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now we know that hamza alkhalee is dead. pictures of his body are disturbing. his family received his remains. it appeared the 13-year-old had been tortured. he was mutilated. many of the pictures we've received are too graphic to broadcast. cnn made repeated attempts to reach for comment without success. hamza's murder brought syrians into the streets. even children have joined the protests. we'll have more on dramatic developments in syria and the strongest words yet from washington in just a moment. but first, a look at the other stories we're covering tonight. what do robert e....

Even our own president obama as late as may 19, just a couple of weeks ago, in a speech said that bashar al assad has a choice, he can either lead the progress toward reform or he can step out of the way. we've seen everything now. we've seen this poor child. and i think arwa is right. you send the boy home in order to scare the syrian people into submission. because the rulers are surprised that the syrian people are no longer afraid. >> and arwa, it's very difficult because we can't get independent access to syria. but we do see some increase in the protests since this incident. can we have ...

Always pretended to be a civilized man. he had studied in england. he had reached into the outside world. he had been pretending to be a reformer. even some of our own statesmen, our secretary of state hillary clinton once called him a reformer. even our own president obama as late as may 19, just a couple of weeks ago, in a speech said that bashar al assad has a choice, he can either lead the progress toward reform or he could step out of the way. we've seen everything now. we've seen this poor child. and i think arwa is right. you send the boy home in order to scare the syrian people into su...

And our own secretary of state a while ago when asked would you like -- would you be sad if the regime were to fall, he said well, it depends on what replaces it. president obama and his speech of may 19 while ago ended up saying he said he could leave the reform or step out of the way. the door was left open. people are not sure about the barbarism. and now we know. now we know that he has become the emblem of this revolution. emblem of a war between the regime and the syrian people. >> moammar gadhafi and libya started committing atrocities against house own people, u.s. quickly not only rec...

Because it is a child, it is a teenager. in tunisia it was the fruit vendor who set himself on fire and became the symbol of the beginning of the arab spring. could this young man now be that symbol to take the syria demonstrations to the next level? >> well, john, that's really the fundamental question. hamza al khateeb will go down in the history of syrian torment and in the history of syrian grief and in the history of syrian sorrow. the masks have fallen in damascus. this ruler, bashar al assad, has always pretended to be a civilized man. he had studied in england. he had reached into the ...