"All I have is gauze, bandages, old stitches and few antiseptic wipes," Ali tells CNN Thursday morning.  He has no surgical equipment, nothing that he can use to fix broken people.  The Syrian Arab Red Crescent tried to reach Baba Amr the other day and bring in badly needed medical aid, but Ali says their vehicle was attacked. They were forced to turn around, leaving behind a neighborhood of people upon whom the Syrian regime's wrath has been focused in recent days.  More than 100 people have already been killed in Homs on Thursday, according to the Local Coordination Committees, a network of Syrian opposition activists. Many of the dead are in Baba Amr.  Syria's third largest city, once known for leafy parks and al fresco coffee shops, turned into a raging battleground over the many months of the uprising. For the past five days, Homs has suffered an onslaught by Bashar al-Assad's forces.  The whizzing of rockets, the thunder of mortars and tanks shatter the relative calm that prevails at night until dawn in Baba Amr, the heart of revolt in Homs. Omar sees two planes cut through dense winter sky. They drop five rockets, he counts.  Omar, a citizen journalist and activist, believes the regime is targeting the area because he set up a satellite connection to bypass the communication blackout. He wants the world to know what is happening in Homs.  He says Baba Amr is free. Liberated. People here will never give up or go back.  His defiance can be heard clearly through the sounds of war. As he speaks, his house begins to shake.  "I am OK. I am OK," he says. "At least for now."  Danny, an activist, says time is running out for the people of Baba Amr. The water tanks were hit earlier. What will people drink? They still have some bread, though it's hard and dry. And scraps of cold cuts. Maybe enough for two days, he says.  It doesn't matter, he says. The Syrian army is approaching -- fast.  "Tomorrow, it will be over," he predicts, pleading for help.
The bodies begin coming in before the sun rises to the sky. Some arrive with heads decapitated or their torsos split open like animals after slaughter. Or their limbs are mangled under the crush of...