[THS] Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Syria

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Deaths reported amid rival Syria rallies: 
 
Activists say seven people killed as government supporters and opponents clash in three cities.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/201162115512111728.html
 

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Assad issues general amnesty after promising reforms:
 
Pardon 2nd of its kind in 3 weeks; thousands turn out for pro-Assad rallies, 3 killed; Red Cross says regime agrees to give access to civilians.
http://www.jpost.com/VideoArticles/Video/Article.aspx?id=225930
 

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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Syria: 
World outrage boils over Syrian crisis: 
 
Syrian refugees continue to flee across the Turkish border to escape violence, as world powers amplify their outrage over the Damascus regime's tough crackdown on peaceful demonstrators.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/16/world-outrage-boils-over-syrian-crisis/
 

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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Syria:
 Gunshots, explosions heard from Syria at Turkish border: 
 
Gunshots and explosions were heard Tuesday from the Syrian side of Turkey's border with the unrest-hit Arab country, where thousands of fleeing people have massed, an AFP reporter said.
http://bit.ly/mA0EPC
 

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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Syria: 
The longer the Assads hang on to power in Syria, the bloodier it will be: 
 
President Bashir al-Assad's speech to the Syrian people yesterday was almost comic
http://tgr.ph/iyTYsp
 

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