(New Republic) Oliver Holmes - By labeling the opposition movement a Sunni-led terrorist revolt and allowing members of his own Alawite sect to loot and pillage Sunni towns, Syrian President Assad is fanning the flames of sectarian hatred - and some protesters, despite their initially peaceful, pluralistic intentions, are starting to buy in as well.
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