http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2012/01/al-manna.html Al-Manna` <http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2012/01/al-manna.html> *After Haytham Al-Manna` (the courageous Syrian dissident) signed the agreement with Burhan Ghalyun, he has been vilified by Syrian March 14 intellectuals. I could not believe the venom of such attacks. I have not seen such Stalinist dogmatic intolerance in political rhetoric since I last read the mouthpiece of Hariri family in Lebanon. March 14 of Syria (dominated by religious reactionaries and their liberal lackeys) clearly offer us another version of the Ba`th rule. The Syrian people deserve better: neither the Asad dynasty, nor the Syrian National Council and their intellectual goons.*
Posted by As'ad AbuKhalil Looking Heavenward!<http://syrianrevolutiondigest.blogspot.com/2012/01/looking-heavenward.html> *Arab League Monitors have become part of the décor, just like the tanks and armored vehicles, part of the everyday happenings, just like the arbitrary killings and detentions, part of the same indifference that world leaders keep exhibiting. Meanwhile the Assads can count on the support of the Iranians, Russians, Chinese and Hezbollah, but the protesters can only rely on themselves, or as they often put it in their chants, God.* *Wednesday 4, 2012* *Todays death toll:* 21, in Homs, Hama, Deraa and Idlib. A high-ranking official *announced on Wednesday<http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=348939> * his defection from the Assad regime. Mahmoud Sleiman Hajj Hamad, head inspector at the Syrian Defense Ministry and first inspector at the Monetary Center of the Interior Ministry, held a press conference in Cairo to announce his defection. He later appeared on *Al-Jazeerah<http://youtu.be/LxSyua1pHt4> * and said that the Assad regime has so far spent over 35 million dollars to support the activities of his loyalist militias. He also said that most Syrian officials are under tight watch making it difficult for them to defect, but, he asserted, most of them want to defect. *Links* *Analysis: Doubts over Syria rebel army after escalation threat<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/04/us-syria-rebels-idUSTRE80320B20120104> * *Syrian activists say government armor still in cities<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/04/us-syria-idUSTRE80320220120104?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29> * *Arab League signals mounting frustration with Syria<http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2012/0104/Arab-League-signals-mounting-frustration-with-Syria> * *Syrian rebels smuggle injured out for safe treatment<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16414005> * *HOMS CITY*: A martyr from *Bab Amr Neighborhood*, a victim of torture while in detention http://youtu.be/fov_vsEUkyc A woman tells AKL monitors of her frantic and fruitless search for her detained husband in all security branches and demand his release http://youtu.be/V4Fw4kXo76s Local activists hand over a report they compiled on the detained http://youtu.be/E7To_PtGbbY Locals later hold a rally with some of the free officers in town http://youtu.be/NNdEL1lDkLo Later in the evening, a new officer announces his defection http://youtu.be/elRCoPwLJDM Somewhere in Homs, as the activist Khalid Abou Salah put it, AL monitors meet with defectors affiliated with the Free Syrian Army http://youtu.be/mIZh0V3lcas Later, the delegation visit the Central Prison http://youtu.be/sDuOq2oHPpE On seeing the delegates the political prisoners chant the people want to topple the regime http://youtu.be/GKwib5s4MAA *Bab Al-Sibaa*, snipers go back to business of random shooting into residential neighborhoods http://youtu.be/h9jMoeGMKRM , http://youtu.be/kz8mg70OVis Elsewhere in the neighborhood, children gather around a makeshift fire pit top warm themselves up http://youtu.be/z1XfeE5bJyo They say that this is better than staying at home where there is no fuel. They are eating dried bread, because thats all there is, and there is no school these days. A martyr from *Nazheen* neighborhood http://youtu.be/2ZkZrzLBT6g A martyr with his head blown up in *Deir Baalbah* http://youtu.be/ce30Fo63gKM A woman martyr from *Karm Al-Zeitun* http://youtu.be/IY2e8MRDY_8 An old man injured in *Karm Al-Zeitun* http://youtu.be/P8WQfbi-Jqo A funeral in * Qarabees* comes under fire http://youtu.be/JSureVuW5Dg Snipers in action in *Bab Al-Sibaa* http://youtu.be/knum88oQMFI A funeral in *Khaldiyeh* http://youtu.be/WA1xNNJClwM *Bab Dreib* Protesters remain defiant despite coming under fire http://youtu.be/vkcY7-edOBM *Rallies* An all-women demonstration in *Baba Amr* http://youtu.be/1brcWiiTklw *Shammas* http://youtu.be/2kVCFh-J2wk *Bab Houd* http://youtu.be/3KLE42Jeq3c *Khaldiyeh* http://youtu.be/zrZLY6i-a1E * Nighttime* *Inshaaat* http://youtu.be/PFGl5jl9-ho *Qarabees* http://youtu.be/4W25AE8jel8 *Waer* http://youtu.be/3fL_s6e24IY *Qoussour* http://youtu.be/X9qYSGuvlrA *Bab Al-Sibaa* http://youtu.be/Ovn9u7CJRsw * Malaab* http://youtu.be/Y7W_EVhc9gE *Deir Baalbah* http://youtu.be/43Bi1HrMulo *Karm Al-Zeitun* http://youtu.be/63OPFKsk60c * Ghoutah* http://youtu.be/ps66NEsOUKg *Jib Al-Jandali* http://youtu.be/1y6jmD689Po *Khaldiyeh* http://youtu.be/rrbJWv6Ofrs *HOMS PROVINCE*: The havoc in *Talbisseh* http://youtu.be/iwjkOjq2ocw , http://youtu.be/aKqCha4CQ90 *Rallies* *Ghanto* http://youtu.be/tmHRJzEPO5o *Houleh* http://youtu.be/0GYcIhcXrYI , http://youtu.be/GvMjcCV4z9E *Qseir* http://youtu.be/UwJTAaqiVp8 *Tadmor* http://youtu.be/LkN2bVDT5oA *Qaryatein* http://youtu.be/eBitEuRYBD4 *HAMA CITY*: Protesters in *Sabouniyeh* come under intense fire http://youtu.be/GWLA-QUixn8 This leaked video shows Assad snipers standing on top of the municipal building in Hama City shooting randomly and with relish at the people below in *Hadir Neighborhood * http://youtu.be/28SI4A-rIKw *Rallies* *Hamidiyeh* http://youtu.be/qW9T15P3qkM *Frayeh* http://youtu.be/Kox0Tz8J5CE *40 Street* http://youtu.be/geoiMzhnbRA *HAMA PROVINCE*: *Rallies* *Karnaz* http://youtu.be/gbOZHH9sLdI *Hilfaya* http://youtu.be/_knND3DyPTc *Kafar Zeiteh* http://youtu.be/6YqLWJVba98 *IDLIB**:* Tanks and loyalists in *Kafroumah* http://youtu.be/hUjRkkqq3FcStill, locals take to the streets every chance they get http://youtu.be/0SAYSweYl50 , http://youtu.be/i65eZavTqq4 Double funerals in *Idlib City* http://youtu.be/ABz-HWr4aD0 , http://youtu.be/2tKYDHP-LS0 A new martyr from Idlib City http://youtu.be/HBBQEjz4M_Q A nighttime funeral in *Kafar Takhareem* http://youtu.be/MwD8XBcxqPA More defection take place in *Jabal Al-Zawiyeh* region http://youtu.be/_8wcd5YdRok the defectors explain that they are actually army officers, but that their superiors have issued them police IDs in order to fool the AL monitors when they meet them. *Rallies* *Taftanaz* http://youtu.be/VpbIcYsPNWU *Sarmeen* http://youtu.be/dY3T5optvQY *Gilli* http://youtu.be/AFD3rf7GTqA *Haass* http://youtu.be/tUTKnEZnUCU *Saraqib* http://youtu.be/6wZVmFkPYoc *Nighttime * *Sarmada* http://youtu.be/KEI-L78xRWI *Barah* http://youtu.be/CreP504IjwU *Maarrat Masreen* http://youtu.be/GBFvsXUr754 *Binnish* http://youtu.be/IxDQ_iHBxRQ *Idlib City* http://youtu.be/k4eGSVIw5Gg *Jisr Ashoughour* (Darkoush) http://youtu.be/wvND3bdHvEI *DAMASCUS CITY*: Choppers fly *Daraya* Suburb http://youtu.be/jWbjIRG5Rls, http://youtu.be/Zbu8O8REkX4 *Rallies* *Barzeh* http://youtu.be/0FU9kNlm6o4 , http://youtu.be/h_BjWRwY1F0 *Qaboun* http://youtu.be/fj0up8rMPuQ *Qadam* http://youtu.be/uq_04meewSA *Naher Eisheh* http://youtu.be/7nbMWGKC0Rw *Assaly* http://youtu.be/OnHjf_lCCU8 * Midan* http://youtu.be/CjBX1fts5dE *DAMASCUS NORTH*: funeral for a female activist in *Dmeir* http://youtu.be/6THYHu7aqUQ Thousands turn out http://youtu.be/39TZTTjh-tA, http://youtu.be/KF0iW20etJQ Many women attend and chant We want Assads head to compensate for the blood of our martyrs http://youtu.be/uoQKO4cqG_s *Rallies* *Rankous* http://youtu.be/CBwx3a8ZIKM *DAMASCUS EAST*: Locals in *Harasta* welcome the AL monitors in their neighborhood http://youtu.be/pifVeWldx3k , http://youtu.be/czogEZ3hn8k A funeral in *Douma* http://youtu.be/PUrvdT-9Yvk , http://youtu.be/WQLywKAc_tcfor this martyr http://youtu.be/sj-9SbNkWvE Shortly after this rally in *Moadamiyah* http://youtu.be/w0a80iABXuU , http://youtu.be/mheyiP0de8k, Loyalist security forces storm in and begin shooting http://youtu.be/rWaJw6ktugE The protesters had held a banner scalding NCB spokesman Haytham Manna for his opposition to foreign intervention and demanding a no-fly zone http://youtu.be/9DQE_C9t31U *Rallies* *Kafar Batna * http://youtu.be/f1_loSdyrP0 , http://youtu.be/wlbqpNYT3Lo *Jisreen* http://youtu.be/SUnQi8WEL2Y , http://youtu.be/JFMDR75SZ-k *Hamouriyeh* http://youtu.be/VgIaYcym8gk *Douma*Banner Down with Ghalioun, the Conspirator http://youtu.be/RtxX6_pBmXk *Harasta* http://youtu.be/LJ8w189-at4 , http://youtu.be/lA7T2pmFALQ , http://youtu.be/nnBVeTSC7wA , http://youtu.be/7ueUuM4FiiE *Zamalka* http://youtu.be/9XcOVL7fLEM *Mdirah* http://youtu.be/imjH2IDIUG4 *Harran Al-Awameed* http://youtu.be/YLYb9ZyKUTg *Yalda* http://youtu.be/It7NI6SmQCs *DAMASCUS SOUTH*: *Zakiyeh* http://youtu.be/lrpROsm1wrM *Babila* http://youtu.be/9eOFvOGapes *DAMASCUS WEST*: *Rallies* *Zabadani* http://youtu.be/BxOQmqZCHIg *Madaya* http://youtu.be/IlzMLrE_dkQ *Qoudsaya* http://youtu.be/h7u1zipeV2M *Wadi Barada* http://youtu.be/ZilZaU6FlOs *DERAA CITY**: Al-Balad* A funeral http://youtu.be/Jn0Zh2zZ2BM A monitor tells people that every house he visited in the city has either a martyr or a detainee http://youtu.be/OiZjTRMMDZI Elsewhere, locals hold a funeral http://youtu.be/0v7q4UwN3Ug *Rallies* *Mahata* http://youtu.be/OOMoEFU4dNc *DERAA/HAURAN*: A mother from *Dael* explains the circumstance of her sons martyrdom to the AL monitors http://youtu.be/8jQLIfJ9W7E Monitors also speak with the parents of detainees and injured http://youtu.be/pXSgVJAV9C0 Locals show the monitors a snipers layer http://youtu.be/y3Wm943MYrk Later, locals hold a major rally in the presence of the delegates http://youtu.be/Nq42DUpWr5I Loyalist security forces storm *Jbab* http://youtu.be/usOAORNEEhA , http://youtu.be/l8m3qWLLAyo *Rallies* *Hraak* http://youtu.be/uROG4KarzK4 *Kafar Shams* http://youtu.be/cxA2pvoyt6s *Harrah* http://youtu.be/zBiD1cEssHQ *Naeemeh* http://youtu.be/wTpXCWQPN14 *Namar* http://youtu.be/vYcvOM8k_Aw *Taybah* http://youtu.be/U6ySaASgGL0 *Nighttime* *Tafas* http://youtu.be/vSX4Wgd55PI *Mseifrah* http://youtu.be/I4yXu4R2Ap0 *Abtaa* http://youtu.be/nbQsKUCW3is *ALEPPO CITY*: *Marjeh Neighborhood* thousands of protesters carrying torches staged rally that lasted for hours and was only broken up when loyalist security forces and local pro-Assad militias intervened and clashed with demonstrators http://youtu.be/YwCoqb3XXqU , http://youtu.be/A0cjKxNJlvY , http://youtu.be/DySwSfAj8h8 , http://youtu.be/YiYwj6nryiY Other rallies took place in New Aleppo http://youtu.be/W1pkX48RXaE *Al-Hamra* http://youtu.be/VPOkQjd6t_A 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