The
killing will not stop unless it is stopped. We are now standing a breath away
from full-blown genocide, because world leaders failed to act last year. By acting
now they could still prevent genocide, but the wounds that have already been
carved in our souls will take decades to heel. And if they failed to act still,
then the blood is on their hands too.
Friday June 08, 2012 – This week is dedicated to
the solidarity between the business communities and the revolutionaries.
Today’s death toll: 85. This is only a
preliminary estimate, as the death toll from Daraa City is still unclear. The Breakdown:
18 in Idlib, 34 in Daraa, 12 in Homs, 11 in Damascus Suburbs, 6 in Damascus
City, 3 in Hama and 1 in Deir Ezzor.
In Damascus City, clashes between the local resistance and Assad
loyalists took place in the neighborhoods of Qaboun, Barzeh, Kafar Sousseh,
Jobar and Mazzeh. Meanwhile, the pounding of old Sunni neighborhoods in Homs
City continues unabated.
Muqtada Al-Sadr, leader of the Mahdi Army in Iraq conceded
today the possibility that members of his group could indeed be taking part in
the crackdown against the democracy movement in Syria. If such participation is
indeed proven, Al-Sadr said, then these members must be considered as defectors
used by external parties.
News
Syria
conflict driving more to flee homes-ICRC * Access to food and medical services
hampered * Infrastructure needing urgent repair * ICRC, Red Crescent supplied
food, medicine to 400,000 Syrians
Syria
massacre: UN observers greeted by smell of rotting flesh The sight that met the
first United Nations observers to visit the Syrian hamlet of al-Qubeir
yesterday was of homes gutted and burned. The smell in the air was rotting
flesh.
Gun
battles rage in streets of Damascus Syrian army and opposition fighters clash in
capital's Mezze neighbourhood, as monitors reach al-Qubeyr massacre site.
Op-Eds
& Special Reports
Along
Syria's volatile border, rebels, rabbits, and ambushes A Lebanese gas smuggler
was killed in a Syrian Army ambush this week, snapping the patience of locals
in the Lebanese town of Arsal. Another ambush targeted rabbit hunters.
Editor’s
note: Hind Aboud Kabawat is a Syrian attorney. She is also a conflict
resolution specialist and senior research analyst at the Center for World
Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, which is based at George Mason
University in Virginia. The views expressed in this article are solely those of
Hind Aboud Kabawat: “I
am a devout Christian, proud and respectful of the church’s teachings. But in
the political realm, I am first and foremost a citizen, a citizen of the new
free Syria. I believe that my fellow Christians will come to feel the same way.
I also believe the same should be true for our Sunni, Alawite, Druze and
Kurdish sisters and brothers.”
Beyond
the humanitarian disaster that Syria has become, the strategic damage that
could result from the nightmare scenarios that could transpire in Syria should
concentrate the minds of U.S. strategists. If it takes American-led
intervention to prevent them, then that is where discussion of U.S. policy
should begin. Time is not an ally.
Over 750
rallies took place all across Syria today, with hundreds of thousands of protesters
defying pro-Assad militias and risking their lives to reiterate their rejection
of Assad rule. Meanwhile, Assad and his militias continue to wage war against
the people.
Video Highlights
Daraa
Live Video
showing the clashes currently taking place in Daraa City can be found here
http://bambuser.com/v/2726290 Basically,
Daraa is now the second Homs.
Daraa
City:
In what seems as retaliation for the assassination of Colonel Mohammad Aslan,
one of the architects of the crackdown in Daraa province, loyalist troops today
bombarded the downtown areas of Daraa City known as Daraa Al-Balad,
killing close to 34 inhabitants, as of latest count – the dead and injured http://youtu.be/M_HfGhFh5_g , http://youtu.be/2pzUcf6Agvc , http://youtu.be/LhYPNvSmsA4 , http://youtu.be/Hzq9oZhlZZY , http://youtu.be/9QQIVk2ImjQ , http://youtu.be/-dvNHzBcApk , http://youtu.be/rcAZEAJczrQ , http://youtu.be/OB5qcNqIQ5c , http://youtu.be/vULg3g6YHC0 A child
among the martyrs http://youtu.be/WG5jfg3lCKg
The city gets pounded again at night Al-Balad
http://youtu.be/zqNBCKdMdrE , http://youtu.be/jywWRt5idfk , http://youtu.be/mlcpWFj_wt0 Mahatah
http://youtu.be/8jUA_7EmuVo Pulling
the body of a child from the street http://youtu.be/XYJW9u1da4M
Earlier in
the day, protesters in Kashef neighborhood clash with security http://youtu.be/zKPVy8CJx4M
The town
of Kafar Shams, Daraa Province, comes under fire http://youtu.be/YJ16pA8J3Hk Sanamein
comes under fire http://youtu.be/SOb0nfBZBRU
Damascus
The
neighborhood of Kafar Sousseh, Damascus City, gets pounded at dawn http://youtu.be/oFyFjGKkg0g And
throughout the day http://youtu.be/ShTsFw5nqb8
, http://youtu.be/1moFHhd4_nA , http://youtu.be/q4ITnG5o8JE
The
neighborhood of Qaboun is pounded during the day http://youtu.be/mlcpWFj_wt0 , http://youtu.be/1VhMadDov5E And at night
http://youtu.be/NLSQTJfNIkA , http://youtu.be/vedzKB1mRvE , http://youtu.be/_Nlxg2SCb_8 To martyrs http://youtu.be/pJCDJaVL8oY
The
neighborhood of Midan comes under fire during the day http://youtu.be/TEL59KftZTY And at night
http://youtu.be/xQ1DeguyM7c Protesters
remain defiant http://youtu.be/MQAvSVPpVAw
in face of the crackdown http://youtu.be/vePJ2y1OUss
The
neighborhood of al-Qadam comes under fire during the day http://youtu.be/Fb7KdFdIFWw Daytime
protesters in Old Mazzeh come under fire http://youtu.be/sYg03ij4F9E The suburb
of Tadamon comes under fire from snipers http://youtu.be/tBqvP8BW8mM
Heavy
nighttime clashes take place in Barzeh neighborhood, Damascus City http://youtu.be/1DrZe92o988 , http://youtu.be/XSJm-fZsahY Same
scenario is repeated in Jobar http://youtu.be/VCeqjoSaanI
Nighttime
clashes in Douma, Damascus Suburb, http://youtu.be/NpIiOz7bJ3Y
Martyrs http://youtu.be/7AfBPg6neIs ,
http://youtu.be/AdjdvkOD1F8
Jdeidet
Artouz:
Martyrs http://youtu.be/gtcidXEbiU4
Lattakia
Lattakia
City:
Al-Ramel al-Janoubi, a majority-Sunni neighborhood, comes under fire at night http://youtu.be/N8yawCUb6wo The same
scenario is repeated in Sleibeh Neighborhood http://youtu.be/3lqRpR89h7g , http://youtu.be/6sR6c1Sja40 Earlier, a
peaceful daytime rally is fired at http://youtu.be/WMvo6NochlY
In the
town of Hiffeh, activists show the impact of the continuing pounding http://youtu.be/ru7OOTIXPgI , http://youtu.be/ftjA08w3GLA , http://youtu.be/SCumjotY39c
Homs
The
pounding of old neighborhoods in Homs City continues http://youtu.be/IJTrlsyh5Vo A Building
catches fire http://youtu.be/ALHwO0dZeVU
, , http://youtu.be/izUOed4BwiU More
pounding http://youtu.be/uHmgRHeIvdQ ,
http://youtu.be/Pi_kTqKGTH8 Khaldiyeh
http://youtu.be/dSx3rhMTh50 , http://youtu.be/XXH0jyvt83M , http://youtu.be/emw6w2j65_I , http://youtu.be/Rpuel9VqfDU , http://youtu.be/m3YlUQY6ceA , http://youtu.be/BdRly0inE9E , http://youtu.be/MCcFrOVNfto Qoussour
http://youtu.be/IBooACp0to4 , http://youtu.be/XtZSy2bhtk0 , http://youtu.be/iJQ4t3ZUSwA , http://youtu.be/3cZz0WZBVSc Wadi
Al-Sayeh http://youtu.be/DCO1dsdnKYE
Mimas http://youtu.be/ZcoW9TKazFA
Pounding
of the nearby town of Qusayr leaves several dead and many injured,
including this child http://youtu.be/0xa9iZYY94A
Aleppo
Protesters
in Al-Shaar Neighborhood, Aleppo City, come under fire http://youtu.be/H0mjm22obOE
Protesters
in Salaheddine, Aleppo City, come under fire but remain defiant http://youtu.be/r9YSiK1ksy4 , http://youtu.be/yiQJKWNRGXU
Hama
A new
video of Qubeir Massacre http://youtu.be/WqfcLTmwEmo
Idlib
The video
of the massacre at Hammameh which I listed yesterday, has been translated
by the Guardian and can be accessed here for clarity: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2012/jun/08/syria-bashar-al-assad#block-27
No comments:
Post a Comment