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| Syria: Sunnis Threatening to Massacre Minority Alawites |
| 2011-12-23 |
| As the civil war in Syria continues and the ethnic tension is rising, the country’s Sunnis are threatening the Alawite minority against their continued support of President Bashar Assad, who is an Alawite himself. Mamoun al-Homsy, a former Syrian MP and one of the country’s opposition leaders, has reportedly recently distributed a recorded message to the Alawite community in Syria, in which he warns its members against supporting Assad. In the message, al-Homsy called on the Alawites to immediately renounce Assad, warning them that if they do not do so, “Syria will become the graveyard of the Alawites.” He also stressed that Syria’s Sunni Muslims “will not remain silent” over Assad’s crimes, adding that they intend to abide by the rule of “an eye for an eye” and will “teach you (Alawites) a lesson that you will not forget.” Meanwhile, the Lebanese-based As-Safir newspaper has reported that the U.S. government is well aware of the danger of widespread revenge against the Alawite minority in Syria after the expected downfall of the Assad regime. According to the newspaper, this issue was the focus of the talks that were held between U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and Syrian opposition leaders in Switzerland on December 6. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 This would be quite unfair, as only Assad's Alawite tribe has benefited from his reign, and the rest of the Alawites have been as oppressed and starved as the Sunnis. However, guilt by association, and Arabs have never been ones to neglect persecuting minorities of any kind. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-12-23 11:30 |