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US: Satellite images show Assad's 'ruthlessness'
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 11.02.12, 20:57
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1. SO WHAT ?? NOT MY BUSINESS
LAWRENCE BADEN FOUL ,   SAFED OPERA HOUSE   (02.11.12)
Nor that of the United States.
2. But for the strength of the IDF could be TA, Jerusalem or...
tf ,   herzliya il   (02.11.12)
3. "Assad Brutality"????
(02.11.12)
What about brutality in Gazza and Kana?
4. Images released by U.S state department???
(02.11.12)
Are those similar to those shown by Collin Powell at the U.N???
5. Bolshevicks
zivron   (02.11.12)
The Bolshevics and Arab Baath have similiar methods for repressing dissent and in this context the horrifying humanitarian war crimes spported by Iran and the hidden Ghengis Khan in iramn but deluded as well a haman jihad and mad mullah merciful islams hero khomeini are layed bare . The strategic genius obama audacity of hope doctrine is now nuclear chemical and biological wars ,.
6. STRANGE
JEFF ,   CHICAGO   (02.11.12)
THAT THE US NEVER PUBLISHES DECLASSIFIED PICTURES OF SOUTH ISRAELI SCHOOLS HIT BY ROCKETS FROM GAZA . FOR THAT MATTER TURK ARMY TROOPS KILLING KURDS IN NORTH IRAQ. AND COUNTLESS MASS KILLINGS IN AFRICAN NATIONS.I WOULD GUESS THERE IS NO POLITICAL REASON AT THIS TIME
7. just a thought .
UNCLE JOE ,   CONN USA   (02.11.12)
I can just picture the IAF doing a number on these sitting ducks .
8. syria
spookey ,   birmingham uk   (02.11.12)
i have come to the conclusion , that the arab countrys are much the same as each other , we in the western world do not under stand that they are tribal , for generations they are ruled by hard line dictators , but perhaps this the only thing they understand , i think democracy is alien to them , the srongest tribe rule , this seems endemic throught the middle east, why should the west stick its nose in , we wont get thanked for it just let them get on with it
9. Syria
bernie   (02.11.12)
Syria was one of Israel's biggest enemies.What is Syria army like today?God works in mysterious ways.
10. UNFORTUNATELY STILL A FORM OF CRIMINAL DICTATORSHIP WITHIN
A WONDER-S.R. ,   MULTIVERSE   (02.11.12)
THE SYRIAN TERRITORY, ALSO DICTATORSHIP, CIVIL-WAR, WAR (A FORM OF HUMAN ACTING) IN EVERY OTHER COUNTRY AND SO ON...UNFORTUNATELY MORE THAN THE HALF OF MANKIND STILL LIVED/LIVES UNDER A DICTATORSHIP IN 2011/2012, DESPITE THE SECOND WORLD WAR COULD BE ENDED, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ENTIRE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION IN 1945, IN GENERAL OF THE HISTORY OF MANKIND, UNTILL THE YEAR OF 2012. THAT COULD/CAN BE CALLED A CRIME AGAINST EVERY PEOPLE/HUMANITY/MANKIND. A TSUNAMI, TORNADO, EARTH-QUAKE, NATURAL DISASTER IS A REAL DIFFERENT STORY (ON THE SURFACE OF THE PLANET OF EARTH, IT''S PEOPLE) A.S.O.
11. Brother in arms, you must feel close
Ken ,   Burma at Peace   (02.11.12)
destruction of Homs this year, couple of years ago it was Gaza. "You guys love this stuff don't you!"
12. May Assad and his enemies keep on doing what they do best
(02.12.12)
13. The images releasd by the US
vmdeeb ,   Somewhere USA   (02.12.12)
Why are the images released by the US any different of what Israel / US doing to the Palestinians, in Gaza and else where in Palestine ?
14. If they could commit such atrocities against their own peopl
William ,   Israel   (02.12.12)
imagine the horrid atrocities they WERE committing against Jewish civilians in Israel with even more entrenched weapons between 1962-1967 from the Golan! This is exactly what Syria did for years and no one in the Intl community uttered a world against it. Now everyone claims Israel acted illegally and shouldn't have the Golan. Yet - look at what the Syrians (and most Arabs) are capable of given the chance - and willful blindness by the Intl community. And like those crimes by the Arabs in the 1960s, again, here comes Russia to their aid, with weapons and at the UN.
15. ?
Spengler ,   US   (02.12.12)
So are they protestors or a free liberation army? I see pictures of dead kids then pictures of guys wearing masks carrying rpgs. Looks like terrorists to me.
16. @3: thank you for asking!
(02.12.12)
In Gaza Israel killed 600 armed terrorists and 300 of their human shields (that's Hamas responsibility!) In Syria, you have been butchering 8,000 of your own people (and counting). Israel protects its civilians and fights and destroys its enemies. Syria on the other hand, protects its people's enemies (Iran and Hezbollah) and butchers its own people - big difference.
17. assad and judgement
alexi   (02.12.12)
On one hand you have feiglin and others who say the golan belongs to israel fair and square is vital geography. On the other hand you have israelis of so called prominence, barak, baidetz and even ashkenazi who may have been open to a deal on golan in return for peace(yes peace where assad shells his own people in their apartment buildings. Barak says assad would be gone in weeks when it is clear that assad will survive. And olmert almost destroyed israel with his misjudgemnet of assad and erdogan. One runs out of things to say. israelis-why was the holocaust able to happen. Because jews did not have a powerful self defence. Now they do and these ignoramuses want to give up the golan???!!! Bring in feiglin as bibi should step down. You hitched yourself to a defence minister who cannoot win his seat in the next election.
18. If they do that to their own imagine what they were to do
Al   (02.12.12)
should they ever conquor Israel.the Jews in Isreal would be slaughtered. Thats why you have to make sure your army is primed and ready.
19. #3 - oh, the weary revisionists who seek to vilify Jews
William ,   Israel   (02.12.12)
1) No one in the Intl community or in Israel ever accused Israel of blatantly targeting civilians, whether in Kana or Gaza. NATO was nice enough to underscore how careful Israel was being in Gaza despite terrorists there constantly using human shields. Oh - and ICRC and Amnesty Intl said the same thing about Israel, while accusing Hamas of war crimes!!! 2) check the body count - in Syria almost 10,000 dead! How many civilians? over 95%!!!! In Gaza, how many dead - 1400. How many civilians (according to Hamas themselves - Dec. 2010) - about 25%!! Nope, no brutality here - but then again, we don't act like crazy Arabs. It;'s not in our nature.
20. #11 - Gaza was never destroyed
William ,   Israel   (02.12.12)
Side by side - the situations just aren't the same, no matter how you try to make it match your agenda. Gaza - death count -1400, about 25% civilians Syria - death count - almost 10,000, over 90% civilians!! Syria - entire neighborhoods entirely flattened. Gaza - select blocks within a neighborhood where IEDs, tunnels, weapons, and terrorists congregated and fought from. Gaza - very decent GDP, lots of new investment, new malls, beach resorts, somewhat calm, ruled by oppressive terrorists Syria - dropping GDP, neglected populations, no one is investing there, snipers on rooftops pick off women and children, ruled by oppressive Arab dictators. Gaza - Col. Kemp of NATO admitted that Israel was extremely careful in urban fighting and often put themselves in harms way to avoid civilian causalities. Syria - army pulverizes whole cities remotely by tank fire. NATO just shakes their head in disgust.
21. bernie-see
stephen ,   usa   (02.12.12)
Deuteronomy 26:1-6
22. to HOLE DIGGER AT 3
UNCLE JOE ,   CONN USA   (02.12.12)
why are you ALWAYS HIDING behind women and children ,AND WHY ARE YOU HIDING RIGHT NOW BY LEAVING no address . days of the butcher the son of a butcher and brother to another , ARE OVER SOON . I ASSUUUURE YOU . the alawites will someday BEG THE JEWISH STATE TO PROTECT THEM .
23. to 3
UNCLE JOE ,   CONN USA   (02.12.12)
the MASS MURDERER is just afraid for his neck .literraly .he is scared that when they WILL hang him in MAZZA square , his abnormality[ super long neck] and, EXTENDABLE just like an extension pole ,will allow his feet to touch the ground below ,thus strangling him slowly into ALLAH .
24. So obumma leaves the Predators unused when only ONE would
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (02.12.12)
take out assad and stop the genocide.
25. Fools
john c ,   Ottawa   (02.12.12)
For those of you claiming trumped up pictures by the US State Dept. are the numbers of deaths coming out of Syria a lie too? These fool arabs kills each other everyday like some sort of pre-cambrian cave men who have never had any ethics/morals. And you cry foul? Ha!
26. #11 Get a life, Ken..Go find your Barbie..
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (02.12.12)
...and equally important...spare us your drivel.
27. If the U.S. is powerless against Assad...
Steven Gilbert ,   Teaneck   (02.12.12)
then what can we hope for against Iran?
28. 13
alsky ,   toronto   (02.12.12)
the difference is- The Syrian army are slaughtering citizens who are trying to demonstrate. The Arabs attack Israel with 8000 missles and Israel therefore must take action. Not very complicated.
29. What would pictures look like...
TaylorT ,   Earth   (02.12.12)
...of Israeli tanks firing on Palestinian cities? Much the same, I imagine. Of course Israelis claim they are fighting terrorists...much like Assad claims he's fighting terrorists! I'm not for Assad, it would be nice to see him indicted by the ICC...and share a cell right next to Israeli leaders.
30. US - The Big Mouth !.
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (02.12.12)
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