U.S. urges Americans to leave Syria "immediately"

CBS ^ | 11/23/11 | CBS/AP

[Nachum]

(CBS/AP)

BEIRUT - The U.S. Embassy in Damascus urged its citizens in Syria to depart "immediately," and Turkey's foreign ministry urged Turkish pilgrims to opt for flights to return home from Saudi Arabia to avoid traveling through Syria.

"The U.S. Embassy continues to urge U.S. citizens in Syria to depart immediately while commercial transportation is available," said a statement issued to the American community in Syria Wednesday and posted on the Embassy's website. "The number of airlines serving Syria has decreased significantly since the summer, while many of those airlines remaining have reduced their number of flights."

The warning followed an announcement in Washington this week that Ambassador Robert Ford would not return to Syria this month as planned, indicating concerns over his safety.

The Obama administration quietly pulled Ford out of Syria last month, citing credible personal threats against him.

The Turkish foreign ministry on Wednesday urged Turkish pilgrims to opt for flights to return home from Saudi Arabia and avoid traveling through Syria for security reasons.

[Nachum]

Another 'Obama' regime change coming?

[Gamecock]

I avoided the rush and never went.

[Berlin_Freeper]

if not sooner

[colorado tanker]

I never thought I’d say this, but I think the Assad dynasty’s days are numbered.

[bmwcyle]

That blows our vacation.

[AU72]

I would avoid the whole area east of Istanbul and west of New Delhi for the foreseeable future.

[the_Watchman]

The Islamists are probably reading the tea leaves and concluding that they have just over a year of a sympathetic ear in the White House left. Therefore, they better not delay with the actions that they can take in the short term.

[Sacajaweau]

I think there may be a problem with this one...Russia??

And the UN??? Where are they?? And NATO??? These last 3 years have been nuts. What has been accomplished....I mean actually accomplished that is in our interest?? Not a damn thing.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Another 'Obama' regime change coming?

No worries...I'm sure it will be a kindler, gentler, more American loving, multi-religous, pro feminism type of regime. (extreme sarcasm)

[Jack Hydrazine]

Obama’s Occupy Syria?

[EBH]

Hmmm...Russian show of force off the Syrian coast...

Missle Defense “threat...”

Where’s Russia? Somehow very neatly in the middle of it all.

[Jack Hydrazine]

It isn’t Islamists. It is the Muslim Brotherhood.

[Cicero]

Well, Syria has been a big-time troublemaker in the area. But with Hussein and Hillary in charge, we can be pretty sure that whatever regime replaces the current one is going to be a lot worse.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Yes exactly. I tell you it really ticks me off to no end how many Freepers have abandoned Herman Cain because "his foreign policy is naive".

What the hell is naive about it? The guy hates the effin' guts of Muslims. Would not even let a Muslim doctor operate on him when he was in the hospital. Do they think this dude would be bowing to these SOBs like this puke??

That he would allow even one more US military personel to die for these fks? Would spend even one US penny to help transform a neutral middle eastern country into another "Territory of the Muslim brotherhood"??

Hell NO! Cain has got the greatest foreign policy going out of all these elitist RINO pukes trying to BS the American public with maybe the exeption of Bachmann Turner Overdrive. Rupaul, Newt from Aliens, RINOmney, Rick Bush Perry, to hell with all of them. None of them are pure Conservatives. Cain IS. He is the real deal, a guy who is bald and who has facial hair which is how pathetic our political system has become. That being bald or having facial hair is considered a no-no in politics. That absolute morons like John Kerry and John Edwards were made priority #1 because people still but into this Nixon-Kennedy baloney.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Syria-ously?

[crosshairs]

Would not even let a Muslim doctor operate on him when he was in the hospital.

I'm guessing a muslim surgeon would specialize in cranialectomies.

[dragnet2]

Syria and Mexico and other violent corrupt countries...The destination of morons.

[jafojeffsurf]

With the recent chatter about invasion and no fly zones this could be a bit more to the story (link below). Great that is just what we need to do spend more blood and money on the mid east instead of freeing our future from debt and large government. I guess they did not get the TEA Party memo!

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/aircraft-carrier-cvn-77-parks-next-door-syria-just-us-urges-americans-leave-country-immediately

[Sprite518]

Guess Obama needs another war to help him get elected?

[RitchieAprile]

plenty of muslim docs in elvis country.