“Presumably to try and stem the flow of refugees crossing into Turkey, a few days ago Syrian forces mined the border area.”

The mining of the border could equally be perceived to be a deterrant to rebel forces that have retreated to bases in Turkey

“The latest wave of arrivals included a defecting general who crossed the border to join the rebel forces which have a base in Turkey’s Hatay province on the border with Syria, according to Unal.”

It is important to remember that the rebels have been receiving explosives, armaments and ammo from external backers and that they are not your usual freedom fighters. Yes – Assad may have employed tanks to fight the rebels but i have seen no evidence that they have been used against the civilians. They haven’t used airstrikes which are far more destructive and indescriminate and killed so many when NATO ‘liberated’ the Libyan people from Gaddaffi’s rule.

My suspicions are raised when I read of staged witness accounts, supposedly from Syria’s front line and of death counts that keep shifting.

http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2012/03/07/caught-complete-cnn-syria-interviews-staged-by-activist-danny-91231/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLe7Hqqfe6s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX64FLP0aPY

There is plenty of evidence to suggest that we are experiencing a concerted effort to make us feel that there is dire humanitarian need to save the Syrian people from tyrannical rulers. However, all govts have their opposers, and these opposers appear to have very devious means of acquiring the sympathies of the populace.

http://www.activistpost.com/2011/11/un-report-on-syria-based-on-witness.html

There are questions to be answered regarding this matter and i don’t think it is as black and white as it is made out to be in the mainstream. I really want to know the truth but don’t feel that one-sided assumptions will help us in that goal. I think that journalists could aid the process of arriving at the truth by ensuring they make all efforts to put aside preconceived notions based on the past and give a balanced account of actual evidence.

Two Turkish journalists are currently missing in Syria, and are reportedly in the hands of the security forces.

Some reports say they have been wounded and tortured.

I really hope not as the Syrians have one of the worst reputations for torture.

News that they might be held by an Alawite tribe and handed over soon.

Regardless of outside agents who may or may not be operating in Syria, the main killing has been done by Assad unless you think Blackwater and Mossad agents entered Syria in tanks.

Syrians themselves have been saying that the opposition forces are the ones who are doing the killing and the army is simply trying to combat these terrorists and restore a semblance of order.

I think that in your passionate desire to see Islam assume a majority rule in the middle east, you have become blinkered to the reality of the Syrian conflict. These so-called ‘uprisings’ in Libya and Syria have the all the hallmarks of false-flag events and given your research abilities, one might have expected more from you in revealing the truth, rather than going with the ill-informed impression that the mainstream media wants people to have – that Assad’s regime wants to massacre his own people to suppress protestors. Many of the people being killed are not even protesting, just going about their daily business!

Lets get real and call for an end to this killing – How about supporting Assad’s forces in ejecting these terrorists from Syria?