At the United Nations in New York, the Palestine Liberation Organization's deputy observer, Riyad H. Mansour, said the Israelis were committing "a small massacre" in an effort to crush the uprising during the transition between United States administrations.
It took the rats one by one, picked them up like fruit from a bowl, broke them while the clock ticked and the men roared so loud you could not hear your companion speak to you.' To bet on the results of this small massacre is the most degrading thing the Rev. Oscar Hopkins can immagine.
"We're at a point in this country where there's some kind of small massacre every day, somewhere," he said.
Several small massacres and skirmishes ensued and until the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, fought two days before the clash at Waddams Grove, public confidence in the militia was low.
Outside Bossangoa, we know there are troops and local defence groups going around and seeking people out, engaging in targeted killing or small-scale massacres.
Alawites recall that what prompted the atrocity in Hama was a far smaller massacre of Alawite army cadets, carried out by members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
"I declare solemnly that, during eight years of war, I never witnessed nor had reason to suspect any army involvement in the even the smallest massacre of civilians," it said in part.
Instead, since Houla, and in between Annan's various statements, there were many more shootings, artillery barrages here and there, ambushes, and targeted killings, including at least two smaller massacres, both involving the wholesale execution of workers in two different parts of Syria.
I have even lived through the consequences of a small Brazilian massacre that was eerily similar to the Colorado massacre.
The Crime and the Silence is Anna Bikont's painstaking, beautifully written account of how modern-day Poles refused to acknowledge participation in a 1942 small town massacre of Jews.
Jumping forward to the 19th century, Tanya Landeman's Apache features a vengeful 14-year-old girl warrior who must fight for the survival of her land, her tribe and, ultimately, herself after her father, mother and small brother are massacred by Mexicans.
