visionary Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 And still it gets worse. http://twitter.com/#!/AlArabiya_Eng Over 70 people were killed in violence across Syria on Monday, one of the bloodiest days since the uprising began 8 months ago: Activists33 minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconTheVillain Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 This whole revolution going on in the middle east is pretty fascinating. Iran, Syria, Egypt, Libya, and to an extent Iraq. We just gave Iraq a lil bit of help. Let's not forget the Iraqi people bashing the face of the Saddam statue with their shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/ahmed Heartbreaking: Girl weeping and crying over the body of her father http://bit.ly/us9h0u 1 hour ago http://twitter.com/#!/NoonArabia AP: RAW VIDEO: Amateur footage purports to show gunfire, shelling & burning wreckage in Homs, Syria: http://apne.ws/tUfI2S 70 killed in 24h 1 hour ago http://twitter.com/#!/AJELive Turkey has threatened to cut electricity supplies to #Syria http://aje.me/w4LDlB 1 hour ago http://twitter.com/#!/bencnn Syria TV says 1180 prisoners "involved in the incidents in Syria and who did not have blood on their hands" released from prison. 51 minutes ago They supposedly released like 500 people recently I think. They must have a lot of prisoners. http://twitter.com/#!/AJELive AP: GCC rejects Syria's request for an emergency Arab League summit to discuss the country's political unrest http://aje.me/v5KBpI 11 minutes ago ---------- Post added November-15th-2011 at 01:53 PM ---------- http://twitter.com/#!/Thanku4theAnger AJA: 27 civilians & 12 defectors from Syrian Army martyred yesterday. Whilst 34 of Bashar forces killed 11 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/syriahr Syrian security forces have opened fire in order to disperse the mourners at the funeral of Addullah Al-Shartah,... http://fb.me/1tkf5k0Zb 4 minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 This whole revolution going on in the middle east is pretty fascinating.Iran, Syria, Egypt, Libya, and to an extent Iraq. We just gave Iraq a lil bit of help. Let's not forget the Iraqi people bashing the face of the Saddam statue with their shoes. I totally disagree. When they do it themselves, even with outside help, it feels to them like freedom. When a foreign army flat out invades and occupies, it feels like... an invasion and occupation by foreigners. Surely the past decade of bitter quagmire in Iraq should have taught us something about the difference between "help" and "an invasion." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I remember this image from Egypt's revolution. Iraq vs Egypt: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/SultanAlQassemi Saudi Prince Turki Al Faisal sees Assad departure as “inevitable” http://bit.ly/vzWjms - AFP "He will have to step down" 13 minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 I remember this image from Egypt's revolution. Iraq vs Egypt:] Now imagine if the military wasn't neutral and was actively killing them. apples to oranges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/new-york-nov-15-2011-2307 Tue, 15 Nov 2011The AFP has reported that the UN Security Council, badly divided over the Syria crisis, united on Tuesday to strongly condemn attacks on diplomatic missions in Damascus. The rare action on Syria came as western nations seek ways to get the 15-member council to at least condemn President Bashar al-Assad's deadly crackdown on protests after Russia and China vetoed a resolution last month. The Security Council "condemned in the strongest terms the attacks against several embassies and consular premises in Syria, which have resulted in intrusions into diplomatic and consular premises causing serious damage," said a statement released by the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Now imagine if the military wasn't neutral and was actively killing them.apples to oranges What military? The one we routed and was no where nearby while we tried to set up a photo op? And do you really think Egyptian's knew that the military would remain neutral? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/British_Syrian 16 more martyrs fell today in Syria. 6 in Homs 5 in Idlib 3 in Hama 2 in Dar'a To the highest heaven. 14 minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/11/201111163538991291.html Activists: Syrian intelligence base attackedSyrian activists say that army defectors have attacked an intelligence complex in the Damascus suburbs, according to the Reuters news agency. If confirmed, the attack would be the first reported assault on a major security facility in the eight-month uprising against President Bashar al Assad. Members of the Free Syrian Army fired rockets and machine guns at a large air force intelligence complex situated in Harasta on the northern edge of the capital along the Damascus-Aleppo highway on Wednesday at about 2:30 am (0030 GMT), sources told Reuters. A gunfight ensued and helicopters circled the area, sources said. "I heard several explosions, the sound of machine-gun fire being exchanged," said a resident of the suburb of Harasta, who declined to be named. There was no immediate report of casualties and the area where the fighting occurred remained inaccessible, the sources said. http://twitter.com/#!/KareemLailah Breaking: Defected soldiers attack and destroy the division of air-force intelligence forces in Damascus NOW. 4 hours agoThe air-force branch which was attacked by Syria's free army in Damascus a while ago, it the worst in torturing detainees. 3 hours ago 15 soldiers from the "Special Forces" troops have defected in #Homs today.. now, they are safe "somewhere". 3 hours ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I remember this image from Egypt's revolution. Iraq vs Egypt:[the bleak truth] Still a great picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 What military? The one we routed and was no where nearby while we tried to set up a photo op? And do you really think Egyptian's knew that the military would remain neutral? Yes I think they had a very good idea that the military would not attack, “The army and the people stand together – the army and the people are united. The army and the people belong to one hand.” Egypt is very different from Iraq....or Syria apples to oranges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/bencnn Protesters pelt Morocco Embassy Damascus w/tomatoes, stones. Ambassador invites them in to explain gov't position. Crowd leaves. 7 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/zaidbenjamin Pro Assad protesters stormed into the embassies of Qatar, UAE and Morocco in Damascus 14 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/KareemLailah Breaking: France recalls its ambassador in Damascus. 1 hour ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/Brian_Whit Arab League and Turkey call for 'urgent measures to end Syrian bloodshed' http://tgr.ph/t1DCq7 via @Telegraph 37 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/bencnn Local Coordination Committees in Syria report 20 dead so far today, 10 in Homs. 36 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/CFKlebergTT Confirmed death toll in Syria today rises to 20, according to LCC activists. Homs:11 Idlib:7 Daraa:1 Damascus:1. 5 minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bird_1972 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 I wonder how long before Turkey takes leadership on this to contain the chaos. Also, best for Israel to stay on the sidelines (even though they share a border) and let events take their course. In fact if anything, should some kind of Libya-like situation develop where there is an armed resistence to Assad's regime, Israel could do well by providing humanitarian support for the opposition. Could go a long way towards gaining goodwill with a neighbor that has been a harsh advesary to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/11/20111116194842696136.html Arab League extends Syria deadlineThe Arab League has offered the government of President Bashar al-Assad three more days to stop violence or else face economic sanctions as a previous deadline for Damascus to act passed on Wednesday. The announcement came after the league's foreign ministers had met in the Moroccan capital Rabat to decide their next move after Assad ignored the ultimatum issued on Saturday by a majority of the league. The league is "giving the Syrian government three days to stop the bloody repression" of its civilian population, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, the Qatari foreign minister, told a news conference after the meeting in Rabat. "But if Damascus does not agree to co-operate with the League, sanctions will be adopted against Syria." The Qatari foreign minister said that Arab patience with Assad's government was running out, but that it still had time. "I don't want to speak about last chances so [syria] doesn't think it is being given an ultimatum, but we are almost at the end of the line," he said. The league also said it would send international observers to Syria, but only if Syria agreed to the plan. Meanwhile, Syrian opposition groups said 14 soldiers and 17 civilians were killed in violence on Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 http://blogs.aljazeera.com/liveblog/Syria 9 hours 22 min agoReuters - Syrian authorities have said they will prosecute anyone who attacks foreign embassies in Syria, state media said on Thursday, after a series of attacks on foreign missions in retaliation for the Arab League's suspension of Damascus. An Interior Ministry statement quoted by the SANA news agency said authorities would meet their international commitments to protect diplomatic property. "The ministry warns anyone who tries to violate the sanctity of diplomatic buildings, or tries to enter or cause any damage to these missions, that (authorities) will take appropriate legal measures against perpetrators including arrest and trial," it said. 9 hours 21 min agoAssociated Press - Activists say Syrian troops have made sweeping arrests in Hama province as President Bashar al-Assad faces a growing challenge to his rule. Thursday's raids took place in the restive Hama province, where Syrian army defectors attacked an army checkpoint the previous day. Details on the raids were not immediately clear. 9 hours 16 min agoReuters - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that an attack by Syrian army defectors on an intelligence complex resembled civil war and reiterated Moscow's call for talks between Syria's government and its opponents. He said such talks should take place at the Arab League headquarters. "We see television reports that say some new force, the so-called Free Syrian Army I believe, organised an attack on a government building... belonging to the Syrian armed forces. This is already completely similar to real civil war," Lavrov told reporters after a meeting with Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna in Moscow. 9 hours 11 min ago - SyriaAssociated Press - Morocco's Foreign Ministry has withdrawn its ambassador from Syria, citing attacks on the country's embassy in Damascus. The move announced late on Wednesday comes after Morocco hosted an Arab League meeting in which foreign ministers from the organisation upheld a suspension of Syria from the body and gave it three days to end its crackdown on protesters. 2 hours 22 min ago The security chief at the Arab League told Al Jazeera sources that the pan-Arab bloc's Secretary General Nabil el-Araby received death threats on his personal mobile and his home telephone, suspected to be from Syrians affiliated with the Assad government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/CFKlebergTT Death toll in Syria rises to 14 today including two children, activists tell me. Hama subs:5 Idlib:4 Homs:2 DeirEzzor:2 Raqqa:1 1 hour agoFour defectors among those killed in Syria today, according to LCC activists. 1 hour ago As Syria counts today's killed death toll rises to 19, according to LCC activists. Among them 2 children, 4 defected soldiers. 19 minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/Thanku4theAnger Wow! Free Syria Army ends statement w/ Libyan resistance hero Omar Mukhtar's famous quote" We never Surrender, We win or Die" is.gd/kd2nyI 1 hour agoAt Intelligence HQ in Idleb next to Baath party HQ, Free Syria Army Hamza Khatib Brigade clashes w/ B forces who suffered heavy casualties 2 hours ago Free Syria Army Muawya ibn Abu Sufyan Brigade clashed w/ B forces for 20mins in Kiswa City at bridge checkpoint. Number of B forces killed 9 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/richardengelnbc syria army shells villages after defectors attack.28 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/British_Syrian Reports of many deaths today, but only 22 have been confirmed: 8 in Homs 5 in Hama 5 in Idlib 2 in Deir... http://fb.me/16XNzK2Ur 52 minutes ago (That adds up to 20....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/DMcCaffreySKY French foreign minister says the UN Security Council must act over Syria 8 hours ago http://twitter.com/#!/CFKlebergTT Syria, security forces kill 17 people today, LCC activists say. Claim 4 children among dead. Daraa:8 Hama:4 Damascus subs:3 Homs:2 1 hour ago"Huge shelling" since this morning in Daraa, Syria LCC activists tell me. Internet and phones cut. 46 minutes ago "More than 20 fall injured" in MaaretAlNouman, Idlib as security forces disperse protests, Syria LCC activists say. 45 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/BBCKimGhattas US officials pushing back against reports of buffer zones on Syria border w/ Turkey+Jordan, say it's 'nonsense'. Things cud change. 1 hour ago http://twitter.com/#!/LibyaIsFree Syrian banner: "Province of Idlib will be the new Benghazi" http://pic.twitter.com/J7fYhUms 21 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/DavidKenner Russian warship set to enter Syrian waters to send a message against foreign intervention. Russians not good at irony. http://bit.ly/s3xqSy 33 minutes ago http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15541039,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf Arab League risks Russian wrath by approaching West over SyriaBritain and France have been approached by senior Arab League officials about taking the lead in a Libya-style contact group which would coordinate the next phases of action against President Bashar al-Assad, and plan for what many regard as his inevitable departure from power. It is widely believed that the approach to Britain and France has considerable support within the Arab League with many states feeling that the Europeans' proximity to the Middle East and their greater understanding of its complexities would make them better leaders of such a contact group than the United States. King Abdullah of Jordan presented the case to British Prime Minister David Cameron during talks on Tuesday. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe appeared to take France's first steps toward assuming a leadership position by calling on the UN Security Council to take action against Syria after meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu, on Friday. One senior Arab diplomatic source told Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper on Friday that Syria's neighbors held too many different views to coordinate action effectively and that the West had to take the lead in formulating a robust international response should Syria collapse. "Leaving it all up to us, you are going to get a lot of shenanigans," the source is quoted as saying. "If you need a team captain on this you have got to go to the West." However such a move would be risky and controversial. "The Arab League would be taking a risk if it tries to involve Britain and France in any contact group, particularly after their high-profile role in initiating regime change in Libya," Dr. Kristian Ulrichsen, a Middle East and North Africa expert at the London School of Economics, told Deutsche Welle. ---------- Post added November-18th-2011 at 01:59 PM ---------- http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Nov-18/154517-arabs-reject-syria-amendments-to-observer-mission-diplomat.ashx#axzz1dyW17GnR Arabs reject Syria amendments to observer mission: diplomat BEIRUT: The Arab League has turned down last-minute amendments by Damascus on a deal to allow an observer mission into Syria, diplomats told The Daily Star Friday. The diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the changes requested by Syria – that human rights activists be excluded from the observer mission and only civilians working for Arab governments take part – were rejected by the regional organization. Earlier Friday, reports surfaced saying that Syria had agreed “in principle” to allow an observer mission into the country but requested several amendments. “We call on the Syrian opposition to avoid recourse to an armed insurrection,” French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe told a joint news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Ankara, Turkey. “A civil war would of course be a true catastrophe.”Asked about the possibility of foreign intervention, Juppe said: “This would have to be within the framework of the U.N. Security Council.” I think a "civil war" is pretty much inevitable at this point, unless Assad and a lot of his cronies leave power very soon. I also dont really agree with France and the US' position that Syrians shouldn't be allowed to fight back or defend themselves. (not sure about going out and attacking places though right now) I do get that they worry about it giving legitamacy to the regime's actions, but I think the Syrian people know what is going on. It's not really fair to tell them to stand back and let the regime plow them down for protesting. (I do like that the US and France especially have been consistently very critical of the regime, since deciding that it was time for Bashar to go at least) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/11/2011111821232618775.html?utm_content=automateplus&utm_campaign=Trial6&utm_source=SocialFlow&utm_term=tweets&utm_medium=MasterAccount Britain to meet with Syrian oppositionWilliam Hague, the British foreign minister, has announced that he would meet with Syrian opposition representatives in London next week in an intensification of contact with opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian opposition members would also meet senior officials of Prime Minister David Cameron at his Downing Street office, the foreign ministry said on Friday. It added that Frances Guy, the former British ambassador to Lebanon, had been appointed to coordinate relations with the Syrian opposition. The delegation would include members of the opposition Syrian National Council and the National Co-ordination Committee for Democratic Change, in meetings expected to take place on Monday, a Foreign Office source said. "We have been having regular contacts with a variety of figures in the Syrian opposition for several months. We are now intensifying these," the Foreign Office said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Not sure about the accuracy of this, I haven't heard it elsewhere: http://twitter.com/#!/Thanku4theAnger Free Syria Army Omar AlKhatab Brigade in AlQasir destroy 3 armoured vehicles & attacked many checkpoints w/ over 50 B forces killed 4 hours ago http://twitter.com/#!/AJELive At least nine people killed in Syria today, rights groups say http://aje.me/uyrNeA 3 hours ago http://twitter.com/#!/Reuters Death toll rises in Syria despite Arab League deadline http://reut.rs/s5Pnar 46 minutes ago Fourteen civilians were killed in a crackdown on dissent against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday, activists said, despite a deadline by the Arab League for Damascus to take steps to end the bloodshed. http://twitter.com/#!/MahirZeynalov Turkish diplomats say any buffer zone under Turkish watch will also be a no fly zone. 31 minutes ago (time to take a lunch break) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/Tripolitanian Arab League gives Assad 2 more days to kill ppl, but that's IT! anymore and they will send him a strongly worded warning. 11 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/zaidbenjamin Urgent: Nabil al-Arabi's trip to UAE was behind extending the Arab League deadline for Syria till Monday night - Diplomats 13 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/LeShaque Dear Arab League, ARE YOU ****ING KIDDING ME?!?! 17 minutes agoI demand the SNC put out a letter tomorrow severely slamming the Arab League and holding it responsible for the continued bloodshed.10 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/KareemLailah 26 martyrs in Syria today 14 minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/DamascusTweets Urgent: Huge explosion just hit central Damascus minutes ago! Reason is unknown!29 minutes agoBreaking: More explosions and sounds of gunfire at the center of Damascus right now. Probably it's an attack by defectors! 12 minutes ago Breaking: it is believed that the explosion source in central Damascus came from the HeadQuarters of the Baath party! 3 minutes ago Several RPG rockets were shot by the SFA at the Baath Party building in the Mazra'a neighbourhood at the center of Damascus 3 minutes ago ---------- Post added November-19th-2011 at 10:21 PM ---------- http://twitter.com/#!/ZainSyr the Free Syrian Army has just attack the Baath Party building in Mazra'a neighbourhood in the middle of Damascus with RBJ shells ! 6 minutes ago http://twitter.com/#!/KareemLailah Breaking: FSA is attacking Baath party building in Mazraa neighbourhood in the heart of Damascus now. 2 minutes agoBREAKING: Defected soldiers are attacking Baath party building, in the heart of Damascus, few meters far from Assad palace. 50 seconds ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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