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Syrian opposition activists say army defectors have attacked a government base near the capital, Damascus, as Turkish officials and Arab League members met to discuss ending bloodshed of an eight-month uprising against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The activists say rebels of the Free Syrian Army fired rockets and machine guns at an air force intelligence complex in the Damascus suburb of Harasta early Wednesday.
A Germany-based spokesman for Syria's Local Coordination Committees said the Free Syrian Army has established a temporary military council whose goal is to weaken Syrian security forces. The Free Syrian Army previously had no announced central command.
Syria has accused Lebanon of smuggling weapons across the border for use by rebels who are seeking to unseat Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.....
Hizbullah, which is squarely on the side of Assad and his forces, has accused the opposition March 14 Coalition of smuggling the weapons and trying to turn Lebanon into a forward attack position in the war to unseat Assad. Hizbullah said that the government officials in Lebanon are behind the smuggling.
A deadline for Syria to accept a peace plan put together by the Arab League has passed, at the end of a day marked by more violent deaths.
Originally posted by xuenchen
orig Aug 11, 2011 - Arutz Sheva
Syria has accused Lebanon of smuggling weapons across the border for use by rebels who are seeking to unseat Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.....
Hizbullah, which is squarely on the side of Assad and his forces, has accused the opposition March 14 Coalition of smuggling the weapons and trying to turn Lebanon into a forward attack position in the war to unseat Assad. Hizbullah said that the government officials in Lebanon are behind the smuggling.
Report: Syrian Rebels Getting Weapons from Lebanon
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
In no way, shape, or form am I defending Assad's murderous regime but I'm very confident that not all the dead were "innocent" protesters. I wasn't there and neither were you so none of us know for sure.
Originally posted by pavil
Originally posted by xuenchen
orig Aug 11, 2011 - Arutz Sheva
Syria has accused Lebanon of smuggling weapons across the border for use by rebels who are seeking to unseat Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.....
Hizbullah, which is squarely on the side of Assad and his forces, has accused the opposition March 14 Coalition of smuggling the weapons and trying to turn Lebanon into a forward attack position in the war to unseat Assad. Hizbullah said that the government officials in Lebanon are behind the smuggling.
Report: Syrian Rebels Getting Weapons from Lebanon
I don't know about you, but I find it to be poetic justice that Lebanon is now paying back the Assad dynasty for all it's meddling in Lebanon's affairs. Karma paybacks are a b****.
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
This is starting to look just like the lead up to the Libyan mission. Pretty soon NATO countries will be arming these rebels whether directly or indirectly if it's not already happening.
NATO will need to be more careful with Libya though especially since the Russians are also making their presence felt in the region militarily and politically.
At lease Assad has agreed to allow observers into Syria which hopefully will calm some of the tensions.
www.independent.co.uk
(visit the link for the full news article)
This is starting to look just like the lead up to the Libyan mission. Pretty soon NATO countries will be arming these rebels whether directly or indirectly if it's not already happening.
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
reply to post by MegaCurious
That's an aspect a lot of people are not thinking about. I know Assad is a dictator but I have a feeling that a lot of these rebels are part of foreign intervention. A lot of the dead (3,500) were probably armed rebel mobs who were also using violence.
Originally posted by pavil
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
In no way, shape, or form am I defending Assad's murderous regime but I'm very confident that not all the dead were "innocent" protesters. I wasn't there and neither were you so none of us know for sure.
It kinda saddens me that we just kind of turn a blind eye to it since our media can't get in there and report like in all the other Arab Spring uprisings. If we don't see the killings on TV, it's like they don't even happen, even when the sheer number deaths dwarf any other Arab Spring uprising. I would guess that Assad has killed more of his fellow countryman than any of the other deposed Arab leaders, probably more than all of them combined.
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
This article discusses some of the claims by Assad that the US is intervening.
Syria regime accuses US of 'bloody events'
Originally posted by pavil
reply to post by Dimitri Dzengalshlevi
Syria and Iran, in particular, keep tight controls over any foreign media in their countries. Journalists that can make it into those countries aren't allowed the freedom to report on events there. Just google foreign journalists in Syria, if you doubt me. The Syrian Government knows full well what it is doing and tries to limit the bad press that gets out.The trouble for them, is that they haven't been able to isolate the Syrian Citizens from the rest of the world like they used to, reports and videos are getting out. Governments can't impose the total media blackouts like they used to, but they still try to.