The Syrian regime responded to protests with violence, but is this tactic leading them to their eventual suicide?
From: Inside Story
Bashar al-Assad: Time to step aside?
Piling pressure on Syria, Obama leads mounting international calls for the Syrian president to step down.
20 Aug 2011
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