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tabatha

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15. From a witness

Reply to MindMover (Reply #8)

Wed May 30, 2012, 10:39 PM

May 2012

He describes how there was intense shelling of the ground for several hours. After that the Shabiya – armed militia – entered the town from the southern to south western direction. He says there were around 100 of them dressed in military uniforms. They approached Dam Road which connects the large reservoir to the Houla villages. He says – and all agree – these men were Shia and Alawite who had come from specific Shia/Alawite villages to the south and west of Houla.

http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/searing-grief-houlas-survivors/1739

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Satellite image clues to Houla massacre in Syria [View all] MindMover May 2012 OP

Yeah, we don't have HD video of the massacre tabasco May 2012 #1

Thank God we don't have HD, or it would be online.... MindMover May 2012 #2

I thought they were killed by small arms? Arctic Dave May 2012 #3

And the first Assadopologist responds. nt geek tragedy May 2012 #4

Post removed Post removed May 2012 #5

Here's the answer, from the BBC's report yesterday: pinboy3niner May 2012 #6

Thank you, that's what I was trying to figure out. Arctic Dave May 2012 #9

You've been in multiple threads denying there geek tragedy May 2012 #7

Really? What threads? Arctic Dave May 2012 #10

Here's your most recent denialism: geek tragedy May 2012 #11

I take the side our miltary staying out of other countries Arctic Dave May 2012 #12

Except that you side with the dictator against his own geek tragedy May 2012 #13

If you did not hear the wailing from mothers in the background and you still don't hear that.... MindMover May 2012 #14

Russia is and was the supplier of weapons to Syria. tabatha May 2012 #16

Most anybody who has been to war knows that you soften the opposition.... MindMover May 2012 #8

From a witness tabatha May 2012 #15