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| Hillary Clinton, the US sec. of state, has issued one of Washington's strongest condemnations yet of Syria's govt, saying President Bashar al-Assad has lost his 'legitimacy'. 'President Assad is not indispensable and we have absolutely nothing invested in him remaining in power,' Clinton told reporters on Monday. 'If anyone, including President Assad, thinks that the United States is secretly hoping that the regime will emerge from this turmoil to continue its brutality and repression, they are wrong.' The comment comes hours after protesters loyal to Assad attacked the US and French embassies in the capital, Damascus. The latest incident seems to have damaged what was always a tense US-Syrian relationship beyond repair. When the popular uprising first started in March, US President Obama called for the Syrian government to respect the right of the people to protest... |
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