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December 15, 2012

Assad's Wobbly, Time to Push

Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune

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We're happy to report that it has been a bad week for Syrian President Bashar Assad. His grip on power grows more slippery by the day. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the head of NATO, said Thursday that Assad's government is "approaching collapse. I think now it is only a question of time."

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