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Syrian forces kill 24, protesters call for protection
Yahoo/Reuters ^

Posted on 10/28/2011 9:56:53 AM PDT by nuconvert

Syrian forces shot dead at least 24 civilians on Friday when they fired on demonstrators demanding international protection from President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on seven months of unrest, activists and residents said.

Most of the killings took place in the central cities of Hama, where Assad sent tanks and troops to crush dissent three months ago, and Homs, a center of increasingly armed opposition to his autocratic rule.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assad; syria; syrianprotests

1 posted on 10/28/2011 9:56:54 AM PDT by nuconvert
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“NATO jets played a central role in the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, but the Western alliance has shown no appetite to intervene in Syria to halt violence which the United Nations says has killed 3,000 people.”


2 posted on 10/28/2011 9:59:17 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

Al Arabiya reporting death toll from today alone is up to 37

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/28/174186.html

Also hearing word that a significant # of Syrian soldiers defected today, including a general

15:25 Fifty Syrian soldiers and a general defected in Homs, Al-Arabiya reported on Friday.

To read more: http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=253828#ixzz1c63nLWcE


3 posted on 10/28/2011 10:07:10 AM PDT by jhpigott (North Korea - The land of lousy options)
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4 posted on 10/28/2011 10:08:35 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: nuconvert
It appears that if the Syrian protesters are waiting for Zer0 and his merry band of gay blades to come to their rescue...

....well.......is there an estimate of the date and time when hell freezes over?

5 posted on 10/28/2011 11:14:17 AM PDT by B.O. Plenty (Elections have consequences....)
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To: jhpigott

Thanx


6 posted on 10/28/2011 11:17:25 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

Liberals don’t care, proving they are fakes.


7 posted on 10/28/2011 11:27:58 AM PDT by NoLibZone (Democrats are violent. Prisons are overflowing with democrats convicted of violent crimes.)
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To: nuconvert

Not hearing much from “Occupy Damascus,” huh?


8 posted on 10/28/2011 11:34:37 AM PDT by papertyger (What has islam ever accomplished that treacherous, opportunistic, brutality couldn't do on its own?)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks nuconvert.


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