Syrian police sealed off a southern city Saturday after security forces killed at least five protesters there in the first sign that the Arab world's pro-democracy push is seeping into one of the region's most repressive places.
Of course, off in Libya, Syria's people can see what an American president with the middile name "Hussein" and a Nobel Peace Prize can get away with in the name of protecting Arabs from their own dictator.
I love the smell of irony in the morning.
UPDATE: Well what do you know?
Thousands of Syrians rallied Sunday for a third consecutive day in a tense southern city where security forces killed at least five protesters, signaling that unrest in yet another Arab country is taking root, a witness and activists said.
The witness in Daraa told The Associated Press by telephone that protesters were angry about the shooting Friday and mass arrests after the demonstrations calling for political freedoms in one of the region's most repressive countries. They demanded officials involved in the violence be fired.
The protesters have guts, no doubt.
