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The Syrian government sharply escalated its violent crackdown on its people this morning in the southern Syrian city of Deraa, killing five people and wounding and arresting dozens more. The government of Bashar Al Assad sent “tanks, snipers and knife-wielding security forces” (AP) into the town following several days of similar bloodshed. It was the first time the army joined security forces, and the first time that a crackdown was not prompted by a demonstration. On Saturday, thousands of people gathered near Damascus mourning a protester who was killed on Friday. Friday’s clashes resulted in at least 30 people confirmed dead after security forces fired on protesters during mass demonstrations across Syria. After two weeks of widespread unrest throughout the country, thousands of Syrians flooded the streets chanting for the downfall of the military regime. Riot police fired pellets, tear gas and lethal ammunition into the crowd, and in the Damascus suburb of Douma, witnesses reported seeing snipers targeting people in the crowd. President Bashar al-Assad was expected to ease restrictions on the media and lift Syria\u2019s state of emergency imposed 48 years ago. The emergency law, imposed by Al-Assad\u2019s father, Hafiz al-Assad, have allowed government officials to crackdown on dissenters and free speech. However, in his latest address to the Syrian parliament, Al Assad instead blamed \u201cconspirators\u201d and the foreign press for pushing an \u201cIsraeli agenda.\u201d While the president conceded that some of the protesters\u2019 deaths had been \u201cmistakes\u201d made by security forces, he neither recognized the deaths of other protesters nor offered a time frame for economic reform or changes in governance. The Wall Street Journal reported today that the Obama Administration was drafting sanctions against the Syrian regime. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillai, also called on Syria to immediately halt the violence. <\/p>\n