Syrian Forces Ordered To Shoot 'Terrorists'

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Syrian security forces were commanded to shoot and kill
protesters and feared death for disobeying orders, a report said.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch quoted Syrian officers as saying
that those who refused to shoot pro-democracy demonstrators were killed. The
officers, who defected to neighboring Turkey, told HRW that Syrian Army and
security units were told that the demonstrators were actually Saudi- and
U.S.-sponsored terrorists.