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September 28, 2011

Averting a Civil War in Syria

Washington Post, Washington Post

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Violence will push extremists to the forefront, justify even more brutal repression by the government and possibly transform what has been a broad pro-democracy movement into a sectarian war.

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TAGGED: Syria, Bashar al-Assad

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