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"United Nations observers found blood, burned homes and signs of artillery fire in the Syrian village of Tremseh on Saturday but were unable to confirm activists' reports that about 220 people were massacred in an attack that prompted international outrage."
"Activists" include everyone opposing Assad.
General Robert Mood heads the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS). He wasn't picked to report independently. Some observers call him a spy. His statements leave much to be desired.
Commenting on the Treimseh massacre, he said :
Attacks targeted "specific groups and houses, mainly of army defectors and activists. There were pools of blood and blood spatters in rooms of several homes together with bullet cases.""The UN Team also observed a burned school and damaged houses with signs of internal burning in five of them."
"A wide range of weapons were used, including artillery, mortars and small arms."
"UNSMIS is deeply concerned about the escalating level of violence in Syria and calls on the Government to cease the use of heavy weapons on population centres and on the Parties to put down their weapons and choose the path of non-violence for the welfare of the Syrian people who have suffered enough."
Mood largely points fingers the wrong way. Independent eye witness accounts aren't reported. "Opposition activists" are featured. Most are located far from Treimseh and other massacre sites.
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