WHY YOU SHOULD LOBBY CONGRESS
Citizens may feel it is a waste of time to contact elected leaders, because their minds are made up already. But on most issues, legislators try hard to determine the desires and leanings of their constituency before they vote. Politicians worry about being re-elected, and know that the happier their constituency, the more likely their own re-election.
IF YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD & AL QAEDA YOU SHOULD CLICK ON YOUR STATE LINK BELOW & TELL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO STOP OBAMA & STOP FUNDING THE MURDER OF CHRISTIANS
Al-Qaeda-linked rebels take Syrian Christian village
IF THE US CONGRESS & PRESIDENT OBAMA GIVE AID & SUPPORT TO THESE PEOPLE THEY ARE GUILY OF TREASON
Rebels including al-Qaeda-linked fighters gained control of a Christian village northeast of the capital Damascus, Syrian activists said Sunday. Government media provided a dramatically different account of the battle suggesting regime forces were winning. Independent information has been nearly impossible to come by in the 2.5-year-old conflict in Syria.
Maaloula, a scenic mountain community, is known for being one of the few places in the world where residents still speak the ancient Middle Eastern language of Aramaic.
The rebel advance into the area this week was spearheaded by the Jabhat al-Nusra, or Nusra Front, exacerbating fears among Syrians and religious minorities about the role played by Islamic extremists within the rebel ranks.
It was not immediately clear why the army couldn't sufficiently reinforce its troops to prevent the rebel advance in the area only 26 miles from Damascus. Some activists say that Assad's forces are stretched thin, fighting in other areas in the north and south of the country.
Rami Abdurrahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Nusra Front backed by another group, the Qalamon Liberation Front, moved into the village after heavy clashes with the army late Saturday.
"The army pulled back to the outskirts of the village and both (rebel groups) are in total control of Maaloula now," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
He said pro-government fighters remain inside the village, in hiding.
Initially, troops loyal to President Bashar Assad moved into Maaloula early Saturday, he said, "but they left when rebels started pouring into the village." Now, Abdurrahman said, the army is surrounding the village and controlling its entrances and exits.
A Maaloula resident said the rebels, many of them sporting beards and shouting Allahu Akbar, or God is great, attacked Christian homes and churches shortly after moving into the village overnight.
"They shot and killed people. I heard gunshots and then I saw three bodies lying in the middle of a street in the old quarters of the village," said the resident, reached by telephone from neighboring Jordan. "So many people fled the village for safety."
As CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reported from Damascus last week, it is nearly impossible to determine exactly how many religious extremist fighters there are in the country.
Best estimates suggest between 15,000 and 20,000 of a total fighting force of say 100,000 are extremists. But they are extremely effective more than their numbers suggest because they're so much better trained and equipped.
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