The Barbarity of the Syrian regime is matched only by its hypocrisy.
The news below of the caricaturist been kidnapped and beaten up, and his fingers broken, is not new to how the Baathist entity in the artificial country of Syria deals with its critics.
On February 24, 1980, Salim Al-Laouzi, owner and director of the Lebanese al Hawadess magazine, was kidnapped by Syrian Intelligence in the streets of Beirut. He had written commentaries critical of the Syrian Assad regime's occupation of Lebanon.
His body was found two days later by the roadside, his right hand melted in acid. This is a signature of the Syrian Intelligence barbarians of the Baathist entity as they react to any criticism of the Damascus despot.
Hanibaal
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"Syrian Regime Searching for the Cartoonist's Attackers....Who are Thugs sent by the Regime itself!
Syrian police are hunting for the attackers who broke the hand of the country's leading political cartoonist, the official SANA news agency said Friday, after Washington condemned the attack."The competent authorities at the Interior Ministry are seeking the culprits in order to bring them to justice," the agency said.
Opposition activists have accused members of the security services and masked pro-regime militias of being behind the attack.
The US on Thursday condemned the attack.
Citing information from the U.S. embassy in Damascus, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Ferzat's hands had been broken in what she called "the most disgusting and deplorable way to send a message."
Since the start of an anti-regime uprising in March, Ferzat, one of the Arab world's most renowned cartoonists, has published cartoons critical of the brutal crackdown on protesters.
Source Agence France Presse
