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Monday, October 3, 2011 Dissidents Establish National Council To Overthrow Assad BEIRUT — Syrian dissidents on Sunday formally established a broad-based national council designed to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime, which they accused of pushing the country to the brink of civil war. Syrians took to the streets in celebration, singing and dancing. Police Find Bullet-Riddled, Bound Bodies Of 7 Men In Mexico Arabian Oryx, Root Of Unicorn Legend, Making Comeback Amanda Knox Appeal: Knox Tells Court She Is Innocent Nobel Prize For Medicine 2011: Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffmann, Ralph Steinman Win For Immune System Discoveries Thieves Suspected Of Selling Pets To Restaurants Clubbed To Death BLOG POSTS Howard Steven Friedman: Timor-Leste Beauty Daphne Eviatar: In Wake of Al-Awlaki's Death, U.S. Needs to Come Clean on Targeted Killings Was the killing of Awlaki lawful? For that matter, is the growing U.S. practice of targeting individuals around the world with remote-controlled drones or secret Special Operations raids a legal way to fight terrorism? Scott Atran: How Killing Awlaki Affects America, Al Qaeda, and the Arab Spring Eliminating Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan creates a brief opportunity for restoring America's shattering moral standing in the Arab and Muslim world. President Obama can now claim that the biggest short-term threat to national security from abroad has been nearly neutralized. Michael Shaw: Reading the Pictures: al-Awlaki: What's Wrong With This Picture? Tom Squitieri: A Lighter Shade of Gray As Bahrain wheezes and convulses in its uncertain steps, the gray is slowly emerging more in the reports of those spending at least a little time letting all the senses embrace.

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