CNNW CNN Newsroom January 16, 2012
they were desperate to tell the monitors about the government cra crackdown there. opposition activists say regime forces have surrounded the city for three days and that power and water have been cut. this was said to be the scene in the city. they cannot verify the images, but they are said to be of an opposition rally in support of military defectors known as the free syrian army. a message was delivered to bashar al assad during a visit to lebanon. >> today i say again to the president of syria, stop the violence. stop killing your own people. the path of repression is a dead end...
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