jazeera. almost all of it is so grisly we could only show you those two frames. that set off a weekend of outrage as activists raisen zeitouni put it to the washington post, torture is usual in syria. what was special about hamza is he was only 13 years old. a pro-regime television station disputes the allegations, with the doctor who did the autopsy phoning in, saying there s no evidence of torture. he says what you saw came from decomposition. now, right here we need to point out that we have yet to independently confirm these allegations, but bodies don t get covered in cigarette burns when they decompose. they don t lose organs. they don t show every sign the deceased in this case a 13-year-old boy was brutally tortured. and again, the assad regime, father and son, has a long, long record of brutality. according to human rights groups, more than 1,000 people have been killed and 10,000 arrested since the anti-regime protests began. nor has the regime shown the slightest
alkhateeb. just 13 years old. he disappeared from an anti-government rally on the 29th of april. now look away if you need to. these next photos get very, very hard to take. this is what he looked like when his body came home. his kneecaps had been smashed. his head was swollen. his body covered in cigarette burns. he had been embassy claited. according to family accounts on arabic news channels, syrian government officials came to their home last wednesday asking them to sign a waiver accepting hamza s body but only if they wouldn t show the body or say anything about the circumstances of his death. they signed but were so horrified by the condition of his body they could not keep quiet. so they consented to a video of their son s body. it later turned up on al jazeera. almost all of it is so grisly we could only show you those two frames. that set off a weekend of outrage as activists raisen zeitouni put it to the washington post, torture is usual in syria. what was speci
development of alternative fuels. his warning to arab oil producer comes amid a chilling prediction. goldman sachs says gas will reach $5 a gallon this summer. and remembering the sacrifice s at arlington nationl cemetery. this morning, president obama takes part in ceremonies there, including a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns. let s talk politics now. presidential candidates, those who have declared, and those likely to, are reaching out to voters on this memorial day. oh, yeah, sarah palin is using the holiday to kick off her nationwide bus tour. she rode into washington sunday on the back of a motorcycle for the annual rolling thunder event. after a couple of stops in d.c. today, palin s one nation tour heads to gettysburg, pennsylvania. that s where our jim acosta is. jim, tell us more. good morning, carol, that s right. sarah palin will be out here later today, so we re told, and this is all part of a campaign-style swing up the east coast. she s
memorial day. on this national holiday, a heavy rush of politics. sarah palin s mystery tour rolled into town. we don t know when she will appear because her aides will not tell us. her stops included ft. mchenry and she s being cagey on the subject of whether it s a rolling civic lesson or a 2012 campaign. i believe there are many more people out there to add. competition breeds success. i would hope that there is going to be debate. also this day, president obama leads the traditional wreath laying at arlington national cemetery and announces a major change in his national security team. with america fighting three wars, we ll explain whether the new war council signals a new approach. i m announcing my choice for the successors today because it transition must be seamless and we stay focused on the security challenges before us. but, first up, like it or not, she s back. sarah palin is on a bus tour that mixes landmarks of america s past and battlegrounds of her po
it s memorial day, may 30th, 2011. president obama is at arlington national sepl tore. live pictures paying tribute to those men and women who gave their lives to defend our country. shortly the president will speak at arlington s amphitheater. his address live, as well as remarks from mike mullen and defense secretary robert gates. arlington national cemetery, 624 acres of hallowed ground, the final resting place for fallen troops from all of america s wars, including the most recent. the war dead from iraq and afghanistan are laid to rest in an area that s known as section 60. our correspondent chris lawrence is there on this memorial day. chris, describe for us if you can the significance of this place that some call the saddest acre in america. reporter: well, suzanne, this is where most of the iraq and afghanistan war dead have been buried. so for a lot of these families the wounds are still very fresh. they have lost their loved ones in the last year, the last