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    2,000 dead in Homs?

    The BBC reported this morning that there were 2,000 people killed in the Syrian city of Homs - implicitly blaming the Syrian government.

    What I'd like to know is, how come they have such good, accurate and fast figures on the numbers killed in Homs and yet they cant tell is how many people their own forces killed in Libya, Iraq or Afghanistan?

    How is that...one is so transparant while the other is...just not there???
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    The media have certainly upped their game of late regarding Syria. Something is afoot.
    Never mind Somalia, Ethiopia , Sudan .
    Syria is just so hot right now. Africa is so 1980s. No credible journalist could be bothered with that nonsense.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lain2016 View Post
    The BBC reported this morning that there were 2,000 people killed in the Syrian city of Homs - implicitly blaming the Syrian government.

    What I'd like to know is, how come they have such good, accurate and fast figures on the numbers killed in Homs and yet they cant tell is how many people their own forces killed in Libya, Iraq or Afghanistan?

    How is that...one is so transparant while the other is...just not there???

    Why don YOU go there and risk your life confirming that the Syiran government forces only killed 1999 people?
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    They could be figures obtained by rebels on the ground or the local hospitals/morgues. TBH, these figures are probably too low. Remember that Al Assad's father leveled the city of Hama 30 years ago killing an estimated 20,000 civilians. Seems the nut hasn't fallen far from the tree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lain2016 View Post
    The BBC reported this morning that there were 2,000 people killed in the Syrian city of Homs - implicitly blaming the Syrian government.

    What I'd like to know is, how come they have such good, accurate and fast figures on the numbers killed in Homs and yet they cant tell is how many people their own forces killed in Libya, Iraq or Afghanistan?

    How is that...one is so transparant while the other is...just not there???
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    how would the us react if zionist backed mercenaries started attacking police stations in any american city. we all know the answer and its also clear that the american spring is coming...the american people are going to be fighting for their own freedom soon

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    Quote Originally Posted by nevermindhi View Post
    how would the us react if zionist backed mercenaries started attacking police stations in any american city. we all know the answer and its also clear that the american spring is coming...the american people are going to be fighting for their own freedom soon

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    Not sure is that a serious point, but even if we take your 'Zionists...the infidel Yankee dogs will be struck down' guff, does this site have no threads about Israel or the US?

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    why, dont you think the rats in syria havent been placed there by the jews and americans?
    this threads about the cleansing of a syrian city. fair play to china and russia

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    Quote Originally Posted by nevermindhi View Post
    why, dont you think the rats in syria havent been placed there by the jews and americans?
    this threads about the cleansing of a syrian city. fair play to china and russia
    At least you have the honesty to say 'Jews'.

    Most anti Semites on this site cloak their prejudice and sectarianism behind careful use of words, concentrating on IDFs and Israelis.

    If you think thousands of civilian lives constitutes a cleansing, fair enough.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NewGoldDream View Post
    At least you have the honesty to say 'Jews'.

    Most anti Semites on this site cloak their prejudice and sectarianism behind careful use of words, concentrating on IDFs and Israelis.

    If you think thousands of civilian lives constitutes a cleansing, fair enough.
    why dont you show some honesty about the actual number of nato rats, who you call civilians, that were killed in homs.......

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