Syrian Scuds slamming Aleppo
From Ivan Watson
A Scud missile slammed into a crowded slum in Syria's largest city overnight, killing at least 50 people and strewing body parts across the neighborhood, opposition activists said Tuesday.
The missile - one of at least eight fired at the ravaged city of Aleppo by government forces since Friday, according to a U.S. official - slammed into the Jabal Badro neighborhood Monday night, the Local Coordination Committees of Syria reported. The blast knocked down seven buildings, leaving residents struggling to dig the mutilated remains of their neighbors out of the rubble, the group said.
"We documented 21 victims by names, but there are completely mutilated bodies and body parts," Mohammad Al-Khateeb, an activist from the AleppoMediaCenter, told CNN. "Nobody is sure about the final number of victims yet."
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad started using surface-to-surface missiles against rebel fighters in December, after the rebels began using captured rockets to bring down government aircraft. Most have hit in fields, away from population centers.
Jabal Badro had no rebel presence, "nor any revolutionary activities," Al-Khateeb told CNN. The dead included about 20 children, he said.
"One guy came to the neighborhood, came to look for his family," Al-Khateeb said. "He told us, 'I have 20 family members living in this neighborhood. I can't find any of them.' "
There was no immediate response to the report from government officials. CNN cannot independently verify many claims from Syria, as the government has severely restricted access by international journalists.
But video and photos released by opposition activists showed dozens of men digging through the rubble of what appeared to have been an entire neighborhood consisting of dozens of homes shattered by the blast. The northeastern part of Aleppo, Syria's largest city and commercial hub, came under attack again Tuesday night from warplanes, not surface-to-surface missiles.
Abu Fares, another activist with the AleppoMediaCenter, said a jet strafed the apartment building he was speaking from. Moments later, CNN reporters heard a whoosh and an explosion that led Fares to end the call so that he could run for cover.
The United Nations says nearly 70,000 people have been killed in Syria since al-Assad launched a crackdown on opposition in March 2011. At least 159 people were killed around the country on Tuesday alone, according to the LCCS, a network of opposition activists.
In Washington, the U.S. official told CNN that Syria has been launching Scuds about twice a day from outside Damascus toward Aleppo. The official could not confirm which Aleppo neighborhoods were hit, however.
The Soviet-era Scud became notorious when Iraq used the medium-range missiles against allied forces and Israel during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. None of the recently launched missiles has struck across the border in Turkey, where the United States, the Netherlands and Germany have deployed Patriot missiles to protect civilians.
The U.S. official said Washington is still watching recent indications that Syria has moved some of its chemical weapons stockpiles. The Obama administration believes those movements are consolidating stockpiles for more secure storage away from opposition strongholds, the official said.
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The U.S has Patriot missiles in southern Turkey near Aleppo. Patriot missiles can protect civilians in Aleppo of Scud missiles, but President Obama does not want the protection of civilians.President Obama told al-Assad " Do not kill the Syrian people with chemical weapons, other weapons to kill them like warplanes, tanks and Scud missiles ! " This means that the Obama administration are evil.
I agree with you . Don't kill them weth chemical weapons ، kill them with other weapons! Obama is evil.
re "A Scud missile slammed into a crowded slum in Syria's largest city overnight..."
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I wonder how many of these scud missiles were originally from the Iraqi inventory, shipped in the mid-to-late 1990's by Saddam, to the Syrians, rather than reveal their existence in violation of the 1991 ceasefire agreement, to the world, and thus confirming American claims?
"And he shall be a wild man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him"
So easy to see, yet truth, recognised for what it really is, by so few.
As the sons of Ishmael, there go we, but by the grace of God Almighty.
Bashar the Butcher will fall... sooner or later.
Who F...n gives a crap about that shiite hole, seriously!
If you had bigger brain than your mouth you would know Syria is mostly Sunni and Christians. So stupid. Go back to the hole you came out of..
22.4 M Syrians (-70,000 dead):
2.5M Christian
.5M Druze
2.9M Alawite/Ismaili Shi'ite
16.5M Sunni
Nothing better than watching Arab terrorists blow each other up!
TV remote: Check.
Easy Chair: Check
Popcorn: Check
Smoking ruins of Arab cities: Priceless
Our military should stay out of all Foreign entanglements that are not a threat to our National Security.
Bert: Ernie, I am just wearing different clothes and I combed my hair different so that I can look nice for the party.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
The rebels or Terrorists depending on how you look at it just killed 40 civilians in Damascus with a car bomb today.
Go back to your Assad. You work for him. Your attempt to change the truth is failing. Nice TRY Electronic ASSAD ARMY. ASSAD is nothing but a killer.
Both sides are to blame for this conflict. For the opposition to plea for sympathy because the Syrian government is using SCUDS is laughable because the opposition uses IEDs in populated market areas (both sides are killing civilians). No innocent side on this. War is war, no story here.
I don't support military intervention, but if there was going to be one, I would want it to be an internationally enforced cease fire where all civilians are encouraged or helped to leave and given temporary work visas in various western nations. With all the non-combatants out, we could then let the idiots who choose to stay blow the heck out of each other without the possibility of any civilian casualties. I bet both sides would try to force civilians to stay though, or else most of them would have gotten out already. Clearly they are being used as shields by both sides.
Better to first take a look at other "internationally enforced cease fire"s. Wars always start with such names. Even Hitler started invasion of Poland for defending German Radio station, attacked by polish people, but he was as honest as Americans about, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya and now Syria.
nos. are inflated it looks from report.
There is no excuse for firing Scuds at a city. The Scud is a large unguided SSM. Its assets are range and large payload. It is accurate enough to deliver NBC strikes or cluster munitions against a large, stationary, soft, high-value target such as an air base, supply depot or other military instalation. Firing one with just a large high-explosive warhead against a city is sadism. There is no military justification for it. This is the sort of thing which can be prosecuted as a war crime.
There also is no excuse for using IEDs targeting people in Damascus. Both sides are not innocent.
your rebels just killed 40 civilians with a car bomb in Damascus today
Everyone in Syria knows Assad group who planted this bomb in Damascus not the rebels blaming the rebels for it to get support and to destroy the rebels reputation. You are nothing but a tool to spread these lies. Your lies are not working. the WORLS knows what the Syrian -ASSAD army is doing. All of them are wanted for war crimes but Russia is blocking it. So SHUT up and go back kissing your ASSAD's butt
Well stop using the city and civilians as human shields! Stop carrying out terrorist attacks and go back home to Saudia Arabia Qatar Turkey Jordan Lydia and Iraq you turds
U.S time to go there ..you cant just look ..
Why the US? How about the Arab League? It's their side of the world. If they are not outraged, why should we be? Just another day in their hood apparently.
roots of all evil is saudia arabia and wahabism. blood thirsty pedophiles
... and brutal Khameni with his dogs Assad and Nasrallah.
I couldn't agree more... Saudis are the biggest threat to world. They are supporting Taliban, Iraqis terrorists and almost all the 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. The leader of Al-qada was from Saudi Arabia. Qatar and Saudis are the biggest supporters of terrorism around the world and its time for world to realize it.
Peace
so the terrorist army passed up israel and attacked syria. they must hate assad more.
syria has all iraqs wmd that were transferred before the war.....stupid liberal lefties think they dont exist......syria has one of the largest stockpiles of wmd chemical weapons....they didnt build these................hey obama, you didnt build that....
Keep up the good work Assad, the zi0nists and globalists are losing this one.
Hahah, you are such a loser...as if Israel has anything to do with what is going on in Syria....you are so dumb and a liar...
Google FSA and israel airstrike. They are working together.
BROWN NOSER
Coo coo is back! "zionists and globalists"! LOL Coo coo. Coo coo wants you to google a web site because if its on the internet, it must be true!! Coo Coo!
Truth stings.
Wow, the world hasnt done anything about this yet? Where are the arab/muslim nations, where are the flotillas, ...where is the UN.........what a joke....
your "arab/muslim nations" are the one creating troubles, not just in Syria, but all over the places.
Who cares... let them kill each other. I laugh at them. I remember how they cheered when our Towers fell.
you are an absolute idiot
and now you cheer for their pain. You're not that different from them after all. The US lost 3000 people in Sept 11 and the Syrian lost tens of thoughsands of people.. and you're laughing. Some people have no humanity in them whatsoever!
Wow, interesting, i liked that and what more, the doc had three hands, irisemspve!! But whats the fkn story with the zite music people put on their vids, MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE cheers CC09
Need a good beating...this thirst for bloodshed is getting a little old...when you take away the human factor and peoples are complacent to the sight of dead bodies you have a bigger problem then you realize...how you ask...well think about it...how many of us are there...and how many of you (those that kill) are there...we lose our tempers and it's all over boys...
t's a good thing the Soviets have a presence there or else the West would have already invaded. I love watching this failed Western Coup unfold. It's such a black eye for the Obama administration and another classic example of his failures as a leader. Worst "Dictator" oh I mean President EVER!!!
If and when we choose to obliterate you, we will.
So, Mary Jane wants another WAR in the Middle East. Weren't IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN enough? They aren't even over. How do we pay for them? Don't you know that the SEQUESTER will hurt our military structure? I think Mary needs a reality check.
mary jane smoking too much mary jane. time to put away the hookah, "mary jane".
The sad thing is that when Assad falls, the Iranianian Mulluhs, or Sunni Terrorists will just take over. The poor people of Syria don't have many good options.
They can merge with Israel.
scuds are bad. they lack lazer guidance and carry too large of a warhead to be used in residencial areas.
that is like a mall cop throwing handgrenades at an armed robber. only gonna kill civillians in certain areas with that type of weapon.
The Syrian government is terrible from the human nature point of view.
Syrian conflict is difficult to take sides, so I make neutral comments. I am for and against Scuds.
It's raining Scud! Hallelujah!
It's raining Scud! Amen!
I'm gonna go out to run and let myself get some Scud
Absolutely Scud!
It's raining Scud! Hallelujah!
It's raining Scud! Every specimen!
Tall, blonde, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean
It's raining Scud! Hallelujah!
It's raining Scud! Amen!
It's raining Scud! Hallelujah!
It's raining Scud! Ameenn!
Coo coo!!
I like the one liner about the rebels using missiles, too, but they don't hit anything with them. Wellllll, that justifies everything the rebels have done, doesn't it?
The "rockets" in the hands of the opposition that are mentioned are being used to bring down Government airplanes when possible (per the article.) There was nothing in the article talking about the opposition using missiles on populated areas.
I think its time to put a stop to a madman like the president of Syria,if he will do that to his own people he will do it to anyone,he just needs a long range missle.
Isn’t that what the Bush Administration said about Saddam Hussein’s Regime? So what is it, stay out of Syrian affaires of intervene?
How about these "rebels" not hide out in densely populated areas.
So they can be slaughtered?
BigShiz... They ARE slaughtered anyway... Even while hiding among civilians.
so what you are saying is: Either everybody in Syria accepts whatever the corrupt criminal government dictates, or the government will slaughter any opposition and civilians with them.
This does not sound very fair, progressive, democratic or patriotic at all. You seem to have no problem with Syrians having to choose between living at all or living free, fair, and respected lives.
@desert1,just drop a favorite of mine the MOAB and if this mother of all bombs doesn't get Assads attention than nothing will ..A hole the size if an olympic pool and flattened buildings for blocks from the bombs impact would definitly get him like Kadafi to go hunker down like the rat he is!!Then and only then with his life coming to an end will he realize no money,no military strength can help him when WE want him,plain and simple with or without Russias help!!
See http://www.repentandpreparetheway.org more than 6million people will gather in kenya for nacional repentance on feb 24,2013 please dont miss this event. it hasnt happen since Bible times. and victory war is coming soon to syria prophecised by paul beggley and dr owour prophet among us. God bless and see harvest army for prophetic events coming that could affect u. like tsunami, earthquakes and diseases. God bless seek Jesus we are living in the end days.
I am GOD and I say it is not the end days
When it is I will send you an e-mail...don't jump the gun
F*** you and your damn God.
I think that ship sailed last year. Didn't you hear the family radio broadcast? No? But weren't you the chosen ones? Guess not, ha.
Scud missiles have about 300km range and 1km error, they are not cheap and Syrian army doesn't have unlimited supply of those. They are absolutely ineffective against rebels that are hiding among civilians. It would just help propaganda against them rather killing any rebel. Syrian army could use much more cheaper and more effective methods, like mortar (Like the rebels) or artillery or even tanks. They are not that far away from Aleppo.
By the way was there any rebel in that area at all?
Apparently, the main reason the Syrian government forces are using Scud missiles against the rebels is the shortage of other (more conventional) munitions...
There is another reason for using them: the Scuds cause a lot of distruction, mayhem and a big bang of noise scaring and killing a whole lot of people. That is the purpose of the scuds, that is the purpose of bombing large groups of people waiting in bread lines, that is the reason behind massacres against civilians in Howle, Darayya, and other places. The government's philosophy is: dead people won't fight or support fighters, scared people will leave or agree to anything so they don't get killed. Bombs and indiscriminate massacres achieve both purposes.
Why would Assad want to cause destruction and mayhem id Syria, while opposition leaders agreed to negotiate and their western backer got tired of their backfiring PRs? couldn't he do it with hundreds of Mortars like rebels? He could have saved the Scuds for you guys, when you get crazy enough to start another war in Middle East.
its such a shame that the whole world sits back and watches this evil dictator kill his own people. i thought that after the holocost the people in this world were not going to allow this to happen again,yet it goes on in country after country. there should be an enforced international law against genocide! no one should be allowed to get away with it.
Where was your righteous indignation when Hamas fires missiles into Israel, or the riots in Egypt, or Libya. Save me
Here lies the ongoing collection of Fools who argue with each other, lips moving, nothing of value coming out, irrelevant.
Well said. People spend way too much time arguing and hating each other rather than trying to figure out solutions to problems/situations that are definiitely solvable. Issues in the Middle-East serve as prime examples of this.
and just tell us Dale
Who would be the enforcer of this law?
He is a killer and dictator and no one has committed such a thing....the evil iranian regime and hizb allah the most terrorist organization on earth are backing this ruthless Assad and they help him to kill his own people. I notice that alot of Shabiha and Hizb allah followers posting comments here. Thye get paid to do this you find them every where to make lies like Press Tv and Iranian channal AlAlam which makes lies more than you would imagine. The bottom line Assad who is supported by Shiea from Iraq, Iran and ther terrorist of Hizb Allah.
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find the scuds and take them out and if this many people were killed it is a very slim chance due to guidence systems in scud missles to work for only 90 seconds
who are you talking about to FIND the scuds and WHO will take them out?
Hey CNN war propaganda machine, you are still desperate, aren't ya?
Just pretend they're bombing Jews, that way you can call them 'fireworks'.But to be fair it's unlikely a Scud killed only 50 people unless it landed in a vacant field. A Scud carries a ONE TON payload. ONE TON of explosives.
Rocket that hit settlement in Israel are made of sugar and fertilizers which barely hit anything, unlike the thousand pound bombs that Israel drops on densely populated areas in Gaza.
Thank you for being retarded. 1) you're wrong, a BM-21 Grad is a military rocket with a 200lb warhead. 2) Ashkelon isn't 'a settlement' you fool. Now go shoot some Jews in your neighborhood in the name of peace.
CNN comment boards attract many of the looniest characters, especially when the comment can be directly or indirectly related to Israel/Jews. Justnfree is a typical case of one of these nincompoops , totally and absolutely ignorant of the facts, and probably with an IQ in the low double-digit range. Justnfree probably also participates in the screaming and shouting demonstrations against Israel which spring up every now and them somewhere. What a world...
Why does Israel fire at populated areas?
The cowardly arabs intentionally launch attacks from mosques, schools and private residences, they do this to cause death to their own people in order to drum up support from the west.
Do not let these arabs pull the wool over your eyes.
"Rocket that hit settlement in Israel are made of sugar and fertilizers which barely hit anything..."
How dare Israelis to NOT LIKE these "presents" coming from Palestinians???
Of course, Scuds are bad and really nasty of Assad to have used them. But then, would have been perfectly alright had he used drones in stead.
Al kaeda supported by turkish government, the Qatar and saudi Arabia , and represented by Jabahat Al Nussra in Syria is the real danger for all the civilization now a day..
Just another day in Camel Heaven.
The U.S has Patriot missiles in southern Turkey near Aleppo. Patriot missiles can protect civilians in Aleppo of Scud missiles, but President Obama does not want the protection of civilians in Aleppo. Obama administration is evi .l
Those Patriot missiles are only for defense of Turkey.
That is the agreement with the Turkish government.
You are an IDIOT.
I believe those patriot missles were supplied by NATO, not the USA
Pres Obama does not run NATO...yet
Oh wow.. CNN really believe ,his audience is completely stupid.. and that people in america have absolutely no critical thinking? Lets.. see. in the same report Barbara admits Alqaeda operates in Syria..allegedly the reason why the white house "does not provide weapons to the rebels". in fear those will end in the wrong hands.. but at the same time.. CNN theory is that Assad army ignore the Alqaeda and other armed terrorist that she admit exist in Syria and prefer instead to use their expensive weapons in limited supply against civilians that pose no threat to the government. mmmm.. I challenge anyone to find a single report done by CNN that says Assad forces successfully bombed Alqaeda / or armed rebels hold positions..According to CNN..again and again " Assad army is not fighting Armed Mercenaries ,Alqaeda and other friendly groups to Alqaeda.but instead they use their best weapons again and again and again against unarmed civilians women and children and simply because they ask for freedom? At the same time CNN recent article accuse Assad of what the Pentagon does in guantanamo with its own people..like bradley manning.. torture of prisoners.. but isnt that strange? They kill with scuds civilians...because why would they dare to attack armed rebels and other armed terrorist groups? because they will get mad? or perhaps Syrian Army is afraid to attack the armed gangs..so why they pick the innocents.?
I agree with you totally.
MMMM so sad , scuds fall over revels in syria.
misiles should be falling over the us. That would make a lack of news.
Asaad is an American Zion ist puppet. Mossad is busy sniping at civilians.
True Resistance Fighters are not shown on CNN. But we know they are there.
Fu ck ISRAHell.
the crazy is strong with you allahu porkchop
Truly, you are one sick puppy blinded by hatred and anger. The more outrageous your comments the more you prove how delusional you are. .
And we will wrap you in pig skin like your dirty mu hamma d...
CNN should really stop being so one-sided on the Syrian civil war. I'm not endorsing al-Assad, but this method of reporting is misleading gullible Americans. This isn't news, this is melodramatic antagonism.
True
MMMMMMM not news huh? wellllll If a missile blew up MY neighborhood it is news. Most people have no clue how traumatic an event like this is. The explosive is designed to kill and maim all living things. Missiles are not just to do property damage.
I read "Syrian Scuds slamming Aleppo". Then "A Scud missile slammed into a crowded slum...". So what is it? Any decent editor worth his salt would recognize the difference between "Scuds" and "A Scud" in the same article. Maybe CNN has farmed out the job of editing to Sri Lanka?
They are just quoting from one man organization of Syrian Observatory of Human Rights in Coventry, UK, run by UK employee Rami Abdulrahman who brings the latest news from Syria right from his apartment . They don't even know what scud missile is. It's just scary enough for propaganda and justifying NATO patriot missiles in Turkey. If they knew what Scud is, they would have known army that has artillery and armored brigades not very far from Aleppo has absolutely no reason to use such missiles, because it's an expensive missile with 300km range and 1km error, and there was no rebel in that area.
@Pete,another one and from where did you come from because I've been posting for over 3 years here,what's your excuse..Been trolling long,better change your name for your sake bud!!
While the SCUD may seem old and antiquated to those of us in the USA today, to those in Aleppo it is a terrifying experience. I weathered a number of Iraqi SCUD attacks during the lead up to Operation DESERT STORM; at the time we laughed, but in retrospect, we hunker down and prayed they'd miss us too. I was fortunate, those in Aleppo are not. My prayers are with you on the receiving end.
From Wiki:
" Twenty-eight members of the Pennsylvania National Guard were killed when one struck a United States Army barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia"
Thanks for the reminder. We all need a little perspective.
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Let it Scud! Let It Scud! Let It Scud!
Dude, god bless the syrians for having to put up with being medias biggest target I honestly feel bad for these people
The mainstreams media has been one sided to say the least, their is definitely an agenda by the corporately owned and controlled Mainstream Media
america needs to fix the economy and infrastructure pay down its national debt, stop wasting american tax dollars on liberal agenda's.
and what does that have to do with the subject of the article?
Nothing at all. Just a free bully pulpit to spew chewed up propaganda
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I think we just found the Iraqi scud missiles
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