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crisisgroup: Syria: a peaceful uprising turned brutal civil war | AFP By Tanya Willmer The spark was lit in March 2011, when a group of young boys were arrested and cruelly tortured for daubing walls in the southern Syrian city of Daraa with anti-government graffiti. A year and a half on, a once peaceful uprising against President Bashar al-Assad inspired by the Arab Spring revolts against other autocratic regimes has descended into brutal civil war with no endgame in sight, analysts say. FULL ARTICLE (AFP) Photo: FreedomHouse/Flickr

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Syria: a peaceful uprising turned brutal civil war | AFP

By Tanya Willmer

The spark was lit in March 2011, when a group of young boys were arrested and cruelly tortured for daubing walls in the southern Syrian city of Daraa with anti-government graffiti.

A year and a half on, a once peaceful uprising against President Bashar al-Assad inspired by the Arab Spring revolts against other autocratic regimes has descended into brutal civil war with no endgame in sight, analysts say.

FULL ARTICLE (AFP)

Photo: FreedomHouse/Flickr

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August 22, 2012
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ShortFormBlog: Head of Syrian peace effort resigns, but don't be too hard on him

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No more Annan: Kofi Annan, the diplomat tasked by both the United Nations and the Arab League with ending the violence in Syria, has decided to resign his post. Annan had proposed a peace plan for the country, but the first step of that plan—a ceasefire—fell apart within days, and his…

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August 02, 2012
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TED Blog | 8 great talks on war and peace

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July 24, 2012
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PTSD Defense Won't Save Accused Shooter in Afghan Massacre (UPDATED)

He’s alleged to have committed the most atrocious war crime of the Afghan conflict, arrested and charged with 17 murders. Now, the lawyers representing Staff Sgt. Robert Bales need to come up with a strategy to defend their client — currently being held at Fort Leavenworth — from a sentence that threatens to be as severe as the death penalty.

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April 05, 2012
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The Afghan Massacre Is the Result of War, Not Just One Soldier Going Rogue

For most of the media, the story regarding Staff Sergeant Robert Bales has moved to American soil..
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April 03, 2012
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In Focus: A Deadly Stalemate in Syria

A year after the start of Syria’s uprising, the weary nation is at an impasse, with a broad insurgency still active despite months of brutal attacks by the Syrian army and other forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Diplomacy has now stalled, international sanctions have had little effect, and no outside intervention appears imminent. According the the UN, more than 8,000 people have died in the conflict so far, and the violence is escalating in what has become a war of attrition. The Syrian government is denying access to the country by independent journalists, but a number of them have found their way in and out on their own, bringing back these images so the world can see what is taking place.

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March 27, 2012
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Ex-soldier gets 5 life sentences in Iraqis’ deaths | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle A former soldier received five consecutive life sentences Friday for his role in the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the slaying of three of her family members. “What the defendant did was horrifying and inexcusable,” U.S. District Judge Thomas Russell said in sentencing to Steven Dale Green, 24, of Midland. “The court believes any lesser sentence would be insufficient.” A civilian jury in western Kentucky convicted Green in May of raping Abeer Qassim al-Janabi, conspiracy and multiple counts of murder. Green shot and killed the teen’s mother, father and sister, then became the third soldier to rape her before shooting her in the face. Her body was set on fire March 12, 2006, at their rural home outside Mahmoudiya, Iraq, about 20 miles south of Baghdad.

Ex-soldier gets 5 life sentences in Iraqis’ deaths | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

A former soldier received five consecutive life sentences Friday for his role in the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and the slaying of three of her family members.

“What the defendant did was horrifying and inexcusable,” U.S. District Judge Thomas Russell said in sentencing to Steven Dale Green, 24, of Midland. “The court believes any lesser sentence would be insufficient.”

A civilian jury in western Kentucky convicted Green in May of raping Abeer Qassim al-Janabi, conspiracy and multiple counts of murder.

Green shot and killed the teen’s mother, father and sister, then became the third soldier to rape her before shooting her in the face. Her body was set on fire March 12, 2006, at their rural home outside Mahmoudiya, Iraq, about 20 miles south of Baghdad.

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