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With an iron fist. he ruthlessly put down dissent, dissidents jailed and opposition crushed. they put the number of those killed into the tens of thousands. critics say his fathers security machine still holds a grip on the country and even the president himself. speaking to cnn in 2005, bashar al assad rejected those 2 suggest hes not in control. >> at the same time, they say im a dictator. choose. you cannot be a dictator and not in control. >> reporter: he denies hes a dictator, seeing himsel...