11 Killed: Homs

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Homs: Summary from Sunday, October 23, 2011

Today Homs gave 11 more martyrs:
1- Fathi Al-Hussami, under torture | Homs
2- A martyr from Shofan family | Homs | Bab Tadmur
3- Abdelwahed Albdeljabbar Arabi Al-Najjar | Homs | Bab Tadmur
4- Tarek Al-Ahdab | Homs | Al-Bayada
5- Jamal Abdullah Faddel | Homs | Al-Bayada
6- Adnan Mustapha Al-Dwayk, under torture | Homs | Al-Khaldiyeh
7- Mahmoud Al-Hamid Jassem, from torture wounds | Homs | Deir Balba
8- Taleb Al-Talawi | Homs | Karm Al-Shami
9- Abdel Rahman Al-Othman, a teacher | Homs | Deir Balba
10- Bilal Sroor | Homs | Al-Inshaat
11- Zainab Al-Sakka (female) | Homs | Deir Balba (from Hama and was returning to Hama from Faculty of Petro-Chemistry in Deir Balba, was killed by a bullet)

Drunk soldiers…how can they be trusted with people’s lives?!
Around 11 am today, some residents and store owners from Al-Bayada neighborhood saw some soldiers who seemed drunk, coming out of the police station in Al-Bayada. The soldiers then started firing at people and cars in Deir Balba neighborhood. Later, tanks were seen in the neighborhood combing through the streets like Al-Nour and Al-Qahera streets. Rockets launched by the tanks burned many cars and at least two houses, in addition to injuring 6 people from Al-Bayada, among them one woman, in addition to 2 critical injuries. Another person was wounded in Al-Khaldiyeh. 3 young men were killed as a result of the attacks, and they are: Tarek Al-Ahdab as a result of the random gunfire in Al-Bayada, and Jamal Faddel who was trying to drag Tarek’s body from the street when he got shot, and a third martyr, who was shot from the checkpoint at the western entrance of Al-Khaldiyeh, his identity remains unknown. Cars exploded as a result of bombs falling on them and all over the neighborhood, and gunfire could be heard all day and into the evening in Deir Balba, Al-Khaldiyeh, and Al-Bayada in an attempt to impose a curfew on the area. Here are some video from the neighborhoods today:

A man trying to grab a martyr in Al-Qahera streets ends up a martyr:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =LpSXfpzvC-c "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =LpSXfpzvC-c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =NT9JmvH1QqE "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =NT9JmvH1QqE

Homes destroyed as a result of bombing Al-Khaldiyeh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =huJbehKAl3w "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =huJbehKAl3w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =4BU7BKN9mRI "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =4BU7BKN9mRI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =0TTMheePOFQ "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =0TTMheePOFQ

Tanks wandering around Deir Balba:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =5YyBT_0nf8Y "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =5YyBT_0nf8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlgC_llA-MI

Tanks firing at homes in Al-Qahera street in Al-Khaldiyeh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =ICvNwq5Q6ZM "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =ICvNwq5Q6ZM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =hEfWMsr8WdQ "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =hEfWMsr8WdQ

A young girl gets wounded in her hand in Deir Balba:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =uqJn6NaVULY "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =uqJn6NaVULY

A bomb launched into Al-Zeer street and a car burning as a result:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =vdvJiYtExoQ "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =vdvJiYtExoQ

Explosion of a power box in Al-Bayada because of bombs from tanks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =gAXDWES9bko "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =gAXDWES9bko

Hospitals, the wounded, and Shabiha…students are the reason
Assad forces and thugs, with the support of Assad army outside, raided Al-Hikma hospital in Al-Inshaat neighborhood and broke property inside the hospital along with medical equipment. They also looted the hospital and assaulted patients and injured people receiving treatment there. That took place after students went out demonstrating in the neighborhood, which bothered the security.

Student demonstration in Al-Inshaat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =71R-QzKHuzw "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =71R-QzKHuzw

Female students demonstrating in Al-Holeh today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =o3Vwi9jiPyI "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =o3Vwi9jiPyI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =aw3ECr1lDIY "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =aw3ECr1lDIY

Other Homs neighborhoods and surrounding towns
Power is still out in most neighborhoods and towns, along with communications and water. Movement around is very difficult, and the center of the city only saw activity for a few hours. Gunfire could be heard clearly in Talbiseh and in other neighborhoods in Homs. Funerals for yesterday’s martyrs were very modest and small because of the heavy gunfire. It was also noticeable that many children were exhibiting signs of extreme fear and shock. In one example, one child has not spoken in over a month.

Some of the aftermath of bombing Al-Mrejeh neighborhood, where rockets seemed to have been used:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =5FdcGjmluMA "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =5FdcGjmluMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =TxoT9EZc4gw "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =TxoT9EZc4gw

Demonstrations during explosions and air force bombing
Planes of the Assad military bombed Deir Balba today and there were reports of a lot of destruction, many homes burning, and smoke rising above the neighborhood. Many were wounded and there were martyrs, as residents were not able to get medical attention for them.

Video showing Deir Balba getting bombed by Assad air force
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =HS1sufzFDpo "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =HS1sufzFDpo

The bombing was not limited to Deir Balba, even though it got the most, as explosions were heard in Bab Al-Sbaa, Jib Al-Jandali, and Bab Draib. In Al-Waar, a black car driving around fired randomly at passersby in Rakan street, which resulted in wounding a young man and a little girl, who were attended to immediately. The car also threw a bomb of an unknown type, but it was a nail bomb near the place where a demonstration usually starts. Here is a video showing a girl who got hit by the nail bomb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vV22w-MTv-4

However, despite all this, the residents of Homs, who are clearly challenging oppression, went out from all neighborhoods and town to make their voices heard as they chanted for freedom. Here are some videos of evening demonstrations:

Al-Qusoor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =ipR-cJMf1Lw "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =ipR-cJMf1Lw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =q8RtQFoAUP0 "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =q8RtQFoAUP0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =LpYJUb0XR50 "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =LpYJUb0XR50

Al-Shammas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Jnu6HkZd9hY "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Jnu6HkZd9hY

Al-Bayada:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =BPravMJdIGw "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =BPravMJdIGw

Baba Amro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =YHuZ4TWfJQs "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =YHuZ4TWfJQs

Al-Ghouta:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =73dHl5OhYjw "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =73dHl5OhYjw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =DUKjAz0wNI0 "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =DUKjAz0wNI0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =ecfGMoFIQyw "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =ecfGMoFIQyw

Al-Waar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =V1EOnfqNKMo "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =V1EOnfqNKMo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =phR6_PUsNmg "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =phR6_PUsNmg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =WlMMScdURbs "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =WlMMScdURbs

Bab Houd:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =d1dPJSObCwQ "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =d1dPJSObCwQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =FMwPnOeKtcg "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =FMwPnOeKtcg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =L8YV6UEV_Eo "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =L8YV6UEV_Eo

Al-Karabees and Joret Al-Shayah:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =potRH8cA2Bc "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =potRH8cA2Bc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =nuf4yzmzUyY "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =nuf4yzmzUyY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =M4XZFuu3neI "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =M4XZFuu3neI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =7AqAZzMfN_w "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =7AqAZzMfN_w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =_MKKOd8b8gE "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =_MKKOd8b8gE

Al-Khaldiyeh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =vOVVJrBNe7o "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =vOVVJrBNe7o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =EFEJInR_5kg "> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =EFEJInR_5kg

Al-Holeh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =JFnyVPaevvs

Tadmur:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =MAPWeqLU7Ss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =x7N_fOlqzQY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =qK1AKzxo7XE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =4GzSs0TWc9w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =0q8IdxmYS_E

Al-Qusayr:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =LJgSk1FRYzw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =9WFjMWFIccU

Karm Al-Shami:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =DR01FIAT-hk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =6PxrkVL2d5o

Tal Kalakh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =eGEBPGBonZI

Al-Inshaat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =IKpuDJeV8Zg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =1V5GAeMiET0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =couUrHjlQNM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =YYk8vwtbMQ8