Posted on 06/02/2012 9:18:19 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The door to Dr. Mousab Azzawi's clinic, on the Mediterranean coast of Syria, was always open to anyone who needed help. But, operating in the heartland of the feared Shabiha militia, there were some patients the doctor would have preferred not to treat.
"They were like monsters," said Dr. Azzawi, who worked in Latakia. "They had huge muscles, big bellies, big beards. They were all very tall and frightening, and took steroids to pump up their bodies. I had to talk to them like children, because the Shabiha likes people with low intelligence. But that is what makes them so terrifying—the combination of brute strength and blind allegiance to the regime."
As President Bashar al-Assad's country continues its savage slide towards full-blown civil war, the violent, dark and secretive world of the Shabiha is coming out into the open.
Nine days ago, 108 people were butchered by the Shabiha in the town of Houla. The pro-Assad thugs went through the village, house to house, and slit the throats of anyone they came across—including 49 children. Exactly a week later, the Shabiha pulled 12 factory workers off a bus in the town of Qusayr, 40 miles to the south; tied their hands behind their backs, and shot them in the head. …
The world is learning just how bloodthirsty the Shabiha can be. But inside Syria, their capacity for hideous brutality has long been known.
"Even before the revolution, any time there was unrest they would go out into the streets and stop it for the government," said Selma, who comes from a prominent Alawite family … "They would just break people's arms and legs. They would fight for Bashar to the death. It is natural—they have to defend their sect." …
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Thanks Olog-hai.
I wonder what goes on in Hillary’s head when she reads this and sees or hears about other massacres & brutality under Assad.? Does she just think: guess he isn’t the reformer & moderate I thought he was, oh well....
Does she feel any embarrassment or shame at all?
Do you think this will come up in discussions on the Sunday morning political shows?
Nancy Pelosi Hires Former Terrorist Fundraiser
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2889003/posts
*crickets*
I see the narrative now. Romney wins and for the next four years the media blames Romney for the genocide.
Does she feel any embarrassment or shame at all?
I think, she acclimatized to embarrassment in general, once she heard her husband say "I did not have [sax] with that woman.."
We could be posting just as avidly about Mullahs in Iran and their brutality. Suddenly, post Arab-winter, and Gaddaffi, and Mobarak, everyone is moaning about Assad.. Why not write about the Mullahs’ Regime in Iran and their brutality, which has been going strong for over 32 years? Seriously, makes me wonder if some people on FR have been suck into supporting muzzie ummah..
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