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Report: Rebels Responsible for Houla Massacre
It's vaguely amusing how the same Sunni Arabs who simultaneously (1) say that 9/11 was an inside job instigated and planned by Jews, none of whom were harmed during the attack, and (2) are proud that Arabs were able to carry the attack successfully, are now to be taken at their word when they allege any given atrocity by the Alawite regime. We've let our journalists', politicians' and think tanks' irrational faith in the essential goodness of Sunni Arab man-It looks like in Syria, the Sunni Arabs are getting yet another propaganda coup like 9/11. They not only get to kill infidels and blame the killings on infidels - they also get to recast the infidel victims as poor, persecuted Sunnis. According to eyewitness accounts, the FAZ report continues, the massacre occurred during this time. Those killed were almost exclusively from families belonging to Houlas Alawi and Shia minorities. Over 90% of Houlas population are Sunnis. Several dozen members of a family were slaughtered, which had converted from Sunni to Shia Islam. Members of the Shomaliya, an Alawi family, were also killed, as was the family of a Sunni member of the Syrian parliament who is regarded as a collaborator. Immediately following the massacre, the perpetrators are supposed to have filmed their victims and then presented them as Sunni victims in videos posted on the internet. The FAZ report echoes eyewitness accounts collected from refugees from the Houla region by members of the Monastery of St. James in Qara, Syria. According to monastery sources cited by the Dutch Middle East expert Martin Janssen, armed rebels murdered entire Alawi families in the village of Taldo in the Houla region. Posted by: Zhang Fei 2012-06-10 |
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