Syria moves briskly toward stalemate
By Patrick Seale
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Monday, May 30, 2005
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Accused by the United States of aiding the insurgents in Iraq - and facing a real danger of attack - Syria has not enhanced its international reputation by clamping down on its citizens. Last week, nine members of a political discussion group, named after its founder the late Jamal Atasi, a psychiatrist and critic of the Assad regime, were rounded up in the middle of the night and jailed.
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