Tens of thousands of Syrian protesters shouted for President Bashar Assad’s death Friday in a dramatic escalation of their rage and frustration, defying Syrian forces after months of brutal crackdowns. Eleven protesters were killed during the demonstrations, according to human rights groups.
After Friday prayers, Syrian forces shot and killed another 20 protesters. Yet anti-government demonstrators remained resistant.
The protest movement began in March asking for relatively minor reforms in the Syrian government. Now they are calling for his head, in various cities, chanting “The people want to execute the president!”
The current status of this conflict between the Assad regime and the Syrian people has become a test of endurance. While the Obama administration has imposed sanctions on the Syrian government, with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday urging countries to stop buying Syrian oil and gas or selling the regime weapons, they have stopped short of calling for Assad’s ouster.
A U.S. diplomatic official told the New York Times the United States increasingly believed that Assad could not hold out indefinitely and that plans were being made for a post-Assad era, without endorsing any direct intervention. With the exception of the sanctions, Syria has stood out among Arab Spring countries as one of the few the Obama administration hasn’t yet directly intervened, whether in support of the regime of against it.
If you attack Syria you attack Iran then guess hoew else end up fighting Israel and America hears some of the top of my head Russia,China,North Korea,Pakistan,Afganistan,Iraq,and the other countrys the US is in an illegal war with.Thats not something America with its allies can win.And I'm sure there are more that would help considering America is doing GOD nows what in 160 countrys most with special forces.
As well they should. DemocracyNow! reports that over 2,000 civilians have been slaughtered by Assad and his goons. Hanging the bastard by the balls until he dies would be too kind a punishment for what has and continues to do to those poor people.
well do it then or shut up already. syrians have self determination like all people and if they really want this than go for it. frankly i don't know what's really going on with this "uprising" and whether it's another foreign born sham like libya or if its a genuine nascent political movement. maybe it's part of both..but again, there's no real info out there and i've read conflicting stories about how many "innocent" protesters are foreign and/or armed. what's really goin' on people?!
What is it with these people? What does Bashar foresee the outcome of all this will be? I don't think you can get away with killing people by the dozens a day anymore, unless you're Bush/Cheney/Blair.
And what do the protesters think will happen to Syria without Bashar? That it'll become some Muslim version of 80s America? Fools. Don't they get news from Egypt over there? Don't they have a job?
Hey thedissenter do you realize that America is paying to make people turn these protests violent so they can act like mighty mouse and start another illegal war.And not just in Syria in many places including Lybia.The evil war crimminal;s are always starting trouble to make more war.