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Topic: so the craps hit the fan in syria eh?

Fozzie_Bear Posts: 48,479 Registered: Dec 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 47,515 User ID: 558,887	Subject: so the craps hit the fan in syria eh?
	Paul Wood BBC News, near Homs It is very difficult to move around. I interviewed somebody yesterday about the shortage of bread. He had very bravely gone to another area of the city to get bread because his local bakery had been shelled. This morning he is lying in hospital with a bullet wound from a sniper. There is a kind of hysteria here. People are absolutely terrified. There are all sorts of rumours - we heard people saying the army was coming, that the army was using chemical weapons. People are beside themselves. That is the effect that constant shelling produces. We counted hundreds of what appeared to be tank shells and heavy artillery shells. They're using air-burst shells as well. There is a lot of sniper fire. They appear to be deliberately targeting civilians. We saw an old lady and an old man shot by snipers as they crossed an intersection. Whatever the Syrian army's intention, it is clear that civilians are bearing the brunt. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16941399 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Mother in Homs: "The outside world won't help us" Continue reading the main story Syria Crisis Under fire in Homs Diplomacy strain Plan in tatters Homs: 'Capital of revolution' The Syrian city of Homs has come under renewed bombardment for the fifth day running - the heaviest so far, residents have told the BBC. Activists say tanks are on the streets, and pro-government militias are murdering civilians in their homes. On Tuesday, President Bashar al-Assad had promised to end the violence. The US says it has run out of tools it can use to stop the killings in Homs, after Russia and China blocked a UN Security Council resolution last week. "In the coming days we will continue our very active discussions ... to crystallise the international community's next steps in that effort to halt the slaughter of the Syrian people," White House press secretary Jay Carney said. He said the US was not actively considering military intervention, but "pursuing a path that includes isolating and pressuring the Assad regime so that it stops its heinous slaughtering of its own people". Homs: 'Who will help us now?' A resident of the Baba Amr area of Homs, Omar, told the BBC that the rocket and mortar attacks were indiscriminate. "Every house here in Baba Amr is a target," he said. "You have to be lucky to survive." He said a baby was killed when a rocket landed on a nearby house. Activists' estimates of the number of people killed on Wednesday range from about 40 to more than 100. Unconfirmed reports claimed that pro-government militiamen known as "shabiha" were going door-to-door and killing indiscriminately. There are also reports that 18 premature babies died after their incubators failed as a result of power cuts. State TV denied the reports and said Homs hospitals were operating normally. Our correspondent says the city is full of rumours, with five days of almost constant shelling creating an atmosphere of hysteria and despair. Hundreds of people are reported to have died in heavy shelling since Friday. State TV reported that "armed terrorists" had attacked an oil refinery in the city. The government blames the violence on foreign-backed groups and insisted the Homs offensive would continue until "order" is restored in the city. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov - who visited Syria on Tuesday - said countries with influence over Mr Assad's opponents should press them to start talks. But that option was dismissed by Jay Carney. "From the [earliest] days of this situation in Syria, there was an opportunity for the Assad regime to engage in dialogue with the opposition," he said, according to AFP news agency. "Rather than take that opportunity, Assad brutally cracked down on his own people. We don't think that that opportunity is available any more." Russia is a major arms supplier to Damascus and has its only Mediterranean naval base in Syria. Last week Russia and China vetoed a UN resolution that backed a new Arab League plan for Syria. The plan involved Mr Assad handing power to a deputy who would oversee a transition of power. In other developments: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reaffirms Russia's condemnation of "violence from whichever side it comes" and says Syrians should "decide their own fate independently" Turkey calls for an international conference on ways to stop the violence UN human rights chief Navi Pillay urges the international community to "cut through the politics and take effective action" to protect Syrians Paris-based charity Medecins San Frontieres releases a report with testimony from doctors and patients documenting "merciless persecution and repression of the injured and their caregivers" Widespread violence Since the UN vote was blocked, Syria has become increasingly isolated. On Tuesday, Gulf Arab states said they would expel Syrian ambassadors and recall their envoys from Damascus. The US closed its embassy in Syria on Monday, and several European countries have recalled their ambassadors. Violence against protesters continues to be reported from areas all over the country. Activists said tanks bombarded the town of Zabadani, about 30km (19 miles) north-west of Damascus, on Tuesday. Witnesses also reported clashes between government and rebel forces in Hama, another stronghold of anti-Assad sentiment. Syria heavily restricts access to foreign journalists and the reports cannot be independently verified. Human rights groups and activists say more than 7,000 people have been killed by Syrian security forces since the uprising began last March. The UN stopped estimating the death toll in Syria after it passed 5,400 in January, saying it was too difficult to confirm. President Assad's government says at least 2,000 members of the security forces have been killed. The U.N. is right; you can't be any more "un" Than you are right now, the U.N. is undone -----signature----- The Oatmeal Butterscotch paired with a Snickerdoodle turned my cynical penis into a happy vagina Then after an Oatmeal Cranberry and Double Chocolate, it made my new vagina spontaneously sing the Trolololo Song in an elevator. ---AkagiyamaMissile
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regulator_cracka Title: They finally recognized greatness. Posts: 22,259 Registered: Jan 6, '09 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 22,219 User ID: 1,343,795	Subject: so the craps hit the fan in syria eh?
	Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Y syria no have java? -----signature----- Self Appointed Smart Ass - Level 80 If you think my opinion is idiotic, re-read yours. Dont worry I will give my opinion anyways. The PvP MMO is NOT a "niche" market, Mythic is just a "niche" company.
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Fozzie_Bear Posts: 48,479 Registered: Dec 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 47,515 User ID: 558,887	Subject: so the craps hit the fan in syria eh?
	prolly been shelled duh -----signature----- The Oatmeal Butterscotch paired with a Snickerdoodle turned my cynical penis into a happy vagina Then after an Oatmeal Cranberry and Double Chocolate, it made my new vagina spontaneously sing the Trolololo Song in an elevator. ---AkagiyamaMissile
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-Abysmal- Posts: 21,891 Registered: Dec 20, '00 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 21,218 User ID: 59,638	Subject: so the craps hit the fan in syria eh?
	UGH...was going to my favorite sub shop tomorrow night! they better have Syrian pockets! -----signature----- Now i LIVESTRONG GO PATRIOTS Yankees SUCK! I wish AC looked better, I miss it I love you forever Jamie
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Unarmed-Yarr Title: Pirate of Harrrvestgain Posts: 22,020 Registered: Feb 23, '00 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 20,021 User ID: 12,032	Subject: so the craps hit the fan in syria eh?
	They dont have any oil, right? im sure the UN will send a strongly worded letter that will resolve all this, then. -----signature----- Old Fogie (4,297 days old), East Sider, Pirate Unarmed Yarr, Dissilspilg, HOH 4 life (12-15-00) Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.
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Hyperimiator Title: Maximus Probus Posts: 55,497 Registered: Jul 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 54,624 User ID: 266,347	Subject: so the craps hit the fan in syria eh?
	The gold digging goddess of a woman that broke my heart over 30 years ago, and stuck with her Syrian deep pocket boyfriend, (whose family owned the national bank of Syria) is probably wondering if she made the right decision about now. Just sayin..... -----signature----- The Hyperimiator song http://www.wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=1639&starttime=1:40:35 "You are never going to be able to vote for the revolution. Get that hope out of your mind" -Jerry Rubin http://www.youtube.com/user/Hyperimiator#p/u
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-Abysmal- Posts: 21,891 Registered: Dec 20, '00 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 21,218 User ID: 59,638	Subject: so the craps hit the fan in syria eh?
	30 years with a rich dude who will still be well off?? bet she's not posting on a message board about it! -----signature----- Now i LIVESTRONG GO PATRIOTS Yankees SUCK! I wish AC looked better, I miss it I love you forever Jamie
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Hyperimiator Title: Maximus Probus Posts: 55,497 Registered: Jul 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 54,624 User ID: 266,347	Subject: so the craps hit the fan in syria eh?
	-Abysmal- posted: 30 years with a rich dude who will still be well off?? bet she's not posting on a message board about it! lol, bet not, bet she isn't in Syria either.... -----signature----- The Hyperimiator song http://www.wfmu.org/listen.ram?show=1639&starttime=1:40:35 "You are never going to be able to vote for the revolution. Get that hope out of your mind" -Jerry Rubin http://www.youtube.com/user/Hyperimiator#p/u
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Ah-Schoo Title: Fuzzy Caterpillar of Friendliness Posts: 71,317 Registered: Aug 11, '00 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 68,974 User ID: 39,247	Subject: so the craps hit the fan in syria eh?
	I didn't see it, but is Homs one of the Christian cities? -----signature----- . Opinion = fact. Anecdote = proof. Political label more important than either of those. Welcome to ACF, where debate goes to die. . "fascist totalitarian secular progressive Zionist intellectually challenged Christian puppets." - Aerlinthina
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