U.n. Observer Patrol Heads To Syria Massacre Site

Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after Friday Prayers in SermadaBEIRUT (Reuters) – U.N. observers were on their way to the central Syrian village of Tremseh on Saturday, two days after activists said some 220 people had been killed there by helicopter gunships and militiamen, prompting international outrage. The United States has branded Syria's leaders murderers after the attack by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's troops, but there was no break in the deadlock among world powers over how to bring about an end to the bloodshed. "We have sent a large integrated patrol today to seek verification of the facts," U.N. …

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