in the months since the antigovernment protests began, human rights organizations say the syrian military has fired on unarmed civilians and beaten and tortured prisoners. they estimate 1,300 have been killed. but the government s brutality and overconfidence just seems to deepen resentment among the people. just a few minutes ago, somebody told the refugees that bashar al-assad, the president of syria, had stepped down. they re ecstatic, even if it s not true, so it tells you exactly where their political sympathies lie. nearby in the hospital, we slipped secretly into the room of a young syrian man still in shock with multiple gunshot wounds. he told us syrian troops had fired on mourners from a helicopter at the funeral of a protestors. with all foreign journalists bard from syria, it s impossible to verify these accounts, but the turkish government is taking them very seriously. it s already building two new refugee camps, bracing for 10,000 more people running for their