BLACKEAGLE
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Before Syrian uprising I had never heard of the word "Alawi" although I used to intermingle with Syrians allot, however, I had known about the ruling party extreme brutality, but never understand the reason behind it, having a Sunni religious book was enough to get you in jail forever with constant torturing and blasphemous insults, I used to hear unspeakable methods of torturing can't be used but against enemies for silly "crimes" such us criticizing the regime. We Arabs (non-Syrians) used to make sarcastic jokes that depict Syrian ruling party brutality. Nobody understand why Syrians had bore all of this for 50 years. It started in 1969 when Hafez Al-Assad seized the reign, Syrians and Arabs in general back-then were nationalists, and had regard to nationalism more than religion, so they had no problem with a nationalist Alawite ruling them, however, as soon as Al-Assad took control of everything after few years. Sincethen Syrians were doomed and just trapped, they couldn't rise, criticizing the regime was enough to plague you and your family forever, the first attempt Syrians made to get back their freedom was in Hama in 1981 where 40 k people were slaughtered and their city was obliterated, other thousands were brutally tortured to death. Nobody cried for them, afterthen and for 30 years Syrians had lived in fear and never thought of provoking the regime even with a single word or show their religious piety.
The French ambassador at the UN revealed a historic document was signed by Al-Assad grandfather, who was an Alawi figure, begging French colonials not to leave Syria and trying to defame Sunni to French saying they are just evil people, he said that Alawites want their own state like Israel.
This is a lesson, a very dark painful lesson not to trust those people ever again. Syrians paid dearly for allowing them in reign.
The French ambassador at the UN revealed a historic document was signed by Al-Assad grandfather, who was an Alawi figure, begging French colonials not to leave Syria and trying to defame Sunni to French saying they are just evil people, he said that Alawites want their own state like Israel.
This is a lesson, a very dark painful lesson not to trust those people ever again. Syrians paid dearly for allowing them in reign.