This day was very hot and bloody day in Syria. About 88 people were killed in the uprising when the security forces fired bullets and tear gas Friday at tens of thousands of protesters across the country. People of all ages were killed. A man of 70 years old and two kids were killed. News channels viewed a video of old man carrying a boy, whose hair was matted with blood from a gaping wound on his head, as another child wept and shouted, "My father!". Mobile phone images showed the bodies lined up on the floor inside buildings.
In Washington, President Barack Obama condemned the latest use of force by Syria against anti-government demonstrators and said the regime's "outrageous" use of violence against the protesters must "end now." Obama said Syria's moves to repeal a decades-old emergency law and allow peaceful demonstrations were not serious in light of Friday's events. He called on Assad to change course and obey the will of his people by giving them what they seek — freedom of expression, association, peaceful assembly and the ability to choose their leaders
U.K., Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned the "unacceptable killing of demonstrators by the Syrian security forces." Hague said. "I call on the Syrian security forces to exercise restraint instead of repression, and on the Syrian authorities to respect the Syrian people's right to peaceful protest,"
