Glenn has found an important source on the doings in Syria, the benighted sub-Axis-Of-Evil tyranny.

Intellectuals of all stripes are being rounded up by Syrian goons in the heaviest crackdown on dissidents in years. First in line for government oppression are those who have criticized the Syrian involvement in Lebanon. One by one, name by name, they are disappeared.

It’s believed that the international lull in attention of Syria’s role in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is what’s emboldened the tyrants. That underscores the need to turn the heat up on Syria over its murderous practices. No tyrant likes international scrutiny and that’s why it’s effective on halting other depredations.

Norman Geras of Normblog has done some excellent research. Read it here.

And for a taste of what it’s like to be a dissident in Syria, read this latest veiled criticism of the regime by Karfan in Syria Exposed here.