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【标准美音 Editorial】02-29-2012
Clinton On Syrian Referendum

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Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS
This Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012 satellite image shows a pipeline fire in Homs, Syria. The pipeline, which runs through the rebel-held neighborhood of Baba Amr, in Homs, had been shelled by regime troops for the previous 12 days, according to two activist groups, the Local Coordination Committees and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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编辑：清泷夜心
HINTS：
Syrian
Homs
President Bashar al-Assad
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Damascus
AleppoOn Sunday, February 26th, even as many Syrians went to the polls to vote on the adoption of a new Constitution, government troops continued their bombardment of the opposition stronghold of Homs and other cities that had risen up nearly a year ago to demand democratic reform.
The new constitution is touted by President Bashar al-Assad's government as a promise of reform and a chance for the people to have a say in how they are governed through a multi-party parliamentary election.  Yet even as it paints a bright picture of a democratic future for Syria, the government is mercilessly killing its critics by attacking unarmed civilians with tanks and heavy artillery.
"It's a phony referendum, and it is going to be used by Assad to justify what he's doing," said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  
Speaking during an earlier interview, Secretary Clinton asked, "What about the people in Damascus, what about the people in Aleppo? Don't they know that their fellow Syrian men, women, and children are being slaughtered by their government? What are they going to do about it? When are they going to start pulling the props out from under this illegitimate regime?"