1.   Both he and others who attended the meeting in the rebel-held town of Starye Atagi said the commanders quickly agreed the killing must stop.

2.   But it could not be denied that with both Sharif and The Rebels in jail, the killings stopped, a lull that lasted more than a year.

3.   But the bells pealed on V-E Day not just because the killing had stopped.

4.   Defense attorney William Shull said that justice was done, that mercy was done and that he was thankful the killing stopped.

5.   Human rights workers, the European Union and the United States warned that the killing must stop.

6.   If the killing stopped, the government might have to offer political concessions to its foes.

7.   Lebed and others who attended the meeting in the rebel-held town of Starye Atagi said the commanders agreed that the killing must stop.

8.   Maybe the killings will stop.

9.   Now the killing may stop.

10.   One unanswered question is why the killings stopped.