Reply #38: At least nine people were killed in the bombardment of Homs today...

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...says Wissam Tarif from the human rights group Insan.

"The area is under siege. We have confirmed nine people killed there but the number might be much higher. There are dozens of people injured inside the (Baba Amr) area and there is no medical attention whatsoever. And people are not being able to take them to hospital."

Tarif, who is monitoring events from The Hague, claimed the regime deployed tanks because it can't count on rank and file soldiers to shoot protesters.

He claimed nine soldiers defected in Homs. Tarif said Homs nothing explains the shelling of the city "unless they are fighting another part of the army".

He added: "This is a ruthless regime that is willing to do anything to stay in power."


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/may/11/syria-libya-middle-east-unrest-live#block-17