Clinton Says Time Running Out for Assad
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Time is running out for Syrian President Bashar Assad, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday amid reports of anti-regime protests in the country's second city Aleppo.
Clinton, who spoke on a visit to Lithuania, criticized the regime's incoherence in authorizing an opposition meeting and cracking down on political dissent.
"It doesn't appear that there is a coherent and consistent message coming from Syria. Allowing one meeting of the opposition in Damascus is not sufficient," Clinton told reporters after meeting with Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite.
"I'm just hurt by recent reports of continuing violence on the border and in Aleppo, where demonstrators have been beaten, attacked with knives by government-organized groups and security forces," Clinton said.
"It is absolutely clear that the Syrian government is running out of time. There isn't any question about that," she added.
She said that unless Syrian authorities allow a "serious political process", they would "continue to see increasingly organized resistance".
"We regret the loss of life and we regret the violence but this choice is up to the Syrian government," she said.
"And right now we're looking for actions not words, and we haven't seen enough of that," she added.
Clinton arrived in Vilnius Thursday for a two-day meeting of the Community of Democracies, an informal grouping of more than a hundred nations created in 2000 to bolster democratic norms worldwide.
01 July 2011, 10:30
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Sorry Mrs Clinton , Assad is here to stay . Unless you " US " have decided to finish with minorities in the region !! that goes to Israel too ...
Your political and unusual alliance with the Sunni brotherhood will destry not only the M.E ; but the whole world . Wake up before its too late for all of us .
01 July 2011, 11:21
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I hate to be the one to tell you this... but if you still haven't figured it out, let me spell it out for you. The Sunni have been awakened. Praise be to Allah! They shall reclaim their rightful place in history. The heresy of the Shia will forever be abolished and their molestation of the Palestinian cause as a pretense to their own corrupt power mongering and oppressive ways will come to an embarrassing end. There WILL BE PEACE (yes even with Israel) as once again the holy land will welcome all of God's children.
Those of you that think otherwise might want to consider repentance before it's too late.
01 July 2011, 12:18
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@ Awakening ,
I hate to tell you this but.. . Can you please tell me , Why you SUNNIS are so unhappy in all the " arab " muslim countries where YOU live , wanting to change regimes in the name of Allah Akbar (...) , and also very unhappy in the Western countries where YOU live happy and respected .., wanting also to change their regimes in the same name of Allah , but waiting to become the majority ..?
Remind you that no Shiias behind any international terrorism , only Sunnis .
01 July 2011, 12:21
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The US are fooling us and themselves when asking a traitor to his voters miquati to guard his country commitment to STL and the mass murdered assad to lead reforms.
02 July 2011, 01:42
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@Le Phenicien
Points of contention...
1) I am not Sunni nor a Muslim. I am a Christian that understands the oppression of the Syrian people (violent oppression of a Alawite minority against a peaceful Sunni majority). Christians in Syria are doing okay simply because they have been bought out by the Alawites and fear for their own survival (as they are a minority also).
2) No one is trying to change the regime in the name of "Allah" in Syria. Peaceful people are simply demonstrating for their freedoms which we all know have been oppressed for 2 generations now. The Syrian Sunnis were victims of mass genocide in Hama by the former president Hafez and now his son Bashar is following thru in the same manner.
3) While the whole time brokering a back door peace deal with Israel to maintain their seat in power. Why do you think Syria never developed a grass roots resistance movement? Why are the Israelies fighting to keep bashar in power like they did with Moubarak?
02 July 2011, 01:43
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@Le Phenicien
It is the natural and just course of history. An oppressive minority can not rule over a peaceful majority forever. The Sunni in Syria have been awakened. Only good will come of this. It is time for the middle east to loose ALL of it's tyrants.
02 July 2011, 05:28
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Also, Le Phenicien, you need to find yourself a girlfriend or something. you're spending way too much time here protecting hizbullah, aoun, and all associated terrorists and their protectors, Get A life
