Syrian opposition demands a future without Assad

[Mosby]

Source: Reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria's opposition leader laid out his demands for talks on ending his country's civil war, calling for the creation of a transitional government that does not include President Bashar al-Assad.

Ahmed Jarba told reporters in Geneva, where rival sides in the Syrian conflict are on Friday due to begin several days of negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations and major world powers, that he was looking to a future without Assad.

In a defiant speech, Jarba said the international community now realized that Assad cannot stay in power.

"We have started to look into the future without him. Assad and all of his regime is in the past now. Nobody should have any doubt that the head of the regime is finished. This regime is dead," Jarba said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-opposition-demands-future-without-assad-001051857.html

[another_liberal]

1. This is the leader of the expatriate "Syrian National Council?"

Remember the story of Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress? It's a cautionary tale if ever there was one.

[quadrature]

2. Denver Broncos prefer to win Super Bowl by consensus

hey.
is the game really needed?
Seahawks should concede.

same for Assad.

[another_liberal]

3. Maybe if we offered him sky booth tickets on the fifty yard line?

Who knows? It might just work!