Yahoo: Assad predicts disaster if West meddles in Syria

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http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/acarvin/~wQLQQ

Just awful. So graphic I'm using http://Deck.ly so you won't accidentally be exposed to it. Devastating head wound. RT @ahmed: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC: little girl Maymouna al-Sayed was reportedly killed by security forces in Houla, Homs today http://bit.ly/vFw3SS

http://twitter.com/#!/RulaAmin

LCC:7 people have been killed in syria today,4 in Homs where govt forces is now in control of Bab Amro neighborhood after days of fighting 15 minutes ago

LCC just updated their numbers,8 people killed in Syria today they say 12 minutes ago

[visionary]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7A62Z520111107

Syrian forces move into Homs district after shelling

Troops and militiamen loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad moved into a residential district of Homs after six days of tank bombardment that killed scores of people and wounded hundreds in the hotbed of unrest, residents and activists said on Monday.

Since a military crackdown on Homs to suppress protests and an emerging insurgency against President Bashar al-Assad intensified last week, least 100 civilians have been killed, mostly from tank fire into the Bab Amro district, they said, amid a growing Arab and Western outcry over rising casualties.

"They are now storming houses and arresting people.... The shabbiha (pro-Assad militia) have brought pick-up trucks and are looting buildings," Raed Ahmad, one of the activists, said by telephone. He added that most residents had fled Bab Amro.

"The regime wants everything to look spic and span for the Arab League. They even started painting army troop carriers police blue and the shabbiha are wearing brand new police uniforms churned out by state factories," he said.

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/...ov-7-2011-1711

A senior US official will on Monday launch a three-country campaign to firm up sanctions against Syria and to tackle transnational organized crime, the Treasury Department said.

Assistant Secretary Daniel Glaser will travel to Moscow, Beirut and Amman for a week-long visit.

In Jordan and Lebanon, Glaser is expected to press the authorities to "remain vigilant against attempts by the Syrian regime to evade US and EU sanctions."

The financial sectors of both nations are seen by Washington as a possible avenue for Syria to circumvent international sanctions.

I don't see Russia or Lebanon budging much on this...we'll see.



http://twitter.com/#!/SeekerSK

RT @RafifJ: They're shooting at women point-blank in Daraa. #Syria. #HangAssad. 5 minutes ago

Great protest in Kafar Wama Idlib http://youtu.be/fGgbKvK13tA
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Homs: Hawle: Martyrdom of 11 year old Maymuna Mua'wiya Al Sayed by gunfire of sec forces snipers. May she rest in peace. 4 minutes ago

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[visionary]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011...imes&seid=auto

Syrian Troops Storm Homs District in New Bloodshed

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops stormed a restive neighborhood in Homs on Monday, kicking in doors and making house-to-house arrests in an area that has spiraled out of government control after nearly a week of deadly assaults, activists said.

The regime is scrambling to clear out Baba Amr, a major center of resistance and reprisal, as Damascus faces potential fallout from the Arab League for defying a peace plan brokered by the 22-nation body with persistent violence. According to activists, more than 110 people have been reported killed in the past week in Homs, Syria's third-largest city.

http://twitter.com/#!/3ayeef

Let the whole world know who are the Syrians, look ate our women holding in front of the gunfire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7ojAefix4Y 1 hour ago

http://twitter.com/#!/AJELive

Activists: 11 people were killed across Syria. Of those killed eight were in the country's third largest city Homs http://aje.me/vJiIYO 1 hour ago

Devestatingly sad...reminds me of Zawiya
http://twitter.com/#!/funmoi

Family in Homs tells me they couldn't sleep last night, buildings were shaking, they were bombing the city & especially Baba Amro randomly

They woke up in the morning things were unbelievably quiet, roads were open, army had taken over BabaAmr. Huge distructions of the area

There's a famous mall in BabaAmr the Magic Mall, it was totally looted by the army and Shabbi7a.They also have a famous vegetable market..

that was completely burnt. They say the FreeSyrianArmy managed to flee, but activists who were hiding there were either killed or arrested 11 minutes ago

despite all this, there has been demonstrations all over Homs 2day while Army is bombing Talbisse. it can be heard in eastern side of Homs 4 minutes ago

[visionary]

http://twitter.com/#!/shadihamid

US ambassador to NATO: "There has been no planning, no thought & no discussion about any intervention in Syria" http://bit.ly/tfeJ8F 8 hours ago

Is it really smart to tell the Syrians that NATO isn't even "thinking" abt the possibility of military intervention? 8 hours ago

http://twitter.com/#!/CFKlebergTT

Syria Observatory for HRs tells me of extensive arrest campaign in besieged Homs today. 120+ taken as regime combed BabaAmr. 4 hours ago

Death toll in Syria mounts, LCC activists tells me. 15 people killed so far today, including a young girl: Idlib: 7 Homs: 4 Hama:4 3 hours ago

http://twitter.com/#!/AJELive

Activists: 18 people were killed across Syria. Of those killed, 7 were in Idlib, 6 were in Homs and 5 were in Hama http://aje.me/srobiM 50 minutes ago

[visionary]

This seems like it ought to be higher by at least 10?
I recall the number being 110 a day ago or so.
http://twitter.com/#!/zaidbenjamin

Urgent: At least 23 Syrians were killed Tuesday bringing to 123 number of deaths since the AL's plan was approved by Damascus 1 hour ago

http://twitter.com/#!/frontlinepbs

“Forget that you have these kids. Go and make other ones.” -Syria’s militia to parents of missing kids Frontline via @monajed 14 minutes ago

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...ia-undercover/

November 08, 2011
Reporter Ramita Navai goes undercover for a rare look at the uprising from inside Syria. Plus a profile of the dictator who has managed to hold on longer than any amidst the Arab unrest—President Bashar al-Assad.

---------- Post added November-8th-2011 at 11:09 PM ----------

map of Syria

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...rias-uprising/

[visionary]

http://twitter.com/#!/CFKlebergTT

Regime forces in Syria press death toll, kill 11 today, LCC activists say. Homs:3 Inkhil:3 Bokamal:2, 1 each in Daraa Damascus Barzeh 27 minutes ago

http://twitter.com/#!/frontlinepbs

“When my buddy refused to shoot at the protesters, a sniper shot him in the head.” –Syrian army deserter FRONTLINE 9 hours ago

http://twitter.com/#!/KareemLailah

BREAKING: Live stream from Homs http://j.mp/i3tFyt 14 minutes ago

[visionary]

http://twitter.com/#!/KareemLailah

21 Martyrs in Syria today 42 minutes ago

http://twitter.com/#!/BSyria

I distrust the "opposition" that was attacked today. It includes principled figures,bt overall,it's a regime tool.(It also includes Aita!!!) 1 hour ago

http://twitter.com/#!/lizsly

Syria opp leader Hassan Abdel Azim has now been pelted twice; 1) at home with US Amb Robert Ford (pro Assad) 2) today at Arab League (anti) 1 hour ago

http://twitter.com/#!/LeShaque

I'm sick of reading about splits within the opposition. We have no intention of catering to the regime-tailored "opposition." 4 minutes ago

Hassan Abdel Fazee3 and his NCC do not count as Syrian opposition by any standard other than the Assad regime's. 6 minutes ago

Fighting to keep the same people in power hardly counts as opposition credentials. 5 minutes ago

http://twitter.com/#!/channel4news

A human rights campaigner says Syria is to be 'suspended from the Arab League' at emergency talks on Saturday http://bit.ly/tzGGF7 7 minutes ago

As Syrian troops continue their bloody crackdown on protesters in Homs, a human rights group tells Channel 4 News that Syria "will be suspended from the Arab League" at talks on Saturday.

http://www.channel4.com/news/syria-t...own?x=34344343

http://twitter.com/#!/LibyaInMe

On Eid I hugged my Syrian friend as if she was Syria itself. Syria is on my mind and in my prayers. 5 minutes ago

[visionary]

Not sure I believe this, but:

http://english.alarabiya.net/article...10/176324.html

A U.S. diplomat says Arab leaders are offering asylum to Syria’s Assad

Arab leaders are privately telling the United States that they have offered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad asylum in a bid to get him to step down, a top U.S. diplomat told lawmakers on Wednesday.

“Some Arab leaders already have begun to offer Assad safe-haven in an effort to encourage him to leave peaceably and quickly,” said Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman.

“Almost all the Arab leaders say the same thing: Assad’s rule is coming to an end. Change in Syria is now inevitable,” Feltman told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a hearing on Assad's bloody crackdown on dissent.

While some talk of a “palace coup” in Damascus, Feltman said, “I think that’s very unlikely.”

[visionary]

http://twitter.com/#!/CFKlebergTT

Today, 6 people have been killed by Syria regime forces, according to activists. Homs: 4 Hama:1 Idlib:1. Claim two children among dead. 3 hours ago

http://twitter.com/#!/Samsomhoms

At least 13 have been killed today only in Homs city by Assad forces among them 8 years old girl 1 hour ago

http://twitter.com/#!/BSyria

Saqba, Damascus: Security forces are raiding mosques and aggressively detaining people. http://j.mp/rPkwzO RT @3ayeef 20 minutes ago

Qaboon, Damascus http://j.mp/vumwmS: Armored vehicles have entered. Power has been cut. RT @3ayeef 15 minutes ago

[visionary]

http://twitter.com/#!/RevolutionSyria

24 killed in Syria today by Assad regime, 5 kids among them and an infant http://fb.me/uj9WZ4FY 1 hour ago

http://twitter.com/#!/CFKlebergTT

Dire spike in Syria violence as 30 people killed today, according to LCC activists. Homs:15 Idlib:9 Hama:5 Daraa:1 32 minutes ago

http://twitter.com/#!/bencnn

Syria opposition Local Coordination Committees say 33 killed Thursday. 25 Wednesday. 10 Tuesday. Tomorrow, Friday, could be even worse. 8 minutes ago

[visionary]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7AA0KX20111111

At least 30 civilians and 26 soldiers were killed in Syria ahead of Friday prayers, activists said, as a seven-month crackdown on pro-democracy protests becomes more violent and attacks on security forces increase.

The daily death-toll this month has been one of the highest in the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's rule.

Thousands marched on Thursday at funerals for 24 civilians killed by pro-Assad forces the day before, activists said, including eight in Damascus in one of the bloodiest attacks on demonstrations in the capital.

Arab states remain widely divided over how to deal with Syria's crackdown on protesters after a peace plan brokered by its neighbors on November 2 failed to stem violence, and there is little likelihood a meeting on Saturday will bridge the gap.

Several countries oppose bringing serious pressure to bear on Assad and it looks unlikely that foreign ministers will freeze Syria's membership of the Arab League at the Cairo meeting, officials due to attend say.

If Arab states isolated Syria, that would help Assad's sternest critics in the West gain a broader consensus for tougher sanctions and, perhaps, some form of intervention.

Saudi Arabia leads a group of Gulf states including Qatar, Oman and Bahrain that are ready to increase the pressure on Assad, an ally of their rival Iran.

Diplomats say they are opposed by countries such as Yemen --in the grip if its own uprising; Lebanon -- where Syria's influence looms large; and Algeria, seen as more sympathetic to Assad and nervous about the message any intervention in Syria would send to its own frustrated population.

Among the 56 killed on Thursday were 16 protesters shot dead by soldiers in Homs, 140 km (90 miles) north of Damascus, where troops have tried to crush protests as well as an armed insurgency, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Fourteen others were killed in house-to-house raids and in protests in Damascus suburbs, the southern province of Deraa and the northwestern province of Idlib near Turkey.

Twenty six soldiers were killed in ambushes, activists said, 25 near Maarat al-Numaan, a town 70 km south of Aleppo, and in the nearby city of Khan Sheikhoun, said the British-based Observatory, headed by dissident Rami Abdelrahman. Another soldier was killed in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor.

Both towns are in Idlib, where an increasing number of army deserters and insurgents are taking refuge, helped by the region's rugged terrain and proximity to Turkey, activists say.

An activist in the eastern Damascus suburb of Harasta, who gave his name as Assem, said three deserters were killed after they abandoned military units which fired live ammunition at a demonstration of 1,500-2,000 people in the al-Zar neighborhood.

"Security police could not put down the demonstration. The eight soldiers defected when Republican Guards and the Fourth Armored Division were sent in," he said.

---------- Post added November-11th-2011 at 12:32 AM ----------

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/...v-11-2011-0723

The Syrian National Council, a group of opposition figures based outside the country, met on Thursday with defected soldiers who belong to what is being called the Free Syrian Army, according to a statement posted by the Council on its Facebook page.

The SNC "stands by" the defectors "who refused the regime's orders to fire at the unarmed demonstrators," the statement said.

The Council delegation included members of executive office Samir Nashar and Farouk Taifor, who met with Colonel Riad al-Asad, a defected officer based in a Turkey refugee camp who has assumed a role as the face of the Free Syrian Army.

Asad confirmed his support for the Council, "which reflects the demands of the Syrian people," the release said.

[visionary]

http://twitter.com/#!/ZeinakhodrAljaz

Lebanon hizbullah leader hasan nasrallah says those who are betting on the downfall of Syrian president bashar assad government are wrong 13 minutes ago

http://twitter.com/#!/Smiffysmate

Please Libya tweeps lets help Syria get the worlds attention. Help in any twittery way you can. 23 minutes ago

http://twitter.com/#!/Thanku4theAnger

Advice to Syrians from a Libyan: Block roads with sand filled trucks or shipping containers .. not even tanks can blast through 14 minutes ago

Advice to Syrians from a Libyan: To catch snipers at night put flash light on cats & watch for red telescope light 13 minutes ago

Advice to Syrians from a Libyan: At night use fishing harpoons w/ grenades on end. Makes no noise. If its a tank aim for wheels 6 minutes ago

http://twitter.com/#!/CFKlebergTT

18 people killed in Syria today as regime forces press on Homs siege, according to LCC activists. Homs:11 Daraa:4 Hama:2 Idlib:1 31 minutes ago

http://twitter.com/#!/hominoid555

Syria Homs Al Bayada Security forces are destroying the building where they treat wounded protesters 34 minutes ago

[wantarace17]

Visionary you have done an OUTSTANDING job keeping everyone in the loop with what is going on in Syria. It would be fascinating to compile a twitter feed comparing Tunisa, Egypt and Libya to what is happening now in Syria.

[visionary]

http://twitter.com/#!/JShahryar

MENA Liveblog: HRW accuses Syria of 'crimes against humanity', calls on Arab League to suspend membership: tinyurl.com/7l2evc9 6 hours ago

http://twitter.com/#!/Tripolitanian

Libyan independence flag and Syrian republic flag fly together in Homs as army defectors fight Assad soldiers. 4 hours ago

http://twitter.com/#!/Tripolitanian

Arab League is debating whether to suspend Syria from AL? Wow, by now they should be debating whether to send in AL troops! 4 hours ago

http://twitter.com/#!/bencnn

Friday Syria death toll update per LCC: 20: 11 in Homs; 6 in Dera'a; 2 in Hama; 1 in Idlib. 5 hours ago

http://twitter.com/#!/AlexanderPageSY

31 people killed across Syria today in an ongoing crackdown by the Syrian regime on peaceful demonstrators 52 minutes ago

[visionary]

http://www.theatlantic.com/internati...-syria/248321/

How the World Can Peacefully Intervene in Syria

....That's where U.S. diplomacy can help, by forcing both the members of the Arab League (particularly Syria's neighbors) and Syrian supporters of the regime to confront and absorb what a civil war would mean.

The U.S. should encourage the Arab League to ask the UN for a resolution supporting the creation and defense of a buffer zone on the Turkish-Syrian border and the subsequent creation of safe corridors to that zone from cities where the Syrian government has concentrated its assault. Turkey would have to take the lead, along with the FSA, in implementing this resolution, but NATO could provide logistical support.

At the same time, the U.S. should immediately begin organizing a medical and disaster relief response. If a government will not protect its own citizens, the doctrine of responsibility to protect allows the international community to step in, but not necessarily with soldiers....