A Tale of Two Repressions: #Bahrain and #Syria, #Russia's continued support of Bashar Al#Assad

Michael Schobel  -  12:11 PM  -  Public

Rupert Neil Bumfrey originally shared this post:

The hypocrisy of #USA #Russia , but this will never change, as will the brutality evidenced in both #Bahrain and #Syria their respective allies.

An unusually good piece for #Forbes

A Tale of Two Repressions: Bahrain and Syria - Forbes

Russia's continued support of Bashar Al-Assad has provoked a chorus of outrage from across the political spectrum - Democrats, Republicans, progressives, conservatives, almost everyone has been fallin...

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Syria resumes shelling after rejecting peace force

Regime forces resumed their assault on the Syrian protest city of Homs on Monday, activists said, after Damascus rejected an Arab plan to send a peacekeeping force to the unrest-hit country. Shortly before sunrise, the army launched mortars into Baba Amr, a rebel stronghold in the central city, as...

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Jumblatt slams Lebanon's position at Arab League

The Daily Star  -  12:46 PM

BEIRUT: Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt has slammed Lebanon's most recent stance at the Arab League over the crisis in Syria while the country's foreign minister has described the Arab decision as dangerous. “We were surprised with Lebanon's official position of holding...

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