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Posted on 11/20/2011 3:08:41 PM PST by nuconvert
Damascus: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad defiantly vowed to fight and die if needed as an Arab League deadline for his government to stop its lethal crackdown on protesters expired with 20 more people killed.
Upping the pressure on Syria, the Arab League on Sunday announced it had rejected amendments proposed by Damascus to its proposal to send a 500-strong delegation to monitor the violence in Syria.
(con't at link above) And Turkish President Abdullah Gul said there was “no place for authoritarian regimes” in the Mediterranean region.
Among the dead on the weekend were four intelligence agents killed as gunmen raked their car with gunfire and two mutinous soldiers who died in clashes with regular troops in the central town of Shayzar, rights campaigners said.
The latest bloodletting added to the more than 3,500 killed since mid-March, and came despite the Saturday’s midnight (2200 GMT) deadline which had been set by the Arab League for Al Assad to end the crackdown or face sanctions.
With rebel troops inflicting mounting losses on the regular army, Turkey and the United States have both raised the spectre of civil war as Russia called for restraint. But in an interview with London’s Sunday Times, conducted before the Arab League deadline lapsed, Al Assad said he was “definitely” prepared to fight and die for Syria if faced with foreign intervention. "This goes without saying and is an absolute," he said.
The president said he felt sorrow for each drop of Syrian blood spilt but insisted Damascus must go after armed rebel gangs and enforce law and order.
"The conflict will continue and the pressure to subjugate Syria will continue," he said. "I assure you that Syria will not bow down and that it will continue to resist the pressure being imposed on it."
Al Assad accused the Arab League of creating a pretext for Western military intervention, which he said would trigger an "earthquake" across the Middle East. Russia has staunchly resisted any attempt to invoke international involvement in the crisis, fearing it could clear the way for a Libya-style military campaign under a UN mandate.
"We are calling for restraint and caution. This is our position," Putin said a day after his foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, had also likened the situation in Syria to a civil war.
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak, meanwhile, said he felt Al Assad had reached “a point of no return” with a change of regime possible within months.
>>Damascus: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad defiantly vowed to fight and die if needed<<
That has been the trend...
What? He didn't even mention Iran. Yup, I know Iran is not on the Med, but close enough by missile flight.
What a coincidence!
Gadhafi vows to fight until victory or death
Rinse and repeat.
Damascus: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad defiantly vowed to fight and die”
May Allah grant you your wishes... right now.
I won’t be sad to see Assad go, but as with Egypt and Libya, odds are what replaces him will be worse.
I won’t be sad to see Assad go, but as with Egypt and Libya, odds are what replaces him will be worse.
Yep. Time for us to play cowboys and moose limbs. It’s gonna happen; better now than later.
Cant´t wait to see him Kadaffied.
You really think Assad’s replacement will be any better?
No.
Samson option Israel, Samson option.
He died to quickly IMO.
"Syrian President Bashar Al Assad defiantly vowed to fight and die if needed ..."
Assad's offer is acceptable.
EDGARhttp://www.screenplays-online.de/screenplay/48
You can have my gun when you pry it from my old, dead fingers!There is a pause while the voice thinks about this offer. Finally, it responds, in a voice and cadence remarkably similar to Edgar's.
VOICE (Offstage)
Your proposal is acceptable.A long, hairy pincer flashes out of the hole, grabs Edgar by the head, and pulls him down into the hole.
Have any of these guys ever Said this and NOT be dead or in a dungeon within 90 days. This is like getting a public vote of full confidence during a scandal.
we've heard it before pal...
I think he will get his wish.
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