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Monday
Aug222011

Syria Video Special: Assad Kills Protesters, but Can't Kill Protests

See Also, Syria (and Beyond) LiveBlog: Meanwhile, In Another Uprising...

With today's violence in Homs, Assad's security forces were hoping to stop the protests.

They failed. This video, taken tonight, shows post-Taraweeh prayer protests in Homs:

And here is what these people have braved. Shahid Alaa Abu Laban was killed today, and we believe that his baby boy, struggling for life in this second video, also passed (we have confirmation that a baby was killed):

We've already received dozens of new videos, night protests in defiance of the massacres. How many people will Assad have to kill before he realizes that killing his own people is only swelling the ranks of the protesters? As the night wears on, we will add more videos to this list


Syrian civilians in Homs hold up notes for the UN fact-finding delegation to read:

Qalamoun district of Damasacus:

Khalidiya district, Homs:

Harasta, a key district of Damascus:

Protests tonight in Aleppo:

Halfaya, Hama:

Binnish, Idlib:

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