Syria: Hizbullah launches rockets on civilians as third MP defects
According to sources close to the Syrian opposition, Lebanon's Hizbullah fighters have carried out rocket attacks against civilians in the region of Damascus. The Syrian rebels, who did not provide any evidence for their claim, said the attack was deliberately coordinated by the regime of Bashar al-Assad. They added this was not the first attack by the Iran-backed Shiite movement in Syria.
Meanwhile, an Iranian official close to the powerful Revolutionary Guards has warned against any foreign intervention against Syria. He threatened that if necessary Iran will send reinforcements to aid of the regime in Damascus. Recently, the U.S. said the Iranian Al Quds brigade was providing logistical and military support to the Syrian government forces.
In another development, Syrian MP Imad Ghalioun, a member of the Budget Committee in the Syrian Parliament, has announced his defection. He has taken refuge in Egypt, calling the opposition "to materialize the interests of the people who wants to achieve freedom." Before him, two independent members had announced their resignation in protest against the suppression of the uprising that began March 15.
On the ground, 21 people were killed on Monday across Syria. Most of the victims including a woman were reported in the city of Homs, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Six soldiers were also killed in clashes with rebels in the province of Idlib, said the Observatory.
The official news agency SANA reported death of General Mohammad Abdel-Hamid al-Awad, who was killed by "an armed terrorist group" on the outskirts of Damascus.
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Syria: Hizbullah launches rockets on civilians as third MP defects
i have done a quick internet search ,
to find the population and ethnic background
of the people of Syria .
the Syrian people number between 20 & 22 million .
the UN list about 30 different ethnic groups who call
Syria home .
74% of Syria could be classified as Sunni .
so that would leave as much as 26% of the Syrians
who either consider them selves as either not Sunni ?
or as either not Arab ?
president Assad and most of his ruling regime are
of the Alawite sect , about 5% of the population .
the Assad regime used ethnic strife to maintain
it's grip on power .
and this very same ethnic strife will be the tool
of his eventual down-fall .
Shiite Iran seems to have already placed some Quds
forces inside Syria .
there are strong rumors that most of the roof-top
snipers firing on demonstrators are Quds ?
and now we hear more strong rumors that Lebanese
Hizbullah units are operating inside Syria ?
one could only guess at the ultimate goals
of the Quds & Hizbullah ??
i would venture to guess , that saving Assad ,
would only be a temporary goal .
setting up an autonomous zone , in Syria ,
similar to that already created in Lebanon .
i would surmise as a more honest evaluation
of their intentions in Syria .
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