Re: U.S. Embassy in Syria Closes as Violence Flares

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On Feb 8, 12:49 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This gigantic falure and huge waste of millions of U.S.
> dollars was a product of the Bushco war criminal cartel
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> On 2/8/12, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > U.S. Embassy in Syria Closes as Violence Flares
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> > BEIRUT, Lebanon — The United States closed its embassy in Syria on
> > Monday and withdrew its staff in the face of escalating mayhem for
> > which American officials blamed the Syrian government's unbridled
> > repression of an 11-month-old uprising.
> > A member of the Free Syrian Army stood guard over a demonstration by
> > opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's government in Idlib on
> > Monday.
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> > The move was another dramatic moment in a week full of them, as the
> > confrontation in Syria turned even more violent and more
> > unpredictable. Diplomatic efforts have largely collapsed, save for a
> > Russian delegation visiting Damascus on Tuesday, and both the Syrian
> > government and its opposition have signaled that each believes that
> > the grinding conflict will be resolved only through force of arms.
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> > For weeks, Western embassies have reduced their staffs, and on Monday
> > Britain also recalled its ambassador for consultations. Echoing a
> > cascade of diplomatic invective, the British foreign secretary,
> > William Hague, described the mounting violence as yet more evidence
> > that President Bashar al-Assad must surrender power.
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> > "This is a doomed regime as well as a murdering regime," he told the
> > House of Commons. "There is no way it can recover its credibility
> > internationally."
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> > Though the government has pressed forward with a crackdown in the
> > suburbs of the capital, Damascus, and in a rugged northern region
> > around the town of Idlib, the city of Homs has witnessed the most
> > pronounced violence. Opposition groups said government forces again
> > shelled the city, despite international condemnations of a similar
> > attack on Friday and Saturday that they said killed more than 200
> > people.
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> > Another grim toll was reported Monday in the city, Syria's third
> > largest. The Local Coordination Committees, an opposition group that
> > seeks to document the violence, said government forces killed 47
> > people in the hardest-hit neighborhoods, especially Baba Amr and
> > Khalidya. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the
> > number at 43. There was no way to independently confirm either number.
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> > "The situation is so miserable," said a 40-year-old man who gave his
> > name as Ahmed. "Gunfire is falling like rain, and all the stores are
> > closed. We keep hearing unbelievably loud explosions that shake the
> > windows every half-hour."
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> > Explosions could be heard over the phone when speaking with residents
> > in Homs. Videos smuggled out showed a chaotic scene at a clinic, as
> > people rushed past doctors and staff members, shouting "Oh God!" In
> > one video, said to document the scene, blood smeared the sidewalk.
> > Another showed bloodied corpses.
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> > The government has flatly denied the tolls quoted by opposition
> > groups. On Saturday, it said Homs was quiet. State-run news media
> > placed blame for the violence Monday on "armed terrorist groups"
> > firing mortars within Homs. In a statement, the Interior Ministry said
> > that it was seeking "to restore security and stability to Homs," and
> > that six members of the security forces and "scores of terrorists" had
> > been killed.
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> > Clearly laying the blame on Syria's president, the State Department
> > said in a statement that the United States had "suspended operations
> > of our embassy in Damascus," and that Ambassador Robert S. Ford and
> > all American personnel had left the country. It said the closing
> > reflected "serious concerns that our embassy is not protected from
> > armed attack."
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> > "The deteriorating security situation that led to the suspension of
> > our diplomatic operations makes clear once more the dangerous path
> > Assad has chosen and the regime's inability to fully control Syria,"
> > said a spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland. American officials said the
> > embassy staff had relocated temporarily to neighboring Jordan.
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> > The announcement said Ambassador Ford would "continue his work and
> > engagement with the Syrian people as head of our Syria team in
> > Washington."
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> > It stopped short of a formal break in diplomatic relations with Syria,
> > but was considered a strong signal that Obama administration officials
> > believe there is nothing left to talk about with Mr. Assad. Though
> > more isolated than at any time in the four decades since Mr. Assad's
> > family took power, the government was emboldened by the vetoes of
> > Russia and China on Saturday of a United Nations Security Council
> > resolution backed by Western and Arab states supporting a plan to end
> > the bloodshed. The vetoes appeared to end, for the moment, any
> > concerted diplomatic efforts.
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> > Instead, countries traded barbs. Mr. Hague called the vetoes "a
> > betrayal of the Syrian people." Russia's foreign minister, Sergey V.
> > Lavrov, was scornful of the criticism, saying it was "perhaps on the
> > verge of hysterical." In China, a commentary in the Communist Party
> > newspaper People's Daily argued that the chaos that followed the
> > toppling of governments in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya proved that
> > forced leadership changes only made matters worse. "Simply backing one
> > side and beating down the other, seemingly helpful, will in fact only
> > sow seeds of future disasters," said the article, signed Zhong Sheng,
> > an often-used pseudonym that can be read to mean "China's voice."
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> > More:
> >http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/world/middleeast/violence-in-syria-...
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> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
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> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
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> Have a great day,
> Tommy

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