This is How the Mafia-like Assad Crime Family has Maintained its Totalitarian Police State Rule over 24 Million Syrian People for the past 42 years -- Through Ruthless Sheer Terror of the Civilian population, as shown in this example from Aleppo where a gang of Assad's Shabiha Militia swarm the streets attacking University Students for the crime of calling for Democracy in Syria ============== Syria Now 14-5-2012 Posted by abeer on May 14th, 2012 Idlib: Jisr Shoghour: Heavy gunfire was reported in the village of Badama at the Obein checkpoint near the Turkish border Damascus Suburbs: Masraba: Heavy, continuous gunfire from automatic weapons was reported at the gas station checkpoints and in front of the Hamza Bin Abdel Matlab Mosque Damascus Suburbs: Douma: Heavy gunfire from anti-aircraft weapons was reported at the edges of the city Daraa: Izraa: Low-flying warplanes were reported along the international Damascus-Jordan highway from the western side Idlib: Arom Al-Joz: Heavy gunfire was reported at all checkponts belonging to the regime's army Homs: Al-Farhanieh: Heavy gunfire was reported at the Qurbeh checkpoint, which belongs to the regime's security forces. A number of shells were launched at homes