Where's the flotilla for Daraa?
Here's a video of what's going on in Daraa in southern Syria.Let's go to the videotape.
And what you can't see is that the city is under siege. Unlike Gaza, Daraa really is under siege.
Residents have remained defiant: Unable to leave their homes, they have chanted "God is Great!" to each other from their windows in the evenings, infuriating security forces and raising each other's spirits.So where's the flotilla for Daraa?
"Our houses are close to each other, so even though we can't go outside, we stand by the windows and chant," said a Daraa resident, speaking to the Associated Press by satellite phone. "Our neighbors can hear us and they respond."
Daraa has been without water, fuel or electricity since Monday, when the regime sent in troops backed by tanks and snipers to crush protests seeking an end to President Bashar Assad's authoritarian rule.
Tanks and armored personal vehicles have cut off neighborhoods, and snipers nesting on rooftops throughout the city have kept residents pinned in their homes. Other areas of the country also have come under military control, but Daraa has faced the most serious stranglehold.
Labels: Bashar al-Assad, Daraa, flotilla, Gaza plenty, IHH, Mavi Marmara, Syrian uprising
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:24 AM
1 Comments:
Good question.
We know now what motivates the so-called "human rights" community in the West.
Its not about championing the freedoms and rights of people in totalitarian police states; its about anti-Semitism and hatred of the only democratic state in the Middle East.
I don't care to hear what Amnesty International or Human Rights Watch have to say. Where were they when the people of Daraa needed them?
What could go wrong indeed
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