Outrage as Assad's forces rake city with machinegun fire - Middle East, World News - Independent.ie
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By Richard Spencer
Wednesday August 17 2011
Britain, America and a number of international bodies have reacted with outrage to a fierce and apparently random assault on a Syrian coastal city that now includes the use of raking machinegun fire, by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
William Hague, the British foreign secretary, issued a statement saying Assad was "fast losing the last shreds of his legitimacy", adding his words to those of the White House, which said he had already lost legitimacy.
The United Nations Council on Human Rights called an emergency meeting in response to the continuing violence in Latakia, where a reported naval bombardment at the weekend has been followed by a military assault that has included "intense" machinegun fire, according to rights groups.
There were even signs of consternation in Syria's last remaining ally, Iran.
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