Syrian city shelled, cut off with no food or water.

Syrian troops shell restive city, add troops
AP
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By DIAA HADID, Associated Press Diaa Hadid, Associated Press – 49 mins ago

CAIRO – Syrian army tanks shelled the old quarter of a city at the heart of the country's six-week-old uprising Sunday and rolled in more reinforcements to the area, which has been under siege for nearly a week, said an eyewitness.

Residents have remained defiant: Unable to leave their homes, they have chanted "God is Great!" to each other from their windows in the evenings, infuriating security forces and raising each other's spirits.

"Our houses are close to each other, so even though we can't go outside, we stand by the windows and chant," said a Daraa resident, speaking to The Associated Press by satellite phone. "Our neighbors can hear us and they respond."

Daraa has been without water, fuel or electricity since Monday, when the regime sent in troops backed by tanks and snipers to crush protests seeking an end to President Bashar Assad's authoritarian rule.

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If you support the Libyan war, how can you not support intervention here. Most folks here supporting the Libyan war seem to be doing so out of humanitarian reasons and for "freedom". So are the Syrians less worthy? What's your reasoning?

but I don't think intervention is the answer.

we're bombing Libya pretty hard right now.