I had a pm from Max last year.
He said that the forum is an historical document, and we should be aware of that as we post.
A future reader would wonder why such terrible events were not recorded.
They will wonder why they are not discussed, except in the context of international arms dealing.

Paul Wood

BBC News, outside Homs, Syria

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A terrible fear has seized people here about what the government forces are doing now that they are back in control.

In a house, we sat with six women and their 17 children. They had arrived that day. There were no men.

"We were walking out altogether until we reached the checkpoint," said one of the women, Um Abdo.

"Then they separated us from the men. They put hoods on their heads and took them away."

Where do you think they are now, I asked? The women replied all at once: "They will be slaughtered."