With Gaddafi Dead, Is Syrian President Assad Next?

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Photo: REUTERS/ Khaled al-Hariri

Col Gaddafi Killed: Bashar al-Assad Will Be Next To Fall, Declare Syrians -- The Telegraph

Opposition leaders in Syria predicted that President Bashar al-Assad would follow Gaddafi to become the next Middle East strongman to be deposed in the Arab Spring.

Even as Libya’s National Transitional Council prepared to declare victory in the civil war last night, celebrating crowds spilt into the streets of the Syrian city of Homs, an activist in the country said.

“They are chanting that this is a day of cheer and hope,” a spokesman for the Syrian Revolution General Commission said. “We are all very happy and we hope that this will happen to Bashar al-Assad next. We hope that the Arab League will help us after this great achievement.”

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My Comment: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad still has major parts of the Syrian military and intelligence apparatus behind him. Also, the Alawite community that he is from still has no desire to see their position of privilege disappear in a new Syria. As a result .... my prediction is more bloodshed and violence in Syria that will continue into next year. As to the question .... who is next? My prediction is this dictator.