At least 104 people have been killed in Syria today, the vast majority of them civilians killed in a pair of car bombings in Druze neighborhoods in the capital city of Damascus. The larger of the two bombings killed 57 people and wounded dozens of others.
So far no group has claimed credit for the attacks, but the smart money is on the Islamist rebel factions, who have regularly launched bombs in neighborhoods they perceive as “pro-regime.” The Druze elders have reported seen several threats from rebel blocs ahead of the attack.
Syrian state media also reported two other smaller bombings around the capital, though neither of these appear to have killed anybody and simply caused damage to some buildings. Other fighting was reported in the far north, though the bulk of the deaths were in the bombings, not the fighting.
The Red Cross has issued a statement criticizing both rebels and regime in the civil war for paying “little regard” to the safety of civilians. Both sides regularly accuse the other of massacres, and the overwhelming majority of the dead in the war are not combatants, but bystanders.
Many hundreds of mostly Shia Iraq civilians have also been killed in a series of car bombings. Western "defenders of human rights" silent on these atrocities to the best of my knowledge.
Looks like anything goes if it is perceived to weaken Iran and its friends.
~80% of all urban casualties end up as civies. fyi. One more very important fact why war generally sucks, but "civil war" is the worst. thks Obama, Susan Rice, Hillary for demanding the overthrow of Assad the second you saw your chance to install Ambassador Ford's plan (Negroponte's protege)
Remember when Andrew Sullivan came out and pandered Obama's African history and Muslim relatives in Kenya would somehow act as a bridge in MENA and Asia in general? Seriously. White south-park Sullivan types are closet racist. (Sulli: "oh goody, we got a "color" in the WH now we can really reshape the MENA in our image"). The US under Obama has screwed over brown people -and now that Libya is beholden to white European "reconstruction" contracts paid with, gosh, let's see, Oil?– 100s of billions in deals, even GE is going to score contracts. Libya a better place? And now Syria…France's economy could use a boost.
in the meantime, Qatar-Saud funded Arab assassins (aka Salafist nutjobs) kill scores of Christians and Druze in Damascus out of hatred and terror….heartless… US-NATO taking out Iraq, Libya, and now Syria- All National Republics that could defend against Islamist nutters unless outsider agents funded proxy war or NATO air support…Republics were the only states in MENA that could survive against Anglo-Franco-American adventurism. Appears Syria Republic will stand perhaps long enough for the West to realize all Taliban-like states like the one Salafist want to replace Syria with will eventually lead to hellish countries like Saudi Arabia. Does the world need another Saudi Arabia? What have they given the world besides oil and Salafist? Seriously?
btw: "rebels.," and" …perceive"…?! Come on. Please think this one through.
Try TERRORISTS and JUDGE. Those who detonate car bombs targeting civies carry out crimes against humanity. classify as terrorist. NOT "rebels' fighting the "borg". And those who target innocent city folk like granny and the ever lovable, but slow-witted uncle Aram on his way for coffee, are incapable of PERCEPTION. They are a heartless, vindictive and judgmental lot. Seriously. Judge and executioner. Think about it.
Best, cheers.
The hallmark of terrorism, the hallmark of those tyrants supporting their terrorism shipped from all over Europe to mark their brutality, to mark their standing that they are not for democracy I any part of this world, but to destroy the democracy replacing it with a falsified one, as falsified as they themselves are.
Rebels my rear end! These killers are no better than the ones they're purportedly fighting against. I dare say they're worse. And so Hillary is silent? Ah… progressive hypocrisy on a roll once more.
Car Bombs are striking Damascus ? What bad bombs! Someone should tell them, that this is not nice.
Why the headline is not "The US Guerrilla proxy fighters are bombing hundred of innocent civilians in Damascus?
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I like how the Red Cross blames "both sides" for the carnage.
If some lowlife foreign terror whores were killing innocent civilians like this in my country, you can bet your sweet ass I would look the police and armed forces for protection, and they would certainly have my support in destroying this threat to the people's safety and well-being.
But America backing terrorists to achieve it's aims is nothing new.
This is where our gas money goes via Saudi Arabia.