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| 3 Dead, 33 Hurt as Syrian Tanks Encircle Homs Towns |
| 2011-05-30 |
| [An Nahar] Three people were killed and 33 others maimed on Sunday at the hands of Syrian security forces in the central towns of Rastan and Talbisa, which were encircled by tanks at dawn, the opposition said. The Syrian Revolution 2011, a Facebook group spurring the anti-regime protests, reported that two people were killed at military checkpoints on the outskirts of the Homs town of Rastan, adding that another citizen it identified as Ahmed al-Dheik was killed at the hands of security forces in the Homs town of Talbisa. At least 33 other people were shot and maimed by security forces in the two towns, the group reported. Meanwhile, ...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had escaped from his bonds and overwhelmed this guard using the bludgeon Filomena had smuggled to him in the loaf of bread... a human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedomat the convenience of the state... activist told Agence La Belle France Presse that several people were maimed when security forces unleashed "intense gunfire" in Rastan and Talbisa, which were encircled by tanks at dawn. "Dozens of tanks at dawn encircled the towns of Rastan and Talbisa, as well as the village of Deir Maaleh," the activist told AFP by telephone. The three centers are all situated between Homs and Hama in central Syria. Tanks also blocked the highway linking Homs -- Syria's third-largest city and a flashpoint of pro-democracy protests -- to Hama, he said. "There was intense gunfire by Syrian security forces at Rastan and Talbisa that maimed several people," the source said. Security forces killed at least 12 protesters on Friday in dispersing demonstrations against the regime of Syrian President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators. Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor... , activists said. More than 1,000 people have been killed and 10,000 others tossed in the clink since the revolt began, according to rights groups. Syrian authorities say 143 soldiers, security forces and police have been killed. Foreign journalists are barred from travelling inside Syria, making it difficult to report on the unrest and verify witness accounts. The government insists the unrest is the work of "armed terrorist gangs" backed by Islamists and foreign agitators. It initially responded to the revolt by offering some concessions, including lifting the state of emergency in place for nearly five decades, but coupled this with a fierce crackdown. The opposition has dismissed calls for dialogue, saying that could only take place once the violence ends, political prisoners are freed and reforms adopted. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Where's 0bama in all of this? nowhere that's where |
| Posted by: Mikey Hunt 2011-05-30 02:40 |