Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault

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The government denied the assault, saying the reports are part of a "hysterical campaign" of incitement by armed groups against Syria, meant to be exploited at the U.N. Security Council as it prepares to vote on a draft resolution backing an Arab call for President Bashar Assad to give up power.

"We were sitting at home and the mortars just started slamming into buildings around us," said Mohammad, a resident of Khaldiyeh. "There was nothing that prompted it, not even protests… people are terrified today," he added by telephone.



Online amateur video posted by activists showed chaotic scenes in a makeshift clinic that appeared to have been set up in a Khaldiyeh mosque, the room filled with wounded men with gashes and broken limbs being bandaged. Several dead bodies are shown. In another video, fire ravaged a house that had been shelled, as people desperately poured water on the blaze.

The videos could not be independently verified.


The government denied the assault and said corpses shown in the amateur videos were of people kidnapped by "terrorist armed groups" who filmed them to portray them as victims of the alleged shelling.

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It was the president's toughest words to date against the Syrian regime and was aimed at motivating the U. N. Security Council as well as allies around the world.

@Wheezy_Knight Said

I think Galastray is our "Man on the ground" for these stories.

@Wheezy_Knight Said

I think Galastray is our "Man on the ground" for these stories.

@galasTAray Said

I hope it was that easy. I am just an opinion within a sea of opinions. There is no such thing called a consensus between us Arabs. No such thing.

@galasTAray Said

I hope it was that easy. I am just an opinion within a sea of opinions. There is no such thing called a consensus between us Arabs. No such thing.

@white_swan53 Said

With the way our media is about reporting facts I'm willing to bet that your opinion would be at least twice as factual as any reports we get here. With that said, if you could give us some insight about the overall situation we could get a better understanding of it all.

@galasTAray Said

I think if you watched some Al Jazeera English, you'd get some... factual information to get by on. None of their reporters are allowed into Syria and they've been caught lying several times, but they're still the best. Your media is on another planet, correct, and other stations like Russia Today and Press TV are biased against the West. Do not even think about Syrian media. That would just be silly.

I do what (I believe) the safest and smartest do. I don't take any sides and I take in all the information from all sides and try and build something from it. As you can see from my previous post, all I've so far been able to come up with is that it's way too complicated for me to come up with anything else. That's why I'm reluctant to take a stance on any of this.

@white_swan53 Said

Al Jazeera English is blacked out across most of US .

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/30/al-jazeera-english-us_n_816030.html


That must mean it has more to say that is factual then our gov. and media wants us to know. If it was telling all lies it would be front andcenter. IMO

@Forumless Said

White_swan looks like huffungton is talking about tv cable. Here's the link for Al Jazeera online

@Wellard Said

Al Jazeera is easily the best source for news..f*** the BBC lol

@white_swan53 Said

Thank you.
I found the newspaper , it's has so much news from everywhere that we don't see in our own papers, it will make your eyes crossed trying to read it all.