The United States and its Wahhabi allies have
switched from financial blackmail to direct aggression against Russia.
On this occasion, a mortar bombardment of the Russian Embassy took place
in Damascus on the morning of Sunday, September 22. Three staff members
were injured. As it was the first working day after the weekend, there
were only three victims, and fortunately they were only wounded, as all
the diplomats were in their offices or on the road conducting business
in the city. The first “warning call” occurred earlier, a few months
ago, when a mine fell near the fence of the embassy, injuring two Syrian
guards. This time the mines hit right in the centre of the Russian
diplomatic mission’s buildings complex. They aimed the shot at a
definite target, knowing that most likely there would only be a few
victims.
Was this a provocation? No, it was a direct warning
to the Russian diplomats that it is time to get out of Syria. And if not
– it will no longer just be people wounded, but killed, and not just
three people; and the embassy’s buildings will be struck. They sent a
clear message – the jokes are over and the real action has begun. As was
the case with the attempt to accuse Moscow of involvement in the use of
chemical weapons in Ghouta on August 23, so it was with a failed
provocation in March using rocket-propelled chemical shells brought in
from Libya by the private company BRITAM DEFENSE and its Ukrainian
employees using Qatari money.
In this regard, a statement by U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry on September 20 was quite remarkable. He
said that the UN inspectors’ report confirms the guilt of the government
of Bashar al-Assad in carrying out the chemical attack in the suburbs
of Damascus. “The inspectors have returned, with a number of key details
that confirmed the guilt of the Assad regime in carrying out this
attack,” said the American diplomatic head. The head of the U.S.
Department of State said that the Geneva accords provide for their
binding and speedy implementation. He stressed that time was short, and
it should not be spent “on debating what is already known”. “Over many
weeks we have heard from Russia and other countries: Let’s wait for the
UN report, these are independent experts, it is the gold standard.
Despite the efforts of some to prove otherwise, the facts were only
further clarified and the arguments become more convincing. Every single
item in the report – the type of ammunition and missiles that were
used, the trajectory of their flight, the type of agent – all this
confirms what we already knew, and what America had warned others
about,” said Kerry.
