Monday, April 22, 2013
Syria - FSA casualties after a SAA and Hezbollah offensive in al-Qusayr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qusayr_offensive
"As of April 21st, 2013, large numbers of Hezbollah fighters have moved into the al-Qusair area from Lebanon. Backed by Syrian government air-power, they have retaken several villages, and are attempting to advance towards al-Qusair itself, to retake the town."
Apparently Hezbollah has officially entered the conflict after the FSA repeatedly fired mortars into southern Lebanon.
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d78_1366596719#5imYT6ftdQhlKt8z.99
Syria: Close Calls Behind A Wall
FSA rebels getting some return fire and close calls during fighting in Damascus suburbs. Another OSV-96 spotted in FSA possession.
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b30_1366523387#WpkSm8XBylPR0CXD.99
Aren't Drone Strikes Terrorism? Obama Admin Answers
"No military tactic has been more employed, and more controversial, in the "Global War on Terror" than the "air strike" — whether from drones, jets, or even from ships at sea.
Oftentimes these strikes go awry, killing innocents."*
A reporter asked Obama administration press secretary Jay Carney in important question: are air strikes that kill civilians a form of terrorism? A very recent U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan that left 11 children and 1 woman dead. Where re the lines? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/report...
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