Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110330:09:36:00
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 father's 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 he's not in control. >> at the same time, they say i'm a dictator. choose. you cannot be a dictator and not in control. >> reporter: he denies he's a dictator, seeing himself as a modern leader, trained as an ophthalmologist, married to a syrian woman, a young attracti...
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