Dissident Syrian Colonel: Armed Groups Killers, al-Siddiq, Khaddam Contacted, Financed Me

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The dissident colonel in the Syrian army Hussein Harmoush said that "after my escape from the army, a lot of opposition figures abroad contacted me, but after 75 days, I discovered that the majority of them have given promises, including financial and logistic aid, weapons and others, but none has been met."

Claiming that he escaped from the Army because of the bloody events in the streets, Harmoush emphasized that "a number of people were killed, and I am sure that the armed groups were the killers."
 
In an interview with the Syrian TV broadcasted Thursday, Harmoush revealed that "the plot was to provide weapons for protecting the unarmed civilians, but weapons or any other materials mere not supplied."
 
Uncovering that the "Muslim Brotherhood members were the first who have contacted me, all in unreal names, in addition to Zouheir al-Siddiq, Mohammad Rahal, Abdul-Halim Khaddam, his two sons and the majority of Antalya Conference figures," Harmoush added that "some sides suggested setting up a buffer zone through the Turkish Government near the border lines between Syria and Turkey."
 
"When I arrived in Turkey, they started to call me including Abdul-Halim Khaddam. All phone calls were just words and wasting of time," he stressed adding that "Rifaat al-Assad's office manager called him after he had issued statement No.1 to ask him about the amount of money his movement needs."

"Zouheir al-Siddiq was the first person to call me once I arrived in Turkey," Harmoush confirmed pointing out that "al-Siddiq called him to tell him that he can support him by sending him 1,000$ and a used laptop."

"Al-Siddiq and the Muslim Brotherhood smuggled weapons into Homs, Hama, Idleb and the Palestinian Ramel in Lattakia," Harmoush added.

On providing him with weapons and money, Harmoush stated that "they were all promises... they promised to supply me with weapons and money for liberation, but they were just promises."

"Weapon smuggling from Turkey was carried out by merchants in the border areas where weapon merchants and smugglers exist," the defected colonel noted.

Harmoush went on saying that Burhan Ghalion called him twice to ask him about his safety and Khaddam and his sons, Rifaat al-Assad, Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammad Rahal and about 300 personalities from Antalya conference called him, too.

He said that Sheikh Adnan al-Arour called him to know about the work plan and asked him about the army in general.


Source: SANA, Edited by moqawma.org team