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http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidesyria/2013/05/201351965828852287.html
Fighting on the ground in Syria is as fierce as ever. It has been
messy from the start, but now the battle is further complicated in the
face of an often vicious propaganda war between the government and the
rebels.
The conflict has been unfolding for more than two years now, and much of the
focus has been on what the Syrian government, its army, and its
supporters are doing to their own people.
Most recently, pro-government militias were accused of killing as many as 200
people in the town of Baniyas.
Our position in this case is very clear, we will name the crime as a
crime and we will not give any cover to anyone who commits them.
Especially the crimes that violates the very principles of humanity and
of our revolution.
Louay al-Mokdad, political and media coordinator for FSA
It is one of several such accusations, but the al-Assad government
has never acknowledged any of them. They say all operations target what
they call "terrorists".
But this is a war, and war has two sides. Therefore, the opposition rebels can
be just as guilty of atrocities.
In Syria in April, the head of one opposition group, al-Nusra Front,
formally pledged allegiance to the al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Now there are reports that a large numbers of fighters from the
opposition Free Syria Army (FSA) - even entire units in some cases - are
defecting to al-Nusra.
Al-Nusra was established in January 2012 and since then has used car
bombs and suicide attacks in its efforts to bring down the al-Assad
government. In December, the US state department put the group on its
list of terrorist organisations.
And this week, the FSA faced criticism after a video was released
that apparently shows a rebel commander cannibalising the body of a
government soldier.
When the video became public, the opposition Syrian National Council
(SNC) released a statement, saying: "The Free Syrian Army is a national
army above all ... formed to defend civilians and deliver the Syrian
people from the mentality of revenge and crime."
The SNC said it "completely rejects the ill-treatment of the wounded
and the disfigurement of the dead". It also promised that if the video
is confirmed to be genuine, the perpetrator will face justice.
Most serious analysts recognise that this is not in fact an
indigenous movement who are protesting the Assad government but an
attempt [by] the western powers to dismantle Syria in accordance with a
plan designed by the Israelis.
James Fetzer, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota
But the FSA has made similar promises before, following reports of summary
executions of al-Assad supporters.
Rights groups like Human Rights Watch (HRW) remain unconvinced.
"It is not enough for Syria’s opposition to condemn such behaviour or blame it
on violence by the government. The opposition forces need to
act firmly to stop such abuses," said Nadim Houry, HRW's Middle East
deputy director.
"One important way to stop Syria’s daily horrors, from beheadings to
mutilations to executions, is to strip all sides from their sense of
impunity.
"These atrocities are shocking but so is the obstruction of some
Security Council members that still do not support an ICC referral for
all sides," he said.
The United Nations is now calling for a full investigation into reports of
atrocities on both sides.
So, is this week's report of abuse merely an isolated incident, or
has the opposition committed more such atrocities? And despite its
shocking nature, is it any worse than what the government has been
doing?
To discuss this, Inside Syria, with presenter Kamahl Santamaria, is joined by
guests: Rania Abouzeid, the Middle East correspondent for Time magazine; James
Fetzer, a professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota; and
Louay al-Mokdad, the political and media coordinator for the Free Syrian Army.
"This is a very personal war, being fought often by people who
were once neighbours - it's dehumanising .... It also comes against a
backdrop of these other very disturbing images that we have seen of
Baniyas of what looked like hundreds of people killed ... who were dead
and basically tossed in the corner against the wall like last week's
trash - so it's a very, very ugly war."
- Rania Abouzeid, Time magazine correspondent
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