On
Syria, UN
Transcribes
Brahimi, Jarba
for Al Qaeda,
Kurdish Video
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
October 27 --
On Syria, the
UN says that
it and only it
will
announce when
the promised
Geneva Two
talks will be
and, it
seemed, who
will be
invited.
Envoy Lakhdar
Brahimi, as
translated by
the UN, has
said that
while he, the
Secretaries
General of the
UN and Arab
League want
Iran to be
invited, they
"look forward
to see such
invitation
extended to
the Iranians."
Isn't Ban
Ki-moon the
one
"extending"
the invitations?
Or is it
really up to
the US and
Russia?
Saturday
after Brahimi
gave a press
conference in
Tehran, Reuters
reported
that Press TV
translated
that Brahimi
said Iran
should be
invited.
(This went
into the
Chicago Tribune,
which previously
ran
and did not
correct
Reuters
erroneous
claim that
Brahimi is a Nobel
Peace Prize
winner.)
Inner
City Press
asked, why
wouldn't
Reuters be
able to
translate Brahimi
itself? (We know
they are distracted.)
And Inner City
Press asked
why
wouldn't the
UN, many hours
later, release
a transcript
of its
envoy's
remarks?
When
Kofi Annan was
the UN's
envoy, he had
a spokesperson
always will
him,
e-mailing out
what he said.
Why is it not
the same with
Brahimi? To
allow
deniability?
On
Sunday
morning, Inner
City Press
along with a
Congolese
conflict
question that
has yet to be
answered asked
for a UN
transcript of
what Brahimi
said. And late
Sunday
afternoon this
came in:
Subject:
re:
on Brahimi
From: UN
Spokesperson -
Do Not Reply
[at]
un.org
Date: Sun, Oct
27, 2013 at
4:10 PM
To:
Matthew.Lee
[at]
innercitypress.com
Regarding
your
request, see
below the
English
translation of
what the Joint
Special
Representative
Brahimi said
at a press
conference
with
Iranian
Foreign
Minister in
Tehran on 26
October. Mr.
Brahimi spoke
in Arabic.
Q:
Can
you brief us
on the results
of your tour
up until now
and will
Iran be
invited to the
conference?
Brahimi:
The
P5s met at the
sides of the
General
Assembly with
the UN
Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon
and agreed to
work with
others
including
those
countries of
the region to
speed up the
preparations
for the
convening of
Geneva
Conference.
They asked me
to tour the
few
countries of
the region to
listen to
their views,
and this is
the
most
important, and
then to talk
to them about
the best ways
to
convene this
conference.
The UN
Secretary-General
and the League
of
Arab States
Secretary-General
and myself see
that the
participation
of Iran at the
Geneva
Conference is
natural,
important and
useful and
we look
forward to see
such
invitation
extended to
the Iranians.
Beyond
the issue of
inviting Iran
and Saudi
Arabia, the
Hamlet of the
UN
Security
Council, to
Geneva Two, it
has been
suggested the
"Erbil
should also
attend."
As
Inner City
Press noted
Saturday,
from Turkey
Saudi-supported
Jarba's
Syria National
Council
denounced:
The
Iraqi
government
continues to
interfere with
Syria’s
internal
affairs.
Today,
Saturday,
October 26,
Iraqi soldiers
provoked a
clash
with Free
Syrian Army
(FSA) brigades
stationed at
al-Yarubiya
border
crossing with
Iraq.
Iraqi
army forces
also shelled
the
al-Yarubiya
post, early
Saturday, in
cooperation
with militias
of the Kurdish
People's
Protection
Units
(YPG). These
units are the
armed wing of
PYD (an
affiliate of
the
Kurdistan
Workers' Party
PKK). PYD
Militiamen
launched a
ground
offensive on
the city of
a-Yarubiya and
the border
crossing of
al-Yarubiya
and clashed
with FSA
brigades
there, in an
attempt to
control the
Syrian side of
the crossing.
Iraqi soldiers
stationed at
the borders
assisted PYD
militiamen.
The
Iraqi
government's
attack on FSA
forces in
Yarubiya is a
considerable
mistake and a
blatant and
unprecedented
interference
in Syrian
affairs.
It's
priceless,
a
Saudi-sponsored
individual
speaking from
Turkey,
denouncing
"interference
in Syrian
affairs." But
also, it's
widely
reported that
the forces
defeated by
the Kurds at
Yarubiya
were al Qaeda
-- just what
Jarba's SNC
and the FSA
claim NOT to
be or
work with.
Telling.
Here
now
is a video of
the town,
after the
fighting.
At
the UN, not
only did
France host a
dubious event
declaring
Jarba the
sole
legitimate
representative
of the Syrian
people, and
Ban Ki-moon
meeting Jarba
at his
UN-provided
residence -- Ban's UN
Correspondents
Association
hosted a faux
"UN briefing"
with Jarba,
on
which the UN
would not
answer
questions. If
Jarba from
Turkey
supports al
Qaeda, and the
UN and UNCA
support Jarba,
who's
supporting
whom? Watch
this site.
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