Syrian cabinet resigns amid unrest, says state TV
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12897223
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President Bashar al-Assad accepted the cabinet's resignation following a meeting on Tuesday.
The resignation is the latest concession by the government aimed at curbing pro-democracy protests in which dozens of people have been killed.
President Assad is expected to address the nation in the next 24 hours to announce he is lifting the emergency law and restrictions on civil liberty.
The president has appointed outgoing Prime Minister Muhammad Naji Otari as caretaker prime minister until a new government is appointed, the official Syrian news agency has said.
A new government is due to be appointed within 24 hours, but there is word the changes will be "beyond expectations", the BBC's Lina Sinjab reports in Damascus.
The government has little power in Syria, where it is concentrated in the hands of the president, his family and the security apparatus, observers say.
Mr Otari has been prime minister since September 2003, with at least four cabinet reshuffles over the last eight years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12897223
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congoboy
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they managed this without the aid of american tomahawk missles? maybe we should have held out just a little bit longer
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congoboy
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Seauvan
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Assad is as brutal as Qaddafi. I don't see the American people (myself included) approving of Obama stepping into that quagmire.
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Seauvan
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congoboy
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Seauvan:
yup, his quagmire in libya and afghanistan have us spread pretty thin already
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congoboy
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freecrack
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congoboy:
better front row seats to a genocide?
- 1 year ago
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freecrack
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congoboy
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freecrack:
could be, excellent analysis my friend
- 1 year ago
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congoboy
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littlwarrior
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So the government has resigned but the President is still holding the reigns of power.
- 1 year ago
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littlwarrior
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justadad
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littlwarrior:
Nice perspective. Thanks for posting.
A couple excerpts, for emphasis:
(i) "government [has] justified the continued imposition of the law by 'the state of war' that exists with . . . and by threats posed by . . . " ; and
(ii) "emergency law, which effectively suspends most constitutional protections, has been in place since . . . "
Sounds familiar. Seemingly, a given branch of/for "governmental" seeking more of the Moores**.
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** Reference to a scene of Jack & David departing the Slaughtered Lamb of the English (highlands) country side on a cold, full-moon night, upon having received words of caution from a British dart player of whom they had previously befriended. Likewise, a segway by such words of caution "beware of the moores" to similar cautionary needs wrt "our" now more emphatically enlightened provisions of 21st century governments -- including even those of the alleged western civilization backdrop.
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justadad
