Wednesday, July 06, 2011

BHL's conference on Zionism and Syria

There is extensive coverage of this comical conference convened by BHL about Syria.  Apparently, `Ammar Al-Qurabi did not attend.  A representative of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood attended (although the former leader of the Brotherhood, `Ali Al-Bayanuni, criticized the participation).  Lama Atasi (I never heard of her), and a representative of `Abdul-Halim Khaddam also attended (`Abdul-Halim Khaddam is the most despised Syrian living in exile and many opposition figures and members boycott him.  I heard of the account from a well-known Syrian figure in exile: he says that Khaddam sent his son but he told him that his father had to account for his crimes before he expect people to cooperate with him.)  And a Kurdish person was invited and he spoke.  Apparently, an Arab women stood up early in the conference and said: where are the Syrians? I only see Zionists.  She was escorted out by security.  The crowd apparently also mocked the Zionist pronouncements and the natives were barely allowed to speak as Zionists dominated the proceeding.