A violent crackdown on protests in the northern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour has left at least 45 people dead, according to a human right group. The slain included 35 civilians and 10 members of the security forces.
The deaths were the latest in what has been a weekend of angry protests, which saw demonstrators in Deiz Azzour setting two Ba’ath Party buildings on fire to protest previous killings. Two protesters were also killed there on Saturday.
Syria’s state media termed the crackdowns retaliation against “armed terrorist groups” in the city, and claimed they had attacked a number of police stations as well as vandalizing government buildings.
Rights groups have put the overall death toll of the crackdowns at well over 1,000 demonstrators since March. Despite the violence, public protests have continued to grow nationwide.
I wonder when NATO will go into Syria to 'avert a humanitarian crisis' – Oops! Almost forgot that they're busy in Libya at the moment creating a genocide to avoid a calamity and siphoning that would oil while Syria has none of it. Oh, well. Tough luck for the Syrians, I guess. Maybe after they're done destroying Libya and plunging Pakistan in to civil war, they'll look that way but only if Israel tells them to, of course.
And the dead in Yemen for months on end is of no interest to our "humanitarian" media narrative. Just the opposite, the anybody that is taking arms in Yemen to fight the dictator is called "Islamic fighter", while the shootting of unarmed protestors for months and months did not draw one ounce of human interest. Just faceless screaming mobs of oddly dressed people. No stories of abuse of civilians, soldier rapes, killed little children. This information is magically not twitted by infamous "activists". Plain and simple it is. The president and his imperial guard are to stay in power. Even if he leaves, the core military with Pentagon advisors there are to remain. South will not be allowed to go free, no matter what. Southern secession is called Al-Qaeda, and this script has been floating through press for a long time now. So, let's talk about Syria, where not a fraction of horrors are being visited on civilians compared to Yemen. Surprise, surprise.