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# The Syria Files

Thursday 5 July 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing the Syria Files – more than two million emails from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012. This extraordinary data set derives from 680 Syria-related entities or domain names, including those of the Ministries of Presidential Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Information, Transport and Culture. At this time Syria is undergoing a violent internal conflict that has killed between 6,000 and 15,000 people in the last 18 months. The Syria Files shine a light on the inner workings of the Syrian government and economy, but they also reveal how the West and Western companies say one thing and do another.

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Released on 2012-07-29 06:00 GMT

Email-ID | 2097823
Date | 2011-05-01 19:34:59
From | contact@syrian-friendship-association.org
To | bouthaina@bouthainashaaban.com, info@mopa.gov.sy, b.shaaban@mopa.gov.sy

Mr. Kris Janssen
Collegelaan 163 bus 6
2140 Borgerhout - Antwerpen
Belgium
email : contact@syrian-friendship-association.org
url : http://www.syrian-friendship-association.org
tel. : +32 - (0)485-534.260
Antwerpen, 1th of May 2011
To : Her Excellency Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban - Minister, Political and Media Advisor to the Presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic
Your Excellency
Unfortunately, as you will be very aware of, Syria is once the target of a vicious media campaign by certain media networks who are utilising all possible means and technics to fabricate false and disturbing stories and visual materials as to instigate
the people and to bring a picture about Syria to the outside world which is totally in contradiction to reality and, by doing so, misleading the general public outside Syria, especially in Europe and the Unites States.
For those who know the Syrian situation, it is crystal clear that what is happening now, what we are witnessing today in Syria, has no internal causes but is fully linked to external manipulations and sabotage with the sole purpose to damage or even
destroy Syria as a punishment for it's policies of resistance, pan-Arab solidarity and anti-imperialism.
The Syrian people have nothing to do and don't want to have anything to do with this small number of criminals, paid with big money by foreign governments, to incite violence and terrorise the population with the ultimate goal of destroying the country
and all the principles and values for which Syria stands.
As I consider myself a friend of Syria, I decided and see it as a duty to start some initiativesto help correct the public image and perception of what is happening in Syria nowadays :
* I wrote a text, an analysisabout the events taking place, to explain and clarify the backgrounds and put everything in context. This text has already been published on the English website of the Syrian Radio & Television (syriaonline.sy) in the
"Reports and Analysis" section. I will also forward the text to other channels for distribution.
* Based on this analytical text, and with the willing cooperation of my relations and friends within the Syrian television organisation, an interview will be recorded next Thursday which will be broadcast on the Syrian satellite channel.
* I am also considering, if if organisational realistic in a very short time frame, to travel myself to Syria, with a small delegation consisting of some progressive and open minded people, to visit different regions (Damascus, Lattakia, Tartous, Banyas,
Aleppo, al-Hasaka, al-Raqa... ) and talk with the people living there to observe the situation, counter the falsifications by the international media organisations and offer a witness account based on the true situation on the ground.
Looking forward to our future cooperation, please accept my sincere regards and best wishes,
Yours faithfully,
Kris Janssen
Belgium

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