As protesters
vent their anger against Russia for its supportive stance of the Assads, the
latter’s troops continue to comb the countryside of Homs and Idlib provinces, killing
more children and sealing off Syria’s borders: Syria has effectively become one
giant concentration camp. The Auschwitzization of Syria is complete.
Tuesday September 13,
2011
21 people were killed in
security crackdown all over Syria, including 5 mourners in Kafar Nabboudeh in
Hama Province --- Security forces in Damascus broke up a mourning gathering in
the suburb of Daraya shortly after departure of the Ambassadors of the United
States, France, Denmark and Japan. The mourning was for 26-year old nonviolence
advocate Ghiath Matar who was tortured to death by Assad security officers --- Arab
Foreign Ministers call on Assad to stop violence --- On a day aptly called
“Anger Against Russia Day, Russia says it will continue weapons sale to the
Assads --- Sources say Syrian army troops have effectively sealed off the
borders with Lebanon --- Fate of Hussain Harmoush, leader of the Free Officers
Movement, who disappeared on way to his refugee camp following a meeting with
Turkish security chief on August 28, remains unknown ---
As
a results of the tragic developments that took place in Syria in the late 1970s
and early 1980s, human rights organizations in Syria estimate that 17,000
people went missing. Yet, by the time Bashar Al-Assad came to power in 2000, Syrian
prisons reportedly held only 2,000 political prisoners (i.e. before Bashar
filled them up again by opponents to his rule). So, what happened to the
missing? The answer is obvious of course: they are buried in a variety of mass
graves scattered throughout the country.
Recent
events in Syria left over 3,500 dead and around the same number classified as
missing. Could today’s missing have met the same fate as those of yesterday?
Well, what do YOU think dear objective reader? Do you think that the death toll
from the early August crackdown in Hama City, which had at one point fielded
demonstrations with over 500,000 participants and people were willing to face
up tanks to stay in the streets, is only 400 people? No. The figure of 400 and
3,500 tell you about the cases that we can actually document despite the
information blockades imposed by the Assads. They give an idea, but they don’t
tell the entire story or capture the reality of the situation.
The
real death toll in Syria since March 15 is probably closer to 10,000, making it
one of the bloodiest murders the region has witnessed in a long time, and it
happened even as the world watched. By imposing an information blockade,
playing it in slow-motion and relying on the bureaucratic standards and procedures
followed by international organizations in these situations, the Assads have probably
managed to sneak in a massacre almost twice the size of Srebrenica’s own under
our noses.
But
while the world has to do some math and comparative analysis in order to get to
the truth, the protesters don’t. They know all too well what happened to them,
they know it’s much more horrendous that what gets reported, which ads to their
frustration. They believe that the international response to the current
developments in Syria is premised on inaccurate assumptions and information,
and that world leaders need to get a better grasp of the realities on the
ground in Syria in order to adopt the proper stance. While the causes of
international dithering are far more complex than this, an inability to form an
accurate impression of what’s happening in Syria is definitely a contributing
factor here. International observers seem to believe that the YouTubes we’re
getting on a daily basis tell the whole story. But they don’t. For all we know,
the Assads could be running a dozen Auschwitzes throughout Syria as we speak,
and we wouldn’t even know it. Syria is still a police state, the Assads are
still calling the shots, and the facts are still quite hard to suss out.
Collective punishment shooting up the donkeys
– I guess the Assads (lions) are really hungry http://youtu.be/2_KZR1WftlE Destroying
the motorbikes of local residents http://youtu.be/jZtlfY9OcjQ
Detainees suffer more abuse http://youtu.be/WgwonYOQrcM
The body of martyr from Homs showing signs of torture http://youtu.be/EIa1Jjng0tA Meanwhile,
more defections took place http://youtu.be/3fWoIlh3Xew
While Assad troops undergo a rotation in Idlib Province http://youtu.be/g6toZNsZhFk And tanks
storm Albou Kamal City on the border with Iraq http://youtu.be/6D8CaYXkp-Q
HOMS
Homs City – Daytime
Assad militias roam the local suqs on foot http://youtu.be/m31CVCNQYuY , http://youtu.be/CB3pOJ2F-BY and in their
tanks http://youtu.be/nkS1Yl1x8yc A
martyr from Baba Amr http://youtu.be/GfmSQiohabI
Another http://youtu.be/xt-s9hrqugE Another
http://youtu.be/EIa1Jjng0tA Syrian
State TV claims all these explosives were found in Homs in their usual play of
the war drums http://youtu.be/my6T8l-RFN4
Khaldiyeh an all women protest http://youtu.be/ufqUJlQCfLw , http://youtu.be/3bdNq1rDtoM , http://youtu.be/qPRvj_HLKK4 Wa’er
http://youtu.be/R35-rpI05js Dablan
http://youtu.be/7WU6yiPYw_I
Homs City – Nighttime
Bayadeh burning the Russian Flag http://youtu.be/mG1SOJDSKUY , http://youtu.be/_4t9d-F2SLA Khaldieyh
http://youtu.be/vvm2OaFJ86o Qoussour
http://youtu.be/zJTh3pqDMtY Bab
Dreib http://youtu.be/mtrDCDBMhFE
Baba Amr http://youtu.be/-gs7NSA9K9E
, http://youtu.be/eIiuyKGtrG0 Insha’aat
http://youtu.be/C9XDToVWCKE , http://youtu.be/pgtvnd0Ww2U Wa’er
http://youtu.be/r-ZY-iUUkP0 Jouret
El-Shayah http://youtu.be/C-XyQtCQajw
Ghoutah http://youtu.be/7PCuVu0DUUk
Homs Province
Rastan Daytime tanks take over the city
http://youtu.be/6Kv6U-W_MX8 Automatic
gunfire heard http://youtu.be/bKLSJpDGF_8
The wounded http://youtu.be/pTw52fQpp5g
, http://youtu.be/rAYC2yty2gM A new
martyr http://youtu.be/W_3eAKNcDoc Nighttime
http://youtu.be/uEbazdM5Pjs , http://youtu.be/rbahL9fzlAI
Talbisseh http://youtu.be/X96SXSxhM7s
Tadmor/Palmyra http://youtu.be/or48oo-S3fE
Burning the Russian Flag http://youtu.be/zHhMTm3opmM
Deir Baalbah a wounded http://youtu.be/3nL65pYAL9M
Houleh http://youtu.be/YfEawhIlriA
IDLIB
Daytime
Khan Shaikhoon tank attack http://youtu.be/UNXllxa6TmE and observes
a general strike http://youtu.be/TCzLziQuHSI
Idlib City http://youtu.be/wHY9gfYv9EE
, http://youtu.be/qez7-pqWvik Burning
a Russian Flag http://youtu.be/XckbsQSkXJE
Saraqib http://youtu.be/6ZMiNmvUJgA
A funeral http://youtu.be/7KEY968jbes
Nighttime
Idlib City http://youtu.be/0cVAX1v9adY
Burning a Russian flag http://youtu.be/toKK6G4g_Eg
M’arr Shamsheh http://youtu.be/wrk1UXeyYmE
Kafar Takhareem burning the Russian flag http://youtu.be/4Eu9z08RbDI Binnish
burning the Russian flag http://youtu.be/loFueAAVjTg
Saraqib burning the Russian flag http://youtu.be/7f_aRyabbI8
Taftanaz http://youtu.be/EkAGO08ONyo
Sarmeen http://youtu.be/hqDqY_cY0BU
Jabal Al-Zawiyeh http://youtu.be/RDHoVbizX2I
HAMA
Hama – Taybat Al-Imam http://youtu.be/1xXhrX_EMXU Khattab
http://youtu.be/d2G_iEdJ_v0 , http://youtu.be/eJvCZKKWdeE Sahel
Al-Ghab - Hawash http://youtu.be/Dgm-NYuKGE4
Kafar Nabboudeh a martyr (cousin of Hama Attorney General Adman Bakkour)
http://youtu.be/mYShxgASxpI Karnaz
http://youtu.be/AdqezUDc9Mg , http://youtu.be/2SgAFBRWR-M Mrouk
http://youtu.be/6NGds1NPt5g Army
tanks at the entrance of Qastoun http://youtu.be/rkM4yE4EEps
Hilfaya http://youtu.be/kIbFLtX1u2U
Hama City - March 8 Street http://youtu.be/9O2eD18PBlE Hama City
- Hamidieyh http://youtu.be/WRbpRZDltX0
DAMASCUS
The Ambassadors of the United States, France,
Denmark and Japan take part in the mourning ceremonies for activist Ghiath
Matar in Daraya http://youtu.be/RVT2Y-dugsg
, http://youtu.be/pB6nhocvaBA ,
Zabadani army troops and tanks surround the suburb in
preparation for a new foray http://youtu.be/xqohNhg0SQU
Daytime
Douma the funeral of the child Izzat Lababidi killed
yesterday during a funeral as funerals breed more funerals http://youtu.be/7FtnuqFB9oQ , http://youtu.be/knWtvTx_wLI , http://youtu.be/FuQrDVogjZA Burning the
Russian flag during the fungal http://youtu.be/oWDmxsgw2EY
Midan – Abou Habel http://youtu.be/3C_k_FFBetY
, http://youtu.be/-52GRGqFjPc Burning
the Russian flag http://youtu.be/yGUZEGyI7xI
Moadamiyeh a few women insist on carrying the torch of protests despite
the crackdown and the siege and the rapidly shrinking male population on
account of detentions http://youtu.be/GBq742aD9uc
Nighttime
Douma http://youtu.be/3AtA105oYgU
, http://youtu.be/dvsbDbDCs-8 Kisweh
http://youtu.be/rphqe8IK8Do , http://youtu.be/Ur96loJrtBU Daraya
http://youtu.be/xgNOyUQWTP0 Rankous
http://youtu.be/mhwos4n3hqM Arbeen
http://youtu.be/tDmTKirpvz4 Hamouriyeh
burning the Russian flag http://youtu.be/DnXLErlN-5U
Jobar http://youtu.be/9jBqTv5qTSE
Kafar Sousseh http://youtu.be/Y99mJ7HSxFw
Zamalka http://youtu.be/gYjEsLXvEno
Midan – Jazmatiyeh “Russia is killing with
her stance” http://youtu.be/k3Ttqv3X42w
, http://youtu.be/T5_arpRlctQ
DERAA/HAURAN
Daytime
Mleihah Al-Atash http://youtu.be/SayZQBf337o Deraa
City an all-women protest http://youtu.be/UPr_Gbf4G1o
Sourah http://youtu.be/Sp4BvB-oWlI
Nighttime
Khirbet Ghazaleh http://youtu.be/qTdwqc5YPPo Da’el http://youtu.be/3Jl_QRcphLk Taybah
http://youtu.be/iB8YhYPLXIU Nasseeb
http://youtu.be/dwKCLNNqwiM Hraak
http://youtu.be/I4m03ejlmic Jizah
http://youtu.be/CVlBU80SHcY Sanamein
http://youtu.be/XlPyzZ04UBo Abtaa
http://youtu.be/gR_mH45Gi8M Tafas
http://youtu.be/6O2M8gCesA4 Deraa
City - Qoussour Neighborhood http://youtu.be/537pCTx8opQ
Ataman http://youtu.be/Cz6Y1n4VJK8
ELSEWHERE
Aleppo – Andan (night) http://youtu.be/7qDN1rcWdY4 , http://youtu.be/j3udZ16JiZ4
Deir Ezzor – Qouriyeh http://youtu.be/4qZ1DQCqdmM Jbaileh
http://youtu.be/uwOcVRxgq4o Deir
Ezzor City http://youtu.be/J66kpkicTac
Shaheel (daytime) a funeral http://youtu.be/7oUqrhIK6b0
for local activist http://youtu.be/KipKW6bKvZY
Hassakeh – Dirbasiyeh http://youtu.be/Hcm-KLVyBsM Amoudeh
http://youtu.be/ohoF4nZN5Dg Qamishly
http://youtu.be/euneSjXcvkM burning
the Russian flag http://youtu.be/em6QCyrUCxs
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