Syria clergyman threatens West with suicide attacks if attacked

[NeutralCitizen]

Syria's highest Sunni Muslim clergyman, Mufti Ahmed Badereddine Hassoun, threatened Monday to order suicide attacks in the United States and Europe if his country is attacked.

"I am telling this to Europe and the United States: We will set up suicide attackers who now live on your land in case you bomb Syria or Lebanon," Hasson said in a video posted on the website of the Al Arabiya television network.

Hassoun was addressing a delegation of Lebanese women who had come to offer their condolences for his son's death.

Hassoun's son was killed last week by unknown gunmen in front of a university in Aleppo.

Last week, Syrian President Bashar Assad said Syria will strike Israel and "set fire" to the Middle East if foreign forces choose to launch a military strike on the protest-ridden country, the Iranian news agency Fars reported. During a meeting with the Turkish FM, the Fars report claimed, Assad indicated that Syria would not hesitate to strike major Israeli cities if it was attacked.

"If a crazy measure is taken against Damascus, I will need not more than 6 hours to transfer hundreds of rockets and missiles to the Golan Heights to fire them at Tel Aviv," Assad said.

Syria clergyman threatens West with suicide attacks - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

 

[TARIQ BN ZIYAAD]

so now we know that bashar and his regime is a terrorist regime

good (to know ) he confessed lol

TARIQ

 

[Drawn_Sword_of_God]

so now we know that bashar and his regime is a terrorist regime

good to know

TARIQ

we already knew that, but this prooves it!

 

[NeutralCitizen]

Well this guy is one of the top Clerics in the country.

 

[Mosamania]

Well this guy is one of the top Clerics in the country.

Usually the top clerics either control the country (Iran) or ARE themselves controlled by the country (Syria) or somewhere in between (Saudi Arabia).

All of those examples are bad regardless.

 

[NeutralCitizen]

Well we shall see.

 

[Hussein]

Syria government blames 'terrorist group' for killing mufti's son - Los Angeles Times

Syria government blames 'terrorist group' for killing mufti's son
The religious leader praises President Bashar Assad the day after the deadly attack. Meanwhile, urban battles and assassinations lead some to warn that a new and bloodier chapter may be beginning.

A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows mourners… (AFP/Getty Images)
October 03, 2011|By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Beirut — The Syrian government on Monday blamed "terrorist" attackers for killing the son of a prominent Sunni Muslim cleric and declared that its forces had seized a large number of weapons near the Turkish border.

The developments come as the strategically situated Arab country suffers a wave of what appear to be targeted assassinations and intense urban battles, some reportedly involving army defectors

There are fears that the unrest, inspired in part by "Arab Spring" protests elsewhere in the region, may be the start of a new and bloodier chapter in Syria's violence.

On Sunday, a broad-based new opposition council accused President Bashar Assad of "a policy of sectarian incitement" that "is pushing the country to the brink of civil war."

The Syrian National Council, an umbrella organization of the disparate opposition groups, urged the use of peaceful means to topple Assad, and rejected any foreign intervention or military force to bring about change.

However, reports from Syria have indicated that both defectors and other antigovernment activists may have in some cases taken up arms. They remain heavily outgunned by the government's artillery, tanks and other equipment.

"This is a critical juncture," said Amr Azm, an associate professor of Middle East Studies at Shawnee State University in Ohio, who is a member of the opposition council. "The street has bled profusely in these protests. There is only so far they can go. There has to be some give, some shift soon, that pushes the uprising to more of a military, armed conflict, or it escalates in a different direction."

Formal creation of the opposition council, announced in Istanbul, Turkey, came as the government said it had regained control of the rebellious central city of Rastan, where activists said troops fought army defectors in the first protracted armed confrontation since Syria's upheaval began in March. Antigovernment activists reported Monday that the regime had arrested several thousand in Rastan, just north of Homs.

Recent targeted assassinations in Homs have raised the specter of sectarian vendettas and score-settling.

On Monday, the government also said it had seized scores of pump-action shotguns, Kalashnikov assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades and other arms in the city of Idlib, near the Turkish border. Turkey has been a sanctuary for the Syrian opposition, and the Turkish government has harshly criticized Assad's handling of the crisis.

In an emotional sermon carried live Monday on state television, Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, whose 21-year-old son died Sunday in an apparent ambush, lauded Assad. He said the Syrian president was a leader "who wants to guide Syria to victory, put the Syrian people on the path to victory, and give the homeland's sons the opportunity to be proud of their values, religion and Arabism."

The grand mufti's son was "assassinated by an armed terrorist group" on the road between Idlib and Aleppo, the government said.

Hassoun, recognized by the regime as the nation's top Sunni Muslim cleric, is a firm Assad ally. He declared that his son's killers "want Syria to kneel before Zionists and America," the official state news agency reported.

 

[Tshering22]

Great.. just great...This is what Syria wanted at this time...threaten an already over-the-top worried country having quashed terrorism (and the entire countries) in two countries, with terrorism again.

Wow.... I admire the far sightedness of mullas and how much they love their countries.