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Western powers would cause an "earthquake" in the Middle East if they intervened in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published on Sunday, after protesters demanded outside protection from a crackdown that has killed 3,000 people.
Syria, as Assad noted in his interview with Britain's Sunday Telegraph, sits at the heart of the volatile Middle East, where it borders Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Jordan. "It is the faultline, and if you play with the ground, you will cause an earthquake," he said. "Do you want to see another Afghanistan, or tens of Afghanistans?" Assad's remarks signal determination to hang onto power against a popular uprising that repression has failed to crush.
Burhan Ghalioun, a main figure in the opposition Syrian National Council, formed in Istanbul in September, is a secular, Western-educated professor. The council also includes Islamists. "We've been fighting the Muslim Brotherhood since the 1950s and we are still fighting with them," Assad said in the Sunday Telegraph interview, adding that Western countries "are going to ratchet up the pressure, definitely." NATO military intervention in Libya played a decisive role in toppling Muammar Gaddafi, the third Arab leader to be overthrown after the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. Western nations, which have been tightening sanctions on Syria to include the oil sector, have shown no appetite to repeat their Libyan operation in Syria, but demonstrators are increasingly calling for a "no-fly zone" to protect them.
I do believe however, that there is a great firestorm thats about to erupt in the middle east, and its going to be much more devastating than any earthquake
Originally posted by Veritas1
Why was this thread moved to skunkworks? It very clearly has to do with middle east situations that are much more than "speculative" at this point!!!edit on 30-10-2011 by Veritas1 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Wolvo
reply to post by DavidsHope
Couldn't of put it better, you hit the nail on the head! S!
David is a hundred percent right, there would be one hell of an 'earthquake' if any shtf over there, almost every country would be involved one way or another, maybe even WWIII.
Originally posted by DavidsHope
Originally posted by Wolvo
reply to post by DavidsHope
Couldn't of put it better, you hit the nail on the head! S!
David is a hundred percent right, there would be one hell of an 'earthquake' if any shtf over there, almost every country would be involved one way or another, maybe even WWIII.
Thanx guess now all eyes on the Middle East and Africa. I for one will be following this very closely in the media.
GREETINGS ............Nano-David,
Originally posted by DavidsHope
Originally posted by Wolvo
reply to post by DavidsHope
Couldn't of put it better, you hit the nail on the head! S!
David is a hundred percent right, there would be one hell of an 'earthquake' if any shtf over there, almost every country would be involved one way or another, maybe even WWIII.
Thanx guess now all eyes on the Middle East and Africa. I for one will be following this very closely in the media.