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| Assad: Arab leaders must tune in to peoples wants |
| 2011-02-24 |
| [Ma'an] Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad told a delegation of visiting US senators on Tuesday that Arab leaders should tune in to their people's needs, state-run SANA news agency reported. As anti-regime revolts rock several Arab nations, Assad said it is necessary "to better understand the will of the people and to carry out policies that reflect" their demands, SANA reported. In a meeting with a delegation of Republican senators led by Richard Shelby, Assad also called on the United States to "review its role in the grinding of the peace processor through serious action for a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East." Robert Ford, the new US ambassador to Damascus who arrived in Syria mid-January, also attended the meeting, the agency said. Ford's appointment came almost six years after Washington withdrew ambassador Margaret Scobey from Damascus in the wake of the February 2005 liquidation of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri in Beirut. The attack was widely blamed on Syria but Damascus has always denied the allegations. No, no! Certainly not! |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Any day now, the Sunni majority of Syria will realize your daddy is dead, pencilneck. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-02-24 11:42 |
| #1 Note the difference between "needs" in the quote and "wants" in the headline. Food is a need and the Koran allows that. Freedom is a want and that is definitely verboten. |
| Posted by: Alan Cramer 2011-02-24 09:23 |