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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPretty intense Twitter feed right now.
https://t.co/oGrFCGAdLive from Syria.
Some tweets:
If you are Media please tell the world what's happening now in #Homs. This is a full scale war! #Syria
VERY HEAVY SHELLING BY MORTARS RIGHT NOW! #Homs
This is a massive attack! PLEASE WORLD, OPEN YOUR EYES! #Homs #Syria
By population percentage, the 200 civilians reported killed by the Syrian gov't yesterday in #Homs is equivalent to American deaths on 9/11.
My city is bleeding. We're being attacked since 8 pm. 5 hours, 230 dead, 800 injured. #homs #syria
Right Now. Assad's security forces celebrating the Russian and Chinese vetos by shooting randomly in my neighborhood. #Syria #Homs
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WARNING! THE 18+ YOUTUBE VIDEO LINKS ON TWITTER FEED ARE EXTREMELY GRAPHIC HEARTBREAKING AND EMOTIONALLY CRIPPLING!
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Pretty intense Twitter feed right now. (Original Post)
FarLeftFist
Feb 2012
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Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)1. Warning - Graphic
FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)2. Yes. THANK YOU. Some of the youtube videos contain scenes of EXTREME VIOLENCE against children and
others. WARNING!
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)3. Italian news/website says ...
337 killed
1,300 injured
A Damasco, l'offensiva ricominciata nella mattinata di sabato, è esplosa in una strage senza precedenti. Sono 337 le persone uccise e circa 1.300 feriti nella città di Homs ...
www.corriere.it/
Cleita
(75,480 posts)4. I was watching on Al Jazeera and the civilians are under heavy artillery fire.
It's really genocide, IMHO.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)5. Kick
and rec
My opinions are mine any longer
Muskypundit
(717 posts)6. We should send food aid.
That'll solve it.