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Washington wants the process manipulated its way. If pro-Western monitors are deployed, anti-Assad accusations will continue.
At best, a shaky truce holds. At issue is for how long. Insurgent-caused violence continues. Deaths and injuries follow. Expect greater eruptions ahead.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) headlined, "Increasing Military and Civilian Deaths and Injuries in Escalation of Terrorist Groups," saying:
Insurgents "opened fire randomly in al-Eza'a mountain." They attacked public and private property, including the city's TV and radio headquarters.
Eye witnesses said one man put an explosive device under a car. Others armed with automatic weapons stormed a private home. Residents were threatened. A Red Crescent ambulance driver was attacked and beaten.
A pharmacy was set ablaze. Army Colonel Mohammad Awad Eid was kidnapped en route to his Hama unit. His whereabouts are unknown.
An armed terror group stormed the home of parliamentary candidate Mohammad Ismael al-Ahmad. He was taken to an unknown location. In the same area, Majed Farah al-Arnous, a private citizen, was abducted.
Other insurgents attacked a security patrol between al-Ghosum and al-Sakhwa villages. Two deaths and two injuries resulted. In Daraa, policeman al-Saryouli and warrant officer al-Ghabra were hospitalized after being attacked.
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