Live Update on Hama Crackdown

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There is international condemnation against the Syrian government this morning as it carries out an attack against the city of Hama, the symbolic center of the anti-government opposition. The United Nations Security Council, which includes Syrian allies like Russia, issued its first condemnation of the violence. Critics say the statement opens the door to a possible Libya-style intervention. The BBC’s Jim Muir  reports from Beirut, Lebanon. He says almost no information has come out of Hama this morning.

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