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April 15th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Two children were also among the dead, a spokesman said.
The total number killed on Sunday was not yet clear by the end of the day. But
Mr Fares said the attack on Homs was a warning to people not to talk to the
UN observers when they arrived – in line with similar allegations made in
advance of the arrival of Arab League observers in December.
“They are attacking this area because there are too many activists there,”
Mr Fares said. “They are teaching people a lesson, not to go and talk
when the observers arrive.
“Most of the people died in buildings that collapsed from the shelling.
We cannot pull them from the rubble, because there are snipers.”
Videos posted online purported to show both explosions and snipers on rooftops.
The regime in turn accused rebel forces of attacking troops around the
country, killing five people on Saturday, and said it would not refrain from
retaliation. Rebel fighters reportedly attacked a police station in Aleppo
province.
“Authorities have a duty to safeguard the security of the nation and its
citizens and will prevent these terrorist armed groups from continuing their
criminal attacks,” an official quoted by the state news agency said.
“Since the announcement of an end to military operations, terrorist
attacks have increased by dozens, causing a large loss of life.”
The observers are supposed to be overseeing the ceasefire and the
implementation of the six-point plan put forward by Kofi Annan, the former
United Nations secretary-general and official envoy of both the UN and the
Arab League.
His spokesman, Ahmed Fawzi, said six observers were due to land on Sunday
night, and would be augmented by 25-30 more “quickly”. The aim is
to muster a total force of monitors of up to 250.
“Of course we are hoping that the process holds together until the
observers get on the ground,” he said. Ban Ki-moon, the UN
secretary-general, said he was “very much concerned” about the
situation.
In a further threat to the mission, Bouthaina Shabaan, the media adviser to
President Bashar al-Assad, said the authorities reserved the right to refuse
admittance to observers based on their nationality – an indication that it
will not co-operate with any representatives of countries the regime regards
as hostile.
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