In Syria, At Least 85 Killed By Car Bombing At Funeral

The Los Angeles Times:

At least 85 people were killed when a car bomb exploded during a funeral procession Saturday evening in the Syrian town of Zamalka, activists and human rights groups said.

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Comments

[MediaExposedDay]

06:15 PM on 07/02/2012

It's matter of lack of Coverage and Emphasis - When Syrian Gov. Allegedly massacres it's non- stop story for several days but when it looks like Syrian Rebels backed ( Armed / Trained / Given Intel ) by western Intelligence, it's down played or not reported at all I.E. CNN regulated it to bottom banner and NEVER gave verbal Report of 85 killed in CAR BOMB .
WHY , it's obvious, main stream media colludes w/ U.S. / NATO Foreign Policy and always has from " General News"build up to IRAQ Invasion , to this obvious bombing by Syrian Rebels and when THEY KILL Victims are " not worthy " bcs it doesn't fit simplistic narrative propaganda , Syrian Gov "Bad" and Rebels "good" .

[HellBank]

04:22 PM on 07/01/2012

Too bad the bombers didn't warn anybody beforehand; the cemetery coulda offered a nice group rate.

[7alab]

01:58 PM on 07/01/2012

A regime sniper shoots a young man dead in Zamalka, a suburb of Damascus.  The body of Abdul Hadi Al-Halabi, the Martyr, is washed  and shrouded by his family members.  The funeral procession marches thru Zamalka streets toward the cemetery where Halabi is supposed to be laid to rest.   Pall-bearer and community members chant anti-regime and anti-Assad slogans while waving the revolution flags.  A bomb explodes.  85 people will accompany Halabi to his final resting place.  150 people are severely injured.   This is happening daily in Syria.  Assad is still hoping to scare people off the streets.  His propagandists will blame "terrorists" whom miraculously are only killing demonstrators and opposition figures.  He will blame the US, Israel, the Gulf states and Klingons.  No one believes him in Syria.  The only exception is that he still has numerous believers on the HufPost.  This video will be removed soon, watch it if you still defend Assad.  We Syrians wish it on no one and we will be free from Assad tyranny sooner or later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNUg448Erls&sns=em
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk-0EkoCvUE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[bankruptcountry]

01:04 PM on 07/01/2012

The sad part of the events in Syria is that western media are calling these terrorists acts opposition.

How can someone possibly sit down and have any reasonable conversation with these people?

Is this the democracy they are trying to sell us?

[HEXYEBO]

01:32 PM on 07/01/2012

"Is this the democracy they are trying to sell us? "
This is an inane statement of the issue.

Who comes next is not certain.
But what IS certain is that there's growing opposition to the Baathist regime and Assad despotic dynasty that has been ruling Syria and Lebanon with an iron fist for decades.
Time for them to go. Now

[Mansa]

03:48 PM on 07/01/2012

They are not fighting for democracy but to win their 40 years and slaughter those who oppose them. Just a bunch of crazies shooting each other up.

[KIVPossum]

01:33 PM on 07/01/2012

We were told not to worry about who would take over Egypt. Hillary said she wasn't concerned who comprised the rebels in Libya. Why should we care now - support the revolution even if it means more problems for the US.

[HEXYEBO]

05:23 PM on 07/01/2012

Lucky for you, not many Akbars in Moldova.

[fullofmitt]

12:35 PM on 07/01/2012

Islam..the religion of peace and respect!

[HEXYEBO]

05:25 PM on 07/01/2012

Verily!
And anyone who would dispute that Islam is peaceful would be immediately Rushdied and Van Goghed, and Pearled.

[Vintage59]

12:20 PM on 07/01/2012

The sooner Syria becomes the southern province of Turkey, the better off everyone will be.

Let's just tell Putin to mind his own business and we will do the same and let Turkey bury the remnants of Bathism once and for all.

[adamben]

01:29 PM on 07/01/2012

not sure the syrian people would be happy trading one dictator for another.

[wyldthings]

01:31 PM on 07/01/2012

Oh yeas! Tell that to the Armenians

[Vintage59]

02:08 PM on 07/01/2012

They're dead. It's hard to tell them anything. Turkey doesn't play softball, just ask the Kurds.

[robertstone1robert]

11:58 AM on 07/01/2012

This is the first we hear about it. It doesn't involve Israel so theres no scapegoating. Kill as many Muslims as you want; we won't bat an eyelash. Get Israel involved, even if so much as terrorist is wounded we'll splash it over the front pages. There is a huge double standard. Maybe basic hypocrisy.

[fullofmitt]

12:37 PM on 07/01/2012

This is HP! Israel can never do any good in its eyes! An Israeli belches on an Arab....it's a major story! Have you EVER read a positive story about Israel from MJ,Zogby, or Kattoub ??? Answer" NEVER! and so it goes here!

[robertstone1robert]

01:47 PM on 07/01/2012

Truer words were never spoken. F&F.

HP has perfected the art of yellow journalism to where it's not even noticed. They have no conception of unbiased news.

[ElCojonuo]

11:50 AM on 07/01/2012

Folks, have you been keeping track how many are dying on a daily basis next door to Syria in IRAQ ?
It's Sunni vs. Shia there too; these are proxy wars between Iran/Persia ( Shia ) and Saudia ( Sunni ), that's all they are.
History, as always, IS A GREAT TEACHER; we're witnessing an Historic Event that's been going on for Centuries; learn to see it that way, the inexorable march of History.

[HEXYEBO]

11:48 AM on 07/01/2012

Civil war.
People die.
Defeat Baathism.
Let Assad fry.

[Iron Mike Texas]

11:45 AM on 07/01/2012

I will celebrate this news by drinking a few beers today. Can't Barack supply suicide bombs to both sides of this conflict?

[Macreau]

02:07 PM on 07/01/2012

Don't worry...Barack is supplying arms thru Turks. Where do you think those arms used by rebels are coming from? Our CIA is at work...

[lkfman]

03:09 PM on 07/01/2012

Supporting terrorism worldwide, how nice.

[HEXYEBO]

11:44 AM on 07/01/2012

Allau Akbar!

[fullofmitt]

12:38 PM on 07/01/2012

Baruch Ashem..Shemah Yisreol!!

[HEXYEBO]

01:01 PM on 07/01/2012

Amen.

[Jan Harper]

11:32 PM on 07/01/2012

Terrorist.

[HEXYEBO]

11:05 AM on 07/01/2012

Muslim-on-Muslim violance doesn't get Muslims interested. Unless they can find a way to blame Christians or Jews for it.
The massacre didn't even make Al Jazeera's front page. But the story "France introduces breathalyser law" did.

[HEXYEBO]

10:34 AM on 07/01/2012

Another Assad crime.

[Vlad Roudenko]

11:34 AM on 07/01/2012

Another Assad crime? If you saw the video from that funeral it was quite obvious the terrorists staged this attack.

[HEXYEBO]

12:01 PM on 07/01/2012

Thank you, Chief Inspector Vova Clouseau.

[wander7676]

01:03 PM on 07/01/2012

Most likely Shabiha terrorists did it!

[wom122]

10:33 AM on 07/01/2012

The headline asserts that "At Least 85 Killed By Car Bombing At Funeral" but you would have to read the text to discover that it was "activists and human rights groups" who made the claim.
The "activists" are in reality armed rebels who committed more than their fair share of atrocities; as for the "human rights groups", they are all located in the West and quite selective in their self righteous indignation.

[ggbungles]

10:32 AM on 07/01/2012

"In Syria, at least 85 killed by car bombing at funeral"
UN to erect monument by 2035

[HEXYEBO]

11:01 AM on 07/01/2012

There's a street in Tehran named to honor Al Islambouli, the murderer of Sadat.

[ggbungles]

12:10 PM on 07/01/2012

There you have it!