Syrian massacre kills 88, mostly children

CNN:
Syrian opposition activists begged for international help Saturday after they said regime forces devastated a town and killed 88 people, mostly children, in a single day. 
"This barbaric act was preceded by the regime's mortar shelling," which left entire families dead in the town of Houla, said the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, a network of opposition activists. 
The group said Saturday that more bodies were found near the reported massacre site. 
Meanwhile, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a sobering report on the Syrian crisis, detailing "continuing reports of a stepped-up security crackdown by the authorities that has led to massive violations of humans rights ... including arbitrary arrests, torture, enforced disappearance and summary execution of activists, opponents and defectors." 
In addition to the massacre in Houla, 43 people were killed elsewhere in Syria on Friday -- bringing the single-day death toll to at least 131, the LCC said.
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The Russians and Chicoms should be so proud of defending the despots in Damascus.  The Russians are even sending more weapons to help the regime kill more of its people.  The UN Observers apparently did not observe he attack.  With only 250 people on the job, they do not have an adequate force to space ratio to be able to watch the battle space within Syria.  I think it is unlikely that anything effective will happen to stop the carnage.  The Russians are not going to let the Syrians run out of ammo and Venezuela is not going to let them run out of fuel.

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