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ABC Exclusive: Defiant Assad Denies Ordering Bloody Crackdown
ABC News via Yahoo ^ | 7 Dec 2011 | Russell Goldman

Posted on 12/07/2011 5:33:22 AM PST by edpc

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad defiantly denied any suggestion that he has ordered a bloody crackdown against protesters who are demanding that he resign, and claims instead that most of the people who died in the unrest were his supporters and troops.

Assad, whose regime has been condemned by the West, the Arab League and former allies, dismissed suggestions that he step down and scoffed at sanctions being imposed on Syria.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assad; middleeast; syria
May be technically true, since he's a puppet leader, controlled by Iran.

According to a United Nations report released last week, more than 4,000 people have been killed and the country is embroiled in an undeclared civil war, an assessment Assad dismissed with the question, "Who said that the United Nations is a credible institution?"

Hard to argue with that.

1 posted on 12/07/2011 5:33:26 AM PST by edpc
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To: edpc

He is a lying liar who lies.

Did the childish media expect a cold hearted dictatorial murderer yo admit he kills children?


2 posted on 12/07/2011 5:36:42 AM PST by Williams (Honey Badger Don't Care)
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To: edpc

Yeah he’s a puppet leader, controlled by Shi’ite Iran.

You want he should be controlled by the Sunni MuBro’s?

Damn them both

Nuke mecca

Nuke Medina

Nuke Qom

Nuke Deerborn.


3 posted on 12/07/2011 5:47:20 AM PST by Blado (2008: Year Zero of the Zombie Apocalypse.)
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To: edpc
Watch Barbara Walters' interview with President Bashar al-Assad

[yuck, I won't describe what happens, but I will say Clinton insisted that it's not sex -nully]

Drudge title:

ASSAD: Only 'crazy' leaders kill their own people...

He's going for the "not guilty by reason of insanity" defense

4 posted on 12/07/2011 9:43:08 AM PST by null and void (This is day 1051 of America's ObamaVacation from reality.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks edpc.

Walters said Syrian trip frightened her
by David Bauder, AP Television Writer
San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/12/08/entertainment/e102200S41.DTL

Explosion hits Syrian pipeline near restive city
By Elizabeth A. Kennedy
Associated Press / December 8, 2011
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2011/12/08/syrias_president_denies_ordering_crackdown/


5 posted on 12/10/2011 5:23:22 PM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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