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Syria's Assad deploys army; Clinton says no US intervention
Jerusalem Post ^ | 3-27-11

Posted on 03/27/2011 3:34:11 PM PDT by SJackson

Soldiers take to streets in Latakia where 12 were killed in 2 days of clashes; Clinton says US deplores bloodshed in Syria but a Libya-style intervention not expected; Assad adviser says emergency law to be lifted. AMMAN - President Bashar al-Assad, facing the gravest crisis in his 11-year rule, deployed the army for the first time in nearly two weeks of protests after 12 people were killed in the northwest port of Latakia.

Assad, 45, who has been silent since protests started sweeping Syria, is expected to address the nation shortly, officials said, without giving further details.

Dozens have died in pro-democracy protests in the southern city of Deraa and nearby Sanamein, Latakia, Damascus and other towns over the last week. The government blames armed groups for setting off the bloodshed.

Soldiers took to the streets of Latakia on Saturday night to help secret police and security forces control the port, residents said. The army also beefed up checkpoints around Deraa, where Human Rights Watch says 61 people have died.

"There is a feeling in Latakia that the presence of disciplined troops is necessary to keep order," one resident told Reuters. "We do not want looting." Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday the United States deplored the bloodshed in Syria but a Libya-style intervention should not be expected.

The unrest in Syria came to a head after police detained more than a dozen schoolchildren for scrawling graffiti inspired by pro-democracy protests across the Arab world. People marched, chanting: "The people want the downfall of the regime."

Such demonstrations would have been unthinkable a couple of months ago in this most tightly controlled of Arab countries.

Assad, a British-educated eye doctor, made a public pledge on Thursday to look into granting greater freedom but this has failed to dampen protests, emboldened by uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

Assad adviser Bouthaina Shaaban told Al Jazeera news network the emergency law hated by Syrian reformists for the far-reaching powers it gives to security services will be lifted, but did not give a timetable.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: latakia; syria
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1 posted on 03/27/2011 3:34:11 PM PDT by SJackson
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

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That's good. Was anyone considering it?

2 posted on 03/27/2011 3:35:36 PM PDT by SJackson (Normal people don't sit cross-legged on the floor and bang on drums, WI State Sen Glenn Grothman (R))
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To: SJackson

And soooooo, what made Libya so special???


3 posted on 03/27/2011 3:36:18 PM PDT by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: SJackson

How can you help in Libya but not Syria, Yemen, Bumfuchistan? If you dont care about national interst, and you want to stop suffering, why stop at Libya?? Arent you just another imperialist ?


4 posted on 03/27/2011 3:37:39 PM PDT by Nonstatist
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To: mountn man

Further evidence of the total irrationality of our policy. No fourth war, err, kinetic action? Why not? Why not invade everyone, everywhere?


5 posted on 03/27/2011 3:38:08 PM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives"-Ataturk)
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To: SJackson

The caliphate will be here before we know it.


6 posted on 03/27/2011 3:38:54 PM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives"-Ataturk)
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To: SJackson
Syria and Iran are Obama allies.
7 posted on 03/27/2011 3:40:19 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (I agree with Louis Farrakhan. Who The Hell Is Obama!?)
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To: SJackson

Has Mrs. Palin called for a no-fly zone yet?


8 posted on 03/27/2011 3:44:59 PM PDT by Huck (Fools make feasts and wise men eat them - Poor Richard)
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You’re right.


9 posted on 03/27/2011 3:45:20 PM PDT by unkus
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To: mountn man

Hillary lied and people died.


10 posted on 03/27/2011 3:46:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: mountn man

“And soooooo, what made Libya so special???”

Libya wasn’t as Iran and Al Qaeda friendly as Obama’s masters wanted. Same with Egypt.


11 posted on 03/27/2011 3:50:30 PM PDT by A Strict Constructionist (Oligarchy...never vote for the Ivy League candidate.)
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To: Nonstatist

“How can you help in Libya but not Syria, Yemen, Bumfuchistan?”

So should we attack Syria?


12 posted on 03/27/2011 3:54:07 PM PDT by COgamer
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To: SJackson
I wonder which side of her mouth the Hildabeest was using when she made that statement.
13 posted on 03/27/2011 3:55:15 PM PDT by NWFLConservative
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To: SJackson

I have a great idea! Didn’t SanFranNan make an unauthorized visit to Syria early in her reign of terror?

Maybe we could dispatch her on an authorized diplomatic mission. You know, mediate between the two factions.


14 posted on 03/27/2011 3:55:56 PM PDT by berdie (qill)
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To: SJackson

I’ve been out of the news loop for about 48 hours. Are the WH war-mongers considering war/`kinetic military action’ #4?


15 posted on 03/27/2011 3:56:40 PM PDT by tumblindice
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To: SJackson

How do we spell Hipocrate,DEMOCRAT!


16 posted on 03/27/2011 3:57:02 PM PDT by crazydad
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To: mountn man
And soooooo, what made Libya so special???

Desperation for agenda by the most powerful person on the planet and idiotic promotion to fill an agenda void by the most powerful person on the planet.

17 posted on 03/27/2011 3:58:46 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Huck
Dude, you have a hard on for Palin or sumthin?

Give it a rest.

18 posted on 03/27/2011 4:00:57 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (The Tree of Liberty did not grow from an ACORN!)
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To: COgamer
So should we attack Syria?

No, we should stay out of anywhere that doesn't advance our national interest, including Libya. (hint: I was being sarcastic)

19 posted on 03/27/2011 4:00:58 PM PDT by Nonstatist
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To: mountn man

Egypt


20 posted on 03/27/2011 4:02:12 PM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (They do not wish to govern us, they wish to RULE us!)
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