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ratic change. At the time she spoke, more than 60 Syrians had already been massacred by Mr. Assad's security forces; others have since fallen. Ms. Clinton was only reflecting a piece of wishful thinking to which the Obama administration and its congressional allies have tenaciously clung: that Mr. Assa
l about 10 days ago, when thousands of protesters in the southern city of Deraa took to the streets to protest the killings of several youths there. Deraa is a tribal city, and the clans united in their anger against the provincial governor, Faisal Kalthoum, and his chief of security. Security forces
on. Syria had been relatively stable compared with its Arab neighbors until about 10 days ago, when thousands of protesters in the southern city of Deraa took to the streets to protest the killings of several youths there. Deraa is a tribal city, and the clans united in their anger against the provinc
ident Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Syria as "not too bad," and the sanctions agai
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030079 →t, slim chance for a peaceful way forward. Over seven hundred people have been killed so far, more than a hundred of them in the southwestern city of Deraa, near the Jordanian border, where the Omari mosquea center of resistance-has been closed to worshipers after being shelled by tanks and taken over by
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030083 →ns a roomful of unelected officials, they will have planted the seeds for future unrest, and Egyptians will have missed a historic opportunity," Mrs. Clinton warned "When unelected authorities say they want to be out of the business of governing," the United States expects them "to lay out a clear road map
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031943 →the "shadow army," as Syrians call it, seems to be planning more spectacular operations. On Monday, the FSA claimed an attack on an army convoy near Deraa, the southwestern town where the revolution started. Official accounts reported at least 34 soldiers killed. Yesterday, the FSA attacked the headquar
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031949 →Entities connected to both Bill Clinton and Deraa

George W. Bush
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Hillary Clinton
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Barack Obama
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United States
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Bashar al-Assad
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European Parliament
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Henry Kissinger
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al-Qaeda
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Muslim Brotherhood
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the Persian Gulf
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Bill Maher
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Muammar Gaddafi
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Hafez al-Assad
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