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Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Syria Bleeding!<http://syrianrevolutiondigest.blogspot.com/2011/12/syria-bleeding.html> *The Assad regime's current tactics indicates that it views the Arab League Monitoring Mission more as a month-long window of opportunity during which it can do whatever it wants to bring the revolution to an end, rather than a final opportunity to chart an exit strategy for itself, hence the escalation in violence, including the decision to throw air-power into the fray.* *Monday 26, 2011* *Todays death toll:* 43, including 21 in Homs City (Baba Amr), 6 in Hama City, and the rest in the provinces of Damascus, Idlib, Aleppo and Deir Ezzor. Meanwhile, the general strike continues to be observed by all protest communities. *Homs City Deir Baalbah* (Dec 27 morning): the local pipeline is blown up http://youtu.be/sIqhNQMd1KU The explosion as seen from *Bayadah*Neighborhood http://youtu.be/tPWRr8taWMQ The explosion as seen from the town of * Talbisseh* http://youtu.be/rQBXmI0DsZI *Links* **Syria trying to reveal secrets behind abduction of Iranian engineers<http://www.tehrantimes.com/component/content/article/93931>Comment: *The Iranian government wants us to believe these were mere electrical engineers, as if Syria doesnt have myriads of them. Who were these engineers? What were they doing in Homs City? To what extant is the Iranian Government involved in the ongoing crackdown in Syria? These are the real questions. * *'Military action in Syria is lesser evil'*<http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=250924> ** *UN Security Council Fiddles While Syria Burns (Albeit With Mock Humor)*<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evelyn-leopold/un-security-council-fiddl_b_1169630.html> ** *Monitors arrive in Syria; carnage as tanks fire*<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/26/us-syria-idUSTRE7BO0B620111226> ** *Planes, Tanks and Armored Vehicles: the Battle for Rural Damascus*** The first serious use of fighter jets against civilian populations by the regime seems to have taken place today in Rural Damascus. Several reports from the Damascene Suburb of Douma have all asserted that fighter jets were used in todays pounding of the neighboring farmlands, especially the villages of Al-Shoufiniyeh and Hosh Nasri. The bombing seems to have been spurred by new defections in the ranks of the local unity assigned to patrol the neighborhood and the ensuing clashes between loyalists and defectors. One little girl was reportedly killed in the pounding, but there is no exact word on the causalities that took place in the farmlands. The communities being targeted most make up what is known as the *Eastern Ghoutah* a large swath of farmland at the outskirts of Damascus dotted by small towns and villages, including Zamalka, Arbeen, Douma, Hamouriyeh, Mesraba, Al-Hajar Al-Aswad, among others, all of which are considered hotbeds of protests. Indeed, Rural Damascus has been boiling for months, but clashes between loyalists and local insurgents have been few and sporadic, as insurgents seem more interested in building their network and capacity then carrying out anti-regime operations at this stage. The move seems to come as a preemptive strike. *Homs City: Christmastime massacres continue*** <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H9a4STA6Uck/Tvmnv5mxIRI/AAAAAAABWRM/lEW-NiCJ_H0/s1600/402599_276122169104427_100001199370293_739874_486196832_n.jpg> The merciless pounding of Baba Amr is nothing short of a crime against humanity being perpetrated as the entire world watches with unexplainable unjustifiable indifference. It is said that Major General Assef Chawkat, the man in charge of all military operations currently taking place all over the country, had promised his brother-in-law, Bashar Al-Assad, to have the situation in Baba Amr brought under control by the end of November. He is said to be fighting now to avoid another embarrassment which could compromise his position in the family, once again. The dead lie in the streets http://youtu.be/N4kZQfmEZII Loading some of the dead in trucks http://youtu.be/dUXaqBeLZrQ Rescuers work under impossible condition http://youtu.be/WPsuYNOAN18 The wounded often die despite the bet efforts at saving them http://youtu.be/yx1NH2uZ3dM , http://youtu.be/fBsK9dzCANw Men, women and children all get killed http://youtu.be/PJqaXQkR4dM , http://youtu.be/EvyGHFnV4aY Not all the dead are Syrians, this old woman is from Iraq http://youtu.be/UPOZoea_ar8Digging up bodies from under the rubble http://youtu.be/z5HoIokD5ZM Grieving http://youtu.be/sYWlOkhirhw An entire is killed http://youtu.be/Kncwr-KgCVY The pounding is so intense youd think two armies are facing each other in combat, not one set of crazy murdering SOBs shelling a residential neighborhood, high on fear, hate and fascist propaganda http://youtu.be/_SUlJmim9ag , http://youtu.be/2__NLmJAIXk , http://youtu.be/OQn3ZKwTTTI The sounds of the pounding can be heard from the nearby *Inshaaat* Neighborhood http://youtu.be/MfRZH_O11dU A tank in action http://youtu.be/b6Wqk31ajXs Scenes of havoc http://youtu.be/3N9BJLmHO8Y , http://youtu.be/L903oQkFa1k , http://youtu.be/Gb7tX5Bdg1o , http://youtu.be/CW6GcGQrpak During lull-times the minarets sing http://youtu.be/izIyDk8LD6U Then, the pounding resumes http://youtu.be/c5d_CennZr4 , http://youtu.be/1ucrLlBIbOs *An eyewitness account*: 5 people were killed, my father and our neighbors. Our homes and our cars were destroyed. Where are the Arab League monitors? Where are the Muslims? Arent we Muslims like them? Where are the nations of the world? What can we do on our own? http://youtu.be/0OtTuERVLCM The *women in the neighborhood* call on the Arab League monitors to visit their neighborhood http://youtu.be/hdrTKLSgxtw we have no water, no electricity, we cannot save the wounded from the streets, we live in a shelter Half of the people in the neighborhood have been martyred. We live on top of each other in this basement, blood is all over the streets. But Baba Amr was not the only Homs City neighborhood to be shelled today, *Bab Al-Sibaa* received its share http://youtu.be/WwakpT0lrZM , http://youtu.be/qS6OELQuV5o , http://youtu.be/o9WHEjhH8IQ This little girl was wounded by a shrapnel http://youtu.be/NZIW1SBjDbM and this young man was killed http://youtu.be/X2Jvn7vixI0 Another martyr, a father of three http://youtu.be/YzpJ21m_boI And yet another, a father of 1 http://youtu.be/ISo_8PXUcYE Still, the people take to the streets at night http://youtu.be/qHU_PZKaZ6o *Bad Dreib* comes under fire as well http://youtu.be/LW-04m18gh0 And *Cairo Street* http://youtu.be/oYEr9fnwxNk And *Khaldiyeh* http://youtu.be/Dk8UpybFSM4 *And** Wadi Arab* http://youtu.be/HolMjSi7fIE , http://youtu.be/s4NlOYRXcns, http://youtu.be/inoui-I7z08 a house catches fire http://youtu.be/COD1tA4T3Ks Elsewhere in the city, snipers spread terror and martyrs http://youtu.be/8qQQbQUzB1s *Bab Houd* wounded http://youtu.be/5pd9wk-RcUg, http://youtu.be/UdBx6S-tdZc The wounded and the dead in *Karm Al-Zeitun* http://youtu.be/tyOhJOuROeo , http://youtu.be/iJ34dNYZcIY , http://youtu.be/NQONUdDCDCQ , http://youtu.be/W-yymAFAR6U , http://youtu.be/Nt4MGn4kkO8 *Inshaaat* The dying of Sheikh Manhal al-Attassy http://youtu.be/Ymuq3ZRXBI8 , http://youtu.be/YxIJ9QpeT_Y Another martyr http://youtu.be/LMHwhD0sO-E In *Jib al-Jandali*, this house was shelled, and three of its occupants died http://youtu.be/SmWgGFiM8O0 An impromptu funeral in *Sifsafeh* http://youtu.be/dwoKKbe8PW8 Another in * Bayadah* http://youtu.be/NwTlbVbwVYA , http://youtu.be/cgLE7J0ucw0 Other neighborhoods continue their defiance: *Deir Baalbah* http://youtu.be/Nq7gv6sCE0w Night http://youtu.be/H2Tk_vf_RWE *Al-Rifai*neighborhood http://youtu.be/WZWQSbPXJls *Asheereh* Neighborhood http://youtu.be/zwVcNS_mggM *Qoussour* http://youtu.be/_PNx7hnsqn4 , http://youtu.be/LUyv_iMBvQE *Malaab* http://youtu.be/5r2YPJOB2T0 *Khaldiyeh* http://youtu.be/WVVq4eco6sg *Corniche* http://youtu.be/y-laLX4SYMU *Waer* http://youtu.be/oAioAJZHDE8 *Sifsafeh* http://youtu.be/BudB4wmEfcM *Jouret Al-Shayah *http://youtu.be/ElV7xNsFEN4 *Bab Al-Sibaa* http://youtu.be/8WUSYmYKxEk And the general strike continues to be observed throughout the city: the local vegetable market http://youtu.be/eT8baH-JUxI *Abu Awf Street* http://youtu.be/7znPd14ETek *PROVINCIAL HOMS*: Crackdown on this protest http://youtu.be/Wp9N4Zs99mQleaves a woman martyr in *Talbisseh* http://youtu.be/aC3zB3-5K-4 The town is pounded at night http://youtu.be/W5siGLlxmBk A funeral in *Qseir* http://youtu.be/Ac2XWOb0scItown is pounded at night http://youtu.be/_l_TSAdWQn4 Double funeral in *Al-Dar Al-Kabirah* http://youtu.be/riMbtsN9zTY Defections in *Rastan* http://youtu.be/jMlJV-Pe5Sg And demonstrations http://youtu.be/VU4ED2EW6iY *Houleh *http://youtu.be/XpWiz-986m0 Night http://youtu.be/x8lXHiw0ktQ *Tadmor*(Palmyra) http://youtu.be/lVzn4Y_1e28 *HAMA*: In *Khattab*, three protesters were killed http://youtu.be/SFHRwKO59kg when a tank opened fire http://youtu.be/boJvLV0s8Vs on a peaceful demonstration. The martyr Majid Al-Nabhan http://youtu.be/EAbxSFERC-0 The martyr Khalid al-Ibrahim http://youtu.be/Yqmglqs4fG4 The martyr Muhammad Seifo Yassin http://youtu.be/d4VgUyGz-04 A martyr in *Kafrenboudeh* http://youtu.be/KiDHWTiIQrw His funeral http://youtu.be/ZTVo6RifNrA *Kafar Zeita* tanks pull out to the outskirts of the town http://youtu.be/K18SuLqDMNI People take back to the streets http://youtu.be/ga4nmYln5CE , http://youtu.be/fB-iIb_FB0c *Karnaz* http://youtu.be/yvrQU3w5_Pk *Hilfaya* http://youtu.be/JZDsAScA7oY *Taybat Al-Imam* http://youtu.be/s-5YjQ0AVwU *Ellatamneh* http://youtu.be/AXN-QOJg3nU *Treimseh* http://youtu.be/cJ9nrKRQAvs *Sauran* http://youtu.be/LX7hoX83dZc *Madeeq* http://youtu.be/g2AwWbFYpqU *Hama City* (Malaab) http://youtu.be/WtypavDa8T0 (Hamidiyeh) http://youtu.be/MLb8NDHOJhg (Frayeh) http://youtu.be/Xu_ElYub1Zc (Qoussour) protesters come under fire http://youtu.be/42rcMseK_-c (Aleppo Road) comes under fire at night http://youtu.be/y9uLu7xPBK4 *DEIR EZZOR*: *Qrayah* (Qourieyh) is stormed and the pounding begins http://youtu.be/usq7YbxFo8k *Jarthi* is stormed by tanks and loyalists http://youtu.be/EPBBu6ETsPY , http://youtu.be/1mPIJdPKeeE , http://youtu.be/7Y4FAh9WhCk But people take back to the streets at night http://youtu.be/8mSlPXNHTIY *Deir Ezzor City* (Ghassan Abboud Square) comes under fire at night http://youtu.be/M2B9-BKH20U (Takaya Street) people take to the street http://youtu.be/S1bLxvBUbT4 (Hassan Taha) http://youtu.be/Gt5tkPS8x1U Security patrols in *Albou Kamal* http://youtu.be/mFT-_UC9il8 People take back to the streets http://youtu.be/ddAUfrnC-C4 *Shaheel* http://youtu.be/k9jJoye2Cj4 *IDLIB*: a teenage martyr in *Saraqib* http://youtu.be/eiMlRm2d3uk Another http://youtu.be/DehlqkZ1UHQ Praying for the dead in *Khan Shaikhoon* http://youtu.be/tby-kR7qBzg Impact of shelling in *Ableen* http://youtu.be/dTLhHY1q3mw *Tilmens* http://youtu.be/jNSdgf1NmtA *Jabal Al-Zawiyeh* http://youtu.be/pv5GQHdxF0g *Courine* http://youtu.be/R3XbuT2c_Iw *Jisr Ashoughour* (Kastan) http://youtu.be/nNM-EUktiak *Haass* http://youtu.be/bc8V5oZAOeI *Binnish* http://youtu.be/6ceSzRnXXLQ Night http://youtu.be/I9gj8d0zep0 *Taftanaz* http://youtu.be/SLj21tIzXOE *Kafroumah* http://youtu.be/XwaL6NRZiBY *Sarmeen * http://youtu.be/eqMNf-iOZ6E , http://youtu.be/8S_3V9kXV3o *Idlib City* http://youtu.be/7ZCWSi7lRfU An all women demonstration in *Maarrat Al-Nouman* http://youtu.be/4e-gQ2Q3MFM *ALEPPO*: *Aleppo City* a funeral for the local activist Omar Al-Hawi http://youtu.be/wByxObB1Cho , http://youtu.be/ndhHUm-kYDI , http://youtu.be/_UT1t33tuM8 , http://youtu.be/yaKpTdNrPkg *Demonstrations* * Anadan* http://youtu.be/Ahd0XFA-9IQ *Atareb* http://youtu.be/AD0TJ08sxEE * Hayyan* http://youtu.be/2FfUtUb7Tcc *Kafar Nouran* http://youtu.be/jMkSbuVSObc *Turkmen Bareh* http://youtu.be/3LMyCLPXeZ0 *Tal Rifaat* http://youtu.be/2Y25Z4rHlho *Routian* http://youtu.be/s_UH7W2Ks3M *DAMASCUS CITY*: *Douma* Loyalists storm the suburb and open fire on inhabitants http://youtu.be/RswwG_CfSAE A martyr http://youtu.be/r8TXRlGDOicNighttime funeral http://youtu.be/W5zUpl1D1OY was followed by demonstrations http://youtu.be/y-m_JyAILZQ , http://youtu.be/Tvjgqv38rq4 Students from the *University of Damascus* demonstrate in support of Homs http://youtu.be/6C0hBrNVL5U *Other demonstrations* *Qadam* http://youtu.be/5d3X8SHCg5A *Kafar Sousseh* http://youtu.be/i3uMBoNw9V8 * Barzeh* http://youtu.be/wpOSPeRqmwU *Assaly* http://youtu.be/aSU_I-oawxYchildren demonstrate after school in *Daraya* http://youtu.be/NmuxSzqmYa8 *Harasta* http://youtu.be/EZix3TeTe-w * Saqba* http://youtu.be/wv5iGKfhtBQ *Jobar* http://youtu.be/yVYQLULS91o *SUBURBAN & RURAL DAMASCUS*: Funeral in *Sasa* http://youtu.be/nYrbW_YB6-s *Madaya* http://youtu.be/pn7oDM50UmA *Arbeen* http://youtu.be/Qe25QGE0ZAw * Sirghaya* http://youtu.be/Q3mCxyFBpq8 *Zakyeh* http://youtu.be/aKa6qciE8cE * Rankous* http://youtu.be/wYK51BUrsn0 *Qarrah* http://youtu.be/7fgTuvIAVSc * Yabroud* http://youtu.be/T0jOZjYb0MU *DERAA/HAURAN*: *Tseel* A child martyr http://youtu.be/8_4URh4zxCo Another martyr http://youtu.be/P-xe4SaY4M0 *Basr Al-Harir* people take back to the streets after the tanks withdraw http://youtu.be/hSXiZO_Vh6w Impact of pounding http://youtu.be/OKM5QwDBh8U , http://youtu.be/v7zGuoaSzi4 , http://youtu.be/wPV8WTe8nSM *Hraak* http://youtu.be/eHvhcQYuNLc *Ghariyeh* http://youtu.be/rOvpW7z9qos *Dael* http://youtu.be/u1k4NFx6oeI *Deraa City*(Mahata) http://youtu.be/ex2dRAYvLmg *Mseifrah* http://youtu.be/FR_hwgJXQTg *Tafas* http://youtu.be/n7CBX9zQdpU *Jizeh* http://youtu.be/8RfG3bkHnQo *Um Walad* http://youtu.be/1iq56_tjKJc *Abtaa* http://youtu.be/O4KupeVoKaM *RAQQAH*:* Raqqah* *City* defections http://youtu.be/DQrAklLDq_Q *ELSEWHERE*: More *defections* http://youtu.be/p_C5HFowHCs Posted by Ammar [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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