*Aftermath of Saturday's car bombs in Reyhanli in Turkey*
The blast occurred on Saturday in a crowded area of town in the southern province of Hatay, a few kilometres from the main border crossing into Syria. A double car bombing in the Turkish town Reyhanli that killed 43 people and injured 140. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9q1EiwGyhso Al Kawakabis grandchildren: No terrorist bombings, no attacks on Syrian refugees<http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/al-kawakabis-grandchildren-no-terrorist-bombings-no-attacks-on-syrian-refugees/> Posted on May 13, 2013<http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/al-kawakabis-grandchildren-no-terrorist-bombings-no-attacks-on-syrian-refugees/> <http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/al-kawakabis-grandchildren-no-terrorist-bombings-no-attacks-on-syrian-refugees/#respond> [image: 487393_379634845451826_374818026_n]<http://syriafreedomforever.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/487393_379634845451826_374818026_n.jpg> Al Kawakabis grandchildren is popular organization struggling for the victory of the Syrian Revolution, mainly located in the city of Aleppo. The statements of Turkish officials regrading the recent bombings in Rihaniyya points to the responsibility of Turkish forces loyal to Assad, these same parties involved in the recent massacres in Banias and recognized clearly in the words of one its senior criminals (Mihraj Ural). What happened yesterday in Rihaniyya is truly shameful. Instead of popular anger being directed on the killer, which has proved to be involved in the blood spilling of the two peoples, we are seeing this anger directed against the victims and by whom? By those with whom the killer have citizenship ties. Instead of addressing the crimes to their home city and region the people of Rihaiyya have poured out their anger on the Syrian refugee people. Is it not enough what suffered the brothers in Banias at the hands of these gangs without being accountable for it, to even cause them harm across the borders to their shelters? On what basis are the refugees held guilty and responsible for the crimes committed by Turkey twice? Therefore if we condemn the bombings suffered by the city of Rihaniyya and if we deeply regret the blood of the innocent victims of our brothers and our Turkish guests, we condemn as well the sufferings of our Syrian brothers in Rihaniyya from the attacks affecting their children and their property and we demand to link the investigation of the bombings to the investigation of these aggression because we see these two crimes as one single sery aiming to chase out the Syrians refugees by the Syrian regime and its agents, even in their shelters and by threatening the stability of these asylum areas and to incite public opinion against them. Al Kawakabis grandchildren May 12 2013 http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/al-kawakabis-grandchildren-no-terrorist-bombings-no-attacks-on-syrian-refugees/ ------------------------------------------ The Assad Regime Sniper, the Old Man and the Hero <http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-assad-regime-sniper-old-man-and-hero.html> <http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/> Some on the Left say there is no good side in the civil war in Syria. They see regime thugs on one side and Islamist terrorist on the other side. That is just so much propaganda. That's not how it is. This is how it is [Thanks to Basel Watfa <https://twitter.com/Baselsyrian> for the link to the video] : A Syrian hero saved an old man life wounded by sniper in Aleppo | 8 May 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KX3801-ha3k The old man in the middle of the street has been wounded and still can be targeted by Assad's snipers. They could easily finish him off at any time but they want to use him as bait for other civilians. The trick for the people is to get the old man to safety without anyone else gets shot. After they try it with ropes, one hero runs out into the street to bring the old man to safety. That's when the sniper opens up on them. You'll have to watch the video to see how things turn out. This is the type of depraved regime the Syria people are dealing with. Now some on the left, like Carl Davidson<http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=8511#comment-48587>, would argue that its wrong to characterize this as a struggle between the regime and the people. He would point out that the sniper is people too, to which I respond, *"Those aren't what I call people." * * * http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-assad-regime-sniper-old-man-and-hero.html * * >From PRWeb <http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2013/5/prweb10712646.htm> we have this report of a demonstration in Chicago in support of the Syria Revolution: Chicago Syrians Host Die-In to Protest Banyas MassacreSyrian American Council<http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=business%2Fprweb&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Syrian+American%22> to Launch Campaign to Prevent #GenocideInSyria. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 About two dozen Syrian-American activists gathered on Sunday in downtown Chicago to stage a die-in to protest the Assad regimes large scale massacres on Friday in the coastal town of Banyas in northwestern Syria. The massacre by the Assad regimes troops and militias targeted Sunni neighborhoods and villages, killing over 100 people including women and children, according to reports cited by the State Department. We felt the need to raise awareness about potential genocide taking place in Syria, said Kenan Rahmani, the die-in organizer and board member of the Syrian American Council, the nations largest Syrian American advocacy group. Entire families were executed by Assad forces in Banyas, in an area where there were no rebel fighters, simply because they were Sunni Muslims living peacefully in a predominantly Alawite governorate. According to eyewitnesses we are in contact with, the actual death toll is over 1400, with dozens of women and children left in the streets after being stabbed, raped, and burned. Rahmani, a resident of Indiana, helped organize the event, and drove to Chicago to join other activists in solidarity with the Syrian victims. Using red paint and makeup, the activists created a shocking scene, which caused hundreds of passerby pedestrians and cars to stop, take pictures, and ask about Syria. Similar die-ins are being planned nationally following the success of this event. *Ethnic cleansing is taking place in Syria, and the U.S. and other world powers have the responsibility to protect the civilians from the Assad regime,* said Rahmani. The U.S. Department of State issued a statement on Friday condemning the massacres and calling for those responsible within the Assad regime to be held accountable. 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