After Assad's election triumph, fear grips stay-at-home Syrians
 

https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OG...S-ELECTION.JPG(The identity of the reporter has been withheld for security reasons) Two days after Syria's presidential election, there are signs of anxiety among those who boycotted the vote - and who don't have the ink stain on their finger that would show they played their part in Bashar al-Assad's victory. Assad won Tuesday's election with nearly 89 percent support, according to officials, triggering celebrations in some government-controlled parts of Syria where voting took place. "Let's see whose finger has ** ink," the host of a local radio show said on Thursday, playing half-jokingly on fears that those who did **t vote could face consequences. On election day, some people tried to find an alternative to the official polling station ink.




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