Syrian forces continue crackdown
Source: http://news.uk.msn.com/world/syrian-forces-continue-crackdown
Assad's regime has been using force to put down citizen protests demanding political reforms, and activists say some 1,700 civilians have been killed.
"People are being slaughtered like sheep while walking in the street," said a resident, who spoke by phone. "I saw with my own eyes one young boy on a motorcycle who was carrying vegetables being run over by a tank."
The siege of Hama is part of a new government offensive to put down the country's uprising against President Bashar Assad's authoritarian rule. The protests have been gaining momentum in defiance of the military crackdown.
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