Tweeters draw attention to Syrian atrocities with #MentionThe450 hashtag
http://twitter.com/#!/SyriaCampaigns/status/326097482859810816
The hashtag #MentionThe450 is trending worldwide and in the United States. Those using the hashtag assert that forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad murdered 450 innocent civilians today.
#Mentionthe450 murdered by Assad & Co. in Syria today. Someone’s mother. Someone’s child. Someone’s husband. Mostly civilians. Never forget.
— Maryam Saleh (@MaryamSaleh_) April 21, 2013
#Obama I beg you PLEASE practice what you preach! Please stop the massacres in Syria. #Assad slaughtered 450 civilians. #MentionThe450
— Sam Smith (@samn265) April 21, 2013
#MentionThe450 – mainstream media needs to mention the 450 killed near #Damascus today. Get this trending.
— Saina Behnejad (@SainaBehnejad) April 21, 2013
RT”@syriacampaigns: 450. Women. Children. Civilians stabbed to death or burned alive by govt forces in one area in Damascus. #MentionThe450“
— سجى(@Sajaa_or) April 21, 2013
Never forget the 100,000’s of political prisoners in Syrian jails undergoing the most horrendous torture right now! #mentionthe450
— حمودة(@atkalaji) April 21, 2013
100 of the 450 were arrested first and shot,slaughtered, and burnt to death publicly infront of their families and loved ones #MentionThe450
— Hani Nasabi(@Hani_Nasabi) April 21, 2013
According to an anti-Assad group cited by CNN, “at least 450 bodies were found [today] in the Damascus suburb of Jadidat al-Fadel.”
Earlier today, Secretary of State John Kerry said that the U.S. will double financial aid to anti-Assad groups.