At least 37 Syrian protesters killed, hospital says
Reuters
24-Mar-2011 (3 comments)

(Reuters) - The main hospital in the southern Syrian city of Deraa has received the bodies of at least 37 protesters who were killed in a confrontation with security forces, a hospital official said Thursday.

Security forces opened fire on hundreds of youths at the northern entrance to Deraa Wednesday afternoon, according to witnesses, in a dramatic escalation of nearly a week of protests in which at least 44 civilians have been killed since Friday.

Around 20,000 people marched Thursday in the funerals for nine of those killed, chanting freedom slogans and denying official accounts that infiltrators and "armed gangs" are behind the killings and violence in Deraa.

"Traitors do not kill their own people ... God, Syria, Freedom. The blood of martyrs is not spilled in waste!" they chanted in Deraa's southern cemetery.

As Syrian soldiers armed with AK-47s roamed the streets of the southern city, residents emptied shops of staples and basic goods and said they feared the government of President Bashar al-Assad was intent on crushing the revolt by force.

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Bavafa

Syrian competing with their Bahraini brothers

by Bavafa on Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:23 AM PDT

Syrian in close competition with their Bahraini brothers/murderers



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Bavafa

Simorgh jaan: This is not a monopoly of the Muslims alone

by Bavafa on Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:45 AM PDT

There are more Christians and certainly more Jews killed at the hands of Christians then perhaps any other groups. Just look at WW II alone and you will be amazed by the facts.

Mehrdad


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Simorgh5555

As I have said before: The

by Simorgh5555 on Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:30 AM PDT

As I have said before: The sad fact remains that Muslims are killing Muslims more than the American led coalition have killed them or by the Israelis. Let us not forget the ethnic cleansing in Sudan and the tribal tit-for-tat tribal slaughters in Somalia. The largest oppressors of Muslims are themselves. This is an extemely tragic and pitiful state. 


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