‘Heaviest shelling yet’ kills up to 100 in Homs

[Chris]

‘Heaviest shelling yet’ kills up to 100 in Homs
By OREN KESSLER AND REUTERS 02/08/2012 22:52
EU close to new Syria sanctions; CNN: US making contingency plans for military action.
Damaged armored vehicle seen after Homs clashes By REUTERS

Syrian forces thrust into the rebellious city of Homs on Wednesday, killing as many as 100 civilians by the accounts of opposition activists, and Turkey appeared to be preparing a new diplomatic push against President Bashar Assad. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan – who is readying an initiative uniting Western, Arab and other states that have called for Ankara’s former ally Assad to step down – telephoned outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, and afterward issued a statement repeating that Assad had lost “legitimacy.” The Kremlin said Medvedev told Erdogan the search for a solution should continue, including in the Security Council, but foreign interference was not an option. The Turkish premier, who described the Russian and Chinese veto of the UN resolution over the weekend as a “fiasco,” faces a hard sell with Moscow.

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[Cricket55]

Praying for the innocent civilians in harms way.