war on `Alawites

Without much coverage in the Western media, if any, the Syrian armed groups have basically announced war on `Alawites: tens of `Alawites have been killed and a `Alawite cleric has been kidnapped and tortured (there is no way he will get away alive).  In other news, the Hariri branch of Human Rights Watch in Beirut, which basically operates as a branch office of the Fee Syrian Army propaganda apparatus, said nothing on those developments. And the gangs have called their campaign "grandsons of `A'ishah", in a clear sectarian reference.