Syrian army kills 62 rebels east of Damascus

[pampango]

7. "The Syrian Army hasn't reported any abuses by them(selves)." -Well, they commit the 'vast majority'

of human rights abuses and war crimes according to Amnesty International. (I know. You have thrown AI under the bus, along with Human Rights Watch, the Center for American Progress and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) because they don't the information that the Syrian government and army release.)

... they (the Syrian army) have reported casualties ... which they can't hide from their families.

The Syrian Observatory couldn't hide this catastrophe because of where it happened and how it happened.

The Syrian army releases information on casualties "which they can't hide from their families". In other words they release information they can't hide. Yet you accuse the SOHR of covering the ambush and killing of 62 rebels because they "couldn't hide this catastrophe because of where it happened and how it happened." So do the army and SOHR get credit or blame for only covering bad things when they cannot hide them? You can't praise one side for doing that and condemn the other.

They have a better command and discipline structure. - With such great command and discipline, what orders are they operating under if they are committing the 'vast majority' of human rights abuses.

So that is who the Syrian Observatory has direct contact with, which proves, they are operating with Al Nusra. - So if the SOHR reports on a rebel abuse or defeat, they are implicated as associated with al Nusra. If it does not report, it is a "propaganda arm" of the rebels and 'never releases negative news' about them. You kind of have them coming and going there. Nice work! Of course, just because AI and HRW report on government abuses does not mean they are associated with the government forces committing them.

Also, on SOHR website right now, they have 6 stories in their "Syrian Revolution News" section. Two of them deal with abuses conducted by the rebels: "Rebel fighters assassinate a peaceful activist." and "Rebel fighters execute civilians in Damascus." Either SOHR is a very poor propaganda arm for the rebels (which you think it is) or it is more objective than you want to let on. I wonder if the Syrian Information Ministry devotes 1/3 of its stories to abuses committed by government forces.

What makes you think the Taliban isn't playing you, like they did in Afghanistan? - What makes you think the dictator is not playing you in order to be able to go on being a dictator which is what his father raised him to be.