Syrian Colonel in Turkey Exile Urges Unity against Damascus
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A Syrian army colonel who fled to Turkey has called for a united front against President Bashar Assad's regime, the Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday.
"Opponent forces in Syria should get united and close ranks until the regime collapses," colonel Riad al-Asaad, who is currently taking refuge in Turkey, told the news agency.
The colonel defected after the Damascus regime's deadly crackdown on opponents and established an opposition armed force called the "Syrian Free Army," Anatolia reported.
Approximately 7,500 Syrians have fled a brutal crackdown against pro-democracy protesters and are staying in camps in southern Turkey.
"In Turkey, we have no problem. We are living here comfortably, we are happy," the colonel said.
04 October 2011, 23:22
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So turkey is raising an army to fight Bashar Al Assad, what's next a new ottoman empire? Let us just stop this game and go back to square one. Russia is not a democracy, and the more authoritarian it becomes, the closer it would be to the likes of the syrian regime, and the other dictatorships in the MEA. There is no escape, the big fight is coming, it is not only by guns that we will fight each others, it would be through culture, it will be the likes of the peacefull syrian demonstration against wh
