Troops Storm Flashpoint Town near Damascus amid Reports of More Than 400 Killed in 'Massacre'
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Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad stormed a flashpoint town near Damascus on Sunday, said a watchdog, adding that scores of bodies, some of them disfigured, were found there.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 80 people have been killed in the town of Jdaidet al-Fadl in five days of violence.
"Regime troops have taken complete control over the town of Jdaidet al-Fadl and its surroundings," said the Observatory which has documented the names of at least 80 people killed.
Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told Agence France Presse he feared the death toll could be much higher, but that it was difficult to document the killings after the entry of regime forces into the town.
"We call on the International Committee of the Red Cross to send a delegation to Jdaidet al-Fadl in order to investigate," Abdel Rahman said.
Three of those killed were children and six others were women, the Observatory said, adding that the rest were men, among them many rebel fighters.
Meanwhile the opposition Local Coordination Committees said the death toll from the Jdaidet al-Fadl "massacre" has risen to 476.
The Observatory distributed amateur video filmed in the town showing the bodies of men laid out on the ground, some with mutilated faces and covered in blood.
Jdaidet al-Fadl is located in an area southwest of Damascus that is home to several communities, including Sunnis, Druze and Christians.
After the outbreak of Syria's conflict, which the United Nations says has forced millions to flee their homes, many of those living in the area were internally displaced people.
An activist in Damascus said via the Internet that all communication, water and electricity have been cut off in Jdaidet al-Fadl, adding that some of the corpses were "found in one of the hospitals" in the town.
Identifying herself as Enas, the activist said some of the bodies "were severely beaten on the head, causing it to crack open. Others had bruises all over their face". She added that other bodies had been "burnt."
Since last year, the army has tried to root out rebels positioned southwest and east of Damascus, in a bid to secure the capital.
Sunday's violence comes a day after at least 121 people were killed across Syria, the Observatory reported.
21 April 2013, 21:53
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hey hakim did you read your buddies abdelrahmans report
it says when the syrian troops entered jdaidat, they found mutilated bodies, the important word is found
21 April 2013, 22:45
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You are so biased do you not remember what happened on September 16th 1982. Or were you still in your mother's belly. You remember what you want to hear and forget what you don't.
21 April 2013, 23:19
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Have anyone noticed why all of the sudden, syrian troops are making advances not the rebels. Could it be related to Boston bombing. Maybe the west had a change of heart.
21 April 2013, 23:41
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News agencies are reporting 532 people killed throughout Syria today. 450 in Jdeidet al Fadl alone of which 150 were FSA fighters. Who killed 150 FSA fighters? Their allies? I think not.
22 April 2013, 12:45
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FT: We know that there is latent animosity between the FSA and the Nusra, and that it will come to the fore if or when the opposition "wins". But for Al Nusra to be massacring FSA fighters on this scale and at this point in time defies logic. Remember that the Islamists are also after the hearts and minds of ordinary Syrians.
This massacre bears the hallmarks of Assad and his goons. I have no proof of this in the legal sense, but the Baath's track record is a pretty reliable indicator.
22 April 2013, 00:31
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this butchers is the same people that scream loudest in lebanon about running the country.
ironic.
22 April 2013, 00:42
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We should commission the Los Zetas or Gulf Cartel in Mexico to capture and eliminate Assad. I think they can contrive of the most gruesome and hideously painful way of making him face what he did to his people in his futile and narcissistic bid to hold onto power. They are famnous for their slow and excruciatingly painful way of killing people- and then dissolving them in acid!!
22 April 2013, 01:00
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Once again I find myself agreeing with gabbaguybo2468 and Nostrabenzona that their "ASSaad" regime is about to... well... umm... duh... continue until at least their next... well... umm... duh... prediction of its collapse? Now the new broken record has shifted to the broken track of Hizbullah fighting with the 350,000 strong well equipped Syrian forces who are using fighter jets in their battle, too! By the way, for those who have not yet heard the latest news, Hizbullah also killed John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Believe you me they did.
22 April 2013, 01:50
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Those that think Lebanon will remain insulated its already too late as the shia and some christians have at the very least turned a blind eye and at the worst joined in the many massacres in Syria and when the people fight back they call them terrorist. Muslims have a long memory.
22 April 2013, 04:33
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Wipe the FSA / jihadist terrorist for good ! Go HA , go in Bashar all the way in ..... These Sunni "extremists" deserve our utmost attention , make sure ALL are destroyed ! Not one to be left alive !!!!
22 April 2013, 05:15
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hey freeleb
The Arab Spring was a beautiful idea, but when you sleep with the devils a.k (S.Arabia, Qatar and Turkey) you don't get far
I always said, watch what you wish for, because the devil you know is much better than the devil you don't know
22 April 2013, 05:19
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Israel killed terrorist that blow up buses with women and children, and then hide behind women and children. Gazas Muslims kill their own people they trow them of tall buildings or shoot them in hospitals point blank. One Muslim assasin is born every minute, damn shame they can't get along with the rest of the civilized world.
22 April 2013, 12:32
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AmerigoV: I'm just about the only one on this forum who keeps advocating peace between Lebanon and Israel, and my arguments are regularly met with scorn. People like you, with your dehumanizing and racist comments ("one Muslim assasin [sic] is born every minute") do a great job in undermining my arguments. Keep at it. With people like you, our future looks rosier than ever.
22 April 2013, 05:24
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This means there will be about 400 less beards that have been emanating stinking Sunni sanni stench, and this is always a great thing for the environment. allouchti, geha, primesuspect, you hopeful sprouting Sunni jihadists, just clip your beards for all the good reasons.
22 April 2013, 07:20
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FT - December 1986, Bab El Tabbaneh, Tripoli, Lebanon. Hundreds of civilians were slaughtered by Syrian forces. Hundreds more were disappeared never to be heard of them again. The chief of syrian intelligence was none other than Mohammad Ibrahim al-Shaar ( محمد إبراهيم الشعار). He is now the interior minister.
22 April 2013, 09:45
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funny how m8 try to justify these murders.
hizbushaitan is definitely involved with this as this is their current area of operations.
22 April 2013, 11:53
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Well guys this war will go on and on, until the point were super-powers (including israel) are convinceded that enough destructions have been made, so the reconstruction of syria and extractions of its wealth can begin...unfortunately this is needed for large corporations to have more business create more jobs and turn the wheel of economy, and as usual we arabs are stupid...
22 April 2013, 16:42
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and here again mowaten and FT to defend bashar s regime and justifying his crimes by saying that the rebels do worse... they are so comic....
