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tabatha

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Sat Feb 18, 2012, 10:23 PM Feb 2012

SYRIA: DAMASCUS SPOKE, WHILE IT WAS SNOWING!

What happened there UNDER SNOW was a funeral ceremony for martyrs who have fell in previous days. 10′s of thousands filled the streets, women children and everyone was there. From the videos i saw i was stunned, the atmosphere there was ON FIRE despite the snow falling.

People on social networks were very excited for the fact that the demonstration took place in this huge unexpected number and because it was 1KM away from the presidential palace. I mean Assad could open his window and watch the whole thing take place from his palace. This fact alone got me standing on my feet while watching the videos. I chanted with them, i thought to myself ”HOLY CRAP, look at these people. Look at the chants, look at them facing death and risking it all”, and so you people know. Usually funerals such as this one turn into anti-regime protests which is explained by this picture:



It’s an ongoing cycle since 11 months. And people keep going through it over and over and over again, because they’ll never give up until they topple the regime that kills them and take away their freedom.
Here is a video showing what happened exactly. Note that the thug who opened fire directed it to women:



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http://alichubby.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/syria-damascus-spoke-while-it-was-snowing/
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