[quote]
At least 60 bodies have been found in a suburb of Damascus, activists say, following what the opposition described as a "massacre" by government forces.
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19293304[/url]
A poor-quality video posted online showed what appeared to be the charred remains of dozens of people, many with their hands tied behind their backs.
Activists said the bodies were found on Thursday at a rubbish dump outside Qatana, south-west of the capital.
The discovery came as the UN announced the formal end of its observer mission.
The current president of the UN Security Council, Gerard Araud, said the conditions required to extend the mission's mandate beyond midnight on Sunday - a halt to the government's use of heavy weapons and a significant reduction in violence - had not been met.
Kidnappings
Mr Araud also said the Security Council had agreed to back UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's proposal for a liaison office in Syria to support further efforts to end the conflict, which activists say has left at least 21,000 people dead since March 2011.
Russia's permanent representative, Vitaly Churkin, said that in New York on Friday the five permanent members of the Security Council would meet key regional players and international organisations, who agreed on guidelines for a political transition in Geneva in June as part of the so-called Action Group for Syria.
He said he wanted them to make a "joint or parallel appeal to all the parties of the Syrian conflict that they end violence as soon as possible".
Mr Churkin said the appeal should urge both sides to appoint representatives to "negotiate towards a political solution, and in particular towards the establishment of a transitional governing body as provided for in the Geneva document".
As he spoke on Thursday, activists said an estimated 200 people were killed across Syria, as clashes between troops and rebels continued.
The death toll included the 60 reportedly found at Qatana. Activists said they were still trying to find out who the victims in Qatana were and what happened.
They believed government forces had executed the victims before setting their bodies alight, they said.
It is impossible to verify the activists' reports of the alleged massacre, as international media cannot report freely in Syria.
Meanwhile, the wave of kidnappings in Lebanon related to the conflict has continued with reports that two more people have been abducted.
It comes the day after a Shia Muslim clan that had seized a number of Syrian Sunni Muslims and a Turkish citizen said that it would not kidnap any more people.
The Mekdads said they had nothing to do with the new kidnappings, but they are still holding several hostages to try to force the release of one of its family members captured by Syrian rebels in Damascus.[/quote]
Bringing you your daily massacre.
I don't think the politicians have written enough angry letters yet. It's clear that we need to write more angry notes so Assad understands the gravity of previously written angry notes.
So is there any proof that the government did this?
Oh look, no there isn't like usual.
[QUOTE=Scrappa;37284455]So is there any proof that the government did this?
Oh look, no there isn't like usual.[/QUOTE]
I think its fair to say both the government and the rebels commit warcrimes. I'm sure the rebels have some legitimate pro-democratic splinters but a good portion of them are opposition groups from the Assad era and some of them are legitimate Mujahideen. You can't really blame all the rebels for flying the flag that hardly holds any value anymore (FSA).
I want the video
[editline]17th August 2012[/editline]
I'm into dead people, if you know what I mean
[QUOTE=Scrappa;37284455]So is there any proof that the government did this?
Oh look, no there isn't like usual.[/QUOTE]
Government forces control pretty much all of Damascus, I'm not sure how the rebels would have been able to do this
Also to quote the UN HCR's [url=http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session21/A-HRC-21-50.doc]recent report[/url]
[quote]The commission was unable to corroborate allegations of anti-Government groups targeting civilians or civilian objects.[/quote]
whereas for government forces/shabiha
[quote]In towns and villages where there was a pattern of blockade, shelling, ground assault and house-to-house searches, the conditions for a widespread or systematic attack against a predominately civilian population were met.[/quote]
[QUOTE=Jocke;37284959]I want the video
[editline]17th August 2012[/editline]
I'm into dead people, if you know what I mean[/QUOTE]
Meet me in the morgue, we'll get freaky.
;)
[QUOTE=a-cookie;37285056]Meet me in the morgue, we'll get freaky.
;)[/QUOTE]
But I'm already here
[QUOTE=Scrappa;37284455]So is there any proof that the government did this?
Oh look, no there isn't like usual.[/QUOTE]
Yeah it was obviously Russian Roulette tournament, right?
[QUOTE=Scrappa;37284455]So is there any proof that the government did this?
Oh look, no there isn't like usual.[/QUOTE]
No proof, but its also the only logical conclusion, seeing as damascus is very much controlled by the government, as well the government has done things such as this in the past.
[i]Critical Thinking![/i]
Humanity, will you ever come to a peace?
[QUOTE=ColdWave;37286725]Humanity, will you ever come to a peace?[/QUOTE]
Oh I'm sure humanity will stop fighting itself one day, once we find space aliens to fight.
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