Defections increase as fast and wide as the continuing
Assad-ordained crackdown on dissent- a development that thickens the plot and
raises the stakes for the Syrian people and all regional and international
players.
Saturday October 29,
2011
43 people were killed on
Friday during continuing crackdown by pro-Assad militias on peaceful protest. This
Friday was dedicated to urging the international community to impose a no-fly
zone on the Assad.
22 fell in Homs City
(mostly in the neighborhoods of Baba Amr, Khaldiyeh
and Deir Baalbah), and 2 in Qseir and Rastan towns
in the larger Homs Province.
13 were killed in Hama
City in addition to 3 in the town of Karnaz in the larger Hama
Province. 3 were killed in the town of Tseel in the Deraa/Hauran
Province, in addition to 1 in M’arrat Al-Nouman in Idlib Province, and 1
in Lattakia City in the Lattakia Province.
Also on Friday,
17 loyalists from the regular army were killed by defectors trying to repel a
nighttime assault on Baba Amr and other inner city neighborhoods.
On Saturday, 10
loyalist militiamen were killed by an ambush organized by defectors
near the town of Hbeit. 20 loyalists belonging to the regular army were
also killed in Homs City and 53 were injured by defectors who were trying to
repel an assault on inner city neighborhoods of Baba Amr, Bayadeh, Bab Dreib,
Deir Baalbah, among others. The assault led to the destruction of five armored
vehicles. 12 civilians had been killed by the earlier shelling by
loyalists.
9 more protesters were killed in the
continuing crackdown in to communities across the country, including 4 in Hama
province, 2 in Damascus (in Zabadani and Kisweh suburbs), and 1 in
Deraa/Hauran, Deir Ezzor and Idlib provinces.
Meanwhile, the Assad
issued a directive for mining all Syria’s borders, especially the Borders with
Lebanon and Turkey, in an attempt at hindering the movement of defectors and
preventing arms smuggling.
Links
Friday
Saturday
“Stop barking Bashar,
the people want a no-fly zone” http://youtu.be/rvWqhf7q_R8
Homs City, Baba Amr Neighborhood, Friday October 28, 2011
Homs City, Baba Amr Neighborhood, Friday October 28, 2011
Saturday, October 29: In Homs, it’s
war
Baba Amr Neighborhood in Homs City shelling
and destruction http://youtu.be/OAjzjGW4dyU
, http://youtu.be/7OZ5vZmQusY , http://youtu.be/0CniN70H2Ko , http://youtu.be/84RjTz2kLkE , http://youtu.be/C8M0cV0Jpxk , http://youtu.be/KtmArTwfvx4 , http://youtu.be/t9gB0h0ax7U , http://youtu.be/XosnZmd_JfM , http://youtu.be/E-Fxb6hr2mg , http://youtu.be/0TnLJH0jKuM , http://youtu.be/tvckRyS5sU8 , http://youtu.be/fTaDbdVav88 , http://youtu.be/eFVGDPKf3Cs , http://youtu.be/rozWj4x54qk , http://youtu.be/gWzQm_gAkk8 , http://youtu.be/5ZiNzdh7Ga0 , http://youtu.be/iHUrsN7Ro1E , http://youtu.be/zNtbWzHowTk , http://youtu.be/ZDr7Lb4OiZM , http://youtu.be/2s20Auk44R4 Pounding the
local school http://youtu.be/WiHXkb1tEhg
But locals still come out at a night in a show of continued defiance http://youtu.be/ToQhkt1ol5Y
In
an
interview with The Telegraph, the Assad shows his disdain for his own
people, as well as his own cut-off from reality, that is, if he truly believes
the bullshit he is trying to peddle. Who, but a highly delusion individual
would, at a time when defections are increasing and the violence in the country
has never been worse, make such an assertion: “Now, we are only fighting
terrorists. That's why the fighting is becoming much less?"
Assad
also warns that regime change would produce “another Afghanistan,” because, to
him it seems, all his opponents are Salafists and members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Indeed, the whole revolution for him is nothing but an “uprising,” a “struggle
between Islamism and pan-Arabism [secularism]”, one which has been ongoing for
decades: "We've been fighting the Muslim Brotherhood since the 1950s and
we are still fighting with them," he said.
Unfortunately,
we cannot but admit that many Alawites, Christians, Druzes, Ismailis and
secular Sunnis believe this hogwash, or convince themselves of it, because it
justifies the status quo in which they are emotionally invested, even if they
didn’t derive real direct material benefits from it.
This
is what the battle of ideas part of the revolution is all about: in exposing the
falsehoods of this kind of assertions. And this is where Syrian opposition
groups have been and continue to be missing in action. Treating the revolution is a mere logistic
and technical challenge is undoing every success we have had so far. Syria is
the beating heart of so many isms in the region, and the Assads have
survived for so long due to their amazing agility at manipulating and
subverting these isms to serve their designs. Our challenge is in part
to expose their hypocrisy and lies and shed a spotlight on the realities and
truths buried underneath. We also have the responsibility of charting a new
vision for the future, now and not tomorrow, as so many opposition figures want
us to do. For if we don’t produce our visions now, we may never get to the
morrow we yearn for.
People
have to know what they are fighting for, what they are transitioning into, in
order to join the revolutionary movement and take full advantage of the
revolutionary moment. People have to see in this revolution a true opportunity
for improving their lot in life, as individuals and groups, otherwise they
would have no reason to risk anything. The aura of promise that came with the
Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions has long dissipated, and the one presented by
the success of the Libyan revolution will not last for long, we need to come up
with our own.
The
regime has presented its case, which, no matter how stupid it sounds to us,
hits all the “right” emotional notes for its constituency. This is what its
propaganda campaign is designed to do, a campaign that has proven highly
effective, even among the educated, despite its intellectual shallowness. For
the battle is not about intellectual prowess, but about understanding your
audience and its basic fears, prejudices and concerns, then manipulating them. The
task ahead of us is even more complex, seeing that the success of the revolution
requires inclusion, while the regime’s power is premised on exclusion, as such,
the challenge of understanding the fears, prejudices and concerns of both
camps, and of hitting the right notes for both camps rests squarely on our
shoulders.
Martyrs, Funerals & Protests (October
28)
Idlib Province/M’arrat Al-Nouman: a defector who fell in
clashes with loyalists on the morning of Friday, October 28 http://youtu.be/fqfnWE1gCss his funeral http://youtu.be/spI_qZw9FwQ Karnaz
http://youtu.be/l2lJL_ZE9Og , http://youtu.be/DBn8MYiHlEw For her
part, Jisr Ashoughour offers three martyrs on October 28 http://youtu.be/OPVi27xrQgY Meanwhile,
the town of Kafroumah comes under attack http://youtu.be/aisWsMSZHhE
Hama Province/Kafar Nabboudeh: another funeral http://youtu.be/zdvNRp4zlGQ In Hama
City, worshippers come under fire even as they are still inside the Mosque
of Ibn Auf http://youtu.be/5EY8A_FnY4Y
The martyrs http://youtu.be/bV19a6bj32U
The same happens to protesters elsewhere in the city http://youtu.be/F0fE5q4n3XA This was the
demonstration before the crackdown http://youtu.be/D4EX4vQV9NI
A martyr http://youtu.be/cEOV567s8LM Pro-Assad
militias take the streets http://youtu.be/h2624UN9-0A
But protesters remain defiant and cry out “these are Assad’s dogs, these are
the armed gangs” http://youtu.be/11JWMOv1vaM
Martyrs from Baba Amr Neighborhood in
Homs City (Oct 28) http://youtu.be/FheDOFLf_Fc
, http://youtu.be/j9sL8hmiQ64 A
martyr from Bab Al-Sibaa Neighborhood http://youtu.be/Rv2nE2JRPec Another from
Khaldiyeh http://youtu.be/7gc1dRC4ut0
Wounded in Baba Amr http://youtu.be/kYPmrJ3bzFo
, http://youtu.be/TRET9gCdkuc , http://youtu.be/KXZuw03Pj0Y Wounded in Khaldiyeh
http://youtu.be/0SwJPp6Nk74 A female
martyr from Bayadah http://youtu.be/FFzj2lfcTB4
, http://youtu.be/VlkfGcmKncA
In Karm Al-Zeitun Neighborhood, in
Homs City, protesters carried signs making their demands clear “no-fly zone,
safe zone, support to the Free Syrian Army” http://youtu.be/qmf_2bnm1qw A sentiment
echoed in Bab Houd Neighborhood, where a banner said “we want no-fly
zone, protection of civilians and support to the FSA” http://youtu.be/HbDRZAJZPS0 A sentiment
also echoed in this sign from Assaly Neighborhood in Damascus
City http://youtu.be/kWJWiOLFdpk In
the suburb of Tal Rif’aat in Aleppo Province, protesters carried a
banner saying “to the free people of the world, we are being killed, we need a
no-fly zone” http://youtu.be/HmWIRasyIDo
In the Damascene suburb of Zamalka,
protesters came under fire as they demands a no-fly zone on October 28 http://youtu.be/puvyb7LJLLk , http://youtu.be/CZ9rPcCa-h8
In Ataman in Deraa/Hauran Province,
protesters come under fire, but remain defiant http://youtu.be/0MNSt6J-gC8 and they
took to the streets again at night http://youtu.be/8udsOAet61Y
In nearby Da’el, locals held a mass funeral for a child martyr http://youtu.be/eVnh7N7KHOM
In the town of Qseir in Homs Province,
protesters come under fire http://youtu.be/6csKlFvItQI
In Douma suburb in Damascus, detainees
are tortured in public by pro-Assad militias http://youtu.be/l4C4mqoj5NY
A leaked video shows loyalists standing
over the body of a dead protesters http://youtu.be/iasxu7gVJPU
Friday’s Demonstrations
Demonstrations took place in over 250
communities throughout the country urging the international community to impose
a no-fly zone. I highlight only the biggest below.
HAMA PROVINCE: Taybat Al-Imam http://youtu.be/H4zq5gnMJwY Hilfaya
large banner hang from tower demands no-fly zone http://youtu.be/qWf8a7aKN-0 Ellatamneh
http://youtu.be/yINDrzJb5GA Hama
City (Sharqiyeh) http://youtu.be/a7D1yvUKq6w
Madeeq & Tuweineh http://youtu.be/c32_7ACMdwQ
HOMS CITY: Deir Baalbah http://youtu.be/4skP_sCPxKQ , http://youtu.be/RL2Ed2WvBRE Hamidiyeh
http://youtu.be/qwQV8g4NKug Insha’aat
a nighttime demonstration in defiance of snipers and shelling http://youtu.be/z94yB8qZ6dM during the
day, locals chanted saying “the people want a no-fly zone” http://youtu.be/SYO9iTL0938 In Qoussour,
thousands sang “the Syrian Revolution is a Revolution for Dignity and Freedom” http://youtu.be/0ytl9YzU7Pc A song picked up by the protesters in the
nearby neighborhood of Khaldiyeh http://youtu.be/v82bh5lBJZM
Wa’er http://youtu.be/AwCzYIy2OZU
Bab Houd http://youtu.be/_bb3JIVbk2Y
Bayadah http://youtu.be/7xV7J9K0zko
Jib Al-Jandali http://youtu.be/syiuzXjGBLs
HOMS PROVINCE: Palmyra (Tadmor) http://youtu.be/L-LSYCngzgM (nighttime) http://youtu.be/rHW1u0FgnRI Rastan
despite the siege http://youtu.be/RiVdbuPMyEc
Sukhnah http://youtu.be/mogJGkXYoi8
In Talbisseh despite the siege, protesters come out to chant “”Mother,
thee are Bashar’s last days” http://youtu.be/APv27Qxtb_U
Houleh despite the siege http://youtu.be/eGW4wmq4QQs
DERAA/HAURAN: Hraak http://youtu.be/ZFZbbw0E22I Basr
Al-Harir http://youtu.be/-lAf18SunW0
Sanamein http://youtu.be/NFZRbvLmizU
Ma’arabah http://youtu.be/a8RTcjNDtHc
Jassem http://youtu.be/uA2PmJJj2B0
Sheikh Miskeen http://youtu.be/wjQK8qakgCE
Um Walad http://youtu.be/Q---wU1eU2I
Ankhel http://youtu.be/7AWnfdzVfQU
Kafar Shams http://youtu.be/x1St54S0ylc
Jizah http://youtu.be/MKmzNH5KrxU
Taybah http://youtu.be/FjZE9typKU4
IDLIB PROVINCE: Binnish http://youtu.be/kwM7akYm2AA Idlib
City http://youtu.be/9itVZmLsYNw
, http://youtu.be/sXRR1HayKMg Jarjanaz
http://youtu.be/bMjZ-9Xsy0U M’arrat
Hourmah Banner “we say it in Arabic, English, French, Russian and all the
languages of the world: we want a no-fly zone” http://youtu.be/Db217x677JY Taftanaz
http://youtu.be/t4nqjYCQFgA Saraqib
http://youtu.be/VLwhN7al0u8 Jabal
Al-Zawiyeh http://youtu.be/HkLGcbwi7Os
, http://youtu.be/UAxsqUyoL00 Kafar
Sajnah http://youtu.be/uwAe48FTHLU
Hbeit http://youtu.be/Gh_Pc_fM7dc
Dbeit http://youtu.be/wb6kyeR-wsY
M’arrat Al-Nouman http://youtu.be/ydFz_IVk4sM
DAMASCUS: Qarrah http://youtu.be/HzWicuog5pA Hajar
Aswad http://youtu.be/OMIb7m8NDjM
Wadi Barada http://youtu.be/vDu2OcyBnTw
Douma http://youtu.be/FW2dy6sSs_s
Kanaker http://youtu.be/4cUFCs3cfag
Rankous http://youtu.be/GGSXRJbM70Y
Zabadani http://youtu.be/xNeJKzNTMEI
Hamouriyeh http://youtu.be/rPhwcj49bOA
Eltal http://youtu.be/soRK3TOTWIY
DEIR EZZOR: Qrayah http://youtu.be/aByp6_Pk40Q
HASSAKEH: Amoudeh http://youtu.be/rEwC-Oy7AHE Qamishly
http://youtu.be/ejGk00OHzaI
ALEPPO: Anadan http://youtu.be/nmB7guuD_Dc Marei
http://youtu.be/XRFpBpeQcJo Tal
Rif’aat http://youtu.be/5TFebrRapUM
Saturday October 29, More War News
In Homs City…
Child killed by sniper in Bayadah http://youtu.be/F7peWEd2B_4 Martyr from Deir
Baalbah Neighborhood http://youtu.be/E2kIVyZonXk
, http://youtu.be/HKFOoYTEnXw Another
http://youtu.be/m6uGULEqlck Another http://youtu.be/a12WTpaszGc Another http://youtu.be/8dvJN0txWXs Another http://youtu.be/hAXxnZoVN5k a child martyr
http://youtu.be/D0A9ZMG3llw A martyr
from Jib Al-Jandali http://youtu.be/1n4Bte4BaU4
A martyr from Baba Amr http://youtu.be/rzoBTrFmJbM
Another http://youtu.be/xnGWD42cgak
Funeral for 2 activists in Khaldiyeh
Neighborhood http://youtu.be/h2V_nne-6r0
A funeral in nearby Bab Al-Sibaa http://youtu.be/PXQfXGggqsU
The neighborhood of Dablan observes a
strike http://youtu.be/db0EmIffdlc
Homs City, people come out in support of Baba
Amr Deir
Baalbah http://youtu.be/_jQ0oWtzRHA
Wa’er http://youtu.be/Psw7ssBIetE
Jouret Al-Shayah http://youtu.be/_MIAJSf1xmQ
Bab Houd http://youtu.be/ObZLuoqkwXs
Qoussour http://youtu.be/yi9vPZiyqNw
Qarabees http://youtu.be/byCxcP9yw4c Khaldiyeh http://youtu.be/qMDcxCLvISA Insha’aat
http://youtu.be/8wTlEUtqYBM Shammas
http://youtu.be/7ETX1Ssoy6A
A female martyr from the town of Talbisseh
in the larger Homs Province http://youtu.be/-SttW8nZtro
, http://youtu.be/A7k8LRdQjls Her
funeral http://youtu.be/SDI_N-Ine0w a
martyr from Qseir http://youtu.be/DzlPrAFaZXw
Elsewhere…
Karnaz, Hama Province – a martyr http://youtu.be/xxQntXz817w His funeral http://youtu.be/19jZQsGmUh8 , http://youtu.be/r3Y3Hug-oZg Another
martyr http://youtu.be/8-CM6S7rFNw
His funeral http://youtu.be/VZ62Wu7dB88
Saraqib, Idlib Province – a funeral for a child
martyr http://youtu.be/DAq9JkzybwQ Nearby
Khan Shaikhoon comes under fire http://youtu.be/94BwOAGjd5k
And organizes a funeral for an activist http://youtu.be/5efOWfUDdY8
Harasta, Damascus – a funeral for an
activist http://youtu.be/AUyCDK_P8Eo ,
http://youtu.be/iFFH55TCqSQ In Zabadani,
thousands take part in a nighttime burial of a local hero http://youtu.be/PedYXQV_qmY , http://youtu.be/omuvcpMqnQU In Kanaker,
protesters come under fire http://youtu.be/G7zOwWc5-I4
The town of Basr Al-Harir in the
Deraa/Hauran Province buries http://youtu.be/Nzvkmmvs-AY this defector http://youtu.be/tYbjNIGNA7M
Saturday October 29, Major
demonstrations
DAMASCUS Zamalka http://youtu.be/q5VzN1ZGznM Salhiyeh
Neighborhood http://youtu.be/_kiRtN4PHDQ
Douma http://youtu.be/IBrv-6cDpRU
DEIR EZZOR: Qraya http://youtu.be/MQAfuUgYytQ
ALEPPO: Efrin http://youtu.be/MvMD_XnlW1o
DERAA/HAURAN: Hraak http://youtu.be/r8VMVlQlHvs Da’el
http://youtu.be/gYJ8mY4Mf4U
HAMA: Madeeq http://youtu.be/kOA7uYiHeGg
IDLIB: Ma’arrat Al-Nouman (Elteh) http://youtu.be/22QAR19Yt3E Sarmeen
http://youtu.be/NENoIatmV0Y Idlib
City http://youtu.be/EqHXrhncMCQ
HOMS PROVINCE: Tadmor (Palmyra) http://youtu.be/jiwrOsYbvP4 Ghanto
http://youtu.be/C5RqKjFeJA0 Houleh
http://youtu.be/TzIDYfBhA_c
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