Corpses and Rhetoric Still Piling Up in Syria...........from Dan Friedman

[Linguistically speaking, this Syria business is turning into a real crisis for the “international community.” They’ve already worn out most of the vocabulary used in official circles to express “shock,” “dismay,” and “condemnation,” yet Assad gives no sign he’s letting up. Not to worry, though. White House sources tell me Obama has freed up a few of his campaign’s top copywriters to create a fresh batch of rhetoric. It should be ready to go by fall. df]

The Miami Herald, 5/30/12

UN observers in Syria discover 13 bound corpses

BEIRUT -- U.N. observers have discovered 13 bound corpses in eastern Syria, many of them apparently shot execution-style, the monitoring mission said Wednesday.

The announcement comes days after a massacre in Houla, in the central Homs province, which killed more than 100 people and prompted worldwide condemnation against the regime of President Bashar Assad. The Syrian government denied its troops were behind the killings and blamed "armed terrorists."