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Phares to BBC Arabic: "The US wants Lebanon containing Hezbollah and al Qaeda, stop their crossing into Syria"
In an interview with BBC Radio Arabic, Dr Walid Phares, an advisor to the US Congress and the author of 'The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East' said "the United States wants to see Lebanon being able to contain both Hezbollah and the Salafi Jihadists of Hezbollah and stop their involvement in Syria's civil war from Lebanese territories."
May 21, 2013, 08:32
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Phares cited by Harrington in "The Axis Behind Benghazi"
In 2005, a Middle East scholar artfully identified, weaved and published these troubling threads in Jihadism in his book, "Future Jihad - Terrorist Strategies Against America" (See chapter 9, page 137 for a quick overview)
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May 18, 2013, 14:40
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Phares on BBC Arabic: "Erdogan wants US intervention in Syria, Obama doesn't want to clash with Iran"
In an interview with BBC TV in Arabic, Professor Walid Phares said Prime Minister Rajab Erdogan is trying to convince President Obama to take more actions, including military steps to force Bashar Assad out of power. "PM Erdogan is concerned that President Obama has no strategic intentions to engage in a military campaign leading to the downfall of the Assad regime. Erdogan feels he has positioned his Government too far in calling for a regime change in Damascus, while the Obama Administration still wants the Russians to be part of the transition." Phares, who advises members of the US Congress and the European Parliament said "President Obama is concerned about a move by Turkey that could engage NATO and thus the United States in steps leading to confrontations on the ground. Washington is not ready to take on Iran's regime and Hezbollah at the same time as Assad. Hence Obama wants to coordinate with Erdogan on the approach to addressing the Syrian drama."
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May 16, 2013, 16:53
Phares in Arabic
Phares to as Siyassa: "There need to be an internationalization of the Arab Spring protection to civil societies"
Quoted by as Siyassa of Kuwait, Dr Walid Phares a Congressional advisor said "there need to be initiatives to internationalize the Arab Spring starting from the United Nations and with other regional and international organizations and INGOs. Since 2011, civil societies in the region were brutalized and suppressed and left without significant protection by the international community. We call on the formation of coalitions within the UN and worldwide, to include Governments and NGOs to elevate the democracy movements in the region to a level where a partnership can start between the free world and oppressed peoples in the region." Phares was advising a joint delegation of Egyptian, Tunisian, Syrian, and Lebanese NGOs which visited the Secretariat General of the United Nations as well as members of the Security Council calling for a direct partnership between the UN and civil societies under pressure from fundamentalists and other oppressive forces in the region.
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May 14, 2013, 11:10
Phares in Arabic
Phares interviewed by Iraq Hur on advising the Arab Spring NGOs at the UN Security Council
Dr Walid Phares was interviewed by Radio Iraq Hur on his advising role with the Arab Spring NGOs delegation to the the UN Security Council and the offices of the Secretariat General. "Civil Society NGOs from Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon have formed a joint delegation and visited the offices of the Secretary General of the United Nations and members of the Security Council." Phares said: "in order to comunicate directly with the international community, outside the influence of the fundamentalist forces in the region, a number of the so-called Arab Spring democracy forces reached out to the UN to express the concerns of peoples and minorities in the region. More NGOs from Sudan, Libya, Iraq, and eventually Iran will joing the civil society international initiative and demand a special UN effort towards democracy forces in the region and perhaps the appointment of a special envoy to these forces." Dr Phares has served as general advisor to the vast coalition of Mideast democracy groups in their outreach to the United Nations.
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May 13, 2013, 23:45
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