Robert Fisk: Assad will only go if his own tanks turn against him Predictions of Syrian leader’s imminent demise are hopelessly optimistic | Sovereign Independent

Robert Fisk: Assad will only go if his own tanks turn against him Predictions of Syrian leader’s imminent demise are hopelessly optimistic | Sovereign Independent

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Assad was “running out of time – fast”. The Arab people, I added, could no longer be infantilised; there was clearly an armed insurgency under way in Syria to overthrow the regime – foreign correspondents must be allowed to visit Homs and other areas where a host of YouTube pictures show protesters being shot down.
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