822 protests in Syria today from the north to south.

[tabatha]

Despite the horrendous destruction, killing and over 210,000 people in detention and thousands displaced or refugees, the Friday peaceful demonstrations continue across Syria - Assad does not seem to be able to end this, despite the terrible brutality.

Video from Ivan Watson:
http://mar15.info/2012/04/video-day-of-defiance-in-syria/

Google map of demonstrations:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=212070240894988529972.0004be19796db2b3fa4be&msa=0

822 is a record.

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The following tweets are excerpts from an article in The Times of London, for which I do not have a subscription. So I cannot read the full article

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Prev #Syria quotes taken from "TROOPS DEFECT IN DISGUST AS GUNSHIP PILOTS 'BOAST' OF DEADLY ATTACKS ON REBEL TOWNS" The TIMES 20 April 2012

8h Alexblx ‏ @Alexblx
DEFECTOR: "Very few #Syria Army soldiers support Regime..only fear of being shot & reprisals agst thr families prevent en masse desertions"

8h Alexblx ‏ @Alexblx
#Syria DEFECTOR: I pretended "to be sick & fled on the way to hospital because my unit was firing on women & children in town of #Zabadani"

8h Alexblx ‏ @Alexblx
#Syria DEFECTOR "If U hesitate 2 shoot- they shoot U right away- U only have seconds..sensed U were going 2 defect they killed U"TIMES 20/04

8h Alexblx ‏ @Alexblx
#Syria AIRFORCE DEFECTOR: "They told us we were free to loot & plunder...to take anything & nobody will punish you" THE TIMES 20/04/12

8h Alexblx ‏ @Alexblx
#Syria AIRFORCE DEFECTOR: "we wanted 4 nothing when it came to weapons equipment & food - The Russians kept delivering supplies" TIMES 20/04

8h Alexblx ‏ @Alexblx
TIME 4 #NATO #NFZ: "The #Syria Govt is increasingly using helicopter gunships to crush rebel towns & cities in the north" THE TIMES 20/04/12

[pampango]

1. They may be scared, but they have nothing left to lose at this point. n/t