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Arab League tells US to stop interfering in Syria | ||||
2011-07-14 | ||||
BEIRUT: The Arab League said Wednesday that Washington overstepped its bounds by saying Syrian President Bashar Assad had lost the legitimacy to lead his country.
Syria came under withering international criticism Tuesday as the White House said Assad has “lost legitimacy” and the UN Security Council condemned attacks on the US and French embassies in Damascus. It was a sharp escalation in pressure on Assad and a sign that the Obama administration could be moving closer to calling for regime change in Syria over the violent crackdown on a four-month-old uprising. Previously, the US position on Assad was that he should lead a transition to democracy or leave. Elaraby said nobody has the right to say that the president of any country has lost his legitimacy. “This issue is exclusively decided by the people,” he said after meeting Assad.
Also Wednesday, Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moallem said he regretted Monday’s attacks by government supporters on the US and French embassies in Damascus. “Whoever did that was wrong,” Al-Moallem said, adding that Syria is responsible for protecting the embassies and their staff “and we bear full responsibility for that.”
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Posted by:Steve White |
#3 Did I miss something?? Israel is now part of NATO?? Oh, this is like the bully that goes and beats up on the innocent little kid cause the big kid would kick his ass. |
Posted by: AlanC 2011-07-14 11:31 |
#2 Arab League of Hypocrites. |
Posted by: Griting Smith6978 2011-07-14 10:07 |
#1 See also FREEREPUBLIC [new] > MEMRI TV > [Former Leb Minister Wiam Wahhab at Damascus University] IFF NATO INTERVENS IN SYRIA, HIZBULLAH + SYRIA WILL FIRE 100,000 ROCKETS AT ISRAEL. Milyuhns + Silyuhns + Dilyuhns of .... |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-07-14 00:23 |