Resistance is how the Syrian protesters want their movement to be
labeled, not an uprising, insurgency or rebellion. Indeed, when one examines the
facts on the ground, theirs now is a popular resistance movement, one aimed at
liberating Syria from tyranny and corruption.
Friday February 17, 2012 – A day
dedicated to Popular Resistance
Today’s death toll: 46,
including 12 defectors who were executed after being captured following clashes
with loyalists in Deraa City, 16 protesters in Rural Deraa, 5 in Damascus City killed when loyalist
militias opened fire on an anti-Assad rally in the neighborhood of Mazzeh
Bassateen, 7 in Homs City, 2 in Deir Ezzor, 2 in Aleppo, 1 in Hama, 1 in Idlib
and 1 in Rural Damascus.
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In Daraya, and in response to the
New Constitution which stipulates that the President must be a man of Muslim
Descent, Christian protesters carried a sign saying: “why can’t the President
by a Christian woman?” this a majority Muslim neighborhood, very traditional,
yet, Muslim protesters rallied behind the sign as well. This is an Islamic or
extremist revolution http://youtu.be/jn-mIrfKlJ4
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