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Syrian Olympic official: "Army is protecting people"
2012-07-29
LONDON -- The head of SyriaÂ’s Olympic team at the London Games is choosing his words carefully to describe the ambitions of the countryÂ’s athletes and the government, whose forces were bombarding his home city of Aleppo.

Three Syrian athletes were competing on the first full day of competition in swimming, shooting and boxing Saturday. Back home, the army pounded Aleppo by helicopters to flush out rebels.

Baher Khayata told The Agency That Cannot Be Named he was worried about his family, trapped in Aleppo during one of the most significant battles of the 17-month uprising in Syria. He said the army was trying to “protect people and keep them safe,” and that expelling armed opposition members from Aleppo “is maybe the way to stop bloodshed throughout Syria.”
Posted by:Steve White

#3  I thought the best way to stop bloodshed across Syria was for Assad to jump off a 20-story building, but perhaps I'm naïve.

Sunni Arab bloodshed, yes. Of course, it would only mark the beginning of the complete destruction of non-Sunni Arabs in Syria.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2012-07-29 21:33  

#2   I thought the best way to stop bloodshed across Syria was for Assad to jump off a 20-story building, but perhaps I'm naïve.

You're naive: all the Alawites & most of the Christians will have to jump along with him.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-07-29 13:53  

#1  I thought the best way to stop bloodshed across Syria was for Assad to jump off a 20-story building, but perhaps I'm naïve.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2012-07-29 07:41  

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