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dismal failure as president, Assad is emerging as an accomplished warlord. After
all, all it takes is a willingness to kill and destroy with an air of
nonchalant.
Wednesday June 13, 2012
Death tolls: Tuesday 65. Wednesday 77 (23 in Homs, 12 in
Hama, 12 in Daraa, 10 in Deir Ezzor, 9 in Idlib, 7 in Aleppo, 2 in Lattakia, 1
in Raqqah, 1 in Daamscus Suburbs).
On Tuesday, most local resistance fighters withdrew from the
besieged town of Haffeh, Lattakia Province, having run out of ammunition. But the
situation was still tense on Wednesday despite reports that loyalist troops and
militias have retaken villages surrounding the town.
In Deir Ezzor City, war conditions continue to prevail. Clashes between
the local resistance and pro-Assad militias continue http://youtu.be/sWbKDHJSiA0 But reports from
local activists indicate that defections are increasing, so are and casualties
among loyalists. The massacre caused by the shelling of a rally on Monday leaving
over 50 dead, was “avenged” on Wednesday, when attacks by local fighters left over
60 loyalist troops dead and 17 tanks destroyed http://youtu.be/hILRWjE5fJM Loyalists,
however, continue to pound the city with heavy artillery and helicopters http://youtu.be/KclXHk1TBds , http://youtu.be/pm_bVUi3p5Y .
Pounding of Rural Aleppo, Old Homs neighborhoods, Rastan, Qusayr,
Talbisseh on Rural Homs, and Daraa communities, and Damascene suburbs
continues. Helicopters are now taking over from tanks as the main weapons for
attacking specific targets in restive communities.
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Though
rebels have also been found to have kidnapped, tortured and killed Syrians
fighting for the government or backing it, the vast majority of abuses were
carried out by Syrian government forces and allied militias, Amnesty
International said, in a widespread and systematic campaign against civilians.
Accurate
reporting in Syria is difficult, and has been made more so by the widespread
violence. And despite the existence of legitimate data furnished by Syrian
citizens, there is a cottage industry of nonsensical reports presented
specifically to alter the perceptions of observers. Autocratic regimes retain
their own propagandists and have a cordon of “useful idiots” disseminating the
former’s data for their own reasons; Syria is no different. Damascus has its
“Baghdad Bobs”; they’ve just been taken more seriously. As the West sits on its
hands to see what may become of Syria, analysts must be circumspect in
assessing the situation.
The cannons taking
part in the pounding of Homs City http://youtu.be/0gYWKJXB5_M
, http://youtu.be/AoYSyXVmLuE I have
asked before and I ask again, why can’t such position be struck from the air? Why
can’t this crime in action that we are all watching be stopped?
The pounding of Rastan
continues http://youtu.be/M71DEESe5Ds
Using heavy artillery and helicopters http://youtu.be/eP3qURsstys
So does the pounding of Talbisseh http://youtu.be/V0xpLm2bNxE
and the old neighborhoods in Homs City http://youtu.be/H2UghNtCgIw , http://youtu.be/9ArA_PRPYKQ , http://youtu.be/ZYleI9JWHEo , http://youtu.be/tJeT2ksIE5o , http://youtu.be/4-2EZGeBByE , http://youtu.be/6_qjMQUzj_M
Nighttime in Homs
City http://youtu.be/J8R8QAVS8bw
Nighttime in Rastan http://youtu.be/ZZTfqdBz6GY
Rastan: children are among
the victims of pounding http://youtu.be/GFgBSjA5osk
Whole families continue to be victimized http://youtu.be/X0umnLIsEwI
In Bosra Al-Sham,
Daraa, helicopter take part in pounding the city http://youtu.be/MkqNs3AYCy0
Assad sings of resistance as Syria
burns
A question that has to be asked is...will Russia let Syria take care of its own? Will Russia really let decades of friendship just blow away? The Assad family has always being welcomed in Moscow since Assad sr and now Assad jr. If Assad are forced to leave power or go in exile, can Russia accept that? Are they not scaring of loosing Syria? And if new leaders turns them the back and instead shows interest in EU or western countries, will Russia accept that? Will they ever accept a new Syria?
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Stig-Åke Persson
Sweden
Good questions
ReplyDeleteIf they go into exile, is Russia an alternative for Assad? Perhaps for Assad himself. But I don't think his wife and 2 children would be comfortable in that country. The differentness are to big. Both political and economical. And if the leave Syria they will be banned for a very long time in the future. Wonder what will happen to all their relatives in Syria? Perhaps all Assad's must leave?
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