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christiane amanpour. reporter: as bashar assad tries to crush the popular uprising against him, any doubts about his regime s brutal response have been erased. at least 12 people, including five children, were reportedly killed when the syrian army attacked a peaceful protest in rastan, a mostly rebel-held town. the assault on rastan comes after what looks like a victory for assad in homs. ground zero for the rebellion. paul conroy, a news photographer, was seriously injured last week trying to document the horror of homs. conroy has only just managed to escape. and several activists gave their lives trying to save his. the intensity of the shelling. we were taking direct hits after direct hits on the building we were in. the time for talking is over. somebody must act bah because we re not going to see the next phase. the next phase will not be televised. the activists won t be there because they re all going to die in the next few days. there will not be any witne ....