Community | April 23, 2011 | 6 comments

Syria bleeds with 120 dead in two days; mourners shot

source: http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/syria-bleeds-with-120-dead-two-days-mourn...

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If you were thinking of traveling to Syria, you may want to consider the warning which was posted at Paris' Quay D'Orsay:

'Given the regional context and violent events in recent weeks in the country, where over a hundred deaths are regrettable, it is recommended to defer all nonessential travel'.

Have we become so inured to violent death that all we can say about it is that it's 'regrettable'?

The Syrian Revolution 2011, a motor behind the protests, marked the tone Saturday by posting on its main Facebook page a black banner with the word "Mourning" in English and Arabic.

According to revised figures announced by a Syrian human rights organization, the quelling of demonstrations on Friday and Saturday in Syria resulted in the deaths of at least 120 people, and provoked the resignation of two councilmen, a rarity among members of government in Syria. One of them is Nasser Hariri from the southern town of Daraa.

Hariri told al-Jazeera that there is no need for him to remain in the people's council since he is unable to protect his constituents from the bullets of 'traitors'.

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