“This is a Syrian
Revolution, a Revolution for Pride and Freedom.” The revolutionaries of Homs
City came up with this song months ago, and they have not stopped singing it
for all the pounding and all the massacres and all the mayhem wrought by Assad
death squads. This revolution will not stop until Assad and his minions are
out. Come what may!
Friday April 20, 2012
Death Toll: 57,
including 14 in Homs city, 9 in Al-Rami Village (Idlib), 7 in Damascus City (3
in Dafalshawk, 2 in Tadamon and 2 in Midan), 2 in Douma (Rural Damascus), 5 in Elbab
(Aleppo Province) and in Albou Kamal (Deir Ezzor) and 1 in Daraa.
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Alawites are not Alevi, but that could easily
get lost in translation unless Ankara pays attention to this delicate issue as
it tries to deal with al-Assad.
Editorial Note: At a moment of
uncertainty surrounding the relationship between the Kurdish National Council
(KNC) and the Syrian National Council (SNC), the following article by KNC
member Hassan Saleh affirms the Kurdish desire for a decentralized federal
democracy and their critical role in the future success of the Syrian
revolution. The composition of the proposed federal state has yet to be
explained in further detail.
The Liar!
The Charlatan! The Criminal! The Butcher of Homs! The New Incarnation of the
Devil! All Curse His Name. All Sing His Infamy. Let Him Wallow in Shame. Let
Him Writhe in the Misery He Brought Upon Us All. Let Him See How Small He
Really Is, How Despised, How Loathed, How Abhorred. Let History Know. Let His Minions and Loyalists
See, Whenever They Become Free Enough of Fear To See. Let Him Be Remembered for
His Foul Deeds, Not His Self-Righteous Image. Then Let Him Be Buried in the
Nearest Sewage Drain, So We Can All Finally Refrain from Any Further Mention of
His Unholy Name, for the Rest of Eternity.
Turning to
Syria, Barak had some harsh words for President Bashar Assad. "What is
happening there is a tragedy, it's a crime. They are slaughtering their people
there by the day," he said, adding that the international community should
take action, including sanctions, to stop this. "Anything from providing
them with weapons to creating safe areas along the borders" for citizens,
Barak said.
Barak
singled out the Russians and the Chinese for the failure of the United Nations
Security Council to take effective action against Assad.
"Assad's
fall would be a major blow to Iran... it would weaken dramatically both
Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza. It would be very
positive," Barak said.
Dr. Josef OlmertAdjunct Professor, University of South
Carolina writes against military intervention, and for increased effort to
coopt Russia into playing positive role in Syria:
“From an American perspective, some loss of prestige as a result of
co-opting the Russians in a solution is a price worth paying if that will prove
to be the end of the bloodshed in Syria. What may make this option realistic is
for the U.S. and its Western allies to tighten significantly and quickly the
economic sanctions on Syria, because doing so will confront the Russians with
the need to increase their economic aid to Assad, something that they will have
difficulties in doing, thus having another incentive to reach an agreed
settlement with the U.S.”
The problem with this thinking is that an agreed settlement with the
U.S. may not satisfy the protesters unless it ensures the ouster of Assad and
his cronies. If Assad’s ouster is not on the table, and so far, the Russians
have been arguing against it, then the revolution will continue, and so will
the crackdown and nothing will be achieved.
So, the question is how do you get the Assads, whose economic survival
relies on Iranian
and Iraqi support not Russian one (Russia sells weapons and might
provide loans, but they do not provide aid), to cooperate with their ouster? Through
Russian diplomatic pressures? Russia does not have the sort of leverage on the
Assads that some experts would have us believe, and they are not likely to stop
selling weapons and ammunitions to the Assads to please the U.S.
So, eventually, some military action is required, and the opposition’s
own six point plan in this regard should be seriously considered by
policymakers.
For the man who is doing this to his people will not be removed through
dialogs:
The pounding of Homs City continues: Hamidiyeh
http://youtu.be/mlq6LIdxYdw , http://youtu.be/EKaeS3FzSGw , http://youtu.be/HweqP0olCLw , http://youtu.be/yv3dcXLpFfo , http://youtu.be/0mjnwuZ7_SI Khaldiyeh
http://youtu.be/geW-Aa22VVU , http://youtu.be/g94PY69hgqo , http://youtu.be/pNO59-I5ViE , http://youtu.be/HVnMpQYxQyI , http://youtu.be/g5UnN1B_ef8 Qoussour
http://youtu.be/4HYoIdFFStc
But the spirit of defiance lives on despite all the pounding, in the
neighborhood of Wa’er in another part of town, locals hold an anti-Assad
and chant for freedom http://youtu.be/KQvmNa8uKFY
, http://youtu.be/uTC2QcsP5sM , http://youtu.be/FCR81tNbKS0 The
inhabitants of Malaab Neighborhood were no less defiant http://youtu.be/fYg9tlCgd7s , http://youtu.be/gVcg7zbM4pI And Bab
Houd http://youtu.be/omsx9sFSjbo Shammas
http://youtu.be/hoc5ibQqq2Y
Even Jouret Al-Shayah http://youtu.be/OQqtrWg3OcI
and Bab Al-Sibaa http://youtu.be/PlU_I9CFdfQ
People took advantage of a temporary reprieve in pounding to take to the streets.
In the town of Qusayr, Homs province, the pounding leaves many
dead and wounded http://youtu.be/GK9uL6O0B6Q
Uncovering a new mass grave in Al-Rami, Idib http://youtu.be/nrDWTZbVXpw , http://youtu.be/-OEIzNwK7gY
In Damascus City, protesters in Dafalshawk neighborhood
come under fire leaving several martyrs http://youtu.be/h416QgRIKkw
In Elbab, Aleppo Province, protesters come under fire but remain
defiant, end result 5 dead http://youtu.be/3pB41sXh8Ns
But, and on account of the warming weather, people are taking back to
the streets in greater numbers again. The weather is factor that seems to have
skipped the minds of many analysts when they examined the situation on the
ground, interpreting the smaller size crowds taking part in rallies as measure
of fatigue or frustration, but it was simply the cold weather and the various
illnesses it caused for people who could no longer afford heating oil, if they
could ever find it, nor medication, and often, nor shelter. Now that it’s
warming up, its’ heating up.
Damascus City: Barzeh http://youtu.be/udQgq3C9y_Y Dafalshawk
http://youtu.be/fnELsHZ7j4I Kafar
Sousseh http://youtu.be/zUqkpvYgvQQ
Daraya http://youtu.be/79R026rC6q4
Rural Damascus: Deir Qanoun http://youtu.be/tQ0h-r0xk0c Zabadani
http://youtu.be/4GxH8f1WQls Mleihah
http://youtu.be/i3k8ga1aUQ4 Yabroud
http://youtu.be/-fcpMm-Huu0 Madaya
http://youtu.be/zeUM5pc1L5k Arbeen
http://youtu.be/dkxoo7JdYrE Zamalka
http://youtu.be/f88KBkQjRSg Hamouriyeh
http://youtu.be/7drKLDv9h1E Qarrah
http://youtu.be/TOzvDX0iLF4 Eltal
http://youtu.be/CqFbszGn2Mc Al-Fadel
http://youtu.be/S0gmolApiYQ
Daraa: Agrabah http://youtu.be/_VsiA-DM0T4 Jizeh
http://youtu.be/QCs3Qp81i30 Tseel
http://youtu.be/Ap3ihcfVKs8 Khirbet
Ghazaleh http://youtu.be/1AcLJuUWWxY
Nasseb http://youtu.be/KKHs8tPBhkE
Bosra Al-Sham http://youtu.be/33laliYJ-K4
Homs Province: Talbisseh http://youtu.be/mMCvyvIQveg
Idlib: Binnish http://youtu.be/i-vdG6Ot7fs Saraqib
http://youtu.be/ngrdtGcLQik Kafar
Takhareem http://youtu.be/uUfHrK12t1c
Bzaboor http://youtu.be/o3o97lH8Nto
Haass http://youtu.be/1GmthiigbLc
Maarzita http://youtu.be/Jp6yR1a1atE
Kafroumah http://youtu.be/kiSmYUJ2IP0
Ariha http://youtu.be/CrrZzjcRO3c
Habeet http://youtu.be/Xs6jbksks9A
Telmens http://youtu.be/TTbEM4MDMfQ
Khan Shaikhoon http://youtu.be/Tpn7fP1_rD4
Ma’arrat Al-Nouman http://youtu.be/erkrl00D5Sk
Kafar Ouaid http://youtu.be/5Kr5bNNeYtY
Courine http://youtu.be/tSRoRJLFU1I
Heesh http://youtu.be/CVrH9_MqbQQ
Eltaman’ah http://youtu.be/oobuDVVp-1I
Kafrenbel http://youtu.be/YRRpbs52xfw
Sarmada http://youtu.be/HohcCb8n0HQ
Armanaz http://youtu.be/OyZN56IpTlI
Bsheiriyeh http://youtu.be/ABjgt-6dRSo
Taftanaz http://youtu.be/5crSvda5aR4
Hama: Hilfaya http://youtu.be/9V03SXvqYug Hama City
(Hamidiyeh) http://youtu.be/TKARCrmDJIo
(Bab Qibli) http://youtu.be/gg3-1JziAew
(Arab’een) http://youtu.be/tnyBOCe1nQk
Kafrenboudeh http://youtu.be/8843UFhuu34
Mourek http://youtu.be/3lFpO1d5uyQ
Khattab http://youtu.be/vUhFbnpYKv4
Salamiyeh http://youtu.be/F5WqhgMzDyI
Qastoun http://youtu.be/wI-Xr_TwO6k
Taybat Al-Imam http://youtu.be/ZPxSM1NQ2GM
Sauran http://youtu.be/rRmoocs8hI8
Hassakeh: Qamishly http://youtu.be/cqOOvW8lqpw Amoudeh
http://youtu.be/k4buMojR4JY Dirbassiyeh
http://youtu.be/-KvB8LFp_bo Seri
Kanyeh http://youtu.be/hpGt8aPlCoM
Hassakeh City (Ghuweiran) http://youtu.be/gjQ-CjpjjL0
Deir Ezzor: Deir Ezzor City (Al-Oummal)
http://youtu.be/cUEUe904CiE
(Hamidiyeh) http://youtu.be/2jCOttS8j8I (Jourah) http://youtu.be/oXxVRJLev2U Jarzi
http://youtu.be/S8JeD_bC4UM
Aleppo: Aleppo City (Boustan
Al-Qasr) http://youtu.be/5i_nI7ly6TM (Sikari)
http://youtu.be/01fK0u0fzyI (Masaken
Hanano) http://youtu.be/dtGTN7pH7Z4 Tal
Rifaat http://youtu.be/ZjjsrOIHs1E
Hayan http://youtu.be/pOdJ5LVBbTI
Alatareb http://youtu.be/zcDyuYeRvlk
Bza’ah http://youtu.be/851PYGgtdaw
Hreitan http://youtu.be/Y1nPLuu0MSY
Marei http://youtu.be/iu8GiPTU1Vs
Abeen http://youtu.be/AXJiqba010U
Dar Azzah http://youtu.be/0fp3udjb87E
Lattakia: Hiffeh http://youtu.be/ayNMX8lco5s
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