Syria: On Ground Updates
“Long
after the Assad regime is gone, the people of Syria and the entire global
community will remember that Hezbollah, and its patron Iran, contributed to the
regime’s murder of countless innocent Syrians.”
-David S. Cohen-
Friday, August 10, 2012
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Credit Iran's Press TV website
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* The Voice of America website brings us the
following report at starts off like this… The United States on Friday said
it plans new sanctions against the Syrian regime and its supporters, including
Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants… “We will be tightening even further with
additional sanctions that drive at both Syrian entities and those who are
supporting the efforts of the Syrian government to oppress its own people,” a
U.S. official told reporters traveling with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton in Ghana… The United States considers Hezbollah a terrorist group. The
U.S. Treasury’s top official on terrorism and financial intelligence, David S.
Cohen, said the group’s actions have contributed to the suppression of the
Syrian people… “Long after the Assad regime is gone, the people of Syria and
the entire global community will remember that Hezbollah, and its patron Iran,
contributed to the regime’s murder of countless innocent Syrians,” he said…
Read the
full report at link below…
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* REUTERS has
the following report this early Friday afternoon and it starts off like this… The
United States imposed new sanctions on Syria and its allies on Friday as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
headed to Turkey for meetings as both countries plan for Syrian President
Bashar al-Assad’s fall…
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report in full at link below…
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- Also from REUTERS today is this report… Rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in Aleppo
promised on Friday they will hit back after losing ground under heavy
bombardment, and residents fled in cars crammed with belongings during a lull in
fighting…
Read this report at link below…
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* Bloomberg reports…
Britain’s government is giving an
extra 5 million pounds (US $7.8 million) worth of aid to Syria’s opposition,
supplying items including communications equipment, body armor and medical
supplies to groups seeking to oust President Bashar Assad's regime…
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full report at link below…
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