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Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-04-18/syria-un-monitors-flee-violence/54402594/1
UN Cease-Fire Monitors Flee Syrian Protest after Gunfire
(AP-USA Today) Syrian security forces opened fire Wednesday on anti-regime demonstrators in a suburb of Damascus surrounding the cars of a UN team meant to monitor a shaky cease-fire, sending the observers speeding off and protesters dashing for cover. At least eight people were wounded in the shooting. Amateur videos posted online showed hundreds of demonstrators crowding around at least three UN Land Cruisers, waving Syrian flags and chanting against the regime. A handwritten sign taped by a demonstrator on one of the cars read, "The murderer keeps killing, the observers keep observing and the people keep up the revolution."