@RRowleyTucsonRobert Rowley
In Swelling Rallies, Syrians Say Assad Is Nextonline.wsj.com/article/SB1000… #Syria
Bolstered by scenes of jubilation in Libya, protesters in Syria and Yemen streamed out to rally against their longtime leaders Friday, warning their presidents to take a cue from Moammar Gadhafi's violent death.
Official reactions were muted in the region. Arab media marked the death of Libya's 42-year autocrat as a remarkable victory for pro-democracy protesters in the Middle East.
"He will be remembered in history as the chancellor of all tyrants," an editorial in the pan-Arab newspaper Al Hayat said. Lebanese daily An-Nahar said the event "takes the Arab Spring revolutions to a new turn, folding a painful page."
