Horrifying images of bodies and limbs floating in the Orontes River in Hama were aired by Syrian state TV early Thursday, Aug. 4. Contrary to official claims that they belonged to Syrian soldiers torn to pieces by protesters, DEBKAfile reports they are the victims of Syrian tank fire and ZU-23 automatic anti-aircraft artillery trained on residential buildings and streets in the last 48 hours. Citizens confined indoors are throwing the dead out of windows and off roofs into the river.
Syria's embattled eastern towns would be detached and linked to Iraq's Al Anbar.
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Friday, 5 August 2011
DEBKAfile Special Report August 4, 2011, 10:51 AM (GMT+02:00)
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