8 Killed: Homs

• Date: Oct 27 2011 Time: 12:38
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  Homs: Summary from Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Al-Bayada under fire…and its children are gifts for Bashar On the day the Arab League delegation arrived to Syria, the residents of Homs along with other Syrian cities decided to observe a general strike, where people did not open their stores, students did not attend school, and teachers and public employees did not show up to work. This enraged the Assad forces and his cronies when they saw the residents of Homs respond to the call for the general strike, so they opened fire at the closed stores and bombed homes. This time, they aimed at families, and as a result, they bombed the home of one family from which the grandmother, a little girl and a brother, and the father and mother were struck. The little girl, Katrin Khabour was killed. Here are some videos showing the family struck by a nail bomb in Al-Bayada neighborhood, where the bomb was launched from Al-Zeer checkpoint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il9PLhLx3kA Child martyr Katrin Khabour, a gift to Bashar and the Arab League http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRqSMgbl94s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmhJnccfxMY A 4 year old boy was also killed, another gift from Bashar to the Arab League http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lOrMMAm3_s Over than 10 people other than the above-mentioned family were also injured in the same neighborhood, among then two children, one of them has been killed most likely. Conditions in Al-Bayada and Baba Amro are very bad, and gunfire still intermittently continues. Here are some videos from Al-Bayada from today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn0kq1EXGY4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhs6eqg12Pk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyIaj8EzlpQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-JgFZSYK1U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC8yKuDbzyI Videos from Deir Balba from today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFGO5n1uo7I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y90fHpFFvLI The neighborhoods of Homs…who gives them a break?! The rest of the neighborhoods and towns of Homs remain under fire. Baba Amro, which everyday gets threatened, surrounded, and hit by all types of weapons, witnessed severe panic today and smoke columns rose above the neighborhood. Here are some videos from Baba Amro today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF47dgI5eF4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbpeFQlNDSc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajz-hAac4v0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqP_FlEAX0A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvCdlwcPZkk As for Karm Al-Zeitoun that erupted against the Assad regime, was on the receiving end of the Assad forces’ hatred today. Armored vehicles entered the neighborhood and fired at its residents and looted its stores. Here are some videos from the neighborhood today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg2oX6mB7gY Bab Al-Draib, Al-Nazeheen, Ashira, and Jib Al-Jandali neighborhoods did not miss out on the action either. Assad forces opened fire on the residents of these neighborhoods as well. Shelling Jib Al-Jandali: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C48JNlpOZLw Strike…Demonstrations…Take away whatever is left of the regime’s sanity Residents stayed at home, as no students, public employees, or business owners worked today. Neighborhoods and towns of Homs responded to the strike and stores remained closed today, so the Assad forces destroyed stores in places like the historic Al-Kaisariyah and Al-Qusayr areas, where security forces threatened residents to open their stores using mosque loudspeakers. Here are some sample videos from the general strike around Homs: Al-Dablan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tim25Q9GQ0 Tadmur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w202fCDDu7A Al-Karabees: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNk6Fd2xhNU Deir Balba: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqv2xGVpTZ0 Tal Kalakh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvz6HdEYdYw Al-Qusayr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TyO0o_hoJQ Demonstrations also went out in most neighborhoods that were relatively far away from the hateful Assad forces, including for example, Bab Tadmur, Bab Houd, Al-Waar, Al-Holeh, and other areas. Here are some videos from today’s demonstrations: Al-Holeh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAqC6BSNZLg Bab Tadmur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOc-ebKv8XA Tal Kalakh, a children’s demonstration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBWVF5EPxFo Hasya village student demonstration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZMUPN9TP6A Al-Khaldiyeh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T16yax2nOc Demonstrations also went out in the evening in most areas under fire and under siege, and despite the Assad forces. The demonstrators called for execution of Bashar Al-Assad and asked God for victory. Here are some videos of these evening demonstrations: Deir Balba: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhaRhGp9kVc Tal Kalakh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glj9HCZ2pmI Joret Al-Shayah and Al-Karabees: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2v7ICWEEMA Tadmur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAxBTjZR6ro Al-Qusayr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z57ALkpD_k Al-Midan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9_2TxhlVGE Today’s confirmed martyrs: Katrin Khabour, 1.5 years old | Homs | Al-Bayada Muhammad Ziad Al-Deen Safwa | Homs | Bab Al-Draib Waleed Al-Awad, 26 | Homs | Al-Rastan Saeed Ali Mdeeha, 23 | Homs | Deir Balba Waleed Muhammad Mdeeha, 23 | Homs | Deir Balba Sami Ziad Zreer | Homs | Al-Siteen Street Iyad Rasm Al-Safwa | Homs | Bab Houd Bilal Jassem Arinawi | Homs | Al-Nazeheen