Ahmad Biasi appeared on camera in another video, brandishing his ID card to prove he was Syrian, and that the film had not been recorded in Iraqi KurdistanProtester Who Exposed Lies At The Heart Of Syria's Regime -- The Independent
Ahmad Biasi risked his life to reveal state violence. Now he is a hero of the uprising.
In most countries it would have been inconsequential. But for Ahmad Biasi, a young man from a small town in north-west Syria, the simple act of filming himself in his home town captivated the Syrian protest movement, made him a symbol of the nationwide insurrection – and may have put his life in danger.
It began when he was filmed in a video uploaded onto YouTube last month. Just days before, another film had been broadcast on news networks around the world, purportedly showing Kalashnikov-waving security forces beating and stamping on prisoners who had been captured in the town of Al-Bayda, close to Banias in north-western Syria. Ahmad Biasi had been among those being beaten and kicked by gun-toting security men in the original video.
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My Comment: The Syrian state's weapon of fear is no longer operating in Syria .... especially as frustration and anger rises among those who now feel victimized by the regime.
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