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Syria May Have Exaggerated Number of Casualties
(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff - In the clashes on the Syrian border, the Northern Command by and large retained control over events. The IDF has no real way to estimate the number of fatalities on the other side. But the Syrian government - through its media - has a clear interest in exaggerating the number of casualties to have the border incidents overshadow President Assad's ongoing massacre of anti-government protesters. On Sunday, according to opposition forces, at least 35 Syrians were killed by their own security forces during protests. Unlike on Nakba Day, the Palestinians were saving their energy for future clashes. At least for now, the population of the West Bank doesn't seem particularly enthused about the possibility of a third intifada.