France says Assad preparing 'slaughter' in Aleppo

Jul 27, 2012 |

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France on Friday said it feared Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is preparing to carry out a 'slaughter' of his own people in the second city of Aleppo.

"With the build-up of heavy weapons around Aleppo, Assad is preparing to carry out a fresh slaughter of his own people," foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said, echoing similar concerns expressed by US officials.

The US State Department on Thursday warned that Assad may be preparing to carry out a massacre following 'credible reports' that columns of tanks, helicopter gunships and warplanes were being readied for an assault on the city.

Valero said France shared US concerns over the rapidly deteriorating situation in Aleppo and called on Assad to end the violence and step down.

"Our message is that Assad must go," he said.

Aleppo, Syria's most populous city and also the country's commercial hub, has been the theatre of fierce fighting between the opposition and Assad's forces for the last week.

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What we are seeing in Syria

kafantaris2

27 Jul 2012 - 23:59

What we are seeing in Syria is also a preview of the demise of the Iranian regime.
The regime sees it too -- though it prefers to avert its eyes.
Nonetheless, the writing is on the wall.
And it was put there with the blood of those Iranians killed while peacefully protesting Ahmadinejad’s election.
The shedding of their innocent blood started the Arab spring, and the shedding of much more innocent Iranian blood will end it.
The regime sealed this fate with its brutality back in 2009.

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