November 16, 2011
HISTORY ENDS EVERYWHERE:
Jordan's King Abdullah: Syria's Assad must go (AP, 11/15/11)Jordan's King Abdullah said Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad should step down, making him the first Arab ruler to issue such a call over the regime's deadly crackdown on an 8-month-old uprising.
The surprising statement comes as Arabs close ranks against Damascus. On Saturday, the Arab League voted to suspend Syria over attacks on protesters that the U.N. estimates have killed 3,500 people since mid-March.
Posted by oj at November 16, 2011 6:03 AM
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