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This post also available in:| Español | · Siria: Destruyen estatua de Hafez Al Assad en Al Raqqah |
| Ελληνικά | · Το άγαλμα του Χάφεζ Αλ-'Ασαντ καταστράφηκε στη Συρία |
The destruction of Hafez Al Assad's statue in Al-Raqqah , Syria. Screen shot from YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hFwEmgylJ4
Syrian blogger Mohammed Basheer shares a YouTube video from Al-Raqqah showing the destruction of a statue of Hafez Al Assad. On Twitter, he writes:
@MBAA: Al-Raqqah is free and librated from Assad. People of Raqqah taking down the statue of Hafez Alasad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hFwEmgylJ4 … #Syria
Here's the video clip he is referring to:
Egyptian Ahmad Khalil tweets [ar]:
الكهرباء قطعت من الساعة 9.5 وبالتالى النت قطع ، لعلك سعيد يا ريس مرسى ؟؟ نحن نعيش فى العتمه والقادم اسؤأ
@ahmad_khalil:The electricity has been out since 9.50am and as a result there has been no Internet. Are you happy President Morsi? We are living in darkness and the future looks worse.
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we are def getting there .