SYRIA: Protests resume in response to Bashar Assad's speech [Videos]
It didn't take long after Syrian President Bashar Assad's speech on Monday before protesters took to the streets of Homs, Hama, Lattakia, Damascus and Idleb, again demanding an end to his regime.
The video above is said to show residents of Homs holding banners and shouting "Bashar go away, the Syrian people want freedom."
One banner reads, "Homs pharmaceutical company presents, the best vomit-inducing medication: listening to Bashar's speech," in reference to Assad's frequent use of medical analogies during his speech.
At one point, he compared the anti-regime protesters to germs.
Assad last addressed the nation more than two months ago. His reemergence in a more than hourlong speech on Monday left many in the pro-democracy opposition dissatisfied. For some, nothing less the president's resignation would have placated them.
Another video is said to show protesters in the Damascus suburb of Daraya holding multicolored banners. "He made the protesters criminals and exonerated the criminals," reads one banner, "We have one demand, that the regime is overthrown," reads another.
Another video is said to show protesters in Idleb, the northwestern province that has been scene of some of the most brutal recent crackdowns, responding to Assad's speech with shouts pf "God, Syria and freedom are all we need."
For years, the only chant allowed in Syria was "God, Syria and Bashar are enough."
-- Roula Hajjar in Beirut
Video credit: YouTube
Photo: A man leads a crowd of protesters in the eastern Syrian city of Abu Kamel. Credit: YouTube
It seems the pro-Assad crowd has even infested the LA Times!
Funny how there were no shootings against the large pro-Assad demos that occurred today.
Funny how those people conducted their demos, clearly unafraid, in stark contrast to the brave defiance of the anti-regime demonstrators.
All of which proves two points: 1) that the Assad regime's propaganda that killings are being carried out by 'armed gangs' inciting the protestors is obviously false and 2) even his supporters know that it is false because they clearly have no fear of the fictitious 'armed gangs'.
Posted by: QuietGargoyle | June 21, 2011 at 09:43 PM
bunch of lies!
here's the truth
http://www.dp-news.com/en/detail.aspx?articleid=87709
and here's the video of millions going to the streets in support of syrian government and syrian president.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm8_3s50hzg
Posted by: Abu Sulaiman | June 21, 2011 at 10:38 AM
You people are deluded, professional liars who have belived their own lies. You And i both know exactly what happened after bashars speech inall those areas there were pro assad rallies so how could protests have happened. I can post videos for evidence. Please explain the millions and millions of people more then half the country that is ralling for bashar on the 21st of june. God be with you bashar we r all with you and god bless our army for restoring security
Posted by: Antz | June 21, 2011 at 08:15 AM
Who is creating these disturbances there? Who is killing soldiers? Who
is creating chaos over there?
Look at the massacre they are carrying out in Tibby … you call that a
revolution man … you call that an operation for the people?
The only reason they carry out these disturbances is to get a license
to go ahead bomb the government and take over their country. Is this
what we are all going to support now? Is this what we are going to
stand for now? That thousands of people be killed … millions of them be
displaced … just so that a few people can get what they want. C’mon
man!
Read more:
http://godinthejungle.com/index.php/story-notes/390-saturday-june-18-20
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Posted by: kiarahaze | June 21, 2011 at 05:38 AM