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April 4, 2011

Syria Security Forces Kill 15, Egyptian-American Released From Captivity 
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In Syria, government snipers killed at least 15 people on Friday in the
city of Douma. Meanwhile, Mohamed Radwan has spoken to the press after
being released from a Syrian prison. Radwan is the Egyptian-American man
who was accused of being an Israeli spy after he was caught taking
photographs at a demonstration.

Mohamed Radwan: "That day there was nothing, it was a Friday and I was
in the Amawi mosque, and then all of a sudden people got up in the
middle of prayers and so I went and stood with them, and everyone was
carrying a mobile phone so I took mine out too and began to take
pictures. And then all of a sudden a man came up to me, took me aside
and told me to come with him. That's all. I found myself in a car with
him, and they took me to a place, and I wasn't sure where I was."



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