People chant slogans while holding a sign calling for the end of "genocide" in Syria during a rally in support of the Syrian opposition at Lafayette Park in front of the White House in Washington on March 17, 2012. Several hundred people gathered to voice their opposition to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and its brutal crackdown on the one-year uprising. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
