When a state kills its own citizens

What does it look like when a state kills its own citizens [people the state is meant to protect]?

Here, just seconds before death and destruction hits, a Syrian fighter plane fires rockets into the northern Syrian town of Tel Rafat, some 37 km (23 miles) north of Aleppo on 9 August:

Via The Daily Telegraph - a photo gallery of stunning shots by Goran Tomasevic in Syria for Reuters

Here, at about the same time as the photo taken above, Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-aircraft gun as boys watch and as a Syrian Air Force fighter bomber fires rockets during an air strike on Tel Rafaat:

Goran Tomasevic photo of Free Syrian Army fighters in Tel Rafat on 9 August 2012

These photos are part of a photo gallery of Goran Tomasevic’s photos for Reuters, over a 12-day period in Syria, published by The Telegraph, here.

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