At Least 14 Civilians Killed as Syrian Army Pounds Homs
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Shelling by the Syrian army killed at least 14 civilians in the central protest city of Homs on Sunday, a rights group said.
The Britain-based group said all but one of them died in Baba Amr, a rebel stronghold in the city which armed forces have targeted for more than a week, killing at least 500 people, according to activists.
It also reported fierce clashes on the northern edge of nearby Rastan, where a woman was killed when a rocket smashed into her home. Elsewhere, snipers shot dead a child in Daraa, cradle of the 11-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
The Observatory added that another 30 tanks and armored personnel carriers were on the way to Homs.
State television aired live footage on Sunday of an official funeral for the 28 people authorities say were killed in twin car bombs that ripped through the northern city of Aleppo on Friday.
The authorities blamed "terrorists" for the attacks, but the rebel Free Syrian Army accused the regime of launching them "to steer attention away from what it is doing in Homs, Zabadani and elsewhere."
A U.S. media report citing unnamed American officials said al-Qaida's Iraqi branch was likely to have carried out the Aleppo bombings, along with attacks in Damascus in December and January.
The bombings appeared to verify Assad's charges of al-Qaida involvement in the uprising against his 11-year rule, said the McClatchy Newspapers chain.
Iraq's deputy interior minister said jihadists were moving from Iraq to Syria, as were weapons for Assad's opponents.
"We have intelligence information that a number of Iraqi jihadists went to Syria," Adnan al-Assadi told Agence France Presse, adding that "weapons smuggling is still ongoing."
And al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri voiced his support for Syria's uprising in a new video posted on jihadist Internet forums, U.S. monitors SITE Intelligence said.
"I appeal to every Muslim and every free, honorable one in Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon, to rise to help his brothers in Syria with all that he can," he was quoted as saying.
Forty-five people were killed across Syria on Saturday, most of them civilians, the Britain-based Observatory said.
Security forces also advanced into Zabadani, it said, adding that three civilians were killed in the town between Damascus and the Lebanese border.
12 February 2012, 12:55
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to the M8 "patriotic" supporters: would you agree that hezb launch an attack on israel to divert attention from syria or in retaliation?
would you think that is defending lebanon? would it be in agreement with what the gvt boast itself of not interfering in syrian affairs?
because that seems what is awaiting us....
13 February 2012, 12:48
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Are u asking a question or just 2itfalsafing. Because I love Lebanon and I am concerned about my country and its people I am not an M8 or M14 supporter. But I will provide u with an unbiased answer so that way u can possibly use ur own brain in the future. If Hizbollah attacked Syria, right now, in the current state the region is in, instability in Syria, threats and possible attack on Iran, Hizbollah would most definitely lose, the odds of losing are over 80%, common sense. So what kind of person would enter a fight knowing the odds of him winning are only 20%? What kind of person would enter a fight knowing the odds of him winning is 80%. What is awaiting us is wolves, Lebanon is a sheep surrounded by wolves from the North now and from the South.
13 February 2012, 12:51
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Our only external problem before was an attack from the South by Israel even if provoked by Hizbollah,as well as Iran possibly trying to implement a mock government in the future. But who would provoke an attack with their life line cut off, and the presence of a new enemy in the North? Thats suicide. Now our problem is Al Qaeda in the North, Israel in the South and a country turning into a full out battlefield for Al Qaeda operatives and Israelis bent on the destruction of Hizbollah... And we are all stuck in the middle of this. Everyone needs to use their brain, because not using it is what keeps us in this mess. Our new enemy to the North is far more deadly then the one in the South. Jst look at Afghanistan, Iraq & Libya...
13 February 2012, 12:52
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If I were Israel I would purposely attack Lebanon now,because I have an 80% chance of winning. And no one will stop them this time.
13 February 2012, 12:53
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Are u asking a question or just 2itfalsafing. Because I love Lebanon and I am concerned about my country and its people I am not an M8 or M14 supporter. But I will provide u with an unbiased answer so that way u can possibly use ur own brain in the future. If Hizbollah attacked ISRAEL*** correction sorry
13 February 2012, 12:54
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Correction for the first response
If Hizbollah attacked Israel. Not Syria, sorry.
12 February 2012, 14:46
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Well, at least the Gulf nations, European nations, Isreal, the US & Alqaida (Iman Zawahiri) are all playing for the same team! With Zawahiri coming out today in support of northern Lebanese "HELPING" the small minority of Syrians wanting to install a Wahabi/Salafiest state instead of Assad & co..... Henry Kissinger once said this; While being Americas enemy is dangerous, being Americas friend is disasterous!
12 February 2012, 15:43
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Lollipop-sucking action is one action they will be doing, the other being lollipop-shoving up their wazoos action.
@peace, as usual, is revealing his latest per-diem prediction. Can we say that he beats Gabby or perhaps Dr. Samir Bhim?
12 February 2012, 20:19
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just wait and see don t be impatient, it ll be all the more fun to see you crying for the fall of the terrorist regime and party you support...
12 February 2012, 20:20
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oh and by the way you didn t answer the question maybe because you are waiting after your leaders to give it to you and then repeat their words , as usual....or you don t have the guts too which wouldn t be surprising too!
13 February 2012, 13:00
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The last time I checked Al Qaeda was a terrorist organization. Currently in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. The military governor of Libya Abdel Hakim Elhaj put into power as a thank u by NATO, he was a personal friend of Bin Laden's and is also a suspect in the Madrid 2004 bombings. He is also currently physically part of the "Free Syria Army" a long with his other Al Qaeda friends who were airlifted by NATO and taken to Syria. So ur saying it better to replace Hizbollah with Al Qaeda lol. Compare their histories. Lebanon is still not Iran. But it can become Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya really fast.
12 February 2012, 18:17
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Once again we see how the "game over for Assad" and other predictions of the warriors allouchi, Gabby, peace, thepatriot, shab, Dr. Samir Halwasani... keep shifting with time since at least 2005. You've got to give these warriors credit, though, as they have not lost their stamina in predicting ever-shifting predictions, but have even expanded their field to cover Russia and China and many more places! Call them the cosmopolitan clairvoyants!
12 February 2012, 18:27
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how come you criticize arms smuggling to syria when you allow the same for the hezb coming from syria?... double standards as usual
and of course you avoided answering the question so you d better have not said anything at all...
13 February 2012, 00:40
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it is smuggling , don t play on words, they accepted 1701 so they are doing illegal things as they do not abide :) oh and what about 1559 which aoun strongly defended? forgot that too?
you are so funny with your double standards!
13 February 2012, 13:09
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Oh please who the hell respects 1701. The largest Israeli spy ring was found in Lebanon after 1791 and 1559. Air raids continue daily in Lebanon by Israel. A CIA spy ring was found the other day. Israel continues to privatize Lebanese oil in its territorial waters. They have even shot at our army, kidnapped a boy. I mean the list goes on. Smuggling lol. Ok while Hizbollah which is part of the government is smuggling in weapons, ur smuggling weapons out of the country to Al Qaeda in Syria. Now tell me where did u get these weapons in the first place??? They were smuggled in and smuggled out. Hypocrite
13 February 2012, 13:10
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Oh please who the hell respects 1701. The largest Israeli spy ring was found in Lebanon after 1791 and 1559. Air raids continue daily in Lebanon by Israel. A CIA spy ring was found the other day. Israel continues to privatize Lebanese oil in its territorial waters. They have even shot at our army, kidnapped a boy. I mean the list goes on. Smuggling lol. Ok while Hizbollah which is part of the government is smuggling in weapons, ur smuggling weapons out of the country to Al Qaeda in Syria. Now tell me where did u get these weapons in the first place??? They were smuggled in and smuggled out. Hypocrite
13 February 2012, 13:06
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Are u Lebanese or Syrian or from the Gulf?? LOL. As a nation u would want more weapons for UR country since the West has banned giving our army weapons, but u choose to send these weapons out of the country LOL... to a hostile neighbor to the North??? That has enemies within ur country? UR DELUSIONAL.
12 February 2012, 18:58
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Cookie bastard, Is the Army allowed to enter Lassa in Jbeil or they need a permission from higher council?
12 February 2012, 20:29
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assad shows courage to bomb its own people but cowardice to shoot a single bullet on israel! that s the kind of man M8 is supporting...
13 February 2012, 00:43
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waw! military expert now! getting better! as far as i know the golan heights are syrian not israeli but your friends are too coward to do anything and also they promised israel to keep that front quiet in exchange of the assad s family being in power, you forgot that too...
as usual your memory has malfunctions!
13 February 2012, 13:13
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Well what idiot would point their guns at the Golan...Its a good buffer and good place to set up spies. And the last I checked the Druze of Israel and the Golan are very high in the IDF... So taking back the Golan or shooting the Golan is not an option. And weapons from the US vs hand me down weapons from Russia. I mean seriously, common sense.
12 February 2012, 21:20
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the filthy zionist media terrorists are furious because the rebellion that thgey financed is useless and they didn't achieve anything like always.
to analize post by post and is a waste of time. it's just IQ tending to zero that is a common thing in all their posts.
12 February 2012, 23:48
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These zionists' most intelligent comments are the ones that include or end with the word LOL
13 February 2012, 01:52
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the head of zionist information war department could hire programmers to make little application that will automaticaly post answers on my posts.
than they would save one salary by firing this idiot calling himself "peace". not only that, the machine would do better job than he does.
13 February 2012, 13:03
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Arming Al Qaeda is a good reason? For years Egypt and Jordan have been recruiting Lebanese and training and arming them and putting them in Trablos. Do not forget that on September 11, a Lebanese terrorist from Trablos committed the largest terrorist attack. Your only destabilizing Lebanon and as much as I hate the Syrian regime, I hate the destabilization of my own country even more. Ur burying ur own people alive. Wait and see.
13 February 2012, 13:04
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U said ur sending arms on a daily basis? So u like arming Al Qaeda urself personally?? LOL and u call others terrorists.
13 February 2012, 13:15
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And smuggling weapons into Lebanon is better for us vs smuggling weapons into Lebanon and then smuggling them out to Syria. LOL...
