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Funeral mob swells as Syrian Kurdish leader is slain
In Qamishli more than 50,000 mourners filled the city in a funeral for Mashaal Tammo the Kurdish opposition figure killed Friday by masked gunmen. Security forces fired into crowds killing five, signaling a major but uncertain Kurdish push in the uprising against Bashar al Assad.
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Beirut
Syria
Bashar Assad
Mashaal Tammo
Assad
Qamishli
Hafez Assad
Tammo
Mustafa Osso
Associated Press