Scenes of destruction: Men stand amid wreckage after three blasts ripped through Aleppo's main square.
Left To Lie Where She Was Cut Down: Shocking Image Of The Innocent Little Girl Slaughtered In Syria's Civil War Who Was Denied Even Some Dignity In Death -- Daily Mail
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
* Five explosions tear through pro-Assad district of Aleppo
* Government releases disturbing footage and blames 'terrorists'
* Reports say more than 90 injured on top of deaths
* Security forces kill three suicide bombers, according to pro-government TV
* Shell fired in Syria hit a village in neighbouring Turkey, killing at least five people, including a six-year-old boy
The lifeless body of a young girl lies in the street, an innocent victim of a series of suicide bomb attacks that today tore through the heart of the Syrian city of Aleppo.
The youngster pictured in a blood-stained rubble-strewn street is one of at least 40 victims of this morning's blasts, which could signal a new stage in the civil war.
In a sign of the growing intensity of the bitter conflict between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, the town's main Saadallah al-Jabari Square was rocked by four explosions - the likes of which have so far been mainly limited to the capital Damascus.
And with fears of further attacks, the young girl's body - a potent symbol of the collateral damage each side is prepared to risk - has been left untouched in the street as locals fear further bombings.
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My Comment: I have been covering wars and conflicts through this blog for the past few years .... so I have developed a rather thick skin when it came to seeing videos and pictures of casualties from war zones. But this conflict/war has been different .... and it has affected me. Is it because everyone now has a cell phone with a high-def camera who is able to capture such carnage right away .... and a few minutes later post it on YouTube/Twitter/Facebook/etc. .... that is having this type of impact .... I do not know. But I do know that this war has escalated into something that is truly horrific, and we now have ten of thousands of pictures and videos that will forever be a history of what happened in Syria in 2012.
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