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Video Shows Syrian Military Beating Detainees

Reut Cohen |
August 19, 2011 | 2:21 p.m. PDT

Executive Producer

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A YouTube video posted Thursday appears to have captured an incident in which Syrian military beat detained men on a bus while forcing them to shout slogans in favor of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.

In the two-minute video, the men are being abused and can be heard shouting, "With blood and soul, we sacrifice for you Bashar" and "Allah, Syria and Bashar only."

The video description does not indicate when and where in Syria it was taken.

Syrian security forces killed at least 22 people Friday amid mounting pressure from the international community calling for Bashar Assad to step down.

 

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