Most of the images coming from a major jihad portal today do not meet my journalism standard for readership viewing. The scenes are too graphic. Multiple YouTubes are available. One which I did not click on showed an infant with a horrendous abdominal wound. The child was alive, and still crying. These things, should remind us to pray. The situation continues to devolve in Syria. What was perhaps citizen-orchestrated in its infancy has moved into the next stage, which is that of proxy political players using agitprop cells, propaganda, etc. to keep the movement both fluid and confused. One of the large funeral scenes posted on YouTube showed a larger aggregate of women then normally seen at such events. These things do not bode well for the family units.
I harbor additional concerns. It is interesting to note the Arab presence in one of the images above. The reach of Tehran into the midst of this cluster is also of concern.
Tammy Swofford
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