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Security Dangers Loom ahead in Lebanon after West's Call for Assad to Step Down
[An Nahar] Syrian  President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators. Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor... may seek to create unrest in Leb after the West called on the president to step down, western diplomatic sources told the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa newspaper in remarks published on Sunday. They explained that Assad has now lost his "most important strategic card", which is the regional, Arab, and international support. This will therefore force him to launch a confrontation with the international community, they continued. Syria is now facing several crises, starting with the "legitimacy of the regime given the protests against it", they added. "Assad will therefore attempt to avoid the crises through creating unrest in Leb, which remains Syria's only open ground to confront the international community," said the sources. Posted by: Fred 2011-08-22 |
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