LAGC
12-20-2011, 07:00 PM
(CNN) -- Dozens more people were reported killed by government troops and police in Syria on Tuesday, a day after what opposition activists said was the single deadliest known day of anti-government protests.
The Local Coordination Committees, an opposition umbrella group, said 78 people died across four Syrian provinces. Most of them were in Idlib, where the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 60 to 70 Syrian army defectors were gunned down Monday as they tried to flee their posts.
The Syrian Observatory's Rami Abdul Rahman said another 40 civilians were killed the same day "across Syria during house-to-house raids, arrests, and clashes between army defectors and the Syrian army."
"Monday may have been a day with the highest death toll in Syria, between 100 and 110 killed in total," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/20/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Shit is really jumping off in the Middle East. I think Syria will be the next domino to fall, followed by Yemen. While it may mean Islamic groups gaining power in the interim (since they've been so oppressed by their dictators all this time), if the rebels can at least put a somewhat democratic constitution in place, it could lead to a more secular republic forming over the long-term, as people begin to speak their minds and exercise their rights.
Here's an interactive map of the hot-spots: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2011/arab.unrest/index.html
Iran is going to be the toughest nut to crack. But as more and more activists sneak in cell phones and other technology that connects them to the uncensored Internet, the free flow of ideas will eventually spell doom for the theocracy as well. No invasion required.
The Local Coordination Committees, an opposition umbrella group, said 78 people died across four Syrian provinces. Most of them were in Idlib, where the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that 60 to 70 Syrian army defectors were gunned down Monday as they tried to flee their posts.
The Syrian Observatory's Rami Abdul Rahman said another 40 civilians were killed the same day "across Syria during house-to-house raids, arrests, and clashes between army defectors and the Syrian army."
"Monday may have been a day with the highest death toll in Syria, between 100 and 110 killed in total," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/20/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Shit is really jumping off in the Middle East. I think Syria will be the next domino to fall, followed by Yemen. While it may mean Islamic groups gaining power in the interim (since they've been so oppressed by their dictators all this time), if the rebels can at least put a somewhat democratic constitution in place, it could lead to a more secular republic forming over the long-term, as people begin to speak their minds and exercise their rights.
Here's an interactive map of the hot-spots: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2011/arab.unrest/index.html
Iran is going to be the toughest nut to crack. But as more and more activists sneak in cell phones and other technology that connects them to the uncensored Internet, the free flow of ideas will eventually spell doom for the theocracy as well. No invasion required.