We don't feel our people. Nobody kill - no government in the world, kill its people unless it's created by crazy person. For me, as president, I became president because of the public support. It's impossible for anyone in this state to be ordered to kill.
Bashar al-Assad denies that the Syrian government is killing its own people, claiming that no government would do such a thing.
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Bashar al-Assad brought this on by turning the tanks loose on population centers. He asked for it. This started out as a fairly benign movement, almost, you know, an incipient democracy, and he opened up with the artillery.
He's saying, you know, 'I will decide what reforms are made. I will decide when they're made and how they're implemented. And, you know, you guys should just sit down and shut up.'
Today President Assad, the dictator in Syria, has announced that he's granting what he calls amnesty to protesters accused of committing crimes.