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Source: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=13475523
Syria Army Units Clash as Crackdown Intensifies
(AP-ABC News) Diaa Hadid and Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Syrian army units have clashed with each other over following President Bashar Assad's orders to crack down on protesters in Daraa, a besieged city at the heart of the uprising, witnesses and human rights groups said Thursday. Ausama Monajed, a spokesman for a group of opposition figures in Syria and abroad, said, "There are some battalions that refused to open fire on the people." "Battalions of the 5th Division were protecting people, and returned fire when they were subjected to attacks by the 4th Division," run by the president's brother, Maher.