HOULA MASSACRE BY WHOM?

Who to blame for massacre?

­Despite the most straightforward conclusions, it is not yet clear who bears the responsibility for what happened in the Syrian town of Houla on Friday.

Former British intelligence officer Alastair Crooke earlier told RT that the type of killing that took place in Houla – beheadings, slitting of throats, mutilation of bodies – is not characteristic of the Levantine Islam, to which Syria and Lebanon belong. Instead, such practice was common in the Anbar province of Iraq. SIC!!!!!!

Meanwhile, the UN Security Council has blamed Syrian forces for artillery and tank shelling of residential areas. Still, there was no indication of who should be held responsible for the close-range shooting deaths and “severe physical abuse” of civilians.

Russia, on the other hand, blamed both the government and the rebels for the Houla Massacre.

“Both sides have obviously had a hand in the deaths of innocent people, including several dozen women and children,” Sergey Lavrov said. “This area is controlled by the rebels, but it is also surrounded by the government troops.”

Many of those who were slaughtered in Houla were women and children – 34 and 49, respectively. The total number of reported deaths is 108. Many of them had bullet holes through their heads – an indication of an apparent close-range shooting. The Syrian government has strongly denied any involvement of its forces in the brutality.

source:Russia today television website