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> As with the Houla massacre, we know that the blame lies > squarely with the Assad government because much of the killing is done > with heavy weapons the opposition doesn't have. Ooops! Too bad the author of this speculation failed to note that in fact, the majority of those killed in Houla were NOT killed with heavy weapons at all, but at close range. The author seems to believe that no attempts at disinformation could possibly come from the "activists" who are routinely quoted in the Western corporate media. Unfortunately for that thesis, those activists have been repeatedly caught with their pants down, claiming the death of various Syrian government officials who turned out to be alive, and have also been the ones propagating the absurdity (routinely and dutifully quoted in the corporate media) that it is the Syrian government which has on several occasions now bombed MILITARY INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS of its own government, and killed members of its own military (and not just the "grunts" in the field) to discredit the opposition. Eli Stephens Left I on the News http://lefti.blogspot.com ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
