The long awaited UN sponsored ceasefire accompanied by a few monitors, does very little to prevent the brutality of Assad's regime against the Syrian people. Nor does it put a stop to the numerous killing fields that have become drenched in blood of innocent civilians and stained with the pure blood of martyrs. The ceasefire is part of an international effort to implement Annan's six point plan. Excerpts from Annan's on sided plan expose its ineffectiveness in halting the savagery of Assad's henchmen and their insatiable desire to spill the pure blood of people of Sham. For instance: "As these actions are being taken on the ground, the Syrian government should work with the envoy to bring about a sustained cessation of armed violence in all its forms by all parties with an effective United Nations supervision mechanism...Similar commitments would be sought by the envoy from the opposition and all relevant elements to stop the fighting and work with him to bring about a sustained cessation of armed violence in all its forms by all parties with an effective United Nations supervision mechanism."

How can the UN equate the violence perpetrated by Assad's tyrannical regime and those defending their lives and properties from Assad's thugs in equal terms? Who is the one that is relentlessly pursuing men, women, children and babies, and taking all measures to exterminate them from existence? Even the blind, deaf and the one with below average intelligence can see the heinous crimes of Assad's regime, smell the stench of its evil, and comprehend the wickedness of its leader. Then again! What can we expect from the UN, which is tool of the colonial powers and has a long history steeped in spearheading West's campaign to suppress Islam and Muslims.

The real criminals behind Assad and Kofi Annan's bloody proposal are Russia, China, US, and Europe. These are the very same countries that pretend to be the friends of Syria, but in reality are friends of Assad. Each power has its own interest in ensuring that Assad's bloody rule continues along with the oppression of the Syria people. For Russia and China, Assad's regime is a bulwark against political Islam, and is the only outlet for the Russians to project their naval power. On the other hand, European countries under the leadership of Britain view Assad's despotic regime as a last line of defense against the destabilization of the monarchies of the Gulf. Britain fears that Assad's instant fall could trigger a wave of popular unrest in the Gulf that could threaten its influence in the region. As for America, the longevity of Assad's rule is essentials for her plans to control the Levant and spread the tentacles of Iran.

Thus the kafir powers overlook the monstrous atrocities committed by Assad against our brothers and sisters in Syria, hoping to secure their interests and preventing the immediate collapse of Assad's regime until a time when a suitable alternative is found. Meanwhile, their collective aim is to gradually manage the collapse of Assad's oppressive rule, through ineffective peace proposals, and other initiative that are intended to mollify the wide spread angry sentiments in the Muslim world. What we are witnessing in Syria today is almost a rerun of the slaughter of the Muslims in Bosnia.

The only salvation for the Muslims of Sham is to band together and to reject every proposal advocated by the kafir powers through their agents in the UN and in the neighboring countries. Know that only through the re- establishment of the Khilafah "Caliphate" ar-Rashida they will be able to vanquish the Kafir powers, most notably America and Europe from the pure land of Sham.

Recall, how the first Khilafah "Caliphate" ar-Rashida forced Rome to flee Syria during the reign of Omar bin Al Khattab. It is reported that the defeated Heraclius bid a long farewell to Syria knowing that he would never return. He said,"Farewell, a long farewell to Syria, my fair province. Thou art an infidel's (enemy's) now. Peace be with you, O' Syria - what a beautiful land you will be for the enemy hands."

O Muslims of Sham! The time has come for you to repeat the feat of your forefathers, by joining forces with your brothers in the armed forces and send a befitting reply to the New Roman Empire (the West) -the main enemy of Muslims -and to vanquish her from this region for once and for all.

"O you who believe! answer (the call of) Allah and His Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life; and know that Allah intervenes between man and his heart, and that to Him you shall be gathered." [TMQ: AL-Fal:24]

Abu Hashim