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is the syrian army. when they found out about that, they started randomly bombing with tank shells, with mortar bombs like they're animals. they're stabbing kids, stabbing women. raping women, and no one is doing anything about this. this isn't a game here. this is a reality. this is actually going on. all these footage you have been seeing on utupe of women rapes, children hurt, this is not a game. this is going on, and there's much more than this that we don't know about yet. this government is hiding so much more. we don't know half of what's going on yet. >> danny, stay safe. thank you for talking to us. >> as we sit here safe tonight in our homes and wherever you're watching this, this is happening in syria, in the city of homs right now. let us know what you think on facebook, google plus, twitter, i'll be tweeting tonight. up next, a mother's plea for justice. justice for her daughter killed in a car crash involving a serial drunk driver who was pardoned by former mississippi governor haley barbou
is the syrian army. when they found out about that, they started randomly bombing with tank shells, with mortar bombs like they're animals. they're stabbing kids, stabbing women. raping women, and no one is doing anything about this. this isn't a game here. this is a reality. this is actually going on. all these footage you have been seeing on utupe of women rapes, children hurt, this is not a game. this is going on, and there's much more than this that we don't know about yet. this government...
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part of the syrian army defected and the civilians went to welcome the syrian army, so they bombarded it randomly with bombs and tank shells. in the first half an hour they've got 40 people dead. now we have about 200 dead all around homs. there are still people under the destruction. we can't move them. all the buildings have been falling over human beings. there are kids dead, women, men dead. we can't get medication in. they are shooting at the civilian cars and trying to get medication in there and we can't help them. now it's happening all around homs. they are bomb bargd us and no one is doing anything. the nato and american league are discussing it while we are being killed. >> you say more than 200 dead in the last hour or two. >> 200 dead in three hours. in the first half an hour, 40 dead. we got the video on youtube. they have been bombarding an area in homs with mortar bombs and tank shells. there are civilians under the buildings. we can't get them out. we are trying to get medication and food out and the snipers are shooting at us. i wanted to help. i couldn't. the sniper
part of the syrian army defected and the civilians went to welcome the syrian army, so they bombarded it randomly with bombs and tank shells. in the first half an hour they've got 40 people dead. now we have about 200 dead all around homs. there are still people under the destruction. we can't move them. all the buildings have been falling over human beings. there are kids dead, women, men dead. we can't get medication in. they are shooting at the civilian cars and trying to get medication in...
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it was the tanks of the syrian army. and the guns of the syrian army. i saw the army itself killing their own people. >> are plain clothed government forces. you're in damascus. what's happening there now? >> in damascus itself, it is just like, you know, empty city. after 4:00 in the afternoon, nobody in the streets. you go a few kilometers to the damascus countryside, then you are just visiting hell. again, what is happening in homs is happening over there in other places a little while from damascus. firing at people, snipers everywhere, everywhere, snipers. and tanks firing again at people there and people are getting killed. let me say one word. i think the entire world should be ashamed of what's happening here. everybody is just silent and looking at us being slaughtered every moment, for no reason, just for asking for our freedom. everybody's just looking at us like this, we are slaughtered. russia has gone for a veto, china has gone for a veto. the rest of the world are condemning this veto and what else? looking at us? we thank you. i want to
it was the tanks of the syrian army. and the guns of the syrian army. i saw the army itself killing their own people. >> are plain clothed government forces. you're in damascus. what's happening there now? >> in damascus itself, it is just like, you know, empty city. after 4:00 in the afternoon, nobody in the streets. you go a few kilometers to the damascus countryside, then you are just visiting hell. again, what is happening in homs is happening over there in other places a little...
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is the syrian army. when they found out about that, they started randomly bombing with tank shells, with mortar bombs like they're animals. they're stabbing kids, stabbing women. raping women, and no one is doing anything about this. this isn't a game here. this is a reality. this is actually going on. all these footage you have been seeing on youtube of women rapes, children hurt, this is not a game. this is going on, and there's much more than this that we don't know about yet. this government is hiding so much more. we don't know half of what's going on yet. >> danny, stay safe. thank you for talking to us. >> as we sit here safe tonight in our homes and wherever you're watching this, this is happening in syria, in the city of homs right now. let us know what you think on facebook, google plus, twitter, i'll be tweeting tonight. up next, a mother's plea for justice. justice for her daughter killed in a car crash involving a serial drunk driver who was pardoned by former mississippi governor haley barb
is the syrian army. when they found out about that, they started randomly bombing with tank shells, with mortar bombs like they're animals. they're stabbing kids, stabbing women. raping women, and no one is doing anything about this. this isn't a game here. this is a reality. this is actually going on. all these footage you have been seeing on youtube of women rapes, children hurt, this is not a game. this is going on, and there's much more than this that we don't know about yet. this...
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the syrian army -- i'm not going to call it the syrian army, they have no humanity in them, they kill anything in front of them. they are hitting civilian houses. >> danny, do you think the arab league can do anything to help you? they are calling for a joint mission, monitoring mission, inside where you are. do you think they can save you? >> we don't want the monitors anymore. they sent the monitors last time, and we did not get anything out of it. we wanted the u.n. to take this case. we wanted the u.n. to interfere in this. if we get the airplanes here, bombard the regime. we want someone to do something about this. we're going to get killed. i'm sure i'll get killed tomorrow if the army gets in here. no one's doing anything about this. we don't want the monitors or the arab league. they are going to do nothing about this. we want the u.n. to interfere, the u.n. to do something. >> and danny, finally -- >> all these people are being killed. >> can you tell me how you are living, do you have food, do you have water, clearly, you are in a building, so there is some shelter there. >>
the syrian army -- i'm not going to call it the syrian army, they have no humanity in them, they kill anything in front of them. they are hitting civilian houses. >> danny, do you think the arab league can do anything to help you? they are calling for a joint mission, monitoring mission, inside where you are. do you think they can save you? >> we don't want the monitors anymore. they sent the monitors last time, and we did not get anything out of it. we wanted the u.n. to take this...
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there's a part of the syrian army defected. they went down to welcome the syrian army, so they bombarded it with water bombs and tank shells. and in the first half hour, we have 40 people dead. now we've got about 200 dead all around homs. there are people under the destruction. we can't move them. all of the buildings have been on top of buiodies, human being. kids dead, women dead, men dead. we can't get medication. they're shooting at the avenue, they're shooting. we can't get medication in there, we can't help them. no one is doing anything about it. they're sitting and discussing while we're sitting here getting killed. >> there could be as many as 200 dead in the last hour or two. >> yes, 200 dead in the last three hours. in the first half hour, 40 dead. in the first half hour. and we got the video up on youtube. they've been bombarding with mortar bombs and tank shells. we can't get medication in there and food in there, and can't get them in. they're shooting at us. i wanted to go in there to help them. they were shooti
there's a part of the syrian army defected. they went down to welcome the syrian army, so they bombarded it with water bombs and tank shells. and in the first half hour, we have 40 people dead. now we've got about 200 dead all around homs. there are people under the destruction. we can't move them. all of the buildings have been on top of buiodies, human being. kids dead, women dead, men dead. we can't get medication. they're shooting at the avenue, they're shooting. we can't get medication in...
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these armies are nothing. the syrian army is exhausted. the syrian army is split. the rank-and-file are sunnis and are eager to defect. >> what happens, though, if there is military intervention? you know you look at iraq which is as many say still struggling with potentially a civil war, insurgents. you go in and you get rid of something and who is responsible for putting something in its place? >> the future is always uncertain, but i think iraq is much more of a success story than its critics would like to say. i know there was a book of the hero of the iraq war, petraeus and we can take some pride on what happened in iraq. >> paula let me ask you a question about the satellite images we've gotten today that have been released from the u.s. military of syria. why has that -- why did they choose to do that? is that sending a message of hey we're watching you, we can see what's going on. which means, we can come in and drop bombs on you if we wanted to? >> sure it's a signal we have visibility on what's going on on the ground there. other than satellite imagery we
these armies are nothing. the syrian army is exhausted. the syrian army is split. the rank-and-file are sunnis and are eager to defect. >> what happens, though, if there is military intervention? you know you look at iraq which is as many say still struggling with potentially a civil war, insurgents. you go in and you get rid of something and who is responsible for putting something in its place? >> the future is always uncertain, but i think iraq is much more of a success story...
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>> yes, the syrian army. >> reporter: will you fight if the syrian army comes? >> there is no other solution. >> reporter: you have to fight? >> we have to fight or lose our life. >> reporter: not everyone shares this spirit of defiance. banom spends his days taking care of the flock of pigeons he breeds on his roof. these are hard times for the whole country, he says. it's too dangerous to travel outside of town because you don't know who you could meet on the open road, and if you leave, you may never come back. trapped at home while his birds fly free, manom waits for what many fear here is inevitable: a syrian civil war. ivan watson, cnn, syria. >> ivan, thank you. >>> coming up, closing arguments are over. george huguely accused of brutally killing his ex-girlfriend waits to hear his fate. >>> a missing mother and her one-year-old daughter found dead on the streets of cleveland. listen to what police could have done to prevent this tragedy. we're on the case, next. made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. is it a superhero? kinda.
>> yes, the syrian army. >> reporter: will you fight if the syrian army comes? >> there is no other solution. >> reporter: you have to fight? >> we have to fight or lose our life. >> reporter: not everyone shares this spirit of defiance. banom spends his days taking care of the flock of pigeons he breeds on his roof. these are hard times for the whole country, he says. it's too dangerous to travel outside of town because you don't know who you could meet on...
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the syrian free army can't do it. we should consider that possibility if it really does get that bad. >> so when you say a kill zone, you're saying above a certain line, you send tanks, a syrian regime, those tanks will be destroyed. >> once the tanks cross the bridge into homa or homs or alepo or any other city rising and turning against the population, you have to hit them from the air, and only we can do that. >> ann marie, how does this not escalate? how does this just not become a situation where countries all around syria start to send in weapons to the forces that they support, the various different ethnic groups, religious groups they support? political groups. how does it not escalate? >> i'm not sure that any of us have proposals that don't have a risk of escalation, and i'll just say, i probably would support bob's recommendation, but i don't see any chance right now that the international community is going to accept it. i think the point of the no-kill zones is that you actually could get areas at least t
the syrian free army can't do it. we should consider that possibility if it really does get that bad. >> so when you say a kill zone, you're saying above a certain line, you send tanks, a syrian regime, those tanks will be destroyed. >> once the tanks cross the bridge into homa or homs or alepo or any other city rising and turning against the population, you have to hit them from the air, and only we can do that. >> ann marie, how does this not escalate? how does this just not...
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he said, this is his account, that morale had collapsed within the syrian army that people knew they were killing civilians and they wanted the bloodbath to stop. this is a slim hope that the free army is putting on things in homs, that it will collapse and they will stop. we are hearing reports that special troops have been brought up by the regime presumably because if they have to go in to homs they need people who are motivated and willing to do it. willing slipped out of that place within the last 24 hours the one word that sums up what is happening there is despair. people look to the u.n. to help them. the u.n. resolution was vetoed and now they think there is nobody going to help them. >> is there a moment or image or person that, you know, when you close your eyes tonight and try to go to sleep you are going to remember and for a long time to come? >> one thing that comes back to me all the time is an 11-year-old boy who was brought to the hospital on the first day. there were mortars falling beside. he had been hit in the face with a mortar and everything was gone. i got a
he said, this is his account, that morale had collapsed within the syrian army that people knew they were killing civilians and they wanted the bloodbath to stop. this is a slim hope that the free army is putting on things in homs, that it will collapse and they will stop. we are hearing reports that special troops have been brought up by the regime presumably because if they have to go in to homs they need people who are motivated and willing to do it. willing slipped out of that place within...
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army. >> yes, the syrian army. >> reporter: will you fight in the syrian army comes here. >> yes, because we were for 10 months peaceful but now there is no other solution. >> reporter: you have to fight? >> yeah, we have to fight. >> that was cnn's ivan watson reporting from northern syria. >>> rick santorum is in the spotlight this weekend lashing out not at just his gop opponents but the man he wants to battle this fall, president barack obama. we'll talk about it straight ahead. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ [ male announcer ] engine light on? come to meineke now for a free code scan read and you'll say...my money. my choice. my meineke. months peaceful but
army. >> yes, the syrian army. >> reporter: will you fight in the syrian army comes here. >> yes, because we were for 10 months peaceful but now there is no other solution. >> reporter: you have to fight? >> yeah, we have to fight. >> that was cnn's ivan watson reporting from northern syria. >>> rick santorum is in the spotlight this weekend lashing out not at just his gop opponents but the man he wants to battle this fall, president barack obama....
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army looking at the regular syrian army. you know, the debate under way, rick, among journalists. do we call this a civil war yet? i don't know what "time's" position is yet -- >> we exactly in the occurrence issue, in the story that precedes the picture, basically it is a civil war. the free syrian army, which is a murky force, it's ex-military people, civilians, we don't know exactly who they are, but what's going on in other cities around syria is in effect a civil war. certainly that is what's going on. >> it really is a sad picture. so many of these are going on. this is a mother and her son -- her husband was shot dead by the syrian army while out on the country side in syria. you can just see the mourning that's going on. the little boys i'm sure do not understand what's really going on. >> yes. what we're seeing, wolf, of course is the continuation of the arab spring, but what we're seeing in syria is a government force, using an iron fist to clamp down on the protests. we haven't really seen that anywhere else succe
army looking at the regular syrian army. you know, the debate under way, rick, among journalists. do we call this a civil war yet? i don't know what "time's" position is yet -- >> we exactly in the occurrence issue, in the story that precedes the picture, basically it is a civil war. the free syrian army, which is a murky force, it's ex-military people, civilians, we don't know exactly who they are, but what's going on in other cities around syria is in effect a civil war....
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so the syrians are known as the pre-syrian army. they have four to maybe 7,000. they are headquartered in turkey where you are, ivan. they have 38 battalions. they recently got their hands on some anti-tank missiles. my question to you is what more can you add about this free syrian army, and the extent they pose to the assad regime? >> according to the sir yayrias news agency, at least 14 soldiers from the syrian army were buried just yesterday. they accused what they call non-terrorists of killing them. pretty-syrian army is not a cohesive fighting force. one analyst described them more as franchises than a united group that had sprung up in different parts of the country that in some cases have carried out operations and attacks, but often seem to be much more a defensive force to protect the civilian communities, the residential groups that are protesting against the government, and they're very likely armed. they are not using tanks, they don't have air power, and some of their supporters are smuggling weapons to them across borders, but they're definitely o
so the syrians are known as the pre-syrian army. they have four to maybe 7,000. they are headquartered in turkey where you are, ivan. they have 38 battalions. they recently got their hands on some anti-tank missiles. my question to you is what more can you add about this free syrian army, and the extent they pose to the assad regime? >> according to the sir yayrias news agency, at least 14 soldiers from the syrian army were buried just yesterday. they accused what they call non-terrorists...
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the syrian free army can't do it. we should consider that possibility if it really does get that bad. >> so when you say a kill zone, you're saying above a certain line, you send tanks, a syrian regime, those tanks will be destroyed. >> once the tanks cross the bridge into homa or homs or alepo or any other city rising and turning against the populati population, you have to hit them from the air, and only we can do that. >> ann marie, how does this not escalate? how does this just not become a situation where countries all around syria start to send in weapons to the forces that they support, the various different ethnic groups, religious groups they support? political groups. how does it not escalate? >> i'm not sure that any of us have proposals that don't have a risk of escalation, and i'll just say, i probably would support bob's recommendation, but i don't see any chance right now that the international community is going to accept it. i think the point of the no-kill zones is that you actually could get areas a
the syrian free army can't do it. we should consider that possibility if it really does get that bad. >> so when you say a kill zone, you're saying above a certain line, you send tanks, a syrian regime, those tanks will be destroyed. >> once the tanks cross the bridge into homa or homs or alepo or any other city rising and turning against the populati population, you have to hit them from the air, and only we can do that. >> ann marie, how does this not escalate? how does this...
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>> we drove out on a road that was a front line to the army check -- to the syrian army, beshear al assad's forces. on that front line we saw well armed soldiers, well equipped soldiers. anti-aircraft machine guns. the type of bullets that smash through houses. armored personnel carriers with heavy machine guns on them and other heavy -- >> this is the image here i'm talking about. this is you driving out watching that drive in. nic, at the time i remember your foreboding sense. did you have any idea at that time it could get as bad as we've been seeing, particularly this week? >> we knew that it could. what the arab league monitors were there to do was to see these troops were drawn back and pulmoed back to their bases. they weren't. it was clear the potential for the army. we saw the depth of those forces. many, many checkpoints down the road. we knew that if they wanted to go in and try and crush the opposition, as -- as many people suspected they would, in particular the people in the town, we knew it was possible. we just didn't know when. >> five days now of the most harrowing photogr
>> we drove out on a road that was a front line to the army check -- to the syrian army, beshear al assad's forces. on that front line we saw well armed soldiers, well equipped soldiers. anti-aircraft machine guns. the type of bullets that smash through houses. armored personnel carriers with heavy machine guns on them and other heavy -- >> this is the image here i'm talking about. this is you driving out watching that drive in. nic, at the time i remember your foreboding sense. did...
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this is day 13 of the syrian army's onslaught against its own people in the city of homs. >> opposition sources tell cnn at least 70 people have died today in fighting between the army and the insurgents. cnn's ivan watson has just now slipped into syria and has witnessed a growing revolt against the rule of president bashar al assad. listen to this. >> the countryside here in northern syria is in open revolt. and this is a rebellion of farmers, of carpenters, of high school teachers. entire communities, vils and towns and stretches of northern syria that tell us they have not seen presence of central syrian government authority in months. they have effectively been governing themselves and they have clearly established militias as well as pockets of what's been called the free syrian army. defectors from the syrian army who have come and joined these villages and rural communities in opposition to the syrian government. as we have traveled across this region, we have gone everyone village to village, from small council to small council where young men and old sit on the ground, chain s
this is day 13 of the syrian army's onslaught against its own people in the city of homs. >> opposition sources tell cnn at least 70 people have died today in fighting between the army and the insurgents. cnn's ivan watson has just now slipped into syria and has witnessed a growing revolt against the rule of president bashar al assad. listen to this. >> the countryside here in northern syria is in open revolt. and this is a rebellion of farmers, of carpenters, of high school...
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there's new reporting citing lebanese intelligence intercepts syrian army radio traffic. it reveals that direct orders went out to target the makeshift press center. we should point out, we have been unable to confirm the specifics on our own. arwa damon who spent time in the building days ago tells us it's been routinely targeted. take a look. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: it hit us. it hit our house. there's something burning the voice on the tape cries out. the media house has been hit. cut off the live camera someone shouts. they have discovered our position. nothing, they swear, will shut them down. to get to the upper floors you have to hug the wall because there's one window that's exposed. this is where you really see the full impact of the damage that was caused by the incoming rounds. i mean this right here speaks for itself. >> it bears mentioning and repeating again and again. government forces are targeting almost every building in several neighborhoods in homs, especially baba amr. but just about every outside reporter who has been in homs knows
there's new reporting citing lebanese intelligence intercepts syrian army radio traffic. it reveals that direct orders went out to target the makeshift press center. we should point out, we have been unable to confirm the specifics on our own. arwa damon who spent time in the building days ago tells us it's been routinely targeted. take a look. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: it hit us. it hit our house. there's something burning the voice on the tape cries out. the media house...
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the syrian army is holding the perimeter. there's far more ordinance being poured into this city and no way of predicting where it's going to land. plus, there's a lot of snipers on the high builds surrounding the neighborhood. i can sort of figure out where a sniper is but you can't figure out where a shell is going to land. just the terror of the people and the helpless neness of thes families hiding on the first floor. all they can do is hope it doesn't hit them. that's very very difficult to watch. >> in terms of supplies, medicine, food? >> running low. medicine, there is essentially almost none. the only painkillers at let hospital are normal painkillers we would use for a cold or something or headache. there's operations going on with just that as anesthetics because the hospitals here, anyone who is shot or has a shrapnel wound is arrested or disappeared so fears they're being killed and anyone badly wounded is smuggled across to lebanon. they don't even have rubber gloves. the rubber gloves the doctors at the medical
the syrian army is holding the perimeter. there's far more ordinance being poured into this city and no way of predicting where it's going to land. plus, there's a lot of snipers on the high builds surrounding the neighborhood. i can sort of figure out where a sniper is but you can't figure out where a shell is going to land. just the terror of the people and the helpless neness of thes families hiding on the first floor. all they can do is hope it doesn't hit them. that's very very difficult...
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but they're fully aware that the bulk of the syrian army is currently being held down in the siege of the much larger city of homs. they say if that siege lifts, if the syrian government forces are victorious there, that will free them up to then attack these areas, and they warn that that would lead to a massacre. ivan watson, cnn, reporting from northern syria. >>> today general motors announced it earned record profits in 2011. 7 billion $600 million. thanks in part to the 9 million vehicles sold worldwide last year g.m. is the biggest automaker in the world in terms of sales. tonight that made in america pride is butching up against mitt romney's opposition to the multimillion dollar government bailout and bankruptcy that kept g.m. going. let's talk about this with cnn chief business correspondent and my very good friend ali velshey. thanks for staying to talk to me. >> reporter: great to see you, kate. >> these numbers are really amazing. what does it mean? does it signal that big auto is back? >> reporter: yeah. and for a number of reasons, the greatest of which the financial cr
but they're fully aware that the bulk of the syrian army is currently being held down in the siege of the much larger city of homs. they say if that siege lifts, if the syrian government forces are victorious there, that will free them up to then attack these areas, and they warn that that would lead to a massacre. ivan watson, cnn, reporting from northern syria. >>> today general motors announced it earned record profits in 2011. 7 billion $600 million. thanks in part to the 9 million...
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there is the free syrian army. heavily outnumbered and outgunned only kalashnikoved and rocket propelled grenades. they don't have a base. there are a lot of young men killed, teen-aged young men, and they're trying to get the wounded to some kind of medical treatment. it's a complete and utter lie they're only going after terrorists. there are rockets, tank shells, anti-aircraft being fired in parallel lines into the city. the syrian army is shelling the city of cold starving civilians. >> thank you for using the word "lie." i think a lot of people will thank you. it's a word we often hear, not often used, the truth in this case. the syrian regime and their representatives have continued to lie and lied on this program directly. you have covered a lot of conflicts for a long time. how does this compare? >> this is the worst, anderson, for many reasons, i think the last time we talked when i was in misurata. it's partly personal safety, i guess, there's nowhere to run. the syrian army is holding the perimeter. ther
there is the free syrian army. heavily outnumbered and outgunned only kalashnikoved and rocket propelled grenades. they don't have a base. there are a lot of young men killed, teen-aged young men, and they're trying to get the wounded to some kind of medical treatment. it's a complete and utter lie they're only going after terrorists. there are rockets, tank shells, anti-aircraft being fired in parallel lines into the city. the syrian army is shelling the city of cold starving civilians....
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this isn't something they'll be able to stand up to the regular syrian army with, but yeah, the defe defectors, when they do leave with the ranks of the army, leave with their weapons as well, and we see them manning a tank here and there. but are they armed to the degree that it would require them to really resist the syrian army with their tanks and planes and helicopters, et cetera? no, not at this stage. but i think the question is also, brooke, which is important for americans or anybody interested in syria to ask, what happens when you start arming the rebels and the defectors? what situation are you prepared to live with for years to come in syria? that's not for or against, it's a question that needs to be asked as to what scenario you're looking at going forward there. >> what would a post-assad syria look like? we'll see. appreciate it. now this. >>> chuck koch has used my sons as nothing but pawns inned media. it's had an impact on me, and has had an even deeper impact on my sons than on me. it has had an impact -- >> hmm. chilling words from the father who police say kill
this isn't something they'll be able to stand up to the regular syrian army with, but yeah, the defe defectors, when they do leave with the ranks of the army, leave with their weapons as well, and we see them manning a tank here and there. but are they armed to the degree that it would require them to really resist the syrian army with their tanks and planes and helicopters, et cetera? no, not at this stage. but i think the question is also, brooke, which is important for americans or anybody...
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>> yes, syrian army. >> will you fight if the syrian army comes here? >> yes. we were here for ten months and it was peaceful. now there is no other solution. >> you have to fight? >> yeah. we have to fight. >> not everyone shares the spirit of defiance. this man spends his days taking care of the flock of pigeons he breeds on his roof. these are hard times for the whole country, he says. it's too dangerous to travel outside of town because you don't know who you could meet on the opened road. and if you leave, you may never come back. trapped at home while his birds fly flree, he waits for what may feel inevitable, i syrian civil war. >> joining us now is ivan watson who filed that report. ivan, glad you're safe and back in turkey out of syria. here's a question -- how much control does the syrian government really have over the northern province of syria that you were in? >> the syrian government is facing an insurgency, wolf, that the syrian government has a network of military bases and it's got tanks and it has attack helicopters and air power. and troops.
>> yes, syrian army. >> will you fight if the syrian army comes here? >> yes. we were here for ten months and it was peaceful. now there is no other solution. >> you have to fight? >> yeah. we have to fight. >> not everyone shares the spirit of defiance. this man spends his days taking care of the flock of pigeons he breeds on his roof. these are hard times for the whole country, he says. it's too dangerous to travel outside of town because you don't know who...
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army led down to welcome the syrian army. so they bombard randomly with tank shells. in the first half hour we have 40 people dead. now we have about 200 dead. there are still people all around we can't move them. all the buildings and human beings, kids dead, women dead, men dead. we can't get medication in. they're shooting at the civilian cars. we're trying 00 to get medication in there. we can't help them. they bombard them now. people are trying to move bodies out of the street and putting their lives at risk. people are getting killed just to move the bodies from the street, just to move the bodies so they can bury them and they're getting killed for moving bodies. that's bravery. nobody is helping us. the u.n. isn't helping us, the arab league. people are sitting here and they're dying while they're having a discussion. they kill millions. we will remember that no one did anything about it. >> the details are hard to to listen to. in just a few hours the united nations security council is scheduled to meat to consider
army led down to welcome the syrian army. so they bombard randomly with tank shells. in the first half hour we have 40 people dead. now we have about 200 dead. there are still people all around we can't move them. all the buildings and human beings, kids dead, women dead, men dead. we can't get medication in. they're shooting at the civilian cars. we're trying 00 to get medication in there. we can't help them. they bombard them now. people are trying to move bodies out of the street and putting...
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>> it's in all of the syrian cities. today the syrian army has stormed the city in the south. the revolution started from this city and they are killing people and raping women, yesterday in homs they raped a 15-year-old girl in front of her father. when her father react, they killed him. the situation is miserable. it's like the united states, they have a golden opportunity now to have frien and allies in the middle east. if they have the a strong position against assad. but unfortunately, secretary of state hillary clinton defers to assad and said we would not get troops to syria unless he would approve that. this is viewed as a ridiculous thing by the people. >> this is information you're getting from your sources. cnn has not been able to independently verify that. we just played sound from james clapper, director of u.s. national intelligence saying that president assad let's just say this daddy issues. it was 30 years ago this month they shelled 20,000 people emulating the brutality of his own father. daddy issues, does that sound right to you? >> the massacre that occur
>> it's in all of the syrian cities. today the syrian army has stormed the city in the south. the revolution started from this city and they are killing people and raping women, yesterday in homs they raped a 15-year-old girl in front of her father. when her father react, they killed him. the situation is miserable. it's like the united states, they have a golden opportunity now to have frien and allies in the middle east. if they have the a strong position against assad. but...
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there is the free syrian army. heavily out numbered and outgunned and rocket propelled grenades but they don't have a base. >> new protests rage across afghanistan over the burning of kwor rans at a military base. the commander of nato forces say the burning was a mistake. the qarans was among other materials. they plan to train troops on handling religious materials. >>> we're getting news about a deadly train crash in arge gener general tina. a plane plowed into a platform at a station in buenos aries. those numbers could dramatically go up. passengers described it sounding like a bomb blast. chris christie's had it. with who? warren buffett. it's some advice for the billionaire who is now pushing for a tax hike for the rich. >> you should just write a check and shut up. you know, the fact of the matter is, i'm tired of hearing about it. if he wants to give the government more money, he's got the ability to write a check. go ahead and write it. >> i can't believe i'm about to -- i'm so sorry. >> can i just say th
there is the free syrian army. heavily out numbered and outgunned and rocket propelled grenades but they don't have a base. >> new protests rage across afghanistan over the burning of kwor rans at a military base. the commander of nato forces say the burning was a mistake. the qarans was among other materials. they plan to train troops on handling religious materials. >>> we're getting news about a deadly train crash in arge gener general tina. a plane plowed into a platform at a...
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>> reporter: but these satellite images of rocket launchers only hint at the -- syrian's army is five times the size of libya's and the population density is 30 times greater, increasing the risk of civilian casualties. a defense officials cnn the cities of hamah, homs, al safir, and latakia are -- he says the uses is having specific discussions about what happens to the stockpiles of sarin and mustard gas in asaid government's collapses. >> there could be kind of a vacuum, i think that would lend itself to extremists. which is particularly troublesome in light of the large network of cvw facility. >> so you have the relentless violence. militant extremists among the opposition, and chemical weapons potentially up for grabs, which could mean the only thing worse for asaid staying in power is asaid leaving. candidate? >> never any good choices. thanks so much. our chris lawrence at the pentagon. >>> now we want to go to northern syria, where resistance fighters say they're in charge. it's literally a landmine threatening to explode. we have an exclusive report from ivan watson on the g
>> reporter: but these satellite images of rocket launchers only hint at the -- syrian's army is five times the size of libya's and the population density is 30 times greater, increasing the risk of civilian casualties. a defense officials cnn the cities of hamah, homs, al safir, and latakia are -- he says the uses is having specific discussions about what happens to the stockpiles of sarin and mustard gas in asaid government's collapses. >> there could be kind of a vacuum, i think...
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stop killing us. >> reporter: the syrian army has a base just five minutes' drive from here. activists tell us they have brought in additional tanks to that base within just the last 24 hours. some of the people here welcome the united nations general assembly's decision to condemn the syrian government crackdown on its own citizens. >> we need real action from united nations. they are just treaties. >> reporter: but they add that will do little to protect them should the syrian military decide to attack this opposition-held town within the days and weeks to come. ivan watson, cnn, banish, northern syria. >> thanks very much. >>> there's more distressing news today connected the to the story in syria. anthony shadid was a friend to many of us died overnight trying to cross from syria into turkey. his employer, "the new york times," says the cause of shadid's death is not precisely clear but there is strong indications that the 43-year-old reporter may have suffered an asthma attack brought on by exposure to the horses being ridden by his guides. it's one of the ways, in some
stop killing us. >> reporter: the syrian army has a base just five minutes' drive from here. activists tell us they have brought in additional tanks to that base within just the last 24 hours. some of the people here welcome the united nations general assembly's decision to condemn the syrian government crackdown on its own citizens. >> we need real action from united nations. they are just treaties. >> reporter: but they add that will do little to protect them should the...
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there is no syrian government presence in this town. will you fight if the syrian army comes here? >> we will. >> you have to fight? >> yes. we have to fight. >> that was ivan watson reporting from syria. >>> rick santorum is lashing out not at just gop opponents but the man he wants to battle this fall, president obama. we'll talk about it straight ahead. zero-to-sixty in less time than a porsche panamera s. the 429 horsepower genesis r-spec. from hyundai. good gravy, bill. our insurance company doesn't have anything like it. magnificent, isn't it? with progressive, it's easy to cover all of your favorite rides. progressive has truck insurance? number one in truck and motorcycle. is that a golf cart? yep. we also cover rvs, boats, atvs. anything else i can help you with? can i take a ride? you need a ticket -- i'm first! and that's by the water slide. okay. no running. oh, dear. save on all your rides. now, that's progressive. call or click today. will be giving away passafree copies of the alcoholism & addiction cure. to get yours, go to ssagesmalibubook.com. . >>> republican pre
there is no syrian government presence in this town. will you fight if the syrian army comes here? >> we will. >> you have to fight? >> yes. we have to fight. >> that was ivan watson reporting from syria. >>> rick santorum is lashing out not at just gop opponents but the man he wants to battle this fall, president obama. we'll talk about it straight ahead. zero-to-sixty in less time than a porsche panamera s. the 429 horsepower genesis r-spec. from hyundai. good...
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there are very well-documented human rights abuses by the syrian army doing everything from opening fire on funeral processions to shooting doctors that treated them and then torturing them. a recent account we just got from a human rights organization, we just got an e-mail. they claim that seven activists are trying to carry medical supplies into homs and were executed by gunfire, their arms tied up outside the city with their supplies scattered on the ground around them. the amount of stories that i heard during my five days in iblib province, i witnessed accounts of people executed, killed, tortured, detained. it's simply staggering. whether or not time is running out, that country has been bleeding for 11 months. it will continue to bleed. it's likely to get worse, and what may change is the opposition, which started out so peacefully, is trying to find any way possible to arm itself to defend against the slaughter. and the guns are starting to come in and it will look increasingly like a conflict rather than just also an attack on the civilian population. >> and the government, the
there are very well-documented human rights abuses by the syrian army doing everything from opening fire on funeral processions to shooting doctors that treated them and then torturing them. a recent account we just got from a human rights organization, we just got an e-mail. they claim that seven activists are trying to carry medical supplies into homs and were executed by gunfire, their arms tied up outside the city with their supplies scattered on the ground around them. the amount of...
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the city where the free syrian army has grown to numbers. you see a lot of clashes happening up against the border with turkey and there has been in the last week, a lot of clashes taking place in the damascus suburbs because around a week ago, these areas, too, were no longer in government control. in fact, some of the clashes taking place just ten, 15 minutes drive away from the heart of the capital, so it seems that especially in the last few days, the government has been really trying to go into these areas where the free syrian army is managing to operate to a certain degree to crush it once and for all. >> why did the u.s. decide to evacuate now? obviously, there's been a rocky relationship between the embassy and the government for a while and our ambassador had to leave because of rocks and security concerns a few months ago. so, why was it so bad this time they had to completely leave sf. >> the u.s. embassy's location in damascus, it's very vulnerable. there is no real solid security around it, so the americans have asked the syria
the city where the free syrian army has grown to numbers. you see a lot of clashes happening up against the border with turkey and there has been in the last week, a lot of clashes taking place in the damascus suburbs because around a week ago, these areas, too, were no longer in government control. in fact, some of the clashes taking place just ten, 15 minutes drive away from the heart of the capital, so it seems that especially in the last few days, the government has been really trying to go...
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very evident that the syrian army has attack jets, helicopters and tanks and has not been afraid to use them against its own citizens. >> let me tell you what the options are, including turkey where you are. many people in the united states are watching this image out of homs, and they are shocked by what they're seeing. what are the options now that russia has blocked this resolution at the u.n. to try to put a stop to this bloodshed? >> i've been asking diplomats that and trying to get a straight answer, and very few of them have one. the turks who are very clearly the most powerful neighbor are calling for a new international grouping, perhaps the friends of syria, to further isolate the syrian regime politically, economically, democratically, to send a message that the syrian people are not alone. and a critical foreign policy adviser to the government here wrote, in an off-ed piece here, that it's time to step up support to the syrian opposition. many are asking here, what exactly does that mean? does that mean weapons? does that mean more financing? does that mean opening up m
very evident that the syrian army has attack jets, helicopters and tanks and has not been afraid to use them against its own citizens. >> let me tell you what the options are, including turkey where you are. many people in the united states are watching this image out of homs, and they are shocked by what they're seeing. what are the options now that russia has blocked this resolution at the u.n. to try to put a stop to this bloodshed? >> i've been asking diplomats that and trying...
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army onslaught into that neighborhood that's held out against syrian authorities for so long now. in a different part of the country, i think people in damascus still try to digest the consequences, ramifications of yesterday's protests, shot upon by syrian security forces. originally a funeral it turned into a protest and then scenes around the neighborhood where frankly the presidential palace is nearby, many other ministries as well, i think this may have caused some to feel greater disquiet. the capital normally more loyal towards the regime but after 11 months of economic disruption, the country frankly at a standstill as this conflict violently plays out in many areas and, perhaps, these protests may finally have an impact on the psyche of residents living in that vital area for the syrian regime in damascus. cnn, beirut. >> new jersey's lawmakers say yes to same-sex marriage rights but the republican governor says it's a no-go. two new jersey law makers will join me after the break to discuss what's next in the new jersey battle over same-sex marriage. look at all this stuf
army onslaught into that neighborhood that's held out against syrian authorities for so long now. in a different part of the country, i think people in damascus still try to digest the consequences, ramifications of yesterday's protests, shot upon by syrian security forces. originally a funeral it turned into a protest and then scenes around the neighborhood where frankly the presidential palace is nearby, many other ministries as well, i think this may have caused some to feel greater...
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the city where the free syrian army has managed to relatively speaking grow in numbers. you see a lot of clashes happening up against the border with turkey and there has been in the last week, a lot of clashes taking place in the damascus suburbs because around a week ago, these areas, too, were no longer in government control. in fact, some of the clashes taking place just a 10, 15 minute drive away from the heart of the capital. so it seems, especially in the last few days, the government has really been trying to go into these areas where the free syrian army is managing to operate to a certain degree to try to crush it once and for all. >> why did the u.s. decide to evacuate its embassy now? obviously, there's been a rocky relationship between the embassy and the government for a while and our ambassador had to leave because of rocks and security concerns a few months ago. so, why was it so bad this time they had to completely leave? >> the u.s. embassy's location in damascus, it's fairly exposed. it's very vulnerable. there is no real solid security around it, so t
the city where the free syrian army has managed to relatively speaking grow in numbers. you see a lot of clashes happening up against the border with turkey and there has been in the last week, a lot of clashes taking place in the damascus suburbs because around a week ago, these areas, too, were no longer in government control. in fact, some of the clashes taking place just a 10, 15 minute drive away from the heart of the capital. so it seems, especially in the last few days, the government...
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there has been a non-stop flow of traffic here from members of the free syrian army who just defected and in a location from a medical clinic. however, because the area we're in is effectively under siege, as are many other areas around it, a lot of those in need of medical treatment have not been able to reach this particular location. >> what is the level of organization that you're seeing among opposition forces? >> reporter: there is a fairly impressive amount of organization. at this level, the free syrian army units in the village town to town level appear to be fairly well organized and lock ing in weapons and can't conduct defensive operations and the activists themselves are incredibly organized whether trying to disseminate information, get information around, there is a constant flow of information. >> there have been increasing reports of weapons being sent into syria from a lot of different groups, a lot of different countries. allegations by the regime al qaeda is behind some suicide bombs. is there any truth to that? >> reporter: you do see weapons. the largest weapon w
there has been a non-stop flow of traffic here from members of the free syrian army who just defected and in a location from a medical clinic. however, because the area we're in is effectively under siege, as are many other areas around it, a lot of those in need of medical treatment have not been able to reach this particular location. >> what is the level of organization that you're seeing among opposition forces? >> reporter: there is a fairly impressive amount of organization....
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the syrian army is holding the perimeters. and there are just full on ordina ordinates being poured into the city and no predictions where it's going to land. >> anderson cooper joins us live now. listening to that conversation from last night we were watching here during the program last night and leading forward to listen to her urgent report because she's so good has to be tough to listen to that now knowing what happened overnight. >> it's really shocking. i mean, her voice, just hearing it again, it was always so cool under fire. and even though she had been to so many conflicts and so many front lines she never lost her humanity and her ability to see with a new way of seeing it and to bring that humanity to all of us. and i think that's what made her so remarkable. she was such a brave, such a good reporter, but so very human even in the midst of all this inhumanity. >> and i think her experience is important. you mention it. she kept her cool, she was always calm. she liked to go where the action was and expose the out
the syrian army is holding the perimeters. and there are just full on ordina ordinates being poured into the city and no predictions where it's going to land. >> anderson cooper joins us live now. listening to that conversation from last night we were watching here during the program last night and leading forward to listen to her urgent report because she's so good has to be tough to listen to that now knowing what happened overnight. >> it's really shocking. i mean, her voice,...
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the syrian army is showing the city of cold, starving civilians. >> thank you for using the word lie. a lot of people want to thank you. it's a word we hear but it's the truth in this case. you have covered a lot over the conflicts over a long period of time. how does this compare? >> reporter: this is the worst for many reasons. partly personal. there's nowhere to run. nowhere to hide. it's a real concern. just the terror of the people and the helplessness of these families hiding on the floor. all they can do is hope it doesn't hit them. it's very, very difficult to watch. >> that was her last interview. hours after that, she was killed when a rocket hit the makeshift press center where she was working. the syrian foreign ministry issued a statement blaming her and other victims rejecting all statement that is hold syria accountable for the death of journalists who infiltrated syria at their own risk, without knowledge of their entry or whereabouts. keeping them honest, the government knew their exact location. there's new reporting citing lebanese intelligence intercepts ceriseayri
the syrian army is showing the city of cold, starving civilians. >> thank you for using the word lie. a lot of people want to thank you. it's a word we hear but it's the truth in this case. you have covered a lot over the conflicts over a long period of time. how does this compare? >> reporter: this is the worst for many reasons. partly personal. there's nowhere to run. nowhere to hide. it's a real concern. just the terror of the people and the helplessness of these families hiding...
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army as well. we've also been able to gaen a greater appreciation for the details of what the opposition has to go through just to achieve basic things. they have an entire network set up to try to disseminate dissem information about government -- entire networks set up to get things like bread delivered into neighborhood where there are shortages. more critically, of course, medical aid and an entire process to try to get injured evacuated from these various areas under siege into the secret underground clinics for basic medical care before moving them onto private hospitals where they're perhaps sympathetic doctors who are can treat them or in some cases even getting them out of the country. >> well, what is the sense of what the outside world is doing? is there a sense of outrage they're not getting more help? or is there a sense of just despair that they're going to have to do this on their own? >> reporter: a lot of people that we've been talking to and reluctantly saying that they do want mi
army as well. we've also been able to gaen a greater appreciation for the details of what the opposition has to go through just to achieve basic things. they have an entire network set up to try to disseminate dissem information about government -- entire networks set up to get things like bread delivered into neighborhood where there are shortages. more critically, of course, medical aid and an entire process to try to get injured evacuated from these various areas under siege into the secret...
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the syrian army is holding the perimeter. and this is far more ordinance being poured into the city, and no way of predicting where it's going to land. >> as other western journalists left for safer ground, marie colvin chose to stay. now her mother hopes she will finally come home. >> i'm going to miss her so much. and i just hope we can bring her home. one more time. >> marie colvin saw each war, each death, as an open eye, an open heart. she died hoping the rest of the world might see it that way as well. >> a lot of people were calling her fearless, and i didn't know her well, but i don't think she was fearless. i'm sure she did feel fear, but what makes a great war correspondent like her is despite feeling the fear, she continues to go to the front lines, she continues to put herself in danger. she doesn't allow fear from stopping her bearing witness. we salute her for that on this program tonight. we'll be right back. ar? for full-sized cars, please listen to the following menu. for convertibles, press star one. i didn'
the syrian army is holding the perimeter. and this is far more ordinance being poured into the city, and no way of predicting where it's going to land. >> as other western journalists left for safer ground, marie colvin chose to stay. now her mother hopes she will finally come home. >> i'm going to miss her so much. and i just hope we can bring her home. one more time. >> marie colvin saw each war, each death, as an open eye, an open heart. she died hoping the rest of the...