400+ dead, Where are the bombs?

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Why are the bombs and cruise missiles not targeted for Syria? When Mr. Libya killed 400 people the Euros wanted his head. Yet all we hear are for sanctions against Syria. Sanctions that will not work. You think Iran or other Arab countries will not violate sanctions. Get real! As the death toll continues to rise in Syria we will face the dilemma of military action. I think the experience with Libya will keep other countries from going that way and the US will stay away.

Speaking of the conduct of military action in Libya, it is a prime example of the difficulties and downfalls of coalition warfare. If the US went in alone and the Pentagon had a free hand I believe the situation would be far different than it stands now. As it is a partition of the country is not out of the realm of possibility.

But Syria ... Is it because they pose a military threat to Israel and we do not want to invite an attack on Israel? Maybe it is Israel who is calling the shots, telling the Euros and the US not to strike Syria in fear of retaliation. Because if we hit Syria with air strikes and missiles I am sure they would lash out at Turkey and Israel. And their ally Iran may cause trouble in the gulf thereby causing the price of oil to skyrocket.

Interesting ...

 

[High_Gravity]

Theres no oil in Syria so there are no cruise missiles or fighter jets coming.

 

[High_Gravity]

Also I think the Israelis actually prefer Assad to whatever will come out of a Syrian revolution, I read an article about it online. Assad is a piece of shit but with him the Israelis know what their getting, if an Islamic theocracy pops up in his place, it could set the stage for an attack on Israel.

 

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Syrian Boy's Death Fuels More Protests as Opposition Rejects Amnesty Offer...

Syrians Protest at Night as President Assad’s Amnesty Offer Is Rejected
Jun 1, 2011 - Anti-government protesters in Syria held nighttime rallies after President Bashar al-Assad offered a “general amnesty” covering political detainees, including members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement.

Demonstrators took to the streets of suburbs and towns outside the capital, Damascus, and the southern governorate of Daraa, the cradle of anti-government rallies that began about 12 weeks ago, Mahmoud Merhi, head of the Arab Organization for Human Rights, said by telephone today. The protests follow the killing of at least 23 demonstrators in the past three days during a crackdown by security forces backed by tanks, artillery and helicopters on the central city of Homs and surrounding towns.

The death, allegedly from torture, of Hamzah al-Khateeb, a 13-year-old boy from the village of al-Jiza near Daraa, has fueled protesters’ anger, Merhi said. A video dated May 25 and posted on YouTube shows the boy’s mutilated and swollen body with cuts, bruises, burns and bullet holes, as well as broken jaw and kneecaps.

Hamzah’s death also drew a strong response from the U.S. “What that symbolizes for many Syrians is the total collapse of any effort by the Syrian government to work with and listen to their own people,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday in Washington. After identifying the boy by name, she said: “I can only hope this child did not die in vain, but that the Syrian government will end the brutality and begin a transition to real democracy.”

Unicef

Unicef, the United Nations Children’s Fund, said in a statement yesterday it “strongly condemns all acts of violence against children everywhere,” estimating at least 30 youngsters have been killed during the unrest in Syria. As party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Syria “has an obligation to ensure children’s right to life, to freedom of expression, to freedom of peaceful assembly, and to protection from violence, exploitation and abuse,” Unicef said, adding that “these rights must be upheld at all times.” The amnesty issued by Assad late yesterday was swiftly rejected by the opposition as a regime ploy to gain time, the Associated Press reported.

Pardons Promised

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In death, a 13-year-old becomes a symbol of Syrian opposition
May 31, 2011 : The body of Hamza Ali al-Khateeb, 13, shows horrible injuries in a YouTube video; "They want the people to see this, they want the people to get scared," an activist says; Instead, people "got angrier," says the activist, who is in hiding in Syria; Syrian state TV: The medical examiner says there was no evidence of torture

The translation of the voice below the macabre YouTube video clip reads, "Look at the bruises on his face along with his broken neck." The clip is a two and a half minute gruesome catalogue of wounds on a 13-year-old child's body. The body of Hamza Ali al-Khateeb. On April 29, demonstrators from villages surrounding Daraa, Syria, marched on the city in an attempt to break the Syrian military siege there. Their intent was to bring in much-needed supplies, including milk for babies and crucial medicines. At the time, the crackdown on Daraa was so intense eyewitnesses spoke of bodies bloating in the streets and the injured being treated at makeshift secret clinics to avoid detection by the Syrian security forces.

On that day, eyewitnesses say, security forces fired indiscriminately on them, killing and wounding dozens. Countless others were detained in a mass roundup. Among them, says his family, was Hamza. He got separated from his father in the chaos. A month later, the family received his body. The video was taken at that time by a relative, the family says. Much of the video of the child's corpse is too graphic to broadcast. His face is bloated and purple. His body is covered in bruises. There are gunshot wounds to his torso and his genitals are mutilated. CNN cannot independently verify what happened to Hamza or the authenticity of the video.

Hamza's family was threatened after the video was initially broadcast by other outlets, intermediaries told CNN, and they became too petrified to talk about what happened, even to close friends. Razan Zaitouneh, a prominent activist in hiding in Syria who CNN reached via Skype, said she has no doubt that it is real. And she believes that the regime had a message in releasing the boy's body. "They want the people to see this, they want the people to get scared," Zaitouneh said. "They want the people to know that there is no red line and anything, no matter how awful it is, could happen to their family members if they continue to participate in this revolution."

But far from terrorizing people, the video appears to have made them only bolder. People "got angrier. Every family, every single family in Syria felt, even if they were not directly with the revolution, they felt that Hamza is their own son," Zaitouneh explained. More demonstrations erupted across Syria, with crowds chanting Hamza's name. According to the video posted on YouTube, men in the Damascus countryside chanted, "Faithful brothers, do not forget that your sons could become Hamza al-Khateeb," while in central Syria demonstrators chanted, "With our blood and our souls we will defend you Hamza" Even children took to the streets, risking a similar fate, vowing that Hamza's blood was not spilled in vain.

More In death, a 13-year-old becomes a symbol of Syrian opposition - CNN.com

 

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Granny says send Navy Seal Team 6 after Assad...

Report Says Syrian Security Forces Ordered to Shoot Protesters
July 09, 2011 - A U.S.-based rights group says Syrian commanders ordered security forces to shoot anti-government protesters to disperse them.

Human Rights Watch said Saturday that incidents involving the use of live ammunition on demonstrators were described by eight soldiers and four members of security force agencies who have defected since protests erupted in March. The rights group says the defectors recounted situations in which they were initially told by superiors that they would be fighting militants. They instead encountered unarmed protesters, but commanders still ordered them to open fire.

Human Rights Watch says in its interviews with defectors, some said that they were told by superiors that they risked being shot if they refused orders to shoot demonstrators. On Friday, activists said at least 13 people were killed during nationwide protests against President Bashar al-Assad. They say at least six deaths took place in the Damascus suburb of Dumair after security forces opened fire on demonstrators.

The Syrian government blamed "armed gangs" for some of the deaths. Also, the state-run SANA news agency said pro-government rallies took place in several cities on Friday. The news agency said Saturday that Syrian youths were organizing another pro-government rally that would take place Sunday in the western city of Lattakia.

Source

 

[CitizenPained]

Because Syria has no oil. D'erh.

And if Syria went to war with Israel, they'd get crushed.

 

[Douger]

Be patient. That job isn´t for the fallen empire. That´s IsNtReals job.
You haven´t read the script, have you