Thursday, June 7, 2012

#Hamadee speaks about the al #Qubayr village massacre in Hama province in #Syria on Wednesday

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Assad regime dominoes falling in #Syria?

Syrian youths flee conscription in Assad’s army for fear of their lives

http://www.scotsman.com/news/international/syrian-youths-flee-conscription-in-assad-s-army-for-fear-of-their-lives-1-2341586
Syrian youths flee conscription in Assad’s army for fear of their lives - International - Scotsman.com »
Approaching his 18th birthday, Hamza, a merchant seaman from Syria, resigned himself to the fate awaiting him – a year and a half of compulsory military service.
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton call for full transfer of power away from Assad in #Syria 

http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/13892426/clinton-calls-for-full-transfer-of-power-in-syria/
Clinton calls for full transfer of power in Syria »
ISTANBUL (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday laid out a Syria strategy calling for a full transfer of power to a transitional government, a senior state department official said...
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#Syria  -- Assad military and shabiha militia commit new massacre

Children killed, bodies burned in new Syrian massacre that killed 86 in village in Hama province on Wednesday June 6: opposition

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/06/children-killed-bodies-burned-in-syrian-massacre-that-killed-86-opposition/
Children killed, bodies burned in Syrian massacre that killed 86: opposition | News | National Post »
Activists said pro-government militia men and security forces killed at least 86 people Wednesday
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#SYRIA 

Expat Syrian Businessmen Offer $300 #Million to Syrian Rebels

A group of expat Syrian businessmen announced in Qatar on Wednesday the creation of a $300 million fund to support the rebellion against President Bashar Assad.

Mustafa Sabbagh, chairman of the newly created Syrian Business Forum, said, according to AFP, “The businessmen of Syria... offer their full and clear support to the revolution against (Assad's) dictatorial regime.”

Businessman Khaled Khouja told a news conference the SBF would offer the rebel Free Syrian Army “medical equipment and technological materiel to facilitate its communications in Syria.”

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/241854
Expat Syrian Businessmen Offer $300 Million to Rebels - Latest News Briefs - Israel National News »
A group of expat Syrian businessmen announced in Qatar on Wednesday the creation of a $300 million fund to support the rebellion against President Bashar Assad. Mustafa Sabbagh, chairman of the newly ...
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned on Thursday June 7 that #Syria risks a catastrophic civil war

http://news.yahoo.com/syria-rebels-regime-friday-deadline-085312328.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CdNENBP0V4AQRvQtDMD
Syria faces 'catastrophic civil war': UN chief »
UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned on Thursday that Syria risks a "catastrophic civil war" following the Houla massacre, as Washington slammed Moscow over its Syria policies.
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Mousab Al-Hamadee speaks about the al #Qubayr  village massacre in Hama province in #Syria  on Wednesday June 6 on Al Jazeera English

Mousab al-Hamadee, an activist in Hama, told Al Jazeera that the attack bore similarities to last month’s massacre in Houla, and said the government was seeking to create an "atmosphere of terror and intimidation”.

He said the Syrian army had prepared the way by shelling...
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Opposition activists in Syria say that pro-government armed groups backed by security forces have killed scores of people in a village in Hama province. Mousab Al-Hamadee , an activist in Hama, told Al Jazeera the UN monitors are just watching as people die and bury their dead.
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