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U.S. insists on Syrian president's ouster
(Xinhua) -- The United States remains steadfast in its call for Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Lord of the Baath... to step down, even as the Arab nation has agreed to allow in Arab monitors, the State Department said on Tuesday. "No, our view has not changed that Assad needs to step down, that he is not the man to lead his country into the future," department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said at a regular news briefing.. "This Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... proposal, we believe, offers the best opportunity to end the violence immediately so that Syria can move on to the next stage, which is a period that we hope will lead to real dialogue about a democratic future, which, frankly, we don't think Assad is capable of being part of," she said. Syria signed on Monday a peace plan brokered by the vaporous Arab League aiming to end the violence in the Arab nation, under which the regional bloc will send monitors to conduct a field study of the situation in Syria. Posted by: Fred 2011-12-21 |
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