Assad "launches war" on democracy movement: Atassi
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AMMAN (Reuters) - A leading Syrian human rights campaigner said on Monday that the Syrian authorities have launched a war against the country's peaceful pro-democracy movement by attacking three cities.
"This is a savage war designed to annihilate Syria's democrats," Suhair al-Atassi said in a statement sent to Reuters.
"President Bashar al-Assad's intentions have been clear since he came out publicly saying he is 'prepared for war' in his speech on March 30. I am at my home in Dummar suburb of Damascus. Come and arrest me," she said.
(Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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