Shawkat ordered by Assad to crush the Hama revolt

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Assef Shawkat a Syrian general, and deputy-chief of staff of the Syrian army since July 2009 was ordered by Syrian president Bashar al Assad to crush the revolt in Hama, al Jumhouriyeh newspaper reported on Friday .

Shawkat is Assad’s brother-in-law . He is married to Bushra al-Assad , the president’s sister .

According to activists hundreds have been killed in Hama by the Syrian security forces during the past five days. Many described the killings in Hama as a massacre . there are concerns that the new development will lead to another major massacre

The city of Hama is known as the site of a brutal crackdown in 1982, when the Syrian army, under the orders of the president of Syria Hafez al-Assad ( father of current president Bashar al-Assad ), conducted a scorched earth policy against the town of Hama in order to quell a revolt by the Sunni Muslim community against the regime of al-Assad. The Hama massacre, personally conducted by president Assad’s younger brother, Rifaat al-Assad, effectively ended the campaign begun in 1976 by Sunni Islamic groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, against Assad’s regime, whose leaders were disproportionately from president Assad’s own Alawite sect.

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10 responses to “Shawkat ordered by Assad to crush the Hama revolt”

  1. Just another scumbag to line up outside the ICC..

  2. Just another scumbag to line up outside the ICC..

  3. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    Just a ‘tiiiiny’ bullet for Shawkat … won’t SOMEBODY please help out??  This creep(as are the ‘Chinless Twins’) is/are long overdue!

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    Anonymous

    Just a ‘tiiiiny’ bullet for Shawkat … won’t SOMEBODY please help out??  This creep(as are the ‘Chinless Twins’) is/are long overdue!

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    Anonymous

    Just a ‘tiiiiny’ bullet for Shawkat … won’t SOMEBODY please help out??  This creep(as are the ‘Chinless Twins’) is/are long overdue!

  6. shankarees Avatar
    shankarees

    Bandoo2 Timur lank!  He has the eyes of a barbarian, blood thirsty butcher!

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    Anonymous

    Bandoo2 Timur lank!  He has the eyes of a barbarian, blood thirsty butcher!

  8. Rifaat Al-Assad is freely living these days in London, England and has never been brought to trial for the 1982 Hama Massacre.

  9. Rifaat Al-Assad is freely living these days in London, England and has never been brought to trial for the 1982 Hama Massacre.

  10. Rifaat Al-Assad is freely living these days in London, England and has never been brought to trial for the 1982 Hama Massacre.

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