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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/20/international/middleeast/20SYRI.html
Hussein's Fall Leads Syrians to Test Government Limits
(New York Times) - Omar Amiralay in Damascus is planning a documentary film with the working title, "Fifteen Reasons Why I Hate the Baath." "The myth of having to live under despots for eternity collapsed" with the overthrow of Saddam Hussein across the border in Iraq, he said. The very act of humiliating the worst Arab tyrant spawned a sort of "what if" process in Syria and across the region. Some Syrians are testing the limits, openly questioning government doctrine, and challenging state oppression. The fall of Hussein changed something inside people. "I think the image, the sense of terror, has evaporated," said Amiralay.