'Palestinian refugee camp' attacked in Latakia, Obama still won't call for Assad's overthrow
Arab countries and 'Palestinians' are furious after Syrian Naval forces shelled a 'Palestinian refugee camp' in the Syrian port of Latakia. But the United States says that it cannot confirm the shelling, and American President Barack Hussein Obama still will not call for Bashar al-Assad to step down. Syria came under sharp Arab and international condemnation on Monday after activists said gunboats pounded Latakia port, forcing thousands of Palestinians to flee a refugee camp.I'm sure Assad is shaking in his Gucci loafers. I wonder which Arab country will take in the 'Palestinians.' I'm betting none of them will.
As activists reported new deaths at the camp, the Palestinians condemned Syria over the violence and the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) reported that more than 5,000 refugees had fled the Ramel camp in southern Latakia under fire.
The United States, however, said it was unable to confirm the reports of the Syrian navy shelling Latakia, in what would amount to an escalating bid to crush pro-democracy protests.
Palestine Liberation Organization secretary general Yasser Abed Rabbo said the attack on Ramel was "part of the crimes against humanity" targeting Palestinians and Syrians alike.
Jordan, adding its voice to a chorus of Arab condemnation of the Syrian crackdown on dissent, urged Damascus to "immediately" stop the violence and "listen to reason," state-run Petra news agency reported.
US President Barack Obama said his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad has lost his legitimacy and his people "will be better off without him," the White House spokesperson said.
Assad "has to cease the systematic violence, mass arrests, and the outright murder of his own people," Jay Carney told reporters.
"The Syrian people deserve a peaceful transition to democracy; they deserve a government that doesn’t torture them, arrest them and kill them."
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Labels: Bashar al-Assad, Latakia, Palestinian refugees, Syrian uprising
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:43 PM
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This contrasts starkly with Obama's own State Department condemning Israel for initiating the construction of thousands of apartments in Jerusalem's Jewish neighborhoods.
But it can't find its voice when Palestinian Arabs are shelled by the military of an Arab country.
What could go wrong indeed
No one talks about what the lebanese did to the fatah el islam in lebanon....
thousand palestinians killed or wounded, 100 thousand lost their homes...
not a peep...
now in syria, terrorists supporting palestinians are being murdered by terrorists supporting syria..
boo f*ckin hoo...
Palis are hoisted on their own petard, looks like but, seriously, did Assad build apartments for Jews in Ariel? Well, then...
The United States would be better off without Obama who lost legitimacy lo these months and years ago, but he's still around.
Not that there's any moral equivalence.
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