***GRAPHIC*** THESE ARE ONLY 4 OF THE 27 MEN THAT ASSAD’S FORCES MASSACRE DIN IDLEB. Feb 21, 2012 - Assad’s mercenary slaves rounded up 27 men, anyone they could literally find and who couldn’t escape, then tied them up and began shooting each one. Some where shot in the chest so that they wouldn’t die instantly … they were left in unbearable pain to bleed for hours … even if their friends and family could hear their screams, there was no way for them to help.
Media have labelled the Syrian Revolution as a “Civil war” implying two equal forces fighting each other. This could not be more inaccurate. One side is massacring another. The Free Syrian Army is still powerless to stop the brutality of Assad’s Rusisan backed forces.
How may more massacres must the world witness?
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Another excellent piece of writing from @AmalHanao
The Syrian revolution undeniably belongs to the street. It’s rooted in the public realm where masses of physical bodies occupy the squares and real voices fill the air with defiance against the brutality of a relentless regime. The virtual realm of the revolution is a strong, second line of defense. Communities of online activists in Syria tirelessly spread the voices and events from the street as far and wide as possible, while the activists outside Syria continue the ripple effect, transferring what is happening inside Syria across the world.
Supporters of the regime like to demeaningly describe the Syrian revolution as iftiraadiyyeh, hypothetical, “a virtual revolution,” fueled by outside forces far from Syrian streets (thus, Syrian interests). They mark the protesters as traitors falling prey to a “universal conspiracy” against Syria’s sovereignty.
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***HEART-BREAKING*** JOUDY’S THREE SIBLINGS WERE MURDERED BY ASSAD’S FORCES. HER LITTLE VOICE IS STILL DEFIANT AS EVER. Homs (Baba Amr): Feb 22, 2012 - Dr. Mohammed describes to us how Joudy’s three little siblings were all killed by Assad’s non-stop shelling and rocket attacks on the homes of innocent Syrians. He also mentions that on this hellish day, that Baba Amr has lost many martyrs, including Baba Amr’s celebrated journalist, Rami Al Sayyed and two foreign journalists, American Marie Colvin and Frenchman Remi Ochliek.
Dr. Mohammed asks her to flash the victory sign and she does. He says “Will you eve leave Baba Amr?” She replies “No, we will never leave!”
Thanks @ ahmed
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CHANNEL 4 NEWS ON SYRIA - As the bombardment in the Syrian city of Homs continues, Channel 4 News broadcasts a special report from a photographer who captures with shocking clarity the intense assault on the city.
***HEART-BREAKING*** RAMI AL SAYYED AKA “SYRIAN PIONEER” LAST MOMENTS WHEN HE WAS ALIVE. Homs (Baba Amr): Feb 22, 2012 - Dr. Mohamed Al Mohammed and his team of volunteer doctors, nurses and regular civilians all do their part to save the most important journalist in Baba Amr. The man responsible for over 800 videos uploaded to YouTube and for the daily live broadcasts from Homs.
He was the eyes of Homs to the world. He showed the absolute barbarity that Assad’s forces have inflicted on the impoverished neighborhood of Baba Amr for months.
Here we can see the doctors slapping Rami in the face to keep him awake. They keep saying “Stay alive Rami so that you can continue your work, so that you can keep filming us”. He bled for many hours before he died.
He was a father first and foremost to a beautiful baby girl. By day he was a fearless journalist. By night he helped transport the wounded through the sniper-infestd streets. In his last trip he made to transport the wounded the car he was traveling in was hit with a shell from Assad’s forces. The four people he was travelling with (all family members) were killed.
Rest In Peace Rami.
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THE INTENSITY OF THIS BOMBING CAMPAIGN IS UNPRECEDENTED. EACH AND EVERY SINGLE STRIKE SEEN IS AGAINST A FAMILY’S HOME. Homs (Baba Amr) Feb 22, 2012 - There are no military targets in Baba Amr. There are not industrial areas or factories. There are only family homes, shops, bakeries and the like. There are no fighters, terrorists or gunmen in Baba Amr, just thousands of civilians and a few lightly armed army defectors who vowed to protect the neighborhood and its inhabitants under the banner of the Free Syrian Army.
How much more does the world want to see?
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YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE BULLET FIRED FROM AN ASSADIST MERCENARY FLYING THROUGH THE AIR TOWARDS THE CAMERAMAN. Idleb: Feb 22, 2012 - The cameraman and a colleague film as Assadist location where we can see two soldiers atop a Russian tank terrorizing the local neighborhood. When the colleague shouts “God is Great!” an Assadist slave turns and fire right at them, barely missing them as they flea.
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Reports coming out of Homs, which has been pounded for weeks now by Bashar al-Assad’s military, indicate one of the worst days of shelling against a Syrian city since the war started there.
The Syria Observatory for Human Rights says that at least 16 civilians were killed in Homs’ Baba Amr neighborhood, three of them children. The BBC reports at least 30 dead in Homs, which has emerged as a stronghold for both armed and peaceful resistance to Mr. Assad’s continued rule. Among the dead in Baba Amr was Rami al-Sayyed, a young Syrian who’d devoted himself since July to filming fighting and protest marches. As Syriapioneer on Youtube, he uploaded 831 videos between then and earlier today.
The next to last video on the account posted early today, too graphic to share here, was of Mr. Sayyed sitting beside a man in tracksuit who’d been mutilated beyond recognition. Sayyed was cut down by an infantrymen a few hours later, and the final video on the account is of his body being prepared for burial, uploaded by his brother.
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THEY RALLY IN REMEMBRANCE OF MARIE COLVIN, REMI OCHLIEK AND RAMI AL SAYYED. Homs (Qusier) Feb 22, 2012 - The people of Homs give the two foreign journalists and their own local hero the same send-off and farewell the have given to the thousands of other martyrs murdered by Assad’s forces over the past 11 months.
Russia faces a growing international outcry over its arms sales to Syria but shows no sign of bowing to pressure and has even increased deliveries of arms that critics say are helping keep President Bashar al-Assad in power.
The biggest importer of arms to Syria, Russia sold Damascus nearly $1 billion worth of arms including missile systems last year, while shipments of hard-to-track Russian small weapons have risen since the uprising against Assad started, government defectors say.
Marie Colvin was the only British journalist reporting from inside the besieged Syrian enclave of Baba Amr. This is her final report
They call it the widows’ basement. Crammed amid makeshift beds and scattered belongings are frightened women and children trapped in the horror of Homs, the Syrian city shaken by two weeks of relentless bombardment.
Among the 300 huddling in this wood factory cellar in the besieged district of Baba Amr is 20-year-old Noor, who lost her husband and her home to the shells and rockets.
“Our house was hit by a rocket so 17 of us were staying in one room,” she recalls as Mimi, her three-year-old daughter, and Mohamed, her five-year-old son, cling to her abaya.
“We had had nothing but sugar and water for two days and my husband went to try to find food.” It was the last time she saw Maziad, 30, who had worked in a mobile phone repair shop. “He was torn to pieces by a mortar shell.”
For Noor, it was a double tragedy. Adnan, her 27-year-old brother, was killed at Maziad’s side.
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***EXTREMELY GRAPHIC*** HER NAME WAS QAMAR ABU HAMED. SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL HIDING IN HER HOUSE FROM THE BRUTAL SHELLING. BUT DEATH FOUND HER. Feb 20, 2012 - Assad’s forces made sure of it. They are watching this video just as you are. Only they aren’t horrified. They are pleased with their work. They will show it to their master, Maher and Bashar Al Assad, they may even receive a bonus payment for the brutality they inflicted on her home.
Qamar was only one of the 3 children in the house that were slaughtered by a shell fired by Assad’s forces and supplied by the Russian government.
Life on this Earth ended in the most brutal way for little Qamar. We pray that her soul lives on in heaven for eternity.
***VERY GRAPHIC*** THE INSIDES OF A CHILD’S STOMACH PROTRUDE FROM HIS BODY - THE RESULT OF A SHELL FIRED ON HIS HOME BY ASSAD’S FORCES. Homs (Baba Amr) Feb 20, 2012 - What more can I add? What more does the world need to see to help?
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CNN’s ARWA DAMON INSIDE SYRIA - Reports on the critical shortages of food and basic necessities in besieged Homs. Virtually no food has come into Baba Amr since the shelling began more than two weeks ago, activists say. So, the residents who are gathered in makeshift bunkers collect what food they can find there and carefully ration it – though those supplies are running out.
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ANOTHER LITTLE BOY IS SHOT DEAD BY ASSAD’S SNIPERS. Hama: Feb 20, 2012 - Ali Hasan Al-Hasan was only 10 years old when Assad’s snipers placed him in the target-scope and fired at his head - killing him.
He is one of 600+ children murdered across Syria by Assad’s forces since March 15, 2011.
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