Syria protests: Security forces 'fire on mourners' (Where's the "No Fly Zone"?)

BBC ^ | 4/23/2011 | Unattributed

[mojito]

Security forces in Syria have shot dead at least nine people at funerals for anti-government protesters killed on Friday, reports say.

They opened fire on mourners gathering in parts of the capital Damascus and near the flash-point southern town of Deraa, witnesses said.

At least 72 people reportedly died on Friday, the bloodiest day in some five weeks of unrest.

Two MPs from Deraa have resigned in protest at the violence.

Friday's bloodshed, which came a day after President Bashar al-Assad scrapped decades of emergency rule, drew strong international condemnation.

At least 280 people are now believed to have been killed since unrest erupted in the middle of last month.

[mojito]

So we intervened in “Lybia” because Qaddafi said he was going to massacre civilians, supposedly.

Now Assad is actually mowing down civilians with Chinese-like ferocity, and all the WH can do is issue a “strong condemnation.”

I guess this grotesque hypocrisy must be related to the fact that getting rid of the Syrian regime would actually be in the US’s strategic interest, and hence not a real priority for this contemptible marxist scumbag of a president.

[Truth29]

Syria is a major supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah and an ally of Iran. Syria supports transnational terrorism. Qaddafi was a menace only to his own people and particularly the Islamists who were a threat to him. So what decision does Obama make, the one that hurts us the most, of course.

[mcshot]

Syria is one of 0’s “my people” and an enemy of Israel so they can do as they please without the expanded, new and improved, “no fly zone” interference.

[SouthTexas]

Give it time and we will be there protecting the "freedom fighters" like in Lybia.

Like we really need more allies like this.

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[bwc2221]

Muslims killing Muslims is far preferable to the usual news about Muslims killing Christians.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

SOB. If you try and post this on facebook you get title:
“Syria protesters bury their dead”

and you don’t get the picture of the guy being dragged, you get a picture of angry protesters that appears nowhere on the page.

[dfwgator]

I still suspect Christians in Syria have it better under Assad, then they will once the “protesters” take over.

[elpadre]

Seriously - how does the WH decide which country's protesters to support, and which to pay lip service??

It appears the countries which have helped the West in the war on terror are the ones being thrown under the bus - Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen,

The ones aiding and abetting terrorism are invisible to the WH - Iran, Syria, Palestine, - or is it just my imagination??

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

McCain will fly over there to help the Freedom Fighters...soon as he finishes in Libya.

[Marine_Uncle]

I wouldn’t put it past him Ernie.

[TigersEye]

Maybe he will arrive in Syria in time to eat some mustard gas.

Libyan rebels sold Hizballah and Hamas chemical shells

McCain: The Libyan rebels are “my heroes”

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, they were dressed for a funeral, get off the backs of that long-suffering dictatorial regime. Gosh.