Thursday 15, 2011
Today’s death toll: 40. The Breakdown:
27 loyalists killed in clashes with defectors that took place throughout the
Deraa/Hauran Province, especially Deraa City, Mseifrah, Jizah and Bosra. 15
more people were killed in Idlib, Homs and Rural Damascus, including 4 soldiers
in Hassakeh killed by colleagues for refusing to fire at unarmed protesters.
Links
New Alliance
Bassam Imadi, former Syrian Ambassador to Sweden and the highest
ranking civilian defector to date, chaired in Istanbul today a meeting that, according
to him, included representatives of “most revolutionary forces operating on the
ground. The meeting which comes a day before the Syrian National Council holds
its first general conference in Tunisia, was not intended to rival group or
council. Rather, Mr. Imadi said, the SNC already recognized his group which is,
in fact, already represented in SNC through the Local Coordination Committees.
The percentage, however, is “small.” So, we should expect some haggling to take
place in the future on “percentages.”
With this new development, there will be four main
currents competing inside the SNC: Burhane Ghalioun’s chosen assortment of
leftwing figures, Ahmad Ramadan’s assortment of “independent” Islamists, many
of whom former Muslin Brother hood members, the Muslim Brotherhood itself, and Imadi’s
new group. Representatives of the Damascus Declaration, Kurdish groups, and the
few liberals are too marginal to count in the decision-making process.
Imadi’s group’s take on the Free Syrian Army is to
support it inasmuch as “it protects the protesters and the peaceful revolution,”
which is the line that French and American officials have fed to Ghalioun as
well.
Meanwhile the strike continues, the demonstrations… and
the war.
Video Highlights
In the town of Hraak in Deraa/Hauran Province, protesters are
fired on by tanks and snipers http://youtu.be/6zMW86dawVA
In Basr Al-Harir, locals leave town as it comes under fire http://youtu.be/9V7qIZN6oTM Loyalists
move in http://youtu.be/nkSdHJtikhU ,
http://youtu.be/qSkkLnaKWjE
A chopper overflies the Jabal Al-Zawiyeh region and automatic gunfire
is heard, not clear if chopper is shooting http://youtu.be/yHT37zu3ewE
The aftermath of pounding in Ma’arrat Masreen in Idlib Province http://youtu.be/FxfPXyN0H5E The pounding
of nearby Sarmada http://youtu.be/Iep3Ry_pYYw
The pounding of Habeet http://youtu.be/UYE5vywt6IY
The aftermath of battle in Qseir near Homs City http://youtu.be/zAn8MJ2xl78
Tanks and loyalists assert themselves in Deir Ezzor City http://youtu.be/kc0-rEv0a_g
A body of a woman martyrs lies in the streets of Zabadani in Rural
Damascus (December 14) http://youtu.be/3uc5fNRsMk0
, http://youtu.be/y60k3eM7A5g
Finally, the protesters manage to retrieve the body http://youtu.be/X3IJ7Q7jwYw , http://youtu.be/5cnophI4KWA
In Arbeen in Rural Damascus, tanks made their entry http://youtu.be/Wcx7-QNcKeM , http://youtu.be/3eW-59qatwI and
loyalists carry out raids http://youtu.be/kc0-rEv0a_g
Loyalists looting homes and shops in Hama City http://youtu.be/JZIO0jFZwXw , http://youtu.be/0Fa9Pm1YFMQ Elsewhere,
the pounding continues http://youtu.be/WwBUufswyZU
, http://youtu.be/Ujo1xIVl0o4 , http://youtu.be/QdE9dcKvYXQ Tanks roam
the streets http://youtu.be/QUdeYba-e_Q
In Homs City, loyalists perpetrate a new massacre in Ghoutah
http://youtu.be/NNcWmnypqNw The local
hero and known goalkeeper, Abdelbassit Sarout, explains how he was hit by a
sniper after taking part in leading a protest in Bayadah Neighborhood. 4
other people were killed in the attack, including a mother and her son http://youtu.be/MccRBRDz9GY Protesters
in nearby Bab Houd come under fire (December 13) http://youtu.be/cGVaikcocUw The local
mosque catches fire http://youtu.be/-J-TXcZYt7o
, http://youtu.be/0Pw71kMboYI
The Free Syrian Army forms a new division in Idlib Province “The
Martyrs of the Jabal Al-Zawiyah brigade” http://youtu.be/GJUVz9homvc
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