Father Frans on the Syrian Rebellion: The “Protestors” Shot First
By: Father Frans van der Lugt and John Rosenthal , Transatlantic Intelligencer
Date: April 14, 2014
Excerpt:
“Most of the citizens of Syria do not support the opposition. Even a country like Qatar has stated this following an opinion survey. Therefore, you also cannot say that this is a popular uprising. The majority of people are not part of the rebellion and certainly not part of the armed rebellion. What is occurring is, above all, a struggle between the army and armed Sunni groups that aim to overturn the Alawite regime and take power.
From the start the protest movements were not purely peaceful. From the start I saw armed demonstrators marching along in the protests, who began to shoot at the police first. Very often the violence of the security forces has been a reaction to the brutal violence of the armed rebels.”
Note: Father Frans was killed by rebels on April 7, 2014
