This is an intense video of fighting between the army of al-Assad and the Syrian rebels for control of a suburb of Damascus filmed by the rebels themselves. Notice that the Syrian army has no regard for civilians and fires indiscriminately at everything; as do the rebels.
Ban Ki-Moon call your office.
Youtube – From December 2012 into February 2013 the Syrian Army intensified their attacks on the rebellious town with heavy shelling and powerful Tank raids to support their infantry. The rebels filmed these intense T-72 raids while under fire.
The 2nd Battle of Darayya, is the ongoing battle being fought from the end of 2012, between the Syrian Army and the rebels in the Damascus suburbs of Darayya
Daraya is a rebellious suburb where rebels have attempted to create a stronghold near Damascus center. In August 2012, the Syrian Army defeated the rebels and took control of the town
In November 2012, rebels launched a second offensive and took back control of the suburbs and recaptured Darayya.The rebels were successful at preventing the Syrian Army from entering the town until mid-December when the Army intensified their attacks with heavy shelling and Tank raids into the city.
From December 2012 into February. 2013 the rebels filmed this intense T-72 raids while under fire.
Skip ahead to the 29 minute mark. I won’t reveal why.
A little wisdom from Frank Gaffney Jr:
The Obama administration says it will start aiding directly the so-called “Syrian opposition.” The practical effect will be to provide assistance to al Qaeda and other Islamists that now dominate the groups seeking to bring down Syria’s dictator, Bashir Assad.
This folly comes as the abiding danger posed by al Qaeda was exposed yesterday by experts at the American Enterprise Institute. Despite the President’s insistence that the jihadist organization is “on the path to defeat,” AEI’s Katherine Zimmerman reported “al Qaeda is stronger at an operational level than it has been for many years.”
Every day brings fresh evidence that Mr. Obama made a serious mistake in helping bring Islamists to power in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. We must not compound it by now doing so in Syria.