. > > > >The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has been making noises about Israel's > >influence in Sinai, and an Islamist-leaning government in Syria could also > >start raising the issue of the Golan Heights, Yakis said. > > > >A section of the Turkish elite has similar concerns, since sectarian strife > >in Syria pitting Sunnis against Shiites could easily spill over into Turkey, > >perhaps even fuelling the Kurdish secessionist movement. > > > >Already many Turks fear that the Syrian crisis, if it is allowed to > >continue, could throw the whole region into chaos. > > > >For the time being, Turkish diplomats seem unable to formulate, or defend, a > >clear policy on Syria. Ankara, which has backed the Syrian uprising, may not > >be able to maintain its current policies, and Turkish parliamentarians > >recently challenged the policies of foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu and > >demanded his removal. > > > >The Kurdish question is also a source of concern, since ever since the > >beginning of the Syrian crisis, the influence of the Kurdistan Workers' > >Party (PKK) has been on the rise in Turkey. > > > >The PKK, with friends in northern Iraq and potential allies in Syria, could > >now pose more of a threat to Turkish stability. > > > >News that officials from the ruling Syrian Baath Party had been conferring > >with PKK leaders in the Qandil Mountains have been greeted with alarm by > >Turkish politicians, many of whom remember the days, not long ago, when > >Ankara and Damascus formed a united front against PKK separatists. > > > >Now, instead of Syria and Turkey pushing the PKK to do their will, the PKK > >is doing the pushing. PKK officials are meeting regularly with Iraqi > >Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani, who has said that the two million > >Syrian Kurds may rise up against the Al-Assad regime in Syria. > > > >Barzani is also believed to be training Syrian Kurds in guerrilla warfare. > > > >The Syrian regime, alarmed by the prospects of a Kurdish uprising, has > >promised the Kurds self-rule if they desist from stirring up trouble in > >their areas. These promises have been relayed to the Kurdistan Democratic > >Party of Syria, known to be close to the PKK. > > > >With the Saudis now offering support to Syrian Sunnis, and Iran promising > >the same to Syrian Shias, Syria may be hurtling down the road to sectarian > >strife, which is not at all the outcome Turkish politicians have been hoping > >for. > > > >Another complication concerns the Alevis, a sizeable minority group in > >Turkey estimated at upwards of 10 per cent or more of the country's > >population. > > > >The Alevis, though not Alawites like the ruling group in Syria, are often > >confused with the latter, as both swear allegiance to Ali, the top figure in > >Shia Islam, and both share a distrust of the Sunnis. > > > >Should the Syrian Alawites come to blows with the country's Sunnis, many say > >that the Turkish Alevis may take their side, which is another reason for > >Ankara to tread softly in Syria. > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! 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