Monday, January 30, 2012

Syria's First Family Now Being Threatened

Friends of Mrs Assad, who grew up in Acton and attended Queens College Marylebone, said they were sure she was repulsed by the violence in defence of the dictatorship Photo: STR/AFP/Getty Images

Syria: Bashar Al Assad And Family 'Will Be Killed Like Gaddafi' -- The Telegraph

The Syrian President Bashar al Assad, his British wife Asma and their family will meet a bloody end 'like Gaddafi' as his regime falls from power, a leading member of the opposition movement has warned.

Haitham Maleh, a member of the executive committee of the Syrian National Council, told The Daily Telegraph that Mr Assad had forfeited any chance of a peaceful exit from Syria as a result of his regime's brutal crackdown on protesters.

The former judge, who has spent decades in Syrian prisons for his human rights activism, predicted that Mr Assad, his wife and three children would be killed in revenge for his failure to respond positively to peaceful demands for change.

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My Comment: A lot of blood has been shed in Syria, so these calls for revenge should not be a surprised. But if reports of the family trying to escape are true, the end may be closer then what we think.

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