The opposition Syrian National Council issued an ultimatum of its own as the UN Security Council prepared to vote on extending the mandate of the UN's cease-fire monitors in Syria. (click title to entry - thank you)
The opposition Syrian National Council issued an ultimatum of its own as the UN Security Council prepared to vote on extending the mandate of the UN's cease-fire monitors in Syria. (click title to entry - thank you)
By Howard LaFranchi, Staff writer / July 17, 2012
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.
With world powers playing a bit of brinksmanship over international action on Syria, Syria’s largest opposition coalition is presenting an ultimatum of its own: Either the UN Security Council passes a resolution with real consequences targeting President Bashar al-Assad and his regime’s violence, or the opposition will turn elsewhere for the means to defend itself and the Syrian people....
The ultimatum is not leveled at any other country or the UN, it is leveled at Assad. The ultimatum simply illustrates a reality Assad has to face. There are people within in Syria that can alter his future plans.
The ultimatum is not leveled at any other country or the UN, it is leveled at Assad. The ultimatum simply illustrates a reality Assad has to face. There are people within in Syria that can alter his future plans.
This was a strategic decision. The opposition performed intelligence, found the defense minister and made sure he was dead. That is a well organized opposition. They are ready to take control of their country. They know their enemy. They can defeat it.
Bomb kills Syrian defence minister as Damascus battle rages (click here)
By Dominic Evans and Khaled Yacoub Oweis
BEIRUT/AMMAN | Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:18pm IST
(Reuters) - Syria's defence mininister was killed in a bomb attack on a high level security meeting in Damascus on Wednesday, state television said, as the revolt against Bashar al-Assad struck at the heart of the president's inner circle.
State television said Defence Minister Daoud Rajha was killed in a "terrorist bombing".
Lebanon-based news channel al-Maydeen said several senior security officials had been killed in the attack while battles raged within sight of Assad's presidential palace....
There was no terrorist bombings. This was self-defense of their own neighborhoods. The innocent needed a champion, evidently they have found one.
