Thursday, June 09, 2011

Syrian Government Continues to Kill Civilians, Muslim Brotherhood Makes Gains in Egypt

Syrian forces have killed 31 civilians since Saturday during demonstrations in the north-western town of Jisr al-Shughour demanding the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, residents said on Sunday.

The official Syrian news agency said "armed terrorist groups" killed four policemen in the town, attacked public buildings and "spread terror in the heart of citizens who called on the authorities to intervene forcefully to protect them".

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 31 civilians and four police were killed. Ammar Qurabi, head of the Syrian Human Rights Organisation, said security forces killed at least 20 civilians.

al Jazeera

The coverage of recent events in Egypt is further proof that Western elites cannot see the forest for the trees. Over the past week, leading newspapers have devoted relatively in-depth coverage to the Egyptian military authorities’ repressive actions in subduing protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo, particularly during their large protest last Friday.

That is, they have provided in-depth coverage of one spent force repressing another spent force. Neither the military nor the protesters are calling the shots anymore in Egypt, if they ever were. That is the job of the Muslim Brotherhood.

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also:

Turkey setting up confrontation with Israel - World Net Daily

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