Syrian rebels continue to expand their gains in the north of the country today, having captured the Tishrin Dam, an important hydroelectric dam on the Euphrates river. The Free Syrian Army (FSA), which led the attack, apparently seized large amounts of ammunition from the dam’s defenders.
50 miles east of Aleppo, Tishrin Dam is the newest of three hydroelectric dams on the river and produces roughly 5 percent of Syria’s annual electricity usage. Its capture adds to Syrian rebel holdings along the Turkish border.
Syrian military efforts in the north are mostly centered on keeping Aleppo from falling, while relying on air strikes against rebel bases elsewhere in the region. Rebels say attacks on bases along the Turkish border “may have something to do with increased weapons movements from Turkey.”
And while fighting today mostly centered around the north, rebels also claimed 10 children killed in the village of Deir al-Asafir, a suburb of Damascus. The rebels say a playground in the village was attacked with cluster bombs, but the Red Cross says they haven’t been able to confirm the incident.
Antiwar permanently reports the US terrorists unconfirmed news as truth here, despite having seen the most hypocritical manipulations from them. I think its a shame for a so-called antiwar website to promote hate mongering and war mongering propaganda, without any proof of neutral investigation.
It is known but ignored that this under-cover proxy guerrilla war of the USA/NATO/Saudi/Qatari regimes has been planned long ago by US Government.
Check the proof at <a href="http://www.08oo.wordpress.com” target=”_blank”>www.08oo.wordpress.com
BTW – This attack on the power plant is surely US army planning and guided by US satellite supervision. The same time the Syrian news agency http://www.sana.sy reports a attack on an oil-pipeline feeding some thermal electrical power plants. This is USA tactics coordinating their guerrilla mercenaries by satellite phones with supervision what post can be captured with how many mercenaries.
Those dumb killers would be unable to be so successful without being armed trained and guided by US army.
For details and materials that proofs this, see the English articles on http://www.08oo.wordpress.com
Cluster bombs? Well, didn't Israel do as much with American help? This here doesn't hold any water coming from the likes of the FSA … aka (Foreign Services of America).
not only is ditz reporting unconfirmed information, he is also reporting the assumptions of said reports, that the dam is important. More toward symbolically important. but, like, dude.
note that Syria's opposition is getting no where in major cities. but any half-wit can surmise the outskirts (aka rural) can be havens for bands of fighters, raiders, drug smugglers, gangsters, and terrorists . Raiding parties periodically assault cities, retreats (oh-dude, sorry "regresses"…) go back across to Turkey. That's the memo that pro-war types don't want to reinforce.
"look look, we are capable of putting a flag on a hill! look look, we're winning. we secured ammunition depot. give us US $ and guns and bullets (from Turkey)"
Much like seizing a police depot in Aleppo (over a year ago btw) and throwing captives off the roof, little could come from this alleged "important" victory of capture the flag/dam. But it may serve the propagandists agenda in producing an image of success, thus, from an outsider's view a reason to cheer. At best two things come from this 1)morale; 2)image of control, which, presumably creates further image in soft-heads that 3)"freedom fighters" are holding terrain and NOT retreating to Turkey. And Thus, appear 4)autonomous….and not lackeys for outsiders.
one might also note, for all the alleged successes oil is still being exported by Syria.
btw: Susan Rice said there was mass rape, mass murder, threat of genocide as justifications to invade Libya. None of which was ever verified. IE would never hold up in court. Speculation and conjecture. cluster bombs on a playground in a city, but no evidence of cluster bombs anywhere else in the city, surrounding streets, just a playground(?) how odd you say? Kind of like, I don't know, all the other forms of propaganda reported as evidence by "agents of change" like so-called mass deaths of children by Assad's artillery, but all the corpses are intact, and from pro-Assad families and kin? hmm. Cluster bombs in playgrounds? When you're weak–blame the opponent of killing babies. check.