Syrien

[Shahab3]

Interessant, dass sich der Aufstand (wie 1982) in Hama konzentriert. Das erhärtet den Verdacht, dass es sich vor allem um einen Aufstand der Muslimbrüder handelt, deren Hochburg Hama ist.

Robert Fisk: The new focus of Syria's crackdown has seen similar bloodshed before
Wednesday, 6 July 2011

President Hafez al-Assad ordered the brutal action against the Muslim Brotherhood in 1982

History comes full circle in Syria. In February 1982, President Hafez al-Assad's army stormed into the ancient cities to end an Islamist uprising. They killed at least 10,000 men, women and children, possibly 20,000. Some of the men were members of the armed Muslim Brotherhood.

Almost all the dead were Sunni Muslims, although even senior members of the Baath party were executed if they had the fatal word Hamwi – a citizen from Hama – on their identity cards. "Death a thousand times to the hired Muslim Brothers, who linked themselves to the enemies of the homeland," Assad said after the slaughter.
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Auf der Asia Times habe ich gelesen, dass eine Eskalation der Rebellion oder gar eine drohende Machtübernahme der Muslimbrüder in Syrien für große Sorge in Bagdad sorgt. So fürchtet man dort ein Überschwappen bzw. erneutes Aufflammen der Gewalt in den an Syrien Grenzenden sunnitischen Problemzonen.

Edit: Hier ist der Artikel...

Damascus vibrations ripple in Baghdad
By Sami Moubayed

DAMASCUS - For a variety of overlapping reasons, the situation in Syria is very alarming to Iraqis from every end of the political spectrum.
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