Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: E si muove anche il popolo siriano

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Syria mourners call for revolt after deaths
By Suleiman al-Khalidi, Reuters
Thousands of mourners called on Saturday for "revolution" at the funeral 
of protesters killed by Syrian security forces, the boldest challenge to 
Syria's rulers since uprisings began sweeping the Arab world.
Security forces responded by firing tear gas to disperse crowds in 
Deraa, a tribal region south of the capital where at least 10,000 people 
demonstrated on Saturday at the funeral of two protesters, among at 
least four who were killed on Friday.
"Revolution, revolution. Rise up Hauran," chanted the mourners in Deraa, 
administrative capital of the strategic Hauran plateau, as they marched 
behind simple wood coffins of Wissam Ayyash and Mahmoud al-Jawabra.
"God, Syria, Freedom. Whoever kills his own people is a traitor," they 
said. Some of the mourners exited a mosque and headed for the centre to 
protest.
The city was less tense by late afternoon after security forces 
dispersed most of the crowd and adopted less aggressive tactics than the 
previous day, residents said.
The two were killed when security forces opened fire on Friday on 
civilians taking part in a peaceful protest demanding political freedoms 
and an end to corruption in Syria, which has been ruled under emergency 
laws by President Bashar al-Assad's Baath Party for nearly half a century.
A third man who was killed on Friday, Ayhem al-Hariri, was buried in a 
village near Deraa earlier on Saturday. A fourth protester, Adnan Akrad, 
died on Saturday from his wounds.
Secret police at the main funeral in Deraa arrested at least one 
mourner, activists said. Security was heavy in the city, especially 
around police stations.
The city of Deraa is home to thousands of displaced people from eastern 
Syria, where up to 1 million people have left their homes because of a 
water crisis over the past six years. Experts say state mismanagement of 
resources has worsened the crisis.
The Hauran region, once a Middle East bread basket, has also been 
affected by diminishing water levels, with yields per hectare falling by 
a quarter in Deraa last year.
Protests against Syria's ruling elite, inspired by revolts in the Arab 
world, have gathered momentum this week after a silent protest in 
Damascus by 150 people demanding the release of thousands of political 
prisoners.
At least one activist from Deraa, Diana al-Jawabra, took part in the 
protest. She was arrested faces charges of weakening national morale, 
along with 32 jailed protesters, a lawyer said.
Jawabra, who is from a prominent tribe, was campaigning for the release 
of 15 schoolchildren arrested in Deraa this month after writing slogans 
on walls, inspired by revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia that swept their 
autocratic leaders from power.
Residents say the children's arrests deepened feelings of repression and 
helped fuel the protests in Deraa, the biggest threat yet to the 
authority of Assad.
Assad said in a January interview Syria's leadership was "very closely 
linked to the beliefs of the people" and there was no mass discontent.
"The leadership have given a clear signal that they are not in any hurry 
to embark on fundamental political reform," said a diplomat in the 
Syrian capital.
In a move seen as an attempt to address the discontent, Assad issued a 
decree on Saturday lessening mandatory army conscription from 21 months 
to 18 months.
The long conscription period has generated discontent, especially among 
the youth who resent state tactics to bring them into service, such as 
random ID checking, and the withholding of food aid from families whose 
members escaped conscription.
-- 
Namib
"I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis"
(ultime parole di Humphrey Bogart)

 
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se un millesimo della popolazione è il popolo, tu sei un comunista

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Mo' te piace pure Assad?! P.S. Noto en passant come questo "argomento" 
sia sovente utilizzato dal satrapo ch'era un tempo il migliore amico del 
satrapo libico.
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 Mo' te piace pure Assad?
no, mi fanno schifo quelli che usano a vanvera parole come "popolo"

 no, mi fanno schifo quelli che usano a vanvera parole come "popolo"
Ritieni dunque che "E si muove anche la lontra siriana" sarebbe stato un 
object più acconcio? P.S. Parenti vulcaniani?
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 Ritieni dunque che
10.000 persone sono 10.000 persone, IL popolo sono 10 milioni di
persone. Chi mischia le due cose sta facendo l'inutile megafono della
propaganda di regime. Period

 ha scritto nel messaggio 
news:4c9c5baf-36d7-47c6...@v8g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
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ad ogni modo il regime siriano non č propriamente sereno visto che sta 
sparando sulla folla... 

 sparando sulla folla...
Rispetto alle loro abitudini, sparano molto poco.
-- 
Dead men may not talk, but they also don't lie.  [Chuck Hawks]

 Rispetto alle loro abitudini, sparano molto poco.
dagli tempo