From
the very beginning of the revolution, the Assads have been the only party that
had plans and contingency plans, and they are sticking to them. It seems we may
not have to wait for long before an all-out cut-down-the-tall-trees moment
comes in many mixed communities that the Assads want to see cleansed of their
Sunni inhabitants. This is the story of a genocide that could have been
averted.
Thursday June 07, 2012
Today’s death toll: 44, mostly in the town of Hiffeh
and surrounding villages in Lattakia Province.
Air strikes were reported against different communities in Daraa,
Jabal Al-Zawiyeh (Idlib Province) and Hiffeh.
The poundings of the towns of Eizaz, Manag, Hayan, Al-Abizmo and Deir
Jamal in Aleppo Province continued.
The town of Talbisseh, Homs Province, came under heavy pounding
driving most of the local population into the surrounding fields.
Activists in a number of communities in Idlib and Daraa provinces
report that choppers sprayed a gas over their communities that left many people
suffering from poison-like symptoms, including fainting and vomiting.
News
Syria:
UN observers come under attack The UN patrol was trying to
reach the site of a mass killing when they came under heavy weapons fire.
Assad regime
has lost humanity – UN Secretary general says
Syrian people 'are bleeding' and that crimes against humanity may have been
committed
Op-Eds
& Special Reports
U.S.
Options for Syria: Action vs. Inaction: The Obama administration
should take actions to overcome the obstacles to, and mitigate the risks of,
bolder international action in Syria.
On
Assad's Doorstep The revolution is finally coming to the once quiet, now
tense streets of inner Damascus.
Those
facing Assad’s guns are not asking us to put boots on the ground. What they do
want are the means to defend themselves, secure communications technology, and
a limited number of other assets that will give them a fighting chance — though
no guarantees. Providing such assistance will give us a fighting chance to
influence the opposition now and the post-Assad environment later — though no
guarantees.
While
it’s hard to say whether the Syrian regime is preparing a fallback plan of an
Alawite mini-state, it’s clear that Assad is pursuing a policy of Alawite inner
consolidation. The Assad regime’s Alawite-dominated forces are already little
more than a sectarian militia. By arming Alawite villages and using them as
launching pads for attacks against Sunnis, as he did in Houla and al-Qubayr
(and possibly Haffeh), Assad is hardening the sectarian boundaries and
implicating the entire Alawite community in the murder of Sunnis, further
bonding its fate to his. If the Sunnis retaliate, as he surely must have
counted they would, all the better.
Cartoonist Ali Ferzat’s take on media “coverage”
of developments in Syria
Annan Buries Own Plan: Now What?
"We cannot allow
mass killing to become part of everyday reality in Syria," Annan said.
"The crisis is escalating. The violence is getting worse. The abuses are
continuing. The country is becoming more polarized and more radicalized. And
Syria's immediate neighbors are increasingly worried about the threat of
spillover." Annan said that unless the fighting is halted, "all
Syrians will lose."
The United States,
the United Kingdom, and France, which have favored Assad’s ouster, and Russia
and China, which have not, would finally be on the same page on Syria at the
head of a “contact group” of these world powers and regional countries. But
Russia's willingness to go along with Mr. Annan's plan, analysts say, depends
on whether or not it believes that its interests in Syria, its last toehold in
the Middle East, can be preserved despite Assad’s departure.
Annan stressed that
"individual actions or interventions will not resolve the crisis" —
an apparent reference to opposition fighters and the countries providing them
with arms and financial support. "If we genuinely unite behind one
process, and act and speak with one voice, I believe it is still possible to
avert the worst and enable Syria to emerge from this crisis," he said.
Video Highlights
General
We have not been able
to document the immediate aftermath of the massacres in Houla and Maarzaf
(Qubeir Farms) to show you the celebrations of pro-Assad Alawite militias due
to lack of access, but, thanks to this leaked video that shows pro-Assad
Alawite militias celebrating a a recent massacre they perpetrated at the
village of Hammameh at Idlib province, we can show how they celebrated their
feat there, and you can deduce the rest http://youtu.be/mS_vjw1jo9c
Activists report the
use of poison gas sprayed from low flying planes in a number of provinces,
including Daraa, Hama and Idlib: A victim from Daraa http://youtu.be/nqwuveqgvjE
Lattakia
In Lattakia City,
Sunni neighborhoods don’t sleep. They come under fire from Alawite militias, Sunni
inhabitants seek refuge in prayers and show their defiance by reiterating cries
of Allahu Akbar from their balconies http://youtu.be/bMF0aTjqimw
, http://youtu.be/c5HHS1HZkT0 , http://youtu.be/ydxmi-lHQpU But the city’s
air is thick with sectarian tensions, as all seem to wait and dread the coming
of the Moment.
In the town of
Hiffeh, the pounding impacts the village of Dfeel http://youtu.be/niSRtHIQj90 , http://youtu.be/Axan4pgBimU Hiffeh:
the pounding continues http://youtu.be/b2R2Z1oO0E4
Three martyrs http://youtu.be/9Y1O2EGxIq0
Another http://youtu.be/IxzYcFUBzVw
Homs
The pounding of Qoussour
Neighborhood, Homs City, continues http://youtu.be/rQPnhJbxUHA
, http://youtu.be/OUwVcRF2YYA Hamidiyeh
http://youtu.be/L4RAnDH-6F4 Qarabees
http://youtu.be/yMnfPhzIIjg An
overview of the pounding http://youtu.be/TQs9ALEoB6k
, http://youtu.be/TQs9ALEoB6k
A chopper takes part
in the pounding of Talbisseh, Homs Province http://youtu.be/0Cklahlo4u4 , http://youtu.be/NZZXfCJ3QLs And tanks http://youtu.be/CYxs0XUV6Wk And Heavy
artillery http://youtu.be/GCajGMSHLRc
, http://youtu.be/Hhief3ucCDU Pulling
the injured and dead from the streets http://youtu.be/K7SKgsY1SbA
A little martyred girl http://youtu.be/jyPOMWBzV_Y
Dodging mortar rounds http://youtu.be/JA8ci_cFIw4
, http://youtu.be/yTChlDsdLDk , http://youtu.be/geXm1XomGws
The town of Tal
Kalakh, Homs Province, comes under heavy nighttime pounding http://youtu.be/A5_F6-4Y37U
The pounding of the
town of Rastan continues at night http://youtu.be/D_YmKTtYJOQ
Hama
The town of Taybat
Al-Imam, Hama Province comes under heavy nighttime pounding http://youtu.be/WZSfv7AJTyw
The pounding of the
town of Kafar Zeiteh continues http://youtu.be/H0fjnrMOg_A
Damascus
The town of Hammeh,
Damascus, comes under heavy nighttime pounding http://youtu.be/8x4TWgX4pY8 To the east,
the neighborhood of Jobar comes under pounding as well http://youtu.be/Ye9b_M-YvPg
The town of Douma
comes under heavy pounding http://youtu.be/WY1u_hH2U3w
Treating the injured http://youtu.be/nbiiEIIPa1E
In Midan,
protesters come under fire http://youtu.be/R9uL1-pd0Fw
Aleppo
The village of Al-Abizmo
comes under heavy pounding http://youtu.be/Lp19ElamYD0
Daraa
The town of Um
Al-Mayadin comes under heavy gunfire http://youtu.be/RwqyP2XA_Pc
, http://youtu.be/87fuY7XcsQs
The town of Tafas
comes under pounding http://youtu.be/T4leqqUOGPk
, http://youtu.be/DGVqLIN3WsE
The town of Nasseeb
comes under heavy pounding http://youtu.be/LwtyELuiib0
, http://youtu.be/nOMzp_is8Tc , http://youtu.be/GA_THQ_mrzs
Deir Ezzor
UN monitors pay a
visit to the town of Tayaneh http://youtu.be/YyUm_nNRn90
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