[SunkenCiv]

Thanks bruinbirdman.

• Attempt to smuggle Assad's wife out of Syria foiled
• Report: Syrian rebels foil Assad family's escape
• Report: Blasts Rock Army Bases In Syria's Aleppo, Civilians Killed [Assad dynasty mass murders]
• Syria Forces Bombard Homs, U.N. Condemns "Appalling Brutality"
• U.S. closes embassy as fighting rages in Syria
• Syrian forces bombard rebel city of Homs: activists
• Terror in Homs: more than 200 killed as Syrian forces fire mortar rounds, tank shells
• Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault
• Battles go on around Damascus

US sidebars:

• Man in Syria asks, "Where is America?" (Vanity)
• 'Your days are numbered,' U.S. official tells al-Assad
• McCain: US must act to help Syrians under siege
• Officials: Iran, Syria Aided Bomb, Assassination Plot in Bahrain
• U.S. military beginning review of Syria options
• International 'militarisation' in Syria growing closer, warns US official

Israel sidebars:

• Assad Forces Mull Use Of Chemical Weapons In Homs, Opposition Says
• Israel: We will act to prevent Syria's chemical weapons from reaching Hezbollah
• Report: Syrian Armored Forces Move Nearer to Israel
• Israeli Attack Will Prompt Pakistani Response

Other countries:

• Al-Qaida chief backs Syrian uprising, calls on Muslims to support rebels trying to oust Assad
• Turkey: Assad is Doomed
• Iran and Turkey have a Syria-ous Problem
• Iran's Achilles' Heel [Syria]
• Iran: The Syrian Highway in the Fight Against Israel Is Still Open
• Iran: The Syrian Highway in the Fight Against Israel Is Still Open
• Syria, Iran Cracking
• Iran bans nationals from road travel to Syria
• Yemeni opposition calls govt. to expel Syrian ambassador [genocide by fascist Syrian regime]
• A Cold War Hot Victory: The Meaning of Assad's Fall

[rmlew]

This is a conflict between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Iranian-backed Alawite-dominated Ba’athist regime. There are no good guys. And I refuse to countinance the ongoing alliance of neoconservatives and leftist and Al Qaeda as seen in Libya.