Posted on 05/30/2011 3:18:16 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Hamza al-Khatib disappeared after his arrest on April 29 after an anti-government protest in Dera'a, where the rebellion was ignited by the arrest by police of children spray-painting revolutionary graffiti from Tunisia.
Last Wednesday, however, the young boy reappeared, albeit no longer intact, and no longer alive.
Syrian security forces returned his body to his parents on the condition they agreed to sign a form promising to bury his body immediately.
Activists made sure to film detailed video footage of the 13-year-old's battered and bullet-riddled body, and to post that video on YouTube, before the boy was laid to rest.
The video was also posted on the Facebook site Syrian Revolution 2011, in Arabic and in English.
After careful consideration, the Israel National News staff has elected not to embed the video or include a link due to the extremely graphic nature of the torture inflicted upon the young boy. Shocking images of his broken head, his bruised body covered with cigarette burns and bullet holes, and the fact that male genitalia was amputated led to the decision.
“There were a few bullets in his body used as a way to torture rather than kill him,” the founders of the Facebook page wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
No, it’s Bush’s Fault(c)!
Do I hear Sara Palin and her hateful rhetoric on talk radio? Going...going...gone. OK. It’s Bush’s.
Syrian life as usual; so... does that mean another Obama military boondoggle waiting in the wings?
A matter of days, not weeks. No, wait. Assad is a reformer. They can turn him on Iran.
Hamza al-Khatib disappeared after his arrest on April 29... the rebellion was ignited by the arrest by police of children spray-painting revolutionary graffiti from Tunisia... Syrian security forces returned his body to his parents on the condition they agreed to sign a form promising to bury his body immediately. Activists made sure to film detailed video footage of the 13-year-old's battered and bullet-riddled body, and to post that video on YouTube... also posted on the Facebook site Syrian Revolution 2011, in Arabic and in English... Shocking images of his broken head, his bruised body covered with cigarette burns and bullet holes, and the fact that male genitalia was amputated...
Thanks Eleutheria.
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