US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Monday that the Syrian government "may be organizing another massacre, this time in the village of al-Haffa, in Latakia province, as well as in the towns Deir el-Zour, in Daraa, in Homs, in Hama, and in suburbs of Damascus."
She accused Damascus of using new tactics of repression but made no mention of the armed gangs' failure to abide by the joint UN-Arab League peace plan, brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan.
Press TV talks with Webster Griffin Tarpley, author and historian from Washington, to further shed light on the issue.