Friday 4 January 2013

SPIEGEL TV

Increasing Barbarity: Gaining a Clearer View of the Syrian Civil War

'Nor does the image of the ultra-warrior apply to all who adorn themselves with the al-Qaida logo. A group of jihad tourists kidnapped a British and a Dutch photographer in late July, and the British photographer, John Cantlie, later said their camp seemed "like an adventure course for disenchanted 20-year-olds."'
When I saw this mentioned in the Guardian Middle East protest coverage on Twitter*, they'd picked the misleading line, "The true danger, the one we sense growing with each trip we make to Syria, is the increasing brutality and barbarism on both sides." In fact we see in this report more sophisticated analyses, such as showing how the régime has created sectarian tension,
'Drivers in the provinces of Homs and Hama, for example, take the precaution of making wide detours around any Alawite village. "They've all got weapons from the regime there," one driver explained. "They may not all support Assad, but there are militias in every village." '
*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/…/03/syria-petrol-station-car-bomb] '
syrianews: "The true danger is the increasing brutality and barbarism on both sides" (Spiegel) http://t.co/9zMV8UwJ
about 18 minutes ago'

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