(Washington Post) Editorial - More than two dozen protesters were reported shot and killed by Syrian security forces on Thursday and at least 11 more on Friday. On Tuesday the FBI arrested Mohamad Soueid, a Syrian-born naturalized U.S. citizen, who has been charged with conspiring to collect information on people protesting against the Syrian government for delivery to the regime's intelligence services. More than 30 activists in at least eight countries say that they have faced intimidation from embassy officials or that family members in Syria have been harassed, arrested or even tortured. The charges against Soueid show that the Assad regime poses a threat not only to people in Syria but to those in the U.S. and other countries who support freedom. They underline the urgency for Western governments to step up pressure on the regime and force Assad to step down.
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