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Fleeing Syrian children washed ashore in Turkey

While Saudi ruler displays his wealth and ignorance in America

by Latheef Farook-September 8, 2015

The bodies of five year old Galip and his three year old brother Aylan Al Kurdi washed ashore along the Turkish beach is clear indictment on all western leaders, Israel and their Arab stooges.

These include leaders of United States, Britain, France and of course Israel and their Arab stooges who call themselves rulers in the Middle East. They were responsible for protecting the Syrian tyrant Basher Al Assad whose barbarity destroyed his own country and ruined lives of millions who were forced to flee for life.

When the Arab Uprising began sweeping North African countries, brutalized and oppressed Syrians too came out with peaceful demonstrations seeking political reforms. Tyrant from the minority Alawite Shiite Basher in the predominantly Sunni Muslim Syria responded with barbarity forcing Syrians to demand his removal.

However Syrian demand for freedom is not important. What is important is what US, UK, France, Israel, Russia, China and their Arab stooges wanted for Syria. They decide Syria’s destiny as in the case of all Arab countries.

Russia, China and Iran fully supported tyrant Assad and triggered off a war which turned Syria into a grave yard.

Arab tyrants closed their doors for fleeing Syrians. Inevitably Syrians turned to Europe to escape by any means. Aylan, his brother Gylip and mother Rehan tried to reach Europe in a dingy boat.

The three were said to have been happy’ and 'so excited' about the prospect of getting to Europe. However few hours later their bodies were found washed up on a beach in Bodrum by the Turkish police officer Mehmet Ciplak .The image of Aylan’s lifeless body sparked international outrage over Europe's migrant crisis.

Young Syrian boy, who drowned in his family’s attempt to reach Greece from Turkey, lies in the surf near Bodrum, Turkey.

The family had been making the treacherous journey across Turkey to Europe in the hope of joining Abdullah’s sister, Teema Kurdi, a hairdresser who has lived in Vancouver, Canada for more than 20 years. “Abdullah paid €4000 for his family to get on a 5m-long dinghy from Bodrum to Greece. He borrowed money.

“When in the dinghy, the sea got rough. Turkish smuggler abandoned boat, left passengers struggling. Boat capsized after one hour. “After it capsized, the family clung to the boat. Mr Abdullah tried to hold his two children and wife with his arm, but one by one they were washed away by waves.” "When the boat flipped upside down and the waves kept pushing down, those two boys were in his arms," she said through sobs. "He tried with all his power to push them up above the water to breathe and they screamed: 'Daddy, please don't die'."

Soon, she said, Mr Abdullah realized that Galip had already died, so he let him go. "He tried to save the second one, Aylan. He looked at him and there was blood coming from his eyes. So he closed his eyes and he let him go. He looked around for his wife. She was floating in the water. He said: 'I tried with all my power to save them. I couldn't." aylan-cop-photographer

She added that she had spoken to her two nephews on the phone just a fortnight ago, and that the elder one, Galip, was hoping to be bought a new bicycle when he reached Europe. She said she now regretted sending the family the money that facilitated the journey that ended in tragedy, but that Mr Abdullah had told her: "Don't blame yourself. You did it to help us.

Their bodies were later brought to their hometown of Kobane in Kurdish region which has been reduced to rubble by the Islamic State-ISIS- founded, trained and equipped by US and Israel and financed by their Saudi Arabia-shameful collaborator in the US led war against Islam and Muslim countries.

Scores of casually dressed mourners clustered around as the bodies were laid in the dry, bare earth of the Martyrs Cemetery. Clouds of dust rose as dirt was shoveled over the graves. I want from Arab governments - not European countries - to see (what happened to) my children, and because of them to help people," he said in footage posted online by a local radio station.

While this was the plight of Syrians fleeing for life disgraceful SUPER-RICH Arab tyrants have refused to give asylum to a single Syrian refugee.

Saudi tyrant Salman bin Abd al Aziz has taken no refugees. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates – all relatively close to war-ravaged Syria and said by commentators to have the capacity to quickly house refugees – are yet to take any of the five million Syrians fleeing the region.

And although the tragic death of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi has seen European attitudes to the crisis change overnight, campaigners have slammed gullible Gulf Bedouin sheikhs’ unwillingness to change tack.

Amnesty International's Head of Refugee and Migrants' Rights, Sherif Elsayid-Ali, said: "The records of Gulf countries is absolutely appalling, in terms of actually showing compassion and sharing the responsibility of this crisis... It is a disgrace."

The oil-rich nations – none of which signed the 1951 Refugee Convention – all rank within the world's top 50 wealthiest countries, and combined spend £65 billion annually on the military.

Meanwhile Saudi King Salman was severely criticized by the western media last weekend for occupying the entire Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown during his visit to Washington DC on 3 September 2015 aimed at arresting a faltering relationship with the United States, even as the world is reeling with shock over the photo of Syrian toddler dying face down on a beach.

To accommodate King Salman the hotel also underwent a royal makeover before the visit. New red carpets were laid down in the hallways and gilded furniture - "gold mirrors, gold end tables, and gold lamps" - was said to have been delivered in advance of the Saudi monarch's arrival. Georgetown's streets lined with Cadillac SUV's belonging to his entourage. A fleet of luxury cars, a hotel covered in gold, and even red carpets laid down in the parking lot.

Rooms at the Four Seasons run from $500 per night for regular digs up to $2,000 for suites. The rate for the hotel's Presidential suite - and the entire hotel for that matter - is not listed.

So was the scene in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. this week upon the arrival of the King of Saudi Arabia, who met with President Obama at the White House on Friday.

Saudi Arabia, along with five other oil-rich Gulf kingdoms - Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain - have been identified by Amnesty International six countries that as have ''offered zero resettlement places to Syrian refugees,'' making the Washington DC excess all the more stark.

These Saudi and other Gulf sheikhs also claim that they are Muslims and have human feelings. The irony is that they come from the land of Islam.(Note-Details gathered from agencies)

The haunting last image of little Aylan Kurdi emerged, showing him sleeping peacefully just hours before he drowned while trying to reach Europe with his family.