More Massacres!

So far, neither geopolitical nor humanitarian arguments have made a difference in regard to international policy on Syria, it’s all about the economy stupid, and, in some countries, the elections. This is how disastrous decisions are often made. Intervention will eventually come, but not before our worst nightmares have come true and the whole situation has become rigged against effective intervention.

Monday March 12, 2012  

Death toll: 114, mostly in Homs and Idlib.

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Today’s Massacre: 

In Bab Al-Sibaa Neighborhood, Homs City, local activists risk their lives to retrieve the bodies of victims of the massacres in Adawiyah and Karm Al-Zeitun neighborhoods, snipers are making their task a dangerous one, as local activist, Abou Moadh explains as he stands over the body of martyred woman http://youtu.be/KbBo_lWBLk4 Adawiyah: the burnt out remains of a child http://youtu.be/jECTvHnIEso Other burnt out remains http://youtu.be/IF-lZniTZfE Four more bodies http://youtu.be/6pCwLh9oPTE , http://youtu.be/0QZmh3Psatk

Abou Moadh finally makes it to the house where the massacre took place. He explains how members of the pro-Assad death squads broke through the doors, gathered some of the women and children in one room and machine-gunned them, while others were shot at close range in an adjacent room. The bodies were then dragged to a third room where they were set on fire http://youtu.be/wyA1mGG5Iw8

People are leaving their neighborhoods in Old Homs http://youtu.be/3E030ECl7Ko

In other news:

In Rastan, Homs Province, the sporadic pounding continues http://youtu.be/iWD5tpGHJiM , http://youtu.be/HNOjwJL0NuY , http://youtu.be/NNiHtMKRMdc targeting a local bakery http://youtu.be/J8H1My78muU There were wounded http://youtu.be/lyrbsbTqpTk An injured child explains how his came tumbling down and he was hit by a shrapnel. But, “God is Greater than you, Bashar,” he says http://youtu.be/Bbb4-42Z294 Some of the tanks taking part in the siege of Rastan http://youtu.be/kUByIOm5LUs

In the town of Qamishlo in the northeast, Hassakeh Province, crackdown by pro-Assad militias on Kurdish protesters leaves over 20 wounded http://youtu.be/IdEfQLGHS4E This was the rally before the crackdown http://youtu.be/ZaLYbeqmdws , http://youtu.be/9HeZ0MImhR8 Locals later observed a strike http://youtu.be/GRm9t7XiIZw Participants were commemorating the victims of the 2004 Kurdish Intifadah which, many believe, pave the way to the current revolution. Kurdish communities in Kobani and Efrin (Aleppo Province) and Amoudeh, Seri Kanye, Dirbassiyeh, Hassakeh City and elsewhere, all held similar rallies (see below).

Indeed, the locals in Efrin form their own fighting unit, Ahrar Efrin or the Freemen of Efrin” to protect their community and declare their solidarity with all Syrians, be they Arabs or Kurds http://youtu.be/1k3aDC82jug

Homs
Homs City
Bab Dreib: Sporadic pounding continues http://youtu.be/qhbS7B7KxOM Martyrs http://youtu.be/a5rg-kDF1Ug , http://youtu.be/HCGV86vB7Sw Wa’er: this sick man died due to lack of access to medical facilities: he need to be hooked up to a dialysis machine  http://youtu.be/jLgHAx3TdNM Qoussour: this man was arrested, tortured and executed by members of the pro-Assad death squads as he was trying to smuggle bread to the residents of Baba Amr http://youtu.be/MwSCli0-hW0 Bab Al-Sibaa: a martyr http://youtu.be/hRx0jwPtmVs Khaldiyeh: A martyred child http://youtu.be/-2mueAe4tio Karm Al-Zeitun: while some are massacred, others die under the continued pounding http://youtu.be/c9Ybtbrtelk Jub Al-Jandali: impact of shelling http://youtu.be/x2mX6E1jMrs
Daytime Rallies
Qoussour (funeral) http://youtu.be/Yj0Y9aeDHA0
Nighttime Rallies
Deir Baalbah http://youtu.be/ktzF7VNBydE Wadi Al-Arab http://youtu.be/2g5Gv-h0ZR8 Qoussour http://youtu.be/16sfzgIyASI Khaldiyeh http://youtu.be/Z5ewmF94fBA Wa’er http://youtu.be/50T80hjqlZA Ghoutah http://youtu.be/eFKZ4LlVtOM
Homs Province
Houleh: a child is shot by a sniper http://youtu.be/dvYh7YAXPec Talbisseh: a martyred defector http://youtu.be/-VSANbdaVGc Qusayr: A local is executed by members of pro-Assad death squads http://youtu.be/P1Q_WOM8Mj4 His funeral http://youtu.be/fxPMhy3_TZU
Daytime Rallies
Ghanto http://youtu.be/hGGH7uP4UXI
Damascus
Damascus City
Daytime Rallies
Barzeh http://youtu.be/YMzDWKEZyss
Nighttime Rallies
Barzeh http://youtu.be/72NsOH1T_lU Qaboun http://youtu.be/qFbCY1wWC-8
Damascus East (Eastern & Western Ghoutah)
Douma: locals observe a strike http://youtu.be/L984WHosJ2c
Nighttime Rallies
Zamalka http://youtu.be/7Ordke06Xe4 Dmeir (student rally) http://youtu.be/GWpL9wXzS2Y
Damascus South (Southern Ghoutah)
Kanaker: locals observe a strike http://youtu.be/1X_q-ILshWo
Daytime Rallies
Assaly http://youtu.be/izbH2gBv2CM Al-Hajar Al-Aswad http://youtu.be/UKESUc1Yp4Q
Nighttime Rallies
Babbila http://youtu.be/qGeh4L38Hic
Hama
Hama City
Defectors in Hama City form a local military council, under the leadership of Major Ali Muhammad Ayoub, to coordinate activities of the various groups making up the local resistance http://youtu.be/CsVHE4J6Zn0 Arba’een: a sniper victim http://youtu.be/-siGjCXLjAg
Daytime Rallies
Arba’een http://youtu.be/4qxzOxhzTUM Suq Al-Taweel http://youtu.be/9TgOVmQnxCU
Nighttime Rallies
Hamidiyeh http://youtu.be/LoEp3bpDNvw
Hama Province
Shaizar: Pro-Assad death squads target the historic citadel http://youtu.be/MY4j11KpxUs
Idlib
Ariha: mass funeral for victims of yesterday’s pounding http://youtu.be/upOBc9_Zv-0 Impact of pounding http://youtu.be/BQZx43_ZT6Q , http://youtu.be/EaMeHcoYWGo , http://youtu.be/orHiu0lrsr4 Ma’arret Masreen: The violent pounding continued http://youtu.be/1RX8GbtXilg , http://youtu.be/VnPJ_k_0fzE Some of the wounded http://youtu.be/xilAvcTKGqQ , http://youtu.be/ncr9JREbIsY , http://youtu.be/0yBmXpsMnKo Impact of shelling http://youtu.be/TqyMpqrQbqE , http://youtu.be/biZCPDiqLiE , http://youtu.be/eCrSZpExU08
Daytime Rallies
Habeet http://youtu.be/xQz6CquT-Ko Elteh (funeral) http://youtu.be/q-ZmoMJpwQE Heesh http://youtu.be/KtZg7OZ2JMY Ma’arret Masreen http://youtu.be/Pqx86cqSzm8 Kafar Takhareem http://youtu.be/K_I8FSYatzM Khan Al-Subul (funeral) http://youtu.be/BP6HsMDbt_w Deir Sharqi http://youtu.be/-ZwTkokz1Fg
Nighttime Rallies
Kastan http://youtu.be/olKpuijnVig Sarmeen http://youtu.be/zGb3mZQsZo4 Taftanaz http://youtu.be/WvIRPP7pI2A
Deraa/Hauran
Deraa City
Nighttime Rallies
Mahatah (Sadd) http://youtu.be/W0Q--QZ8c0g
Deraa/Hauran Province
Anger against the Syrian National Council keeps rising, and demands for the resignation of its leaders, Burhan Ghalioun and other members of the Executive Office, are proliferating, and they now include the locals of the town of Udwan http://youtu.be/-bH2Rp4bUHw Jassem: sounds of nighttime clashes http://youtu.be/3s5SuctGQT8
Daytime Rallies
Ankhel (funeral): http://youtu.be/bwP9ZBB5uVo Nahteh http://youtu.be/kRsV0o5c-ZA Kateebeh http://youtu.be/2vk2wLC5dmc Kafar Shams http://youtu.be/0JzyjR1SVGs
Nighttime Rallies
Khirbet Ghazaleh http://youtu.be/DWM27KX-Lx0
Aleppo
Aleppo City
Students stage a major rally on campus of the Aleppo University, College of the Sciences http://youtu.be/tt_hjXM2He4 , http://youtu.be/t1omc3utRpw , http://youtu.be/FFY6QSHUkRM , http://youtu.be/Od60L5saD14 The rally is soon dispersed by loyalist security http://youtu.be/L4vqauqzq24
Daytime Rallies
Seif Al-Dawleh http://youtu.be/EWb1MR5QMHg Ashrafiyeh http://youtu.be/5tZgYkpArXE
Nighttime Rallies
Sukkari http://youtu.be/kzS97AacpM8
Aleppo Province
Efrin: the local Kurdish population hold a silent rally in memory of the Kurdish martyrs of the 2004 Kurdish Intifadah http://youtu.be/yNBCh98Hp58 Marei: a local martyr http://youtu.be/1tX1OKdKfXA
Daytime Rallies
Kobani: http://youtu.be/fVteJAiGbiM Efrin http://youtu.be/HGVIDGnEUzE Hreitan http://youtu.be/9v93p46QC_w
Nighttime Rallies
Marei http://youtu.be/I59hZNa4ZGI Dar Azzah http://youtu.be/ravF7RsZs8U Routian http://youtu.be/-HKfggywsGM
Deir Ezzor
Nighttime Rallies
Deir Ezzor City (Hamidiyeh) http://youtu.be/dNo9s73UyrQ
Hassakeh
Ghuweiran: nighttime protesters come under fire http://youtu.be/bZfuM-lPBI8 but remain defiant http://youtu.be/8oV7ZSF0xFw
Daytime Rallies
Amoudeh http://youtu.be/E75uwW4iQDY , http://youtu.be/WKQiJfFBcAg Dirbassiyeh http://youtu.be/BORVRxOxpgY Seri Kanye http://youtu.be/mxV5QvDQrsw Hassakeh City (Mufti) http://youtu.be/73EQ_GfgB2Y Jawadiyeh http://youtu.be/7dyE4mxj8A8
Raqqah
Daytime Rallies
Raqqah City (Tal Abyad) http://youtu.be/0ufFrPvC9vw