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Monday, July 16, 2012

A burning Israeli bonzo during a demonstration of 'outraged'


An Israeli man about 50 years of age has been set on fire during a demonstration bonzo of 'outraged' held in Tel Aviv to mark the first anniversary of the demonstrations in favor of greater social justice and to protest the high cost of life. The man suffered third degree burns on 80 percent of his body and was taken to a hospital. His condition is serious but not feared for his life. Eyewitnesses reported that the man handed out several copies of a letter read before sprayed with a flammable liquid and ignited. "The State of Israel has stolen, has left me with nothing. I blame Israel, (Prime Minister) Benjamin Netanyahu and (Finance Minister) Yuval Steinitz by the continued humiliation they endure every day citizens Israel. I would take from the poor to give to the rich, "he lamented. An activist, Ofer Barkan, has said that Haifa was now hospitalized and had already participated in the protests last year. "I met last summer. It was a completely normal person living in Tel Aviv, but his business collapsed. Worked as a taxi driver, but suffered a heart attack which was on the dole. Went to Haifa because he could not paid life in this city, "he reported. According to Barkan, the man had repeatedly threatened to catch fire. "We thought we could do it but did not know," he added in remarks to the Israeli daily Haaretz. Demonstrations to commemorate the first anniversary of the protests, triggered shortly after the 15-M Spanish, met on Saturday to thousands in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Beer Sheva, Jerusalem and Afula.

After the bloodbath in Tremseh UN charged Assad regime

United Nations observers are convinced that the murders in Tremseh go to the account of President Assad. They were directed specifically against deserting soldiers and opponents of the Assad regime.

Pools of blood in rebel-houses

How many people were killed in Tremseh is, even after a first visit to the UN observers still unclear. But they are convinced that Assad's troops were in sight, especially opponents of the regime. Pools of blood, burn marks and bullet casings in their houses left little doubt. Westerwelle accused Assad to wage war against his people. The attack on Tremseh last Thursday has been subject to all appearances, especially opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. "The attack apparently directed against specific groups and buildings, especially of Army deserters and activists", shared with the peacekeepers on Saturday evening, after they inspected the site in the central province of Hama had. How many people were killed in the fighting is still unclear. Today they want to investigate the site further.
Pools of blood in rebel-houses
They have "pools of blood, blood spatter and bullet casings in a number of houses" seen, it is said in the statement of UN observers. Also a burned school buildings damaged by fire traces were analyzed. A variety of weapons had been used, including artillery, mortars and small arms. The massacre had taken care of Tremseh for international terror. While opponents of the regime accused the troops of President Bashar al-Assad of having perpetrated a massacre of at least 200 deaths on the villagers, the government spoke of a mission against "terrorist gangs". The State Department spokesman, Jihad al-Makdisi, said in Damascus that the army had killed in the village last Thursday 37 fighters. During surgery only two civilians were killed. The opposition fighters had kidnapped before the attack in the district people and terrorizing the population.

FUNDING GAP IN HUMANITARIAN AID
The United Nations have in front of an acute gap in the financing of humanitarian aid toSyria warned. Is of the required $ 189 million (154 million euros) for food aid so far, only one fifth financed, said the chairman of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), John Ging. The same is true of the 193 million dollars needed to supply Syrian refugees in neighboring countries. "If the money does not come to be, people are dying and suffering will be accelerated," warned a senior official of the UN. 


Two days had to wait to UN officials, until they could inspect Tremseh. With eleven vehicles the military and civilian observers went on Saturday in the village some 25 kilometers northwest of Hama. "The team has taken photos of bombed houses and shrapnel collected to find out what has happened to the regime weapons against civilians," said one activist.
Residents show UN observers bloodstained clothes
On pictures and videos on the Internet was seen as human observers showed the blood-soaked clothing and remnants of shells. "These are Russian weapons," shouted an angry man is Russia's most important ally and arms supplier of Assad in power. The veto power is blocked in the UN Security Council resolutions that would allow for tougher action against Damascus. In other places in Syria kept the violence to continue on Saturday: According to the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights throughout the country were almost 120 people died, including 49 unarmed civilians.
Westerwelle: Security Council must stop violence
Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle accused the Assad regime to wage a war against the population. "The Assad regime is heavy weapons such as helicopters, artillery and tanks for brutal violence, and for a real war against its own people. That is our clear understanding of the reports on the events of Tremseh," said the FDP politician " Bild am Sonntag ". Westerwelle appealed to the international community to put an end to the atrocities. "This can not go on. Violence only stirs more violence." Now the moment had come for the Security of the Assad regime would finally reveal its limits.

Syria



Syria plays in the conflicts in the Middle East a central role. His political importance is in addition to its military strength from its geographical position between Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel and Lebanon. Since March 2011 - in the wake of the Arab Spring - Syria has been rocked by protests against the dictatorial regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Neither arms embargo by the Arab League efforts have prevented an escalation of the riots to civil war. Its output could destabilize the opinion of experts and neighboring countries with similar ethnic or religious conflicts, such as Iraq or Lebanon