Syria Attacks Saudi-Arabian And Turkish Embassies:

Syrians attack Saudi, Turkish embassies

I wonder if Turkey is planning to use some muscle?! After all, they did towards Israel?

 

They should simply close their embassies and leave.

 

No, closing down embassies doesn't solve anything, besides... it's what the regime wants.

 

There's no reason for embassy and consulate personnel to be put in danger.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/13112011-assad-supporters-attack-saudi-arabia-embassy-in-damascus/

Hours after the League’s decision, hundreds of Assad supporters armed with sticks and knives attacked the Saudi Arabian embassy in Damascus and Turkish and French consulates in the city of Latakia, residents said.

U.S. President Barack Obama praised the League’s move and France said it was time for international bodies to take more action against Syria’s government.

The Arab League will impose economic and political sanctions on Damascus and has appealed to member states to withdraw their ambassadors, said Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani. It will also call a meeting of Syrian opposition parties, he said.

“We were criticised for taking a long time but this was out of our concern for Syria,” Sheikh Hamad told reporters at the League’s headquarters in Cairo. “We needed to have a majority to approve those decisions.”

Syria’s representative at the Arab League said the decision was “not worth the ink it was written with.”

 

There's no reason for embassy and consulate personnel to be put in danger.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/13112011-assad-supporters-attack-saudi-arabia-embassy-in-damascus/

Hours after the League’s decision, hundreds of Assad supporters armed with sticks and knives attacked the Saudi Arabian embassy in Damascus and Turkish and French consulates in the city of Latakia, residents said.

U.S. President Barack Obama praised the League’s move and France said it was time for international bodies to take more action against Syria’s government.

The Arab League will impose economic and political sanctions on Damascus and has appealed to member states to withdraw their ambassadors, said Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani. It will also call a meeting of Syrian opposition parties, he said.

“We were criticised for taking a long time but this was out of our concern for Syria,” Sheikh Hamad told reporters at the League’s headquarters in Cairo. “We needed to have a majority to approve those decisions.”

Syria’s representative at the Arab League said the decision was “not worth the ink it was written with.”

 

Sorry about the duplicates.. I don't know what happened.

The King of Jordan has asked Assad to step down.. The Russians are asking Assad to institute reforms and the Syrian economy is slowly bleeding to death.

http://www.arabnews.com/

 

Who is the successor if Assad steps down?


Is it going to be instant democracy?

 

The embassies have been attacked by patriotic Syrians, not 'Syria'. Like patriotic Americans (in the sense the extreme right means) they are probably in a minority, but they will fight colonialism, the way some people in every Muslim country you've attacked fought. You won't get your oil empire this way, really you won't.

 

I have no idea...

You can read the 1973 Constitution here:

http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/sy00000_.html

excerpt:

4) Freedom is a sacred right and popular democracy is the ideal formulation which insures for the citizen the exercise of his freedom which makes him a dignified human being capable of giving and building, defending the homeland in which he lives, and making sacrifices for the sake of the nation to which he belongs. The homeland's freedom can only be preserved by its free citizens. The citizen's freedom can be completed only by his economic and social liberation.

 

These Syrians are Assad backers. WHO is colonizing Syria?

Their Constitution is interesting.

http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/sy00000_.html

4) Freedom is a sacred right and popular democracy is the ideal formulation which insures for the citizen the exercise of his freedom which makes him a dignified human being capable of giving and building, defending the homeland in which he lives, and making sacrifices for the sake of the nation to which he belongs. The homeland's freedom can only be preserved by its free citizens. The citizen's freedom can be completed only by his economic and social liberation.

 

I read it was Qatar and Saudi embassies but maybe they added Turkey yesterday to the list.

I was listening to Rula Ameen from Al Jazeera being interviewed and she is one of the reporters being allowed into Syria. She said an hour ago that she was at the Syrian press conference with all the Syrian reporters and spoke a bit about the AL decision but what was more interesting was the fact that she said that she was not allowed to use her camera unless with a state security personel, but was allowed to wander without her camera unattended by them. Her own words were she was wandering around town wihtout the state security as she wsas not taking the camera and it was as if nothing was going on. People shopping, sitting in cafes as normal. That was Damascus. Nothing out of the ordinary she said.

Wonder what other reporters are saying?

this is her Twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/RulaAmin

If you watch AJ they might reshow her interview later or re interview her.

 

Here's what they are reporting:

Demonstrators backing the Syrian regime stormed Saudi Arabia's embassy in Damascus overnight and tried to break into the Turkish embassy in the city, upset with the Arab League for voting to suspend Syria's membership.

According to the Saudi state news agency, an angry crowd began its protest late Saturday by hurling stones at the Saudi Embassy. They then smashed windows and entered the premises, destroying property inside.

Other protesters tried to break into the Turkish Embassy and into the country's consulates in the cities of Aleppo and Latakia. At Qatar's embassy, protesters brought down the Qatari flag and replaced it with the Syrian flag.

 

Which imperialist state is attacking all the Muslim countries it doesn't already control? If you don't know, don't bother getting in touch: I have no dollars to distribute.

 

Which Muslim countries are being "colonized"?

 

Syria agrees to allow 500 Human rights observers into the country.

Arab League agrees to send 500 Observers into Syria.

Al Araby Egypts head of AL says it will allow a Syrian summit at the request of Syria to take place as long as 15 member agree.

Waiting to see if they will agree.

I think they should allow it and probably knowing the AL they will agree to it.

 

Hope so, Abu...

 

Damascus Qatar and Saudi.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15710722

French and Turkish at Latakia

As I said Assad has many supporters so this is going to be a bloodbath I guess.

 

Take a look at Syria's Constitution.

 

well the AL are not going to allow a foreign intervention after Libya so they have to work with Syria and Assad so need to talk and sit down calmly but the observers need to be neutral and report the reality of what is going on so we get the real picture and not some U Tube videos and anonymous callers.

 

Russia is also pushing that Assad make reforms..

Their economy is bleeding to death.

 

Constitutions mean nothing if they are not followed.
I prefer to see action not words on a document which is ignored by the men in power.

 

It appears to me that Assad, like Khadafi, threw out their Constitution.

 

Margot, I really don't understand why you are talking about their constitution.

They are clearly are not living by their constitution as it is, even after the lifting of the state of emergency.

 

Margot is either a "Stealth" Mod/Admin or He/She has no life & makes large donations to to this forum/board ...

 

all the economies are bleeding to death and India it seems is next by the look of it and they will be next to be camping in their Tahrir in Mumbai.