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Syrian Refugees Tell of Atrocities
(AFP) Harrowing reports of atrocities committed during Syria's crackdown on protesters, including deserting soldiers' accounts of massacred civilians, sparked fresh international outrage Saturday. Syrian soldier Tahal al-Lush described the operation in Ar-Rastan that had pushed him to desert. "We were told that people were armed there. But when we arrived, we saw that they were ordinary civilians. We were ordered to shoot them." "When we entered the houses, we opened fire on everyone, the young, the old....Women were raped in front of their husbands and children," he said.