Hama's

But Hama's protest was by far the largest, galvanizing residents in a city that has drawn the biggest crowds since the revolt began nearly four months ago.

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In a video posted on YouTube that purports to show Ford in an SUV near Hama's central Assi Square, people tossed flowers and olive branches onto the vehicle and shouted for the downfall of the regime.

Syrian protests erupt as regime lashes at U.S. 2011

For Hama's residents, still living in fear of the brutal attack that was little documented and remains shrouded in obscurity, a military campaign on their city would signal the regime has "totally run out of options," said one resident.

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But on Saturday, Mr. Assad sacked Hama's governor, Ahmad Khaled Abdul Aziz, who some residents said had been seen as sympathetic to the protesters.

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The resident said houses were "flattened to the ground" in Hama's Hamidiya neighborhood.

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For Hama's residents, still living in fear of the brutal attack that was little documented and remains shrouded in obscurity, a military campaign on their city would signal the regime has "totally run out of options," said one resident.

Scarred Syrian City Fears New Attack Nour Malas 2011

The unusual coherence and organization of Hama's street protest movement—from neighborhood councils to civilian checkpoints—appear to reflect the organizational capabilities of Syria's largest and best-organized opposition group, once a political party represented in parliament.

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Dr Hikmat Khani was head of Hama's national hospital when, in 1982, his city was besieged and bombarded on the orders of Bashar Assad's father Hafiz and his uncle Rif'at.

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Other Syrian activists attribute Hama's success in sustaining the country's largest peaceful protests to a sense of community forged out of a scarred history, and efforts by moderates from both sides of the political divide to make sure the regime doesn't strike it again.

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At least three tanks took up positions in Hama's central Assi square, which in recent weeks had been the site of carnival-like demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of protesters calling for the downfall of President Assad's regime.

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