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Continued Crackdown in Syria Claims Relative of Anaheim Businessman

– January 12, 2012Posted in: anaheim, Arab Americans, Arab Spring, democrats, Fresh Juice, oc weekly

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Arab League observers in Syria have issued an initial report recommending the continuation of their controversial mission assessing whether or not the regime of President Bashar al-Assad is adhering to a peace plan. The crackdown on protests that began in March of last year and have since turned into a full-fledged uprising, however, shows no signs of abetting. The latest wave of repression has hit close to home for Anaheim businessman and former city council hopeful Bill Dalati, who lost a relative to Assad’s goons last week.

Read more about how the crackdown of the Arab Spring uprising in Syria is reverberating in Anaheim on my latest OC Weekly Navel Gazing Blog post:

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2012/01/bill_dalati_anaheim.php

Tags: anaheim, Arab Spring, Bashar al-Assad, Bill Dalati, Navel Gazing, oc weekly, Syria

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