The US, UK and EU are backing terrorists by supporting the rebel forces in Syria and the blood of those who perished in recent Damascus attacks is on the hands of the Western governments, Neil Clark, a British journalist, told RT.
A car bomb went off near the former Interior Ministry building in
the center of Syrian capital, Damascus, on Tuesday. According to
the reports, at least 13 people were killed and around 70 injured
in the explosion.
The attack comes a day after Syrian Prime Minister Wael Halqi
survived an attempted bombing assassination in central Damascus.
Clark believes the Syrian rebels are set on terrifying the
population in the capital as they realize that they don’t have
majority support from the Syrian public.
“I think it’s absolutely appalling, what’s going on at the
moment. I mean yesterday we had the convoy attack; we had the
firing on the Russian passenger plane. And what this really shows
is that so-called rebels are getting more and more desperate.
They don’t have overwhelming public support. They don’t have
majority support, so they’re getting more and more violent and
more and more wild. And I think this sort of sums up how
desperate their possession is really.”
He said he’s embarrassed that the terrorists operating in Syria
are supported by the Western governments, including his home
country of the UK.
“And it’s absolutely shameful that these people are being
backed by my country – the UK, by France, by the Western powers.
These are terrorist attacks, let’s call them what they are. They
haven’t been condemned by [UK’s Foreign Secretary and First
Secretary of State] William Hague or [French President] Francois
Hollande or [US Secretary of State] John Kerry. I think that’s
absolutely appalling because if these had taken place in Tel Aviv
or Riyadh or anywhere else in the country, which is a Western
ally, then they would be roundly condemned, but they’re not. And
it’s quite appalling that these so called rebels – with Western
help – are trying to bomb their way to power in Syria, killing
innocent civilians, spreading terror among the population. And I
think that the likes of William Hague have blood on their hands,
I’m afraid.”
Clark has claimed the attempts to put the blame for the Tuesday’s
car blast on the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad have
no grounds.
“It’s quite absurd to think that the Syrian government would
be blowing up members of the government itself and putting bombs
in crowded areas because why would it want to do so? It’s quite
clear what’s going on in Al-Qaeda has dominated the uprising in
Syria, a minority uprising by radical Islamists. And it’s
interesting, isn’t it, that if you were to say that the Syrian
government is behind these bombings in the Western media than
it’s fine and acceptable, but if, of course, you’ll say that the
US government is behind the 9/11 attacks, you’ll be denounced as
a crank conspiracy theorist.”
Clark added that those who support the Syrian rebels in the west
and the Middle East should share responsibility for the crimes
they commit.
“These blasts cost money – the bombing, the guns the weaponry,
etc. We already have the emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa
Al Thani, boasting a few days ago, saying how his government was
going to give the rebels any help they needed, including the
arms. The British government has been sending money in to the
rebels. And so I think the people who are funding these
terrorists have got responsibilities. They’ve got blood on their
hands. They’re not even condemning it.”
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