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10. Being besieged by rural Salafists as you say doesn't justify collective punishment, imo.

Sun Sep 30, 2012, 06:44 AM

Sep 2012

A similar thing happened in Misrata which caused a lot of Misratans who would've otherwise been neutral to take up arms.

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Ancient market burns, heritage sites at risk as Syrian violence continues [View all] struggle4progress Sep 2012 OP

Aleppo had water, power, food, medicine before the hordes moved in. David__77 Sep 2012 #2

Who exactly are you comparing to the Khmer Rouge? oberliner Sep 2012 #4

The Salafist terrorists in Syria. David__77 Sep 2012 #5

And what is their relationship to those fighting the Assad regime? oberliner Sep 2012 #6

Thanks for the info oberliner Sep 2012 #9

You do appreciate that they're potentially gaining ground... joshcryer Sep 2012 #11

Of course. David__77 Sep 2012 #18

So sad on so many different levels. :( nt blaze Sep 2012 #3

Kick! n/t Tx4obama Sep 2012 #16

I have a friend in Aleppo whom I recently friended on Facebook - closeupready Sep 2012 #17