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former Syrian VP forms Govt in Exile
BERLIN - Former Syrian vice president Abdel-Halim Khaddam, a fierce critic of President Bashar al-Assad, told a German magazine he was forming a government in exile and believed Assad would be forced from power this year....He said he would be ready to work with both Islamist leaders, whom he called "part of the rich Islamic mosaic that defines the basic character of our country" and the Baath Party."I would not rule out any political group that sticks to the basic rules of democracy," he said. "One should not make the mistake with the Syrian Baath Party that the Americans made with the Iraqi Baath Party," he said. i.e., he is against abolishing the Baath Party; he simply want to lead it instead of Assad leading it "The majority of Baathists in Syria have long ago turned against the regime. not sure if that's true but I do think that the Saudis and Egyptians have turned against Assad. "They see the government's mistakes every day," he said. Posted by: mhw 2006-01-15 |
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