#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Hezbollah's Role in the Bloody Syrian War Comes at a Price http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june13/lebanon_06-03.html Hezbollah troops, among the best trained and equipped in the Middle East, have been helping the Assad regime in the fight. Margaret Warner reports from Lebanon on the various sectarian and regional conflicts motivating Hezbollah's participation in its neighbor's conflict and the increasing attacks in Lebanon by Syrian rebels…http://www.twitpic.com/cvaydy
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#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Tea Party Labels John McCain An ‘Illegal Immigrant’ http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/05/28/2066511/tea-party-immigrant-mccain/ On Tuesday, the Tea Party website ‘Tea Party Nation’ put out an article that labeled Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) an “illegal immigrant” because he had sneaked into Syria to visit rebels fighting against the Bashar al-Assad regime. Although the White House was aware of McCain’s Syrian visit, the article indicated that his visit was virtually the same as undocumented immigration. It also noted that McCain’s humanitarian support for rebels could be attributed to his lack of intelligence, and Democratic turnout for his unsurprising win in the Arizona Senate race. The characterization of McCain is just one incident in a …http://www.twitpic.com/ctx46t
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] 14-year-old Citizen Journalist Killed in Syria http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/05/22/teen-citizen-journalist-killed-in-syria/ Omar Qatifaan, a 14-year-old media activist, was killed 21 May, 2013 while covering clashes between the Syrian Army and the rebel Free Army in the southern Daraa al-Ballad area of Syria near the border with Jordan. Youth media project Syrian Documents reported on his death, and Syrian news blog YALLA SOURIYA called him the “Spirit of Syria”. The conflict in Syria, as well as other Arab Spring uprisings, has seen a rise in citizen journalists reporting from the ground on the ongoing war between the country's pro- and anti-government forces. Many have been detained, tortured, and even killed while trying to brin…http://www.twitpic.com/cspz10
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Battle for Qusair inflicts heavy losses in Syria http://www.euronews.com/2013/05/20/battle-for-qusair-inflicts-heavy-losses-in-syria/ Fierce fighting for the Syrian rebel stronghold of Qusair has inflicted heavy losses on all parties including Lebanese militants Hezbollah. The battle for strategically important Qusair is a possible turning point in the war – a win for the regime would restore links between Damascus and the Mediterranean coast. While the latest amateur video is said to show rebels fighting street by street, Hezbollah is thought to have lost at least 30 fighters with 70 more wounded as they back the Syrian regime. If confirmed it is the largest toll for the Lebanese militants in a single Syrian operation. The conflict is ra…http://www.twitpic.com/cs241c
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Providing Psychological Care in Syria: “Flashbacks, Nightmares, and Baby Clothes” http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=6751&cat=voice-from-the-field Psychologist Audrey Magis recently returned home after spending two months working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Syria, where she set up and ran a mental health program in one of MSF’s projects in the north of the country. Magis, who had previously worked for MSF in Gaza, Libya, and in a camp for Syrian refugees, explains how the war has affected people and what MSF is doing to help. In most places I have worked, people are rather hesitant when I tell them that I am a psychologist. But in Syria, it was quite the opposite. People actually came and told …http://www.twitpic.com/cotlzv
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Syria condemns Israel after attacks http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/syria-condemns-israel-after-attacks-8604270.html Syria has condemned Israeli airstrikes against targets around Damascus, saying the attacks aim “to give direct military support to terrorist groups” fighting the government. The Syrian foreign ministry also said in a letter sent to the United Nations and the UN Security Council that the “Israeli aggression” killed and wounded several people and “caused widespread destruction”. Syria's government refers to rebels trying to topple president Bashar Assad's regime as “terrorists”. Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of highly accurate, Iranian…http://www.twitpic.com/col89f
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #TeaParty Israeli general: Syrian 'regime has used and is using chemical weapons' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/23/syrian-regime-chemical-weapons-israeli Military intelligence chief's assertion puts pressure on US over its pledge to intervene Syrian army soldiers near Damascus. The regime is said to have used lethal chemical weapons. Photograph: Sana/EPA Israel's top intelligence analyst on Tuesday accused the Syrian regime of using lethal chemical weapons in an assertion that puts pressure on the US over its pledge to intervene should Damascus cross what it has described as a “red line”. Brigadier-General Itai Brun, head of military intelligence research at the Israeli Defence Forces, told a security conference in Tel Aviv that the lack of int…http://www.twitpic.com/clhga2
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Occupy Wall Street activist hired to lobby for Syrian opposition http://rt.com/usa/occupy-carne-ross-syrian-768/ Syrian rebel fighters have found a friend in a well-known Occupy Wall Street activist. Carne Ross and his advisory firm Independent Diplomat, Inc. have been retained to lobby on behalf of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces. Legal papers obtained by the US Department of Justice this week confirm that Ross’ non-profit organization Independent Diplomat will aid and advise rebel fighters entwined in a bloody civil war that has cost an estimated 70,000 Syrian their lives since an opposition movement attempted to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad in 2011. Previously, Indepe…http://www.twitpic.com/cjfxre
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Syria: Human Rights Watch says attacks amount to war crime http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22103657 Human Rights Watch has accused the Syrian government of repeatedly carrying out indiscriminate and sometimes deliberate attacks on civilians, amounting to war crimes. The group has drawn up a comprehensive survey of attacks by Syrian military aircraft against rebel-held parts of the country. The organisation's investigators documented attacks at 50 different sites, in which it said more than 150 civilians were killed. RELATED VIDEO: http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/10/syria-aerial-attacks-strike-civilianshttp://www.twitpic.com/cihg99
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] PBS FRONTLINE – SYRIAN BEHIND THE LINES TUES 9 APRIL 2013 Check Local Listings. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/syria-behind-the-lines/ An unprecedented film documents the new and perilous reality of everyday life for both Syria’s rebels and its regime. In Syria’s rural heartland, the bloody uprising against President Bashar Al Assad has taken a terrifying turn. The once-peaceful Orontes River valley is now a perilous sectarian front line where neighbor is fighting neighbor. Related: http://www.theworld.org/2013/04/syria-frontline-lambert/http://www.twitpic.com/ci1wnt