Syria protests: Thousands occupy Homs city centre

[pinto]

Source: BBC News

Syria protests: Thousands occupy Homs city centre

Thousands of anti-government protesters have occupied the centre of Syria's third largest city, Homs, insisting they will not leave until they bring down the country's leadership.

A woman told the BBC by phone crowds were still large late on Monday.

A human rights campaigner said security forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad had fired shots at the protesters, reports said.

Syria's interior ministry has said the unrest amounts to armed insurrection.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13124591

[Rhiannon12866]

1. K&R. Not good...

Sounds like a very dangerous situation. :(

[Kurska]

2. How do you spell Tiananmen square in arabic? n/t

[indimuse]

3. WikiLeaks: US Funding Syrian Opposition - FoxNews

Apr 19, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FEzt67gB4U&feature=feedu




WikiLeaks reports secret U.S. funding for Syrian opposition

The website provides documents to the Washington Post showing State Department financing of an anti-government satellite TV channel.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-us-syria-20110418,0,6334092.story

From the Associated Press
WASHINGTON— The State Department has been secretly financing opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the Washington Post reported, citing previously undisclosed diplomatic documents provided to the newspaper by the WikiLeaks website.

One of the outfits funded by the U.S. is Barada TV, a London-based satellite channel that broadcasts anti-government news into Syria, the Post reported Sunday. Barada's chief editor, Malik al-Abdeh, is a cofounder of the Syrian exile group Movement for Justice and Development.

[Kurska]

4. Good we ought to. n/t