AP Interview: Syrian activist's son urges protest

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By YAHYA BARZANJI
Associated Press
2011-10-10 12:00 AM

The son of an assassinated Kurdish opposition leader in Syria said Sunday that his father's death would encourage more Kurds to protest against the regime there.

Faris Tammo called on Syrian Kurdish groups to take a more active role in the country's nearly 7-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad.

"The killing of my father will encourage the Syrian Kurds to demand their freedom and rights," said Tammo. He spoke to The Associated Press in a telephone interview Sunday from the northern Iraqi city of Irbil.

His father, Mashaal Tammo, a charismatic Kurdish opposition figure, was assassinated last week by masked men who burst into his apartment and shot him ...

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