One might argue
that the Free Syrian Army which has effectively declared war on Russia, Ukraine
and Iran, with the kidnapping of Ankhar Kochneva. Since they are backed by the West that this might appear to be a proxy declaration.
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PART ONE:
THE “FREE SYRIAN ARMY” CONTINUES TO HOLD UKRAINIAN REPORTER HOSTAGE
December 17,
2012
The Ukraine called on the Syrian authorities to take
decisive steps to free Ankhar Kochneva, a Ukrainian
journalist kidnapped in Syria on 10 October.
Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Aleksandr Dikusarov said that Kiev expected tangible results from
actions to secure a safe release of the Ukrainian reporter, saying,
“The Ukraine demands an immediate release of Ankhar Kochneva, and we’ll take action to get the issue of violence against a civilian into the international discussion”.
He added that
the Ukraine hoped that the international community would harshly condemn and
punish this act of rebel violence. Kochneva worked as an interpreter for a Russian TV
crew when Syrian militants kidnapped her. The same day, Ukrainian
President Viktor Yanukovich gave instructions to
his ministry of Foreign Affairs to do everything possible to free Kochneva.
Syrian militants are threatening to execute journalist
Ankhar Kochneva, and they’ve
demanded 50 million USD (1.54 billion Roubles. 38 million Euros. 31 million UK
Pounds) for her life. The ultimatum signed by the field commanders of the
paramilitary wing of the opposition Free Syrian Army
(FSA) expires on 13 December.
The FSA said
that Kochneva’s a “Ukrainian spy”. Kochneva, a Ukrainian citizen, lived in Russia for the past ten years. In
January 2012, she went to Syria to work as a journalist and translator. Kochneva
wrote many interesting and exciting reports for Russian media
outlets. VOR contacted
her when it needed commentary on the situation in Syrian hot spots, including Homs. Whenever a call from Moscow came, Kochneva was always at her
post.
Her reports differed
from the picture presented by al
Jazeera and other media outlets that supported the Syrian
rebels. Most likely, precisely, her objective views on the developments in
Syria pushed the militants to kidnap her on 7 October.
In a 28 November
video address, she asked the Russian
and Ukrainian governments to fulfill the kidnappers’ demands. For their part, a
number of Russian media outlets urged Syrian ambassador to Russia Riad Haddad
to do everything in his power to free Kochneva as soon as possible.
A head of a
Russian NGO, Darya Mitina, said,
“The Russian Committee of Solidarity with the Peoples of Libya and Syria made efforts in this direction. The ultimatum, delivered by the militants urges the parties concerned to search for substantive solutions, as well as for a progression towards talks. Regrettably, for the time being, the means to influence the militants are limited. We’ve requested international human rights and press freedom agencies to pay continued attention to this topic on both radio and television. There’s little information about the kidnapping, taking into account the role Kochneva played in the public information space”.
An expert with
the Institute of Oriental Studies, Vladimir Isayev, said,
“As a rule, no details are given about talks with kidnappers or about ransom terms. Judging by the facts, talks are currently under way. Russia has established contact with the Syrian opposition. Some time ago, talks with opposition representatives were held in Moscow. However, I don’t think that they’re involved in the kidnapping. Therefore, I don’t know whether Russia has any possibility or any contacts to influence the opposition, and, thus, to ensure the release of Ankhar Kochneva. On the other hand, Russia can appeal to all those who support the Syrian opposition… for example, to Turkey, with which top-level talks were recently held”.
A week after
Kochneva was kidnapped, Ukrainian President Yanukovich gave instructions to his
aides to do everything possible for secure her release. This occurred on 15
October. No other reports about Kiev’s stance have come since then.
A group of Syrian rebels threatened to kill a Ukrainian
journalist captured on 9 October if they don’t receive ransom for her., Darya Mitina, the journalist’s friend and former KPRF Gosduma
deputy told reporters, “The deadline for the ransom payment
is 13 December 2012. If the money isn’t paid by that time, they’ll kill her as
a ‘Ukrainian spy’”.
Kochneva’s
relatives confirmed that the kidnappers contacted them and demanded ransom, but
they said that they didn’t believe 13 December was the deadline. Kochneva’s
nephew Dmitri was cited as saying, “I have no detail of negotiations to free my
aunt. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that they’re working on it, but we
don’t know exactly what’s being done”.
Ankhar Kochneva, a Ukrainian journalist who went missing
in Syria on 10 October, contacted her relatives for the first time on Sunday, saying she hoped everything would be fine and
asking them not to call her.
Kochneva’s
ex-husband Dmitri Petrov told Izvestiya
that he’d received an SMS from the journalist’s phone number
reading, “I hope for the best. Don’t message me”. A similar text was reportedly
sent to one of her friends. In it, Kochneva also mentioned that she’d been
kidnapped.
The Russian
Embassy in Damascus had the active support of the Ukrainian government
in their search for the 40-year-old, who was an active supporter of the Assad régime.
Allegedly,
Syrian rebels abducted her in the outskirts of Homs. Russian journalist Yelena
Gromova, a close friend, told us that Kochneva often received threatening
messages from the Syrian opposition on social networking sites.
Sergei Marov,
spokesman of the Russian Embassy in Damascus, said that Ankhar Kochneva, a journalist kidnapped in Syria, was a
Ukrainian national, noting, “It’s become known to the Russian
Embassy that she’s a Ukrainian citizen. She wasn’t accredited to work here [in
Syria]”.
Mr. Markov said
the Russian diplomatic mission was closely cooperating with Ukrainian officials
looking for the journalist. Ankhar Kochneva went missing on 9 October. Her
friend Darya Mitina said she was last seen 20 kilometres (@12 miles) from the
city of Homs.
PART TWO:
THE WESTERN-BACKED FREE SYRIAN ARMY
HAS CROSSED THE LINE
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December 17, 2012
The Free Syrian
Army has committed an affront to all humanity by kidnapping and threatening to
execute a female Ukrainian journalist and announcing that they will kill all Russians and Ukrainians they
find in Syria.
This could be taken to be akin to a declaration of war, obviously the armed insurgents in Syria have been emboldened to a point that they have stepped into an area where they are beyond the law.
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Noor: These NATO supported terrorists have shown, by their actions that they
never respected international law in the first place.
With the terrorists
also threatening Russian and Ukrainian Diplomatic Missions, this could set off
a chain of events that may pull the Russian Federation directly into the
conflict. If the lives of Russians are at risk Russia has the right to protect
its citizens and to assist unaligned Ukraine if there is such a request.
The world knows the
Free Syrian Army is supported by the US and the West and if the Russian
Federation was forced to consider entering Syria militarily this would make
such a decision extremely dangerous. The security, in this case for the
diplomatic missions, lies with Syria as does the freeing of the hostage, but if
the Syrian Government hypothetically requests Russian assistance, how will this
affect the position of the US and the West who have battle groups poised to
invade the country at a moment’s notice?
If you are
pretending to be my friend but paying and supporting criminals who have
threatened to kill my family and loved ones then wouldn’t it be logical to say
that you are my enemy and that if I want to save my loved ones then I should
neutralize the threat, including you?
Take this to a
larger level and consider that Russia has dealt in a civilized manner with the
backers of the so called Free Syrian Army, terrorists, killers and mercenaries
operating in Syria and who openly threaten to kill Russians, Ukrainians and
Iranians, attack and kill civilians and execute unarmed civilians, in reality
what would the reaction be?
If the Free Syrian Army had kidnapped an American and threatened to destroy the US and UK Missions, what would the reaction be?
One might argue
that the Free Syrian Army which has effectively declared war on Russia, Ukraine
and Iran, and since they are backed by the West that
this might appear to be a proxy declaration.
The US of course
would not declare war on Russia or Iran. Formal Declarations of War are not
something the US does, just like they did not declare war on Iraq, Afghanistan,
Libya, Yugoslavia, Syria and Iran.
For all of the
cowboy diplomacy of the West and their macho bravado and military might, the
men hiding in their comfortable bunkers and command rooms and expensive
suburban homes are slippery creatures who fight their battles by proxy and use
pretexts designed and carried out in secret.
They will therefore
provide material and financial support to terrorist organizations such as the
Free Syrian Army when it is expedient, but will they back away from their
proxies now that they have stated
“Let not a single Russian, Ukrainian or Iranian come out of Syria alive”?
The US Government
has officially recognized an umbrella group of mainly foreign terrorist
organizations, as the official representative of the Syrian people, and almost
immediately the main US surrogate threatens to execute a Ukrainian woman
journalist.
IF you had doubts
before, have no doubt now, these are not “freedom fighters” they are coward
criminals. Who would execute a woman?
Not even any self-respecting Muslim terrorist extremist would stoop so low.
The journalist who
was kidnapped, Anhar Kochneva has been stationed in Syria for years and has been instrumental in
getting the true picture out of Syria on many occasions, one reason why she is
obviously a target for the West and its surrogates as they continue their
information war to justify an invasion. She has done work for several Russian
media outlets, including the NTV, RenTV and RT television channels and the
Utro.Ru news portal and according to RIA Novosti has been a vocal supporter of
President Bashar Al Assad.
According to the
site Syria News online
“That the joint statement of the Reporters Without Borders, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), ARTICLE 19, the International Press Institute also calls on the British, French and US governments as well as on the European Union (UN) to work with “their” external staged Syrian opposition in order to facilitate the release of the journalist Anhar Kochneva is also not surprising. It either shows who are the masterminds and supporters behind the “Free Syrian Army” (FSA) or who is really responsible for this (expletive) situation in Syria.”
In a normal world
we might see Russian and Ukrainian Special Forces alongside Syrian Special
Services launching a rescue operation and wiping out the Free Syrian Army for
making the declarations they have made,
Surely if the same
thing happened to America, that would be the case, but as we all know who is
behind all of this we know that this would kick off what might well be World
War III, something no one wants.
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Ukraine has called
on the Syrian authorities to take decisive steps to free Ankhar Kochneva, a
Ukrainian journalist kidnapped in Syria on October 10.
Ukraine’s Foreign
Ministry spokesman Alexander Dikusarov said Kiev expected more tangible results
from regime’s action to secure a safe release of the Ukrainian.
“Ukraine demands an
immediate release of Ankhar Kochneva and will take action to get the issue of
violence against a civilian into international discussion,” Mr. Dikusarov said.
Ukraine hopes this
act of rebel violence will be harshly condemned and punished by the
international community, he added.
Ankhar Kochneva
worked as an interpreter for a Russian TV crew when she was kidnapped by Syrian
militants. The same day, Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovich gave
instructions to the country’s foreign office to do everything possible to free
the journalist.
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