Video: Syrian Tank Units Join Opposition
Video: Syrian Tank Units Join Opposition – Middle East – News – Israel National News.
Video footage of two Syrian tanks joining opposition forces adds further evidence of a full-scale civil war, as the opposition officially announces that every loyalist soldier is a legitimate target.
More than 20 Syrian soldiers were killed Friday and Saturday, and activists said six more were shot dead in heavy gun battles Sunday. One of those killed was an officer in the province of Homs, near the Lebanese border.
Lebanese media reported that hundreds more Syrians have crossed the border despite land mines that the Assad regime has planted to prevent civilians from escaping the carnage and soldiers from defecting.
More than 300 Syrian deserters reportedly were battling troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Arab countries may appeal to the United Nations Security Council to accept their proposals for ending the violence after Assad continues to officially accept them while also continuing to mow down civilians at will. He has defended himself by saying he has no control over every Syrian soldier.
Qatar’s foreign minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani said, “If this matter is not solved in the weeks ahead, or couple of months, it will no longer be in Arab control. That is what we told the Syrians from the beginning.”
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WarSclerotic 
December 18, 2011 at 11:01 PM
Reblogged this on Basil Wheel.
December 19, 2011 at 6:10 AM
On a side note- Kim Jong Il is now DEAD
He reportedly died on Saturday morning (Friday night in most of the USA.)
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/18/world/asia/north-korea-leader-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
[quote](CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead, North Korean state TV said Monday.
Kim, 69, died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, state TV said.
A broadcaster reported that Kim died due to “overwork” after “dedicating his life to the people.”
Kim died of “great mental and physical strain” while in a train during a “field guidance tour,” North Korea’s state-run KCNA news agency reported.
More specifically, the agency noted that Kim suffered a heart attack and couldn’t be saved despite the use of “every possible first-aid measure.”
He had been treated for “cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases for a long period,” KCNA noted.[/quote]