Momentum is building for the opposition. The demonstrations are getting bigger with each day. They started out gathering between 100 to 300. Today's demonstration was well over 1,000 in Deraa. . . . The killing of four in Deraa is new. Many Syrians claim that this is the first time President Assad has drawn blood with the shooting of demonstrators. The Kurdish intifada of 2004 in the Jazeera ended with the death of many but that occurred following the successful constitutional referendum in Iraq and was blamed on external factors. To many Syrians, this time seems different. It is unclear where this can lead as the opposition has no leadership and Syria has no organized parties. . . The top brass of the armed forces are unlikely to abandon the leadership as they did in Tunisia or Egypt; all the same, loyalties would be divided for many. The next few days will be telling.
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