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| Khaddam: Assad Regime is Ending | |
| 2006-01-17 | |
(IsraelNN.com) In an interview with the German weekly Der Spiegel this week, former Syrian Vice-President Abdelhalim Khaddam asserted that the regime of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria is about to collapse. Accordingly, Khaddam is preparing the foundation for a government-in-exile from his Paris residence. Regarding the Assad regime, Khaddam told Der Spiegel: "The fall has begun. I do not think the regime will survive this year."
As for the potential members of his exile government, Khaddam said, "I would not exclude any political group as long as it respects the democratic process," including Islamists and Ba'athists. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 If Syria does go kaflooey, hopefully it will have a window of utter disorganization, but not violent chaos. Enough of a window for the hard-corps diplomats to mosey in and get the horse trading going on. France, Iran and Russia will want them to continue to be a dictatorship, bless their rotten little hearts; but the US and Britain will connive to get them moving towards a greater plurality, hopefully ending in a democracy. Asking the UN in would help this a lot, at least reducing a lot of the hanky-panky; so they would be useful fools while we worked our works. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-01-17 21:46 |
| #4 Khaddam is hoping to be the leader of a grand Baathist-Sunni-MBrotherhood alliance. Not likely. |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-01-17 21:14 |
| #3 Hmmm. I couldn't find any action on InTrade for this eventuality. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2006-01-17 13:57 |
| #2 question is, "then what happens?" who grabs power? what do they do to get syrians to support them (hint: it involves Israel and the USA on the "hate" side, and Iran on the "love" side). |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2006-01-17 13:46 |
| #1 Vote Quimby! |
| Posted by: Master of Obvious 2006-01-17 13:45 |