SYRIA: BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY: “A Syrian military source says President Bashar Assad’s security forces have been ordered to quell the uprising in Dara ‘even if this means that the city is to be burned down.’ Tanks destroy a mosque, witnesses say, and at least four people are killed.” Where are all the human-rights activists calling for war-crimes trials?

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