I am writing this letter
in disgust of your government support of Al Qaeda in Syria, by adopting the
lies and deceptions vended by its armed faction, Syria Free Army. This disgust grew
very significantly after your government recent decision to expel two Syrian
senior diplomats on very flimsy basis. Your government took a decision before
any credible side take thorough investigation of what actually had happened in
Houla last Saturday and who is actually responsible for the horrendous crimes.
The initial facts point responsibility clearly towards the Al Qaeda terrorist
groups operating publicly in Syria.
In this letter I, on
behalf of many Australians, would like to raise alarm about possible devastating
impact of such policy of your party to support and praise the Al Qaeda actions.
I am sure that you have
been briefed last February that Al Qaeda operatives in Sydney shot fellow
citizen Ali Ibrahim. Mr Ibrahim was crippled because he opposes Al Qaeda crimes
in Syria. We believe that the Al Qaeda operatives who shot Mr Ibrahim took the
green light from your government’s line of supporting terrorist acts in Syria
and always blaming the secular regime of conducting them. The operatives are
enjoying great support not only from your government, but also from ALL opposition
parties and almost every mainstream media outlets. Such support that gave them
indication that they can carry on terrorist attacks against opponents here in
Australia.
We are aware that members
of your party have participated in fundraising dinners where organisers
declared before the events that the money will go to buy arms and ammunitions
to Al Qaeda operatives (under the umbrella of Free Syria Army). Can you imagine
that your colleagues in the parliament are attending and donating to buy arms
and ammunitions to terrorists groups??
I am also very sure that
you know of the wave of threats we, active community members who opposes Al
Qaeda terrorist activities in Syria, have been receiving for the last few months.
We did not only receive threats to kill us and our family members, but I am sad
to tell you that we were assaulted on many occasions by extremists who declare
publicly that they support Al Qaeda and its extreme teachings.
And what did your government do to curb this wave of extremism in our streets? Nothing. On the contrary. Sending members of your ruling party to donate money to Al Qaeda operatives did send the opposite message.
After yesterday’s verbal
and physical assault, I hold you responsible of any harm to me or to my family
in the future. Not only this. I did not insist to report to police that details
of the assault because we are very sure that if your government continues to
support, praise and aid AL Qaeda operatives in Sydney, things would get out of
hands.
Your government irresponsible
policy would (and indeed already did) import sectarian and religious hate into
our country. All what we are waiting now is the break of violence and counter
violence in the streets of the suburbs.
Walking in the streets of
Lakemba, Punchbowl, Auburn or Bankstown would give us feeling that we are walking
in the streets of Qandahar. And if you attend one of the many religious
ceremonies in some of the mosques or musallas, you would think that you are
listening to Bin Laden or Al Zawahri. The same terrorist rhetoric happening
here in our streets and under surveillance of our security agencies, including
ASIO. Such agencies that seem to be more busy with writing unsubstantiated
reports on poor asylum seekers arriving by boats, instead of following and interrogating terrorists and
their leaders.
I know very well that you
do not feel what we are feeling. At the end of the day, you and your government
are on the side of the terrorists. We believe and feel that we are left alone
to face and counteract terrorists in the streets of Sydney.
Instead of kicking out
Syrian diplomat and so lose any influence on the crisis, your government should
have arrested and publicly condemned the terrorists that shot fellow Australian
Ali Ibrahim, attacked and vandalised foreign embassies, threatened fellow Australians
and assaulted all opponents.
In this letter we would
like to condemn in the strongest possible words your government extreme
position to support extreme groups. We wonder why you and your government did
not take such extreme position when Israeli military massacred publicly and in
front of all media cameras, hundreds of innocent Palestinians who took shelter
in school operating under UN agency control. The UN agency (UNRWA) indicated
very clearly that Israeli soldiers carried out the massacre in cold blood. Many
Israeli soldiers admitted that they had orders to shoot at any moving Palestinian,
regardless if they were armed or not.
Your government which is
proving day after day to be the worst government in Australian contemporary history
will not make any new friend by supporting terrorists. On the contrary. Many
Australians from different communities who believe that Syria needs help and
not further punishment to end the civil war changed their voting intensions in
the aftermath of your government’s policy of supporting terrorist
organisations.
I will wait for any reply from your office
explaining to us that our assumptions are wrong. We welcome any evidence you
have that the regime is solely responsible of the wave of terrorist acts.
Otherwise and if you do not have such evidence, we can provide you with tons of
material that would cast serious doubts about such claims of regime’s responsibility
of these crimes.
Even if the regime is responsible
for every single crime happened in Syria for the last year, we believe that
your government is responsible of protecting our rights to live in peace with
no fear. We also believe that your government has the responsibility to enable
us to exercise our rights for freedom of speech and believes.
Thanks
Yours
Jamal Daoud
Berala, NSW 2141
Note: I already made my
mind to vote against your government and your party. And we will campaign to
encourage all peace loving progressive people to send your government to
history dust bins.
