Is the Syrian Crisis being consigned to the backburner of world
politics? Or is the U.S. seriously willing to consider “other means” when the
AL delegation fails? Inquiring minds may want to know, but Syrians are
well-nigh literally burning to know. May the dawn of the New Year bring with it
the needed answer.
Wednesday 28, 2011
Today’s death toll: 28. The Breakdown: 7 in Hama City, 6 in Homs City including a
child, 4 in Idlib Province and 2 in Aleppo. Meanwhile 4 loyalist militias were
killed in an ambush made by members of the Free Syrian Army in the town of Da’el
in the Deraa/Hauran Province.
General Strike continues to be observed throughout protest
communities.
Links
Dabi Speaks!
Sudanese
Gen Mustafa al-Dabi, head of the Arab League Commission to Syria, went to Homs
City on Tuesday and Wednesday, but failed to see “anything frightening.” In
fact, he did not "see tanks but we did see some armoured vehicles." I
guess, the General has a different definition for tanks, but these vehicles
that he passed by during his visit do look like tanks to me http://youtu.be/eKD4aUEQIac , http://youtu.be/VUEq33AIBgA , http://youtu.be/24W4uQQNl24. And I
guess, for one of the founding father of the Janjaweed, there must be something
reassuring about seen a dead child laid out on the hood of his cars http://youtu.be/RZD1Qs9_w7w with the empty
cartridges used in the pounding laid on top of him.
Oh,
those good old days in the Darfur Killing Fields! The General must be growing
nostalgic by the hour.
The Scene in Homs City
Bab Dreib: exploiting the presence of AL monitors in
their neighborhood, protesters come out in the hundreds http://youtu.be/DfWxt3-6PmI and went up
to army checkpoints plant the independence flags in the sand barracks, call
them traitors and salute the Free Syrian Army http://youtu.be/UuzKaJTZCxQ People come
under fire even with the delegation members present http://youtu.be/0tZ-2pic3oE Same things
happen in Bab Al-Sibaa where the delegation was cornered http://youtu.be/hjrmoSl0oYI , http://youtu.be/2LjzVdFBIcw , http://youtu.be/b03KAeBIES4
In Baba Amr, locals meet the AL monitors with angry
chants of “the people want to execute Bashar” http://youtu.be/2vT0m_OBpww In Asheereh,
local protester finds the AL mission useless http://youtu.be/DaVXlYURALs The AL
Delegation at the moment of its arrival in Baba Amr http://youtu.be/nLSHFztzVno the
delegation is made to listen to a man describing how his brother, a
ranking member of the Baath Party, was killed by pro-Assad militias and how the
killing was blamed on “armed gangs” by the regime http://youtu.be/zU6Q84dif3A A woman
tells the delegation about the killing of her son http://youtu.be/q4I2WLtNSRs Protesters
insist on showing the body of a 5-year old martyr killed today to the
delegation http://youtu.be/DKLA7iQLhA8
They finally prevail upon them to come to the local mosque to see him http://youtu.be/iIpV6HJLk10 Later, protesters
still insist on laying the body of the child on the hood of the car that
bright in the delegation http://youtu.be/RZD1Qs9_w7w
The blood can be seen on the hood after the body is removed http://youtu.be/q8WGFuy6Sek
The local activist Khalid Abou Salah explains to Gen.
Dabi that the problem is not with the delegation but with the Arab Initiative
itself. He explains that the presence of the delegation has not prevented the
killings http://youtu.be/H7u4yRq2pB0 The
General tells Khalid to be patient and to give the delegation time to do its
work and get them to dialog. Khalid replies: how can we dialog when the blog is
still flowing. The moment you move to another neighborhood the killing resumes.
The regime is laughing at us and is using this as respite to do more killing.
Khalid then takes Gen. Dabi to a different part of the neighborhood
to show him the havoc left behind by artillery fire http://youtu.be/RRE8qSnmuv8 He explains
that the population in Baba Amr is around 3,500 in all, but only few are left
now http://youtu.be/5UHrpz333tg In other
words, people come back at night to hold their nighttime rallies, then they
leave he neighborhood again.
It is hard to estimate the number of Internally Displaced
Persons (IDPs) in Syria as a result of the militarized crackdowns, but even the
most conservative estimates put the number at several hundreds thousands.
Kids from the neighborhood come out chanting “the people want
international protection” “the people
want a no-fly zone” http://youtu.be/BbYZaZs2tNc
Others explain how soldiers who refused to fire at the protesters were shot at.
Later, the delegation comes under fire http://youtu.be/Guf-OaA55Ag
Baba Amr is pounded shortly after the departure of the
AL monitors http://youtu.be/YsF9PGJAhcs
Bassel Al-Sayyid, a local activist with a
camera that was documenting the scene was mortally wounded. These were the last
scenes taken by his camera as he bled to death http://youtu.be/uVGoauzmHRk
But at night, people take back to the streets http://youtu.be/gQabKQEHGDU , http://youtu.be/egVExkfkXT4 , http://youtu.be/21Yg9TXVfCU
Activists say occupants of this case were fired on by a
checkpoint in Shammas Neighborhood, wounding all, but killing the
child http://youtu.be/UCbGYyDaHjU
The havoc in Deir Baalbah http://youtu.be/4llgXqpPlXY , http://youtu.be/5wLIplvxbzg
The havoc in Insha’aat
http://youtu.be/HF38tfE4pvc The Havoc
in Bab Al-Sibaa http://youtu.be/xygk_1tM0wE
A double funeral merge into a rally in Khaldiyeh http://youtu.be/XROtnl_3do4 , http://youtu.be/obs1n7H1dow Because
people cannot go to the old Clock-Tower Square, they build a model of it http://youtu.be/huZ-QmQCM1U
One of today’s martyrs http://youtu.be/M66yjXpAkUA
Rallies: Wa’er http://youtu.be/Rz6Hl6j94RY Khalidyeh
http://youtu.be/oWDQwXMgsts , http://youtu.be/G1GjC53W8wQ Bab
Al-Sibaa http://youtu.be/3xiAMvIBiAU
Bab Houd http://youtu.be/6xUjt1hqRc8
Wadi Al-Arab http://youtu.be/PwXklvKg9Ws
Deir Baalbah http://youtu.be/njW1udkIsQo
Bayadah http://youtu.be/-lW0xxxS07A
60 Street http://youtu.be/75ZgYWS1FkE
Nighttime Khaldiyeh http://youtu.be/_60rGJd9F9k
Wa’er http://youtu.be/92qfyWR6mK0
Qoussour http://youtu.be/xX9EFBlKUvM
Jouret Al-Shayah http://youtu.be/frHw9c5wfTk
Ghoutah http://youtu.be/7lX0b_qCzhU
HOMS PROVINCE: Qseir holds a funeral for a child
martyr http://youtu.be/I5UyEy-3_XA Then
a rally http://youtu.be/nxqG-4S3SWA ,
http://youtu.be/KZKFx5-nUBk Into the
night http://youtu.be/IGUxyimwRL0 Talbisseh
http://youtu.be/B4G9llIOLWI Houleh
http://youtu.be/5f8Yu6tEVdA , http://youtu.be/-LVNBgTXRFE Tadmor
(Palmyra) http://youtu.be/dC41gtWPisY
HAMA CITY: Loyalist security officers prevent another attempt by local
protesters to move into Assy Square http://youtu.be/_LSQk8Ikx0w
, http://youtu.be/6IU0t6BJsAU Protester
are chased into side streets http://youtu.be/q53s3Cd0OK4
, http://youtu.be/cZUoSky6s2Q Protesters in Baroudiyeh come under
fire http://youtu.be/vvDgUspv1wA , http://youtu.be/TvxvmU3ul0A The gunfire
intensifies leaving several dead and wounded http://youtu.be/YJo4uPxwQKc , http://youtu.be/SBsAOqi2EWw , http://youtu.be/lxvdk6YAOi4 In a Sharqiyeh,
people found the body of an unknown martyr http://youtu.be/x0O-h_rEbHc
In Eleilaat Neighborhood, people come under fire as well http://youtu.be/zLACyNEvguQ The view
from Hadir http://youtu.be/gE6nxNd9MLo
Earlier the people held a major rally http://youtu.be/PxP1wy1gdeQ
At night, the inhabitants of the neighborhood of Frayeh
take to the streets http://youtu.be/7p6Y5i68lkk
Earlier in the day, people had been preparing to receive the ASL
delegation with a banner accusing them of being partners in crime with the regime.
The old man in camera explains that he had lost his son in 982, and that the entire
area where people were standing has been destroyed and bulldozed back then http://youtu.be/e_mUN9cNxyQ A long
independence flag was draped from a tall building http://youtu.be/-XaQj5seOQA
A martyr from yesterday’s crackdown in Mrabit http://youtu.be/GSNFhe9-cD8
HAMA PROVINCE: Hilfaya http://youtu.be/DTbaXctrnUU Ellatamneh
http://youtu.be/WBmxkEYTgl4 Karnaz
http://youtu.be/jedbZGFhcZU Taybat
Al-Imam http://youtu.be/QmrW4ZKTfwA
DERAA CITY: the city observes a strike amidst heavy security presence in
anticipation of the arrival of AL monitors http://youtu.be/izd47bT0CgM
Sabeel An all-women rally http://youtu.be/A5DCnEF828c
In the Sadd Neighborhood, people hold a funeral http://youtu.be/FNuuWb0KrqM , http://youtu.be/23r81Q2IIWk , http://youtu.be/cpXkSeSTxyU for this martyr
http://youtu.be/L29S_SuPj-o Kashif
Street at night http://youtu.be/HXmtKWs2PpA
Mahata at night http://youtu.be/Chpudjmrd-I
Deraa Al-Balad at night http://youtu.be/Pka5PaR_vYY
DERAA/HAURAN: Protesters in Sanamein find
themselves under fire even with AL monitors pay a visit to their town http://youtu.be/R5o6K5P7v-w But they
take back to the streets at night http://youtu.be/BIFlV8ZCHf0
A martyr in Basr Al-Harir http://youtu.be/rAQfziD_oAc
His funeral http://youtu.be/eqoh8sR4kt0
Protesters in Harrah come under fire http://youtu.be/p1a3y94qFUI
Rallies Da’el http://youtu.be/QaRdNdG6Xu8 Mseifrah
http://youtu.be/q2wVoe88azM , http://youtu.be/TfZXYSyGbsk Hraak
http://youtu.be/9ZTQucDn05o Jizeh
http://youtu.be/a6B1PRgfXa4 Ataman
http://youtu.be/WWS7DHr_FsM Tseel
http://youtu.be/5zh38tAQt3w Khirbet
Ghazaleh http://youtu.be/zKLA8p9mw4c
ALEPPO: Inhabitants
of rural communities North of Aleppo City held a major rally on the road
linking Aleppo City to Turkey in a sign of defiance and of growing restlessness
in the Aleppo rural areas http://youtu.be/H8uTUM47V18
, http://youtu.be/IK4tUkDOzoU Soon
after, loyalists rammed their vehicles into a crowd of protesters and began
firing http://youtu.be/gS6FTuVzfbI , http://youtu.be/3POIMqD-F_A The wounded http://youtu.be/CPW-FfSNjdc were taken
to the local hospital http://youtu.be/rqXCQEbEW68
A martyr from Marei http://youtu.be/eatGcnjf-eo
Protesters from the towns of Atareb, Eizaz, Ain Arab (Kobani), Elbab, Manag, Turkman
bareh, Marei, Dar Azzah, Tal Rif’aat, Anadan, Minbej, Baynaoun, Hreitan and surrounding
villages and towns.
At
night, some communities hold their own rallies: Abeen http://youtu.be/H2LuPQogwZM , Marei
http://youtu.be/L13ctLZei7A Hayyan
http://youtu.be/wA48Pr0lG6A While Elbab
holds a nighttime funeral for a local defector http://youtu.be/D8CuyFaJTJA A prayer for
a martyr in Anadan http://youtu.be/rq6T16k-zlM
DAMASCUS –
EASTERN GHOUTAH: Saqba girls from the local high school hold a rally http://youtu.be/I-NsW_H2K2E Helicopter
overflying the suburb http://youtu.be/28JwkHMmVVY
At night, locals hold a bigger rally http://youtu.be/RrS-HkoWZVI
Arbeen http://youtu.be/paRqYiYVI5w
Protesters burn the Chinese and Iranian flags http://youtu.be/v1U9I7lcRoY
Thousands
take part in a funeral for a local activist in Douma http://youtu.be/9_4LBwuJ_IQ , http://youtu.be/jxZOEKn10ec , http://youtu.be/aHGh6ojt9VA , http://youtu.be/JcfE-TaA2L4 Elsewhere,
school kids organize their own protest http://youtu.be/vDEnc4-0wag
At night, people take back to the streets http://youtu.be/cvVtzjLIXo8
The body
of a martyred defector http://youtu.be/wiKRH9vaLNw
Harasta http://youtu.be/myNfV-qSZk4 Hamouriyeh
http://youtu.be/JJzI-oOhzVs , http://youtu.be/nr-RycgSSJk Zamalka
http://youtu.be/ZJUAEVYhjtA Ain
Terma http://youtu.be/15D2H2E7438
Kafar Batna http://youtu.be/m8cQ8LbSql0
, http://youtu.be/6btluKi4zMg
DAMASCUS –
SOUTH: A small rally comes under fire in Kisweh http://youtu.be/39R7rDKKSKw the people
in the rally were hoping to take part in a funeral for this local martyr http://youtu.be/qXCV1WXa_MI Sitti
Zeinab http://youtu.be/sbCvYZUA8WU
Zakiyeh http://youtu.be/nFzv-PQNtvM
DAMASCUS –
NORTHWEST: Zabadani http://youtu.be/Y9_vAkXs26k
, http://youtu.be/t6zPDP8VDKk Madaya
http://youtu.be/39jlzXox8ZI Wadi Barada
http://youtu.be/qwtPrBKo2DE
DAMASCUS –
NORTH: Yabroud http://youtu.be/v9N6YOuI48Y
DAMASCUS
CITY: Midan http://youtu.be/T7pem9eTRZY
Assaly http://youtu.be/CfOWGRTeS_U
Al-Hajar Al-Aswad http://youtu.be/J-32Uy-PF9A
, http://youtu.be/Oik88mloppc Barzeh
http://youtu.be/OU31t9B0aUk and a
larger rally at night http://youtu.be/2QaSJxX3wn0
Qaboun http://youtu.be/RWoUm0GeCUg
Daraya http://youtu.be/REtYSXRNM5M
IDLIB: Protesters
come under fire in Kafroumah http://youtu.be/DMW8Ppw4qGY
as army vehicles move into town http://youtu.be/hOlKRiQ7D_8
At night, people take back to the streets http://youtu.be/wrClLfO5APY
At
night, the areas around Khan Shaikhoon come under fire http://youtu.be/haMY0Uk9CG4
Areeha http://youtu.be/iM3LXrmCuKY Khan
Shaikhoon http://youtu.be/m_whXZTQl0U
Idlib City http://youtu.be/GXaQG3N-d8E
, http://youtu.be/vi0-ot-qrt8 , http://youtu.be/ywBvYObgzpY Binnish
a girls rally http://youtu.be/B9CnAo8Q9uk
Sarmeen http://youtu.be/qkk83EP_4_8
Jisr Ashoughour (Jisr Al--Rouj) http://youtu.be/ZVkAmzcS1hs
Deir Sharqi http://youtu.be/EetTJ7oKGpE
, http://youtu.be/80RLRqz5Vy0 Ma’arrat
Al-Nouman http://youtu.be/tlKksXk6sYI
Binnish http://youtu.be/sZhJCZPt4HY
Mdaya http://youtu.be/Nr0LLwka0_Y
Saraqib http://youtu.be/oRtGHZSGMr4
HASSAKEH: Qamishly
http://youtu.be/YvYZPlRBCO8 Nighttime
http://youtu.be/uUVmgQoymH8 Seri
Kaniye http://youtu.be/ITIBJTxMQsU
Amoudeh Nighttime http://youtu.be/t6E40cPL5q0
LATTAKIA: Hiffeh
http://youtu.be/-rX7cX7zo2c
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