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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syrian security forces storm towns, witnesses say
2011-04-26
[Dawn] Witnesses say Syrian security forces are opening fire in the suburbs of Damascus
...The City of Jasmin is the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti...
and in the southern town of Daraa.

Both areas have become flashpoints for violence since the uprising against President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad's
One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators. Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor...
regime began five weeks ago. The witness accounts could not immediately be confirmed.

In Daraa, one witness said Syrian army tanks and soldiers rolled into the city on Monday and gunfire was heard. In the Damascus suburb of Douma, security forces sealed the town before opening fire, witnesses said.

More than 300 people have been killed since the uprising against Assad's regime began in mid-March, according to rights groups.

Friday was the deadliest day to date with 112 killed. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
Posted by:Fred

#2  "I say, surely there's a book on the Hama Rules somewhere..."
Posted by: Pappy   2011-04-26 22:35  

#1  Yawn, yawn, yawn.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-04-26 02:37  

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