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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syria: Blast in Damascus suburb kills 15

2012-09-03

[Dawn] Syria's state news agency says a car boom near a Paleostinian refugee camp in a suburb of the nation's capital has killed at least 15 people.

SANA says the kaboom in the Damascus
...Home to a staggering array of terrorist organizations...
suburb of al-Sbeineh late Saturday also maimed several people and caused heavy damage to buildings in the area. It blamed the blast on an "armed terrorist group," the term it uses to describe the rebel Free Syrian Army seeking to topple Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Trampler of Homs...

Posted by:Fred

#6 The U.S. still ignoring the genocide of the Montgnards.

Posted by: bman 2012-09-03 11:08

#5 My point your Lordship is, for years the west practically ignored the genocide of the Khmer Rouge. I believe the eventual death toll reached into the millions. A bit closer to home we choose to ignore the centuries old 'restavek' (child slavery) in Haiti as well. It is what it is.

Posted by: Besoeker 2012-09-03 10:15

#4 besoeker,

true but about the same total as for the 1982 Hama Massacre during the reign of Assad senior (estimates of total fatalities in that event were 10k to 40k)

also, the fatalities in this conflict have been running 500 to 1000 per week lately

Posted by: lord garth 2012-09-03 09:54

#3 By Pol Pot standards, a very slow start.

Posted by: Besoeker 2012-09-03 09:47

#2 Total civilian fatalities in the Syrian Civil Conflict are now somewhere between 20k and 30k (since Mar 2011) depending on the record keeping and the definition of 'civilian'. About 30 to 40% of the total are subsequent to Kofi Annan's involvement in April 2012.

Posted by: lord garth 2012-09-03 09:12

#1 Popcorn

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-09-03 02:04

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