Self-appointed revolutionaries shooting people in the streets – Homs eyewitness

1 March, 2012RT

Members of the Free Syrian Army patrol an area in Qusayr, 15 kms (nine miles) from Homs (AFP Photo / STR)

Members of the Free Syrian Army patrol an area in Qusayr, 15 kms (nine miles) from Homs (AFP Photo / STR)

People have been left without water or electricity as rebels destroy water pumps and power converters. Civilians are forced to stay inside as snipers shoot from the rooftops.

RT in Damascus managed to contact an eyewitness in Homs, who says self-proclaimed revolutionaries are killing civilians in the streets. Galina says leaving home is out of the question, as snipers “can shoot you in the back.”

They kill both young and old. They steal people from their homes and chop them into pieces, put them in plastic bags and throw them out!”

She claims rumors are spreading of gunmen from France, Lebanon and Tunisia killing Syrians.

They mostly kill Christians here,” she says.

Galina says people in Homs support the Assad government and want “the revolution” to be over.

Earlier reports said rebels left Homs under pressure from Assad’s forces, but threatened to retaliate.

 

GR Week in Review 1 March 2012: Nuclear Hype, Enemies of Syria and Infiltration in Occupy

1 March, 2012 — Global Research

WAR PLAN IRAN: Dispelling the Lies, Telling the Truth about Western Aggression in the Persian Gulf

GR ONLINE NEWS READER
– by Finian Cunningham, Michel Chossudovsky2012-03-16
GR ONLINE NEWS READER. The region is on a hair-trigger for a conflagration that would involve nuclear weapons and the collision of global powers… Continue reading

Black Agenda Report 29 February 2012: GOP Goes Off the Cliff / Obama's Tax Scam / Black Children as Terrorists

29 February 2012 — Black Agenda ReportNews, commentary and analysis from the black left

Like Bill Clinton, Obama Drives Crazy Republicans Even Crazier

Thu, 03/01/2012 – 16:01 – Bruce A. Dixon
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
When a right wing Democrat occupies the White House it does stranger things to Republicans than the full moon does to werewolves. If history is any guide, it doesn’t do much positive for the rest of us either….

Action Alert: Urge Nobel Foundation to Rescind Obama’s award

1 March 2012Boiling Frogs

Petition to Investigate Betrayal of the Nobel Peace Prize

In June 2012 Coleen Rowley and I co-wrote a petition to rescind Obama’s Transparency Award, given to him during a secret ceremony by a handful of agenda-driven organizations led by Project on Government Oversight (POGO). Here is what our petition called for:

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National Security Archive: That 3 A.M. Phone Call…

1 March 2012 National Security Archive

Zbigniew Brzezinski Received 3 a.m. Phone Call Warning of Incoming Nuclear Attack

Declassified Documents Shed Light on Soviet Diplomatic Reactions and Internal Pentagon Review

Secretary of Defense Advised President Carter that “We Must Be Prepared for the Possibility [of] Another False Alert” but “Human Safeguards” Would Prevent a Crisis

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Media Lens 1 March 2012: Iran – Next In Line For Western ‘Intervention’?

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Iran – Next In Line For Western ‘Intervention’?

What would it take for journalists to seriously challenge government propaganda? A war with over one million dead, four million refugees, a country’s infrastructure shattered, and the increased threat of retail ‘terror’ in response to the West’s wholesale ‘terror’? How horrifying do even very recent experiences have to be, how great the war crimes, before media professionals begin to exhibit scepticism towards Western governments’ hyping of yet another ‘threat’. Why is warmongering the default mode for the corporate media?

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Media Lens 1 March 2012: Iran – Next In Line For Western ‘Intervention’?

012 — Media Lens

Iran – Next In Line For Western ‘Intervention’?

What would it take for journalists to seriously challenge government propaganda? A war with over one million dead, four million refugees, a country’s infrastructure shattered, and the increased threat of retail ‘terror’ in response to the West’s wholesale ‘terror’? How horrifying do even very recent experiences have to be, how great the war crimes, before media professionals begin to exhibit scepticism towards Western governments’ hyping of yet another ‘threat’. Why is warmongering the default mode for the corporate media?

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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 29 February 2012: PA: Israel seizing broadcast frequencies

29 February 2012 — VTJP

News

International Middle East Media Center

The Israeli Military Invades Ramallah, Shutsdown Local TV Station
IMEMC – The Israeli military targeted on Wednesday Watan TV, a local Palestinian television station broadcasting from the central West Bank city of Ramallah. …

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Statewatch News 2 March 2012: Counter-terrorism, “policy laundering” and the FATF – legalising surveillance, regulating civil society

2 March 2012Statewatch

Counter-terrorism, “policy laundering” and the FATF – legalising surveillance, regulating civil society

An Executive Summary: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2012/mar/tni-sw-fafp-exec-summary.pdf
Full-text of the report:
http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-171-fafp-report.pdf

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ColdType, March 2012

1 March 2012 — Coldtype

In this month’s 88-page COLDTYPE MAGAZINE

The cover story of this month’s biggest-ever issue returns to the Middle East where the world is being prepared for a replay of the just-ended war in Iraq. Our seven essays by writers in North America and Europe point out, among other things, that there seems to be a media blackout of the fact that Israel also acquired its nuclear arsenal by devious means, won’t let anyone examine its nuclear plants, and is far more aggressive than Iran. Never let the truth get in the way of a good war is the message, it would seem. 

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WikiLeaks Newslinks 1 March 2012

1 March 2012williambowles.info

 

WikiLeaks: Stratfor emails reveal problems with Web security

Fort Worth Star Telegram

Nearly two years later, Stratfor’s internal emails, more than 5 million pieces, are being published – drip, drip, drip, 100 or so per day – by the website WikiLeaks, which has provided access to all of the documents to 25 organizations around the world …

http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/02/29/3773515/wikileaks-stratfor-emails-reveal.html

 

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Bradley Manning Newslinks 1 March 2012

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Bradley Manning Is Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize as Court-Martial Begins

Autostraddle

Last Thursday Bradley Manning, the former US Army intelligence officer accused of leaking sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks, began the process of a formal court-martial. Manning is charged with 22 different counts, including “aiding the enemy …

http://www.autostraddle.com/bradley-manning-is-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize-as-court-martial-begins-134308/

 

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Information Clearing House Newsletter 29 February 2012: Goodbye, First Amendment: ‘Trespass Bill’ Will Make Protest Illegal

29 February 2012Information Clearing House

 

Manipulating Public Perceptions

U.S. Military Has “Detailed Plans” On Syria Options

By AP

Detailed plans developed to carry out military action against Syria have been drawn up by the Pentagon and could be implemented upon orders by President Barack Obama.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30673.htm

 

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Stop NATO News: March 1, 2012: Air Force Chief: U.S. Prepared To Bomb Iran

1 March 2012 — Stop NATO News

  • 2020 And Beyond: NATO Chief Meets With U.S. Elites In Washington
  • Air Force Chief: U.S. Prepared To Bomb Iran
  • 500 U.S. Military, Diplomatic Officials Discuss New European Strategy
  • U.S. Navy Tests Electromagnetic Railgun Launcher Prototype
  • NATO’s Mediterranean Surveillance, Interdiction Operation In Year 12
  • Mediterranean Dialogue: NATO Naval Group Ends Algeria Visit
  • Syria, Iran Borders: U.S. Begins Joint Air Exercises In Turkey
  • Cameroon: U.S. To Lead Military Drills With 35 African, NATO States

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