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Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
Sat May 4, 2013, 10:05 PM May 2013

Video of explosion in Damascus Syria, scary stuff, big mushroom cloud. (Israeli attack)

Last edited Sun May 5, 2013, 08:46 PM - Edit history (2)

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Video of explosion in Damascus Syria, scary stuff, big mushroom cloud.



zerohedge ?@zerohedge

Powerful Explosions Shake Damascus As Israel Attacks Syria For Second Time In Past Week
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-04/powerful-explosions-shake-damascus-israel-attacks-syria-second-time-past-week

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RT ?@RT_com

MORE: Witnesses describe Israel’s reported attack on a military research center near #Damascus as “an earthquake” http://on.rt.com/pmxxo6
Video of explosion in Damascus Syria, scary stuff, big mushroom cloud. (Israeli attack) (Original Post) Fire Walk With Me May 2013 OP
That's some heavy weaponry Hayabusa May 2013 #1
God is great god is great. odd response nt msongs May 2013 #2
Well, I say Hayabusa May 2013 #3
It's a call to protection, just as exclaiming "Jesus Christ!" generally used to be. n/t Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #5
yeah I noticed this in videos of the Marathon Bombing, people repeating "Oh God!, Oh God,. ." Civilization2 May 2013 #15
Absolutely. Fear is their main weapon, to divide us where we would otherwise unify and live in Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #17
They were just hoping to live through it Warpy May 2013 #23
Bashar Assad needs to go NOW!!! Assad should be on trial for war crimes! Tx4obama May 2013 #4
If he is guilty of war crimes then so is Obama. Arctic Dave May 2013 #6
That should not be up to the US. David__77 May 2013 #9
This is a video of Israel bombing, not Assad! Civilization2 May 2013 #16
Israel attacks and you call for Assad to go? That's some wacked out shit. L0oniX May 2013 #18
Yes, I've been waiting for Assad to be tossed out for about two years now. Tx4obama May 2013 #20
So uhm you support Al Qaeda huh ...keep stepping in it. L0oniX May 2013 #21
WTF was that? MoreGOPoop May 2013 #7
My guess Duckhunter935 May 2013 #8
I've added a link to an RT story in the OP; they call it a "military research center". n/t Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #11
Don't know... Half-Century Man May 2013 #14
I think you might be right. pa28 May 2013 #25
Well, that certainly put the fires out Cronus Protagonist May 2013 #10
Fuel/Air bomb? n/t Adsos Letter May 2013 #12
Offhand, I'd say yes Warpy May 2013 #24
Your RT link reports Syrian sources claim one, possibly two, Israeli aircraft downed Adsos Letter May 2013 #13
More videos and info here: www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34829.htm L0oniX May 2013 #19
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Civilization2

(649 posts)
15. yeah I noticed this in videos of the Marathon Bombing, people repeating "Oh God!, Oh God,. ."
Sun May 5, 2013, 06:32 AM
May 2013

I though how in videos of US bombings, military/contractor murderings and drone terrorism strikes, the attacked people do the exact same thing, only in their language and cultural frame. It is somehow portrayed in our corporate media as something, "scary" and "radical extremist/terrorist" to say. It is not! It is just the same as the cries Americans make of "oh jesus" and "oh god",we do this on instinct with out thinking at all. I guess this is part of the programming of the evil other, that is needed in the creation of fictional enemies for the war machine.

 

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
17. Absolutely. Fear is their main weapon, to divide us where we would otherwise unify and live in
Sun May 5, 2013, 09:38 AM
May 2013

happiness. "Wars and rumors of wars". But people are waking up to this and want something different.

Warpy

(109,663 posts)
23. They were just hoping to live through it
Sun May 5, 2013, 07:35 PM
May 2013

but if they died, they wanted to die with god's name on their lips. That's why they kept saying that.

My own response would have been "HOLY SHIT! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
4. Bashar Assad needs to go NOW!!! Assad should be on trial for war crimes!
Sat May 4, 2013, 10:22 PM
May 2013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad#Syrian_civil_war


-snip-

On 2 January 2013, the United Nations released an estimate that the war's death toll had exceeded 60,000;[79] on 12 February, this figure was updated to 70,000.[54] According to various opposition activist groups, between 68,440 and 82,130 people have been killed,[35][36][80] of which about half were civilians, but also including 33,500 armed combatants consisting of both the Syrian Army and rebel forces,[35][36][81] up to 1,000 opposition protesters[51] and 1,000 government officials.[37] By October 2012, up to 28,000 people had been reported missing, including civilians forcibly abducted by government troops or security forces.[82] According to the UN, about 1.2 million Syrians have been displaced within the country.[83] To escape the violence, as many as 1.4 million Syrian refugees have fled to neighboring countries. In addition, tens of thousands of protesters have been imprisoned and there were reports of widespread torture and psychological terror in state prisons.[84] International organizations have accused both government and opposition forces of severe human rights violations.[85] However, human rights groups report that the majority of abuses have been committed by the Syrian government's forces, and UN investigations have concluded that the government's abuses are the greatest in both gravity and scale.[86][8

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war

 

Arctic Dave

(13,812 posts)
6. If he is guilty of war crimes then so is Obama.
Sat May 4, 2013, 11:07 PM
May 2013

Civilian deaths are a trademark of his drone assassination program.

David__77

(22,373 posts)
9. That should not be up to the US.
Sat May 4, 2013, 11:19 PM
May 2013

Al Qaeda may not win its war, against the hopes of some in the West.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
20. Yes, I've been waiting for Assad to be tossed out for about two years now.
Sun May 5, 2013, 04:10 PM
May 2013

The new bombing does not change my opinion.

Assad needs to go ASAP!

 

L0oniX

(31,493 posts)
21. So uhm you support Al Qaeda huh ...keep stepping in it.
Sun May 5, 2013, 06:50 PM
May 2013

Syria: Israeli airstrikes target Damascus to support terrorist rebels
http://www.newsday.com/news/world/syria-israeli-airstrikes-target-damascus-to-support-terrorist-rebels-1.5200867

Islamist Rebels Create Dilemma on Syria Policy
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/world/middleeast/islamist-rebels-gains-in-syria-create-dilemma-for-us.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

<>In Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, rebels aligned with Al Qaeda

U.S. Fears Syria Rebel Victory, for Now
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324345804578427190797966234.html

<>Administration officials fear that with Islamists tied to al Qaeda increasingly dominating the opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
14. Don't know...
Sun May 5, 2013, 04:22 AM
May 2013

Looked like a 500 lbs gravity bomb detonation. Straight up explosion path, indicates vertical or near vertical delivery. 500 lbs of C-4 is damn impressive.

pa28

(6,145 posts)
25. I think you might be right.
Mon May 6, 2013, 12:40 AM
May 2013

During the war in Iraq a US ammo supply dump blew up after being attacked by mortars and it looked just like that.

Cronus Protagonist

(15,574 posts)
10. Well, that certainly put the fires out
Sat May 4, 2013, 11:46 PM
May 2013

If only the people there each had their own uzi with a hundred round clips, they would have been able to overthrow their oppressors.


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Warpy

(109,663 posts)
24. Offhand, I'd say yes
Sun May 5, 2013, 07:39 PM
May 2013

because it looked like the whole sky ignited for a second or two.

I am delighted I wasn't there. I'm glad the filmers are still with us and uploaded their video.

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
13. Your RT link reports Syrian sources claim one, possibly two, Israeli aircraft downed
Sun May 5, 2013, 12:56 AM
May 2013

No further confirmation yet.

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