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Andy Carvin of NPR on CNN talking about situation in Syria Feb 6 2012 (Original Post)
tabatha
Feb 2012
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ellisonz
(27,711 posts)1. "A non-stop stream of butchery"
tabatha
(18,795 posts)3. Andy Carvin has been covering this on his twitter feed very closely.
acarvin
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)4. I spend so much time...
...on the internet these days if I were to start with twitter I'd never get anything done!
joshcryer
(62,269 posts)7. Yes, and it is very very difficult to follow it.
gateley
(62,683 posts)2. Thank you -- that's one thing about MSNBC, it focuses on politics and not
much coverage on stories like this (with a few exceptions).
mia
(8,360 posts)5. This is heartbreaking.
Families running...carrying small children...bigger ones running behind.
No place to hide.
joshcryer
(62,269 posts)6. This is going to be a very long, protracted, civil war.
Hundreds of thousands will die a violent death before it is over.
tabatha
(18,795 posts)8. This is what Gaddafi would have done.