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Syrian security forces raid a neighborhood in Daraa, Syria, in this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and accessed on Friday, April 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

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This image made from amateur video purports to show a Free Syrian Army solider accompanying U.N. observers in Rastan town in Homs, Syria. (Associated Press)

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This image made from video and supplied by Syrian TV shows U.N. observers during a visit to Homs, Syria, on Saturday, April 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Syria TV via AP Video)

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This image made from video made available by Syrian TV shows U.N. observer team leader Col. Ahmed Himmiche, left, meeting with the governor of Homs, Syria, Saturday, April 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Syria TV via AP video) TV OUT SYRIA OUT

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In this image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed Wednesday, April 18, 2012, smoke billows following purported shelling in Khaldiyeh district, Homs, Syria. The Associated Press cannot independently verify the content, date, location or authenticity of this material. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrives April 19, 2012, on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Armed Services Committee about recent developments with the crisis in Syria. (Associated Press)

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This image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, purports to show smoke rising from buildings in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP Video)

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**FILE** Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife Asma arrive July 13, 2008, for a formal dinner after a Mediterranean Summit meeting at the Petit Palais in Paris. (Associated Press)

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Druze man rides a horse while holding a knife and a photograph of Syrian President Bashar Assad on April 17, 2012, during Syria's Independence Day in the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, near the border with Syria and Israel. (Associated Press)

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Bahrain Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad al-Khalifa (right) speaks April 17, 2012, with Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mourad Medelci during the meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Arab League to discuss the situation in Syria taking place in Doha. (Associated Press)

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An image from an amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed Tuesday is said to show smoke rising from buildings in Homs, Syria. (Associated Press)