With their Foreign Minister and Grand Mufti issuing threats,
the Assads seem to be readying for war even as the world isn’t. Meanwhile, protesters
and defectors keep fighting back, even as opposition figures wrangle and dither.
Sunday October 9, 2011
19 protesters were
killed in the crackdown led by pro-Assad militias throughout Syria, including 9
in Homs City, where random shelling of residential neighborhoods took place
even as thousands of locals demonstrated against the Assad regime, 4 in the
Damascene suburb of Dmeir when security forces opened fire on mourners during a
funeral for a local activist, and 1 in each of the following towns: Zabadani
(Damascus), Lattakia, Tartous, Madeeq (Hama) and Dael (Deraa/Hauran).
Meanwhile, authorities
released tribal leader Nawaf Al-Bashir, as protests and crackdown continued in
Qamishly where Kurdish activist Mishaal Tammo was killed on Friday, and armed
clashes between loyalists and defectors were reported in different communities
in Idlib Province, including the town of Kafroumah.
Assad’s FM Walid Moallem
threatens any state that recognizes the “illegitimate” National Council with
“dire consequences,” as Assad promises an Arab-style democracy for Syria. Meanwhile,
wrangling continues in Istanbul and Cairo over the exact makeup and structure of
the Syrian National Council.
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If threats of dire consequences issued by Assad FM, Walid Moallem, should seem a
bit too vague and hollow at first to make some world leaders quake in their
boots, or stilettos, perhaps those blurted out by Assad’s Grand Mufti might
give them that additional punch to make them register on the political Richter
Scale. I guess it’s time to take on the real terror masters in the Middle East.
Syria’s Grand Mufti, Ahmad Hassoun, says
during a press conference in Lebanon that Jihadists already planted in the U.S.
and Europe will carry out operations against targets there should Syria or
Lebanon come under attack, because “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” http://youtu.be/kiqRwrdajtA
Meanwhile, in Syria’s war zones…
In the town of Rastan in the Homs
Province, members of the Khalid Bin Al-Walid Unit in the Free Syrian Army
carried out operations against loyalist troops occupying the town, destroying
several tanks and killing a number of soldiers http://youtu.be/A_TOW8jx6lU , http://youtu.be/s2qDIkThzXk
Homs City: shelling at night http://youtu.be/sbSvltd7xSU (Bab Dreib) http://youtu.be/_47Su47hI3A impact on
residential neighborhoods http://youtu.be/hwfZE0zlpyU
, http://youtu.be/h1G096HBAKE , http://youtu.be/syEbsbQ5-H0 , http://youtu.be/mTAKnf1Q6mw impact on
shops (Karm Al-Zeitun) http://youtu.be/5PobCWowncw
, http://youtu.be/4muB3ODteYA , http://youtu.be/Zr5cG4-S8KI , http://youtu.be/tbi0-CURS40 The wounded
(Bab Al-Sibaa) http://youtu.be/q9LNpXkXoZk
, http://youtu.be/NT2sv25eWtE , http://youtu.be/bMdi47255O0 A martyr http://youtu.be/rQkcwSfq0lM Shelling
resumes in Baba Amr neighborhood in the morning of the October 10 http://youtu.be/0DDPiw6Tfhk
Bouts of random shelling notwithstanding, locals
take to the streets when they can in Homs City: Jobar http://youtu.be/YmoNVFeUWg8 Insha’aat
http://youtu.be/2pabpuvFKuA Wa’er
http://youtu.be/vemmsnnIDUc Baba
Amr http://youtu.be/VpKnTpR_Vio ,
http://youtu.be/dwAnlY--l_A Ghoutah http://youtu.be/gn9f_HKKyQ8 Qoussour
http://youtu.be/tIZu3hYnFO8 Khaldiyeh
(funeral) http://youtu.be/mt5kGljHUSk
Khaldiyeh (night) http://youtu.be/asPCj5EzXho
Karm Al-Zeitun people renew their oath to press on with the revolution http://youtu.be/Aw2RcYOeuB0 Bayadah
http://youtu.be/ik019E8ezEg Jouret
Al-Shayah http://youtu.be/cczypHz69Ww
Siege and raids notwithstanding, towns in Idlib
Province continue to exhibit their rebellious tendencies: Jarjanaz http://youtu.be/9ElmrCougzA Kafar
Nabbol http://youtu.be/QOM4ioTXjOI
Jabal Al-Zawiyeh http://youtu.be/On1YALibAz0
In Kafroumah, the arrival of these tanks
on Saturday http://youtu.be/80oP4Ue38IA
leads to defections and clashes between loyalists and defectors. Still, take to
the streets at night http://youtu.be/gnIYvE5kt1Y
Damascus/Douma: protesters break into a
local municipal building and write anti-Assad slogans on its walls. In
reference to repeated accusations in state-run media that protesters often
destroy government buildings, the cameraman says that they could have done that
if they wanted to, but that’s simply not their style. They are peaceful protesters
http://youtu.be/IRYlDq14nL8 Earlier
in the day, thousands took part in a funeral for activists felled on Saturday http://youtu.be/ZAVoUCOBrAE These are
the activists http://youtu.be/PXyhyX4zWG0
Crackdown on a funeral http://youtu.be/TU3cRRoSNNA , http://youtu.be/2eK_zwxmdks in the Damascene
suburb of Dmeir http://youtu.be/R2kCeN7PCXc
leaves 4 dead http://youtu.be/_hmHnpNc_T8
, http://youtu.be/ciMx8hutu7E , http://youtu.be/XuYl6hrnoz4 This defector
was killed as he tried to cross the Turkish border from the Lattakia
Province http://youtu.be/HiPDorDZhDM
, http://youtu.be/sMu8nmg_DnY A
little girl eulogizing her father who died in Madeeq (Hama) http://youtu.be/H0NVyf1-dFo this is the
little son saying goodbye http://youtu.be/ux2GPOvedes
Qamishly: scenes from the crackdown on Saturday http://youtu.be/sKw4Uw_GI44
Protesters come under fire in Da’el in
the Deraa/Hauran province at the end of day-long crackdown by security that
left one dead http://youtu.be/lCQ5VF6iGsA
, http://youtu.be/n8feEK3I0fk In the
Damascene suburb of Zabadani, protesters take to the streets after one
activist is killed http://youtu.be/hv6gilVGanw
Protesters continue to try to communicate with
the leadership of the SNC by banners. One of the banners shown here comes from Bab
Houd (Homs City), it says: “SNC you mission is to secure international
protection, the form of government will be decided by the ballot box” http://youtu.be/nRUgRg2k1RU This one
from the Damascene suburb of Zamalka demands international protection
and a no-fly zone http://youtu.be/PFajjjAc4gc
In this video from Karnaz (Hama) people call out for international
protection and executing the president, whichever comes first http://youtu.be/5fSHWYPsGNQ In the
historic city of Palmyra too, people want international protection http://youtu.be/qKrBJGCLR7k
Major demonstrations also took place in Ankhel
(Deraa) http://youtu.be/jL_QVIQRmSw Tseel
(Deraa) http://youtu.be/14deyRS1PPc Hraak
(Deraa) http://youtu.be/CT2poIAASko Namar
(Deraa) http://youtu.be/jsl1NfWZZGw Kafar
Shams (Deraa) http://youtu.be/gYyu15sl-_g
Deir Baalbah (Homs) http://youtu.be/s1PSBVUKGpU
Ma’arrat Tamsareen (Idlib) http://youtu.be/uOK7q14GFTA
Idlib City (Idlib) http://youtu.be/EZyD2GS_9yM
, http://youtu.be/yVxOtqBCxDY Taybat
Al-Imam (Hama) http://youtu.be/EXvmbfGNVYo
Karnaz (Hama) http://youtu.be/a2GZrQxlggI
Midan District (Damascus) http://youtu.be/WQ0V1avfHO4
Misraba (Damascus) http://youtu.be/y_AmuJSd_DI
Qamishly http://youtu.be/Kap8C9LxHwE
Qrayah (Deir Ezzor) http://youtu.be/RwTo5bMjVvw
Qseir (Homs) http://youtu.be/nct7ladG2E0
Houleh (Homs) http://youtu.be/uY_Ka0ntpSg
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