Syrian troops opened fire on protesters on Friday in Damascus...The place where Pencilneck hangs his brass hat...
and the northern city of Aleppo
...For centuries, Aleppo was Greater Syria's largest city and the Ottoman Empire's third, after Constantinople and Cairo. Although relatively close to Damascus in distance, Aleppans regard Damascenes as country cousins...
, the country's commercial hub, as at least 90 deaths were reported across the country.
Regime forces rubbed out 14 people in Homs, 24 in Idlib, three in Daraa, four in Damascus, 12 in Aleppo, seven in the Yarmouk Paleostinian refugee camp in Damascus, two in Hama, two in the countryside around Damascus, one in Deir Ezzor and one in Latakia, the Local Coordination Committees, the main activist group spurring protests on the ground, said.
Meanwhile,
...back at the buffalo wallow, Tex and his new-found Indian friend were preparing a little surprise for the bandidos...
the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported at least 75 deaths across the country, including 25 civilians, 24 soldiers and 26 rebel fighters.
Protesters had taken to the streets to renew their demands for the fall of the regime under the slogan "Remove Kofi Annan
...Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh and so far the worst Secretary-General of the UN. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for something or other that probably sounded good at the time. In December 2004, reports surfaced that Kofi's son Kojo received payments from the Swiss company Cotecna, which had won a lucrative contract under the UN Oil-for-Food Program. Kofi Annan called for an investigation to look into the allegations, which stirred up the expected cesspool but couldn't seem to come up with enough evidence to indict Kofi himself, or even Kojo..., the servant of (President Bashar al-) Assad and Iran," referring to the U.N. and Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
envoy.
In Damascus, "regime troops shot heavy rounds of live gunfire in the Nahr Aysha district to disperse protesters," the Observatory said, adding that demonstrators were also shot at in the Sayida Zainab district.
Three protesters were maimed in Harasta, also in Damascus province, and later several people including a child were maimed when regime forces shelled the town, the Observatory said.
In the northern commercial hub of Aleppo, troops opened fire in a bid to disperse the demonstrations, the Britannia-based watchdog said.
Twitter user Syria.Revo reported "massive demonstrations," while online activists said spontaneous protests began on Thursday night, to denounce the killing of some 150 people in Treimsa in the central province of Hama.
In Hama, scores of protesters rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud and carried posters in honor of those killed at Treimsa, according to amateur video posted on YouTube.
Some carried Syrian independence flags amid chants demanding the fall of Assad. Others chanted: "O Treimsa, we are with you to the death."
In Hama, one protester held up a sign reading: "Kofi Annan: There is no longer any room for your initiative, you are the reason for the massacres, and you are the one protecting the Hulago regime with your failed plan," in reference to a 13th century Mongol ruler, grandson of Genghis Khan.
In rebel-held Rastan, scores of people gathered inside a hall as regime forces shelled the besieged town, calling for "the fall of Assad and Annan."
There was also violence elsewhere, including various districts of Damascus, the Observatory said, adding that seven civilians -- including a child -- were killed in the capital on Friday.
In the northwestern province of Idlib, five civilians and 15 rebels were killed in a raid by regime troops.