المظاهرة التي خرجت جانب جامع الماجد 15/1/2012 Telecomix : Syria - - News From The Ground - Syrie : des déserteurs commencent à résister à l'armée. Syria using American software to censor Internet, experts say. U.S. officials say they are reviewing reports that Syria’s government is using the company’s products. “The issue of Blue Coat’s technology being used in Syria is one that the State Department is taking very seriously and is very concerned about,” said a State Department official who would discuss the matter only on the condition of anonymity.
A senior administration official, also speaking on the condition of anonymity, noted that sanctions restrict U.S. companies from trade with Syria. “Our sanctions provide for some exceptions for certain software,” the official said. “Anything exported that is not covered by exceptions would violate sanctions.” Blue Coat, based in Sunnyvale, said it has not sold equipment or software to the Syrian government, but a spokesman did not deny that Syria could have obtained the products through a third party. “Blue Coat does not sell to Syria,” spokesman Steve Schick said in an e-mail. Assad told to stop killing Syrian civilians. Updated Sat 29 Oct 2011, 10:49am AEDT An Arab foreign minsters taskforce on Syria has sent president Bashar al-Assad an urgent message to halt "the continued killings of civilians". "The Arab ministerial committee expressed its rejection of the continued killings of civilians in Syria and expressed its hope that the Syrian government will take the necessary measures to protect them," said the message, which it published in a statement.
It is the Arab League's strongest message on the relentless crackdown by Syrian forces. The statement came as security forces killed at least 40 civilians in attacks on demonstrations calling for international protection for Syria's pro-democracy protesters, activists said. The UN estimates more than 3,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the bloody repression since March. The Syrian embassy has vehemently denied the accusations, chalking them up to a "campaign of distortion and fabrications. " A 15-year-old boy was killed in Idlib province.