25 giugno 2013

Bombardment with rockets on Hamouriyah (Damascus) (24th June 2013)

Rebel brigades Liwa al-Tawhid and Liwa al-Islam hitting tanks with Konkurs missiles in Aleppo and Damascus districts (June 2013)

9M113 Konkurs missile is used here by Liwa al-Tawhid brigade during the battle to occupy the Mennegh (Minegh) military airport in Aleppo district:


Do not think that the missiles, being a russian product, have been sold to rebels by russian authorities. Indeed, this type of sophisticated and expensive weapons are thought to have been supplied to rebels by Saudi Arabia.

These are probably the anti-tank weapons that rebels (e.g. in an interview with Salim Idriss to the BBC) desperately called for recently, also during Qusayr siege.

Already seen utilized here, two weeks ago, in the district of Damascus, by rebel brigade named Liwa al-Islam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Opv6P8WBAG0


This second location:

22 giugno 2013

Uno sguardo alla battaglia di Aleppo, e un breve video di AlJazeera - A look at the Battle for Aleppo and a quick report from AlJazeera (19th - 20th June 2013)

Breve aggiornamento circa la situazione della Battaglia per Aleppo, fuori dalla città:
Quick update on the Battle for Aleppo, in the areas surrounding the city:


Combattenti ESL presi di mira da una granata nel quartiere di Suleiman al-Halabi::
Rebels fighting inside Aleppo targeted with a shell (Suleiman al-Halabi neighborhood:):

Dalla stessa zona: si può vedere che qui le armi usate da ex-residenti della zona (fonte: Aleppo Media Center) sono fucili tipo kalashnikov:
From the same area, former residents (source Aleppo Media Center) are using kalashnikov rifles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePuqZMnraeE&feature=player_embedded

Dov'è la zona
Where the place is:

And quite near (http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.215367&lon=37.179572&z=19&m=b):

Battaglia nel quartiere di Sheikh Maqsod dove i ribelli si proteggono dai cecchini (appostati in alto e fuori del video) dietro alle famose lenzuola appese di Aleppo:
FSA fighters shot from behind the famous hanging sheets meaning to hide from regime's snipers, Sheikh Maqsod neighborhood in Aleppo:

Dov'è:
Where it is:

See also:
Segui anche: 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aleppo-Media-Centre-English/252724514864976?fref=ts
http://eaworldview.com/2013/06/20/syria-today-the-war-on-the-economy/

Ho ripreso dalla rete questi video per capire e far capire come si sta combattendo in questo momento ad Aleppo, con che genere di armi ed equipaggiamenti, proprio per avere un'idea di che cosa può causare le "diverse" uccisioni (e quante) se, cioè di civili del tutto estranei al conflitto o di persone già sul campo come combattenti ossia ribelli armati; finora avevo postato soprattutto immagini di attacchi aerei e delle devastazioni causate dagli SCUD lanciati direttamente sui condomini.
Va detto anche che molti combattenti dell'ESL erano civili fino a prima della rivolta e molti altri erano soldati dell'esercito regolare siriano che hanno disertato. E' evidente che la distinzione "civili / soldati", come criterio per pesare la gravità delle morti (uccidere civili è un crimine, uccidere soldati è legale) diventa logicamente inapplicabile.

I have collected and re-posted those videos since they are useful to understand how fightings are developping in and around Aleppo and what kinds of equipment and weapons are in use (if heavy or light, for example); that, in turn, can give us an idea of what is causing more casualties in this war, to whom (if civilians or fighters) and in which circumstances (I generally spotted here air strikes and bombardments with SCUD missiles).
Even the distinction between civlians and soldiers is not so meaningful, given that many FSA fighters used to lead their lives as civilians until 2011 and many other rebel fighters were employed in the Syrian Army before defecting after the start of the uprising.

16 giugno 2013

Epifani: la nostra agenda per l'emergenza lavoro.


Since iob emergency is our priority, we will do all we can to make this Government last: since, after all, we care above all for our jobs (other than our wages, of course).

14 giugno 2013

Today is a holiday - Youssef Salem sings in Damascus while the bombs are thundering

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_JkMTz9IvU&feature=youtu.be



دخلك يا يمّا طمنيني  عن بيي كيف الحال ؟
اخواتي كتير اشتقتلون .. رفقاتي دائماً بالبال
حكيلي كيفو البيت ؟ اشتقلي لمّا فليت
لحارتنا والجيران وللياسمينة والله حنيت
حكيلي يا أمي نشالله نحلّت الأمور
ورجعت الدنية أحلا  الدنية كلها زهور
حكيلي يا أمي قال الشمس معبية الدنيى
والناس حبت بعضها  نسيوا الولدنة
قال سوريا كبروا ولادا  وهيّة كبرت فيهون
والعرب رجعوا عاشوا  وعاشت النخوة فيهون
الدنية حنت ع أهلا  والخير رجع لأهلا
الدنية كلها ألوان  والعيشة صارت أهنى
ودعتك أمي  لا لا تبكي عليي لا
صلي مسبحتك للوطن  وشوفيني نجم بالسما
يا نور عيوني لا تبكي  الليلة عيد
فرحي يا أمي بإبنك  ابنك شهيد
( الليلة عيد )

Mom.. . please tell me how are you, and how is Dad?
I miss my brothers so much and i keep thinking about my friends.
Tell me how is our home? did it miss me as I left?
To our street , our neighbors and our jasmin tree my heart longs.
Tell me mom, is everything is OK now? is the conflict is over?
Is the world nice again, are flowers all over again?
The sun shines on our country, so I've heard.
And people love each other now! they forgot their silliness.
They say that Syria's sons now are grown up, and Syria is now bigger and mightier, by their hands!
Arabs lived again, and they reclaimed their morals.
The humans love each other, and now people live in prosperity.
Colors fill the place, it’s worth living now!
Mom, I said goodbye to you, please don't cry!
Pray for home, for the Country. I am now a star in the sky, you can see me.
Mom my most beloved one, please don't cry. Today is a Holiday.
Mom be proud of me, be happy, cause your son is a martyr.
(Today is a Holiday).


https://www.facebook.com/YoussefSalem.963

Air strikes on Qaboun neighborhood (Damascus) - 12th June 2013

Heavy clashes are taking place even yesterday and today in many of Damascus neighborhoods, between brigades of the FSA and Assad's militia, even in the capital backed by an unknown number of Hezbollah fighters. Syria air force hits the areas held by rebels.

10 giugno 2013

"La libertà individuale come impegno sociale" di Amartya Sen, recensione su www.peregrinazione.blogspot.it

Il blog PeregrINAzione di Patrizia Finocchio, ospita da oggi una mia recensione al libro di Amartya Sen "La libertà individuale come impegno sociale" edito da Laterza. I lettori di http://peregrinazione.blogspot.it sono abituati a muoversi tra le parole stampate e ho pensato che fosse quello uno spazio ideale per presentare a più persone un testo in cui ho trovato tantissimi spunti di riflessione e tantissime informazioni.

Se sfogliate anche il resto del blog potete conoscere un po' anche Patrizia: ha uno spirito da vera viaggiatrice ed esploratrice di mondi!

9 giugno 2013

People leaving Al-Qusayr at dawn before Hezbollah enters the town (5th June 2013)

Video taken on the 5th of June 2013 showing FSA fighters and civilians leaving the town of Qusayr at dawn before Hezbollah militiamen enter the town defeating rebel forces:

5 giugno 2013

Scud missile pounded Kafr Hamra killing at least 64 people, Aleppo district (2nd June 2013)

This first clip was shot in the evening of the 2nd June but we cannot be sure it shows the very missile that caused the massacre; just from the smoke seen from a distance, it might be another bomb also dropped on Kafr Hamra at roughly the same time on that day.


All the other following videos show the kind of destruction that many other times has been caused by just one powerful Scud missile. Clips were posted by activists and normal citizens from Kafr Hamra and they were taken inside the area. Massacres like this, due to long range missiles are not a novelty in this war.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_n0ndtCivAo


www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JfJo8KVUVEc#at=84

Activists reported the fall of a Scud missile on the town of Kafr Hamra on the 2nd June 2013 in the evening, right after it happened; further accounts (confirmed by disturbing footages with injured people) have spoken about 64 dead bodies found under the rubble.

Other shocking images here:
www.therevoltingsyrian.com/post/52061033232/the-massacre-of-kafr-hamra-aleppo-syria 
http://shabab.ayyam.org/en/story/breaking-scud-missile-lands-kafr-hamra-kills-dozens 
http://freehalab.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/scud-massacre-in-kafr-hamra-aleppo/

Kafr Hamra:

1 giugno 2013

Qaboun, Damascus: footage from one of the numerous air strikes that are hitting the Capital (29th May 2013)

Ho visto un prato (Sergio Endrigo, Luis Bacalov, Gianni Rodari, 1974)



Tema: la primavera.
Svolgimento:

Mi hanno detto che in primavera i prati sono verdi.
Ma io i prati li ho visti solo alla televisione e sono tutti grigi.
Mi hanno detto che in primavera spuntano le violette.
Io ho guardato attentamente i marciapiedi ogni mattina, ma non ho mai visto le violette spuntare.
Mi hanno detto che in primavera gli alberi mettono foglie e fiori.
Nel mio quartiere non ci sono alberi, ci sono soltanto i pali della luce. Ma non mettono né fiori, né foglie.

Ho visto un prato
verde verde verde
coperto d'erba
verde verde verde.
Nel prato c'era un albero
verde verde verde
e sull'albero un nido
verde verde verde
e nel nido un uccello
verde verde verde
che ha fatto un uovo
bianco bianco bianco!

Ho visto un cielo
azzurro azzurro azzurro
e sotto un mare
azzurro azzurro azzurro.
Sul mare c'è una barca
azzurra azzurra azzurra
sulla barca un berretto
azzurro azzurro azzurro
in testa a un marinaio
azzurro azzurro azzurro
che alza una vela
bianca bianca bianca!

Ho visto un paese
bianco bianco bianco
con tante case
bianche bianche bianche
in cima a un monte bianco
bianco bianco bianco.
E su e giù per la strada
bianca bianca bianca
ci corre un bambino
bianco bianco bianco
con un aquilone
rosso rosso rosso
...con un aquilone
rosso rosso rosso
...con un aquilone
rosso rosso rosso!


 ___________traducciòn____________________________________________________

Tema: la Primavera
Desarrolo:

Me dijeron que en la primavera los prados son verdes.
Pero los he visto sólo en la televisión y son todos grises.
Me dijeron que en la primavera surgen las violetas.
He examinado cuidadosamente las aceras cada mañana, pero nunca he visto surgir
las violetas.
Me dijeron que en la primavera los árboles ponen hojas y flores.
En mi barrio no hay árboles, no son solamente los postes de luz. Pero no ponen ni flores, ni hojas.

He visto prado
verde verde verde
cubierto de hierba
verde verde verde.
En el prado había un árbol
verde verde verde,
y en el àrbol un nido
verde verde verde,
y en el nido un pàjaro
verde verde verde
que ha hecho un huevo
blanco blanco blanco!

He visto un cielo
azul azul azul
y debajo un mar
azul azul azul,
en el mar hay un barco
azul azul azul
y en el barco una gorra
azul azul azul
a la cabeza de un marinero
que alza una vela
blanca blanca blanca!

He visto un pais
blanco blanco blanco
con tantas casas
blancas blancas blancas
en la cima de una montaña blanca
blanca blanca blanca
y arriba y abajo de la carretera
blanca blanca blanca
un niño corre
blanco blanco blanco
con una cometa
roja roja roja
con una cometa
roja roja roja
con una cometa
roja roja roja!