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| Subject: Bloodletting underway in Syria Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:31 am | |
| It's a bloodletting in Syria. Civilians are facing tanks. There's every indication the dictatorship is moving to crush, once and for all, the eleven-month-old rebellion against the 40-year dictatorship of the Assad family.
Homs, a city of 1.7 million people, which is a little bit more than Philadelphia, is under siege by tanks and artillery for the fifth day in a row. Scenes like this are playing out in several Syrian cities and towns tonight.
Syria matters because of its neighborhood. It borders both Israel and Iraq. While the government there has banned independent reporting, CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward got to the battle lines with the rebels.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57373629/bloodletting-underway-in-syria-as-rebels-falter/ |
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