Syria conflict sprials into accusation and counter accuations, Civilian Massacres Evident

Syrian opposition: International military intervention ‘urgent’ following Homs killings
By Liz Sly – 12 March, Washington Post

BEIRUT — The brutal killings of dozens of women and children in the central Syrian city of Homs prompted the council representing Syria’s opposition to call on Monday for “urgent” international military intervention to protect civilians as diplomatic efforts to resolve the country’s escalating conflict faltered.

The Syrian National Council, the deeply divided umbrella group whose efforts to unite the Syrian opposition have failed in part because of divisions over the issue of military intervention, issued the call after videos showing the mutilated corpses of at least 45 victims were posted overnight on the Internet.

Activists said the videos offered evidence of what they called a massacre of civilians who supported the opposition by pro-government militias. The Syrian government countered with allegations that “terrorist armed groups” had killed the victims and then filmed their bodies to influence discussions at the United Nations Security Council on Monday, and to shore up Syrian opposition calls for “foreign interference in Syria.”