Syrian security forces leave main Deraa mosque

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DAMASCUS | Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:22pm EDT

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian security forces pulled out from the main Omari mosque Thursday in the center of the city of Deraa where six people were killed, a Reuters witness said.

Several thousand people later converged on mosque to celebrate its "liberation," setting off fireworks and honking car horns.

(Reporting by Suleiman al-Khalidi)

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