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Nearly 20 Syrian protestors were killed on Friday by government security forces less than two days after an Arab League brokered cease fire went into effect. Security forces opened fire on thousands of protestors who gathered after Friday prayers. Mass demonstrations to test the Syrian government’s commitment to peace were called for by opposition groups. The Syrian government announced a week-long amnesty period beginning Saturday, urging anti-government protestors to turn themselves in to police with the promise of immediate release. The US state department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Friday that while she hadn’t been informed of the amnesty deal, “[t]his would be about the fourth amnesty that they’ve offered since I took this job about five months ago. I wouldn’t advise anybody to turn themselves in to regime authorities at the moment.” Syria’s government lashed out at what it called the “interference” of the US, and condemned Nuland’s statement as “irresponsible.” A UN estimate last month put the number of Syrians killed during the 8 month uprising at 3000. The capture and killing of Moammar Gaddafi in Libya last month has reportedly boosted the morale of the Syrian opposition. Meanwhile, the Libyan National Transition Council, which declared the nation officially liberated on October 23, has announced free elections will take place in 8 months. The AP reported last week that the NTC also estimated disarming rebels will be a slow, cooperative process. A spokesman said the body hopes economic incentives, including employment opportunities, will motivate rebels to return to civilian life. There are fears that the current instability will spur a civil conflict among highly armed Libyans. Meanwhile, in Tunisia, where the first overthrow of the Arab Spring occurred, a new government is forming after last month’s elections. Last week officials with the Islamist Ennahada party, which won 90 seats in the new 217 member parliament, reiterated a commitment to a secular constitution, expected to be adopted in a year.<\/p>\n
GUESTS: Reese Erlich, veteran freelance foreign correspondent, recently traveled across Middle East on assignment for The Guardian (London), Christian Science Monitor and ABC (Australia) Radio. He is also the author of \u201cThe Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis\u201d and his latest book is called \u201cConversations with Terrorists: Middle East Leaders on Politics, Violence, and Empire.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\nReese Erlich Speaking Events: <\/p>\n
Wednesday November 7th, 6:30pm, at Denny\u2019s Restaurant Conference Rm, 10700 Jefferson Bl. in Culver City @ Overland Ave. Call (310)559-5351 for more information. Sponsored by the Society for Democracy in Iran <\/p>\n
Thursday November 10th, 6 pm at UC San Diego’s International House, Great Hall. Click here for more information: http:\/\/calendar.ucsd.edu\/DisplayEventDetail.asp?iEventID=25234&iSubCatID=1&iRoomID=<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly 20 Syrian protestors were killed on Friday by government security forces less than two days after an Arab League brokered cease fire went into effect. Security forces opened fire on thousands of protestors who gathered after Friday prayers. Mass demonstrations to test the Syrian government’s commitment to peace were called for by opposition groups. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}