This is a must read article that actually elaborates little more as two who these "rebels" are. For anyone that though the Syrian government did the massacres in Houla if you read this article it shows what these "rebels" are capable of and indeed more likely to have committed the massacres and blame the government and to turn international opinion against the government. Here are key points I took away from the article and as you read its entirety yourself will come to the same conclusion that these rebels are no more than terrorists.
KEY POINTS:
1) "they don't shy away from rougher tactics themselves. They have released prisoners in bomb-laden cars and then detonated them at army checkpoints turning the drivers into unwitting suicide bombers..
2) "But several groups said they had sent captured soldiers to Cyprus, which the rebels use as a euphemism for execution usually by gunfire..."
3) "One group said it had killed two brothers caught collaborating with the regime, one during interrogation, the other by firing squad...."
4) "In the end, they photographed the dead bodies of 35 soldiers, drove off a tank they now park under a tree in the village graveyard and held trials for five captured soldiers. All were found guilty of killing other Syrians. They traveled to Cyprus, al-Sheikh said with a grin. On a fast plane"
http://news.yahoo.com/ap-impact-syria-rebels-divided-times-violent-165412145.html
KEY POINTS:
1) "they don't shy away from rougher tactics themselves. They have released prisoners in bomb-laden cars and then detonated them at army checkpoints turning the drivers into unwitting suicide bombers..
2) "But several groups said they had sent captured soldiers to Cyprus, which the rebels use as a euphemism for execution usually by gunfire..."
3) "One group said it had killed two brothers caught collaborating with the regime, one during interrogation, the other by firing squad...."
4) "In the end, they photographed the dead bodies of 35 soldiers, drove off a tank they now park under a tree in the village graveyard and held trials for five captured soldiers. All were found guilty of killing other Syrians. They traveled to Cyprus, al-Sheikh said with a grin. On a fast plane"
http://news.yahoo.com/ap-impact-syria-rebels-divided-times-violent-165412145.html