(Newsweek) Ed Kashi - Suddenly, they open their purses and hold up their banners. Each woman has her slogan. Stop the Killing. Stop the Violence. They start walking to the square with the looming bronze statue of Hafez al-Assad. White vans and scores of men in plain clothes pop up from nowhere. They tear posters out of the girls' hands, throw the women to the ground. One refuses to release her poster and screams as her finger is broken. A white van drives away with four of the girls. The square appears as if nothing has happened. But something has happened. Something has begun.
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