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Old 07-12-2012, 04:59 PM   #1
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Default Syria Fires their Foreign ambassador to Iraq for Defecting to Qatar.. q


All in all a Pretty good article. Read it at: The NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/wo...pagewanted=all


Assad says, Your Fired !




The statement by the ambassador, Nawaf Fares, who defected on Wednesday from his post in Baghdad and is now believed to be in Qatar, came as the Syrian government announced that he had been summarily dismissed and could face prosecution for actions that contradicted his duties to defend Syria. That was essentially a confirmation that Mr. Fares had joined Mr. Assad’s growing ranks of political enemies.

Mr. Fares, whose remarks were broadcast by Al Jazeera in a video statement and an interview, also denounced Iran, Mr. Assad’s only friend in the region.

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