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Updated: 10:45 AM Jan 22, 2012
Local Protest Violence in Syria
Locals took to the streets Saturday to protest the brutal crackdown of the Syrian regime.
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Locals took to the streets Saturday to protest the brutal crackdown of the Syrian regime.
Members of the Bay County Islamic Society, other local Arabs, Syrians, and their friends and family gathered at the corner of 23rd Street and Highway 77 in Panama City Saturday afternoon.
One local protester, whose family is still in Syria describes the violence her loved ones have encountered
"Enough is enough. Today marks the 10 month anniversary of the regime brutally slaughtering the Syrian people as though they were sheep or cattle. The people have been tortured. Many have died in detention. Many have lost their lives, their children. The total death toll as of today is about 6,700. Of those, over 400 are children and more than 300 are women. There are over 27,000 displaced refugees since March which was the beginning of the Syrian revolution,” says the recent University of Florida graduate who wanted to be identified only as “Reem”.
Reem says so far her immediate family is safe and she’s able to talk to them through Skype.
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I might have paid more attention to their message if I hadn't been more concerned with hitting their children who were stepping into the road. Watch your kids!
well said.let them keep it over there and not here
What good does it do them to protest the Syrian regimes' crackdown from 1/2 a world away, here in the US?? Do they think they will be able to get the US to intervein? Last i heard, the middle east does not want the US on their soil or interfearing with how their Govt. operates or controls their sheeple. So what good does their protest do?
