(Los Angeles Times) Garrett Therolf and Meris Lutz - 25 people were killed by Syrian security forces Wednesday in the southern city of Daraa, witnesses said, when hundreds of government security agents raided the Omari mosque where anti-government demonstrators had sought refuge. Security forces used live ammunition against supporters of the protests from nearby villages attempting to join them. "There are hundreds of wounded and injured in the streets," a human rights activist reported.
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