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army sometimes the syrian army but the gangs that work for the syrian government a shabby and on the other side the free syrian army and a lot of mercenaries some of them imported from the gulf countries there are advising the free syrian army free syrian army is basically a small collection of gangs of patrols of the contingents like five ten fifteen people maximum. some of the defectors of the syrian army better there are a lot of advisers from abroad as well so when the syrian government says that this is a nice are actually funded by foreign powers they are. basically correct to a certain this extent there is only dishes bought for their movement against the bashar assad government it's true but this they have been legally hijacked but do use our of the armed authorisations finest from abroad because the agenda of all these leaders a school politically different from the so-called syrian people have a they're. just discovered yesterday speaking of armed operations of finance from abroad a lot of people are pointing to what's happening in syria and the attempt at this resolution t
army sometimes the syrian army but the gangs that work for the syrian government a shabby and on the other side the free syrian army and a lot of mercenaries some of them imported from the gulf countries there are advising the free syrian army free syrian army is basically a small collection of gangs of patrols of the contingents like five ten fifteen people maximum. some of the defectors of the syrian army better there are a lot of advisers from abroad as well so when the syrian government...
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army and wing of the syrian opposition has claimed responsibility for two massive explosion. in the city of aleppo the blasts have killed at least twenty five and injured some one hundred and seventy five explosions hit a military intelligence complex and a security force base aleppo syria's northern city has been relatively quiet since mass antigovernment protests started in march the government claims it's fighting a foreign funded insurgency and blamed terrorists for several bombings in the capital damascus late last year the violence has escalated in syria since the past week with opposition forces claiming assad's forces are shelling several areas including the flashpoint city of arms and activists are accusing the government of a massacre saying hundreds of civilians have been killed let's get more of the situation from journalist lizzie feelin now joining us joining us live from london i thanks for coming our to you today the free syrian army now claiming responsibility for these enormous blasts in syria today do you think there's any chance that could change nato stat
army and wing of the syrian opposition has claimed responsibility for two massive explosion. in the city of aleppo the blasts have killed at least twenty five and injured some one hundred and seventy five explosions hit a military intelligence complex and a security force base aleppo syria's northern city has been relatively quiet since mass antigovernment protests started in march the government claims it's fighting a foreign funded insurgency and blamed terrorists for several bombings in the...
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i mean the groups that are on the ground inside syria either part of the free syrian army. and they are mostly military defectors who have decided to be ordered to kill their own citizens or they are basically groups of civilians who have taken up arms self-defense now with this going for the with a protracted stalemate i would not discount the end to the into syria and into the syrian conflict of. foreign groups that have their own agenda including she had to fight this bet we have not yet seen that evidence yet on the. right round asli middle east expert thanks very much for your insight. thank you very much. greece housefull for the last conditions demanded by the e.u. in exchange for the second bailout still there is no rush in brussels to further release aid as decision has been postponed until monday things pushed through final cuts on wednesday in committed to a written promise to stick to the a sturdy plan after elections but first ration is growing among the greek and other european leaders to greet president lashed out at the u. you questioning what right countrie
i mean the groups that are on the ground inside syria either part of the free syrian army. and they are mostly military defectors who have decided to be ordered to kill their own citizens or they are basically groups of civilians who have taken up arms self-defense now with this going for the with a protracted stalemate i would not discount the end to the into syria and into the syrian conflict of. foreign groups that have their own agenda including she had to fight this bet we have not yet...
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the impacts of the syrian army? if it spreads come is a likely to strain -- change the strategic calculus to the military campaigns. i think we read over and over again in the media and see ample evidence in facebook and other locations of the debt and intensity of conflicts with an opposition, but i think we have to be careful how we read that. i agreed to be careful not to exaggerate the extent to which produce them -- increasingly coherent structures of opposition activity in protest activity in syria are in fact taking hold, are in fact consolidating and beginning to go here are around a relatively narrow set of forms for the management and governance of the uprising. we have the syrian national council. there are some out liar groups related to older efforts to bring to the other opposition figures within syria. we have the national coordinating committee which just taken a somewhat more accommodationist stance for the regime. we have the local court native communities, which are organized through -- but there
the impacts of the syrian army? if it spreads come is a likely to strain -- change the strategic calculus to the military campaigns. i think we read over and over again in the media and see ample evidence in facebook and other locations of the debt and intensity of conflicts with an opposition, but i think we have to be careful how we read that. i agreed to be careful not to exaggerate the extent to which produce them -- increasingly coherent structures of opposition activity in protest...
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these men call themselves the syrian liberation army, though they have no military training. they claim to be in control of large parts of this syrian city which has been a hotbed of unrest since the uprising began nearly a year ago. abdul rahman is one of the group's leaders. is the goal of your group to protect the people in your area or is the goal to take down the regime? "our goal is to protect the people and to bring down the regime," he said. we went on a tour of the area rahman claims to have liberated from the syrian government. and all the people here are with you? this area is all your areas? >> yeah, my area. this one, this one, this one. the government cannot come. >> reporter: along this road, armed rebel fighters manned the checkpoints, not the syrian army. but just a few minutes later, we were stopped. regime forces had left a gruesome message by the side of the road. he's saying that this man was a political activist, that he was taken by the regime to a jail, shot in the head and he's now been dumped by the highway. at the local hospital there is a constant
these men call themselves the syrian liberation army, though they have no military training. they claim to be in control of large parts of this syrian city which has been a hotbed of unrest since the uprising began nearly a year ago. abdul rahman is one of the group's leaders. is the goal of your group to protect the people in your area or is the goal to take down the regime? "our goal is to protect the people and to bring down the regime," he said. we went on a tour of the area...
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nomly grouped under the free syrian army. but in fact operating with very little command and control. how is the u.s. responded to the trend? very poorly. it's continuing to insist that continued militarization is a danger and continued to repeat its view that the peaceful protests offer the best hope for political change for syria. and what that means is that as militarization deepens and expands, for obvious reasons, given what we've seen from the assad regime, the costs of not having some kind of strategy in place for more effectively managing militarization and for building a political approach that includes deeper, multilateral engagement with the political opposition, around a program to equip, to train, to increase the capacity of the armed resistance, and to do so in a fashion that would bring them more centrally under the authority of the civilian wing of the syrian opposition. i think the costs to us of not having those kinds of policy tools in place become much, much higher. and i'll just conclude by saying that if
nomly grouped under the free syrian army. but in fact operating with very little command and control. how is the u.s. responded to the trend? very poorly. it's continuing to insist that continued militarization is a danger and continued to repeat its view that the peaceful protests offer the best hope for political change for syria. and what that means is that as militarization deepens and expands, for obvious reasons, given what we've seen from the assad regime, the costs of not having some...
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the kalashnikovs of the free syrian army can do little against tanks. they hope the regime's forces will crumble from the inside. the syrian armies morale has collapsed. says an officer who defected. they know they're killing civilians and they want this bloodbath to stop. as the bodies pile up, the prevailing mood here is one of despair. people feel trapped and they believe no one is coming to help. >> paul has left homs and is now in beirut. he describes how the people of homs have been dealing with the shelling by government forces. >> there is very little escape rate we manage to slip out last night during a pause in the bombardment. nice to get out of syria this evening. last night more the only people to get out and i saw on the way in medical supplies and blood donated by people in the villages around homs which was held up, the could not get it in. people who are in homs, the people we stayed with said this was the worst bombardment they had experienced. that must have been pretty heavy because we -- hundreds of mortar or shelling every day. >>
the kalashnikovs of the free syrian army can do little against tanks. they hope the regime's forces will crumble from the inside. the syrian armies morale has collapsed. says an officer who defected. they know they're killing civilians and they want this bloodbath to stop. as the bodies pile up, the prevailing mood here is one of despair. people feel trapped and they believe no one is coming to help. >> paul has left homs and is now in beirut. he describes how the people of homs have been...
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today the free syrian army now claiming responsibility for these enormous blasts in syria today do you think there's any chance that could change nato states attitude towards the armed opposition groups in the country. well i mean i would say that this attack was directed from. paris and new york it's quite clear that the explosions i mean the explosions themselves were huge i've spoken to people in aleppo today who are in fear for their lives and there were people up to twenty kilometers away who felt the explosions so let's look at the evidence for the fact that this attack was actually directed externally of course that was carried out by so-called free syrian army insurgents but first of all i'd just like to say that this is clearly a response to the russian and chinese veto is a message from the west that if we don't get our way through the united nations security council we are going to go ahead with these stabilizing the country syria by any means possible so first of all we've had. in the first minutes after the explosion an hour and a half an hour ago we had the western. media
today the free syrian army now claiming responsibility for these enormous blasts in syria today do you think there's any chance that could change nato states attitude towards the armed opposition groups in the country. well i mean i would say that this attack was directed from. paris and new york it's quite clear that the explosions i mean the explosions themselves were huge i've spoken to people in aleppo today who are in fear for their lives and there were people up to twenty kilometers away...
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of bashar al assad has attacked the city of daraa targeting free syrian army soldiers actually just travel to the city of daraa on wednesday and we've been able to speak to the governor over this area on the ground and with many military there and they've told us that there is no free syrian army in this region right now and actually in generally they say that it doesn't exist such a thing as well called united opposition military force they've confirmed that this fight scene almost every day the military operations but there. against. which i. think this is did they say all of this and foreign soldiers the u.s. has expressed concern that iran and russia are providing weapons to syria that could be used against the rebels moscow says it's only selling non-conventional arms damascus under business contracts and that they're not used in the conflict let's talk now with martin mccauley a russian specialist at the university of london so what kind of weapons does russia supply syria with and what kind of role do you think that can play in this crisis. they would be non-offensive weapons
of bashar al assad has attacked the city of daraa targeting free syrian army soldiers actually just travel to the city of daraa on wednesday and we've been able to speak to the governor over this area on the ground and with many military there and they've told us that there is no free syrian army in this region right now and actually in generally they say that it doesn't exist such a thing as well called united opposition military force they've confirmed that this fight scene almost every day...
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we went early this morning with wme members of the syrian me abtion army to one of their training sessions. i think really what was most striking is that you see when you watch these men training erat they are not military experts. ney are farmers, they are workers, they do not have any military background. they are not particularly physically fit. they have enormous amounts of courage and spirit but the question is really will that be any match for the syrian army if and when they make a big push into this city? >> pelley: you visited a medical clinic that the rebels are running but they're running it out of an apartment building. >> reporter: it's a make shift
we went early this morning with wme members of the syrian me abtion army to one of their training sessions. i think really what was most striking is that you see when you watch these men training erat they are not military experts. ney are farmers, they are workers, they do not have any military background. they are not particularly physically fit. they have enormous amounts of courage and spirit but the question is really will that be any match for the syrian army if and when they make a big...
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from the syrian army. they told us that they are desperate for money, weapons, and training. but with no clear chain of command and no unity among these different groups, it is unlikely that will come any time soon. and that, maurice, is part of the reason why the situation is growing more and more desperate every day. the reality is that these lightly lightly armed, uncoordinated, ragtag groups of fighters are simply no match for the syrian army, which is really crushing them with heavy weapons. >> dubois: okay, clarissa ward tonight, in beirut. thank you very much. in a footnote to last year's killing of osama bin laden in the pakistani city of abbottabad, ulbowessers today began to demolish the compound in which he was finally tracked down. pakistan says the demolition was delayed until its investigation of the u.s. raid was completed. former south african president nelson mandela is in the hospital tonight. the anti-apartheid icon, who is now 93, underwent a "diagnostic procedure" after being admitted
from the syrian army. they told us that they are desperate for money, weapons, and training. but with no clear chain of command and no unity among these different groups, it is unlikely that will come any time soon. and that, maurice, is part of the reason why the situation is growing more and more desperate every day. the reality is that these lightly lightly armed, uncoordinated, ragtag groups of fighters are simply no match for the syrian army, which is really crushing them with heavy...
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is the syrian army. when they found out about that, they started randomly bombing with tank shells, with mortar bombs like they're animals. they're stabbing kids, stabbing women. raping women, and no one is doing anything about this. this isn't a game here. this is a reality. this is actually going on. all these footage you have been seeing on youtube of women rapes, children hurt, this is not a game. this is going on, and there's much more than this that we don't know about yet. this government is hiding so much more. we don't know half of what's going on yet. >> danny, stay safe. thank you for talking to us. >> as we sit here safe tonight in our homes and wherever you're watching this, this is happening in syria, in the city of homs right now. let us know what you think on facebook, google plus, twitter, i'll be tweeting tonight. up next, a mother's plea for justice. justice for her daughter killed in a car crash involving a serial drunk driver who was pardoned by former mississippi governor haley barb
is the syrian army. when they found out about that, they started randomly bombing with tank shells, with mortar bombs like they're animals. they're stabbing kids, stabbing women. raping women, and no one is doing anything about this. this isn't a game here. this is a reality. this is actually going on. all these footage you have been seeing on youtube of women rapes, children hurt, this is not a game. this is going on, and there's much more than this that we don't know about yet. this...
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free syrian army representative admitted responsibility before the organization later denied it blaming the government forces a claim. killed by regime. insurgents and terrorists have committed this attack only an insane person could say that the government is killing its officials and officers and destroying its own administrative buildings these armed terror groups were created to commit these crimes and they have committed them in the past and will continue to do so if the west and then are supported by the us is aware of syria's power it realizes that there are people in syria. against the ideology and that's why the u.s. supports undermines their right so that the action instead of the americans was. last sunday the arab league vote still for full political and financial support for the opposition to unify its ranks it is similar call from the leader of al qaida urging muslims to unite efforts to help overthrow bashar al assad recent reports suggest iraqi weapons qatari troops and libyan rebels are role in syria on the opposition side this makes for a volatile and highly dangerous
free syrian army representative admitted responsibility before the organization later denied it blaming the government forces a claim. killed by regime. insurgents and terrorists have committed this attack only an insane person could say that the government is killing its officials and officers and destroying its own administrative buildings these armed terror groups were created to commit these crimes and they have committed them in the past and will continue to do so if the west and then are...
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the syrian army -- i'm not going to call it the syrian army, they have no humanity in them, they kill anything in front of them. they are hitting civilian houses. >> danny, do you think the arab league can do anything to help you? they are calling for a joint mission, monitoring mission, inside where you are. do you think they can save you? >> we don't want the monitors anymore. they sent the monitors last time, and we did not get anything out of it. we wanted the u.n. to take this case. we wanted the u.n. to interfere in this. if we get the airplanes here, bombard the regime. we want someone to do something about this. we're going to get killed. i'm sure i'll get killed tomorrow if the army gets in here. no one's doing anything about this. we don't want the monitors or the arab league. they are going to do nothing about this. we want the u.n. to interfere, the u.n. to do something. >> and danny, finally -- >> all these people are being killed. >> can you tell me how you are living, do you have food, do you have water, clearly, you are in a building, so there is some shelter there. >>
the syrian army -- i'm not going to call it the syrian army, they have no humanity in them, they kill anything in front of them. they are hitting civilian houses. >> danny, do you think the arab league can do anything to help you? they are calling for a joint mission, monitoring mission, inside where you are. do you think they can save you? >> we don't want the monitors anymore. they sent the monitors last time, and we did not get anything out of it. we wanted the u.n. to take this...
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is the syrian army. when they found out about that, they started randomly bombing with tank shells, with mortar bombs like they're animals. they're stabbing kids, stabbing women. raping women, and no one is doing anything about this. this isn't a game here. this is a reality. this is actually going on. all these footage you have been seeing on utupe of women rapes, children hurt, this is not a game. this is going on, and there's much more than this that we don't know about yet. this government is hiding so much more. we don't know half of what's going on yet. >> danny, stay safe. thank you for talking to us. >> as we sit here safe tonight in our homes and wherever you're watching this, this is happening in syria, in the city of homs right now. let us know what you think on facebook, google plus, twitter, i'll be tweeting tonight. up next, a mother's plea for justice. justice for her daughter killed in a car crash involving a serial drunk driver who was pardoned by former mississippi governor haley barbou
is the syrian army. when they found out about that, they started randomly bombing with tank shells, with mortar bombs like they're animals. they're stabbing kids, stabbing women. raping women, and no one is doing anything about this. this isn't a game here. this is a reality. this is actually going on. all these footage you have been seeing on utupe of women rapes, children hurt, this is not a game. this is going on, and there's much more than this that we don't know about yet. this government...
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the syrian army is so much larger than that again army is not something that they can handle through arming the opposition this is just a stepping stone towards more serious steps that they would take. which means military intervention through turkey probably because the opposition would just lead to mortar along that city violence that the syrian army it would have to deal with with increasing violence so it cannot lead to anything. constructive and finally the state support france's call for creating humanitarian corridors in syria is that a step closer to though toward military intervention. again all of us have to guess if they're bluffing or if they're serious many are hoping that they are bluffing that this is just another step in the typical i don't you know felt like more pressure on the sudan regime they've been doing that for forty years they have so many instruments to do it. but this is starting to sound very serious there's no going back if they if you again he's got to have to do that any in turkey they have so much opposition. to any midstream void within syria the opp
the syrian army is so much larger than that again army is not something that they can handle through arming the opposition this is just a stepping stone towards more serious steps that they would take. which means military intervention through turkey probably because the opposition would just lead to mortar along that city violence that the syrian army it would have to deal with with increasing violence so it cannot lead to anything. constructive and finally the state support france's call for...
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it was the tanks of the syrian army. and the guns of the syrian army. i saw the army itself killing their own people. >> are plain clothed government forces. you're in damascus. what's happening there now? >> in damascus itself, it is just like, you know, empty city. after 4:00 in the afternoon, nobody in the streets. you go a few kilometers to the damascus countryside, then you are just visiting hell. again, what is happening in homs is happening over there in other places a little while from damascus. firing at people, snipers everywhere, everywhere, snipers. and tanks firing again at people there and people are getting killed. let me say one word. i think the entire world should be ashamed of what's happening here. everybody is just silent and looking at us being slaughtered every moment, for no reason, just for asking for our freedom. everybody's just looking at us like this, we are slaughtered. russia has gone for a veto, china has gone for a veto. the rest of the world are condemning this veto and what else? looking at us? we thank you. i want to
it was the tanks of the syrian army. and the guns of the syrian army. i saw the army itself killing their own people. >> are plain clothed government forces. you're in damascus. what's happening there now? >> in damascus itself, it is just like, you know, empty city. after 4:00 in the afternoon, nobody in the streets. you go a few kilometers to the damascus countryside, then you are just visiting hell. again, what is happening in homs is happening over there in other places a little...
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part of the syrian army defected and the civilians went to welcome the syrian army, so they bombarded it randomly with bombs and tank shells. in the first half an hour they've got 40 people dead. now we have about 200 dead all around homs. there are still people under the destruction. we can't move them. all the buildings have been falling over human beings. there are kids dead, women, men dead. we can't get medication in. they are shooting at the civilian cars and trying to get medication in there and we can't help them. now it's happening all around homs. they are bomb bargd us and no one is doing anything. the nato and american league are discussing it while we are being killed. >> you say more than 200 dead in the last hour or two. >> 200 dead in three hours. in the first half an hour, 40 dead. we got the video on youtube. they have been bombarding an area in homs with mortar bombs and tank shells. there are civilians under the buildings. we can't get them out. we are trying to get medication and food out and the snipers are shooting at us. i wanted to help. i couldn't. the sniper
part of the syrian army defected and the civilians went to welcome the syrian army, so they bombarded it randomly with bombs and tank shells. in the first half an hour they've got 40 people dead. now we have about 200 dead all around homs. there are still people under the destruction. we can't move them. all the buildings have been falling over human beings. there are kids dead, women, men dead. we can't get medication in. they are shooting at the civilian cars and trying to get medication in...
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the syrian army's morale has collapsed, says an officer who defected a week ago. they know they are killing civilians and they want this bloodbath to stop. the prevailing mood here is one of despair. people feel trapped and they believe that no one is coming to help. >> in response to the assault on homs, the white house told the bbc that there are not any tools left to stop the violence and it would be unrealistic to expect anything to be done. what steps can the international community take to deal with the assad regime? we are joined by a former adviser to the u.s. state department who currently serves as the president of the council on foreign relations. is the white house being too pessimistic or realistic when they say that there are not any tools for the international community to deal with syria? >> they need to stop the bombardment of that is going on but they are being realistic. there is not much going on. what they can do on things that will perhaps have the desired effect over time through sanctions or some prefer a garmin and opposition. none of thes
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army on their border to establish a safe zone it was the free syrian army the free syrian army our soldiers that have defect now because they will not ok so that i am proposing you don't know what we are and you are saying we should not i'm generalizing harm them. really important we don't know who they are but yet you think we should have our allies arm that did you notice anything about that discussion about the two positions one reflecting the mainstream one reflecting a contrarian point of view one lobbying for intervention to do something to get involved and someone on the outside who reports on the effects of that intervention saying hold your horses look at the unintended consequences this could create does it remind you of anything else something we cover much more frequently on this show why don't i play you a little but how about fed reserve chairman alan greenspan former one talking about why the us is credit rating doesn't matter. i was because we can always print more money to do that so. i love his face but let's stick on this ok let's let's listen to new york times columnist
army on their border to establish a safe zone it was the free syrian army the free syrian army our soldiers that have defect now because they will not ok so that i am proposing you don't know what we are and you are saying we should not i'm generalizing harm them. really important we don't know who they are but yet you think we should have our allies arm that did you notice anything about that discussion about the two positions one reflecting the mainstream one reflecting a contrarian point of...
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army rebels and indeed al qaida have very strong links to the west was the west recently created al qaida in afghanistan and also we've got a very strange element going on and that is that many of the fighters within syria believe that they are part of some sort of prophetic force from the qur'an that will move things forward for a sort of unified state or. caliphate in that part of the world and they're looking for a islamic leader that's not asaad so many of the surf items within syria are actually playing into the hands of nato nato has been really ruthless in munich plating their beliefs in order to get them to fight the assad regime so we're looking at really a two track thing one is an official policy which is at least to try and attempt to get negotiations but the unofficial policy is constant attacks against the assad regime and i mean do they think anybody in syria itself that really supports these armed gangs running around the streets. of the pentagon says this wearing up of fear radical military action in syria what you make of that. well it's absolutely not acceptable w
army rebels and indeed al qaida have very strong links to the west was the west recently created al qaida in afghanistan and also we've got a very strange element going on and that is that many of the fighters within syria believe that they are part of some sort of prophetic force from the qur'an that will move things forward for a sort of unified state or. caliphate in that part of the world and they're looking for a islamic leader that's not asaad so many of the surf items within syria are...
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army is actually a libyan man who spent much of his time living in oil and he's a very close to the western security services and i think the arab league needs to make sure that there's a severing of the link between nato and the rest of security services and and the first so-called free syrian army the other thing is we need absolute guarantees that there aren't covert operations going on boy western special forces now around and within syria so i think the arab league needs to get tough with the west in order to bring peace and also to tell these free syrian army people that there must be an ego negotiated peace negotiator settlement that is the actually the only way to say the syrian people and to save that part of the world at the moment it seems and the west it seems fortunately is hell bent for more conflict in syria and replaying the horrendous situation that's now in libya let's not forget in libya we've now got roughly ten thousand political prisoners if there was an election tomorrow the libyan people would almost certainly vote for saif gadhafi but of course he's in jail
army is actually a libyan man who spent much of his time living in oil and he's a very close to the western security services and i think the arab league needs to make sure that there's a severing of the link between nato and the rest of security services and and the first so-called free syrian army the other thing is we need absolute guarantees that there aren't covert operations going on boy western special forces now around and within syria so i think the arab league needs to get tough with...
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the syrian army's morale has collapsed, says an officer who defected a week ago. they know they are killing civilians and they want this bloodbath to stop. the prevailing mood here is one of despair. people feel trapped and they believe that no one is coming to help. >> in response to the assault on homs, the white house told the bbc that there are not any tools left to stop the violence and it would be unrealistic to expect anything to be done. what steps can the international community take to deal with the assad regime? we are joined by a former adviser to the u.s. state department who currently serves as the president of the council on foreign relations. is the white house being too pessimistic or realistic when they say that there are not any tools for the international community to deal with syria? >> they need to stop the bombardment of that is going on but they are being realistic. there is not much going on. what they can do on things that will perhaps have the desired effect over time through sanctions or some prefer a garmin and opposition. none of thes
the syrian army's morale has collapsed, says an officer who defected a week ago. they know they are killing civilians and they want this bloodbath to stop. the prevailing mood here is one of despair. people feel trapped and they believe that no one is coming to help. >> in response to the assault on homs, the white house told the bbc that there are not any tools left to stop the violence and it would be unrealistic to expect anything to be done. what steps can the international community...
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syrian army and third, what is the impact of militarization on the political dynamics of the uprising and if militarization spreads is it likely to change the communities that have been essential to the support of if regime? i think we read over and over again in the media and we see examples of it on facebook and other locations of the depth and intensity of conflicts within the opposition. we have to be very careful how we read it and we have to be careful not to exaggerate, the extent to which increasingly coherent structures and protest activities are in fact taking hold and are consolidating and beginning to cohere around a narrow set of forms for the management and governance of the uprising, we have on one hand the syrian national council, there are out liar groups related to older previous efforts to bring together opposition figures. within syria we have the national coordinating committee which took a more pro regime, and we have the local coordinating committees which are organized through, i don't know if -- but there's an effort to kind of forge more democratic frame work
syrian army and third, what is the impact of militarization on the political dynamics of the uprising and if militarization spreads is it likely to change the communities that have been essential to the support of if regime? i think we read over and over again in the media and we see examples of it on facebook and other locations of the depth and intensity of conflicts within the opposition. we have to be very careful how we read it and we have to be careful not to exaggerate, the extent to...
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to prominence in a sense the syrian story is very similar the free syrian army is not a credible address it is not a single police where it belongs. to foreign journalists have been killed in syria's flashpoint city of homs the opposition claims the american and french citizens died when an army shell hit and makeshift media center the same accusations were leveled against the regime just over a month ago when the french government was killed in a similar incident but later it turned out the and he government rebels were the heinie attack homs has been the scene of fierce fighting between the army and the rebels for more than two weeks now. and the friends of syria group set up by america and its allies meets and chin is you up on friday they are opening seeking president assad's downfall and moscow has dismissed the gathering as a biased effort to resolve the crisis the head of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament has told r.t. the meeting will not paint an accurate picture. judging by the statements we have been hearing in the form out of the so-called fr
to prominence in a sense the syrian story is very similar the free syrian army is not a credible address it is not a single police where it belongs. to foreign journalists have been killed in syria's flashpoint city of homs the opposition claims the american and french citizens died when an army shell hit and makeshift media center the same accusations were leveled against the regime just over a month ago when the french government was killed in a similar incident but later it turned out the...
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and the neighborhoods or towns that the syrian army pulled out of on the contrary what we saw was an armed and full question why armed gangs that terrorized the people and wreak hey book on the area so of course what they want to do is stop all the syrian regime and why do they want to topple the syrian regime do they stand for freedom or democracy as they claim on the contrary what they want is to have a puppet regime and the moscow that would obey the dictates of washington and the nato let me just add very quickly that the syrian opposition so far has been refusing vehemently to speak to the syrian government so it is not the syrian government that has been refusing to speak to the opposition on the contrary the syrian government has been calling for dialogue over and over again for the last few months. but we have seen that kinds of opposition in the media from i mean i do apologize for interrupting you here but if you as you say the opposition has been reluctant if not defined in joining us with the sort of the opposition not coming to the negotiating table with the government m
and the neighborhoods or towns that the syrian army pulled out of on the contrary what we saw was an armed and full question why armed gangs that terrorized the people and wreak hey book on the area so of course what they want to do is stop all the syrian regime and why do they want to topple the syrian regime do they stand for freedom or democracy as they claim on the contrary what they want is to have a puppet regime and the moscow that would obey the dictates of washington and the nato let...
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>> well, the syrian national council, the main coalition has voiced backing for the free syrian army which is on the ground in syria, fighting against assaad's forces. >> that's the call you made over and over again. whatever the council says is undermined by the fastball that the syrian national council is a fragmented group. >> well, i don't agree that it's a fragmented group. ok, it may be true that it's a coalition of various political forces, but you got to realize syria for the last 40 years as hived -- has lived under a dictatorship. political parties haven't been allowed to form and to develop in a natural sort of way. so perhaps it might be understandable for there to be certain frictions or certain divisions but if you look at the picture as a whole, the syrian opposition is united for assaad to step down for a transition to step down. and that's what the international community wants. >> but democratic transition, that could have been done, you know, 11 months ago. calling for assaad to step down, that could have been done 11 months ago. let's just consider next week. what
>> well, the syrian national council, the main coalition has voiced backing for the free syrian army which is on the ground in syria, fighting against assaad's forces. >> that's the call you made over and over again. whatever the council says is undermined by the fastball that the syrian national council is a fragmented group. >> well, i don't agree that it's a fragmented group. ok, it may be true that it's a coalition of various political forces, but you got to realize syria...
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from the syrian army. they told us that they are desperate for money, weapons and training. but with no clear chain of command and no unity among these different groups, it is unlikely that will come any time soon. and that, maurice, is part of the reason why the situation is growing more and more desperate every day. the reality is that these lightly armed, uncoordinated ragtag groups of fighters are simply no match for the syrian army, which is really crushing them with heavy weapons. >> dubois: okay, clarissa ward tonight in beirut. thank you very much. y's more perspective on today's developments we're joined by former undersecretary of state nicholas burns. nick, good evening to you. with the whole world watching here, can anybody do anything to stop this? >> right now, it's all up to the neighboring countries, the arab league, saudi arab, and turkey. they have the influence, and they have the proximity, but no one else is intervening at this point. >> reporter: what about the united states. can it pl
from the syrian army. they told us that they are desperate for money, weapons and training. but with no clear chain of command and no unity among these different groups, it is unlikely that will come any time soon. and that, maurice, is part of the reason why the situation is growing more and more desperate every day. the reality is that these lightly armed, uncoordinated ragtag groups of fighters are simply no match for the syrian army, which is really crushing them with heavy weapons....
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when rebel fighters tried to overrun a syrian army checkpoint. four men were killed, several others were injured. the funeral procession poured into the main square. you can see behind me the entire community has gathered here to lay to rest two of the men who were killed in yesterday's fighting. they're chanting over and over again, "heaven open your doors to accept this shaheed, or martyr." another, smaller body was carried in. locals say this 10-year-old boy was killed in the cross-fire. "heaven loves the martyrs" the crowd shouted. the profession moved towards the burial ground, defiantly marching past a syrian army camp. armed rebel fighters walked alongside to offer protection and snipers kept guard in high places all around. but as the last mourners were leaving, syrian army attentions rolled in. shots rang out. the streets emptied, and the fighters scrambled to get to safer ground. life here now is a cycle of funerals and gun battles. normal routines have been on hold for months. schools are closed, garbage collection is done by over-stre
when rebel fighters tried to overrun a syrian army checkpoint. four men were killed, several others were injured. the funeral procession poured into the main square. you can see behind me the entire community has gathered here to lay to rest two of the men who were killed in yesterday's fighting. they're chanting over and over again, "heaven open your doors to accept this shaheed, or martyr." another, smaller body was carried in. locals say this 10-year-old boy was killed in the...
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there's a part of the syrian army defected. they went down to welcome the syrian army, so they bombarded it with water bombs and tank shells. and in the first half hour, we have 40 people dead. now we've got about 200 dead all around homs. there are people under the destruction. we can't move them. all of the buildings have been on top of buiodies, human being. kids dead, women dead, men dead. we can't get medication. they're shooting at the avenue, they're shooting. we can't get medication in there, we can't help them. no one is doing anything about it. they're sitting and discussing while we're sitting here getting killed. >> there could be as many as 200 dead in the last hour or two. >> yes, 200 dead in the last three hours. in the first half hour, 40 dead. in the first half hour. and we got the video up on youtube. they've been bombarding with mortar bombs and tank shells. we can't get medication in there and food in there, and can't get them in. they're shooting at us. i wanted to go in there to help them. they were shooti
there's a part of the syrian army defected. they went down to welcome the syrian army, so they bombarded it with water bombs and tank shells. and in the first half hour, we have 40 people dead. now we've got about 200 dead all around homs. there are people under the destruction. we can't move them. all of the buildings have been on top of buiodies, human being. kids dead, women dead, men dead. we can't get medication. they're shooting at the avenue, they're shooting. we can't get medication in...
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along this road, fighters that will mock the syrian army. the regime forces left a gruesome message on this side of the road. they were saying that this man is a political activist that he was taken by eugene to jail, shot in the head. and he has now been dumped by the highway. >> reporter: at the local hospital, there's a constant injury for them and fatalities. victims that are government snipers. but still they had be gathering every night to find that there and deny it in any of the regime. and every night, gun battles erupt all around the city. >> and men had just added words that the regime forces have surrounded that there and you could now hear it on the loud side, telling people to come together. the syrian liberation army set out to answer the call with the light weapons and the heavy hearts. they stood by their guard and their street corner. the brave defenders of their community was no match for the syrian army. the city is now relatively calm, but we have been hearing burst fires. now, while some neighborhoods might be under con
along this road, fighters that will mock the syrian army. the regime forces left a gruesome message on this side of the road. they were saying that this man is a political activist that he was taken by eugene to jail, shot in the head. and he has now been dumped by the highway. >> reporter: at the local hospital, there's a constant injury for them and fatalities. victims that are government snipers. but still they had be gathering every night to find that there and deny it in any of the...
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you know resistance the free syrian army as a matter of fact even on al-jazeera today was reported to attack the syrian army and killed ten of their you know the ten military people you cannot have an armed rebellion in a country and turn your back on providing security meanwhile the same players that made up numbers out of thin air about massacre in libya that turned out to be completely false from human rights watch to gulf cooperation states western media are now doing the same thing they say there were two hundred fifty people killed yesterday or in the last twenty four hours in a home and there is absolutely no evidence of this whatsoever except for reports from free syrian army and quote unquote rebel spokespeople so you know this of the same scenario that happened in libya is you know attempting to come into being again and this time russia and china are not allowing it interesting lee after all the major copus we heard from president zuma of south africa over how he was misled in libya there south africa voted again for the u.s. backed resolution that was fronted by morocco to
you know resistance the free syrian army as a matter of fact even on al-jazeera today was reported to attack the syrian army and killed ten of their you know the ten military people you cannot have an armed rebellion in a country and turn your back on providing security meanwhile the same players that made up numbers out of thin air about massacre in libya that turned out to be completely false from human rights watch to gulf cooperation states western media are now doing the same thing they...
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i don't see this actually being very good for the syrian people at all the free syrian army is the armed opposition it's conducting very violent acts against civilians in syria against both the government and you know innocent syrians we don't know who the body counts you know what politics people have who are killed and it's just purported reported by the media that these are like anti assad civilians but they're not they're also pro assad civilians and so i don't think the syrian people are really going to appreciate you know an outside exile group that's doing acts of violence you know suddenly undemocratically declaring that they represent the people and that they should be recognized as syria's true leaders but you know again this this probably reeks of you know suggestions of washington suggestions coming from the capitals of europe you know arming and training these people in different quote unquote democracy exercises training they're going to basically say to them look you have to get legitimacy you have to convince people you're really representative but there convincing the wr
i don't see this actually being very good for the syrian people at all the free syrian army is the armed opposition it's conducting very violent acts against civilians in syria against both the government and you know innocent syrians we don't know who the body counts you know what politics people have who are killed and it's just purported reported by the media that these are like anti assad civilians but they're not they're also pro assad civilians and so i don't think the syrian people are...
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will be decided by the actions of the syrian army in areas such as homs we all we are all waiting for what the syrian government promised to do which is. to take rid of militia man in major cities and i think now the veto that happened i think couldn't be better for the syrian regime to do that i think what would happen in the streets of starts right now or president obama has called for bashar assad to step down immediately with international arrest hardening against the assad regime do you think the security council is getting anywhere near a peaceful solution to the conflict. i don't see this happening anytime soon not not by the security council anyway but we've heard the same calls from washington and it's out.
will be decided by the actions of the syrian army in areas such as homs we all we are all waiting for what the syrian government promised to do which is. to take rid of militia man in major cities and i think now the veto that happened i think couldn't be better for the syrian regime to do that i think what would happen in the streets of starts right now or president obama has called for bashar assad to step down immediately with international arrest hardening against the assad regime do you...
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the free syrian army claims it has received weapons and aircraft missiles from french and u.s. sources the government accuses the rebels of being terrorists acting out a foreign plot as more enough an option reports from syria there are growing fears within the country that outside interference is feeding the turmoil. but the borders doors and windows do est despite international isolation syria's borders have remained opened and easy to pass through and that may have played a crucial role in the militarization of the country's conflict almost immediately after the crisis began here last march there were reports of the reference been smuggled through to arm president al assad's opponents one thousand dollars for a truck full of weapons capable of delivering household destruction and that's how much al qaeda will pay to smugglers usually iraqi or lebanese drivers according to ziad ismail chief of the customs service on the border with lebanon. these people bring we are here to destroy our nation to try to get syrian people on the syrian territory to enemies. syria has more than
the free syrian army claims it has received weapons and aircraft missiles from french and u.s. sources the government accuses the rebels of being terrorists acting out a foreign plot as more enough an option reports from syria there are growing fears within the country that outside interference is feeding the turmoil. but the borders doors and windows do est despite international isolation syria's borders have remained opened and easy to pass through and that may have played a crucial role in...
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desire to arm the free syrian army from the west and to basically support them to give them kind of sectioned off training areas where they can develop a strong opposition apart from the kind of threat of a sad all suggest that you know the west isn't willing to have you know encourage any kind of dialogue or discourse of tool ultimately they want you know they've now polarized the situation they've now said you know. these evil we need to get rid of him they use those kind of terms evil you know the. ogre or bogeyman and you know the syrian people are vulnerable victims who need to be protected by the west now i think we saw the same thing with good afi and it's always very striking that you know it was only two years ago that assad was seen as the great reformer in syria the west were basically queuing up to talk to him. or asia times correspondent pascoe bar says unlike libya syria won't fall under western influence through intervention because it has a stronger position in the region. well this takes in syria saw much higher compared to libya because this is that directs each act a direct
desire to arm the free syrian army from the west and to basically support them to give them kind of sectioned off training areas where they can develop a strong opposition apart from the kind of threat of a sad all suggest that you know the west isn't willing to have you know encourage any kind of dialogue or discourse of tool ultimately they want you know they've now polarized the situation they've now said you know. these evil we need to get rid of him they use those kind of terms evil you...