(Reuters)- "From alleyway to alleyway, from house to house, we want to overthrow you, Bashar," the mourners chanted, according to a witness at the funeral.....
The (government) statement said armed groups belonging to ultra conservative Salafist Muslim organizations had killed security forces and civilians, mutilated their bodies, destroyed property and blocked public roads."...(the events) are an armed insurrection by armed groups belonging to Salafist organizations, especially in the cities of Homs and Banias, ... Some of these groups have called for armed insurrection under the motto of Jihad to set up a Salafist state..."(the statement said)...
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