Warning Graphic:Beheaded in front of children,Assad's thugs butchered Some of the most brutal scenes

[snagglepuss]

to emerge from Syria


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Although it is difficult to confirm the political affiliation of those involved, an eyewitness told Time that the executioners belonged to ISIS - an Al-Qaeda faction opposed to President Bashar Assad's regime.

The captives, meanwhile, are understood to belong to the fearsome Shabiha ('ghosts') - thugs loyal to Assad who are said to roam the country massacring women and children.

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Below is an edited account of the photographer's harrowing experience:


'The man was brought in to the square. His eyes were blindfolded. I began shooting pictures, one after the other. It was to be the fourth execution that day I would photograph. I was feeling awful; several times I had been on the verge of throwing up.

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I saw a scene of utter cruelty: a human being treated in a way that no human being should ever be treated. But it seems to me that in two and a half years, the war has degraded people’s humanity. On this day the people at the execution had no control over their feelings, their desires, their anger. It was impossible to stop them.






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[Stargazer99]

1. Satan loves war....demonic

[A HERETIC I AM]

11. LOL

Satan has nothing to do with this.

It isn't "demonic".

This is human.

This is the 21st century, for crying out loud.

[deutsey]

2. And our free fall descent continues spiraling into darkness and savagery

[HooptieWagon]

3. John Kerry assured us these were the "moderates".

He might be right...others are cannibals.

[Mika]

4. Much like our "rebels" butchered nuns in el Salvadore.

USA (and friends): bringing exceptionalism to the world.

[Uncle Joe]

5. It looks like a fight between Satan and Lucifer.

Thanks for the thread, snagglepuss.

[Waiting For Everyman]

6. This might help explain why...

Syria: Mass Executions by Government Forces
New Evidence That at Least 248 Executed in Coastal Towns
September 13, 2013 Human Rights Watch

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/13/syria-mass-executions-government-forces


Link below: The 68-page report by HRW linked to in the article, includes numerous witness accounts and names names, places, and dates. It is nobody's opinion, it's all specific facts. I read the whole thing and I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand what's going on in Syria right now. The massacres in these towns BY GOVERNMENT FORCES took place last May. Read it, put yourself in their place, and see if you can better understand the rage in the OP article. I'm not excusing it, but it does make more sense

“No One’s Left”: Summary Executions by Syrian Forces in al-Bayda and Baniyas


I'm pretty sure that report was just released today. Here's another worthwhile report released today, a film called "Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution". I highly recommend this too. The line that got me, when Nour a 24 year old English teacher says, "Why should I die cheap?". She meant accidentally, by stray shrapnel or something, as opposed to doing something to help her country. Please watch it, and read the report.

[snagglepuss]

7. I totally understand their rage but what's with hacking off their heads and doing so in front

of children.

[morningfog]

8. This is a prime example of why we need to stay the hell out of Syria, including pumping weapons in.

[DFW]

9. Had the captives suddenly been able to free themselves

.....they would have afforded their captors a treatment no less barbaric.

Obama was right a year ago: "a nasty civil war with several brutal factions that all hate each other and all hate us."

The eventual "winners," if they can even be called that, will hate the U.S. no matter who they are. No matter whom we "help," we would be naïve to expect otherwise if and when this is over, and Obama knows it.

[LittleBlue]

10. We're arming these guys so they can take over Syria?