Nothing will be much of a surprise at this point. The only positive news out of Syria these days are the limited reports of dissension within the military and defections. Whether that is truly the case or nothing more than disinformation to trigger yet another war is open for debate. The Guardian:
In the same hospital, Abu Tahar, 29, an ambulance driver from Jisr al-Shughour, was being treated for gunshot wounds to his back. He had arrived at the garden last Sunday to help the wounded. "Bullets were raining from everywhere," he said. "It was chaos." He said that up to 10,000 people had gathered in the garden, one of the few large public places in town, to protest at the killing of Musri.
"They just kept shooting and shooting," he said. "Earlier in the week we had been told not to go to pick up the wounded. They wanted them to die there. Anyone who tried was shot, his body falling on top of the other victim. That is what happened to me. The next thing I knew I woke up here."
He said he had spoken by telephone to family members in the town who confirmed that in the hours after the shooting in the garden large numbers of security forces had abandoned their posts – and had been shot at by soldiers loyal to the regime. He said some 14 soldiers had returned to their homes earlier in the week after refusing to carry out orders, a rarity in Syria, which had led officials to send in spies to monitor citizens and extra forces to deal harshly with any further dissent.
