It was pretty evident that aken's "mad bastards" referred to the jihadists who appear to be the most effective opponents of the Syrian government, rather to Arabs as such, since those Syrians supporting that government are also Arabs.

I note a story in The Observer about a suicide bomber yesterday targetting a convoy of buses taking evacuees from a besieged government held town, and killing an estimated 100 of the passengers, including children. Atrocities carried out on the part of the anti-government side get far less attention than they deserve.