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Video Defector Urges Fellow Syrians To Do The Same

by Kelly McEvers, NPR
March 8, 2012

In a video posted early Thursday, a senior official in the Syrian Oil Ministry announced that he was defecting. If true, it would be a significant blow to the government of Bashar Assad.

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  • All Things Considered, March 8, 2012
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