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Syrian army general assassinated in Damascus

World Feb. 12, 2012 - 06:50AM JST ( 5 )

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NeverSubmitFeb. 12, 2012 - 07:50AM JST

The people fighting the Syrian government seem to be terrorists.

If an armed group of people were acting the same way in a Western country as the rebels are in Syria we would call them terrorists.
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m5c32Feb. 12, 2012 - 08:07AM JST

The people fighting the Syrian government seem to be terrorists.

If an armed group of people were acting the same way in a Western country as the rebels are in Syria we would call them terrorists.

That's obvious. I'm surprised you seem unaware that the adjective and noun "terrorist" is relative. That's not to say that such labeling is unjustified. Usually the more powerful entity gets to do the labeling; yet, sometimes it's the ruling power which is doing the terrorising which results in guerrilla warfare which then gets labeled with terrorism because, they in fact are also engaging in terrorism. Simply put, both sides of a conflict may engage in terroristic activities to some end. Who is "right" is sometimes tough to say and one may have to wait some time to see who the more "just" people are. Power struggles are seldom clean. Most often they are very messy with degrees of good and bad.
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TriumvereFeb. 12, 2012 - 10:24AM JST

The people fighting the Syrian government seem to be terrorists.

Funny. I was thinking it was the Syrian Gov't acting like terrorists.
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TriumvereFeb. 12, 2012 - 10:25AM JST

“Look,” he says, gesturing toward several men who are lying on the ground. “These are all dead bodies.” “Come here,” he says, leading the videographer into another room, where a man was being treated for his injuries. “We are not animals. We are human beings,” Dayem says frantically to the person holding the video camera. “They’re going to kill us all. Please someone help us.”
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edojinFeb. 12, 2012 - 02:32PM JST

Syria ... a coup d'etat is in progress. It is only natural for the ruling government to do what it can to retain power. So blood will flow freely until one side or the other prevails. That, in short, is what happens in a coup d'etat.