Shelling continued non-stop in the besieged city of Homs early Friday, a day after the United Nations General Assembly passed a non-biding resolution condemning the brutal government crackdown in Syria.
The shelling in the flashpoint city of Homs marks the 14th consecutive day of near constant bombardment as Syrian forces targeted stronghold neighborhoods of Bab Amr, Inshaat and Khailidya, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition activist group.
Protests were planned in cities across the war-ravaged nation later Friday.
And as the carnage continued, the international community struggled to find a way to stop it.
On Thursday, the United Nations General Assembly passed by an overwhelming margin a nonbinding resolution endorsing the Arab League plan for the Syrian president to step down. The vote was 137 in favor and 12 against, with 17 abstentions.
It is unclear what, if any, effect the resolution will have on what many world leaders see as a relentless campaign by President Bashar al-Assad's forces to stamp out opposition.
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Let me at them...I'll bring my hunting buddies from Harlingen ,They will never have a chance..and I WILL ! find me some W.M.D.s... .
They're planning a protest? I thought that's what they had been doing fighting back against the regime. Im just imaging them protesting in the streets openly. Um...wouldn't that make them easy targets?
My thoughts exactly, ms...sitting ducks...
I wish it would help...
They're committed to their cause. Just imagine how much carnage they've seen. They won't let their comrades die in vain. Nor are they willing to continue living under these conditions.
The world must come to know the truth about Assad and his armies... and they will.
From your lips to God's ears...
after 10 days, what could be left to shell?
must be them fine russian shells..
and if it is all government shells, maybe they are watching cnn and trying to shut these ireporters up. maybe if they stopped, the shelling would stop..
You may be on to something there, leeintulsa...
Assad doesn't want anyone to know what he's doing. Whether they are in Syria or not, doesn't change anything. Just wait til we learn about the number of Christians he and his army have jailed, tortured and murdered...
Too many people have gone quietly...
Silence is not the answer.
they need to make it obvious they are not broadcasting from anything that looks like a bombed out town. they may be putting their neighbors lives at risk.. unscarred open desert would be better.. or cave backdrop, like osama used to do..
The threat is very real.
One knows what his cities' neighborhoods look like.
Not too much of a stretch to figure out where s/he is, and bomb the hell out of that neighborhood.
Silence isn't the answer, but needsless slaughter isn't either...
*needless
Get real!
I think that the Syrian people have gone above and beyond the thought of possibly losing their lives. If there is a protest and ASSad bombs it, it will just make him look like more of a murderer of innocent lives, if that's even possible now though. What a terrible situation there.
Agreed Greek American, and while it may make some people more comfortable not to hear about it from reporters, it still will not make its existence go away!
Any truth to the theory that Al Q. plans to take over after Assad is out of the picture?