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Subscribe to RSSWhen Tracey Shelton, a correspondent for GlobalPost, arrived in a Syrian neighborhood that had been bombed earlier on Monday, rescuers had spent six hours digging through rubble and had unearthed the bodies of seven children and their father.
Then, beneath the pile of chalky dust and broken concrete slabs, she reported, they found the mother, dead, holding her 1-year-old son, Hassan. “He was discovered unscathed, still cradled in her lifeless arms,” Shelton said in her report.
For the men who found Hassan, he became a symbol of hope amid the devastation consuming the Syrian city of Aleppo.
“He stayed for around six hours underground until we got him out with our simple tools – and thank God, he survived,” one of the rescuers told Shelton. “His whole family was martyred but God willing he will see the death of Bashar and all of his people.”
They rushed Hassan to a hospital, where medics ripped away his clothing. He was covered in a white powdery substance and he looked confused and overwhelmed.
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At the hospital, the only ambulance driver – formerly a fashion designer -- told Shelton that planes attack crowded places like hospitals and bread factories.
“There are so many people gathered there from early morning,” he said.
In Syria, the 18-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad has claimed the lives of 26,000 people, according to activists’ estimates. The battle for Aleppo, where Hassan was found, has lasted for more than a month, as Assad's army tries to oust the rebels.
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A Syrian rebel, right, covers a fellow fighter carrying the body of his brother and comrade, killed during a battle in Syria's northern city of Aleppo.
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Meanwhile, the U.S. has sent a dozen spies and diplomats to the border between Syria and Turkey to advise rebel forces in their mismatched fight against Assad’s forces, The Associated Press reported.
The Obama administration wants to help the rebels tactically and with non-lethal support like encrypted radios but does not want to contribute weapons, officials told the AP.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has maintained pressure on the Security Council – made up of China, France, Russia, the U.K. and the U.S. – to protect Syrians.
"We have seen the immense human cost of failing to protect," he said.
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After months of protests and violent crackdowns, a look back at the violence that has overtaken the country.
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God please show mercy and love for our Syrian brothers, sisters and children who are suffering in this war....the one time i have ever wished a nation had oil.......
Amen.
"Syrian baby found alive in rubble"
Well, the purpose of this story is painfully obvious. To delude the public about the Mafia hit in the French Alps yesterday and the police collusion.
No matter who is elected president, after the elections, USA will go in and clean this mess up and remove Assad... It's just a matter of months now.
I hope not, but you are probably right.
Not if the Russians and Chinese have anything to say about it, and we all know- they will.
Every time I hear or read about the deaths of the innocents in Syria (or anywhere) it breaks my heart. Sadly, it is the nature of war that innocents die. Innocents also die at the hands of brutal dictators, terrorists, etc. Sooner or later al-Assad will lose power and after that more blood will flow in retribution.
Sometimes I think that the human race is a de-volution -- not evolution ...
I for one cannot see how China and Russia can possibly allow this to happen to these people. This is a sad story. This is why we will never see eye to eye. The whole thing is unbrearable to most of us Americans. Most of us probably would love nothing more than to go in and clean the whole place out....Preferably on the way to Tehran. You would think that both Russia and China would be even more sensative than others given the millions of their own people that were basically exterminated less than 80 years ago, albiet from an invader but still...The US clearly is not interested in exterminating inoccent civilians, just the regimes....
Frankly, I hope the rebels do it on their own....then they can do whatever they want with Assad and ALL of his followers. If we go in, we won't let them. We will probably just catch bullets for both sides.
I hope this child lives to an age that he can avenge his family!
As a Republican in viewpoint I would almost vote for Obama this fall based on only a promise that he would send in the military.....the one time I wished a nation had oil as well GazaTo WestBank.
"I hope this child lives to an age that he can avenge his family!"
This is exactly why this fight has been going on for hundreds of years now and, why, it will continue with or without our help, or Russia or China.
Assad is a bad guy, no question about it. However, did any of you see the article a couple of days ago from one of the Syrian refugee camps? Even the children are consumed with hatred for the minority race in that area, of which Assad belongs. Do we really want to rush over and help out a group who's stated goal is to eliminate 10% of the population of their country? None of this makes what's happening over there right, and none of this excuses the actions of the military there, but we need to be very careful how we proceed and in what manner we show support for any group in that region.
..let's hope it doesn't grow up to be a suicide bomber.
agreed
Ah, another conflict funded by the US
When you start a civil war, there are consequences. When you hide among the innocents, they pay the price. When Hillary and O'muslim get involved everybody loses.
Nothing but Disinformation Nonsense and Propaganda once again just trying to justify another Wall Street UN Globalist Sponsored Intervention using OUR BLOOD & TREASURE In Support Of Al-Qaeda.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/01/us-usa-syria-obama-order-idUSBRE8701OK20120801
Just like the Daraya Massacre last week that the Wall Street Controlled Mainstain Media Blamed on the Syria Army which come to find out was committed by the British Special Air Services Trained & Lead Al-Qaeda Fighters operating under the Misnomer of the Free Syria Army!
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-inside-daraya--how-a-failed-prisoner-swap-turned-into-a-massacre-8084727.html
Even NBC News "Blamed" This War Crime On Syria! Instead of POMPUS Obama's Secret Support Of Al-Qaeda We Should Be Assisting Syria in EXTERMINATING THEM!
America Forget the Election......If Bumbling Barry Gets US Into One More NOT WAR For Corporate Fun & Profits....DEMAND THE.... IMPEACHMENT.....OF WALL STREETS....#1 FACEMAN!
Corporate Wall Streets.....Constant Lies About Syria......Just One More Reason.....To Refuse To Re-Elect...ANY....Democrat / Republican Incumbent.....For None Of Them....Deserve To Be.....REWARDED!
Especially I don't Got No Stinking NOBODY Obama!
1) You don't have to capitalize the first letter of every word. Only the first letter of the first word of the sentence is capitalized, unless the sentence contains proper nouns.
2) You might be nuts.
Psst America NEVER listen to ANY of their Patriotic Or Nationalist Nicknamed TROLLS....For that is all they are...Corporate Trolls Out War Profiteers Trying To Start Another Not War Just To Drum Up a Few Billion Bucks More For Their Bosses On Wall Street!
If You REALLY want to know what this is ALL ABOUT Watch This PBS Documentary And Think About What It Means To Be American........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l-8PFk8j5I
Hillary , McCain , Lieberman , Graham and now Mr. Obama are breaking their neck flying from one country to another , trying to built and create a safe zone for these Alqaida fighters , can you believe , all these so call or let me rephrase it all of these they call them self's Patriots , trying to find a safe zone for these Alqaida thugs , the ones that attacked here on 9/11 , and who's funding them ???? the Saudis ans Qataris ( Alqaida Masters ) . Why are these fine and honest senators risking the war which our troops will be involved , and they are even calling for our troops to be involved , these thugs in Syria are murdering civilians , killing all the Christians and destroying the Churches and schools , and our fine senators call them freedom fighters , I remember that name , wasn't Alqaida and the Taliban's the ones we created called freedom fighters at one time , Our media are involved in these massacres just as much as our politicians are .