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2005-03-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Ba'athists Shutdown Anti-Assad Demonstration

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Posted by BigEd 2005-03-10 2:55:16 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 before you get your hopes up, all the anti-govt demonstrators were Kurds. who make up about 15% of the population. All sympathy to them, but dont count on a govt collapse anytime soon.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-03-10 5:17:03 PM|| 2005-03-10 5:17:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The group protesting was the Committee for National Coordination for the Defense of Basic Freedoms and Human Rights - they were formed in Jan 05 by 4 smaller parties, 3 of them having mostly Kurdish membership. The biggest is the Kurdish Progressive Democratic party.

Posted by mhw 2005-03-10 7:49:34 PM|| 2005-03-10 7:49:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 All sympathy to them, but dont count on a govt collapse anytime soon.

It's gotta start with somebody.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-03-10 8:08:16 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-03-10 8:08:16 PM|| Front Page Top

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