Does the world
really need to wait until Rwanda-scale massacres are perpetrated until it
realizes that the Assads are carrying out Rwanda-style genocide? The Assads
have gone mad. There is a clear responsibility to protect here. World leaders
can ignore this to their own dying shame.
Thursday 26, 2012
Today’s death toll: 62, 35 of whom, including
11 children, fell in Homs City in the indiscriminate pounding of the
neighborhoods of Al-Rifai and Karm Al-Zeitun. 4 were killed in Hama City, 2 in
Rural Damascus (Eastern Ghoutah), 1, a teenager, in Nawa in Deraa/Hauran
Province, 1 in Saraqib and 1 Idlib City in Irlib Province…
Loyalist troops continued their sweep operations of restive
neighborhoods in Hama City involving hundreds of arrests and a number of
summary executions http://youtu.be/sYGPT3Ok8qY
Sweep operations by loyalist troops take place in the Damascene
suburbs of Eastern Ghoutah as well, including Douma, Harasta, Misraba
and Arbeen where hundreds of arrests were made. Clashes between loyalists and
defectors were also reported leaving 8 loyalists, including a general, and 7
defectors dead.
Links
An old Syrian proverb
goes as follows: “Oh Pharaoh, what turned into a tyrant?” Ask the people. “No
one ever stood up to me,” replies the Pharaoh. Well, the people of Syria have
finally gotten the gist of this wise saying and are now doing their part
standing up to their local pharaoh and his cronies, and they are paying the
price for that with that certain magnanimity that comes with the realization
that they have become free the moment they have stopped being afraid.
But standing up to a
modern day Pharaoh, one supported by regional (Iran & Cronies) and global
powers (Russia & China), requires a certain measure of support from the
free world, real support not the sanctimonious platitudes we keep hearing.
Some of the victims of a new
massacre in Homs City perpetrated by regime loyalists
Homs City
Karm Al-Zeitun: an entire family is
killed, including 5 children, when loyalists stormed their home (graphic and
heart-wrenching) http://youtu.be/fA_KgHH6Xq4
, http://youtu.be/2zCP6PvSdik The
father taking his last breaths http://youtu.be/ppWNeBM1-K4
The children http://youtu.be/fXjQeW1c_VM
, http://youtu.be/XpW3BBfdRAU , http://youtu.be/aoSTaERgh3g , http://youtu.be/pDvy2aTFeIY , http://youtu.be/hFAk1fcmBeY But one little
girl in the family survived http://youtu.be/QS6eOpjnyDM
At night, several
neighborhoods come under heavy pounding Rabei Al-Arabi: As activist making
the video put it: “this is a real war, albeit one-sided” http://youtu.be/uywjmA3CdwQ Bab
Al-Sibaa Defiant prayers can be heard streaming from the minarets of all
local mosques http://youtu.be/TFCbE6SplG0
Karm Al-Zeitun: http://youtu.be/WvbuapDX_OA
Deir Baalbah: http://youtu.be/uNhfLwBjRZ8
, http://youtu.be/C13sP6J4Fx8 Qoussour:
http://youtu.be/DKKaRJFAaBw Bab
Houd: http://youtu.be/eCi3dh43Qb8
Baba Amr http://youtu.be/IjQ95YTvUsE
Bab Dreib http://youtu.be/b52Clv9Ht1M
Insha’aat http://youtu.be/cN39ax81lhs
, http://youtu.be/KH9Zl_5saAQ
The continuous
pounding and the killing of children and teenagers is having a toll on protest
leaders’ ability to keep sectarian sentiments in check. In this clip, a
relative of one of today’s martyred teenagers tells local activist Omar Tellawi
that Alawites and communists are waging war against all Muslims in the city,
and says the Arabs are dogs for refusing to help http://youtu.be/s-f2Zw5SZmo This is the
body of the martyred teenager, he was killed while foraging for wood http://youtu.be/cU0fe6hYtz0 This is the
sniper outpost responsible for his murder http://youtu.be/k0x61hEIBz4
This is the funeral http://youtu.be/t7Ys0LUOt_0
The martyrs friends say goodbye http://youtu.be/F_gB2tjxN8w
and pray for their friend http://youtu.be/EDZmiGtDNZQ
Al-Rifai: the pounding of the
neighborhood resumes http://youtu.be/EnUE2o4_mUQ
, http://youtu.be/CjkgSwkK0Gk
Treating the wounds of a little girl http://youtu.be/e8paDNcTW1c
A martyred defector http://youtu.be/FhxH2ZAvwOU
A martyr http://youtu.be/l_EjvJw34e4 Rescuing
the wounded http://youtu.be/oPlVwUqL4OY
Karm Al-Zeitun: A martyr http://youtu.be/3M24WkkOImI The body of
martyred defector killed by a sniper lies in the local hospital http://youtu.be/lRZyFWkLa7E while the
pounding continues outside http://youtu.be/DhjJPhn55y8
, http://youtu.be/3Z9SuzyUJ1w , http://youtu.be/MRaFnDRfu4Q Treating the
wounded http://youtu.be/WwBMeYBdIBk in
the local field hospital http://youtu.be/gTCDODmYLOs
, http://youtu.be/Tjwur5aYKFA , http://youtu.be/FlIfuf1plBs , http://youtu.be/S5XvyH8ipN4 More martyrs
http://youtu.be/mw3eixgfNjc , http://youtu.be/SSKpVDpku9g , http://youtu.be/Gprc3ARLQqM , http://youtu.be/QEFDMdtFt1I A little
girl is hit in her waist http://youtu.be/0656Wr4iVug
Activist Omar Tellawi
complains of the difficulties involved in trying to treat victims of snipers in
makeshift hospitals without access to any imaging equipment. He also rails
against the Arab League and the head of the current observer mission, Mustafa
Al-Dabi, accusing him of being in the pay of the Assads and his loyalists http://youtu.be/dD-zwmIY2Tk , http://youtu.be/whSFDjAjHK0
Bab Tadmor: locals tell Omar
Tellawi how the 2 buildings in their neighborhood were recently destroyed.
Loyalist troops targeted the foundations of the buildings with RPGs until the
buildings came tumbling down. Bodies are still trapped underneath the rubble as
locals have no lifting equipment and the authorities refuse to come in http://youtu.be/gswQzMte-jQ Three days after the collapse, the site is
still smoldering http://youtu.be/hYsKzm0jROM
Omar then shows the impact of today’s pounding on the neighborhood http://youtu.be/r1m0_G0nWco
Bab Al-Sibaa: treating the wounded
http://youtu.be/Rac6IpPgIOw A martyr http://youtu.be/cpDSGd9G4SM
Asheereh: the neighborhood is
pounded with RPGs http://youtu.be/eVHeTjmXwzk
A funeral for 2 children http://youtu.be/x9XEOT2lefU
Nazheen: treating the
wounded http://youtu.be/MZADD9opvIU
Martyrs http://youtu.be/i45KXMeYv78
Baba Amr: Martyrs http://youtu.be/uycRYeNOA5Y , http://youtu.be/yX0WkqA4_HM
Jub Al-Jandali: many locals now live
among the ruins of their homes and are forced to burn paper and wood for heat.
Locals complain that Arab League observers toured the loyalist neighborhoods
where nothing is happening and did not pay enough attention to what is
happening in their http://youtu.be/5s6uoOiSa5A
All-women rallies took
place in Baba Amr http://youtu.be/Yq9t0hClLn4
Wa’er http://youtu.be/Y_YgXKiYgxg
, http://youtu.be/6lXnLeTsetw
Khaldiyeh rally http://youtu.be/AIvcYZUrVvQ under the
protection of new defectors from the 4th Division who decided to
join local units affiliated with the FSA http://youtu.be/eLyBpc6SyC0
, http://youtu.be/YSlWjHF7PyY The
defectors pay a visit to Bayadah Neighborhood as well http://youtu.be/qWikzBLvLX4 And Wadi
Arab where they address the crowd denouncing regime loyalists and promising
protection http://youtu.be/OMo9OJWuOhU
, http://youtu.be/cjMROOFkL-I “We
want to free Homs, we want to free Syria, of the oppressors” http://youtu.be/PKXtwkloBg8 Back in Khaldiyeh,
protesters stage a little play telling the story of the revolution and the
oppression of the regime. Appropriately, Godfather theme plays in the background
http://youtu.be/GSFnw7ug84s Act II http://youtu.be/cxuQNWSxATE
Nighttime Rallies Baba Amr http://youtu.be/xFG_-Zh5oUE Qoussour
http://youtu.be/xNgrAxGuJgQ , http://youtu.be/6cd6AY6Aw0o Jouret
Al-Shayah http://youtu.be/CFxWC27JV54
Malaab http://youtu.be/LDAqr0H16Rc
Bab Houd http://youtu.be/Z_00f7sC-yM
Wa’er http://youtu.be/IDtA1az8yoA
Deir Baalbah http://youtu.be/h8bEzsWay4A
Bab Dreib & Bab Tadmor http://youtu.be/lxauoyJiALQ
Insha’aat http://youtu.be/tMZkGMIgbok
Al-Farouq Brigade affiliated with the Free
Syrian Army released a video showing 7 Iranians that says it recently captured,
including 5 members of the Iranian Republican Guard as well as 2 electrical
engineers that the group promises to release http://youtu.be/geZx__5m_m0 This belies earlier
reports that a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda were behind the kidnapping, and
claims by Iranian authorities that all captured were electrical engineers.
Damascus –
East
Douma: Tanks on their way
in http://youtu.be/WQa9PCXKUVQ the
town is pounded at dawn http://youtu.be/d0seHPRtKZM
, http://youtu.be/DgGWjgPy7M4 But
people still come out at night calling for execution of Assad http://youtu.be/e5zO3F_J4T8 , http://youtu.be/idFb3OX7mR4 , http://youtu.be/k9GLnWWs-OA Elsewhere in
ton another nighttime rally http://youtu.be/yYQ70Dc38dg
Hamouriyeh: the town was pounded
at dawn, but people took to streets in defiance shortly after http://youtu.be/qjMi1TwryFk
Ain Terma: a nighttime funeral http://youtu.be/dRZXmnmX0v0 Jisreen:
nighttime mourning ceremony http://youtu.be/4SVRgM7bEIA
Misraba: a martyr http://youtu.be/NFDexulWa8s
Saqba: a martyr http://youtu.be/4E7xyb12bD8
Nighttime Rallies Zamalka a
mass rally takes place in defiance http://youtu.be/n4yF--BubHA
, http://youtu.be/z_gM2irRmX8 , http://youtu.be/f4VgfStfq6I Kafar
Batna http://youtu.be/c9Ey3lFt5co
Zabdeen http://youtu.be/vGe0NVxGp0U
Damascus –
North
A new fighting
unit is formed in the mountain of Qalamoun under the banner of the FSA
http://youtu.be/BOMH4gHwDKY
Yabroud: a funeral http://youtu.be/1Wq4L8jSFog , http://youtu.be/faCbgcMzEUs , http://youtu.be/ig-1qs8JaUM , http://youtu.be/-_EfamW2iho , http://youtu.be/QZcbhFWxjW0
Jairoud: A funeral http://youtu.be/nVu2Opc2DD8 for this
martyr http://youtu.be/vDVzmEdYkok
Nighttime Rallies Qarrah http://youtu.be/6YlcmMmMqQQ
Damascus –
West
Rallies Zabadani http://youtu.be/kF9j1Do65FI Children
take part http://youtu.be/JJU3GmNKC80
And again at night http://youtu.be/hKz1bJimx9Q
, http://youtu.be/xwUjh8wEmAU Deir
Qanoun http://youtu.be/FECFQLa8flw
, http://youtu.be/0cYlVYgdX-s
Damascus -
South
Qatana: the town comes
under fire at night http://youtu.be/mZvhY2aOL5U
, http://youtu.be/6pze3-ItxA0 Earlier,
locals held a small rally http://youtu.be/UbikyIk3CB8
Damascus
City
Midan: while massacres are
taking place in Eastern Ghoutah, locals of Midan are not daunted with high
schoolers, boys and girls, continuing their daily after-school protest rally http://youtu.be/B2MZHJrDjz4 , http://youtu.be/UfZA6C0U6FY Similar
rally takes pace in Barzeh http://youtu.be/MRrnyRu3x1g
and in Kafar Sousseh http://youtu.be/_JUkfOlOYDc
and Qadam http://youtu.be/gkICrRiW8WY
and Moadamiyeh http://youtu.be/F8jWkYSglUA
But in Daraya, loyalist troops stand outside the local girls high school
to prevent them from demonstration http://youtu.be/APuojrzKHYI
Their show involved automatic machineguns mounted on trucks http://youtu.be/GOmQdTCHO9M
Nighttime Rallies Barzeh http://youtu.be/bdNM6I3JpUQ , http://youtu.be/Pc7fuK1oGNs , http://youtu.be/h0MGIFaXbOw Jobar
http://youtu.be/SbTa3KukL0Y Al-Hajar
Al-Aswad http://youtu.be/xDkwUS2cnmA
Qadam http://youtu.be/046hmTRSBh4
Salhiyeh http://youtu.be/aC8vpfUXKts
Deraa City
Al-Balad: locals organize a
funeral http://youtu.be/hlDQN1Kk1W4 ,
http://youtu.be/0nFTZtwdc8o for a man
http://youtu.be/cG9j3cg0Hno killed
during yesterday’s pounding of the city by loyalist troops http://youtu.be/k4gUFYkJrB0 But rallies still take place at night http://youtu.be/KN90aYxWqE0
Al-Mahatah: The neighborhood gets
pounded at night http://youtu.be/Yef3t0cE_hE
Al-Kashif: despite the
crackdown, locals organize a nighttime rally http://youtu.be/SeeO64WPD-4
Nazheen: a nighttime rally http://youtu.be/RW0B4Waifrs
Deraa/Hauran
A new fighting unit
is formed under the banner of the FSA http://youtu.be/aDm-FbKTs5w
Khirbet Ghazaleh: sounds of daytime
clashes between defectors and loyalists http://youtu.be/uLCr-RnAR2I
Clashed took place shortly after this rally http://youtu.be/S7uhYnjJuew
Nawa: Protesters come
under fire http://youtu.be/kzWcZDtPjsg
and a child is killed http://youtu.be/zZJtvqMbGV0
A sister’s grief http://youtu.be/QuJ276QxpOM
The independence flag hovers over the main mosque during the funeral http://youtu.be/UZH0WYKNG0s The funeral http://youtu.be/FECFQLa8flw
Basr Al-Harir: the town comes under
fire at night http://youtu.be/9rdYfbO1X54
Hraak comes under fire at night http://youtu.be/fwUtL72MHCc
Nighttime Rallies Hraak http://youtu.be/l687VMid7fM Da’el
http://youtu.be/lp0l-9zlEw8 , http://youtu.be/mJe4vwF-qfU Mleihah
Sharqiyeh http://youtu.be/McGOj2dhVHs
Namar http://youtu.be/QIRNIrp6G_w
Bosra Al-Sham http://youtu.be/x5gVzqKxqAU
Hama City
Bab Qibli: loyalist troops storm
the neighborhood and carry out mass arrests and several massacres. These are
the bodies of locals who summarily executed http://youtu.be/sYGPT3Ok8qY In Hamidiyeh,
the body of an unknown young man was found showing signs of torture http://youtu.be/GZneTDSHq3c
Leaked Video: loyalist troops
firing randomly while saluting “God and Assad” and chanting “Fuck Hama” http://youtu.be/4ZEyQYRv6MU
Checkpoints
everywhere: Sbahee Square http://youtu.be/ITxly8BiATY
Bahra Square http://youtu.be/I0UgymT3HV8
Armored vehicles roam the streets Qoussour http://youtu.be/97kETR8t8-c And pound
the neighborhood http://youtu.be/2wPek0KVLHI
The scene in Assy Square http://youtu.be/_wLG-h8QFDE
The pounding of Hamidiyeh http://youtu.be/S4RqIKG6EZk
A martyr http://youtu.be/G0cPQedl3lI Another http://youtu.be/GBGt9FXytow A martyred
defector who died while trying to protect the city http://youtu.be/_QLyFpe9tfk A small
impromptu funeral takes place at night http://youtu.be/840Zj3iSo0c
Treating the wounded http://youtu.be/K6fzPkls39k
, http://youtu.be/4t5AwldIa0s
But for all the
pounding, people rally at night Qoussour http://youtu.be/8mH_sU8wGwY Tauheed
http://youtu.be/scQGpJ8zqIA But late
nights are reserved for pounding Hamidiyeh http://youtu.be/oXixBxQ_ZQ0
Idlib
Idlib City: locals organize a
mass funeral for Red Crescent VP, Abdulrazak Jbeiro. Locals blame his murder on
regime loyalists. Regime claim terrorists did it http://youtu.be/_UkYtIi8PUo , http://youtu.be/IhEqBiTqTnc Another
martyr falls http://youtu.be/SKf6juWYlrs
Ma’arrat Al-Nouman: locals line up to
fill up their gas cylinders – a daily sight in most protest communities http://youtu.be/0dUE1TqPeco
Jisr Ashoughour: A martyr http://youtu.be/XfXeDsG_7sI Taftanaz
A martyr http://youtu.be/oubodqcliS4 A
nighttime funeral http://youtu.be/doJ4G3xDQM4
Saraqib: A funeral http://youtu.be/d6GmQNugD40
Rallies Bsheiriyeh http://youtu.be/-IeHJHlTMwI
Aleppo
Province
Nighttime Rallies Anadan http://youtu.be/lvjCuUjdKfs Marei
http://youtu.be/VE20gHYpzdk Hreitan
http://youtu.be/ncxQVwVC_cM Dar
Azzah http://youtu.be/fAZnvIMearI
Tal Rif’aat http://youtu.be/FJjyqLpUcL4
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