Posted on 02/19/2018 4:10:52 PM PST by BenLurkin
Heavy Syrian government bombardment of rebel-held Eastern Ghouta killed at least 94 civilians and wounded more than 300 over 24 hours, a monitor said, as government forces appeared to prepare for a ground assault.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air strikes battered the town of Hammuriyeh in Eastern Ghouta, leaving nine civilians dead.
Another nine were killed in strikes, artillery fire, and rockets elsewhere in the enclave.
Held by rebels since 2012, Eastern Ghouta is now the last opposition-controlled pocket around Damascus.
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None here drink the rebel kool aid, but many somehow drink the Assad-Russian kool aid.
At least the Russians have taught the Syrians how to fight a war. I’m not sure that there is anyone left in the US Army that knows.
I drink the “kill ‘em all” kool aid.
Assad is a war criminal...... go get him
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