Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler. (Albert Einstein)
26 giugno 2013
25 giugno 2013
Bombardment with rockets on Hamouriyah (Damascus) (24th June 2013)
6 people died in this shelling, according to activists of Coalition of Free Damascenes for Peaceful Change (www.facebook.com/CFDPC/info) who also show victims and give their names:
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:
This is base, with many helicopters:
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=it&lat=36.521130&lon=37.038656&z=17&m=b
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=it&lat=36.521130&lon=37.038656&z=17&m=b
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:
This second location:
24 giugno 2013
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::
And quite near (http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.215367&lon=37.179572&z=19&m=b):
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/
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:
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
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
https://www.facebook.com/YoussefSalem.963
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.
12 giugno 2013
AlJazeera reports on rebels about to face offensive from Assad's Army in Aleppo
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mjbuIjzCllw
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!
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:
8 giugno 2013
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
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/
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)
the Qaboun neighborhood in Damascus:
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!
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