Posted on 09/14/2016 7:40:48 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
UN says armed Syrian groups blocking Aleppo aid for 'political gain'
By Raf Sanchez, Middle East correspondent
14 September 2016 • 4:22pm
The UN has accused armed groups in Syria of blocking the delivery of aid to the besieged city of Aleppo for “political gain” - including rebel factions inside Aleppo itself who say they will reject aid that comes through regime territory.
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A convoy of 20 UN trucks carrying enough aid for 40,000 people is languishing at the Turkish border as diplomats try to secure agreement from both rebels and regime forces to allow the vehicles through.
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The UN would not say if the hold was up was being caused by the Assad regime or its rebel opponents but at least part of the problem appeared to be inside east Aleppo itself.
Activists there said they intended to reject the UN aid in protest at the ceasefire agreement which was brokered between the US and Russia without input from the Syrian opposition.
Video from Aleppo showed a large demonstration against the UN had gathered at Castello Road, the key supply route that the aid convoy would have to travel down.
At least some of the demonstrators were waving the black flags of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS), an al-Qaeda linked jihadist group formerly known as the al-Nusra Front.
Abdelkafe al-Hamdo, a teacher in Aleppo, said he disagreed with JFS but supported the protest against the UN aid because he felt the US-Russia deal allowed Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian regime leader, to keep a stranglehold on the city.
“This is a revolution of freedom, not a revolution of hunger,” he told The Telegraph. “We want to free ourselves from the slavery of Assad, not to eat when Assad allows the UN to feed us.”
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At least some of the demonstrators were waving the black flags of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS), an al-Qaeda linked jihadist group formerly known as the al-Nusra Front.
Of course, it is politically incorrect to say that Jihadi's are to blame. The party line is to blame Assad or Russians.
The UN always supports the Muslim terrorists.
Don’t care. Get out. Now. Not one more dime. Not one soldier. Not one whit of involvement. We’re just mucking things up there.
Aleppo? are we talking dog food again?..../s
I suppose only an idiot would think these supplies will not be seized by ISIS.
Only to be sold back to people at a much higher price. That sort of things had been commonplace in N. Korea, when large relief aids used to flow into the country.
And what is aleppo?
(Somebody had to say it.)
Would these be the “moderate’ jihadis that McCain, Graham and Rubio helped Obama, Kerry and Clinton arm?
Go figure. Western governments are confronted by the moderate beheaders they are supporting.
ANF is an AlQaedi spin off backed by Saudi $$
Instead of trying to disarm the American people and “save da Erf”, why don’t the buffoons down at the UN do something about it.
Are these the guys the DOD is supporting, or the CIA?
“ANF is an AlQaedi spin off backed by Saudi $$”
We backed them, before we didn’t, and then...
Are they our buddies now, according to the Obama/Kerry/Putin agreement? I get confused.
seal em in, or get out the way
FSA is the supposed freedom fighters .. backed by us
but ANF is anti IS, so sometimes we look the other way
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