THE DAMASCUS SCAM

Syrians Foil US Embassy Bombing blared the BBC headline regarding the terrorist attack on the American Embassy in Damascus, Syria on September 12.  US Lauds Syrian Forces in US Embassy Attack was the CNN headline the next day.  Then came the clincher when the Associated Press ran a story headlined Isolated Syria Hopes Attack on US Embassy Will Warm Relations with US.

Syria playing Uncle Sam for a sucker yet again.  For the "attack," you see, was staged.  It was planned by Assef Shawkat, head of Syrian Military Intelligence, whose agents provocateurs provoked a few hothead fools, provided them with weapons, and organized the attack for them – so Shawkat's "Syrian Forces" could be there as heroes to kill the bad guys and save the American diplomats.

It's an old Damascus game – pretending to be a target of Islamic terrorism, that it stands with the US in fighting terrorists. This regime has staged many such orchestrations since the Iraq liberation to show to the West and US in particular that "we are with you" to stop the terrorists, that "we are here to protect your interests" and not allow terrorist organization to blossom in Syria.

You could call it the Damascus Scam – conning the always naïve Americans at the State Department into being frightened of regime change in Syria – for that would lead to a radical Islamist take-over of Syria.

Nonsense.

Every terrorist group in the Middle East has offices in Damascus – Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Al Qaeda in Iraq, the list is long.  All have the support of the Assad regime, which forms an axis of evil with the Mullacracy in Iran dedicated to cause harm to the US in Iraq, to Israel, to Lebanon, and to the Kurdish people of both Syria and Iraq.

Many people know that northern Iraq is predominantly Kurdish, but not many are aware that northern Syria is as well.  As the president of the Kurdish National Assembly of Syria, I am committed to support freedom and democracy for all the people of Syria.

This can only be accomplished by regime change in Damascus.  It is a necessary condition for peace, freedom, and democracy in the Middle East.  No amount of appeasing the Assad regime or being taken in by the Damascus Scam will substitute.  It is time for the US State Department to stop being afraid of real solutions.

I want to thank To The Point for the opportunity to provide this brief insight into what is happening in Syria, and to invite To The Point members to gain more insights on our website, kurdnas.org.

Thank you.

Sherkoh Abbas
President
Kurdish National Assembly of Syria