it s 15 months now that syrians have been protesting, and conducting this uprising against their government. we have seen incredible amounts of violence by conservative estimates, more than 9,000 people killed with artillery and tanks and helicopters against opposition demonstratordemonstr. and they ve grown increasingly armed. in spite of that incredible loss of life, there s no sign in sight that the population is willing to give up this rebellion. you have people proudly flying the flag of the opposition. we met rebels that are that look to be better armed than we ve seen in months past. they have better uniforms than they ve had in the past. they seem to be better mobilized as well, and preparing what appears to be for what they think may be the next phase in the fighting there. and we also talked to some of the civilians who have suffered. i talked to a mother who had lost three of her sons. three of her sons who tried to defend their village from two subsequent syrian