Saturday, May 04, 2013

"Sectarian violence"

"Sectarian violence." That's what the AP calls it when Muslims kill each other in the name of Islam.

Here is the latest AP photo captured by a "citizen journalist:"

AP reporter Ryan Lucas reports on the "sectarian violence."

In the Syrian civil war's latest alleged mass killing, activists said Friday that regime troops and gunmen from nearby Alawite areas beat, stabbed and shot at least 50 people in the Sunni Muslim village of Bayda.

The slayings highlighted in the starkest terms the sectarian overtones of a conflict that has killed more than 70,000 people. Details of the killings came to light as the Obama administration is weighing what to do if more evidence of Syrian use of chemical weapons emerges.

Other minorities, such as Christians, largely support Assad or stand on the sidelines, worried that the regime's fall would bring about a more Islamist rule.

Secretary of Defense Hagel says the U.S. is "considering" arming the rebels. What, they are not already armed?

Syria's state news agency said late Thursday that the army conducted a raid in Bayda, killing several "terrorists" — the term it uses for those trying to oust Assad — and seizing machine guns, automatic rifles and other weapons.

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