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U.S. considering most-wanted Syria playing cards: report
The United States is considering issuing a set of playing cards to help identify 100 most wanted figures of the Syrian regime, the London-based Asharq al-Awsat reported Monday, quoting sources from the U.S. Department of State.
According to the report, measures were being taken to produce the cards, which will contain pictures and brief biographical information about each regime figure.
A similar deck of cards was issued in 2003 against high-ranking officials of Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime in Iraq.
The latest U.S. strategy, which will be unveiled in the near future according to the report, will provide targeted figures an opportunity for partial reprieve if they cooperate with investigators. The strategy seeks to encourage members of President Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle to defect.
The report likened the plan to South Africa’s “Truth and Reconciliation” plan and to similar plans in Northern Ireland, Rwanda and other countries.
“Because of the bloody character of Assad’s regime, those involved will be tried while doors of amnesty and reconciliation will be open for others,” the paper quoted the unnamed U.S. source saying.
Members of Assad’s Allawite clan who are not implicated in the bloodshed will be granted “a survival opportunity.” The report noted according to intelligence data many Allawites are supporting Assad only because they are afraid of reprisal if the regime falls. Many Allawites, the report said, are afraid they will be executed if the opposition wins, and the anticipated U.S. plan is meant to dispel those fears.
More: http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/20…59197.html
2013-01-07 16:35:50
Source: http://yeoldefalseflag.com/thread-u-s-considering-most-wanted-syria-playing-cards-report
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