"I think that he went beyond the point of no return, no way that he will he resume his authority or legitimacy," Barak told a defense summit, predicting Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad's
Despoiler of Deraa...
regime could fall within months under growing international pressure.
"And it's clear to me that what happened a few weeks ago to Qadaffy
...The late megalomaniac dictator of Libya, admired everywhere for his garish costumes, funny hats, harem of cutie
bodyguards, and incoherent ravings. As far as is known, he is the only person who's ever declared jihad on Switzerland...
... and what happened ultimately to Saddam Hussein, now might await him," he said.
Former Libyan strongman Moammar Qadaffy was killed on October 20 when forces of Libya's new regime captured his hometown of Sirte. Saddam Hussein was hanged in December 2006 after being sentenced for the deaths of 148 Iraqi Shiites deaths in the early 1980s.
The U.N. says a crackdown in Syria has killed more than 3,500 people since mid-March.
Across the country on Saturday, at least 17 people were killed, according to activists, as an 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...
deadline for Damascus
...Home to a staggering array of terrorist organizations...
to stop its lethal crackdown on dissent was set to expire.
Syria has been told by its Arab peers to stop the lethal repression against protesters by midnight (22:00 GMT) on Saturday or risk sanctions, and the vaporous Arab League has already suspended it from the 22-member bloc.
With rebel troops inflicting mounting losses on the regular army, Turkey and the United States both raised the specter of civil war and Russia called for restraint.