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Syrian Tanks Storm Hama
Syrian tanks stormed the city of Hama at dawn Sunday, launching what appeared to be a major offensive to crush a four-month-old rebellion in the country's biggest protest flashpoint.Activist Omar al-Habbab, contacted by telephone in Hama, said residents had taken to the streets to defend makeshift barricades with sticks, stones, knives and burning tires as tanks pounded the city with shells and soldiers opened fire at anything that moved. "People are fighting tanks with their bare chests," he said. "We are in the Stone Age facing this military assault." Reuters reported that hospitals had counted 24 dead, but witnesses told the news agency more bodies were lying uncollected in the streets as shells exploded at a rate of four a minute.
Posted by: Bobby 2011-07-31 |
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