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  • Hang the Bastard Part Five

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    Exclusive: secret Assad emails lift lid on life of leader’s inner circle By Robert Booth, Mona Mahmood and Luke Harding guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 14 March 2012 • Messages show Bashar al-Assad took advice from Iran • Leader made light of promised reforms • Wife spent thousands on jewellery and furniture Bashar al-Assad took advice from Iran…

  • Hang the Bastard Part Four

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    The Guardian –Syrian activists have been gunned down, families massacred and revolution is still rocking Syria, but leaked emails apparently show the country’s president and his wife living an opulent lifestyle. Some of the emails highlight President Bashar al-Assad as a fan of America’s Got Talent, and U.S. country singer Blake Shelton. Asma al-Assad appears…

  • Bashar al-Assad’s Licence to Kill Must Be Withdrawn

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    Splits among the international community have provided the al-Assad government with a licence to kill. This licence must be withdrawn. The Assad government’s continued use of lethal force against its people is among the worst cases of deliberate violence against a civilian population that we have seen in recent years. There can be no excuse…

  • The Arsehole of the Month: Bashar al-Assad or Hang the Bastard Part Two

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    Annan to meet again with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in hopes of a peace agreement! What the hell is wrong with this guy? After laying out plans aimed at halting the bloodshed in Syria, Kofi Annan, will have to meet again with Bashar al-Assad, the Arsehole of the month President of Syria, in hopes of…

  • Syrie : Kofi Annan à Damas

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    SYRIE – Kofi Annan, émissaire de l’ONU et de la Ligue arabe, s’est entretenu aujourd’hui avec le président Bachar Al-Assad afin de trouver une solution à la crise syrienne. « La Syrie est prête à faire réussir tout effort sincère pour trouver une solution », a déclaré Bachar Al-Assad à Kofi Annan. Bachar Al-Assad a ajouté qu’aucune…

  • Syria: Kofi Annan’s Wishful Thinking

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    Syria – With the fighting now raging in the northern region of Idlib, in an attempt to stop the ongoing carnage, United Nations envoy, Kofi Annan, is meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to mediate an end to the country’s yearlong conflict. Today, in negotiations aimed at pushing the Syrian leader to order a ceasefire…

  • The Syrian Constitution Referendum

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    JMD / http://jmdsystemics.wordpress.com/ While Bashar al-Assad’s artillery is pounding rebel-held areas of Homs as President Bashar Al-Assad’s government announced that voters had overwhelmingly approved the new Syrian Constitution. While 42.6 percent of the Syrian population is still subject to repression, murder and rape, Bashar Al-Assad just voted himself a licence to kill. Assad says he…

  • La Nouvelle Constitution Syrienne

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    JMD / http://jmdsystemics.wordpress.com/ Après 11 mois de conflits, de tueries et de massacres, alors que la révolte populaire fait toujours rage, la nouvelle Constitution syrienne est approuvée par 89,4% des 8,37 millions de votants, soit 57,4% du corps électoral Syrien. Et voici que Bashar Al-Assad vient de légitimer et d’institutionnaliser la violence et la répression…

  • Syrians desperate for help

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    As the death toll grows in Syria, so do the desperate pleas for help. The United States, the European Union, the Arab League and Turkey are all enforcing sanctions against Bashar Al-Assad’s Syrian regime, but the violence has only worsened in recent weeks and there is hesitancy for the U.N. Security Council and the Nations…

  • Hang the Bastard

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    Tunis, Tunisia — World powers are convening in Tunisia, mapping out a plan for a political solution in Syria and a “tsunami wave” of pressure that would peel away internal support for the embattled regime. The Friends of Syria group which includes the United States, Arab nations, Turkey is working on a plan to deliver…