The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. May 13, 2011 U.N.: 850 Dead So Far in Syrian Crackdown on Protesters -------------------------------------------------------- Earlier today, a United Nations official said the two-month-long crackdown down by Syrian security forces on protesters has left as many as 850 people dead. .