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Topic History of: dubious footage from Syria
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veritas wrote:
interesting interview on BBC radio with Assad's wife's former friend...saying she must act like typical ME wife and is unfairly attacked in Western media as the Assad family are incredibly vicious and would have no trouble murdering her or her children...apparently Assad's sister is 'power behind throne'..and a nasty one.
By early February, when opposition fighters in the Syrian city of Homs were under siege from government forces, Mrs Assad was apparently browsing the internet for luxury shoes, and writing to her friends about 16cm (6in) high heels that cost more than $5,000 (£3,200).
from - www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17387754 |
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IA in Spain wrote:
Sky News....Murdoch...say no more 
Sky is one of the leading news gatherers in the world.
When one major news organisation says pretty much the same as all the others
- you can bet it will be true.
However, when just ONE organisation - a rather spurious one at that !
- makes a report it has to be taken with extreme caution !
What is THEIR agenda?
Who is paying THEM ?
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interesting interview on BBC radio with Assad's wife's former friend...saying she must act like typical ME wife and is unfairly attacked in Western media as the Assad family are incredibly vicious and would have no trouble murdering her or her children...apparently Assad's sister is 'power behind throne'..and a nasty one. |
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IA in Spain |
In The Know wrote:
Refugees in Turkey and residents still living in Syria have told Sky News that President Assad's forces are actively targeting students and teenagers in an attempt to contain the uprising.
We spoke to seven teenagers - independently of each other - aged between 14 and 17 who claim they have been arrested and tortured.
Fourteen-year-old Moussa says he was detained in a village near Idlib because he was a Sunni Muslim.
He claims he was threatened with sexual violence and was also beaten with sticks.
"I was tied up and stretched. They hit me with sticks and cables I now have flashbacks and nightmares," he says.
The uprising in Syria began a year ago in Deraa after youths were arrested and beaten for spraying anti-regime graffiti.
Assad's opponents claim students are being rounded up as a way of silencing dissent and warning other family members not to revolt.
Seventeen-year-old Mustafa was picked up by government militia in Idlib. He claims he was held for 100 days.
He says he was shackled and electrocuted - and on his ankles there are large scars.
"They used all kinds of torture. They tied my hands up and put me in an electric chair. They also kicked me and hit me with sticks," he says.
The charity Human Rights Watch says the Syrian state has been "torturing children with impunity" over the last year.
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16190964
Sky News....Murdoch...say no more |
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Refugees in Turkey and residents still living in Syria have told Sky News that President Assad's forces are actively targeting students and teenagers in an attempt to contain the uprising.
We spoke to seven teenagers - independently of each other - aged between 14 and 17 who claim they have been arrested and tortured.
Fourteen-year-old Moussa says he was detained in a village near Idlib because he was a Sunni Muslim.
He claims he was threatened with sexual violence and was also beaten with sticks.
"I was tied up and stretched. They hit me with sticks and cables I now have flashbacks and nightmares," he says.
The uprising in Syria began a year ago in Deraa after youths were arrested and beaten for spraying anti-regime graffiti.
Assad's opponents claim students are being rounded up as a way of silencing dissent and warning other family members not to revolt.
Seventeen-year-old Mustafa was picked up by government militia in Idlib. He claims he was held for 100 days.
He says he was shackled and electrocuted - and on his ankles there are large scars.
"They used all kinds of torture. They tied my hands up and put me in an electric chair. They also kicked me and hit me with sticks," he says.
The charity Human Rights Watch says the Syrian state has been "torturing children with impunity" over the last year.
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16190964 |
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