In Syria, signs of a civil war, caught on tape

SeeBS News ^ | June 11, 2011 | Elizabeth Palmer

[SunkenCiv]

Video gradually surfacing online shows the defiance of anti-government demonstrators is escalating -- along with the government's resolve to crush them.

Yesterday in Al Gaboun -- a suburb of Damascus -- a video posted to YouTube shows that protestors were actually baiting Syrian security forces. At first, the troops seem to hold back, but not for long. The gunmen eventually got into position -- some kneeling -- and opened fire on the unarmed demonstrators...

There's more evidence of splits in the Syrian army with the growing number of deserting soldiers arriving in Turkey, describing atrocities...

Mohammed Mirwan Khalef says he and his friends escaped after they watched an officer -- unprovoked -- shoot a civilian in the head.

[SunkenCiv]

(CBS News)

[SunkenCiv]

Gosh, whatever gave them that idea?

If one side is unarmed, it isn't a civil war, it's just a very patient, reasonable, tolerant, law-abiding, moderate government having to resort to extreme measures to restore order. /s

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[Prospero]

Really. “Here’s Your Sign...”

[EQAndyBuzz]

Crickets from Washington.