Posted on 10/17/2012 9:42:26 AM PDT by maggief
Syria's 19-month conflict could set the entire region ablaze, international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi told reporters in Lebanon on Wednesday.
"This crisis cannot remain confined within Syrian territory," Brahimi said. "Either it is solved, or it gets worse... and sets (the region) ablaze. A truce for (the Muslim holiday of) Eid al-Adha would be a microscopic step on the road to solving the Syria crisis."
Brahimi called on Monday for a temporary ceasefire during the four-day Eid al-Adha holiday starting on October 26.
"The Syrian people, on both sides, are burying some 100 people a day," he said.
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This comparing apples to oranges.
We are talking about two totally different things....no way do you forget what this administration has done in Libya....you do that then what dems are allowed to get away with, play games with, will have lasting effects on this country.
“Damascus will be a ruinous heap”
>the four-day Eid al-Adha holiday
Is there any period of time that isn’t some muzzy holiday?
islam is the problem and letting them kill each other off is the cure.
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