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Raisethefist.com: Syrian TV station attacked, 7 staffers die
Syrian TV station attacked, 7 staffers die
by anonymous Thu Jun 28 15:57:19 PDT 2012
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Gunmen have raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station, killing seven employees, kidnapping others and demolishing buildings, officials say. The government blamed terrorists and described the killings as a "massacre."
An Associated Press photographer who visited the Al-Ikhbariya station's compound said five portable buildings used for offices and studios had collapsed, with blood on the floor and wooden partitions still on fire. Some walls had bullet holes.
Al-Ikhbariya is privately owned but strongly supports President Bashar Assad's regime. Pro-government journalists have been attacked on several previous occasions during the country's 15-month uprising.
"What happened today is a massacre," Information Minister Omran al-Zoebi said. He blamed terrorists - the same word the government uses for rebels.
Rebels deny they target the media.
Much of the violence that has gripped Syria over the past 15 months has been sanctioned by the government to crush dissent. But rebel fighters are launching increasingly deadly attacks on regime targets, and several massive suicide attacks this year suggest al-Qaeda or other extremists are joining the fray.
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she has "great hope" that a meeting of world powers on Saturday in Geneva can be a turning point in the Syria crisis.
But the UN gave a dire assessment of the crisis, saying the violence has worsened since a ceasefire deal that was supposed to go into effect in April, and the bloodshed appears to be taking on more dangerous, sectarian overtones.
Syria severely restricts the media in the country, making it difficult to gain a credible account of events on the ground. Assad denies that there is any popular will behind the uprising, saying terrorists are behind a conspiracy to destroy the country.
Al-Zoebi, the information minister, said gunmen stormed Al-Ikhbariya's compound in the town of Drousha, about 20km south of the capital Damascus, and detonated explosives. He said the attackers killed seven people and kidnapped others.
In comments broadcast on state-run Syrian TV, he said the killings amounted to "a massacre against the freedom of the press".
Most news organisations in Syria are either state-run or private bodies that carry the government's point of view. Most of the private TV stations and newspapers are owned by politicians or wealthy businessmen who have close links to the regime.
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